Game Thread: Spurs @ Hornets — Tue. (3/26) - 6:00/C (1:00am Riga Time)

[BatManu20]

Spurs on the road vs MJ & TP. Batum and Zeller are OUT. Let’s get it.


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[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

Charlotte has won 3 in row, including this ridiculous game-winner against nephew a couple days ago.



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[TDomination]

Can't take them lightly, obviously. We tend to do that against teams that are not seeded in the playoffs. Hopefully we can get back at them and get a W.

[BatManu20]

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[slick'81]

Hornets are toast

[Play Boban]

Tony Parker has never lost to the San Antonio Spurs. The ultimate Spurkiller.

[LakerHater]

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[Seventyniner]

Spurs opened as 3-point favorites, line has moved to 4.

[Spurs Homer]

Charlotte has won 3 in row, including this ridiculous game-winner against nephew a couple days ago.



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Kawhitter started raising his arms to celebrate a win thinking it was a sure miss!

[TDomination]

Let's get this one! Every game is big

[NameLess Scrub]

Spurs lose tonight because it's on the road and they don't like winning on the road unless it's an imploding team with injured key players.

[slick'81]

Spurs lose tonight because it's on the road and they don't like winning on the road unless it's an imploding team with injured key players.


Batum and zeller?

[BillMc]

Spurs by 4

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Spurs win tonight. Pop gave his protégé the freebie last time.

[Larry O]

Hmmm... whom do the Bees have to stop or slowdown LMA? Beeswax Biyonbo or Free Willy Hernangomez? And if Zeller is out, as OP reported, then let's hope that LMA is still in BEAST MODE! If so, then feed'em the ball! GSG!!!

[Dex]

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Damn I need to get on that diet.

[Dex]

Batum and zeller?

Batum is only getting paid like a key player.

:lol MJ :lol

[RC_Drunkford]

Spurs lose tonight because Pop likes to gift his former assistants wins

[WallyTiger]

GSG

[tenbeersbold]

Spurs by at least 12

[Ron Swanson]

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[Cry Havoc]

Either do everything we can to contain Kemba, or let him go off for 40 and shut everyone else down.

Let's do this.

[cd021]

Spurs better not lose this game, tbh. Could hopefully be the start of another long win streak. After this game, they play 3 straight at home against teams below .500.

[Cry Havoc]

Man it's gotta suck trying to play D in the modern NBA when screeners are allowed to hip check you.

[r0drig0lac]

wtf Forbes

[Cry Havoc]

Forbes 7 points All other Spurs 0

Not a promising sign...

[$pursDynasty]

Loaded magazine

[Cry Havoc]

:lmao How can you disagree with that foul call

[Cry Havoc]

Why are we leaving the wings open? It makes no sense.

[Cry Havoc]

If we win tonight we need to go 6-2 to get to 50 wins. Not bad for a team that was supposed to win 40ish games and be 10th in the conference.

[Cry Havoc]

Marco seriously might be shooting 100% from 3 this year. Dude doesn't miss.

[BatManu20]

Hornets getting good looks and knocking them down.

[$pursDynasty]

Damn Spurs run the offense through the guy that scored 48

[GreekSpursfan]

too many bricks, not a good start

[Cry Havoc]

Marco x2!

Good god our defense looks lazy.

[Dex]

Beli and Bryn keeping the Spurs afloat right now.

They are sending doubles at Aldridge every time he touches the ball and DeRozan is still playing passive.

[Texas_Ranger]

another game where the rookie looks like an all-star...

[GreekSpursfan]

Derozan no show so far.

[Leetonidas]

Defense is non existent

[Leetonidas]

And Rudy / DD are garbage so far

[GreekSpursfan]

Getting burned by Miles Bridges, pathetic.

[Dex]

Bridges has already surpassed his average in the first fucking quarter.

Why does some scrub-ass dude have to go off against us every. single. time??

[r0drig0lac]

pathetic effort so far

[Texas_Ranger]

instead of getting the Blazers, the Spurs gonna fuck this easy games schedule and end up getting fucked by the Warriors.

