Game Thread: Spurs vs. Trail Blazers - Oct. 28, 2019 @ 7:30 PM CT

[timvp]

The Blazers are 2-1 after beating the Mavs in Dallas on Sunday night. It sounds like Zach Collins will miss the game after getting hurt against the Mavs. This should be a good litmus test for the Spurs -- and would be a nice time for Pop to breakout the Murray and White backcourt.

Spurs favored by 5.5 points.

[apalisoc_9]

The Blazers are 2-1 after beating the Mavs in Dallas on Sunday night. It sounds like Zach Collins will miss the game after getting hurt against the Mavs. This should be a good litmus test for the Spurs -- and would be a nice time for Pop to breakout the Murray and White backcourt.

Spurs favored by 5.5 points.

dis nikka thinking pop would breakout murray-white combo with mills and belli available :lmao

Spurs by 15 because of back to back and its a home game.

In other day the blazers would curbstomp any team that plays mills-Belli level kind of players extended periods

[siraulo23]

White Murray lineup to defend Lillard, CJ pls

[RC_Drunkford]

White and Murray won't play together until Murray's minute restriction is lifted. Pop will probably put Forbes and Mills on McCollum, so he will go for 30. Aldridge might struggle to post up Whiteside so DeRozan and Gay gotta pick up the slack. I hope Pop plays Walker again. Would usually say Blazers by 20 but since they are on a back to back it should be a nail biter

[SpurPadre]

It's not the Blazers, it's the Guests, tbh.

[Fireball]

:flag:

[sananspursfan21]

I’ll be optimistic and say the defense gets on track tonight. 113-106 Spurs

[Fireball]

at least McCollum already got it going against the Mavs ... otherwise his first breakout this season after a slow start surely would have happened against the Spurs

as Murray will not see more minutes Lillard and CJ will have a field day against Forbes, Mills and Belli

[cd021]

Got Spurs by 6, Liliard and CJ will get there's but I don't think Portland is good this year so not sure it'll matter.

[Jordan Jackson]

Pop will continue to trott out the dynamic duo of Patty and Marco, making this game harder to
win than it needs to be.

[timtonymanu]

Good test against a worthy opponent

[r0drig0lac]

Good test against a worthy opponent

yes, finally a real test, looking at any possible change in rotation, I think Walker (and possibly Carroll) will have more minutes today.

[AussieFanKurt]

How long is DJM on minutes restriction

[buttsR4rebounding]

How long is DJM on minutes restriction

As long as Pop is coach...

[San Antonio Slayer]

it will be another 20+20 night for Whiteside

[Chomag]

It's going to be tough going 3 on 7 whenever the Mills , Belli duo goes in.

[$pursDynasty]

It's not the Blazers, it's the Guests, tbh.
I always chuckle when I see this but what is the origin of this nickname?

[rjv]

spurs have eked out two close wins against two likely lottery teams so far. how they fare tonight will give us a better sample of what to expect from this team, for at least the first part of the season.

[Mugen]

Pop will probably go back to the Patty as PG lineup to close the 1st half. I'd pound that 1H line and take the Blazers tbh.

[Fireball]

How long is DJM on minutes restriction

Pop said the first ten games ... then he can play about 30 minutes ... I hope he can reach 35 minutes at some point this season

[Mirrornick]

Derozan always destroys blazers. Should be a dub

[Leetonidas]

I always chuckle when I see this but what is the origin of this nickname?

Tlong thread entitled "Blazers are the guest team in the west" when he meant to say best. Just stuck I guess

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

Zach Collins is out for the Blazers tonight — Dislocated his shoulder last night in Dallas. Pau is out. Nurkic still out as well. I give the Spurs a puncher’s chance tonight for this reason.

Aldridge vs Whiteside should be fun.

[BatManu20]

Their young backup SG Anfernee Simons has looked good for them so far too. Look for him to torch Patty when the second unit comes in tbh.

