Game Thread - LA Lakers at Spurs Fri 25 Nov 2022 7PM CST

[spurs1990]

James is said to make his return after a five game absence.

Meaning a win-win situation for San Antonio.
Embarrass their heated rival and longtime adversary, or jump them for 5th in the lottery standings; SA may be tied for 4th if Orlando (4-2 in last six) beats injury riddled Sixers tonight.

For my fellow betting degenerates, Spurs are only + 3. Meaning LA is truly mediocre in the eyes of public and the game would be a push on a neutral site.

Should be an entertaining game.

https://i.ibb.co/rsc6gJQ/Spurs-Lakers-odds-11-25-2022.png

[slick'81]

Lets get that L

[buttsR4rebounding]

It’s unfortunate Richardson and McDermott are out. Some good games this weekend could have whetted LA’s appetite for a trade if they get back into the playoff hunt.

[Dex]

Somehow the Spurs are still ahead of the Lakers in the standings. Like what are they even doing over there in LA? Do they not realize their pick will go to New Orleans?

Would not be surprised to see the Spurs win this one because FTL

[heyheymymy]

well guess I was wrong about lonnie sucking this season and im proud of how consistent he seems so far

[baseline bum]

I'm conflicted. I want the tank this year but it's so funny seeing the Lakers below the Spurs in the standings.

[emanueldavidginobili]

No Richardson or Doug tonight, without Doug last game Spurs lose by 40 lol. Zach Collins is available tonight.

[heyheymymy]

man the more I see it the more FIRE that fiesta style looks

[heyheymymy]

love the fiesta font, love the colors, love the retro stars and themes

[LeBowen]

Tribute video for Lonnie?
I guess Primo will get one, too.

[PhantomDashCam]

Seeing Jordan Hall in the pre-game Spurs intro videos is surreal tbh

[SPURt]

Nice Lonnie tribute. I wonder if they would’ve kept him if the Primo crash and burn goes down over the summer?

[heyheymymy]

fucking hate lebron what a garbage brand

[heyheymymy]

wow sochan working on that jay some the release looks smoother

[Leetonidas]

What's up with Keldon? Dudes been playing like dog shit for awhile now. Looks like he's just going thru the motions

[emanueldavidginobili]

Does Tre not know how to take a charge. Easy charge on Lonnie if he just falls back. Keldon looks terrible still.

[PhantomDashCam]

What's up with Keldon? Dudes been playing like dog shit for awhile now. Looks like he's just going thru the motions

Think it’s the burden/inexperience of being a primary, game-planned against every time you take the floor. Not concerned yet but the decision making undoubtedly has to improve.

[lefty20]

With this start we've got a good shot to tie the Hornets tonight. Just gotta keep this up for the next 45.5 mins.

[mikec]

Excellent start so far, down 11-4
Lebron looking rusty

[lefty20]

Lonnie Curry with that revenge game loaded up. Good for him, tbh.

[mikec]

Love Devin. So smooth.

[XDT76]

LA not missing

[PhantomDashCam]

Man, some of Poeltl’s passes this season have been horrendous.

[mo7888]

I'm conflicted. I want the tank this year but it's so funny seeing the Lakers below the Spurs in the standings.

Me too...I want the tank but I can't bring myself to be 'ok' losing to the Lakers. .. so GSG...

[Degoat]

Our offense has been so bad lol

[MultiTroll]

Sweet D and block by Collins on douchebag AD.

[mikec]

Love Lonnie helping out the tank. Thank you.

[baseline bum]

Our offense has been so bad lol

It's ok, they make up for it by playing even worse defense.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Devin>Keldon

[MultiTroll]

Vassell showing some mid level Kwa Leonard open court drives to the rack. :hungry:

[emanueldavidginobili]

It's mind blowing how the Spurs give up wide open threes each and every game.

[mikec]

Lol romeo

[heyheymymy]

Spurs took their foot off the gas weeks ago and so if you're worried about effort I wouldn't

[playbonner15]

Spurs took their foot off the gas weeks ago and so if you're worried about effort I wouldn't
Looks like it... I feel like the fire to compete is no longer there...