[boutons_deux]

32%

[$pursDynasty]

And Rudy / DD are garbage so far
and yet they aren't going through LaMonster most of his points off of offensive rebounds, rest of Spurs need to get over themselves and feed their best player

[GreekSpursfan]

Lets go ferrari

[BatManu20]

Spurs are daring them to shoot and they’re hitting.

[GreekSpursfan]

Ball is moving but we are missing, defense got a little better, lets keep it going.

[Dex]

Spurs are daring them to shoot and they’re hitting.

If we lose to Frank Kaminski jacking up threes, then so bet it.

[Alfo21]

Bertans playing solid defense so far.

[r0drig0lac]

the Forbes game

[Ron Swanson]

Brynsanity

[spurraider21]

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[GreekSpursfan]

Stop trading baskets dammit

[K...]

it's gonna be weird when the spurs can get ahead in the 2nd because the other team isn't tanking

[Cry Havoc]

D ROZ!

[GreekSpursfan]

Belli doing stupid stuff again

[Raven]

marco has to be the worst closer of all times

[ace3g]

DeRozan slam!!!

[Raven]

that was a nice dunk

[Indianman]

I was worried af when White went down. Dang that was scary after that Nurkic injury.

[spurraider21]

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[Cry Havoc]

COME ON WHITE

[ace3g]

White block, drives to basket, dishes to LA for and-1 dunk!!!

[Cry Havoc]

Guarding DeRozan when his mid range is on has to be a a nightmare.

[BatManu20]

What a sequence by Derrick White... A block, a steal, & and a fast-break assist for an and-1..

[SpurPadre]

Struggling against the Hornets without Teammate Wife Fucker...smh.

[spurraider21]

you'd never have a shot clock violation with bertans on the floor tbh

[SpurPadre]

Only to the Spurs can it happen where a player goes off the previous game for almost 50 (and 56 earlier this season) only to have just 3 more shots than Forbes the next game.

[BatManu20]

Rudy has to shoot that

[r0drig0lac]

welp...

[Leetonidas]

God dammit Rudy wtf are you doing out there :pctoss

[Cry Havoc]

GAY WITH THE SHATTERED ANKLES

[212094ever]

Rudy is so fucking dumb smh

[Barfunk]

Up 10 now down 4

[timtonymanu]

:lol spurs and fringe playoff teams

[NameLess Scrub]

Batum and zeller?


You both have good points. I think the former assistant thing is a stronger factor though.

[sasaint]

A couple of possessions back Gay refused to pass to Marco breaking to the basket by himself, and last possession refused to pass to Poodle breaking wide open to the bucket.

[Cry Havoc]

Hornets announcers are pretty good FWIW.

[Leetonidas]

Jesus christ learn how to shoot fucking FT already dude

[sasaint]

Then Rudy tried to hit Monk for the driving layup.

[sasaint]

What is with our passing tonight?

[MoSpur02]

Why does it look like a game of hot potato? These guys are passing up too many good shots.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Mills has been pathetic tonight

[Cry Havoc]

What is with our passing tonight?

Hornets are ball hawking really well to be honest.

[Barfunk]

I love a good Spurs missed layup tbh

[MoSpur02]

Horrible 3rd quarter overall

[Cry Havoc]

God damn Patty.

[Leetonidas]

Patty bricking layups as usual.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Mills can’t even make a layup

[timtonymanu]

Mills has been pathetic tonight

He’s dogshit 4 out of 5 times a week.

[Degoat]

God I hope we get rid of mills this offseason

[said7]

NBA team getting beat up by a college zone. smh.

[Cry Havoc]

Patty 0-6, poor defense, a TO, and 2 PFs.

Fucking awesome.

White has been awful too.

[Alfo21]

Absolutely terrible quarter since White subbed out. He should really stay more on the court whether he shoots good or not. 5 mins in the 3rd quarter is just a joke. Team is significantly better with him on the court.

[sasaint]

Hornets are ball hawking really well to be honest.

Maybe, but it's a combination of missing the open guy and passing blindly to other guys, not meeting the ball. More than just the Hornets' D.