[TDomination]

I predict we will be up 10-12 pts and it looks like we are on the verge of pulling away and then our fabulous duo will keep the blazers in it.

I hate seeing Murray being restricted but I understand it. I want to see him finishing in close games, thats what bugs me the most. But hopefully we can still get the W.

[Fireball]

the Mavs really looked like they had total control over the blazers but the guests came back ... hope those legs are a little more tired and Lillards 35 footers are a little short

[RC_Drunkford]

great breakdown how we closed out the last game. Obviously no foul by White and Murray


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzvHOkD2XA4

[Robz4000]

Guests by 10 imo.

[spurraider21]

Spurs by 20+ tbh

and it would be interesting to see if pop deviates from his current rotation and allows dejounte and white to share to floor a bit to see how they can stack up on both ends against dame/mccollum

[TheSpurglar]

White and Murray won't play together until Murray's minute restriction is lifted.

This actually makes a fair bit of sense. Don't necessarily agree with Pop's reasoning if this is what's happening, but it's a half-decent explanation at least.

[TDomination]

great breakdown how we closed out the last game. Obviously no foul by White and Murray


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzvHOkD2XA4
wow Rui was wide open there at the end. I’m glad Beal didn’t see him. Not sure who messed up on the switch but based on the past and how typically pop likes to switch everything at the end, I would say DWhite should’ve switched on to Rui but instead stayed with Bertans.

great video

[Chinook]

wow Rui was wide open there at the end. I’m glad Beal didn’t see him. Not sure who messed up on the switch but based on the past and how typically pop likes to switch everything at the end, I would say DWhite should’ve switched on to Rui but instead stayed with Bertans.

great video

Video claims DeRozan blew the switch, but White was the guy on Bertans before the play. Derrick thus should have gone to Hach on the switch and not stayed with Bertans. Either DeRozan switched when he wasn't supposed to (unlikely given the situation) or White blew the switch. Blaming that on DeMar is biased at best and horrible basketball knowledge at worst.

[timvp]

Video claims DeRozan blew the switch, but White was the guy on Bertans before the play. Derrick thus should have gone to Hach on the switch and not stayed with Bertans.

True. White was basically able to avoid the screen but if the Spurs were switching all screens, White should have been the one to switch and DeRozan made the right play. The switchable lineup on the court means it's very likely they were told to switch all screens.

[timvp]

Pop's mind's eye when the Spurs open up a disrespectfully large lead in the second quarter:

https://i.imgur.com/zJfmdpA.jpg

[RC_Drunkford]

here's how this will go:


Spurs come out fresh and get a little lead. Then Pop subs in Mills for Forbes and McCollum gets hot. Pop then subs in Belinelli for DeRozan and Rodney Hood gets hot. Spurs lose the lead but keep it close cause Murray and Aldridge make plays.
By the end of the 2nd quarter the Spurs are up 6 points when Pop decides to play the Forbes/Mills back court. The game is tied by halftime. When Pop proceeds to put Mills/Belinelli back on the court, the Blazers just keep scoring off of open back door cuts and nail 3s in Beli's face. Spurs are down 6 in the 4th quarter when DeRozan starts to turn it on to tie the game.
Blazers are tired cause they on a back-to-back, so the Spurs manage to win the game with a 3-pointer by Bryn Forbes

[raybies]

here's how this will go:


Spurs come out fresh and get a little lead. Then Pop subs in Mills for Forbes and McCollum gets hot. Pop then subs in Belinelli for DeRozan and Rodney Hood gets hot. Spurs lose the lead but keep it close cause Murray and Aldridge make plays.
By the end of the 2nd quarter the Spurs are up 6 points when Pop decides to play the Forbes/Mills back court. The game is tied by halftime. When Pop proceeds to put Mills/Belinelli back on the court, the Blazers just keep scoring off of open back door cuts and nail 3s in Beli's face. Spurs are down 6 in the 4th quarter when DeRozan starts to turn it on to tie the game.
Blazers are tired cause they on a back-to-back, so the Spurs manage to win the game with a 3-pointer by Bryn Forbes
Sounds about right

[koriwhat]

i can't wait for tonight... sitting courside row 10. GSG! :tu

[BatManu20]

i can't wait for tonight... sitting courside row 10. GSG! :tu

Nice. Yell at Pop to play DJ and D-White together please.

