Game Thread: Spurs vs. Kings — Mon. 3/29/2021 - 7:30pm CST

[RD2191]

GIF representation of #spurs offense lately

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:rollin

[ace3g]

8:50 - 4th


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T


SAC
27
41
29
7
104


SA
31
29
31
10
101

[Uriel]

Our bench is awesome.

[poopbox]

Somebody must have shown Rudy Patty and Demar this thread :rollin

[ace3g]

Of course we allow a 3 after getting within 3....

[Mugen]

Textbook Spurs loss coming up tbh

[KimmyGib]

Poeltl with 10 thumbs slathered in butter and made of stone

[ace3g]

TOs....



7:42
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Maurice Harkless makes layup (Terence Davis assists)
109 - 101




7:46
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Derrick White lost ball turnover (Terence Davis steals)
107 - 101

[ace3g]

More TOs....



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SCORE


7:05
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Devin Vassell enters the game for Patty Mills
111 - 101




7:05
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Jakob Poeltl turnover
111 - 101




7:17
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Richaun Holmes makes dunk (Tyrese Haliburton assists)
111 - 101




7:21
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Richaun Holmes defensive rebound
109 - 101




7:23
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Jakob Poeltl misses two point shot
109 - 101

[BatManu20]

Jak had an amazing first quarter but he’s fallen off a cliff since tbh.

[Mugen]

That's all folks!

[LeBowen]

Typical, bit of false hope to convince the old man his rotations are good.

Missed a layup at -3 and that was it.

[ace3g]

Either exchanging baskets or TOs...

[TheGreatYacht]

I tune in and I see White and Poeltl scrubbing it up...

[BatManu20]

Just their night tbh. They’re playing really well and we’re not.

[ace3g]

5:28 - 4th


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SAC
27
41
29
19
116


SA
31
29
31
12
103

[John B]

I thought that was a TO but great behind the back pass by Halliburton

[SPURt]

I’m not sure I can stomach anymore of this game. Gross af

[ace3g]

18-36 vs 9-25

[davi78239]

White is trash lately

[Amuseddaysleeper]

White is overpaid

[Mugen]

They need to lose as many games as possible before the season is over tbh.

[Dex]

Don't like Murray's body language right now. He is making stupid mistakes then looking around trying to blame his teammates.

It's not someone else's fault when you throw it directly to the other team, DJ.

[Degoat]

WE SUCK! I don’t want to hear anyone mention anything about the playoffs this season lol

[John B]

Just their night tbh. They’re playing really well and we’re not.
Everything they’re throwing, esoecially Halliburton’s teardrops

[TheGreatYacht]

Pop is never going to play another 4th quarter again without at least 2 vets on the floor after that shit show :lol

Lineup of Murray-White-Johnson-Vassell-Poeltl was a fucking disaster

[FkLA]

Blow it the fuck up. This team is done.

Poor Gorgui. Gave up a chance at a ring for this mess.

[Barfunk]

Most up and down team in the league.

[Dex]

Blow it the fuck up. This team is done.

Poor Gorgui. Gave up a chance at a ring for this mess.

:cry Poor Gorgui :cry

I like you FkLA....but get out of here with that prima donna stuff.

[Kurgan]

Haliburton's already a better player than Derrick White. Spurs definitely goofed passing on him for Vassell. Smart play would have been to package White with Derozan in a trade last summer and draft Haliburton with the pick

[Darius Bieber]

Haliburton's already a better player than Derrick White. Spurs definitely goofed passing on him for Vassell. Smart play would have been to package White with Derozan in a trade last summer and draft Haliburton with the pick

Halliburton fell to below Vassell.. we could have drafted him yet chose Vassell.

[spurraider21]

spurs made the game exciting AND ITS GONE

[spurraider21]

Blow it the fuck up. This team is done.

Poor Gorgui. Gave up a chance at a ring for this mess.
are we back, boys? :lol

[Degoat]

Man Keldon and Dejounte are afraid to shoot 3s!!