[MultiTroll]

Bullshit flop by Gabriel gets Sochan rung up for a fake over the back.

[heyheymymy]

Looks like it... I feel like the fire to compete is no longer there...

not closing out, wide open 3 pt shots

textbook holding back

[MultiTroll]

Nunn is soo bad.
Who is the clown who recruited him? Lebron?

[MultiTroll]

Verticality rule.
Sochan was staight up and Reaves jumped into him.

BS call.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Sochan needs to learn to keep his dribble alive, that will go a long way and easy to learn.

[Dex]

What is wrong with Keldon? His shot seems incredibly broken right now

[Dex]

With this group on the floor, our best shot is probably Poeltl's little teardrop move....and that's not a good thing

[mikec]

Keldon in a horrible slump. And rage against the machine lol. Only in san antonio.

[slick'81]

Every loss moves us closer to yama

[Russ]

love the fiesta font, love the colors, love the retro stars and themes
Trying to save their sacred jerseys from this. :)

[SPURt]

This is so bad lol! We knew they’d be bad this year, but good grief

[emanueldavidginobili]

Keldon is so bad on both ends of the floor right now.

[Leetonidas]

Embarrassing

[Leetonidas]

Think it’s the burden/inexperience of being a primary, game-planned against every time you take the floor. Not concerned yet but the decision making undoubtedly has to improve.

Yeah but dudes usually the guy with the most energy out there and he's been a complete limp dick for a few games now tbh. I get struggling with your shot but dude isn't even playing hard at all

[twincam]

Take guys are so laughable.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Can’t wait until Blake comes back. It will make the season some what bearable lol

[Degoat]

You know your bad when Westbrook is whooping your ass

[mikec]

Great job down by 20 :hungry:

[SPURt]

13% from three is discouraging to watch in real time

[Dex]

13% from three is discouraging to watch in real time

This has been a problem for like 5 years.

We have guys who seem to be TRYING to make threes, while every other team has guys who actually know how to shoot threes.

Like, I can go out there and shoot a fucking three pointer but it doesn't mean I should be paid to do it

[slick'81]

Great play by the spurs to get that top pick

[Seventyniner]

This place is going to be such a wasteland when the Spurs set records for worst point differential but still end up with the #5 pick.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Sochan defense is incredible.

[slick'81]

Holy shit fans are cheering the lakers

[slick'81]

Dammit spurs! Don't start competing now:lol

[slick'81]

Sochan everywhere

[Leetonidas]

Holy shit fans are cheering the lakers

There are always a ton of Laker fans at every Spurs/Lakers game sadly. Basically a home game for them when we suck

[XDT76]

The only bright spots this year is seeing Sochan and Vassell improving as season progress. All the rest seems to regress.

[slick'81]

Lakers blowing the gimmie

[slick'81]

Lol lonnie

[slick'81]

I mean fck the lakers but spurs dont need to participate in this "winning"thing

[Leetonidas]

Spurs can't score for shit. Every possession is an incredible struggle

[bbarry]

we really gonna give lal their first road win of the season? we can't be that bad.

[Dex]

we really gonna give lal their first road win of the season? we can't be that bad.

Counts for two in the tank-standings tbh

[MultiTroll]

Davis over the back on Zack.
That is why Zack lost the rebound.

[MultiTroll]

KJ = ball hog.

[BackHome]

13% from three is discouraging to watch in real time

The bad thing is that where we probably will be drafting will not be someone who is a 3 point sniper....

[Leetonidas]

Poeltl fuckin sucks against any competent big. Trade this soft ass pussy already while he still has value

[NASpurs]

This place is going to be such a wasteland when the Spurs set records for worst point differential but still end up with the #5 pick.

:lol that's what I've been thinking was going to happen for a while now. Glad I'm not the only one who thought that.

[NASpurs]

The good: Kept the Lakers under 120.

The bad: Still lost by double digits.