[Texas_Ranger]

can Mills get Gasol'd? This guy is pathetic.

[Cry Havoc]

God I hope we get rid of mills this offseason

:lol To who? Dude has $25 mil left over 2 years.

[Cry Havoc]

Nice D bertans.

[Cry Havoc]

LMA needs to step it up. 14 points isn't enough.

[Cry Havoc]

LATEST WHISTLE EVER

[Cry Havoc]

Lamb out with a sprain.

[Cry Havoc]

Couple of quick fouls... looking good for FTs for us this quarter. 2 fouls with 10:53 left.

[MoSpur02]

Please take Mills out now!

[Cry Havoc]

Mills wide open corner 3 = airball. 0-7. Fuck patty, stop shooting.

[Leetonidas]

:lol Fatty airballing wide open threes

[DAF86]

Beating themselves.

[Cry Havoc]

Jesus christ patty. Single-handedly losing the game for us.

[DAF86]

Mills wide open corner 3 = airball. 0-7. Fuck patty, stop shooting.

But Pop takes out Bellinelli instead of him.

[Cry Havoc]

How the fuck does the smallest guy on the court get an Ofoul when he isn't even involved in the play?

[r0drig0lac]

lmao getting destroyed by scrubinsky

[YoungbuckMurray]

Please get mills off the court it’s pathetic

[Leetonidas]

Wow what a bullshit foul on the Spurs as Mills gets leveled with no call on the other end

[slick'81]

He’s dogshit 4 out of 5 times a week.

But he was beasting at 12/4 the other game:hungry:

[Alfo21]

How worse can Lonnie be than Mills? He would be 1000 times better on defense and wouldn't be worse than that in offense either.

[sasaint]

Spurs are 14-11 against the Least.

[Cry Havoc]

Patty might go from getting 12 mil a season in his last year of the contract to signing for the vet minimum... if that.

[r0drig0lac]

How worse can Lonnie be than Mills? He would be 1000 times better on defense and wouldn't be worse than that in offense either.

he's not

[Dex]

Fuck Patty's "culture" if he is going to single-handedly screw one out of three games.

[timtonymanu]

Glad our guys always play every game with a sense of urgency especially against non playoff teams :rolleyes

[spurraider21]

:lmao patty
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:lmao dabom3

[Slippy]

Cant watch atm. It seems Patty filling up the stat sheet in a bad way. In the 4th too. Damn game is slipping

[SpaceCoast Spursfan]

Unless White's foot is a concern it makes no sense that he doesn't get more minutes. The only thing Patty is going to do better than White is shoot the 3 and run the court, if he isn't shooting well there is simply no reason he should play this much

[Cry Havoc]

This might be the worst game by any spur this year.

[Dex]

We were doing better when we just chucked threes tbh

[Cry Havoc]

Good god.

[GreekSpursfan]

When your highest paid players struggle this is what you get.

[emanueldavidginobili]

If they lose this game they deserve to be the 8th seed and get bent over and fucked by the Warriors

[Cry Havoc]

3 defensive fouls on Cha. Might save us this game if we can get into the bonus with 6+ to play.

[boutons_deux]

can't score

[slick'81]

Patty might go from getting 12 mil a season in his last year of the contract to signing for the vet minimum... if that.


People defend the fck outta the fact he makes nearly 13 mil per :rollin
if he was making 6/7 maybe i could defend him but...

[sasaint]

The good guys look lethargic and apathetic. Not how I thought they would finish the season a week ago.

[Cry Havoc]

FOUR fouls!

[GreekSpursfan]

Get a fucking rebound

[timtonymanu]

Patty 0-6, poor defense, a TO, and 2 PFs.

Fucking awesome.

White has been awful too.

Patty at his worse is literally the worst spurs player on the roster

[Dex]

People defend the fck outta the fact he makes nearly 13 mil per :rollin
if he was making 6/7 maybe i could defend him but...

Patty is a good backup combo guard, and by all accounts seems like a good guy....but he is not worth 13M per year.

He is getting paid for something he did 5 years ago.

