Game Thread: Spurs vs. Mavs 12/31 6 PM CST

[exstatic]

No, Spurs, No.

And Happy New Years.

[heyheymymy]

:flag:

2023 should be a big year for the Spurs!

[slick'81]

If they win we riot

[exstatic]

If they win we riot

Even in tank mode of .300 win %, that’s 3 wins every 10 games. Don’t freak about any one game. Doncic is a wizard playing with buffoons. Dallas is not very good, but we have a tough stretch coming up. Likely another long skid ahead.

[The Truth #6]

Probably best to rest any possible Luka “stoppers”. “Stanley, it’s time to rest that, uhh, sore knee. Keldon we want you to stop Luka all by yourself tonight. You got this!”

[koriwhat]

See yall tonight from row 10. Can't wait to see our young guns again this season and Doncic in person.

[heyheymymy]

Even in tank mode of .300 win %, that’s 3 wins every 10 games. Don’t freak about any one game. Doncic is a wizard playing with buffoons. Dallas is not very good, but we have a tough stretch coming up. Likely another long skid ahead.


Agreed. I mean you could still dump most all of Feb and March if you needed to get back down again.

[Mr. Body]

Expecting Doncic to go HAM and that'll be the game.

[exstatic]

Expecting Doncic to go HAM and that'll be the game.

My point was that he’s done that a number of times this year, and they’ve lost. His supporting cast is pretty shitty.

[heyheymymy]

Spurs also historically like to let superstars go off while game planning to shut down everyone else. A team like Mavs, pretty underwhelming outside of Luka's super stardom, could totally see Luka feast and still lose tonight.

[JPB]

Might be wrong but I don't see how Dallas will be able to keep Doncic.

They're not just one co-star away from being a top team, they'd need a massive reshaping of the roster to put a contender on the floor. Letting Brunson slip away was really not a positive sign...

[JPB]

Just saw Doncic was day to day.

[Texas_Ranger]

Cmon Spurs, do the right thing and lose... sucks that Luka is banged up and they missing lots of players, so this could ruin our tank job.

[John B]

Man I hate Doncic smirks. Hate for this guy to win. Love him if he’s in your team.

[JPB]

Just saw Doncic was day to day.

Not anymore.

[PhantomDashCam]

Sense the Tre Jones thread getting a bump after this one. Perfect start for him so far

[Uriel]

Seeing Bertans still triggers me.

[JPB]

Doncic 6/8, rest of the mavs 3-11...

[JPB]

Seeing Bertans still triggers me.

You're so emotional.

[LeBowen]

Mavs are actually the second worst roster in the league without Luka. Just horrible.

[exstatic]

Seeing Bertans still triggers me.

He had one good season in WSH, while still on his Spurs contract, but hasn’t come close to earning his $$$ since.

The ex GF has gotten fat, and you need to move on.

[Slo spurs fan]

Mavs miss 3 of 4 best defenders

[heyheymymy]

well shit

[PhantomDashCam]

Imagine being Phoenix, Sacramento and Atlanta knowing you could have had the Don. :lol

[LeBowen]

Imagine being Phoenix, Sacramento and Atlanta knowing you could have had the Don. :lol

I still wonder was that Kings pick for nephew offer real.

[Dirks_Finale]

Doncic 6/8, rest of the mavs 3-11...

Story of Mav's season.

Cuban is an incompetent buffoon.

[Mr. Body]

I still wonder was that Kings pick for nephew offer real.

No

[heyheymymy]

spurs poised with a lot of momentum, cut it to a 4 pt game. 7 min remain in the 4th

[PhantomDashCam]

That Manu - TP play but with Poeltl - Sochan?
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[LeBowen]

Powell makes a step there before Keldon hits him, but I'll take refs help to secure the L.

[Mr. Body]

Vassell plays and this is probably a straight away win.

[LeBowen]

:lol:lol

[heyheymymy]

lol Spurs causing a luka meltdown was worth it haha dude was cancering so hard at his team and coaches.

