Game Thread: Spurs @ Timberwolves — Wed. (11/28) - 7:00/C (8:00am Riga Time)

[BatManu20]

In Minny tonight to take on a 10-11 Wolves team that have won 3 straight, and 6 of their last 8. Pau remains out but everyone else is available. Let’s get it.



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[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

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[SAGirl]

/sigh. I don't know what to expect. Put Bryn again to inbound the ball in crunch time. This time Rose or Jeff Teague drives right at Patty or Bryn and wins the game!

[bklynspursfan]

Spurs by 8

[bklynspursfan]

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[TheGreatYacht]

Jeff Teague exploded for 27 last time against Fatty/Forbes. He's averaging 12ppg against all other teams. Expect the same to happen and a big Rose game.

Covington career high incoming as well.

Wolves by 25.

[BatManu20]

Yea I think this is an L. Minny’s been playing better since the trade.

[BillMc]

Spurs by 5

[NASpurs]

Are the Wolves missing three starters? If not, it’s either Spurs by 1 or Wolves by 8

[NASpurs]

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[BillMc]

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Cheers OP for the good thread as always. LW looks to be progressing nicely and have a great attitude. Like the kid

[Larry O]

Hopfully Aldrigde will be motivated & up to the challenge to compete against another big in KAT! Hmmm... Which Aldrigde will show up? I believe this could determine the coarse of this game for SAS (should SAS control the tempo with a slowdown pace?). Yeah, concerned about Minny's backcourt out performing the Spurs, cause Minny seems to be playing better since the Butler trade, but for the good guys, hopfully they are over their loosing road record woes, & are motivated to win this one & get back to SA & get back down to business on the home front with tough matchups lurking ahead! Anything is possible! GSG!!!

[NASpurs]

Wtf is the point in starting Cunningham

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[Arcadian]

Probably a loss.

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

Cheers OP for the good thread as always. LW looks to be progressing nicely and have a great attitude. Like the kid

My man :tu

[bklynspursfan]

Are the Wolves missing three starters? If not, it’s either Spurs by 1 or Wolves by 8

It feels like all our dam wins are won by a possession lol

The Warriors win felt the most comfortable in recent memory.

[Fireball]

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[Mugen]

Wolves cover easily tonight, let's get it Minny!

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Tough game tonight but we need to get some momentum. Can't afford to dropping two out of every three games.

[John B]

Derek should be playing better to help the backcourt penetration. LMA plays well against bigs. TWolves have won 3 easy games against bottom feeders. I hope they look pass Spurs, and squeak us a win. :flag::flag::flag:

[Robz4000]

Tough game tonight but we need to get some momentum. Can't afford to dropping two out of every three games.

Exactly. Need a six or seven game losing streak to really get this tank rolling.

[Mugen]

Exactly. Need a six or seven game losing streak to really get this tank rolling.

:tu my man

[RD2191]

Exactly. Need a six or seven game losing streak to really get this tank rolling.

:lol

[JeffDuncan]

Trap game.

[Dex]

Wtf is the point in starting Cunningham

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As timvp has pointed out several times...there isn't one.

He gives the illusion of adding a "defensive presence" to the starting lineup ala Bruce Bowen...but the numbers simply don't back that up.

The only way he really fits into the starting lineup is he doesn't need shots, because those mostly go to LMA and DDR anyways...but that also hinders them because teams know he isn't a threat on the court.

Then again, I don't think he really fits in with the bench unit either. Their pace and space offense has actually pulled us out of a few holes recently, and somehow I just don't see that happening with Dante in the mix.

He probably really deserves to be a third-stringer but unless Pau comes back soon, Gay finds a way to stay consistently healthy, or Davis becomes more than a Matt Bonner Lite...I don't see it happening.

[superbigtime]

low expectations

[cd021]

Wtf is the point in starting Cunningham

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:lol people don't want to start Bertans because they're afraid the defense would be worse.

Meanwhile Cunningham can't score and doesn't improve the defense.

