Game Thread: Cavaliers at Spurs January 14, 2022 | 7:30 PM CT

[John B]

Spurs Injuries: Zach Collins (Out — Ankle), Tre Jones (Out — COVID-19 Protocols), Derrick White (Questionable— COVID-19 Protocols), Drew Eubanks (Questionable — Illness)

Cavaliers Injuries: Ricky Rubio (Out — ACL), Collin Sexton (Out — Knee), Isaac Okoro (Out — Elbow), Rajon Rondo (Questionable — Hamstring)

With several Cavs’ key players out, this should be an opportunity to pick up a W. Let’s go Spurs! Spurs by 12pts :flag::flag::flag::flag::flag:

[slick'81]

Are spurs full strength?! If not loss incoming

[Leetonidas]

the only key player out for them really is Rubio now as Sexton has been out awhile...

Cavs best players are Allen/Garland/Mobley who are all playing tonight. Mobley is looking like a generational defesnive player tbh. Allen is the kind of player Jak struggles against, and Garland is the type of player Murray struggles against. Spurs are in for a tough night imo

[John B]

the only key player out for them really is Rubio now as Sexton has been out awhile...

Cavs best players are Allen/Garland/Mobley who are all playing tonight. Mobley is looking like a generational defesnive player tbh. Allen is the kind of player Jak struggles against, and Garland is the type of player Murray struggles against. Spurs are in for a tough night imo

Agree. Poeltl has had problems with athletic bigs. I’m still liking KBD in the PF position over Keldon to cover big. I think that helps Poeltl stay with his man. Poeltl has a tendency to overhelp that opens his man for an allyop.

[BatManu20]

Cavs have lost 5 of their last 9, Rubio’s out for the season, and looks like Rondo will be out as well. Spurs win incoming.

[BatManu20]

The Rock gave The Coyote a shout out on IG yesterday.



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[gambit1990]

my boy jarrett allen.

[Robz4000]

Cavs by 7. Spurs play well enough to stay in the game but just don't have enough to get over the hump.

[emanueldavidginobili]

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[slick'81]

Ewwbanks back baaby!! Spurs by 17

[Sugus]

:lma:lma:lma

Let's get it fellas, first game in a couple nights I can catch. Hoping for some Primo sauce more than anything.

[poopbox]

Poeltl might be 6"7" at halftime after Allen is finished yamming him into the dirt

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

The Rock gave The Coyote a shout out on IG yesterday.



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Thats random

[heyheymymy]

When I'm in San Antonio, it's @Teremana. @Teremana, the official San Antonio drink of San Antonians.

@Teremana, a drink you can buy like The Rock does.

[RC_Drunkford]

should be another L. They really can't beat anybody with 1 of Poeltl, Murray or White out

[Robz4000]

should be another L. They really can't beat anybody with 1 of Poeltl, Murray or White out


Even with the three of them they can lose to anyone tbh. The fact of the matter is this is the most talent-starved team in the NBA.

[B1gduff]

just a reminders, the Rockets had a shot to get Allen...

[twincam]

Spurs by -16 tonight. Nothing will change.

[Chinook]

just a reminders, the Rockets had a shot to get Allen...

Chose Wood and Christopher over him.

[John B]

Yup it’s going to be a long night :lol

[Chinook]

Johnson is a PF ... but he's not a good PF. It's no wonder that immediately after replacing him with someone with size, the Spurs can put together defensive possessions. It's going to be a career-long struggle for him to find a way to be effective on that end of the floor.

[Barfunk]

Eddie Najera with the foul

[Dejounte]

Vassell, Lonnie, Keldon all with head scratching dumb plays tonight

[lefty20]

Give that man an Oscar rn, tbh.

[SPURt]

Why is Bryn acting surprised his man got by him?

[Dejounte]

Give that man an Oscar rn, tbh.

Seriously what is with the needless pouting by Forbes after a defensive breakdown

[SPURt]

Air ball yikes

[Degoat]

We’ve gotta be the least talented team in the league lol every team we play against has more talent

[boutons_deux]

Cavs have a strong road record looks like they're going to strengthen it tonight

[John B]

Oh man… should I just go out to eat? Yikes

[SPURt]

Mobley just destroyed Jakob, holy moly

[John B]

Mobley riding Poeltl :lol

[John B]

I think I like Markkanen instead :cry

[John B]

Cavs playing 3 bigs

[Dejounte]

The Spurs are beating themselves tonight. So many botched plays. Just downright stupidity

[John B]

Seriously how many centers do Cavs have? :lol

[MultiTroll]

McForbesmott add anything besides the occassional trey?