[itzsoweezee]

You all know that of the Spurs has drafted Halliburton, he’d be averaging 10 minutes a game, at most, right? Hell, vassell might be thriving if he were on another team right now

[Barfunk]

If I told you guys basketball wasn't meaningless, I'd be lying to you. :pop:

[Chomag]

If Vassell was getting as much playing time as Halliburton he would be just as good if not better tbh

[Uriel]

Big picture, the Kings shot out of their minds, and it's really hard to win games when your opponent can't miss. At least we get another crack at them on Wednesday.

[ohmwrecker]

Do y’all think Gorgui regrets his decision?

[davi78239]

Halliburton fell to below Vassell.. we could have drafted him yet chose Vassell.

Yup. Facts. He was the best available when spurs picked and they past. Sacramento took him right after us

[PrimeMinister]

Do y’all think Gorgui regrets his decision?

7 years with the timberwolves

this is nothing

[Kurgan]

Man Keldon and Dejounte are afraid to shoot 3s!!

Don't forget Derozan. Jakob couldn't shoot anything 3 ft beyond the basket either. That's four of your five starters that can't punish opponents for sagging off them. The spacing on the team is terrible

[murpjf88]

Big picture, the Kings shot out of their minds, and it's really hard to win games when your opponent can't miss. At least we get another crack at them on Wednesday.
It's not hard making wide open shots.

[El Santo]

You all know that of the Spurs has drafted Halliburton, he’d be averaging 10 minutes a game, at most, right? Hell, vassell might be thriving if he were on another team right now

He wouldnt even play he would have to get over himself first...

[paperboy77]

Halliburton fell to below Vassell.. we could have drafted him yet chose Vassell.

Who the hell would have known? For all we know he'd be a 8 minute-per rookie on this squad. Still, all this shit about Halliburton and they still suck. Worse than SA record-wise. We just don't have an assassin on the team. A bunch of Pop-neutered-Gentlemen.

[Mugen]

Luka time baby! We're back, boys!

[PrimeMinister]

4 losses after tonight away from the 12 seed

lets go demar keep watching shooters and allowing blow bys

[Darius Bieber]

Who the hell would have known? For all we know he'd be a 8 minute-per rookie on this squad. Still, all this shit about Halliburton and they still suck. Worse than SA record-wise. We just don't have an assassin on the team. A bunch of Pop-neutered-Gentlemen.

How can you say that with a straight face when the Kings are blowing out the Spurs at home?

[Uriel]

This team blows.

[Kurgan]

Is Derrick wearing the head band recently to hide the receding hairline ala Lebron?

[spurs10]

Do y’all think Gorgui regrets his decision? Or he's thinking 'they sure could've used me tonight,' while wondering how many millions go into index funds.

[KaiRMD1]

Good god

[RD2191]

This isn't a bad team, this is a poorly coached team. IMO

[james evans]

So the plan for the rest of the year is to let Defrozen get his value up in his contract year and fuck everything else?

[PrimeMinister]

Luka comes in and immediately makes one of the more aggressive moves to the basket in the second half

gj coach. right on time.

[Uriel]

Eubanks played great today.

[Degoat]

Weatherspoon does not belong in the NBA lol

[spurs10]

And everyone is talking about how poor the Kings are on defense. They've scored 35 a quarter on us.

[murpjf88]

This isn't a bad team, this is a poorly coached team. IMO
It's both.

[BatManu20]

Luka time baby! We're back, boys!


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[ohmwrecker]

This isn't a bad team, this is a poorly coached team. IMO

Nah. They’re bad.

[TheGreatYacht]

This isn't a bad team, this is a poorly coached team. IMO
Truth fucking nuke tbh

Making the worst defensive team in the league look like 5 Donkey Greens with our vanilla half court sets... :lol

[The Truth #6]

Remember when some people thought Quindarry was going to be a part of the team moving forward? I think we can move on.

