Game Thread: Spurs vs Blazers — Apr. 16, 2021 - 7:30pm CT

[ace3g]

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Finally get to watch another game in its entirety since game is on KENS5

[Larry O]

It would be kinda neat for tonight's game, that the Spurs pay tribute to LMA's retirement announcement from earlier this week, as a full circle thing, and complete it with a Spurs win... Oh well, one out of two would be good, but it would be a nice send off for LMA! GSG!!!!

[Chomag]

2 perimeter shooting all star guards but no worries, Pop has got Patty to lock them down!

[Leetonidas]

Who is going for 40+ tonight Dame or CJ? Also watch Kanter go off with a 20/20 game :lol

[BatManu20]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/92/53/f1/9253f1be103cfd70c79bf6011cf67cb9.gif

[Chomag]

Yeah hopefully not but we getting lit up on this one fellers.

[Degoat]

No Dame Dolla tonight, trap game lol

[ace3g]

Spurs have become the opponent's scheduled "rest" game and still have opportunity to win...

[ace3g]

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Tom Orsborn Tom_orsborn
(https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn) 6m (https://twitter.com/tom_orsborn/status/1383192314386948097)
Gorgui Dieng is available for tonight, Pop said.

[BatManu20]

Ah shit. Spurs prob win this one now.

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[RC_Drunkford]

Blazers could rest half of their roster and the Spurs would still find a way to lose

[Robz4000]

Ah shit. Spurs prob win this one now.

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Guests by 10+ imo.

[ismael-robert]

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Tom Orsborn Tom_orsborn
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Gorgui Dieng is available for tonight, Pop said.

Finally been waiting to see what they'll do/ look like with him n Lonnie together

[timtonymanu]

Ah shit. Spurs prob win this one now.

1383191367250104323

This team always shits the bed when teams are short handed against them. Guests win easily IMO

[Dex]

Blazers could rest half of their roster and the Spurs would still find a way to lose

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[Dex]

Would actually be cool for Blazers and Spurs to do some little shoutout for LaMarcus tonight. He gave the best years of his career to both teams.

[SpursDynasty85]

Would actually be cool for Blazers and Spurs to do some little shoutout for LaMarcus tonight. He gave the best years of his career to both teams.
Good call. Hopefully...

[ace3g]

2 quick fouls on Poeltl.

[ace3g]

Dejounte baseline floater

[ace3g]

Keldon almost had highlight reel dunk, Eubanks cleans up miss with his own dunk.

[ace3g]

Eubanks with a lefty scoop shot.

[Leetonidas]

Drew doing work so far

[Sugus]

Lol Ace, might be one of the only people still watching the games. I'll join you, brother. Just tuned in - liked the defensive effort so far, especially considering Eubank's on the court.

Keldon :wow

[ace3g]

Spurs convert a 3 on 1 fast break - Keldon dunk.

Spurs 16-11

Blazers timeout.

[mo7888]

The last couple games it fells like the light has finally come on for Eubanks concerning the type of effort he has to bring every night.

[Flawless]

Eubanks has been impressive as of late, glad that he has been able to crave out some good performances

[Degoat]

It looks like the Dieng signing has lit a fire under Eubanks ass! Lets go

[Dejounte]

That would have been a monster dunk by Keldon

[ace3g]

Eubanks hook shot

[ace3g]

Keldon having some trouble staying with CJ and Norman.

[Leetonidas]

Eubanks has been impressive as of late, glad that he has been able to crave out some good performances

Dieng signing lit a fire under his ass :lol

[ace3g]

Keldon doing a good job attacking though.

[ace3g]

Lonnie with a nice floater.

[Darius Bieber]

Tank commanders are in

[ace3g]

50/50 ball bounces to Kanter for easy layup...

[Dejounte]

Rudy and Mills put in to make sure the tank continues

[ace3g]

Eubanks with another Shaq impression dunk

[PhantomDashCam]

I’m still disappointed that Vassell and Sham aren’t playing as much as they probably should but Pop deserves credit for a couple of subtle rotational changes over the last 5 games or so

- Bringing Eubanks in earlier for Poeltl (Super early tonight because of foul trouble) to play with the starters more

- Leaving Keldon in the game longer to separate Mills and Gay’s ball dominant ways

:tu

[RC_Drunkford]

Gay and Mills will make sure any 10-point lead gets evaporated

[ace3g]

Lonnie and Gay not on same page...

[Dejounte]

Rudy wearing concrete shoes... The way he moves laterally out there is fucking slow

[Darius Bieber]

Shooting 65% and only up 3 :lmao :lmao

[ace3g]

Melo buzzer beater....

Spurs 31-28

[Dex]

Young guys looking good for the most part. But damn, this team sorely needs some real three-point shooters...not just some guys who can hit a three sometimes.

[RC_Drunkford]

Gay and Mills will make sure any 10-point lead gets evaporated

right on cue :wakeup

[Dejounte]

Rudy doesn't even fucking jump lmfao

[8sy21vd]

Eubanks impressive. Mills/Gay gross

[Sugus]

Chucky Millz and Gay enter the court and the Spurs' lead immediately evaporates :lmao :lmao

My God are the vets on this team embarrassing. I struggle thinking of another NBA team that is weighted down to such a degree by over-enabled (by coach's decision, mind you) shitty vets than the Spurs, tbh

[Degoat]

I understand giving favoritism to the vets by Pop, but it seems like every year he relies on a vet that is just completely washed...

[RC_Drunkford]

there's really no reason to play Gay over Luka. Luka is miles better defensively and won't shoot 2/14

[GB20]

I don’t want to see Rudy Gay on the court, he brings nothing to this team.

[twincam]

Rudy Gay...��

[ace3g]

That Rudy shot...

[ace3g]

Lonnie has wasted some nice hesitation/change of pace moves in the paint by passing out.

[Barfunk]

Poof

[ace3g]

Anfernee "Penny" Simons

[RC_Drunkford]

that Mills lay up :lmao

[Dejounte]

Mills missed a point blank shot

Lol at anyone who thinks the young guys (Murray, White, Keldon, Poeltl) can be fairly evaluated with how bad the vets weigh them down

[ace3g]

Melo with a tough shot over Poeltl

[Darius Bieber]

Getting killed by the corpse of Carmelo :lmao :lmao :lmao

[ace3g]

There have been a lot of 50/50 balls so far, hopefully it doesn't come down to that late in game...

[GB20]

Sometimes I want slap Pop in the face just to wake up for playing Rudy fucking gay instead Luka. Rudy has not future in the NBA .

[ace3g]

Poeltl instead of pop a shot, take step in and dunk.

[Sugus]

Looks like we're heading towards another DNP-CD game from Luka... Weird to think that he'd get minutes only at the expense of the Spurs getting blown out, sad state of affairs for the current Spurs

[RC_Drunkford]

Poeltl playing volleyball at the rim :lmao

[PhantomDashCam]

DDR’s passing on point tonight...as a matter of fact for most of the season.

[ace3g]

DeRozan's shot misses but ball pinballs back in.

[ace3g]

White/Eubanks combine for block on CJ.

[ace3g]

DeRozan should have used glass on that end of half layup...

[Sugus]

Lmfao passed up an open White look from 3 to milk the clock, only to have DeRozan shoot a contested layup at the rim and miss :lol

[PhantomDashCam]

DDR getting frustrated...Tech foul at inopportune time incoming in the 2nd half

[RC_Drunkford]

Curious to see how the Spurs will lose this game. Probably by Mills and Gay shooting us out of the game early in the 4th

[Dejounte]

Looks like we're heading towards another DNP-CD game from Luka... Weird to think that he'd get minutes only at the expense of the Spurs getting blown out, sad state of affairs for the current Spurs

Give up the hope, my friend. You've seen this show before with Lonnie. It's ride or die with this rotation all the way to the end, or possibly when the playoffs are officially out of reach.

[8sy21vd]

Liking the defense from White/Eubanks. More Poetl plays, less I like. He's pretty inept on offense. Creates major spacing problems on offense.

[Sugus]

Give up the hope, my friend. You've seen this show before with Lonnie. It's ride or die with this rotation all the way to the end, or possibly when the playoffs are officially out of reach.

You know I'm no quitter, D :p:

But yeah, I try not to complain too much about it even though it grinds on my nerves every single nerve. Ridiculous how little trust Pop has in any young player - it used to be only rookies getting the bench treatment, but Lonnie and now Luka are both getting it after already spending a whole season not even in the NBA but the G-League. Not to mention we're losing games due to not having someone exactly like Luka... But yeah, ride or die as you say - it's just ugly to be dying so much :lol

[BillMc]

Missed the first half. What's the story of the game? Thanks in advance.

[Dejounte]

I have to say, Lonnie has noticeably improved (probably for good?). I remember early on during the season, he would play invisible throughout the entire game. Now, you can sort of feel his impact when he's in the game.

[Sugus]

Liking the defense from White/Eubanks. More Poetl plays, less I like. He's pretty inept on offense. Creates major spacing problems on offense.

Eh, defenses aren't packing the paint because of Poeltl - he's hardly the main reason for the Spurs' spacing woes. Now, we do have a star player that refuses to shoot anywhere beyond the 3pt line, and knowing the midrange and paint are his bread & butter, it's easy enough for teams to pack the paint against us and dare the Spurs to shoot. Poeltl not being a shooter is hardly a dent to that strategy, considering we already have numerous players that should be spacing the floor, but in reality are averse to shooting 3s (Keldon, Murray, etc)

[Sugus]

I have to say, Lonnie has noticeably improved (probably for good?). I remember early on during the season, he would play invisible throughout the entire game. Now, you can sort of feel his impact when he's in the game.

Hell yeah brother, Lonnie praise I'm here for it :spin

I've noticed the improvement too. He's still overpassing a bit, but has noticeably reduced it, and is also much less hesitant to let it fly when he gets a pass on the perimeter. Also driving to the rim with more purpose, even if he's not making all his looks. I still maintain that he's a year away, and will look (like Keldon) significantly better once he doesn't have to meet an entire 5-man unit of defenders every time he tries to drive. DeRozan is just so warping on offense...

[pad300]

I think we need a better nickname than Eeuubanks. He's shooting perfect for the night so far. My suggestion, in honor of one of the loudest mouths ever to be seen on Spurstalk: Drewshow

[Dejounte]

Murray + Poeltl chemistry!!

[ace3g]

9:26 - 3rd


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Blazers call timeout after layup by Poeltl

[duncan2k5]

Dejounte Nash... Magic Murray... Dejounte Kidd... Murray James... Dejounte Paul... Dejounte Stockton

[ace3g]

CJ hits the baseline jumper of give and go with Kanter.

Spurs timeout.

[ace3g]

8:13 - 3rd


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55


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66

[Chomag]

Depression just watching his man score...

[Arcadian]

:lol People thinking the Spurs will tank

They still might lose this game, but not because of tanking. It would be because they tried their best and still lost.

[duncan2k5]

Eh, defenses aren't packing the paint because of Poeltl - he's hardly the main reason for the Spurs' spacing woes. Now, we do have a star player that refuses to shoot anywhere beyond the 3pt line, and knowing the midrange and paint are his bread & butter, it's easy enough for teams to pack the paint against us and dare the Spurs to shoot. Poeltl not being a shooter is hardly a dent to that strategy, considering we already have numerous players that should be spacing the floor, but in reality are averse to shooting 3s (Keldon, Murray, etc)

Exactly... warriors, rockets, etc all had centers that couldn't shoot for shit, but they were some 9f the best offensive teams ever

[Sugus]

Missed the first half. What's the story of the game? Thanks in advance.

Don't wanna leave my guy hangin'. Spurs aren't playing all that well, yet are weirdly up against an undermanned (only Dame is out AFAIK) Blazers squad. Luka not getting minutes per par, Rudy and Chucky getting overplayed per par, just the stuff we're used to.

Great sig changes btw, yours is a sig I can never "ignore" lol

[Chomag]

Sniffers thanking this is tanking is so laughable. This ain't tanking , this is just a poorly constructed and coached team its not even funny

[BatManu20]

Spurs def winning this one. Guests are ass without Dame.

[BillMc]

Devin and Luka going to play tonight?

[Sugus]

Exactly... warriors, rockets, etc all had centers that couldn't shoot for shit, but they were some 9f the best offensive teams ever

Not gonna lie, I'm conflicted agreeing with you, but - exactly. Even this season, there's elite teams like the Jazz that sport a starting, non-shooting C. The truth is that you don't need a starting, shooting C, if the rest of your starting lineup is up-to-date on the modern NBA game and can shoot adequately. But on the Spurs current roster, Poeltl's inability to shoot is over-magnified due to the numerous shooting liabilities also in that lineup, in DeRozan obviously, but also Keldon and DJ not being truly shooters but penetrators.

[ace3g]

Murray 3 rebounds away from Triple Double

[timtonymanu]

:lol People thinking the Spurs will tank

They still might lose this game, but not because of tanking. It would be because they tried their best and still lost.

Exactly. They will never tank but they will miss the playoffs cause of their inconsistent effort. It’s so annoying when they lose against short handed teams but they show up for games like tonight.

[BillMc]

Don't wanna leave my guy hangin'. Spurs aren't playing all that well, yet are weirdly up against an undermanned (only Dame is out AFAIK) Blazers squad. Luka not getting minutes per par, Rudy and Chucky getting overplayed per par, just the stuff we're used to.

Great sig changes btw, yours is a sig I can never "ignore" lol

Cheers my firiend. Spurs looking good as the sig. Play Luka and Devin Pop!!!

[ace3g]

White Poeltl 2-man game leads to Poeltl and-1 chance.

[ace3g]

DeRozan jumper

Blazers 3

75-62

[Seventyniner]

Poeltl made that FT look good.

[ace3g]

CJ with a leaning floater and 1 ...

[ace3g]

Spurs can't secure rebound off CJ missed FT...

[ace3g]

Melo 3 after White airballed 3 from corner


77-69

[BillMc]

Jakob and Eubanks having nice games. Portland can't defend our bigs?

[ace3g]

White draws foul, going to the line.

[Dejounte]

Here we go. Rudy and Patty both back in for the tank.

[timtonymanu]

Jakob and Eubanks having nice games. Portland can't defend our bigs?

Kanter is one of the worst defensive bigs of all time

[ace3g]

White left his feet too early on his layup chance and got blocked; CJ follows with an and-1 chance...

[ace3g]

Gay steps in and hits jumper at the key.

81-75

[spurs1990]

Patty is officially the biggest flop artist in the league

[ace3g]

DeRozan and Kanter face/off against each other

[ace3g]

DeRozan drops off pass to Eubanks along baseline for Dunk

83-77

[duncan2k5]

Lantern would end DeMar, tbh...

[ace3g]

Eubanks follows a Patty 3 with a huge putback dunk!!!

[Sugus]

Our C rotation featuring only a center who never dunks, and another one who dunks every other play, is pretty funny tbh

[ace3g]

Melo baseline jumper


85-81

[Dejounte]

That was a nasty dunk by Eubanks

[duncan2k5]

Drew!!!!!!!! THE BANK... IS OPEN!!!!!!!!!!

[ace3g]

Spurs up 85-82 end of 3rd.

[hoopdreams11]

why is pop playing rudy ddr and patty at the same time is there something wrong with devin

[Degoat]

We suck so bad tbh, cant even put away a Dame-less Blazers

[BillMc]

Spurs got this. .

[twincam]

Mills...:baby:baby

[twincam]

Typical, blown lead again. Those are the Spurs that I know.

[timtonymanu]

Loser ass team :lol

[ace3g]

Kanter hits both FTs


Spurs 85-87

[timtonymanu]

So glad Mills is in the locker room keeping these guys heads up when he’s the faggot making them lose games

[hoopdreams11]

this is all on pop

[ace3g]

Jakob pop a shot

Rudy jumper

Spurs 89-87

[ace3g]

Lonnie's 3 barely hits the net on that 3

92-87

[ace3g]

Lonnie heat check misses.

[ace3g]

Dejounte 2 rebounds away from triple double.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Get mills the F off the court

[ace3g]

Covington 3 gives Blazers lead.

Dejounte answers right back with his own 3



95-93

[Sugus]

So glad Mills is in the locker room keeping these guys heads up when he’s the faggot making them lose games

:lmao

[ace3g]

Hopefully Pop doesn't get antsy and sub Patty/Rudy back in the game.

[RC_Drunkford]

wow I didn't realize we are the 10th seed already. A couple more losses and we might get to 11th

[ace3g]

Poeltll block, leads to nothing.

Simons don't call him Penny steals and dunks...

[ace3g]

Kanter layup, Blazers up 2.

DeRozan layup ties it up

97 all

[RC_Drunkford]

I told y'all this is a guaranteed L

[ace3g]

DeRozan mini euro step/bulldozer through Covington

Spurs 99-97

[YoungbuckMurray]

Hopefully Pop doesn't get antsy and sub Patty/Rudy back in the game.
Oh you know it’s coming

[ace3g]

Spurs catch a break, Poeltl loses ball trying to pass, Blazers miss 3.

DeRozan hits a jumper

CJ hits a jumper

101 all

[ace3g]

White 3 ball

104-101 1:58 left

[RC_Drunkford]

Poeltl with the great outlet pass after the offensive board :lmao

[BillMc]

Sometimes I think DeMar is his own worst enemy. He's so skilled but gets rattled....

[ace3g]

DeRozan leaner off glass goes.

CJ counters with a 2

106-105

[RC_Drunkford]

Murray coming through clutch for Portland

[Trill Clinton]

Lonnie wtf

[Capt Bringdown]

Walker shitball

[PhantomDashCam]

Trust your teammates!! FFS

[ace3g]

...

Messy possession , Lonnie has to rush to make something happen, gets stripped, leads to Blazers layup.

106-107 22.8 secs.

[RC_Drunkford]

that's exactly how you close it out :lmao

[NASpurs]

The infamous DeRozan pump fake a million times, time running out, pass the ball out for a teammate for a rushed shot or turnover.

[YoungbuckMurray]

This team is a complete joke night after night

[spurs1990]

Lonnie's TO just ended any chance Vassell or Samanic see the court this season

[RC_Drunkford]

Pop drawing up a DeRozan iso to solidify the L

[Trill Clinton]

Smh damn shame

[NASpurs]

:lmao

[Darius Bieber]

Lmao losing to a team whose only won once in their last 5 games... and without their Star :lmao :lmao

And about to get their ass handed to them by Phoenix by 50+

[duncan2k5]

The infamous DeRozan pump fake a million times, time running out, pass the ball out for a teammate for a rushed shot or turnover.

Never fails...the fact that ppl wanna extend him sickens me...we are in a dogfight with the Dameless Blazers in a desperate attempt to get the 8th seed and be swept in the 1st round

[ace3g]

ughhh

Didn't like that Rudy started off with the ball

[timtonymanu]

It's terrible seeing this team lose but goddamn they don't deserve to be in the playoffs either. Such a shitshow team.

[NASpurs]

Great loss, next game vs the Suns should add another L

[BlackAndWhite]

Cucked

[RC_Drunkford]

I told y'all this is a guaranteed L

:lmao :lmao :lmao

[Dejounte]

https://twitter.com/N_Magaro/status/1383246741483384833?s=19

[sananspursfan21]

Well that was a garbage ending

[boutons_deux]

7 turnovers in 4th quarter

[siraulo23]

welp derrick shoulda just jumped into the defender

[YoungbuckMurray]

Refs were awful but doesn’t matter this team is a bunch of chokers. Starts with the coach who I’m sorry has to GTFO

[Leetonidas]

Completely predictable outcome from this scrub ass team

[RC_Drunkford]

Never fails...the fact that ppl wanna extend him sickens me...we are in a dogfight with the Dameless Blazers in a desperate attempt to get the 8th seed and be swept in the 1st round

don't worry this team is not getting the 8th seed. Spurs are 10th now and I'm pretty confident they will make it to 11th

[LeBowen]

Great L for the tank, but what a bunch of spineless scrubs.
Trade everyone. From the demented old man to the cleaning lady, including every scrub on the roster led by Denar.

[SPURt]

Gross... DeRozan iso and of course Rudy gets the ball from White and chucks it. I’d have preferred White to shoot it. Ladies and gentleman, the Spurs season in one series of bad plays.

[Blackhaus]

Same ol shit. Derozan closing for the loss. Shame on Pop

[timtonymanu]

Great loss, next game vs the Suns should add another L

Knowing these faggots, they will show up that game and win so they can keep dicking around between the 11th - 12th pick in the draft.

[Darius Bieber]

don't worry this team is not getting the 8th seed. Spurs are 10th now and I'm pretty confident they will make it to 11th

100% Pelicans grab that 10 spot

[BillMc]

Spurs got this. .

Welll, I'm an idiot.

[John B]

Portland winner of 1 of their last 5 games. Yup that was expected beating of the Spurs

[Dennis the Menace]

We should’ve traded Kawhi for 1st round draft picks AND tanked for 2 consecutive years to get top 5 picks. But nope...... we got Greg Popoviched!!!!

[Degoat]

I swear to god this team is worse than last years team lmao

[BillMc]

At least Devin and Luka got lots of court time to develop

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fWyzwo1xg0

[siraulo23]

how many times spurs lost to a team without at least one of their best players

this team just isnt very good, two of white/walker/dj need to play well and plus either rudy/mills need to be on fire for them to win

[Dennis the Menace]

Pop burnt this place to the ground.

[John B]

100% Pelicans grab that 10 spot
:hungry: :hungry: :hungry: for 11th spot

[Dejounte]

:hungry: :hungry: :hungry: for 11th spot

Yet the Pelicans keep losing

[timtonymanu]

Welll, I'm an idiot.

Bill, your continued optimism is always good, but damn I'm sorry this team has been such a let down lol.

[Sugus]

At least Devin and Luka got lots of court time to develop

:depressed:depressed:depressed

[ace3g]

59.2
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
DeMar DeRozan makes 8-foot two point shot
103 - 106



50.3
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&w=100
CJ McCollum makes 16-foot pullup jump shot
105 - 106



27.0
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Lonnie Walker IV bad pass (Robert Covington steals)
105 - 106



22.8
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&w=100
Norman Powell makes driving layup (Robert Covington assists)
107 - 106



22.8
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Jakob Poeltl defensive goaltending violation
107 - 106



22.8
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Spurs Full timeout
107 - 106



22.8
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Rudy Gay enters the game for Lonnie Walker IV
107 - 106



22.8
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/por.png&h=100&w=100
Derrick Jones Jr. enters the game for Anfernee Simons
107 - 106



9.2
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
DeMar DeRozan misses 15-foot pullup jump shot
107 - 106



7.3
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound
107 - 106



3.2
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Rudy Gay misses 26-foot three point jumper
107 - 106



0.0
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Jakob Poeltl offensive rebound
107 - 106



0.0
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Jakob Poeltl misses 17-foot jumper
107 - 106



0.0
https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&h=100&w=100
Spurs offensive team rebound
107 - 106



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[siraulo23]

aint that mad even if the spurs miss out on the 10th spot, they not gonna beat the other team twice to get in anyways

just a bit disappointing because they were playing above .500 for a good chunk of the season

[RC_Drunkford]

Spurs are 4-12 in the last 16 games. They might even make it to 12th if they keep this up

[slick'81]

:lol Losing to the lillardless blazers

Poodle woulda missed both gimmies anyway. Poor spurs

[BackHome]

Really looking forward to read the Grades on this game...

[AusSpur]

+12 Keldon Johnson restricted to only 25 minutes to ensure -7 Rudy Gay got his 22 minutes

[Capt Bringdown]

I don't understand this team's fascination with Walker.

[timtonymanu]

:lmao

Games like this is why I always roll my eyes at "You need Patty for the lockerroom, you can't trade him" nonsense by some posters. That shit only works if you have a good team along with it.

[slick'81]

I don't understand this team's fascination with Walker.


or gay,mills ,derozan for that matter

[RC_Drunkford]

or gay,mills ,derozan for that matter

or Flopovich

[pad300]

The Drewshow with a perfect game (7/7 and 1/1)... nice work!

[timtonymanu]

I don't understand this team's fascination with Walker.

The team couldn't win games without him though. Honestly, we just have a team full of players not good enough to put any team over the top. All 3rd-4th options at best on a contending team.

[mo7888]

Spurs are 4-12 in the last 16 games. They might even make it to 12th if they keep this up

I still think we have a decent shot of getting the 9th pick

[spurs1990]

18 games left.
Winnable games:

4/22 vs Detroit (2nd of b2b at home)

They could finish 1-17 which would be 27-45 final record.
Unfortunately, 45 losses would still be around 9th worst record in the league.

This is beginning to look like a total waste of a season. No playoffs, no development on Vassell/Samanic, and barely a top 10 pick.

[Sugus]

Games like this is why I always roll my eyes at "You need Patty for the lockerroom, you can't trade him" nonsense by some posters. That shit only works if you have a good team along with it.

Half-agree there. It's not that you can't have glue guys like Patty unless your team is already good/competitive........ You just have to limit their roles to be just that - glue guy/energy guy/bench scorer. The moment you pull a Pop and start trying to close out every single game with your glue-locker room guy, you'll obviously start seeing predictable losses and all the shit we've been seeing.

Patty on a 10m per game, strictly shooting guard, non-ballhandling role, wouldn't be too bad, might be a positive even. Now giving him 20+m, relying on him to make volume 3pt shots because the rest of your team can't shoot, and closing out games with both he and the other defensive liability vet in Rudy Gay? Yeah, ain't gonna work...

[Biggems]

make the games competitive, but let DeRozen, Gay, and Mills keep chucking bricks to close out the losses. Get as high of a pick as possible.

[GB20]

Spurs are 4-12 in the last 16 games. They might even make it to 12th if they keep this up
And Pop doesn’t make any change or adjustments and I hate to say this but Pop’s head is stuck on Trump’s ass.

[Thomas82]

Yet the Pelicans keep losing

Yeah, they gave that game away to the Wizards.

[timtonymanu]

Lol the "Duncan wouldn't have won without Pop" narrative by dumbass casual fans. No need to look further than Pop's coaching the last few years to see how stupid that statement is.

[Robz4000]

Tank is alive and well!

[GB20]

Lol the "Duncan wouldn't have won without Pop" narrative by dumbass casual fans. No need to look further than Pop's coaching the last few years to see how stupid that statement is.
Tim and Manu were the brain of this team and they didn’t beat themselves.

[GAustex]

Good loss
Keep it up
Need the best pick we can get

[mo7888]

Tim and Manu were the brain of this team and they didn’t beat themselves.

And heart...

[poopbox]

We should’ve traded Kawhi for 1st round draft picks AND tanked for 2 consecutive years to get top 5 picks. But nope...... we got Greg Popoviched!!!!

Not trading Kawhi for young players and draft picks was the single thing our front office did that sat us on this treadmill path...

Had we done that we would be year 3 into a team with at least one top 5 pick to try and build around... and most likely two after earning one ourselves from being so bad.

Just beyond idiotic and this lone mistake makes me wonder if Pop and our front office were every really that smart to start with...

If I had to pick easiest team to manage I would pick, team with 3 HOF and all you have to do is build around the fringes of your core, which is all the spurs front office did for nearly two decades...

But as soon as this front office didn't have 3 all time greats to build around they got really bad really fast...

After Derozan leaves we would have traded Kawhi for Poeltl and Keldon...

Presti got way more for PG and Westbrook...two guys who are significantly worse basketball players than Kawhi...

Just an all time woat level front office move in the history of the nba...

[Darius Bieber]

Good loss
Keep it up
Need the best pick we can get

Why? So he can rot on the bench or go to Austin? No draft pick wants to come to SA anymore. Vassell, Luka, and Tre are all warming the bench while Haliburton is getting rookie of the month awards.

[JeffDuncan]

Lol the "Duncan wouldn't have won without Pop" narrative by dumbass casual fans. No need to look further than Pop's coaching the last few years to see how stupid that statement is.

Yep. The Brady / Belichick question has been answered- it was Brady. The Pop / Duncan question has been answered, too. It was Duncan.

[poopbox]

And Pop doesn’t make any change or adjustments and I hate to say this but Pop’s head is stuck on Trump’s ass.

Well there is no adjustment to make. He is determined to play veteran players over everything else and all of our veterans have fatal flaws that teams easily exploit which is why this team can't consistently win. The adjustment would be to give Patty and Rudy short hooks for when they play like trash, which is more often than not, but we both know Pop would rather loose with Rudy and Patty than win with Devin and Luka, so that's not happening.

[Darius Bieber]

Lol the "Duncan wouldn't have won without Pop" narrative by dumbass casual fans. No need to look further than Pop's coaching the last few years to see how stupid that statement is.

Any person with more than 2 brain cells knows it was Duncan + Robinson + Avery + Elliott and then Ginobili + Parker + Duncan that carried Poop’s ass.

[BackHome]

Well hope this is a good learning year for Pop he needs to fucking take some good notes I know he can't coach us to Win but God Dammit Old Man get us a top 5 pick next year for Christ Sake!!!!!!

#1 Draft Pick 2022 San Antonio Spurs select Chet Holmgren 7.0 = Poku 2.0.....:)

[GB20]

We went from Tim, Manu or kawhi to Rudy fucking Gay. Man!! What the fuck happened to the spurs front office?

[Darius Bieber]

We went from Tim, Manu or kawhi to Rudy fucking Gay. Man!! What the fuck happened to the spurs front office?

Now we all know who really ran the show. Coach Bud left, Udoka left, Messina left, Sean Marks left, Chad Forcier left, Brett Brown... and everything went downhill.

[timtonymanu]

Now we all know who really ran the show. Coach Bud left, Udoka left, Messina left, Sean Marks left, Chad Forcier left, Brett Brown... and everything went downhill.

Shit is really bad when the Dieng signing is the best move the Spurs made in the last few years. :lol

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

make the games competitive, but let DeRozen, Gay, and Mills keep chucking bricks to close out the losses. Get as high of a pick as possible.

:pop:

[Darius Bieber]

Shit is really bad when the Dieng signing is the best move the Spurs made in the last few years. :lol

That was Dieng’s biggest mistake of his life :lmao and he’s not even playing :lmao

[Bill Walton Saga]

What's up with Pop's hair? It's rather sexy (no homo).

[Blackhaus]

Is pop giving Derozan all these closing moments hoping he re signs? Why else would he continue to draw up plays just to get him in iso to close a game knowing he is going to choke

[longhorn]

18 games left.
Winnable games:

4/22 vs Detroit (2nd of b2b at home)

They could finish 1-17 which would be 27-45 final record.
Unfortunately, 45 losses would still be around 9th worst record in the league.

This is beginning to look like a total waste of a season. No playoffs, no development on Vassell/Samanic, and barely a top 10 pick.

#9 pick has a 23.1% shot at at top 4 pick. Not bad. Those top 4 odds really jump up from the #10 spot to the #9.

I think we will squeak out just enough wins to keep us out of the top 10 lotto spots, though.

[Blackhaus]

Lol, they’re not losing 17 of 18. Outside a handful of games, they have been right there at the end with a good chance to win most of the season. If it wasn’t for terrible coaching and choking vets, there would be atleast a handful more wins right now. pop would have to coach even worse than he has already for this team to lose that many games (which would be down right mad scientist shit).

[GAustex]

The play where Lonnie turned it over-i cannot remember except DDR kicked it to Lonnie late in the clock. Did DDR dribble dribble dribble looking for a hero shot and then cough it up with 4 seconds on the clock? I honestly do not remember

[ace3g]

If it wasn't for a series of Unfortunate [planned or unplanned] events, Spurs would easily be around 35-19.

[ace3g]

The play where Lonnie turned it over-i cannot remember except DDR kicked it to Lonnie late in the clock. Did DDR dribble dribble dribble looking for a hero shot and then cough it up with 4 seconds on the clock? I honestly do not remember

Yes, DeRozan got stuck in his repeatable pump fake glitch.

[NASpurs]

The play where Lonnie turned it over-i cannot remember except DDR kicked it to Lonnie late in the clock. Did DDR dribble dribble dribble looking for a hero shot and then cough it up with 4 seconds on the clock? I honestly do not remember

Since he doesn’t have a three point shot and is a very easy person to defend, he dribbled towards the midrange spot, picked up the ball with his defender draped all over him, pumped fake the ball like a million times and then passed it out to Lonnie with the shot clock running out. It’s the DeMar special and that scenario has happened countless of times he’s been here.

[GAustex]

Yeah we have seen it so many times before. So predictable
Lonnie did make a poor decision though

You see that is the problem. DDR dominates the rock that the young ones tune out.
Its not team/winning hoops

[cd98]

DDR actually hit a bunch of clutch shots in the last 3 min. But this is a great loss. Hard fought close loss. Maybe we only get a 9 or 10 pick. Well that’s better than a pick in the 20s and a first round exit.

[tbdog]

If it wasn't for a series of Unfortunate [planned or unplanned] events, Spurs would easily be around 35-19.

Gay, Mills and this season DDR, are keeping Spurs in games then they fail to close them out.

[GAustex]

so at the crucial moment what happened?
Twice?

[KobesAchilles]

Sad that Demar gets the blame when all the young guys shit the bed. Dude carries the whole team in a competitive game and gets shit on for it. Youth need to step the fuck up

[MultiTroll]

Facepalm.

Missed whole game, reading up now.

[John B]

:lol Losing to the lillardless blazers

Poodle woulda missed both gimmies anyway. Poor spurs

it was funny how he was asking for a foul as if he would make the FT’s :lol:lol

[MultiTroll]

Sad that Demar gets the blame when all the young guys shit the bed. Dude carries the whole team in a competitive game and gets shit on for it. Youth need to step the fuck up
I'm just a boxscore Betty tonight but
73-59 Spurs lead.
Patty Mills Popped into the game.
About 2 missed chucks and read Portland went on a trey rampage. That Patty perimeter D showing that usual culture and championship experience?
86-83 end of 3rd qtr.

[R. DeMurre]

A quick look through the box scores of other games in the NBA tonight shows every team taking more three pointers than the Spurs. DeRozan dominating the ball and getting the most minutes on the floor is a recipe for disaster, plain and simple. It's a 1996 strategy for a 2021 game. Opposing coaches look at this team and think, "Oh, you're going to play your No 3/No D guy more than anyone else? Cool."

[spurs1990]

A quick look through the box scores of other games in the NBA tonight shows every team taking more three pointers than the Spurs. DeRozan dominating the ball and getting the most minutes on the floor is a recipe for disaster, plain and simple. It's a 1996 strategy for a 2021 game. Opposing coaches look at this team and think, "Oh, you're going to play your No 3/No D guy more than anyone else? Cool."

Lol @ No 3/No D.

I think my favorite DeRozan moniker to date from this forum.
Actually it's not really funny, more like sad and depressing. Especially if the DeRozan Show returns for 3 years.

[PhantomDashCam]

A quick look through the box scores of other games in the NBA tonight shows every team taking more three pointers than the Spurs. DeRozan dominating the ball and getting the most minutes on the floor is a recipe for disaster, plain and simple. It's a 1996 strategy for a 2021 game. Opposing coaches look at this team and think, "Oh, you're going to play your No 3/No D guy more than anyone else? Cool."

So true. We are such an easy team to game plan against.
We will happily trade mid range 2s for other teams 3s.

No team fears us. No lead is safe. One hot spurt will put you right back in the game.

DDR froze others out in the endgame as he kept thinking he was due for a foul call that never came.
If others don’t touch the ball for 3 minutes at a time, it always leads to the same result ie. puckered a-holes as
the players have to shoot/make a play at the end of the clock.

Seen too many Ls like this over the last 3 odd years.

#isorip

[TDMVPDPOY]

if the aim was lottery pick, why not aim higher and start the tank earlier, instead they are happy with a top10 at the lower end of the spectrum spot...fck pop

[Harry Callahan]

I hate the way the NBA game is played now. Pinballing the rock looking for a three pointer ALL THE TIME is boring to me. Big men are now obsolete. Defense is a dirty word.

Having DeRozan as your #1 guy is not good enough. I would prefer to move on from him given the future contract situation - Demar he is what he is. If a magic wand was waved and and a top five player (Gianis A type) dropped in our laps the team could actually be really good but it does not work that way.

If a healthy Nephew showed up in the fall next year with this same team and he played 70 games the team would be in the upper half of the Western Conference. playoff teams. Not that that is happening.

[RC_Drunkford]

If it wasn't for a series of Unfortunate [planned or unplanned] events, Spurs would easily be around 35-19.

no they wouldn’t. I literally predicted the entire game. This is what the team does. Rudy and Patty make sure the lead goes away, then it goes down to the wire and spurs turn it over. Then Flopovich calls a DeRozan iso and then he bricks it. Totally predictable and with this team being 29th in 3-point shooting it’s actually a miracle that they have won 25 games

[Dverde]

That 2nd rounder for Rudy is looking really good right now. Would have helped Rudy out by putting him on a contender.

[EasyMoney]

Dieng was available but didn't play. Why?

[duncan2k5]

Gay, Mills and this season DDR, are keeping Spurs in games then they fail to close them out.
All while slowing the growth of our youth

[duncan2k5]

Sad that Demar gets the blame when all the young guys shit the bed. Dude carries the whole team in a competitive game and gets shit on for it. Youth need to step the fuck up

Lol

[GAustex]

Game thread page numbers are 10, 8 and 5. Lack of interest in the team is apparent.
Now who is most responsible for that: greggy poop.