[Dejounte]

Primo needs to be more aggressive scoring the ball when he’s out there. Especially when he’s the primary ball handler. That’s his bread and butter. Or at least you’re act like you’re going to score then find the open man and pass.

[John B]

Bigs and athletic. Damn this team is going to be good when healthy

[Dejounte]

Apparently if you pass the ball to McDermott tonight, don’t expect the ball to go anywhere else but the hoop. Man is playing extra selfish tonight

[Slippy]

Keldon at Pf aint working . Jacob stuggling. Mobley cutting sick and Allen having the usual impact against Jacob that we have come to expect ..

Wonder how pop will counter. Lol

[poopbox]

Allen abusing Jacob per par :lol

Is there any big that DOESNT destroy Jacob nowadays ?

[Dejounte]

Those rebounds by Murray are pretty damn impressive given that he’s playing injured out there

[poopbox]

Forbes man pretty much walked by him and he offered no resistance :lol

[Dejounte]

Poeltl has been a complete no show for the past ten games or so. Not even the elite defense is there. It’s extra disappointing.

[John B]

Allen abusing Jacob per par :lol

Is there any big that DOESNT destroy Jacob nowadays ?

Poeltl has that bullseye on his jersey that everybody just wants to dunk on seriously

[SPURt]

DJ is carry these fools

[poopbox]

Poeltl has been a complete no show for the past ten games or so. Not even the elite defense is there. It’s extra disappointing.

It's because the league has caught on to him and everyone knows if you face him up and go right at him he doesn't have the reflexes or athleticism to really do anything about it.

Poeltl's days of being some elite defender...which i don't think he ever was...is over...if the spurs could give him away they should.

Cleveland legit just gave the ball to Allen multiple times and cleared out so he can go one on one with Poeltl and Allen can barely dribble 3 times without traveling...

[MultiTroll]

Great 2nd quarter by Spurs.

[r0drig0lac]

DJ is carry these fools

as usual.

[SPURt]

Bench Forbes ugh… he’s such a doorknob

[Robz4000]

:lol I hate Forms so much

[Dejounte]

I want to yell this at the top of my lungs…

Forbes fucking sucks

[itzsoweezee]

Cavs now taking turns abusing bum Forbes

[John B]

Bryn is like a moving traffic cone

[John B]

Everytime Cavs are playing 3 bigs damn

[poopbox]

DJ should get an mvp vote or two carrying this trash ass team :lol

[r0drig0lac]

Everytime Cavs are playing 3 bigs damn

Lauri is a wing

[SPURt]

The last possession excluded, Murray is the best Spur I’ve seen since Kawhi’s vagina exploded

[Slippy]

Well not the ideal finish. A half court three.

Bryn getting alot of mins including finishing the half after a hot start again. Still a weaklink on D. Pop cant seem to limit his mins so fustrating.

Their frontcourt dominating the spurs counter. Lessen their impact we should have a game.

[PhantomDashCam]

If the Spurs do make a trade at the deadline, taking Forbes has to be a pre-requisite.

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[Adam Lambert]

The Cavs have the worst look in the league, right?

Looks like a 70's fast food staff out there.

[Dejounte]

Murray clearly playing through pain in his leg. He’s half a step slower

[poopbox]

mobley jumping over keldon and jacob like they not even there :lol

[PhantomDashCam]

DJ is operating at such a high level.

[poopbox]

If DJ is really this type of player going forward then the spurs are going to have to get him some help before he Kawhi's his way out of here

[Degoat]

These last few games has made me really miss DWhite other then DJ the spurs have no playmakers

[SPURt]

The Cavs have the worst look in the league, right?

Looks like a 70's fast food staff out there.
Totally agree, I’m not a fan of the Pelicans or the Wizards either, but the Cavs have it bad

[GB20]

Murray is much better player than Ben Simmon and it not even close.