[spurs1990]

Maybe once Walker and Dieng return from injury the team will get a chance to gel

[twincam]

Yup, those are the Spurs I know.

[Uriel]

The one night I actually had the free time to watch a full Spurs game and the team shits the bed. So infuriating.

[BatManu20]

Let the record show that I was one of the only people in the Draft Thread last summer that was upset that the Spurs took Vassel over Halliburton :lol



Damn. Can’t believe we passed on Halliburton, a true PG who’s 6’5, plays good Defense, shoots the 3 at a high clip, and is a good passer. Really wish we would’ve drafted him. He’s already better at every aspect of the game than DJ and he doesn’t seem to obsess over Instagram like Murray does. There’s a reason the analysts are saying the Kings got the steal of the night. Spurs blew it tbh.

[alfahdlan]

I really hoped hard that we draft Hali last time. Feeling down again today. Sighs

[Kurgan]

It's a poorly constructed team. Spacing has been an issue for multiple seasons now and they do nothing to address it. Its suicide playing a style that requires you to expend a lot of time and effort for a midranger when the opponents drain threes in our face possession after possession. The NBA currently has over a 100 players shooting 40% from three. None of them play for the Spurs

[Uriel]

It's a poorly constructed team. Spacing has been an issue for multiple seasons now and they do nothing to address it. Its suicide playing a style that requires you to expend a lot of time and effort for a midranger when the opponents drains threes in our face night after night. The NBA currently has over a 100 players shooting 40% from three. None of them play for the Spurs
Dieng.

[paperboy77]

How can you say that with a straight face when the Kings are blowing out the Spurs at home?

While we were winning championships Milwaukee had our number. They certainly weren't better than us in the context of the overall season.

[Kurgan]

Remember when some people thought Quindarry was going to be a part of the team moving forward? I think we can move on.

The same people probably think that midget Tre Jones is going to be an integral piece too just because he was able to defend a few unathletic white boys in college.

[NASpurs]

Let the record show that I was one of the only people in the Draft Thread last summer that was upset that the Spurs took Vassel over Halliburton :lol

Kind of hard to compare when you’re not really put in a position to succeed when you’re walking on eggshells due to some fucking bullshit philosophy.

[The Truth #6]

White used to be able to distribute the ball but now maybe doesn’t get the opportunities? Hard to say. But he seems lost in the shadow of DDR and DJ. The team really needs shooting or playmaking. Ideally both.

[Thomas82]

Gay is so fucking bad

And we supposedly turned down 2 draft picks for him? SMH

[The Truth #6]

The same people probably think that midget Tre Jones is going to be an integral piece too just because he was able to defend a few unathletic white boys in college.

He at least has an understanding of playmaking. The rest of his game isn’t ready yet, but they could really use someone who can run the offense. Right now the offense gets run into the ground.

[boutons_deux]

11th seed, 7-3 in Last 10, 5W streak

[Kurgan]

He at least has an understanding of playmaking. The rest of his game isn’t ready yet, but they could really use someone who can run the offense. Right now the offense gets run into the ground.

An undersized midget that can't shoot doesn't strike me as an intriguing prospect. Should have just drafted Haliburton, he's already a better playmaker than anyone on our team. Also puts to shame our backcourt(Murray/White)that we've been working years to develop.

[tbdog]

Pop and co have struggled to defend fast pg's in the last few seasons. It's the defensive gameplan and not the team. I honestly believe Spurs have more hope beating a healthy Lakers team in the best of 3 than the Kings.

[Jordan Jackson]

Let the record show that I was one of the only people in the Draft Thread last summer that was upset that the Spurs took Vassel over Halliburton :lol

Halliburton would be glued to the bench next to Luka. He’s not getting to show off his skills like that on this Spurs team.

Heck. Vassell ain’t even getting a chance with these spot minutes. So who the hell knows how good he’s is or going to be.