[r0drig0lac]

ugly

[spurraider21]

bryn's defense tbh...

[sasaint]

If they lose this game they deserve to be the 8th seed and get bent over and fucked by the Warriors

Yeah. I worked late and raced home to catch the second half. Working late was more fun, tbh. Very disappointing effort and execution.

[emanueldavidginobili]

About 4 minutes until a Kemba explosion tbh

[GreekSpursfan]

The fucking miscommunication on defense is killing us. Let all the scrubs go off on us, ridiculous.

[Cry Havoc]

People defend the fck outta the fact he makes nearly 13 mil per :rollin
if he was making 6/7 maybe i could defend him but...

Players Patty makes as much/more money than:

Kemba Walker

TJ Warren

Nurkic (sigh)

Moe Harkless

Bojan

Covington

Danny Green

Sweet Lou

KAT (8 mil this year 27 mil next :lol)

Lonzo

Crowder

[timtonymanu]

Patty is a good backup combo guard, and by all accounts seems like a good guy....but he is not worth 13M per year.

He is getting paid for something he did 5 years ago.

:tu

[Robz4000]

That could be the dagger.

[Cry Havoc]

Spurs in the bonus at least.

[Rummpd]

Another bad loss

[spurraider21]

derozan and white taking turns playing heroball. no movement.

if the balls not moving around, bryn/bertans because useless on offense

[Leetonidas]

I hate this shit team. Headed for a third straight dicking by the Warriors

[YoungbuckMurray]

That’s ball game. Pathetic effort tonight just putrid

[sasaint]

About to get routed in the 4th quarter. Sheesh. I really thought we were gelling during the win streak.

[r0drig0lac]

rape ...lmao forbes/mills duo

[BatManu20]

Welp.

[slick'81]

Patty is a good backup combo guard, and by all accounts seems like a good guy....but he is not worth 13M per year.

He is getting paid for something he did 5 years ago.


No doubt! he was productive when young and played hurt while taking less money in his initial fa .Thats why were here

[Cry Havoc]

derozan and white taking turns playing heroball. no movement.

if the balls not moving around, bryn/bertans because useless on offense

Not sure what you've been watching. We've had tons of ball movement, but no one can hit open shots.

[timtonymanu]

Welp guess the 8th seed is all locked now. I get okc has a tough schedule from here on out but these guys don’t make matters better when they’re losing games to under .500 teams in the last 2 weeks of the regular season.

[sananspursfan21]

About to lose to the Hornets. Again.

[Dverde]

I miss our cheerleaders

[Slippy]

Game is still winnable. Which Demar we going to see?

Likely loss coming. Will be happy to be wrong

[FkLA]

trade instagram baller

[DAF86]

About to get swept by the Charlotte Hornets. :lol

[timtonymanu]

I hate this shit team. Headed for a third straight dicking by the Warriors

At this point, I’ll take it. They can take us out of our misery faster. Forget talking about Denver when you can’t even secure a win against the Charlotte fucking Hornets.

[GreekSpursfan]

This game is on LMA. We have been praising him lately and he's killing us today on both ends.

[Cry Havoc]

Mills White a combined 0-14.

[spurraider21]

Not sure what you've been watching. We've had tons of ball movement, but no one can hit open shots.
usually in a live game thread i'm commenting on recent occurrences. i'm not going to give a recap of the first half when we're in a critical point inf the fourth quarter

[Cry Havoc]

usually in a live game thread i'm commenting on recent occurrences. i'm not going to give a recap of the first half when we're in a critical point inf the fourth quarter

We've taken 14 3s in the 2nd half, 5 in this quarter, and most of them are uncontested.

[timtonymanu]

You really see the impact Tim and Manu had on the floor vs the so called best players on our team now that mail it in when they feel like it.

[Cry Havoc]

Bonus might save us. Fingers crossed.

[GreekSpursfan]

Play some consistently good defense ffs.

[Cry Havoc]

You really see the impact Tim and Manu had on the floor vs the so called best players on our team now that mail it in when they feel like it.