[Dejounte]

Must be the covid brain fog for Vassell

[SPURt]

Great… Forbes lubing up at the scorers table

[CGD]

Spurs dodged a bullet with Markenen. Dude blows

[CGD]

Cavs now taking turns abusing bum Forbes

It’s relentless.

[BatManu20]

Are the Cavs normally this awful of a shooting team? Their 3’s aren’t even close.

[poopbox]

RIDICULOUS pass by DJ :wow

[Barfunk]

Damn Najera with the buzzard beater

[poopbox]

two defenders left osman wide open :lol

[lefty20]

Inb4 Cavs pull a buzzer beater hat-trick to win the game.

[GB20]

RIDICULOUS pass by DJ :wow
Murray is entering in a level of a superstar right now with the way he has been playing.

[SPURt]

I hope Jakob just needed to shit

[poopbox]

I need it scientifically explained how Forbes is so bad on defense :lol

[Degoat]

Sigh Primo

[poopbox]

Devin is gassed

[XDT76]

The Spurs simply cannot get a stop

[PhantomDashCam]

MCD and Poeltl haven’t completed one pass tonight :lol

[Slippy]

Jacob ffs. Wake up. Defensively and on offense too much mia. He not contributing but most times just doesnt look ready to play.

[BatManu20]

Stephens for CLE is a major scrub.

[XDT76]

Walker missed to spot a wide open KJ at the rim.

[BatManu20]

Stephens for CLE is a major scrub.

So is Markannen. So glad we didn’t trade for him. So many here wanted him. Dude is a bum.

[SPURt]

Spurs and Cavs trying to see who can take a bigger shit in the bed

[Barfunk]

Didn't convert a single turnover in these last minutes, smh

[SPURt]

Lauri rubbing his wiener all over Jakob’s mouth and nose

[MultiTroll]

104-103 and we get a McDipstick 28 footer?

[SPURt]

Late game FTs might be the only thing DJ can’t do

[Degoat]

Lauri > Jakob, I’m so tired of our overrated ass players

[TimDunkem]

Jakob sucks, tbh.

[Slippy]

Pop went back to the lineup he started the game with .. in the last 3mins of the 4th

Cavs on 5 nil run and lead now. Einstein move tbh

[SPURt]

104-103 and we get a McDipstick 28 footer?
He was wide open and that’s what he gets paid to do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[poopbox]

Dejounte ran out of gas on offense

[Robz4000]

Tank rolls on :flag:

[lefty20]

Another entertaining Loss for the Tank crew.

[siraulo23]

damn it man :lol another L

Murray a beast now tho

Spurs were only 4 games under 0.500 too now back to all these losses

[Mr. Body]

Without Murray, this might be the worst team to ever take the court.

[NASpurs]

Tied in the loss column with the second worst team in the West. :smokin

[Barfunk]

Sigh.....

[Barfunk]

Well at least Murray ate... can't be mad about that

[BatManu20]

Good loss boys.


The tank rolls on. :flag:

[Chinook]

If you still needed more evidence that Pop is tanking, this should settle it. Two games in a row, the Spurs needed to use their time-outs to extend the game but chose not to. Cleveland had no time-outs. The team had a chance to make a shot and get a steal, but Pop instead had them waste time taking the ball up the court.

[PhantomDashCam]

Top 3 picks don’t play at the combine though. Spurs will be in shambles.

Start of these 4th Qs… DJ goes to the bench, we allow key players to get hot… Has to change.

[Thomas82]

Well at least Murray ate... can't be mad about that

I wonder if he'll sit tomorrow night since that leg is still bothering him.

[itzsoweezee]

Jacob ffs. Wake up. Defensively and on offense too much mia. He not contributing but most times just doesnt look ready to play.

I don’t know what game you poetl haters were watching. The guy single-handedly shut down the Cavs on like 4 straight possessions in the fourth. He’s battling against three seven footers.

Poetl had a great game. It’s unfortunate his talents are being wasted on a lottery team. He could be a legit piece on a championship contender.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Another entertaining Loss for the Tank crew.

it was nip and tuck for awhile but in the end the good guys pulled out the L

[Manong Ginobili]

Thought the team played well in the 3rd quarter but that Osman three at the end cut down the lead to 2 points. Spurs couldn't get a shot down the stretch and they settled for bad three pointers in the 3 minute mark.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

if dejounte keeps this up they are going to have to rename H-E-M to DJM

[Slippy]

Double

[poopbox]

I don’t know what game you poetl haters were watching. The guy single-handedly shut down the Cavs on like 4 straight possessions in the fourth. He’s battling against three seven footers.