[BatManu20]

DJ looks fucking pissed in his post-game presser. Clearly doesn’t wanna be there and he’s cussing in his responses :lol

[Sugus]

Man, resigning DeRozan would be the worst mistake the team could make this off-season. The big silver lining to games like these is that it shows how the team can't advance with him. Sink or swim.... But no more of this.

[Ice009]

DJ looks fucking pissed in his post-game presser. Clearly doesn’t wanna be there and he’s cussing in his responses :lol

It's good that the kid wants to win badly. I wish some of his teammates felt the same. I know the guys are trying (they're not totally giving up), but it seems like a few of them don't really have that drive to want to win every game. Dejounte seems to have it IMO.

[Slippy]

This is getting embarrassing.. cant beat the kings at home.

The spurs bench made this game competitive, when the SL was in the lead usually got bigger.

[Ice009]

As of right now, doesn't look like this team will even make the playoffs. If that is the case, it's going to be a completely wasted season for more reasons that one. Not playing the youth and not getting a higher draft pick. Just missing the playoffs would be the worst possible outcome to this season IMO. In order of worst to best 1. Not making the playoffs by a narrow margin 2. making the playoffs. 3. getting a higher draft pick 4. developing the youth and giving them more court time (this being the best move of what should have taken priority this season. When Luka showed flashes, he should have started to get more court time).

I don't know, it seems that the Spurs are going in the wrong direction. It started off as a promising season, but now it's looking like it might end up as the worst case scenario IMO (narrowly missing the playoffs while not fully investing in the development of the youth).

[BatManu20]

Random but for us local Spurs fans, that was the last Spurs game that will ever be aired under the label Fox Sports. They are being rebranded Bally Sports beginning Wednesday. After 21 years of being Fox Sports Southwest. Weird tbh.

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[Kurgan]

As of right now, doesn't look like this team will even make the playoffs. If that is the case, it's going to be a completely wasted season for more reasons that one. Not playing the youth and not getting a higher draft pick. Just missing the playoffs would be the worst possible outcome to this season IMO. In order of worst to best 1. Not making the playoffs by a narrow margin 2. making the playoffs. 3. getting a higher draft pick 4. developing the youth and giving them more court time (this being the best move of what should have taken priority this season. When Luka showed flashes, he should have started to get more court time).

I don't know, it seems that the Spurs are going in the wrong direction. It started off as a promising season, but now it's looking like it might end up as the worst case scenario IMO (narrowly missing the playoffs while not fully investing in the development of the youth).

When you don't pick a direction, you treadmill. That's where the Spurs are...nba purgatory. Not good enough to contend, not bad enough to land the best talent in the draft.

[R. DeMurre]

Man, resigning DeRozan would be the worst mistake the team could make this off-season. The big silver lining to games like these is that it shows how the team can't advance with him. Sink or swim.... But no more of this.

And what makes it worse is if he walks in free agency, the Spurs face the prospect of losing both of their two biggest stars from the past three years for zero compensation, not so much as even a single draft pick in return. Pretty bad planning.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Keldon needs to get his confidence back in shooting 3s. He’s starting to turn into eRozan and I fucking hate seeing it

[stephen jackson]

Bally sports wtf

[ace3g]

Not enough 3 point shooting and 3 point defense sucks.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Exs05dbWQAAj0W5?format=png&name=large

[PhantomDashCam]

Watched this one delayed gents, this schizophrenic team...you just shake your head at times.

- Kings are much better team now that Bagley is out of the lineup. It’s telling that Detroit said no to a straight swap of Bey for Bagley.
(This was reported around the deadline.)
Kings now are playing to their strengths and are a formidable offensive team. They can be a match up nightmare.

- Pop seems to be getting attached to the White, DJ and Patty trio late in games. Hate this. You lose the size advantage you could have at PG and are undersized at the ‘3’. With a defence predicated on switches and communication; you’re gifting teams certain physical advantages on Offense. Hope this is based upon LWIV out with injury and not a sign of things to come down the stretch.