[spurs10]

Cheers OP for the good thread as always. LW looks to be progressing nicely and have a great attitude. Like the kid :toast


My man :tu Thanks for the thread BatManu20! Now I know your trying to help Bill Mc get a good night's sleep but I believe it's going to be 3:00 am for him, which is either very early or very late depending on your style! When I was last overseas, my hours were very strange because of the games. It took practically a lawsuit for me to stop getting billed by NBA League Pass/ Europe!
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[bklynspursfan]

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[RD2191]

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Take him out back and put him down.

[SAGirl]

Well I am glad there was something wrong with him that is easily fixable (just takes time) and they found what it was. Glad that Pau got that second opinion...

[BillMc]

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Coincidentally, Pau is now represented by el Tío Dennis.

[BillMc]

:toast

Thanks for the thread BatManu20! Now I know your trying to help Bill Mc get a good night's sleep but I believe it's going to be 3:00 am for him, which is either very early or very late depending on your style! When I was last overseas, my hours were very strange because of the games. It took practically a lawsuit for me to stop getting billed by NBA League Pass/ Europe!
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Staying up all night these days, my friend. Which means I get nothing done work wise. Oh, well soon I'll be broke and homeless. And we got Martial Law here in Ukraine so I'll likely be arrested. But fans gotta do what a fans gotta do! :flag:

By the way. The game is at 3:00 AM Riga Time just for clarification.

[BillMc]

Take him out back and put him down.

Pau or Jabari Young? :lol

[TheGreatYacht]

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Thank god for Kawhi calling out the pathetic medical staff. Spurs would've played Pau 40 minutes tonight had he not done what he did.

[Ron Swanson]

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[spurs10]

Staying up all night these days, my friend. Which means I get nothing done work wise. Oh, well soon I'll be broke and homeless. And we got Martial Law here in Ukraine so I'll likely be arrested. But fans gotta do what a fans gotta do! :flag:

By the way. The game is at 3:00 AM Riga Time just for clarification. Well hopefully they will have a stream you can access in the joint! We can do a Go Fund Me to raise money for cigarettes and vodka to bribe the guards! We will not let you down!
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[emanueldavidginobili]

O/U Rose with 25 points?

[BillMc]

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[BillMc]

Well hopefully they will have a stream you can access in the joint! We can do a Go Fund Me to raise money for cigarettes and vodka to bribe the guards! We will not let you down!
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:rollin:boboHa ha. Yes bribe your way to freedom. Sounds like political slogan.

[spurs10]

https://www.nba.com/spurs/sites/spurs/files/legacy/photos/151006410_Nuggets_Spurs_EvansCE392_0.jpg Now there's a 'Spirit Team!"

[BillMc]

Now there's a 'Spirit Team!"

Truth

[timvp]

Did I just hear Derrick White starting in place of Cunningham?

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[r0drig0lac]

White starter

[BatManu20]

Wow the score of the Nets-Jazz game is 15-14 after the 1st qtr.. :lol Awful

[RD2191]

Pau or Jabari Young? :lol

Both

[Ron Swanson]

Looks like there are about 150 people at the game.

[bklynspursfan]

Did I just hear Derrick White starting in place of Cunningham?

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Yessir. I like it, hopefully White can mesh better than he did previously

[spurs10]

:rollin:boboHa ha. Yes bribe your way to freedom. Sounds like political slogan. 'Bribes....The Universal Language!"

We have a new starting lineup!

[NASpurs]

Did I just hear Derrick White starting in place of Cunningham?

:danceclub

Matchup purposes or something that has legs?

[BatManu20]

Looks like there are about 150 people at the game.

Spurs ain't drawing crowds these days. It's also like 20 degrees and snowing in Minneapolis... I prob wouldn't leave the house either tbh.

[timvp]

Matchup purposes or something that has legs?

My first thought was matchup but T'Wolves going with a big frontline of KAT, Gibson and Covington ... so it doesn't look like matchup related.

[Leetonidas]

DeTurnover

[Cardinal]

Fantastic play by White on that offensive possession

[Beartrucci]

Damn seems like we never get those close and 1 calls

[timvp]

Aldridge's been screwed out of a number of and-1s this year, tbh.

[NASpurs]

Game.

