Game Thread: Spurs @ Heat - Jan. 15, 2020 @ 6:30 PM CT

[tholdren]

him and instaballer are one of the dozens of guards in this league good enough to start with zero chance at ever becoming all stars. that's all they are and ever will be.
That's just how terrible the nba is. You have pgs who get 20 plus minutes and cant get 4apg in a league where there are 100 shots a game? Just terrible

[slick'81]

Pop still forcing bryn&belli down spurs fans throats

[Russo21]

Mills having a seemingly open 3 attempt blocked :lol good to see Mills, Marco and Forbes getting burn inn the 4th :clap

[slick'81]

:lol Mills&derozan our best players nightly

[Robz4000]

:lol all these posters who have no idea who Nunn is

[212094ever]

:lmao Forms

[TimDunkem]

Pop left Adebayo off team USA IIRC:lol

For Mason Plumlee and Derrick White for Fox.

[Joseph Kony]

spurs are going to lose this game and its because of this shit stretch with marco on the floor. 13-3 run. what the fuck is wrong with this moron coach

why is this obvious to everyone besides the old man in charge

[spurs10]

Blew this one.

[GreekSpursfan]

Derozan has to shoot the three and instead he pump fakes and that leads to Patty getting blocked. That sequence is Derozan in a nutshell. Can't win with a guy like that leading your team.

[timtonymanu]

Pop still “testing shit out” in January, I guess :lol

[FkLA]

Forms sucks so much smh.

[TimDunkem]

:lol all these posters who have no idea who Nunn is

Casuals everywhere.

[D-Wade]

Poop’s dumbass aside, this Heat team is pretty damn good. And the Spurs kept it competitive throughout. Too bad this game does nothing to help the spurs get out of 9th.

:bobo

We're pretty damn good at home. But away, it's clear we still have a lot of youth.

[dbestpro]

Looks like another classic Pop 19-20 game. Forbes scores 11 gives up 30. Walker get 8 minutes. ..........................I really am learning to hate Pop.

[tholdren]

Derozan has to shoot the three and instead he pump fakes and that leads to Patty getting blocked. That sequence is Derozan in a nutshell. Can't win with a guy like that leading your team.

Llololol sit down

[Sugus]

LOL at people cheering Pop after playing Italian POS last game as if he wasn't going to get him in the rotation again... Fucking idiots just like Pop

[RC_Drunkford]

Belinelli played 4 minutes and was a -7 :lmao :lmao

how can a player be that bad?

[HarlemHeat37]

Derozan has to shoot the three and instead he pump fakes and that leads to Patty getting blocked. That sequence is Derozan in a nutshell. Can't win with a guy like that leading your team.

Usually I agree, but it's tough to blame him for anything when he has carried this bad team and is having a career season.

[hombre]

LOL at Pop still playing Forbes.

[duncan2k5]

Did anyone on here know who Kendrick Nunn was before tonight? What a find

Wow...u guys really don't watch other teams...Nunn has arguably been their best player this year...he has led them in scoring for most of the season

[emanueldavidginobili]

Lonnie 8 minutes haha I cant even be mad, it’s comedy at this point.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Did anyone on here know who Kendrick Nunn was before tonight? What a find


Yeah, he's gotten a lot of attention. A lot of people put him in the top 3 for ROY. We've talked about him a few times here, but people are just catching on that Miami's record is for real. The Heat have a lot of good young players - and they give them minutes.

[tholdren]

Belinelli played 4 minutes and was a -7 :lmao :lmao

how can a player be that bad?
You're so lacking in bbiq

[KobesAchilles]

I told y’all Pop wouldn’t play Lonnie. 8 minutes for him :lol

Also can we stop blaming Forbes when Murray has been SHIT for several games now. Seriously 4 points from ur supposed starting point guard? Just bench him for White already.

[FkLA]

:lol all these posters who have no idea who Nunn is

Yeah, I hardly watch any NBA games outside of Spurs games and even I know he's been a revelation for them this year.

[DPG#5]

Lets not overlook Rudy Gay's no contribution.

[RC_Drunkford]

:pop: "they scored more points than we did. We didn't move the ball enough. Some shots go in, some shots don't."

[tholdren]

Lets not overlook Rudy Gay's no contribution.

Or lamarcus


Again

[Russo21]

Marco -7 in 4 minutes 30 seconds. Spurs lose by 6. Lonnie has to get those minutes

[HarlemHeat37]

Nunn has been really good against bad teams like the Spurs, but he's mostly bad against good teams. This Heat team is an obvious pretender, although they've done a great job retooling for the next few years.

[DPG#5]

We need a legit coach

We don't have the horses, thats the issue.

