Game Thread: Suns at Spurs January 17, 2022 | 7:30 PM CT

[John B]

Suns Injuries: Dario Saric (Out — Knee), Frank Kaminsky (Out — Knee), Cameron Johnson (Out — Ankle), Abdel Nader (Out — Knee), DeAndre Ayton (Questionable — Ankle)
Spurs Injuries: Tre Jones (Out — COVID-19 Protocols), Jakob Poeltl (Day-to-Day — Back)

The Suns on the 2nd night of a back-to-back after thrashing Pistons at Detroit 135-108. While the Spurs snapped a 6 game losing streak with a win over a Kawhi/George-less Clippers Saturday, with White as the latest of the Spurs’ starters slowly coming back from Covid Protocol. The Spurs need White’s defense again to help slow down CP3 and Booker. Spurs by 6pts! Let’s go!!! :flag::flag::flag:

[MultiTroll]

Primo Suave in Austin.

Joshua Primo: Assigned to G League - CBSSports.com (https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/joshua-primo-assigned-to-g-league/)

[BatManu20]

No Cam Johnson and potentially no Ayton. Spurs with the upset tbh.

[ismael-robert]

Weird sending off primo when tre can't play. This 10 days already. Will they limit ayton to showcase smith?

[RC_Drunkford]

Suns getting the W I guess. The backcourt match up will be interesting

[Chomag]

Can't have Primo taking away minutes from our Star player Forbes I guess...

[John B]

Spurs play good against a quality team. Let’s extend the winning streak to 2! :ihit:ihit

[Leetonidas]

Suns by 40

[emanueldavidginobili]

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[Dejounte]

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It’s interesting— for so many years, Spurs fans have been clamoring for White to be “the guy” at PG when in reality, Pop never saw him as a permanent option there and has viewed him as a SG all this time.

[Chinook]

I think it's more that Pop has given up on Lonnie being a primary creator. The team had a real problem in creating offensive flow when DJM was on the bench and White was still out. I don't actually know if Jones being back should change the rotation. He's been okay but not really someone I'd want the team to dedicate developmental minutes toward.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Surprised Joe W is dressed with the Spurs tonight and not playing in tonights G League game with Primo.

[spurs1990]

Forbes being showcased for a trade also a reason Primo is relegated again. Still interesting Vegas has Phoenix by only 4 points. Lotta respect for your Spurs' 'spirit of competitiveness' that coach always mentions

[spurs10]

:flag: Spurs at the buzzer by 1!

[Dejounte]

Surprised Joe W is dressed with the Spurs tonight and not playing in tonights G League game with Primo.

Pop pulled Primo four minutes in in the last game. I believe he was furious at Primo for making a stupid play. So IMO, he’s in Pop’s doghouse and is being punished for bad play.

[heyheymymy]

:flag:

[Dex]

Chris Paul about to drop 25 and 10 on us with mid-range jumpers and lobs.

[Dex]

White in with the starting unit.

[Dex]

Is it just me or does Walker step out of bounds, like...a lot?

[Dex]

Yeah, this team is awful without Dejounte on the floor.

[Dex]

Am I the only one here?

Is anybody listening to me?

[Sugus]

Chippy match to say the least... Damn. Spurs better stay focused or this'll blow open in no time.

[Robz4000]

Am I the only one here?

Is anybody listening to me?

We're all watching football tbh.

[Sugus]

Am I the only one here?

Is anybody listening to me?

I'm wit'cha, my guy :tu

[Mr. Body]

Just checking in and see Jock Landale got a defensive rebound. That's great!

[Dex]

We're all watching football tbh.

:lol Fair enough.

[PhantomDashCam]

The fact Bryn hasn’t checked in with Primo back in Austin and White picking up 2 quick fouls suggests the trade talk is real…

[Dejounte]

Biyombo is a much more competent center and people expected a FRP for Thad Young? :lmao I don’t think he’s worth a second round pick at this point…

[MultiTroll]

Order Walker IV to drive everything to the rack and / or pass.

[Sugus]

Man, Jakob can get some of the meanest blocks out there

[Sugus]

God, I'll be glad if CP3 never gets a ring. What an annoying player & teams.

[Mr. Body]

God, I'll be glad if CP3 never gets a ring. What an annoying player & teams.

Not to mention screwing over the NBA player rank and file to give himself a huge payday.

And his fucking commercials.

[MultiTroll]

Croewder lurks around the three point line, shouldn't be a surprise.

[PhantomDashCam]

Thought that was a pretty entertaining half.

[RC_Drunkford]

Close game. Very entertaining. Booker is on fire.

[John B]

I’m surprised the Spurs are only down 3 with Suns playing hot

[MultiTroll]

Close game. Very entertaining. Booker is on fire.
Seems to have thus far survived the Karskankian Curse.

[RC_Drunkford]

God, I'll be glad if CP3 never gets a ring. What an annoying player & teams.

you can hate CP3 all you want, but he makes everybody around him better. By a lot

[emanueldavidginobili]

DJ is getting really good at almost every single part of the game. He's steadily becoming a total complete player on both sides of the floor.