[Monostradamus]

lol Spurs roster overall is way more talented, except that we have Luka. And you don’t :lol

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

sochan shoulda dunked it all over luka's face tbh

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

sochan shoulda dunked it all over luka's face tbh

next time the rook will know luka won't pretend to play defense

[spurraider21]

Tre is on team tank :tu

[LeBowen]

Thank god for that, fking Bertans almost cost us the L.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

best loss of 2022 tbh

let's see 45 more in the first half of 2023 :toast

[cjw]

Great outcome. Competitive and got the L. Keep it up!

[Mr. Body]

lol Spurs roster overall is way more talented, except that we have Luka. And you don’t :lol

Enjoy the treadmill.

[PhantomDashCam]

lol Spurs roster overall is way more talented, except that we have Luka. And you don’t :lol
I wonder for how long though. Not a great look bickering with the players and coaches there

[Monostradamus]

Enjoy the treadmill.
https://gumlet.assettype.com/afkgaming%2Fimport%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F64144-5f5d9b481fe5863c196d3441322ab983.jpeg?w=1200&auto=format%2Ccompress&ogImage=true&enlarge=true

[PhantomDashCam]

Tre is on team tank :tu

It was some of the best subterfuge I’ve ever seen tbh.

[JPB]

Yeah, great loss. More and more good things we see in that roster.

[Mr. Body]

You need a Doncic fifty piece to just barely get by a bottom five team. Congrats.

[scott]

LOL what a loss. Luka is a beast, hopefully he bolts Dallas first chance he gets (when is this… I’d be irrationally fearful of it timing up perfectly with whenever the Lakers are done with the AD era and regain some semblance of flexibility).

Sochan and Jak’s FT improvement is impressive. Another good game from Sochan… still trying to figure out what kind of player he’ll end up being, but it’s exciting for now.

[Texas_Ranger]

At least everyone saw who the real Mvp is. And its not even close. Motherfucker has to do everything for them to win, even agains bad teams... oh, and the most impressive thing, 0 turnovers.

[Monostradamus]

1608658180212678658

:lmao

[Monostradamus]

You need a Doncic fifty piece to just barely get by a bottom five team. Congrats.
We won. You lost. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.

[exstatic]

lol Spurs roster overall is way more talented, except that we have Luka. And you don’t :lol
You have Luka for now.

[Monostradamus]

You have Luka
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[Mr. Body]

I don't know if people realize what a beast Sochan may become.

[exstatic]

We won. You lost. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.

Bro, we’re not trying to win. Pop has held out Vassell for two consecutive games after a brutally efficient 20 point outing on 15 shots. Keldon bumped knees, played the rest of the game, but will probably be on the injured list next game, because all that requires is for your shoelaces to come untied on the court.

[slick'81]

I don't know if people realize what a beast Sochan may become.


you dont say

[Barfunk]

We have a nice 24 losses so far. Is everything cool with Vassell? He's not being traded or anything is he?

[exstatic]

We have a nice 24 losses so far. Is everything cool with Vassell? He's not being traded or anything is he?

No. We just need some losses. Keldon bumped knees, played the rest of the game, but Pop uses the thinnest excuses to hold players out. Keldon will probably be out next game.

[Barfunk]

Eh, it's going to be a damn tight race to the bottom.

[Barfunk]

No. We just need some losses. Keldon bumped knees, played the rest of the game, but Pop uses the thinnest excuses to hold players out. Keldon will probably be out next game.

Definitely an excellent strategy by Pop. Seems like he's doing what needs to be done. I'm for it.

[Monostradamus]

Bro, we’re not trying to win. Pop has held out Vassell for two consecutive games after a brutally efficient 20 point outing on 15 shots. Keldon bumped knees, played the rest of the game, but will probably be on the injured list next game, because all that requires is for your shoelaces to come untied on the court.
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[exstatic]

Congratulations on your copium delirium over beating a tanking team by1.

[Monostradamus]

Congratulations on your copium delirium over beating a tanking team by1.
We won. You didn’t. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.