[sananspursfan21]

I can’t fault our guys too much lately but this one was very winnable. During that 4 minute scoreless stretch, instead of going for the constant home run three ball, they could have gotten a few easy baskets by working the ball inside and chipped away at that humongous 6 point lead. But Forbes kept firing away :rolleyes

[duncan2k5]

When a 24 year old rookie Kendrick Nunn goes off on you you just tip your cap and move to the next game

Bro...Nunn is good...do u watch basketball? He isn't some rookie scrub...he is one of their best players...

[tholdren]

Marco -7 in 4 minutes 30 seconds. Spurs lose by 6. Lonnie has to get those minutes

Lonnie played terrible or he would have had those minutes.

[DPG#5]

Casuals everywhere.

Before this game I didn't lol.

[Robz4000]

We don't have the horses, thats the issue.

This team isn't a contender, but they're better than their record. If Pop wasn't a complete fuck up when it came rotations and in-game adjustments this team would be a solid playoff team.

[duncan2k5]

Usually I agree, but it's tough to blame him for anything when he has carried this bad team and is having a career season.

The team is bad because of him...y'all really don't know what empty calories are...he has been like Melo his entire career,yet y'all still think when he puts up good numbers it's a positive impact on the team

[RC_Drunkford]

Nunn is undrafted just like Forbes, but :pop: "Bryn is the better player. He's Steph Curry"

[Sugus]

Lonnie played terrible or he would have had those minutes.

Oh, really? You really think Pop distributes minutes based on how the players perform on a given night? :lol

[TimDunkem]

Nunn has been really good against bad teams like the Spurs, but he's mostly bad against good teams. This Heat team is an obvious pretender, although they've done a great job retooling for the next few years.

He's an elite role player and that's okay. He's a rookie anyway.

I wouldn't say this Heat team is a pretender considering no one considers them legit contenders. They have some weak links in the bench and lack a true number one option. Still a damn solid team though.

[crc21209]

This L is on Pop. Very winnable game flushed down the toilet. The Spurs were 1/12 to begin the 4th and yet were only down 6. Playing Belinelli and Forbes at the same time was bad. Leaving Forbes in was even worse. And he also took too long to bring back Aldridge and Derozan.

[Duncan2177]

https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1190077747256680448

Pop sees nothing wrong with anything byrn did tonight folks

Signs of Dementia for sure.

[slick'81]

Pops rotatons havent really changed much&this team is set in its ways,tbh

[Russo21]

Lonnie played terrible or he would have had those minutes.
He can't do any worse than Marco though, nobody in the league can. The young fella has to see court time to grow and a few minutes here and there isn't enough.

[SuperCam]

Casuals everywhere.

they'll be the first to tell you how good white and instaballer are though :lol

[crc21209]

Solid team, but Butler is overrated as fuck. Yeah he had a huge block at the end, but he missed a ton of shots and some FT’s as well...

[TimDunkem]

Before this game I didn't lol.

I can't wait to see people here discover Devonte Graham.

[Sugus]

https://mobile.twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1217594937883185157

Maybe it should be Pop trying to learn what wins and what loses, tbh :rolleyes

[tholdren]

Oh, really? You really think Pop distributes minutes based on how the players perform on a given night? :lol

Lonnie is a crowd favorite but a dumb and overrated player. Spurstalk said the same overexaggerated garbage about murray and to a lesser extent white.

[SpurPadre]

So, the other team's SG, who averages 15 points per game drops 33 tonight...yeah, FUCK YOU, FORBES.

[slick'81]

Just wait till kj and spoon get their 10 min each next season:clap

[SpurPadre]

they'll be the first to tell you how good white and instaballer are though :lol

It never ceases to amaze me how a fucking Bobcat fan thinks he can talk shit about us lol.

[Coach X]

Defense was good tonight most of the time. Miami's defense was good too. It's a shame the team had the game in hand and couldn't take it.

White with more downs than ups. Murray didn't do enough for a starting PG. Both gave air to Miami's choking offense in the first half, allowing 8 threes and 32 pts to a two recognized scorers.

I definately don't like this Aldridge version. The space he generates playing behind the three most of the time doesn't worth it if he's not able of playing any defense nor rebounding. How many time has he stepped into the paint in the offense during the game? 5?? That's terrible. Very poor game from LaMarcus.

DeRozan great game. AGAIN. He can't beat a 27-12 team on its own.

Popovich beat Spoelstra in the first half but he beat himself in the second. Why didn't he used the zone defense with the second unit? What about those no sense line-ups in the fourth? Team struggled to play collective offense and score when usually does despite the players on the court.


Overall, not a bad game, Spurs compited til the 4th playing better defense. It's been frustrating because they could have won doing in the 4th what they did before.

[Sugus]

So, the other team's SG, who averages 15 points per game drops 33 tonight...yeah, FUCK YOU, FORBES.