Poetl had a great game. It’s unfortunate his talents are being wasted on a lottery team. He could be a legit piece on a championship contender.

Didn't know Jacob agent posted on spurs talk :wow

[Slippy]

Not sure if this post is sarcasm or not.



I don’t know what game you poetl haters were watching. The guy single-handedly shut down the Cavs on like 4 straight possessions in the fourth. He’s battling against three seven footers.


For 4 quarters i saw a guy not using his talents to the fullest. Too often caught in no mans land on d where he defending no one. Whether on offense or defense - the conviction aint there. Thats my take from watching spurs games. The last month at the least, his play
has deteriorated from what we saw the first couple of months.
Im sure theres stats out there showing he top ten centres of our league. :lol

[tim_duncan_fan]

Murray is growing, but we have to lose to get a player with a little bit loftier ceiling than the guys we have.

Philly tanked and drafted a center #1 overall in like 15 straight drafts before they finally picked Embiid. The tank is the way is has to be. Even better that we lose because we're dumb and not because we are actively trying to lose lol

[Chinook]

KBD didn't play enough. He was the only perimeter player who had any chance to help his center out defensively. I know the Spurs are trying to lose games, but they're making Poeltl look bad by not giving him adequate help, and there's no upside to that.

[offset formation]

Get ya tank on, getcha getcha getcha tank on.

Now practically tied for the 5th worst record. Keep it up Pop. We on a roll at 1-9 over our last 10. *That's* how you get franchise level players.

The good news is weve lost to 4 of those 5 teams so if it comes down to a tiebreaker situation for more ping pong balls, Pop's got us in good shape.

[NASpurs]

Get ya tank on, getcha getcha getcha tank on.

Now practically tied for the 5th worst record. Keep it up Pop. We on a roll at 1-9 over our last 10. *That's* how you get franchise level players.

The good news is weve lost to 4 of those 5 teams so if it comes down to a tiebreaker situation for more ping pong balls, Pop's got us in good shape.

CIA Pop :smokin

[Sugus]

Another great game. Tough play for almost four quarters, then you give it up at the last seconds. Primo got lots of minutes, even though I wasn't too impressed with his play tonight. Tank rolls on.

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[spurs10]

I don’t know what game you poetl haters were watching. The guy single-handedly shut down the Cavs on like 4 straight possessions in the fourth. He’s battling against three seven footers.

Poetl had a great game. It’s unfortunate his talents are being wasted on a lottery team. He could be a legit piece on a championship contender. Yep we got all the stops we should have needed just really bad shooting from the 3 and the line. Hell the buzzer beaters were the difference.

[MannyIsGod]

If you still needed more evidence that Pop is tanking, this should settle it. Two games in a row, the Spurs needed to use their time-outs to extend the game but chose not to. Cleveland had no time-outs. The team had a chance to make a shot and get a steal, but Pop instead had them waste time taking the ball up the court.

Thats not Pop tanking, that's Pop being absolute shit at late game management.

[quentin_compson]

Great tanking job down the stretch. Not sure if it was intended, though ...

[Ocotillo]

I saw Thad on a milk carton this morning.

[Chinook]

Thats not Pop tanking, that's Pop being absolute shit at late game management.

If it has just been that first time when they were down six, you might be right. That they did it the second time down five with six seconds to go suggests Pop had already thrown the game.

[John B]

If it has just been that first time when they were down six, you might be right. That they did it the second time down five with six seconds to go suggests Pop had already thrown the game.

Not calling a TO on that last possession tells me it was

[KobesAchilles]

Still a top 5 team in the west guys. So calm down

[talkspurs]

Late game FTs might be the only thing DJ can’t do

I think he thinks to much on these. look at his shots as well. You can tell when he is just shooting it and not thinking it is a much better shot. when he tries to push or thinks to much it effects him.

[DAF86]

Hopefully Vassell and White keep tonight's roles. Vassell is a starter and White is a 6th man.

[FutureMan]

Edit. Wrong thread