[slick'81]

So where are we now? 7 straight losses and counting?!

[XDT76]

Gonna be a repeat tomorrow.

[slick'81]

Spurs tied for 5th worst record in the nba

[Thomas82]

So where are we now? 7 straight losses and counting?!

And we have this same team again tomorrow.

[Thomas82]

Spurs tied for 5th worst record in the nba

Is it with Charlotte? Because if that's the case they have the head-to-head tiebreaker on us.

[BackHome]

Tankathon has us at 4 and looking at heading lower it is looking like we might give Houston a run for it's money...

[timtonymanu]

Our 10th seed championship looks in jeopardy.

[emanueldavidginobili]

So where are we now? 7 straight losses and counting?!
1-13 in the last 14 I think. Rockets beat Dejounte 39 points and the Hawks tonight.

[slick'81]

1-13 in the last 14 I think. Rockets beat Dejounte 39 points and the Hawks tonight.

great win for htown

[baseline bum]

Damn we just blew the 13 seed to the Lakers, it still hurts

[XDT76]

Is it with Charlotte? Because if that's the case they have the head-to-head tiebreaker on us.

It does not work this way for draft. It's a coin flip

[Barfunk]

Keldon and Devin in on the tank at this point? Maybe not a bad idea so they can get some real help and contend in their prime years via a legitimate three headed snake.

[Slippy]

Team best plus/ minus last night and consistently the lakers 3rd best scorer. Really happy for Lonnie who aint looking back.

Pop needs to own it as coach and team president. He cocked up letting lonnie go. Starting Bryn when it should of been lonnies turn was the first fuk up. Its all about confidence with some young players. .lonnies current coach and team back him. That confidence in him is the difference. Pop on lonnie was totally rhe opposite.

[Vince Carter's ankle]

Starting Bryn when it should beingLonnies
lol
Having a mediocre shooter in the starting lineup with Aldridge-DeRozan-Murray is a great idea.
Have you already been hired by one of the NBA teams?

[Teamduncan21]

Tie breaker on draft is decided by coinflip. So need to lose more

[Slippy]

lol
Having a mediocre shooter in the starting lineup with Aldridge-DeRozan-Murray is a great idea.
Have you already been hired by one of the NBA teams?

its called confidence building. He shot close to 40 percent his first few seasons here.

[JPB]

its called confidence building. He shot close to 40 percent his first few seasons here.

Loonie himself is attributing his surge to daily workouts. Maybe working more what Pop was trying to push him towards then took him 4 years and goong to a new team to really understand...

So credit Pop instead of blaming him. Sometimes a player has to change teams to really blossom, althoug it's only a few months, let's give the guy a full year to really talk.

[Vince Carter's ankle]

its called confidence building.
It's called numbers out of context. Which attempts did Brin take on, and which did Lonnie?
And why now, when he is surrounded by "a coach and a team that supports him", and he still shoots below the league average?

He shot close to 40 percent his first few seasons here.
Less than one 3P per game.
Well, simply the greatest shooter in the history of the game.

[John B]

What's up with Keldon? Dudes been playing like dog shit for awhile now. Looks like he's just going thru the motions

He’s not happy tanking I guess. But he needs to see the bigger picture and continue to just play hard developing his game.

[John B]

Nice tribute indeed. Thanks Lonnie :bobo


https://youtu.be/pEyw3gPho3M

[JeffDuncan]

What's up with Keldon? Dudes been playing like dog shit for awhile now. Looks like he's just going thru the motions


Keldon had a DNP on 11/17. Check his 3pt stats before and after.

In November, before, his games from 3pt range were:

2/9, 4/7, 5/11, 2/8, 5/8, 3/9, 4/9. An avg of .410.

Then the DNP, and after it:

1/5, 1/10, 0/4, 1/8. An avg of yuk.

He is not well.

[Leetonidas]

He’s not happy tanking I guess. But he needs to see the bigger picture and continue to just play hard developing his game.

Then he should stop playing like dog shit because the only way SA has a chance to win games is if he plays like a star