Who's the starting SG for the Heat? Must be licking his chops right now

:spin

[DPG#5]

Lonnie is a crowd favorite but a dumb and overrated player. Spurstalk said the same overexaggerated garbage about murray and to a lesser extent white.

lol Murry got a 64 mill contract for a starting pg.. at least 50 mils can actually score.

[TimDunkem]

I wouldn't be upset if they traded Murray, tbh.

[ZeusWillJudge]

Just wait till kj and spoon get their 10 min each next season:clap


You mean 10 minutes between them. If they get 10 minutes per game, it will be because they're alternating games.

[tholdren]

Defense was good tonight most of the time. Miami's defense was good too. It's a shame the team had the game in hand and couldn't take it.

White with more downs than ups. Murray didn't do enough for a starting PG. Both gave air to Miami's choking offense in the first half, allowing 8 threes and 32 pts to a two recognized scorers.

I definately don't like this Aldridge version. The space he generates playing behind the three most of the time doesn't worth it if he's not able of playing any defense nor rebounding. How many time has he stepped into the paint in the offense during the game? 5?? That's terrible. Very poor game from LaMarcus.

DeRozan great game. AGAIN. He can't beat a 27-12 team on its own.

Popovich beat Spoelstra in the first half but he beat himself in the second. Why didn't he used the zone defense with the second unit? What about those no sense line-ups in the fourth? Team struggled to play collective offense and score when usually does despite the players on the court.


Overall, not a bad game, Spurs compited til the 4th playing better defense. It's been frustrating because they could have won doing in the 4th what they did before.

Yes. Aldridge should just be traded. He doesnt defend or rebound. Spurs have to hit threes to win. Give lonnie lma minutes

[RC_Drunkford]

The most important thing is that we don't make any moves at the deadline. This team is deep

[TimDunkem]

DeRozan doesn't really believe this team is very good. You can just tell with his responses in his post-game interview.

[timtonymanu]

The most important thing is that we don't make any moves at the deadline. This team is deep

Ehh I disagree on standing pat. But it’s probably gonna happen, cause I don’t see Pop trying to acclimate new players when it’s taken him almost half a season to figure out his current lineup.

[LakerHater]

https://s5.gifyu.com/images/LW4.gif

[Floyd Pacquiao]

https://s5.gifyu.com/images/LW4.gif

:pop: oh so he can make acrobatic lay ups, so? Have you seen how Bryn and Marco move with out the ball

[John B]

I just knew Pop would go back to Beli instead of Lonnie after the Raptor win even though Marco was really a non-factor, couldn’t shoot and couldn’t make plays. Rookie Nunn toying with our short unathletic defense. Even the Heat commentator was admiring Spurs length when Lonnie, Poeltl were there. We matched well until Pop went with Forbes, Beli and then Mills/Forbes to end it. Geez

[paperboy77]

Here we go again. Although I kinda thought this would be a loss I really hate how it went down. Question... why exactly is sooooo essential about Forbes that the teams success depends on him being on the court? It's like Pop thinks his best shot is with Forbes.... that's the 3rd of his "big-three" I guess.