Manu came off the bench though, was easy for him to wreak havoc only playing 26mpg.

[timtonymanu]

Borrego really has our team figured out if he can sweep us his first year here

[Cry Havoc]

D Roz back to 5 points, we aren't done yet.

[DAF86]

That's more like it. Stop being so hesitant on offense. Push that shit and shoot it when you have a shot. Be agressive, we're on the bonus.

[sasaint]

We've taken 14 3s in the 2nd half, 5 in this quarter, and most of them are uncontested.

Yeah, the whole team is a bunch of masons tonight. But I am more upset by the lethargy/apathy.

[GreekSpursfan]

LMA why are you giving help there, wtf

[Slippy]

Deronzan taking over . Not sure whether to be happy or sad.

[timtonymanu]

Still enough time for a win but goddamn if we haven’t seen this play out the same way many times this season. Can anyone remember a game when we were down in the 4th and actually made a comeback to win ? Instead of the trend of us having a late game lead only to blow it in a matter of plays.

[FkLA]

Why the fuck is Forbes on Walker?

[Cry Havoc]

Derozan stepping up

[Cry Havoc]

DD!!!!

[r0drig0lac]

Gay!!!

[sasaint]

Kemba with the Mills impersonation!

[Cry Havoc]

LMA TO GAY

[timtonymanu]

Why the fuck is Forbes on Walker?

Pop and his playing of guys who are making shots. White being 0 for 8 isn’t helping his case but he should definitely be covering Walker.

[GreekSpursfan]

We have to thank Kemba here, he's our best player.

[r0drig0lac]

Demar playing like a mvp

[Leetonidas]

Lol Demar gonna go HAM and then turn it over on the last possession to lose the game

[timtonymanu]

There you go, Spurs. Now don’t blow this lead like you tend to do on the road

[sananspursfan21]

Where in David’s name was this the whole game???

[Cry Havoc]

Kemba's tired.

[DAF86]

We have the lead, can we get White in for Forbes now, so that we can keep it and not allow wide open shot after wide open shot?

[Alfo21]

Pop please don't make the mistake of sitting White to end the game due to his bad shooting again. We saw what happened against the Heat and it was no surprise. DeMar gets challenged a lot being the only ball handler and we need White for at least the last 2 minutes.

[GreekSpursfan]

Lol Demar gonna go HAM and then turn it over on the last possession to lose the game

Probably the thought everyone on this thread has. Pls no

[Cry Havoc]

Lol Demar gonna go HAM and then turn it over on the last possession to lose the game

No, that's Patty. DeRozan is the only reason we're IN this game.

[Slippy]

Still enough time for a win but goddamn if we haven’t seen this play out the same way many times this season. Can anyone remember a game when we were down in the 4th and actually made a comeback to win ? Instead of the trend of us having a late game lead only to blow it in a matter of plays.

Ya there is a book on this. spurs dont know any other way.

Maybe this will be first. They have had plenty of practice on losing these close ones.

[sasaint]

Another late whistle.

[DAF86]

We have the lead, can we get White in for Forbes now, so that we can keep it and not allow wide open shot after wide open shot?

Or not. Whatever you prefer Pop.

[Cry Havoc]

Forbes guarding Kemba = free throws. Jesus christ Pop.

[Leetonidas]

Weak foul call

[Cry Havoc]

Kemba's tired.

^^^^^^^^^

[r0drig0lac]

forbes...

[GreekSpursfan]

defense you fucks

[emanueldavidginobili]

Forbes on Kemba in crunch time LMAO

[Leetonidas]

Pop is a fucking moron

[FkLA]

Seriously wtf is Pop thinking putting Forbes on him.

[BatManu20]

Bryn doesn’t stand a chance defensively.

[Cry Havoc]

LMA FEROCIOUS

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Lmao our best defensive player on the bench whole Forbes gets lit up. Fuck pop

[timtonymanu]

Forbes getting more minutes than White :lol of course Pop

[Leetonidas]

That was a clear fuckin foul. Fuck these refs

[Cry Havoc]

You can't even blame Forbes, anymore than you could blame Avery Johnson for not being able to guard Kobe. Just overmatched in every sense of the word.