[timvp]

Damn, Pop goes with a lineup that makes more sense and Spurs proceed to lay an egg.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

DeRozan has been an absolute train wreck wtf

[r0drig0lac]

RoCo in dpoy mode

[212094ever]

A glimpse of playoff DDR

[emanueldavidginobili]

Players don’t even guard Cunningham lol

[Beartrucci]

How is that not a travel on Wiggins :lol

[timvp]

Travel, WTF

[Leetonidas]

That was a pretty clear travel by Wiggins and of course we get a fucking foul called on the spurs

[r0drig0lac]

damn, Rose in

[spurs10]

Forbes shooting with confidence.

[Leetonidas]

Sick defense there fatty

[timvp]

Terrible call on that Patty flop. But I guess that makes up for the travel a little bit.

[bklynspursfan]

Marco hit his first 3. Strange

[Dex]

Shooting is off tonight early. Lucky to only be down 5 right now.

[NASpurs]

Maybe Marco will get out of that funk

[Dex]

Marco hit his first 3. Strange

I trust him to bounce back.

Hopefully.

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[bklynspursfan]

Dam Patty. Made Rose touch earth lol

[timvp]

Mills great passing so far. Almost tore up Rose's knee, too.

[RC_Drunkford]

gotta give LaMarcus credit. His passing out of double teams this season is the best I've ever seen from him

[Dex]

Dante just sits and watches Rose drain another triple after he just hit one.

Defensive player, my ass. He is Keith Bogans 2.0.

[Beartrucci]

If Rose is gonna shoot 3's like that...shit

[bklynspursfan]

Shocked that was continuation but I'll take it haha

[bklynspursfan]

These wolves announcers are gonna be annoying smh

[Leetonidas]

Jesus fuck derozan what is that 4 TOs in the first??

[Beartrucci]

And we get that and 1 :lol refs so inconsistent but I'll take it

[timvp]

Is that four turnovers for DeRozan?

Mills has been great on offense :wow

[phxspurfan]

Ah, another random Wednesday night watching Patty Mills. What did I miss

[BillMc]

The Millstone beginning to grind.

[NASpurs]

Oh shit, just remembered the Rose curse. Pray for the team :lol

[Lonnie Walker IV]

The Closer :hat

[Beartrucci]

The Millstone beginning to grind.

He had Rose falling on that step back 3. Can't lie that was nice

[timvp]

DeRozan terrible and Aldridge clanging yet Spurs only down by 3? Not bad

[r0drig0lac]

If Rose is gonna shoot 3's like that...shit

46% in the season

[bklynspursfan]

Nice finish by Poeltl. He's been so much better lately

[Beartrucci]

46% in the season

incredible.

[NASpurs]

I’ve actually enjoyed Turtle’s progression.

[r0drig0lac]

Rose goes off...

[Dex]

No Bertans yet...and he definitely has been played sporadically at times in the last few games.

Getting the feeling there is an injury that isn't being reported.

[NASpurs]

Marco’s full court defense :lol

[r0drig0lac]

lol our players are just defensive cones, this is ridiculous

[timvp]

Cunningham is so got damn bad at D for a "defensive specialist."

[Leetonidas]

God damn this team fucking sucks

[timvp]

Can't put Cunningham with the bench unit because he can't play in a pace and space offense.

[NASpurs]

Cunningham is so got damn bad at D for a "defensive specialist."

:lol

Boggles the mind

[RC_Drunkford]

gotta give LaMarcus credit. His passing out of double teams this season is the best I've ever seen from him

[bklynspursfan]

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[BillMc]

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:lol

[RC_Drunkford]

tough to go from Danny Green transition D to Marco Belinelli transition D tbh

[r0drig0lac]

God damn this team fucking sucks

lmao

[Beartrucci]

Man it's sad to see our offensive options on court right now

[KimmyGib]

Belinelli loves to watch opposing players score

[emanueldavidginobili]

Poeltl has been wide open a couple times now

[NASpurs]

After the Bulls game, is anyone really surprised:lol

[Leetonidas]

Refs are fucking shit

[Genovaswitness]

Man it's sad to see our offensive options on court right now

Kind of wanted to vomit when I realized I was happy Dante Cunningham scored for us...