[koriwhat]

Nice. Yell at Pop to play DJ and D-White together please.

i'll do my best. :tu

[Dennis the Menace]

Nice. Yell at Pop to play DJ and D-White together please.

[BatManu20]

Expect a lot of L’s on the the 2nd leg of b2b’s tbh


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[r0drig0lac]

Jordan Howenstine
@AirlessJordan
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Dejounte Murray has totaled 37 points, 18 rebounds, 10 assists and 5 steals in two games.

Murray is the first player in Spurs history to reach those numbers in the first two games of any season since 1976.

(He’s on a minutes restriction)

[Mugen]

Expect a lot of L’s on the the 2nd leg of b2b’s tbh


1188952028627849216

Wonder if he'll let Lonnie play or see if Beli can go 40mins

[BatManu20]

Wonder if he'll let Lonnie play or see if Beli can go 40mins
Ferrari’s minutes ain’t going anywhere tbh :lol

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[RC_Drunkford]

Somebody give Pop his medicine. He's hallucinating

[timtonymanu]

Good grief

[daslicer]

Expect a lot of L’s on the the 2nd leg of b2b’s tbh


1188952028627849216

How depressing.

[raybies]

I’d be a smart ass and be like, what have you seen on Marco on the defensive end? :lol

[ace3g]

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[Play Boban]

Blazers are about to go raw tbh.

[ace3g]

https://twitter.com/Austinforkeep/status/1188932303076184064

[gambit1990]

you couldn't ask for a better frame for your PG than murray. 6'5'', 6'10" wingspan, lanky.

it was weird people wrote him off because of he got hurt.

he and kawhi would've been great together defensively. at least they can be great separate too.

[heyheymymy]

How depressing.
I'm honestly fine with it. It's definitely an overabundance of caution but it's just a phase to ease him back and better safe than sorry since we have seen high caliber players leave if they felt their health was not respected.

Ridiculous, but here we are. Pop puts him in willy nilly and something goes wrong and you'll criticize that too.

It could have the unintended consequence of honing his ability to be efficient too so silver lining.

[Ron Swanson]

:flag:

[FkLA]

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SrSwagDaddy looking fresh tbh

[daslicer]

I'm honestly fine with it. It's definitely an overabundance of caution but it's just a phase to ease him back and better safe than sorry since we have seen high caliber players leave if they felt their Uncle was not respected.

Ridiculous, but here we are. Pop puts him in willy nilly and something goes wrong and you'll criticize that too.

It could have the unintended consequence of honing his ability to be efficient too so silver lining.

I see where you are coming from and had to just fixed one thing.

[timvp]

Lyles starting again.

[Mugen]

Blazers +1.5 1H
Spurs to cover -6

:claw

[AussieFanKurt]

Honestly I think DJM could lead the league in rebounds if he plays 35+ mins...

[BatManu20]

Blazers on fire to start the game.

[Leetonidas]

Spurs happily giving up wide open threes

[AussieFanKurt]

These cunts aren't talking on D

[r0drig0lac]

bad offense
bad defense

[Leetonidas]

Brick... Brick.... Brick...

[BatManu20]

This might be a blowout. Portland came to play.

[Ron Swanson]

This game may be worse than the Steelers/Dolphins MNF game.

[r0drig0lac]

Demar is so stupid

[raybies]

about as bad a start as you can expect...

[BlackAndWhite]

Same

[BatManu20]

Blazers literally can’t miss. And Spurs literally can’t hit. 19-4 bad guys lol.