- White, DJ and Poeltl all had moments were I thought they played really well. Good stuff. Get a 4 quarter performance from 2/3, Spurs are going to be in a lot of games.

- DDR was getting hunted on D. No escaping that fact. Going to continue hurt the Spurs long term if we go down this path. DDR deserves credit for bringing us back in the 3rd, but damage was irreparable. You need 4 + defenders on the court with him to really mitigate this.

Confident we can play better in the next game. Go Spurs!

[slick'81]

Surs have now lost 5/6 games and need a cupcake on the schedule quick

[offset formation]

Bally sports wtf

Sinclair owned behemoth is all you need to know. Sinclair is the giant right wing corporation that occasionally makes all of its affiliate news stations' personnel read ridiculous propaganda as though their brains have been co-opted by the children of the corn.

Creepy outfit. But then again, we live in a fucking creepy ass country that long ago sold its soul in the interest of greed and profits.

[The Truth #6]

And what makes it worse is if he walks in free agency, the Spurs face the prospect of losing both of their two biggest stars from the past three years for zero compensation, not so much as even a single draft pick in return. Pretty bad planning.

Agreed. But sadly I’d rather he walk for nothing than resign him.

[KobesAchilles]

Why are we sucha shitty home team? Not that I pay too much attention to this but who is the last team to have a great road record and a shitty home record? We are like the LA Chargers from a few years ago

[Dex]

Why are we sucha shitty home team? Not that I pay too much attention to this but who is the last team to have a great road record and a shitty home record? We are like the LA Chargers from a few years ago

Whataburger availability

[daslicer]

Why are we sucha shitty home team? Not that I pay too much attention to this but who is the last team to have a great road record and a shitty home record? We are like the LA Chargers from a few years ago

Since I live in NC I will never forget the '02 Charlotte Hornets which was the last original Hornets team in Charlotte before the move to New Orleans. That team during their final season in Charlotte had a better road record than their home record. Their road record was 23-18 while their home record was 21-20. A lot of it had to do with Hornets home games having super low attendance of less than a thousand fans in an arena at the time that had a seating capacity of 24K. Essentially it felt like the arena was empty during home games.

[BackHome]

This team is all messed up - to me there is no structure then Pop just giving minutes to the old vets. Pop is the Goat but his time has passed and he needs to hand the baton to the next coach I know it won't happen until he breaks the record.

[cd021]

And what makes it worse is if he walks in free agency, the Spurs face the prospect of losing both of their two biggest stars from the past three years for zero compensation, not so much as even a single draft pick in return. Pretty bad planning.
but, but, what about the cap space?

This team deserves to miss the playoffs for it mishandled the vet situation.

[SpursDynasty85]

And what makes it worse is if he walks in free agency, the Spurs face the prospect of losing both of their two biggest stars from the past three years for zero compensation, not so much as even a single draft pick in return. Pretty bad planning.

disagree. They basically got a washed-up Aldridge for $6M or whatever they saved plus Gorgui Dieng while giving us a lot of room in the offseason Good enough at this stage. DeMar is an expiring contract who has taken up the mentoring mantle and is driving them for a playoff spot in a super competitive conference. If he leaves this offseason for nothing, that's fine, but he had a pretty positive tenure here and that should bode well for reputation and free agents looking to move here will have someone to ask for reference.

[SpursDynasty85]

As of right now, doesn't look like this team will even make the playoffs. If that is the case, it's going to be a completely wasted season for more reasons that one. Not playing the youth and not getting a higher draft pick. Just missing the playoffs would be the worst possible outcome to this season IMO. In order of worst to best 1. Not making the playoffs by a narrow margin 2. making the playoffs. 3. getting a higher draft pick 4. developing the youth and giving them more court time (this being the best move of what should have taken priority this season. When Luka showed flashes, he should have started to get more court time).

I don't know, it seems that the Spurs are going in the wrong direction. It started off as a promising season, but now it's looking like it might end up as the worst case scenario IMO (narrowly missing the playoffs while not fully investing in the development of the youth).

