Game Thread: Pacers at Spurs — Saturday, March 12, 2022 | 7:00 PM CT

[John B]

Spurs Injuries: Keita Bates-Diop (Out — Back), Devontae Cacok (Out — Heel), Romeo Langford (Out — Hamstring), Doug McDermott (Out — Illness), Josh Primo (Out — Illness), D.J. Stewart (Out — Two Way), Robert Woodard II (Out — Two Way)

Pacers Injuries: Ricky Rubio (Out — Knee), T.J. McConnell (Out — Wrist), Myles Turner (Out — Foot), T.J. Warren (Out — Foot), Malcolm Brodgdon (Out — Concussion Protocol), Lance Stephenson (Out — Ankle), Goga Bitadze (Game Time Decision — Foot)

It’s the 2nd night of a back-to-back where Spurs scored 40 pts in the 4th quarter to overcome a 15 pt deficit and handed Coach Pop the win to make him the NBA’s All-Time Winningest Coach. Booyah! Job well done. Now let’s get back to tanking :lol

Pacers to win by 4 pts…

[John B]

Updated Spurs injury report for tonight vs Indiana:

OUT
Keldon - rest
Murray - left calf contusion
Poeltl - low back soreness
Cacok - left heel contusion
Langford - right hamstring strain
Wieskamp - congestion
Stewart, Woodard II - Austin

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[emanueldavidginobili]

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The tank is back on boys! Hilarious that Pop is resting a 22 year old though. Primo, KBD, and Doug are all available tonight.

[John B]

Watch Lonnie erupt to 30 pts to spoil this tanking :lol

[heyheymymy]

:flag:

[slick'81]

Tank is back bitches

[John B]

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The tank is back on boys! Hilarious that Pop is resting a 22 year old though. Primo, KBD, and Doug are all available tonight.

What’s up with Spurs spacers suffering on congestion? :lol

[exstatic]

If they’re going to sit a bunch of guys, I wish they would call up. RW II and Stewart.

[mo7888]

If they’re going to sit a bunch of guys, I wish they would call up. RW II and Stewart.

This

[heyheymymy]

Tre Jones gets some focus tonight. I still like his hustle and instincts.

[slick'81]

Josh richardson going for 30

[SpurPadre]

Tonight you gotta bank on the tank!

[mikec]

Watch Lonnie erupt to 30 pts to spoil this tanking :lol

Pretty much yea lol

[RC_Drunkford]

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The tank is back on boys! Hilarious that Pop is resting a 22 year old though. Primo, KBD, and Doug are all available tonight.

great this is a must L. Let's hope Haliburton cooks us like he usually does

[slick'81]

Josh and lonnie the dynamic duo tonight

[Robz4000]

Damn, what a poster.

[Dejounte]

I’m glad the Spurs don’t have as ugly of a sponsor logo as the Pacers do. Man, that Motorola logo is bad.

[XDT76]

We are really going for a tank, McD not coming back in the game

[BatManu20]

Tank is back bitches

Pacers are so bad we’ll prob beat ‘em anyways tbh. They’re tanking harder.

[PhantomDashCam]

That Keldon bobblehead…love it. The hair clearly from someone else though :lol

[Robz4000]

Pacers are so bad we’ll prob beat ‘em anyways tbh. They’re tanking harder.

Nah, they still have legit NBA players playing significant minutes. Pacers gonna make this a laugher.

[lefty20]

Nice pass by Vassell

[KobesAchilles]

Battle of the tanks. It’s todays version of the Race for Seis (pick that is)

[Robz4000]

Appreciate Richardson playing balls to the walls, but homie is gonna get someone killed out there.

[XDT76]

How the F**K is Landale gonna get out of the way

[Robz4000]

This looks like a gleague game tbh.

[TimDunkem]

I can't believe someone convinced Pop to release an NFT collection. :lol

[slick'81]

Nba basketball at its finest:lol

[mo7888]

Not the best basketball game I've ever seen...my goodness this this is bad..

[lefty20]

Yup this is more like it. We needed a game like this after that unexpected win last night.

[slick'81]

Great tank effort by sa. Just rest the guys in and out and keep the train rolling

[murpjf88]

Yup this is more like it. We needed a game like this after that unexpected win last night.
The sad part is the starters wouldn't fare much better.

[boutons_deux]

38 points in second quarter then lose the game in third quarter with 18 points

[murpjf88]

38 points in second quarter then lose the game in third quarter with 18 points
The game was lost at tip-off.

[XDT76]

I still don't understand the hype with Primo, is not impressed every time I see him play.

[SPURt]

Someone needs to go get Lonnie before he ruins the tank

[murpjf88]

I still don't understand the hype with Primo, is not impressed every time I see him play.
It's not Primo's fault the Spurs wasted their lottery pick on a projected second round draft pick.

[John B]

If Tre gets a triple double tonight, does it make Murray a system player? :lol:lol:lol

[SPURt]

Primo has been freaking horrible tonight. Holy Moly. Take DJ, Keldon, and Jak off the team and things get horrendous.

[XDT76]

If Tre gets a triple double tonight, does it make Murray a system player? :lol:lol:lol

Not really but it confirms Spurs big are really bad on Defensive Rebounding

[slick'81]

If Tre gets a triple double tonight, does it make Murray a system player? :lol:lol:lol


tre gonna mess around andbget a triple double :lol

[Ditty]

Jock’s offense is good enough for the NBA but his defense is such ass.

[XDT76]

Jock’s offense is good enough for the NBA but his defense is such ass.

Yeah he will be a very good player if he can improve his defence, but his help defense is OK. At least he is near enough to challenge the opponent big after helping.

[GAustex]

If losing is the goal then great game

[John B]

tre gonna mess around andbget a triple double :lol

Well that was close. I was hoping Tre get that triple double though. It somehow helps his value in case :lol

[Russ]

You get the impression Pop didn't think his life depended upon winning this game.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Good loss kids

[itzsoweezee]

Shadow tank

[Dex]

Pop got his record, I don't care if we don't win another game this season.

[donaldsonian]

Jock’s offense is good enough for the NBA but his defense is such ass.

His reaction time on defense is frustratingly slow. Gets caught watching rather than contesting shots and gives up on plays too often for my liking. I’m pulling for the guy but it’s rough to watch at times.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Weird. Didn't expect they'd outtank a tanking team when they're so close to the play in.

It'll be interesting how they'll approach the 3 Portland games.