[Leetonidas]

Lol this one's already over. Spurs just running trash offense and giving up wide open shots on the other end

[AussieFanKurt]

This is a laugher

[XDT76]

The other day Bertans is shooting 100% 3pts today the whole Portland is doing it.

[poopbox]

blazers made about as many 3s in a row as we make in a game

[raybies]

spurs playing cocky with no reason...

[dbestpro]

Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Forbes playing facepalm ball.

[BlackAndWhite]

Why are the spurs so bad this game?

[RC_Drunkford]

Can't wait for Pop to put Millinelli in, so we're down 40

[raybies]

i guess beating two lottery teams barely got to their head lol

[BatManu20]

Patty and Marco will be in in no time.

[dbestpro]

Demar barely touched the ball so far.

[timvp]

:wakeup

[james evans]

This shit is sad

[Robz4000]

:lol Forbes is getting obliterated

[SpurSpike]

Spurs had good hustle, shots just aren't falling and Portland cant miss.

[r0drig0lac]

Jesus...

[Leetonidas]

Fucking sad

[raybies]

Pop making it a point to feed LMA and DD early and they are wetting the bed.

[dbestpro]

Waiting for White and Murray to get their time together and usher in the new future.

[BatManu20]

This is somehow getting worse... gotta our some bench players in.

[Ron Swanson]

WTF is DeMar doing?

[james evans]

Patty and Marco will be in in no time.
Then they will go on a 30-0 run

[JPB]

19pt in 4:50... = about 180 pt in the game

[Degoat]

We suck lol

[XDT76]

Looks like Lonnie will have significant play time today

[emanueldavidginobili]

The first DECENT team this team plays and they’re getting done in haha

[raybies]

Pop letting the team get spanked... guess this was a planned loss

[emanueldavidginobili]

Pace sucks for the spurs this isn’t the 50’s Jesus

[raybies]

here comes mili belinili... good night

[emanueldavidginobili]

Pace sucks for the spurs this isn’t the 50’s Jesus

[Darius Bieber]

With the almost losses we had against the Knicks and Wizards, any western conference team we face will be a 40+ point loss.

[JPB]

You know spurs win this tbh

[BlackAndWhite]

Dwite

[raybies]

nice pass from lyles

[wildcardX]

Fear not, Mills and Belli will be in to save the day.

[Ditty]

Fuck this team.

[r0drig0lac]

nice block by Jakob

[james evans]

Ok this lineup is good. Let’s just hope bellineli doesn’t hit the floor.

[BackHome]

Poodle needs to play more the dude is legit.

[raybies]

white is getting his confidence back

[Chomag]

Poodle is so underrated here, he would be a starter in a few playoff teams

[raybies]

Poodle is so underrated here, he would be a starter in a few playoff teams
yeah.. he's a good Splitter Oberto type big.. he reminds me of them.. i just wonder how much ceiling he has left

[SpurSpike]

Yeah, White kinda cocked his neck as he entered the court. Like he was bout to take this over.

[Ditty]

I love Jakob.

[AussieFanKurt]

Whitey getting shit done

[boutons_deux]

what channel ?

[raybies]

Great White Hope is back

[Chomag]

That was some actually great transition D by Mills there lol

[poopbox]

you shouldn't be allowed back in the game if patty mills blocks your shot

[AussieFanKurt]

Lol what do you do if Mills blocks you

[emanueldavidginobili]

Gay looks terrible physically

[raybies]

mills with a block rofl

that kids career just ended

[james evans]

Fuck. Bellineli just checked in.

[JPB]

Lol what do you do if Mills blocks you

you meditate.

[Chomag]

what channel ? it's playing in FSSAHD for me. 1756 on att&T

[Dverde]

We back in Black!
https://i.imgur.com/6ZMCOTg_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

[raybies]

milli belinilli :wow

[Leetonidas]

Rudy sucks

[Chomag]

Mills Bili brothers again....