Forbes 26 minutes vs Lonnie's 8. Just ridiculous. I've said it before... Dunn would be in the G league not in the league if he was on Pop's team. This guy is impossible.

~~~ Wow.. on another note I'm watching the Dems stupid ass impeachment BS. They are a bunch of fucking retards let by Nancy Pendeja! Question... after this bullshit is Trump still going to be the prez? He sure is. A bunch of waste of time and YOUR and my tax dollars on awhat will amount to a footnote. Dems are so blinded by e hate they are going to shit their opportunity to take the presidency. How does this fit this forum? Pop is a Dumocrat :donkey

[John B]

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Just no answer for this and should’ve kept Heat backpedaling

[Sugus]

I just knew Pop would go back to Beli instead of Lonnie after the Raptor win even though Marco was really a non-factor, couldn’t shoot and couldn’t make plays. Rookie Nunn toying with our short unathletic defense. Even the Heat commentator was admiring Spurs length when Lonnie, Poeltl were there. We matched well until Pop went with Forbes, Beli and then Mills/Forbes to end it. Geez


Because Spurs got lucky that desperate 3 didn’t go in. First, Pop should’ve already substituted Lonnie for Beli to protect the lead. And yes Lonnie could’ve made that same open 3 1 out 3. 2nd, Aldridge should sunk those 2 and made it 3pts game, maybe foul to protect the 3. I applaud the come back, but once they got the lead, they didn’t have to give it back and almost lost down the wire. They need to clearn to close.

That was an accurate assessment my dude. It was obvious Pop would go back to his old habits and trot Marco to see if he could fluke another W. Posters on that thread applauding Pop for giving Marco second half minutes instead of Lonnie, now in consecutive games :lmao

[John B]

I wish somebody will post how many times Forbes got beat on a backdoor. That Nunn layup left Forbes just staring up. :bang

[paperboy77]

Love this man, great writer

Right?

[FkLA]

I wish somebody will post how many times Forbes got beat on a backdoor. That Nunn layup left Forbes just staring up. :bang

Bro, it happens 2-3 times per game and Pop doesn't bat an eyelash. If White or Murray get beat on a backdoor they're immediately pulled to teach them a lesson. If Lonnie gets beat it's a 15 game (minimum) benching.

[John B]

That was an accurate assessment my dude. It was obvious Pop would go back to his old habits and trot Marco to see if he could fluke another W. Posters on that thread applauding Pop for giving Marco second half minutes instead of Lonnie, now in consecutive games :lmao
I rather Spurs lost matching point for point because of great defense, and not like Forbes/Mills/Beli would try to outscore but not play defense. Sorry Nunn single handedly obliterated that 2-3 zone with his 3’s but Spurs kept at it. Why didn’t Pop put any of his lockdown defenders Murray/White/Lonnie on this kid? Then theres LMA too happy with shooting 1-? from 3, instead of banging inside when he couldn’t hit. Pop embrassing the 3 point game :bang

[**BUSTA**]

Pop left Adebayo off team USA IIRC:lol

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/gregg-popovich-told-bam-adebayo-he-wasnt-ready/

[JeffDuncan]

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/gregg-popovich-told-bam-adebayo-he-wasnt-ready/

:pop: I knew Adebayo wasn't ready when I saw he didn't shoot like Steph Curry.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/gregg-popovich-told-bam-adebayo-he-wasnt-ready/

:lmao poop

[FkLA]

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/gregg-popovich-told-bam-adebayo-he-wasnt-ready/

He's a jackass that favors low ceiling veterans over inexperienced, high ceiling physical specimen.

[Fireball]

i have seen enough of forbes and lyles ...

[UZER]

Miami MEDIA didn't forget to call him out on his bullshit
https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1217586250816815105

https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1217586566186577920

https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1217586936023601154

IN POP WE TRUST ama RYTE

This guy is the BIGGEST FRAUD

Yeah, this is the same guy who won’t stop playing Forbes.

[gambit1990]

https://www.slamonline.com/nba/gregg-popovich-told-bam-adebayo-he-wasnt-ready/
:lol

[RD2191]

Lol. Pop exposed yet again.

[RC_Drunkford]

Ehh I disagree on standing pat. But it’s probably gonna happen, cause I don’t see Pop trying to acclimate new players when it’s taken him almost half a season to figure out his current lineup.

I was trolling...

[RC_Drunkford]

:lmao :lmao Flopovich. But Bryn Forbes been ready

[spurs50_]

Damn, we suck.....

[duncan2k5]

The most important thing is that we don't make any moves at the deadline. This team is deep

LMFAO

[duncan2k5]

I was trolling...

Thank God...I died a little bit inside when I saw it post

[duncan2k5]

Miami MEDIA didn't forget to call him out on his bullshit
https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1217586250816815105

https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1217586566186577920

https://twitter.com/ByTimReynolds/status/1217586936023601154

IN POP WE TRUST ama RYTE

This guy is the BIGGEST FRAUD

I keep saying it...Pop would have young players that are good on other teams on the bench on ours... For all we know we have breakout stars right now in the G-league, and a bonified star in Lonnie... Murray may have already been a 15ppg scorer on another team... But at this point of his coaching career he doesn't recognize talent well and he is more stubborn than ever when it comes to young players

[TimDunkem]

Yeah, this is the same guy who won’t stop playing Forbes.

He also was clearly favoring White over Fox so Fox dropped out.

[TimDunkem]

Pop is a poor roster builder, tbh. If players drop out of the Olympics then things could get ugly. :lol

[Dennis the Menace]

Greg Popovich is the Spurs’ biggest problem. The ownership are just puppets. Let us repeat - Greg Popovich would be nothing without Tim Duncan, and Tim Duncan would’ve been sooo much more without Greg Popovich.

Greg doesn’t have the self awareness that he should’ve retired when Tim did.

[Prime BEEF]

Pop is a poor roster builder, tbh. If players drop out of the Olympics then things could get ugly. :lol
That will be the real test for me. Everyone says the players only care about the olympics. If the players don’t turn out for the olympics then the answer as to why is obvious.

[Chomag]

God damn Pop... old dude is going to alienate all the youth

[Slippy]

That will be the real test for me. Everyone says the players only care about the olympics. If the players don’t turn out for the olympics then the answer as to why is obvious.

Ya not hard to figure how the convo with Darian Fox went. It probably started with . You need to be more competitive.

[UZER]

Ya not hard to figure how the convo with Darian Fox went. It probably started with . You need to be more competitive.

More like, "You're too athletic, sooooo...."

[slick'81]

We are all witnessing the end of greg popovich