[r0drig0lac]

Forbes on Kemba..thanks Pop

[spurraider21]

forbes on kemba is laughable. the simplest crossover has him flying 7 feet in the wrong direction

[emanueldavidginobili]

Derrick white On the bench right now is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t care if he can’t hit a shot

[Cry Havoc]

That was a clear fuckin foul. Fuck these refs

Home cookin.

[Cry Havoc]

forbes on kemba is laughable. the simplest crossover has him flying 7 feet in the wrong direction

Looked like a fucking D1 athlete playing at the local Y and embarrassing some kids.

[DAF86]

Please Pop, make defensive changes for this possession.

[r0drig0lac]

DeMVP!!!

[GreekSpursfan]

Don't jinx him, say nothing people.

[spurraider21]

derozon had a rough stretch in the middle of the quarter but he's picked up the slack

[Cry Havoc]

DEROZAN!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

You can't even blame Forbes, anymore than you could blame Avery Johnson for not being able to guard Kobe. Just overmatched in every sense of the word.

Yeah I blame Pop 100% on this. I know White is like 0 for 10. But he’s also shown to be a key 4th quarter player and he’s the best option to guard Kemba,

[emanueldavidginobili]

Pop waits for Kemba to get hot and score 3 straight times on Forbes and then Pop puts in White. It makes absolutely NO sense. It really doesn’t

[$pursDynasty]

Credit where credit is due DeRozan is beasting, definitely Manic right now

[Cry Havoc]

Please Pop, make defensive changes for this possession.

He did. White can't stay in front of him either. Kemba is just that dude. I'd almost rather see Rudy on him to at least give him some size problems.

[timtonymanu]

Alright Demar!

[r0drig0lac]

Derrick white On the bench right now is absolutely ridiculous. I don’t care if he can’t hit a shot

this is good, because he can not

[GreekSpursfan]

White foul you fucking idiot.

[emanueldavidginobili]

6 assist two steals two blocks it’s not all about scoring

[GreekSpursfan]

Of course

[DAF86]

DeRozan. Smh.

[Slippy]

Pop waits for Kemba to get hot and score 3 straight times on Forbes and then Pop puts in White. It makes absolutely NO sense. It really doesn’t

It absolutely amazing he took so long to bring him back.

Anyways we might actually win this. if we do biggest win on the road.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Absolute idiot DeRozan what a terrible shot at the end wtf

[emanueldavidginobili]

Let’s not give it to LA with FRANK KAMINSKY ON HIM lmaooooo

[sasaint]

Looked like a fucking D1 athlete playing at the local Y and embarrassing some kids.

I thought he was anticipating a pass and tried to jump it.

[spurraider21]

they hammered the fuck out of kemba. that was a very fortunate no call. but wtf was that play? pure iso? disgusting tbh

[Texas_Ranger]

no one is surprised he missed...

[timtonymanu]

Ugh a loss in overtime would be awful, get this Spurs

[Cry Havoc]

What a lazy play by DD. What the fuck is that.

[spurs1990]

Easiest the worst attempt of a game winning iso shot I’ve ever seen

[Spur|n|Austin]

lol dude Demar's closing abilities are inline with my abilities to take apart a carburetor.

[Trill Clinton]

DeMar has to be 0-10 on game winners this season

[Leetonidas]

Ugh

[GreekSpursfan]

White cost us there, lets not pretend he's a saint or something

[ZeusWillJudge]

That was absolutely the right play by DeRozan. He got a shot off, but made 100% sure that it was the last shot of the game.

[DAF86]

He did. White can't stay in front of him either. Kemba is just that dude. I'd almost rather see Rudy on him to at least give him some size problems.

White stayed in front of him just fine. Kemba just made an all-star layup. I'm cool with that. Better than seeing Forbes allow a wide open jumpshot or layup.

[SpaceCoast Spursfan]

Horrible final possession - DDR just happy to dribble and then fade away from 20+ ft - makes no sense

[FkLA]

Soft ass shit. Attack you faggot.