[r0drig0lac]

this is a shit defense

[emanueldavidginobili]

Beli LMAO

[JPB]

well

[Ron Swanson]

Lol what do you do if Mills blocks you

Immediately retire.

[raybies]

Gay looks like he's 38 out there... he's moving like Vince Carter

[dbestpro]

Gay looks like he is playing in slow motion.

[Chomag]

I don't get what Pop sees in the Mills Belli line up

[raybies]

I don't get what Pop sees in the Mills Belli line up
"Energy"

[Degoat]

Something has to give with patty & Marco. I understand why we play patty even though he sucks but Marco doesn't belong on the court

[r0drig0lac]

I don't get what Pop sees in the Mills Belli line up

billy and marco together on court is a disrespect for fans

[JPB]

Gay looks like he's 38 out there... he's moving like Vince Carter

he isn't 38?

[Chomag]

"Energy"
Yeah...for the other team lol

[AussieFanKurt]

get this stupid italian cunt off

[dbestpro]

Lots of mistakes but Rudy Gay just does not look like he should be on the floor right now.

[Slippy]

Rudy has not come to play.

[Chomag]

Man Gay looks washed, hopefully he can and just needs to get his body back in shape

[dbestpro]

The spurs look like the Clang Brothers.

[raybies]

Great White Hope :cry

[r0drig0lac]

White carrying this team

[dbestpro]

The need to put Gay on an exercise bike when he is not on the floor.

[Slippy]

Spurs can't get stops.

DWhite is balling. He will come out for DJ tho

[Ron Swanson]

Mills, Marco, and Gay out there. :vomit:

[r0drig0lac]

i hate Marco

[Dex]

White looking great tonight :tu

[Chomag]

Love the aggression white is starting to show

[raybies]

Prime White right now

[raybies]

If we can get DJ to sustain and White back to himself... dark horse for finals

[Leetonidas]

Come on Forbes pass the fucking ball dude

[BatManu20]

Bryn having an awful game

[Degoat]

Why didn't gay try to block that....

[timvp]

Welcome back, Derrick White :tu

[JPB]

spurs get this

[dbestpro]

Simons pushed off but ref it out of position.

[TimDunkem]

If we can get DJ to sustain and White back to himself... dark horse for finals

Slow down. Your homerism is showing again. This team is going nowhere with this defense.

[Chomag]

Blazers are just too athletic for us, it's to bad that we don't have any athletes with odd looking hair to match it a bit

[Sugus]

Can Lonnie possibly be worse than the players on the court right now, Pop?

[Spurs fever]

It's mind boggling how Mills and Beli get so much playing time with their defense is so bad.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Anfernee Simons drafted 6 picks after Lonnie in the same drafted on a arguably better team and Lonnie can’t get shit hahaha

[raybies]

Welcome back, Derrick White :tu
http://giphygifs.s3.amazonaws.com/media/NEvPzZ8bd1V4Y/giphy.gif

[spurraider21]

if this derrick white is really back, good times ahead

[raybies]

Slow down. Your homerism is showing again. This team is going nowhere with this defense.
they'll shape up...

[RC_Drunkford]

Belinelli fuckin up possessions on both ends now, throwing up bricks. We need some 3s to fall

[r0drig0lac]

Mills Belli transition defense...lmao

[Spurs fever]

White gone?

[Slippy]

The need to put Gay on an exercise bike when he is not on the floor.

Gay is a traffic cone its injury or he just can't move anymore.

Pop needs to recognize this soon.

[Dex]

Starting unit is really shitting the bed tonight tbh.

Aldridge and Forbes doing nothing. DeRozan has shown a couple sparks, but is still playing his old, antiquated game.

And yes, Marco and Mills have been mostly useless too. Mills is doing some work in other areas...Marco is just clogging the floor, ugh

[BatManu20]

Lyles stinking it up today too

[Chomag]

Pop still refusing to let Murray and White see the floor together

[TheAmateon]

Every time I see PattyNelli lineup on the floor, it brings tears to my eyes. And those are definitely not the tears of joy, tbh.