Disagree to an extent. We've seen many franchises "tank" but that would involve bringing a possible "toxic" environment into the locker room that could be hard to get out of. Younger player and vets will blow up, younger guys will hate it there and want to leave. At least at the Spurs it looks like all the young guys genuinely want to stay and win. We have a bunch of cap space to use in the offseason, Luka and Devin who should be slotted for more minutes, and a team with healthier habits of "knowing how to win and knowing what they need to work on". This is a pretty impressive rebuild but still a lot of work to do imo. Hopefully we get a good gem in the draft this year and Luka pans out next year then we can confidently have a young playoff team.

[R. DeMurre]

disagree. They basically got a washed-up Aldridge for $6M or whatever they saved plus Gorgui Dieng while giving us a lot of room in the offseason Good enough at this stage. DeMar is an expiring contract who has taken up the mentoring mantle and is driving them for a playoff spot in a super competitive conference. If he leaves this offseason for nothing, that's fine, but he had a pretty positive tenure here and that should bode well for reputation and free agents looking to move here will have someone to ask for reference.

Right, but if they'd traded LMA a year ago for another expiring contract and draft considerations, they'd still have the cap space plus an extra shot at finding a player in the draft. I just think it's been clear for a while that LMA's age didn't line up with any serious future contending Spurs team, so I didn't see the point in keeping him. Other teams are landing multiple first round picks for borderline stars (Jrue Holiday, Aaron Gordon)-- I don't think it's unreasonable to expect something, anything, in return for the most high profile free agent signing in team history.

[SpursDynasty85]

Right, but if they'd traded LMA a year ago for another expiring contract and draft considerations, they'd still have the cap space plus an extra shot at finding a player in the draft. I just think it's been clear for a while that LMA's age didn't line up with any serious future contending Spurs team, so I didn't see the point in keeping him. Other teams are landing multiple first round picks for borderline stars (Jrue Holiday, Aaron Gordon)-- I don't think it's unreasonable to expect something, anything, in return for the most high profile free agent signing in team history.

With LMA it was more about the league's emphasis on the 3 ball and fast pace play. You literally cannot touch defenders while they are driving the lane now. LMA had no chance once all this occurred. Most NBA teams knew this and were not gonna give 1st rounders for him I believe. 1st rounders are hard to come by unless you have a talent with "said skills". At the time we signed LMA he was easily the most sought-after free agent so, really Spurs did not do much wrong here. Of course I don't know everything that happened behind closed doors but these are my guesses that there were very few teams willing to give up anything for him.

[R. DeMurre]

And sorry, I just don't see the "mentoring" angle from DeRozan. He has, by far, the worst body language of any player on the roster. I often see Dejounte or D White getting in between DeMar and refs to prevent trouble. What is he going to teach? How to rely on offensive usage rate over defense? Vassell is already a better defender and three point shooter at age 20. The last thing he should do is become more like DeRozan.

[RC_Drunkford]

Surs have now lost 5/6 games and need a cupcake on the schedule quick

this Spurs team is the cupcake

[Mugen]

Spurs had 3 "cupcakes" so far during this homestand: CHA w/o Ball, Clippers w/o Kawhi, and the Kings. They lost all 3 :lol

[Robz4000]

Spurs had 3 "cupcakes" so far during this homestand: CHA w/o Ball, Clippers w/o Kawhi, and the Kings. They lost all 3 :lol


:lol even the Spurs of two years ago would've won those games

[TD 21]

Spurs had 3 "cupcakes" so far during this homestand: CHA w/o Ball, Clippers w/o Kawhi, and the Kings. They lost all 3 :lol

This team is 20th in net rating (really, only the Wizards, Cavaliers, Magic, Pistons, Thunder, Rockets and Timberwolves, are definitively worse), doesn't have a legit star or second option and regularly gets destroyed from 3. There are no "cupcakes".