Team is dogshit

[timvp]

Kick ball, then clean block. Nice, refs.

[RC_Drunkford]

Ok I guess that's game, I'm out lol

[SpurPadre]

God I fucking hate Forbes.

[Leetonidas]

For a team that plays no defense our offense is pretty trash also

[bklynspursfan]

Ah. Should've been an and 1

[spurs10]

Belinelli loves to watch opposing players score My first laugh of the game!

[NASpurs]

crofl

[SpurPadre]

Did they get the memo that Jimmy Butler isn't with the Wolves anymore?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

That's ball game

Spurs are honestly one of the 5 worst teams in the league, my god

[NASpurs]

And 1 for ex Spur Saric

[emanueldavidginobili]

Welp that’s game, definitely finished 41-41 lol

[BillMc]

Maybe I should start watching pro darts. They've got better athletes than the Spurs...

[SpurPadre]

And people still think Walker won't get any burn this season lol.

[spurs10]

For a team that plays no defense our offense is pretty trash also :lol 'Our defensive is really bad, but our offense is..... horrible.'

[timvp]

DeRozan with a hard closeout on a Dieng three? The hell, man.

[RC_Drunkford]

That's ball game

Spurs are honestly one of the 5 worst teams in the league, my god

no according to Pop they just need to learn how to play together, that's all:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[r0drig0lac]

who would say, wolves traded a guy who did not want to be there for two wings prototypes of the current league and they are competitive again

[BackHome]

And that is why I want a hard tank for just this year.

[anon]

You can literally hear the tone in the voices of Sean and Bill get flatter and flatter as minutes tick by. Poor guys.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Shit roster=shit team simple as that

[Joseph Kony]

honestly i hope this shit team keeps getting ass pounded every single night so that senile retard and drunk faggot in the front office make a fucking move already and blow this garbage roster up

[bklynspursfan]

Wish Forbes made 1 more pass to a wide open Bertans. Get Patty back in there for him please

[K...]

the tank is strong guys, lets celebrate

[NASpurs]

no according to Pop they just need to learn how to play together, that's all:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

:lol when your defensive specialist is Dante Cunningham, you’re already fucked

[spurs10]

Maybe I should start watching pro darts. They've got better athletes than the Spurs... They probably move better! Back to the game....'clank.'

[SpurPadre]

Forbes taking as many shots as DeRozan and LMA smh. Even Gary Neal knew when to pass up shots when the Big 3 were on the floor with him.

[r0drig0lac]

no according to Pop they just need to learn how to play together, that's all:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

yes, I really doubt that Pop believes in this shit, it's just moral support for the guys he's decided to bring to this season

[K...]

final score wolves 115 spurs 87

[BillMc]

:lol when your defensive specialist is Dante Cunningham, you’re already fucked

Richie Cunnigham would be better.

[Dex]

I said this early in the season, but it still holds true.

If teams collapse on DeRozan every time he touches the ball, our offense is fucked.

Aldridge is good, but he is not enough to make up the difference. He can't do it all by himself, and without DDR, he really doesn't have the weapons around him.

[in2deep]

Forbes taking as many shots as DeRozan and LMA smh. Even Gary Neal knew when to pass up shots when the Big 3 were on the floor with him.

There are no big 3 out there genius

[RC_Drunkford]

so will we crack 30 points in this quarter or not? It took this team 8 minutes to score 5 points

[SuperCam]

These spurms suck tbh

[Degoat]

Prime Greg Popovich would have said fck this and benched the starters the rest of the game but we suck so bad that games like this are expected

[NASpurs]

We’re about to be doubled in score :lol

[Robz4000]

:lol Spurs have scored 4 points in the quarter with 3 mins to go

[BillMc]

They probably move better! Back to the game....'clank.'

:lol

[timvp]

Now LMA can't rebound anymore.

[Ron Swanson]

2-14 shooting this quarter.