[BatManu20]

White was playing really well and leading us back so naturally Pop pulls him lol

[r0drig0lac]

DJM!!!

[Spurs fever]

If Murray and White were in we'd be in great shape.

[AussieFanKurt]

I think these rotations are the worst/weirdest I've ever seen Pop play to start a year

[Dex]

In all fairness...Guests looks like they just can't miss a shot a right now. They have been hitting bottom all night.

Have to hope that they regress to the mean...otherwise you may just have to tip the hat.

[raybies]

White was playing really well and leading us back so naturally Pop pulls him lol
he's on a minutes restriction. wait...

[Chomag]

Anfernee Simons drafted 6 picks after Lonnie in the same drafted on a arguably better team and Lonnie can’t get shit hahahaLW seems to be about the only young drafted player that isn't playing lol

[Joseph Kony]

In all fairness...Guests looks like they just can't miss a shot a right now. They have been hitting bottom all night.

Have to hope that they regress to the mean...otherwise you may just have to tip the hat.

that's what happens when you play shit defense and give up wide open threes to start the game

[Chomag]

Why is the guy with the hot hand white sitting right now?

[emanueldavidginobili]

Walking it up the court and running a set every single time isn’t going to cut it in today’s game.

[emanueldavidginobili]

SA- 0-7 3pts POR 8-15

[raybies]

lets see if pop has the nuts to play forbes milli to close the half

[Chomag]

White needs to get over himself again I guess

[r0drig0lac]

dpoy DJM

[DAF86]

We don't have enough firepower. 8 3's from Portland vs 0. This is where we miss that Bertans guy.

[poopbox]

spurs about to play a whole half of basketball in 2019 and not make a 3 pointer

[Joseph Kony]

it's maddening to watch what could be the most fearsome defensive backcourt since Dumars/Thomas not materialize because our coach is a senile old faggot

[raybies]

Murray pantsing Lillard. Vet play

[Ron Swanson]

Keep playing like that, Murray, and you're going to find yourself on the bench.

[Slippy]

You got Toliver guarding LA at the 5 now. I'd rather the spurs pound the ball inside these last 3mins before the half.

[BlackAndWhite]

Spurs need to unleash Demarre carrol. That way we'll have more 3 point threats

[raybies]

Murray and White should be closing half

[MannyIsGod]

Aside from the start, they've been fine. But we gifted them a 19 point lead so it's going to be tough.


Please no more Beli

[Chomag]

Dang Murray is so active in defence

[Dex]

What the hell is Aldridge doing, tbh?

[Dverde]

Thank the lord for Rodney Hood.

[timtonymanu]

Said I didn’t like the Rudy contract cause he’s about to break down and so far I’ve been proven right.

[Chomag]

Lmao this line up..

[Joseph Kony]

poop :lmao

[Dex]

Pop going for Beli and Forbes to close the half

:pctoss

[Joseph Kony]

we needa match up on defense let me put Belinelli in for LMA :lmao :lmao

[raybies]

what is pop doing... good grief

[FkLA]

Smh Pop. Stubborn, arrogant asshole. Perfect game to match up White-Murray with their backcourt.

[r0drig0lac]

DJM is the man

[Chomag]

Does Pop know how to coach a freaking NBA team anymore?

[spurstalk123456]

what happened to rudy gay

[timtonymanu]

:pop: don’t question my rotations. Are they any good questions I can answer?

[SpurPadre]

I wish I knew why Pop thinks it's toxic for Murray and White to be on the floor together for more than 6 seconds.

[BatManu20]

DeMar you idiot. Use your brain dude

[raybies]

guess the old fart knows what he's doing... as timvp would say "gutsy"

[poopbox]

we have some players on this team with really low basketball iq's...