[poopbox]

The fact Bryn hasn’t checked in with Primo back in Austin and White picking up 2 quick fouls suggests the trade talk is real…

Who on earth would trade for Bryn :lol

[lefty20]

Who on earth would trade for Bryn :lol

Nuggets, if the rumors are to be believed.

[PhantomDashCam]

Not mentioned but I think Philly and Miami would also be solid fits for Bryn.

[PhantomDashCam]

Coyote riffing on Booker. :lol

[PhantomDashCam]

Poeltl is everywhere. Boss Level.

[DAF86]

Poeltl has such great hands. Another underrated aspect of his game. Most centers would have fumbled that pass by White.

[DAF86]

Who on earth would trade for Bryn :lol

Any team that is searching for shooting. Lakers come to mind.

[RC_Drunkford]

This run right now is a perfect example on why the Murray/White/Poeltl trio is the core of this Team

[Sugus]

Poeltl is everywhere. Boss Level.

Great bounceback game after a string of "meh" outings. Showing exactly what he can do.

...And the Suns are missing Ayton, which helps.

Overall, a surprisingly competitive matchup. We could be a couple draft picks & moves away from being surprisingly good...

[John B]

Suns are starting to miss shots

[Sugus]

you can hate CP3 all you want, but he makes everybody around him better. By a lot

For sure - one of the most "love him if you have him, hate him if you don't". Which only goes to show how irrational the fan is... He's dirty as they come.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Murray would have 10+ assist by now if his teammates could finish

[emanueldavidginobili]

Forbes two straight DNP? I'm shocked

[Sugus]

THATS THE STUFF JAKOB!! post moves!!!

[MultiTroll]

Murray would have 10+ assist by now if his teammates could finish
Im serious, i want Walker either driving it to the rack or not shooting.

[RC_Drunkford]

Poeltl is cooking Biyombo

[emanueldavidginobili]

Jakob has 19-11-4-2 wtf lmao. Watching the game but did not expect to see that when I checked the box score.

[John B]

THATS THE STUFF JAKOB!! post moves!!!

Your boy playing great I have to say :lol

[Dejounte]

One more DNP game for Forbes and I’ll be inclined to believe there really is a trade coming.

[PhantomDashCam]

Great bounceback game after a string of "meh" outings. Showing exactly what he can do.

...And the Suns are missing Ayton, which helps.

Overall, a surprisingly competitive matchup. We could be a couple draft picks & moves away from being surprisingly good...

Our team is pretty good when Jakob, DJ and DW suit up tbh. Ayton missing clearly makes a difference though.

If Vassell, Primo, KJ all make strides in the off-season and you’re invested in Lonnie as the mercurial 6th man Scorer next season, this team may be a veteran and lottery talent away from moderate success.

[DAF86]

Landale is fucking up every possession.

[DAF86]

Landale is fucking up every possession.

And keeps doing it. He single handedly erased our 10 pts lead.

[Barfunk]

420 Spurs under the rim, 1 Sun. Suns' rebound.

[lefty20]

Ugh! Jock has to shoot that.

[RC_Drunkford]

It‘s safe to say that our bench is the main reason why this team sucks

[emanueldavidginobili]

Holy fuck what is Landale pump faking for, he's done it 5 times tonight already.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

ship jock's ass back to oz

LMAO that booker foul on vasellll

*edit jock just hit a 3. he better hit like 5 more STAT

[Mr. Body]

It‘s safe to say that our bench is the main reason why this team sucks

Well, when you only have three plus players.

[MultiTroll]

Vassell sweet clutch buzzer beater.

[John B]

Spurs escaped that one with a lead. Landale some rookie rattles

[emanueldavidginobili]

Jakob has to play heavy minutes in the 4th to have a shot at this game. Landale has been absolutely horrid. Also look at the +/- of the Spurs starters and then the bench.

[Barfunk]

Stupid foul

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

https://i.ibb.co/k5tYLbz/jock-aus.png

[DAF86]

Somebody take Landale out of his misery. He just doesn't have it tonight.

[Seventyniner]

Holy fuck what is Landale pump faking for, he's done it 5 times tonight already.

A lot more than 5. He isn't fooling anyone at all.

[John B]

That was a push though

[RC_Drunkford]

Our team is pretty good when Jakob, DJ and DW suit up tbh. Ayton missing clearly makes a difference though.

If Vassell, Primo, KJ all make strides in the off-season and you’re invested in Lonnie as the mercurial 6th man Scorer next season, this team may be a veteran and lottery talent away from moderate success.

all this team needs is a high level starting PF a la Jerami Grant and a real back up C who can provide rim protection. If Zach Collins can be that guy things will get interesting

[KobesAchilles]

One more DNP game for Forbes and I’ll be inclined to believe there really is a trade coming.
Fingers crossed.

[Barfunk]

Sigh...

[NASpurs]

Somebody take Landale out of his misery. He just doesn't have it tonight.

Yeah it's been painful.

[Barfunk]

Careless mistake after careless mistake.