[r0drig0lac]

airball Jesus Christ

[NASpurs]

:lmao one of the worst air balls I’ve ever seen

[Rusty]

Tank for Zion

[SpurPadre]

Forbes taking shots over LMA and DeRozan is like a midget climbing to the top of the bookshelf at the library instead of asking the 6'5 librarian to pull the book out for him, tbh.

[YoungbuckMurray]

This is awful wow

[sasaint]

lol our players are just defensive cones, this is ridiculous

Complements perfectly their offense that is now, what, 1 for the second quarter?

[212094ever]

DeFrozen

[SpurPadre]

There are no big 3 out there genius

LMA and DeRozan are better than Forbes, genius.

[Robz4000]

No effort out there yet again.

[RC_Drunkford]

DeRozan can shoot 3-pointers :lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao Bruh even I hit the rim on every attempt WTF?

[bklynspursfan]

8/10 games are at home after this. Maybe they'll finally get a little momentum.

[in2deep]

Wooves are playing great defense.

[boutons_deux]

4 pts in 9 mins :lol

[timvp]

DeRoZaN sHoUlD sHoOt mOrE tHrEeS

[NASpurs]

DeRozan has to be myopic

[KimmyGib]

22 to 4 quarter so far.

Pop's face has looked defeated all season. Sad to see.

[BillMc]

Wolves get rid of their malcontent and get better. We get rid of our malcontent and get worse. Grrr...

[RC_Drunkford]

at this point Pop should play Pondexter, Metu, Eubanks and them. They can't play worse than these players

[SPURt]

This is really hard to watch. Good Lawd.

[bklynspursfan]

Nice block by DeRozan at least lol

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Wolves get rid of their malcontent and get better. We get rid of our malcontent and get worse. Grrr...

Every Spurs player who left us this past summer looks so much happier and seem to be doing well.

[NASpurs]

Wolves get rid of their malcontent and get better. We get rid of our malcontent and get worse. Grrr...

Yeah but we got rid of contract year LDN

[Joseph Kony]

ill never understand it. seriously, in the modern NBA the SF position and 3/D is the most important type of players to have and spurs have literally 0 SFs and 0 3/D players

[emanueldavidginobili]

So why hasn’t white come back in yet?

[bklynspursfan]

Gibson was in the paint like 5 seconds there

[SpursDynasty85]

Belli needs to get benched. It's really sad how they're treating White. If your going to start him dont bench like that. What a tease.

[sasaint]

Worst rebounding sequence I ever saw!

[NASpurs]

ill never understand it. seriously, in the modern NBA the SF position and 3/D is the most important type of players to have and spurs have literally 0 SFs and 0 3/D players

We have a lot of midgets though. Pop probably thinks this is the 6’ and under league

[212094ever]

Get fucking Cunnningham off this team please

[r0drig0lac]

8/10 games are at home after this. Maybe they'll finally get a little momentum.

half full glass....they do not have the talent to have this "little momentum"

[Ron Swanson]

9 goddamn points. :lol

[emanueldavidginobili]

This team is embarrassing

[spurs10]

Well it's a shame it took the Wolves so many offensive rebounds to get that shot, they might wear the Spurs out.

[anon]

Stunning sequence :pctoss

[NASpurs]

They’re on pace for 114... we’re on pace for 68 :lol

[Robz4000]

ill never understand it. seriously, in the modern NBA the SF position and 3/D is the most important type of players to have and spurs have literally 0 SFs and 0 3/D players

:pop: I can win with a team of YMCA throwaways

[emanueldavidginobili]

Welp back to Netflix

[SpurPadre]

Get fucking Cunnningham off this team please

And Forbes and Mills and Bertans and Belinelli...

[BillMc]

Don't fret, good chance we get to double digits in at least one of the two remaining quarters.

[r0drig0lac]

Every Spurs player who left us this past summer looks so much happier and seem to be doing well.

rain in the wet, but the sequence of errors of the front office (independent of the problem Kawhi Leonard) destroyed any chance of real competitiveness of this team

[timvp]

Cunningham with the open layup ... opts to roll it out to the three-point line.

[sasaint]

34 points. Wow. This is not professional basketball.

[SpursDynasty85]

If we dont see more White in the 2nd half, that's a really crappy move by Pop. Belli should be benched for good until he earns it. Pop should be screaming at DeRozan to be more aggressive at getting in the paint. Or else I'm convinced this is a low key tank job for the season which I'm not comfortable with. This team has potential.

[mo7888]

Putrid.... they need a trade just to shake things up

[BillMc]

Cunningham with the open layup ... opts to roll it out to the three-point line.

Yeah weird.

[objective]

So why hasn’t white come back in yet?

plays with too much energy

[r0drig0lac]

And Forbes and Mills and Bertans and Belinelli...

[BillMc]

34 points. Wow. This is not professional basketball.

Are we in the shot clock era? Pop honoring George Mikan.

[Ragamuffin]

wtf 2 airball 3point shoot...

[Indianman]

We're just down 23 guys. Relax. We won't be the first team to lose by a 100.

[objective]

Cunningham with the open layup ... opts to roll it out to the three-point line.

Now that's a 31 year old scrub who has gotten over himself

Pass up great look for greater look.

No wonder Pop and RC love him so much

[JakeCuenca]

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[RC_Drunkford]

"Our players just need to learn how to play together" :pop:

[emanueldavidginobili]

White take one open midrange shot misses which is no problem but then wolves score right after pop calls a timeout takes out white and doesn’t play for the rest of the half. And people wonder why his confidence is shit. Honestly can’t stand Pop anymore.

[JakeCuenca]

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[JakeCuenca]

White take one open midrange shot misses which is no problem but then wolves score right after pop calls a timeout takes out white and doesn’t play for the rest of the half. And people wonder why his confidence is shit. Honestly can’t stand Pop anymore.

" I am the system"

[Larry O]

Tyus Jones when asked about their lead at the half: "Yeah, we're doing well on both ends..." He should have also said that the Spurs really stink baaad, lol.

[anon]

Pop should be screaming at DeRozan to be more aggressive at getting in the paint. Or else I'm convinced this is a low key tank job for the season which I'm not comfortable with. This team has potential.
Pretty sure Pop has used up every motivational cussword by now since the Phoenix loss and his players have mentally shut him out.

[BackHome]

If we dont see more White in the 2nd half, that's a really crappy move by Pop. Belli should be benched for good until he earns it. Pop should be screaming at DeRozan to be more aggressive at getting in the paint. Or else I'm convinced this is a low key tank job for the season which I'm not comfortable with. This team has potential.

Potential lottery picks :hungry:

[RC_Drunkford]

White take one open midrange shot misses which is no problem but then wolves score right after pop calls a timeout takes out white and doesn’t play for the rest of the half. And people wonder why his confidence is shit. Honestly can’t stand Pop anymore.

like I said before Pop forbids him to take any midrange shots which means even if he gets an open one he will be looking to pass and thus commit more turnovers. But that's classic Pop. I don't even know why he started him if he treats him like this

[sasaint]

Are we in the shot clock era? Pop honoring George Mikan.

Looks like we are running 4-corners offense.

[SpursDynasty85]

Pretty sure Pop has used up every motivational cussword by now since the Phoenix loss and his players has mentally shut him out.

I actually think he doesn't get in people's faces anymore. I do recall him doing to Belli one time but that's it. Pretty sure he's being easy on DeRozan because of the trade and his good start.

[BillMc]

Looks like we are running 4-corners offense.
:lol:bobo

[RD2191]

:lmao spurms

[BatManu20]

Potential lottery picks :hungry:

The problem is this Spurs team isn't bad enough to warrant a top-8 pick. And they're not going to tank. We're likely going to finish around .500, which is the worst position you can be in as an NBA team.

[Budkin]

9 points... 9. :pctoss

[RD2191]

Blow this pathetic piece of shit roster up

[paperboy77]

Pop really doesn't give a shit. Fucking sad.

[BillMc]

The problem is this Spurs team isn't bad enough to warrant a top-8 pick. And they're not going to tank. We're likely going to finish around .500

Lonnie and Pau may help a last minute run for the 8th seed. Not looking forward to Jan 3.

[timvp]

Man, I'll settle for one decent run in the second half. Let's see if they have it in 'em.

[BillMc]

9 points... 9. :pctoss


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ5Y3TizswY

[JPB]

Hey guys, missed the first half. So we winning ?

[r0drig0lac]

Potential lottery picks :hungry:

so we're going to draft some 6'4" point guard with average athletics (which in spurstalk meant he has a high basketball qi)

[sasaint]

Pretty sure Pop has used up every motivational cussword by now since the Phoenix loss and his players have mentally shut him out.

I am wondering the same thing. It looks like Pop has lost them a lot of the time. Heck, when your starters consistently dig themselves into a double digit deficit to start games, isn't that a clear indication of their motivation level?

[paperboy77]

Why didn't demar shoot at the end of the half? what does he have to lose? This team no mas no!

Someone called it the other day.. Manu shoulda held on one more year. FO shoulda paid his ass. Pathetic effort.

[SouthTexasRancher]

This team just flat out sucks and sucks bad. We couldn't even hit the pacific ocean if we were standing in the water. There is no chemistry. Pop is getting harder to figure out. We're not going to even win 40 games if we don't acquire a couple of guys who can play decent defense or at the very least the current non-defensive players (12 - Dejounte Murray already knows how to play 'D') learn how to play defense and in quick order. Hopefully they'll come out of the half and play a lot better and not get embarASSed so badly.

[BillMc]

Man, I'll settle for one decent run in the second half. Let's see if they have it in 'em.
:hungry:

[Arcadian]

What a piece of shit team :lol

[anon]

I actually think he doesn't get in people's faces anymore. I do recall him doing to Belli one time but that's it. Pretty sure he's being easy on DeRozan because of the trade and his good start.
Not on camera, but in the locker room at half time after scoring 9 while giving up 29? Minny's facility gotta be trashed.

[timvp]

Why didn't demar shoot at the end of the half? what does he have to lose?

Gotta keep dat pristine three-point percentage, tnbh.

[JeffDuncan]

I'm thinking moral victory here.

[objective]

The problem is this Spurs team isn't bad enough to warrant a top-8 pick. And they're not going to tank. We're likely going to finish around .500, which is the worst position you can be in as an NBA team.

Sad but true. 7 teams in the East have worse records than the 14th seed in the West.

Spurs can't break that stranglehold without season-ending injuries to LMA and/or DeRozan.

[NASpurs]

At this point, I’ll take winning a quarter in a game over moral victories.

[sasaint]

The problem is this Spurs team isn't bad enough to warrant a top-8 pick. And they're not going to tank. We're likely going to finish around .500, which is the worst position you can be in as an NBA team.

I honestly don't see them winning 41 games. More like 31.

[JPB]

Could be worse tbh, we could be Jazz fans.

[RD2191]

Did white get injured? Why has he only played 5 minutes?

[r0drig0lac]

Luka put a clinic against the rox just wow

[NASpurs]

Rockets being blown out by the Mavs. Fuckers are trying to out tank us

[RC_Drunkford]

Did white get injured? Why has he only played 5 minutes?

"He shot the ball. He is not allowed to shoot" :pop:

[Hoops Czar]

I'm thinking moral victory here.
Showing up was a moral victory. They should have forfeited.

[BillMc]

Hey, we had an 8 point quarter in 2008 and we made the WCF that year.

Work with me, guys....

[sasaint]

I'm thinking moral victory here.

Man, I don't even see that tonight.

[RD2191]

"He shot the ball. He is not allowed to shoot" :pop:

:lol wouldn't be surprised

[JPB]

Could be worse tbh, we could be Jazz fans.

or Rockettes tbh.

[r0drig0lac]

we have the worst support roster in the league (and this including teams like Bulls and Suns), it's really depressing that this damage is completely self-inflicted

[spurs10]

Lord...to all the people trash talking the team against the Bulls and Bucks....you now have a really pathetic game to get going on! :lol This really sucks!

[JPB]

Did white get injured? Why has he only played 5 minutes?

Might have something to do with the fact he sucks.