[sasaint]

Down 6 at the half after the first 6 minutes of the game? I'll take it!

[raybies]

DD just give the oop. stop player hating

[Genovaswitness]

retarded fucking derozan stopping our momentum per usual tbqh

[MannyIsGod]

Said I didn’t like the Rudy contract cause he’s about to break down and so far I’ve been proven right.

Except he's been fine this season so far.

[Chomag]

what happened to rudy gayHe got fat lol

[Mugen]

crofl at the Blazers going extra small and Pop still not playing DWhite and Dejounte together

[spurraider21]

We don't have enough firepower. 8 3's from Portland vs 0. This is where we miss that Bertans guy.
but we have Trey "Not Davis Bertans" Lyles

[dbestpro]

Forbes looks like the best player for the Blazers so far.

[raybies]

that was the second time this half that DeMar called his number when Murray had an easy oop. Murray makes it a point to feed him all the time. He need to return the love imo.

[Slippy]

Demar loves driving into a crowd. Lose count how many times he does it a game.

Rudy stepped upped on offense but his defense is terrible. Note sure what pop seeing. Same coach that goes for Marco over Lonnie so shouldn't be surprised.

[SpurPadre]

He got fat lol

Old really.

[AussieFanKurt]

crofl at the Blazers going extra small and Pop still not playing DWhite and Dejounte together

This pair should play together lots tbh

[spurraider21]

derozan with that hero attempt :lol... but still awesome recognition by DJM and Gay to go for 2 for 1. 6 point game at the half is awesome considering how bad it was

[Gibbz]

Blessing to be down just 6 points considering the three-point battle is 8-18 to 1-9. Should win this game.

[BatManu20]

Spurs fought back after that atrocious start. Give ‘em credit. Some of that is Portland just coming back to earth a bit.

Shot 1/9 from 3 in the first half. Need to shoot it better from deep. But more importantly, play better defense and keep attacking the basket. Put pressure on them and we have a chance.

[raybies]

for as hot as the Blazers been and the amount of threes they hit, they only have 51 points. that's kind of nuts

[timvp]

Thankfully Pop didn't pull the Patty PG lineup .................. but would it really kill him to play White and Dejounte together?

[Chomag]

Seriously though could LW do any worse then Belli?

[spurraider21]

murray/white have been completely staggered. were there REALLY not a couple of more minutes white could have played alongside DJM?

[raybies]

Thankfully Pop didn't pull the Patty PG lineup .................. but would it really kill him to play White and Dejounte together?
he doesn't want to give any team film of the lineup... cia pop

[FkLA]

................ but would it really kill him to play White and Dejounte together?

:pop: yes. yes it would.

[RC_Drunkford]

Good come back. Spurs had very active hands on defense tonight, just a few unlucky bounces. Good to see White being aggressive as well. Why in the world is Pop subbing in Belinelli for Aldridge?

[spurraider21]

Thankfully Pop didn't pull the Patty PG lineup .................. but would it really kill him to play White and Dejounte together?
white only getting 10 minutes is criminal. and as dejounte's minutes ramp up as the season goes on, he's going to have to play them together eventually (unless its literally a zero sum game and white's minutes HAVE to drop). why not get them acclimated now?

[SpurPadre]

When Forbes' shot isn't falling, he's barely of any use. When we're playing an elite backcourt like this, Murray and White should be on the floor together.

[TimmyBuckets]

White Power

[Chomag]

White was probably the best player out there so far tonight and he only got 10 minutes?

[sasaint]

Seriously though could LW do any worse then Belli?

No better time than now to find out. But don't hold your breath. Marco must have the photos that Bonner used to have.

[SpurPadre]

Demar at the end there reminded me of how he gifted Load Management his revenge game in Toronto last season smh

[raybies]

Lillard getting shut down, guarded by Murray. Meanwhile CJ is going off, guarded by Bryn...

[DAF86]

Is White on minutes restriction too? :rolleyes: