Game Thread: Spurs @ Nuggets — Oct. 22, 2021 - 8:00pm CT

[HankChinaski]

Ugh..starting the half with a turnover.

[Sugus]

It's gonna be so fucking smooth once Primo gets out of the doghouse and eats away at Forbes' role and minutes. Can't wait. Literally no other player in the NBA could have given us a worse half than him, and he does it consistently.

The best thing about Primo is his poise, tbh. He'll be really easy to plug into lineups because he doesn't play scared and isn't a weak link. We're all just waiting for Pop to figure it out, I guess...

[HankChinaski]

Yak playing the offensive glass nice. Still a nice strong take by white.

[HankChinaski]

Murray made a smart play that is the ticket.

[emanueldavidginobili]

This team goes as far as DJ goes

[raybies]

DJ bb

[Chomag]

There we go, good ball movement!!

[PhantomDashCam]

Spurs basketball baby! Great job guys.

[Sugus]

LFG!!!

[Fireball]

whoops … nice start … no more slow 3rd q starts?

[raybies]

DJ is playmaking right now gaht dam...

the head of the snake :wow

[spurs1990]

Spurs might be the best team

[HankChinaski]

Murray with a terrific help defense play with strip and White rewards him with the open 3 ball look. Nice turnaround after the first possession in the half.

[Dejounte]

The Dejounte “not a PG” folks just don’t understand what the fuck Dejounte does

[raybies]

whoops … nice start … no more slow 3rd q starts?

only on the road cause are fans be spending the whole third getting food.

[heyheymymy]

Wow 9-0 spurs run they look great

[raybies]

Spurs might be the best team

82 and o
q the parade

:smokin

[XDT76]

DW is really very aware on D and his help and rotational D is very good.

[james evans]

2026 we will be in the WCF if we keep this squad. Primo will be older, popovich will be gone, Johnson will be stronger and more seasoned, and Vessell will be even better at the 3. I'm confident. Plus guys like curry, durant, lebron, Paul, harden will be old or retired.

[HankChinaski]

Damn that floater/hook from Yaks

[emanueldavidginobili]

Devin needs to get in right now for Doug

[HankChinaski]

McDermott having a off night.

[james evans]

the media talks about the Joker so much, they fail to mention that his defense is terrible.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Dunk the fucking ball my god

[HankChinaski]

Murray slipped up but nice recovery with jumper.

[Dejounte]

Damn that was beautiful ball movement only to be stopped by the MVP

[PhantomDashCam]

Damn if Jakob made that after the DJ/DW passing…

[raybies]

omg if poetl hits that.. that was legit bgame bro... :wow

it's in the cards..

[HankChinaski]

How does Jokic just slide in like butter. When you watch it live it just looks like old man junk on that drive.

[Sugus]

THAT'S FUCKING RIGHT!!! Keep that agressiveness, Jakob!!! Drive to the rim, you can't go wrong! Either an open man on the perimeter, or an easy layup, or a foul.... God damn my guy has done some progress

[raybies]

the media talks about the Joker so much, they fail to mention that his defense is terrible.

Yeah Yak should definitely be getting more talk.. he's golden god 2.0

[raybies]

it's pretty impressive how well we are doing considering Nuggets home court advantage. I feel like conditioning is going to be a huge key for our team.. whatever we can to get our guys to some insane amount of conditioning... just run players off the court.

[raybies]

why yak, shooting a floater from the ft line?

i guess I should be happy he's being aggressive

[onechance87]

lol at lonnie

[Robz4000]

This team misses a lot of easy shots. Said in the preseason there are no such things as bunnies for this team and unfortunately it seems to be true.

[Dejounte]

Lonnie gotta finish those easy lay ups

[HankChinaski]

Lonnie should have taken that first look at the 3pt line.

[Fireball]

man … monte morris the spurs killer of the day

[Uriel]

Teams look gassed.

[onechance87]

why yak, shooting a floater from the ft line?

i guess I should be happy he's being aggressive

because our pg cant create a play for anyone

[Chomag]

Man if we would just stop turning the ball over...

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

if pop can keep these scrubs' energy level up the whole season this could go down as his best coaching job ever

[BillMc]

I gotchu My Guy: http://1stream .top/game/NzY5ODA4MDY=?sport=basketball

You da real MVP Sugus!!!:toast

[raybies]

doug has been invisible tonight...

[BillMc]

It's nice that Denver's cheerleaders are still attractive unlike other places I won't mention...

[Chomag]

Was Devin in the Doghouse? It feels like forever since he has been in

[raybies]

That's the thing about lonnie... he's got a mental thing... he needs to focus more.

ppl wonder why he hasn't put it together...

[poopbox]

McBuckets doing a bunch of nothing tonight to

[XDT76]

sigh. Lonnie with consecutive missed easy layup. He could easily go up and dunk instead.

[slick'81]

Keep hanging around sa. The run in coming

[emanueldavidginobili]

I've said it a couple times but they really need to push the pace to avoid the half court game where they struggle, get out and run!!

[HankChinaski]

Great look using the body and shoulder White!

[XDT76]

finally someone goes to rim instead of settling for mid range jumper

[emanueldavidginobili]

This team needs to find an intimidator big. Also KBD needs to get in the game over Thad

[Leetonidas]

Welp

[BatManu20]

Offense is hard to watch this quarter.

[heyheymymy]

Badd Young back in to kill the flow

[Uriel]

This team is lost without Jakob.

[Fireball]

young in …. breakdown … he has no clue what to do out there

[MannyIsGod]

I know pop has to see if he has any thing in Thad but man....

[raybies]

A good test. I know they are going to scrap it out and keep competing but I want to see how they respond after this t/o

the biggest question to me for this year; who stops the bleeding?

[HankChinaski]

Offense is hard to watch this quarter.

They have had some good looks that just haven't dropped.

[Kurgan]

Garbage lineup killed all our momentum

[Mnky]

He is just not a natural PG, anything he does is mechanical in that area

Very mechanical. It hurts to watch sometimes.

[BillMc]

aardvark balls

[onechance87]

our offense sucks cause we dont got a real pg

[Mnky]

Same issue as the first half. We get plenty of opportunities but have no floor general. We need a PG man.

[heyheymymy]

Yall got any more of those 9-0 spurs runs?

[Mugen]

I mean they barely played Thad during preseason, he looks lost out there because this FO clearly didn't have a plan for him as soon as he was acquired :lol

[playbonner15]

Same issue as the first half. We get plenty of opportunities but have no floor general. We need a PG man.

Tre Jones

[raybies]

Fuck Murray has been kind of out control from what I've seen...

I don't think his mind is in this.. he just playing all heart right now.

[slick'81]

:lol Purs wanting lauri and bulls saying you get thaddeus carrol and aminewwwww

[Leetonidas]

Did thaddeus young forget how to play basketball or what

[playbonner15]

I mean they barely played Thad during preseason, he looks lost out there because this FO clearly didn't have a plan for him as soon as he was acquired :lol

Maybe in garbage time he can contribute

[Mnky]

Jeez Murray...Pop is using this as a "development " game I guess.

No accountability for Murray's bad play. He's putting so much effort trying to force it on offense, he's playing bad defense. Has no energy for the other side. He's not ready for that 2 way player mentality. Needs to give the ball up on offense. His strength is becoming a weakness this game. Two bad plays back to back on defense because he's late to rotate.. not a good strategy.

[HankChinaski]

Fuck Murray has been kind of out control from what I've seen...

I don't think his mind is in this.. he just playing all heart right now.

He has been going from wild to calm every couple minutes

[emanueldavidginobili]

I am gonna give Thad the benefit of the doubt and call it rust, theres no way he's this bad lmao. or is he?

[Kurgan]

He is just not a natural PG, anything he does is mechanical in that area

This is why I'm always perplexed at the posters that write shit like " Murray's better than Simmons. We don't need to trade for someone like him"

[onechance87]

Tre Jones

cant shoot tho....And we need our pg to make shots

[raybies]

lets go dougie

[emanueldavidginobili]

Primo can make some shit shake here tbh but he's a rookie and can't possibly make a contribution!

[slick'81]

I am gonna give Thad the benefit of the doubt and call it rust, theres no way he's this bad lmao. or is he?


He was never thad good:smokin

[raybies]

Such a huge stop only to fumble. dam lost opportunity.. a game of errors

[Rito3d30]

It wouldn't be fair

[playbonner15]

Tre Jones

:spin

[RD2191]

Nuggs probably gonna blow it open in the 3rd, good effort so far though. tbh
:wakeup

[raybies]

He was never thad good:smokin

:wow

[Uriel]

Strange to think we were up by 4 at one point in the 3rd. The team went downhill after Jakob left.

[Mnky]

Tre Jones

He should have been Murray's replacement right away. No idea why pop is still forcing Forbes into a secondary distributer role. Guy can't even catch and shoot right now.

[Chomag]

Could have been better but our guys still hanging in, lets see what they can do in the 4th

[Kurgan]

Did thaddeus young forget how to play basketball or what

DeMarre Carroll all over again

[raybies]

We really need to play solid in the fourth. Bryn, Thad, and anyone who ain't gonna play D tier 1 needs to be cut out. We still got this.

[Uriel]

Good to see Jones getting minutes over Forbes. Hopefully it stays that way long-term.

[Mnky]

cant shoot tho....And we need our pg to make shots

His shot was looking much improved before the injury

[MannyIsGod]

Let's be real. Against Denver on the road, this Spurs team is going to have a hard time. I don't think they're playing terrible I just think some lineups have been really bad plus foul trouble. It's game 2 so Pop should be seeing what he has in Thad tbh.

[Sugus]

Strange to think we were up by 4 at one point in the 3rd. The team went downhill after Jakob left.

Jakob the team's MVP, glad to see posters join the bandwagon tbh :tu

[mo7888]

We're gonna end up waiving Thad at some point aren't we?

[slick'81]

Only down 9 ...still awaiting that run

[HankChinaski]

Kj's midrange tonight is money

[slick'81]

We're gonna end up waiving Thad at some point aren't we?


That or a 2nd at best,tbh

[HankChinaski]

Nice clean up duty Poeltl

[HankChinaski]

Keep the tempo going Spurs.

[raybies]

kj bb

[spurs1990]

At least Forbes got benched again in the second half. Short leash by coach

[emanueldavidginobili]

I will say this the team is competing, they have sucked but the Nuggets are the clear better team and the Spurs are sticking in there. Devin needs more minutes!!!

[Robz4000]

If this was last year's team they're down by 20 right now.

[Sugus]

Damn, y'all weren't bluffing with Poeltl's play :wow

[HankChinaski]

Nice help defense and good recovery dumping off to Poeltl, White

[Chomag]

Derrick going playoff mode again!

[Uriel]

Good spurt, but remember, these are our starters playing against their bench.

[Fireball]

doug is a traffic cone … sadly we cannot use the starting five til the end of the game …

[onechance87]

derrick white making pg plays...something murray needs to improve more

[MannyIsGod]

Jakob the real difference tonight but team has been good with Drew too. It's when they have both been out that it's been ugly

[poopbox]

Jeez Murray...Pop is using this as a "development " game I guess.

No accountability for Murray's bad play. He's putting so much effort trying to force it on offense, he's playing bad defense. Has no energy for the other side. He's not ready for that 2 way player mentality. Needs to give the ball up on offense. His strength is becoming a weakness this game. Two bad plays back to back on defense because he's late to rotate.. not a good strategy.

What the fuck game are you watching :lol

This game would have been over in the second quarter if it wasn't for Murray :lol

[Mugen]

Win or lose, the brand of basketball is better to watch if they keep up this style of play tbh.

[Fireball]

Win or lose, the brand of basketball is better to watch if they keep up this style of play tbh. a bit more threes would be nice

[widowmaker]

U can’t say that the majority of these mother fuckers want to compete. Get rid of forbes and thad.

[Mugen]

a bit more threes would be nice

That probably means more Forbes so no fucking thank you tbh

[spurs1990]

Win or lose, the brand of basketball is better to watch if they keep up this style of play tbh.

Is that a silent dig at DeRozan. How could you

[playbonner15]

If this was last year's team they're down by 20 right now.

Yeah. This season's team has the fight in em

[XDT76]

To his credit Eubanks was doing a decent enough job, Jokic hit some well contested shots on Eubanks.


Don't be mistake I am not shitting on Eubanks, probably no one on the Spurs can guard Jokic or probably only a handful of players in the NBA can. I was just hoping to see what Landale can do in non-garbage time.

[HankChinaski]

Man Poeltl this year has been a consistent beast on the offensive glass. Helps with the young quick legs and hussle back to cover if opposing team collects the rebound.

[raybies]

https://media.giphy.com/media/l0HUg6Ypas42ubkXu/giphy.gif

[HankChinaski]

Don't be mistake I am not shitting on Eubanks, probably no one on the Spurs can guard Jokic or probably only a handful of players in the NBA can. I was just hoping to see what Landale can do in non-garbage time.

I think Landale is getting decent minutes on the 2nd of the back to back.

[HankChinaski]

I don't agree on that call he was moving still and not set.

[HankChinaski]

Man Keldon is just looking smooth tonight in the lane.

[TDMVPDPOY]

wtf spurms losing to a 1 man team jokic

[Kurgan]

:lol Murray's offensive game

[Robz4000]

Murray playing way too out of control on offense.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Jokic is so fucking good its actually insane.

[Leetonidas]

Instagram Baller :lol

[HankChinaski]

Come on Murray I thought he could have dumped it to the corner.

[raybies]

great take by devin

[Mnky]

Two plays in a row, Murray passes to nobody. Vassell and keldon the hot hands if anyone is. They never see the ball. Murray needs to be in the second unit tbh. Replace him with a PG. Teams that play actual defense will continue to let him break the his own teams momentum on his own.

[raybies]

jokic is the reigning mvp for a reason tbh.

[james evans]

why are we afraid to attack the paint? Denver has no low post defense. Joker is horribly slow

[Uriel]

Man, what I would give to have Jokic on our team.

[james evans]

jokic is the reigning mvp for a reason tbh.
strictly for offense.

[HankChinaski]

Nice defense guys. Now swing that around with a bucket.

[raybies]

Two plays in a row, Murray passes to nobody. Vassell and keldon the hot hands if anyone is. They never see the ball. Murray needs to be in the second unit tbh. Replace him with a PG. Teams that play actual defense will continue to let him break the his own teams momentum on his own.

Fatigue is a big factor right now. He needs to learn to pace himself... start slow and turn it up as he goes.. right now he's got it backwards

[james evans]

Man, what I would give to have Jokic on our team.
for what? Popovich wouldn't let him do all of that shit lol.

[Robz4000]

Welp, that's game. Fun one at least.

[Leetonidas]

That's game

[MannyIsGod]

Drew and Devin not getting back there

[Mugen]

Meh, they have a Jokic tbh. I like the confidence from Devin tonight even if the shots aren't falling.

[onechance87]

missing shots man

[Fireball]

our inability to hit a three pointer is so frustrating

[raybies]

dam man... need someone to stop the bleeding. it's the biggest issue... dj gassed who is next.. who is next man up?

Ben simmons wouldn't help this or anyone else available right now tbh.

[Uriel]

Not much we can do. Nuggets are just a better team. We battled hard.

[Mnky]

What the fuck game are you watching :lol

This game would have been over in the second quarter if it wasn't for Murray :lol

:lol You were saying? Kills the spurs run on his own with two hero mode drives without passing once. Pop benched him after that finally.

[BatManu20]

Offense just went cold the last 14 min of the game. And too many turnovers.

Denver’s the better team tho.

[Chomag]

Well they competed, but just way to many mental mistakes

[tbdog]

Jokic is such a great MVP. Our role players just seem way better than theirs. Even Johnson outplayed Porter. But Jokic just turns the game around everytime he is on.

[twincam]

3 point shooting are turnovers for this club. Plain and simple.

[HankChinaski]

Fatigue is a big factor right now. He needs to learn to pace himself... start slow and turn it up as he goes.. right now he's got it backwards

I agree with this. Poeltl looked gassed right up to the point where Jokic made that contact and he slipped and dropped.

Yeah wish they had gone to Landale over Thad Young in this one.

[MannyIsGod]

Murray not playing perfect but anyone who thinks he's the reason they're losing is an idiot. He's been inconsistent but a net positive

[Mnky]

Fatigue is a big factor right now. He needs to learn to pace himself... start slow and turn it up as he goes.. right now he's got it backwards

He's not used to be the focal point of offense. His defense suffered because of it tonight. He doesn't need to be the focal point. He's good for the hassle stuff and when he's feeling it, be aggressive. He hasn't had that game tonight and keeps calling his own number. Without a doubt fatigue is a factor, but he's just making such bad decisions for our main ball handler.

We went on the run when we took the ball out of his hands. Then he didn't give it up and the nuggets go on a run.

[Seventyniner]

I didn't expect Poeltl to get roasted one-on-one in the post against Jokic, but props to the MVP for taking advantage of what turned out to be a mismatch.

[HankChinaski]

Spurs are still in this. Need a couple more stops and make some buckets on this end.

[Leetonidas]

Fucking Jokic man dude just doesn't miss when his team needs a bucket

[PhantomDashCam]

Why did Pop burn that timeout?

[HankChinaski]

Fuck Jokic makes that look simple. Poeltl played that well

[Fireball]

That probably means more Forbes so no fucking thank you tbh

that has nothing to do with shitty forbes … all our players just suck at it

[Uriel]

Jakob played good defense on that play. Jokic is just too good.

[Degoat]

The joker is the spurs daddy lmao like how does this guy own us every time

[HankChinaski]

Alright McBuckets!

[raybies]

Huge three by dougie

[onechance87]

Murray not playing perfect but anyone who thinks he's the reason they're losing is an idiot. He's been inconsistent but a net positive

Thats his problem...hes inconsistent...Against below average teams he looks great...Against better teams he sucks.

[HankChinaski]

Damn was smooth Murray.

[raybies]

ew.. that has to be a challenge

[Robz4000]

Love the fight in this team.

[HankChinaski]

Nice Defense! Man, if McBuckets could get his feet undre him there

[MannyIsGod]

Thats his problem...hes inconsistent...Against below average teams he looks great...Against better teams he sucks.

Is anyone claiming djm is a Superstar? No? Why are you expecting him to be?

[XDT76]

Damn DjM 2X McD and KJ all gave up open 3s, 2 out of bounds that go the wrong way against us

[Mugen]

crofl at retard pop still not knowing how to challenge

[Chomag]

Why the fuck did Pop not challenge that!?!?!

[Mugen]

Just the absolute worst challenger in the game :lol

[Leetonidas]

How tf do the refs not review that and how tf does Pop not challenge that!

[HankChinaski]

Fuck that was crazy circus shot by Jokic.

[boutons_deux]

jokic 6 pts in crunch time

[Robz4000]

This team is going to lose a lot, but if they play like this regularly it'll be an enjoyable season on the way to a top pick.

[Mnky]

And Murray with another no pass hero mode throw away.

[Robz4000]

How tf do the refs not review that and how tf does Pop not challenge that!

No more timeouts to challenge.

[Fireball]

those fucking refs

[Uriel]

Why didn’t Pop challenge?

[MannyIsGod]

crofl at retard pop still not knowing how to challenge
Shouldn't have to. Last two minutes.

[HankChinaski]

Keep pushing it guys.

[Rito3d30]

This team is fun to watch

[spurraider21]

probably woulda lost anyway but pop basically waived the white flag by not challenging the out of bounds call

[Mugen]

bwahahha burning all your stupid timeouts cuz you don't think challenges are worth anything

[Leetonidas]

No more timeouts to challenge.

Gotcha. Still should have been reviewed since it was under 2 mins in the 4th

[jbspurs]

Why the fuck did Pop not challenge that!?!?!

Exactly!

[james evans]

this is what happens when you blow all of your timeouts early. You can't challenge obvious plays that need to be challenged.

[james evans]

probably woulda lost anyway but pop basically waived the white flag by not challenging the out of bounds call
we don't have any timeouts

[spurraider21]

really not a fan of Murray pressing so much today, but also very underwhelmed by McDermott's passiveness

[daslicer]

Going back and forth watching this game on my computer and the Lakers game on my TV. Davis and Dwight tried to fight each during a timeout which was comical.

[HankChinaski]

Alright guys clamp down on d here and make a good play

[spurraider21]

Gotcha. Still should have been reviewed since it was under 2 mins in the 4th
they dont automatically review those anymore after last year's playoff shitshow

[Mnky]

Is anyone claiming djm is a Superstar? No? Why are you expecting him to be?

He's the PG. It's literally the position you can't be inconsistent with seeing as how you handle the ball more than anyone.

He hasn't played like a PG. He's played bad. It's okay to point out when he's playing bad. He's the longest tenured spur and supposedly the leader. His criticism is more than fair.

You're taking it way too personal.

[Mugen]

Spurs cover! Spurs Cover!

[XDT76]

How tf do the refs not review that and how tf does Pop not challenge that!


No more ref review this year only coach challenge

[Sugus]

Dejounte and his inability to shoot 3's costing the Spurs another game... That deferrence to White was the tell-tale of the night, tbqh

[jbspurs]

Spurs still played well.

[RD2191]

Spurs win this if Pop plays Primo tbh

[MannyIsGod]

A lot of people on here seem upset, but all things considered on the road that's a pretty good showing by this team. Y'all probably need to recalibrate your expectations.

[TDMVPDPOY]

this team has no volume scorer

and walker aint one...

[raybies]

Great game... the spurs played their heart out...

Jokic was the difference. Just didn't have an answer.

[HankChinaski]

Well, that was a good defensive rotation. Morris just making a tough shot.

[spurs1990]

Forbes and Young. One game closer to be out of the rotation

[Mugen]

Little stuff like literally having the worst coach in the league when it comes to challenge calls or knowing how to utilize them and save timeouts should cost them about 4-5 games this season alone. Love it tbh....

Tank rolls on!

[Uriel]

GG. It was a valiant effort despite the loss. And the Nuggets didn’t cover the spread.

[raybies]

A lot of people on here seem upset, but all things considered on the road that's a pretty good showing by this team. Y'all probably need to recalibrate your expectations.

Holding Denver to 102 is very impressive. They have one of the best offenses in the league. The D potential is real

[Mnky]

Murray walks off the court without his team after he ends the game with no pass again, even though his shot has been horrible. He knows he played like crap. He will own it and likely play better next time. Not sure why fans are being so sensitive about him tonight.

[Robz4000]

Spurs cover! Spurs Cover!

:lol gonna be harder to bet with this year's team since they won't be as predictable

[spurraider21]

closer game than i thought... notable flaws were

- murray's decision making
- vassell/walker/mcdermott have to be more impactful with their outside shooting

[james evans]

No more ref review this year only coach challenge
now that makes no fucking sense whatsoever. So basically what the league is saying that there will be blatant cheating this year in the playoffs to get a Nets/Lakers finals since no more reviews under 2 mins?

[cjw]

Given expectations, the team played damn well.

Jokic showed why he won an MVP. He was unstoppable despite decent defense.

Loved the zone look to get within striking distance in the fourth.

[SpurPadre]

Even though they were missing Jamal Murray, that was still a valiant effort. These kids are learning how to play big minutes without a star veteran taking them on their shoulders.

[PhantomDashCam]

An enjoyable loss, if there is such a thing. Guys played hard. Some positives to build on. Never gave up. :tu

[Leetonidas]

they dont automatically review those anymore after last year's playoff shitshow

Wtf?? That's some bullshit

[alfahdlan]

Good game. Next.

[MannyIsGod]

He's the PG. It's literally the position you can't be inconsistent with seeing as how you handle the ball more than anyone.

He hasn't played like a PG. He's played bad. It's okay to point out when he's playing bad. He's the longest tenured spur and supposedly the leader. His criticism is more than fair.

You're taking it way too personal.


First of all, I haven't taken anything personal. Your take is just stupid. Djm was far from perfect but he is want bad tonight. He just wasn't an all star. That's the point. You're conflating not being at all star level as being bad which is w stupid take.

[Mugen]

I love the morons shitting on Young when that retard Wright should have flipped him shortly after the Derozan trade.

Instead they're gonna end up buying him out and getting nothing for him and he'll play much better on a playoff team. Just par for the course for this dumbass FO that should be trying to squeeze value wherever they can tbh.

[james evans]

goddamn what's going on with the lakers? I just turned to Espn after our game and at least I get to see them get their asses whipped lol

[HankChinaski]

This was a good showing by the Spurs despite the turnovers and sloppy decisonmaking from time to time. But considering this is just 2 game of the season this is a very promising showing.

It took Jokic making some circus shots to pull away with this one.

Spurs struggled on offense but Denver is a amazing defensive team.

[Leetonidas]

But yeah, spurs played their asses off and were in it til the very end. All we can ask for boys

[raybies]

Dejounte and his inability to shoot 3's costing the Spurs another game... That deferrence to White was the tell-tale of the night, tbqh

That's not a fair take tbh... He was clearly gassed. He starts fast and ends slow. Just needs to flip that. It should be a steady climb in intensity... The last couple games he hasn't had nothing left in the tank by the end.

[XDT76]

Poeltl is showing good this year hopes he keep it up. The Spurs put up a good fight, but missed a few open 3s. Good D except on Jokic, but to be fair Jokic was seldom open he was just able to hit his shot even when challenged.

[lefty20]

White was the only one willing to shoot 3s at the end. Everyone else got cold feet.

Ah well, we kept them from covering the spread. Good enough for me when playing on the road against a quality opponent like Denver.

[spurs1990]

Aldridge went 10-12 FG and Mills 3-3 from 3pt at Philly tonight. Wouldn't both look better than young and Forbes

[Mnky]

Holding Denver to 102 is very impressive. They have one of the best offenses in the league. The D potential is real

Defense is looking great. So much better than what we have seen in the past. Loving the energy on that side this year. Our defense is helping our offense quite a bit.

[Dex]

closer game than i thought... notable flaws were

- murray's decision making
- vassell/walker/mcdermott have to be more impactful with their outside shooting

Yep. McD really needs to pick it up if he wants to continue to start....otherwise Forbes may actually steal his spot, and that would be embarrassing.

Walker, especially, completely disappeared after having a good game against the Magic.

You can't be a good NBA player if you only show up half the time.

[Mugen]

It'd be nice if Tre can crack the rotation soon. Team badly needs a true PG to steady the 2nd unit tbh.

[raybies]

But yeah, spurs played their asses off and were in it til the very end. All we can ask for boys

Everyone knows we should have around 50-50 season or less. There will be plenty of losses but still encouraging. DJ been numero uno but we need a dos now. He looks so gassed. Just needs help.

[spurraider21]

Aldridge went 10-12 FG and Mills 3-3 from 3pt at Philly tonight. Wouldn't both look better than young and Forbes
if i knew we were bringing fucking Forms back i would have wanted to just keep patty instead

[The Truth #6]

Outside of an actual victory, this is the likely the best other outcome. A loss, but the defense was pestering, chaotic, and never quitting. That kept us in the game. If the defense and energy continues, the lack of an offensive spark is likely will be what decides victory or loss for many games. Tonight it was KJ, then White, but no one else really got going.

[onechance87]

Murray walks off the court without his team after he ends the game with no pass again, even though his shot has been horrible. He knows he played like crap. He will own it and likely play better next time. Not sure why fans are being so sensitive about him tonight.


Because same shit,Different year maybe....We seen seen the same story with murray

[Mnky]

First of all, I haven't taken anything personal. Your take is just stupid. Djm was far from perfect but he is want bad tonight. He just wasn't an all star. That's the point. You're conflating not being at all star level as being bad which is w stupid take.

He didn't walk off the court alone for no reason. He knows he played bad. When you start insulting people on a message board as your evidence, it's pretty clear you're taking it personal. Go eat a snickers bro. It'll be alright.

[raybies]

Yep.

Walker, especially, completely disappeared after having a good game against the Magic.

You can't be a good NBA player if you only show up half the time.
He deferred. Just cracks under pressure for some reason...

[Chomag]

A lot of people on here seem upset, but all things considered on the road that's a pretty good showing by this team. Y'all probably need to recalibrate your expectations. Even though its a loss this team still made it exciting, really can't ask for more this year.

[daslicer]

Aldridge went 10-12 FG and Mills 3-3 from 3pt at Philly tonight. Wouldn't both look better than young and Forbes

LMA looked really good in that game. He compliments Durant and Harden really well.

[Mugen]

Spurs covering on the road in Denver during their home opener with Jokic going off is better than the Magic win tbh :lol

They're going to get their doors blown off tomorrow against the Bucks but they deserve kudos tonight.

[raybies]

Defense is looking great. So much better than what we have seen in the past. Loving the energy on that side this year. Our defense is helping our offense quite a bit.

100

That tier one D will literally keep us in most of our games this year... Kids are just gonna have to step up offensively. It's gonna be hard because they expend so much energy and effort defending.

Positive though is that we should theoretically be well experienced in tight games. Those potential yields do wonders in the playoffs should we make it.

[Chinook]

Denver is a paper tiger that's also missing teeth. They aren't as good as they used to be. I think it was an encouraging performance for them to almost win, but there are also actual issues from this game that may become more relevant if they continue. Gotta loved that Keldon showed a good ability to score from midrange, but I wish he'd spent more time improving his three-pointer. Murray's ability to make one-on-one shots is more necessary than it's ever been, but he also went with that way more often than he had to. Walker still misses anything with contact, to the point that it makes you wonder if the coaching staff has never taken him aside and drilled him on that. White looked good for the most part but also doesn't seem as able to score against a defense as he should be at his age. Thad wasn't helpful at all in his minutes and him splitting time with Eubanks wasn't great

I'm optimistic, actually, but at the same time, I could also see the hope for this team souring on the vine in a couple of months. If there are gears left in the development of these players, we could see a semi-star emerge. Johnson and Vassell have both shown it's possible. The Spurs have been surprisingly good against MKE in the Bud era. So it'll be interesting to see if that can carry over in the post-DeRozan era. Hmm... 12/15 looks like it might be interesting.

[onechance87]

That's not a fair take tbh... He was clearly gassed. He starts fast and ends slow. Just needs to flip that. It should be a steady climb in intensity... The last couple games he hasn't had nothing left in the tank by the end.

its barely the second game...wasint even a b2b....If ur center has more energy,Theres a problem

[DAF86]

It'd be nice if Tre can crack the rotation soon. Team badly needs a true PG to steady the 2nd unit tbh.

This team needs some reliable 3pt shooters. Tre isn't that unfortunately.

[KDKSpurs24]

A lot of people on here seem upset, but all things considered on the road that's a pretty good showing by this team. Y'all probably need to recalibrate your expectations.
This! I’m not even upset. Denver is one of the top teams in the league even without Jamal Murray. Plus they were at home where they always have a great winning percentage. The team really competed out there. Jokic was unstoppable. MVP for a reason. But y’all have to remember that a lot of our young guys are still trying to figure out their roles. It will come together eventually if they keep competing this.

[tim_duncan_fan]

The good news: we really just beat ourselves being total bed-wetting scaredy-cats on offense. I want a new rule instituted right now:

You play passively at all, you get suspended for a game for detrimental conduct. Shoot the fucking ball.


The bad: We are going to have times where no one is brave enough to take the jumper we need late in the game. I don't know how we fix this.

[Degoat]

Disappointed in the L but the teams gonna have nights like this. The only thing I didn’t like is the spurs gotta unload Thad Young I don’t like him playing at all

[Chomag]

Maybe I'm wrong but it seems Pop didn't play Devin much tonight. Maybe he was resting him for tomorrow night?