[John B]

Weakass White with beta pass

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

crowd cam seems to show the fans are pretty drunk so that's something

[twincam]

Same end result coming up people. Who really thought they’d keep a double digit lead?:clap

[Barfunk]

Please don't let Paul do his faggotry to close this out.

[John B]

Funny how Suns commentator said just take it to Landale everytime he’s guarding the ball :lol

[John B]

Time for Murray beast mode

[MultiTroll]

4th stupid f turnover this period

[Barfunk]

Complete meltdown.

[DAF86]

What the fuck are they doing?

[Mr. Body]

Phoenix struggles with the Spurs, but they're simply the better team.

[Leetonidas]

Nice meltdown. Tank keeps rolling on

[emanueldavidginobili]

Bench is so shit. Hope Primo had fun in Austin tonight. Can't tell me he couldn't add a spark to the bench tonight. Arguably his best NBA game was against the Suns in PHX.

[John B]

Freaking chokers

[paperboy77]

Damn just shoot the damn ball somebody. Going from a small window to shoot to zero window. Amazing how we can't figure out defensive assignments too.

[twincam]

These guys suck. Panic button in full alert.

[DAF86]

Bench is so shit. Hope Primo had fun in Austin tonight. Can't tell me he couldn't add a spark to the bench tonight. Arguably his best NBA game was against the Suns in PHX.

Primo had a bunch of minutes recently and didn't do much, tbh.

[Sugus]

Wasted a 20&10 game from Purtle :depressed

Also, losing to the Suns of all teams sucks

[Barfunk]

Bench is so shit. Hope Primo had fun in Austin tonight. Can't tell me he couldn't add a spark to the bench tonight. Arguably his best NBA game was against the Suns in PHX.

Yo :pop:

[John B]

Freaking wasted my time with this shit

[MultiTroll]

Most pathetic 4th qtr of the year?

[emanueldavidginobili]

Primo had a bunch of minutes recently and didn't do much, tbh.
I agree, but I mean what do they have to lose at this point. I'll take my chances with our "future"

[gambit1990]

at least jakob got his trade value up.

[RC_Drunkford]

This is what happens when good teams flip the switch on bad teams. Also keep in mind the Suns are on a 2nd Night of a back-to-back. Keep the tank rolling

[boutons_deux]

Spurs trying hard for a minus 20 point fourth quarter

[Barfunk]

Imagine....... if Perdle...... realized........ he was 7 ft..... Boooooooof, mind blown.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs must be shooting about 20% field goal in fourth quarter

[emanueldavidginobili]

Too much pump faking and hesitation this game from almost everyone.

[PhantomDashCam]

Spurs have to do a better job of not just accepting constant switches. CP3 and Booker have just ISO’d this entire 4th.
Our shitty passivity on Offense didn’t help either.

Brings our Moral Victory tally to 15-1, tops in the league.

[heyheymymy]

This is my impression of Jae Crowder lol

https://www.worldatlas.com/r/w1200-h701-c1200x701/upload/f6/8c/13/shutterstock-635155121.jpg

[boutons_deux]

35 points in the third quarter
16 points in a fourth quarter

[Robz4000]

5th best team in the west tho !!!!!!1!!11!

[tim_duncan_fan]

This is the way it's gotta be so we can draft top 5.

[boutons_deux]

26 point swing

[John B]

Booker was on fire, but Spurs gladly gave the game away with unforced TO’s after another. Suns capitalized on Spurs 4th quarter mistakes. Kudos to Poeltl for playing a great game

[emanueldavidginobili]

Honestly I don't mind tanking, only reason why I hate it is because I see how much DJ wants to win and I want him to be here for his career. We need to get him some legit help somehow.

[TDomination]

If only game had ended after 3 quarters lol

[BackHome]

This is the way it's gotta be so we can draft top 5.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS:clap

[PhantomDashCam]

https://twitter.com/SpursCoyote/status/1483273275136483332?s=20

[Barfunk]

No quote smh

[Barfunk]

Primo had a bunch of minutes recently and didn't do much, tbh.

He's damn only 19 years old. I looked 13 when I was 19. Let him learn on the job now and reap the benefits later.

[emanueldavidginobili]

God damn I want to be a Lonnie believer but he just lacks basketball IQ/instincts. I haven’t see any improvement, he has always shown flashes even from his rookie year but he still can’t seem to figure it out. Kid doesn’t have a SMIDGE of Alpha in him.

[BatManu20]

Good, much needed loss tbh. We play a trash OKC team tomorrow night and we’ll certainly win that game. They have one more loss than we do right now.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

The Suns have basically done to the Spurs this season what San Antonio has done to PHX over and over and over again. Let the weaker team run along side the big boys and then just impose their will in the 4th quarter. It was beautiful to witness for all those years....now it kind of sucks. :lol

[John B]

When healthy I think the Spurs are better than what their record shows. They haven’t really played together that much because of Covid situation, and for a young team who doesn’t really have a tier 1 player, they will have to rely on chemistry more, crisp passes, ball movements and that requires a lot of practice together