[exstatic]

We won. You didn’t. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.

We don’t want to win. Congratulations.

[tonight...you]

We won. You lost. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.
Enjoy your seasons that don't end with 'chips.
Just like us.
But we got more.
You got... 1?
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay...

[Monostradamus]

We don’t want to win.
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[Monostradamus]

Enjoy your seasons that don't end with 'chips.
Just like us.
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[KingKev]

Crazy thing is Mavs could add our top 5 best players and still be the least talented team in the NBA. Luka is that damn good and we are that damn bad.

[daslicer]

We won. You didn’t. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.

There's no rivalry anymore and the Mavs have nothing the Spurs have to be jealous of. Now if they were winning titles and knocking the Spurs out of the playoffs you would have a point but that's not happening.

[Mr. Body]

Crazy thing is Mavs could add our top 5 best players and still be the least talented team in the NBA. Luka is that damn good and we are that damn bad.

Why do you keep coming back here?

[Mr. Body]

I will say, the West is so bad this year, an utterly mediocre team like the Mavs could actually go deep like they did last year. Normally this level of a squad gets crushed before the WCF. Not now.

[Texas_Ranger]

I will say, the West is so bad this year, an utterly mediocre team like the Mavs could actually go deep like they did last year. Normally this level of a squad gets crushed before the WCF. Not now.

Dallas won't go deep. They'll probably end up in the play in. There is no way Luka plays like this all season long, and the supporting cast is mostly trash. January will already be a problem for them, as they face pretty much only 50%+ teams.

[KingKev]

Why do you keep coming back here?

Not to converse with you, that is for sure.

[Mr. Body]

Dallas won't go deep. They'll probably end up in the play in. There is no way Luka plays like this all season long, and the supporting cast is mostly trash. January will already be a problem for them, as they face pretty much only 50%+ teams.

Good to hear. Not enough people are talking about how awful the conference is right now. Last year GSW won, one of the worst champions we've seen, simply because somebody had to

[tonight...you]

We sharing the same supply?

[slick'81]

https://youtu.be/C0CwNBZ_WsQ

[MultiTroll]

No. We just need some losses. Keldon bumped knees, played the rest of the game, but Pop uses the thinnest excuses to hold players out. Keldon will probably be out next game.
Down 12 with 9 minutes left he leaves the starting lineup in going all out and they pull within 1.

Not tanking.

[MultiTroll]

There's no rivalry anymore and the Mavs have nothing the Spurs have to be jealous of. Now if they were winning titles and knocking the Spurs out of the playoffs you would have a point but that's not happening.
He's gotten beaten up by the Spurs so many times in meaningful games and the playoffs.
Mass inferiority complex so now has to rah rah over regular season meaningless wins over a Spurs team that should be tanking.

:lol Monoslob.

[Thomas82]

Man, Dallas tried to give it away tonight.

[Rocalcio]

We won. You lost. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.

Can’t you see we’re happy with that lose ?

[KingKev]

Luke is Pop’s wetdream. He is Josh Primo or Derrick White but talented. Oh wait JP isn’t a culture guy anymore.

[Sugus]

Crazy thing is Mavs could add our top 5 best players and still be the least talented team in the NBA. Luka is that damn good and we are that damn bad.

Objectively false, and not even funny in a "haha Spurs bad" kinda way. The Mavs, with Luka alone, are more talented than the Rockettes' freakshow collection of me-first, no-discipline, athlete-first bunch of bods.

Now you give them solid, productive wing depth in Vassell and Keldon, a mobile switchable big in Poeltl to get spoonfed in the PnR, and why not yet another defensive, mobile big in Sochan? WITH Luka to orchestrate the offense to his liking and get everyone their shots? Dude, that's WCF material at least, with room to grow, lmao. Least talented team? What are you on?

[Sugus]

We won. You didn’t. We have Luka. You don’t.

That’s it and that’s all, little bro.

:lol imagine having to resort to such pea-sized brain analysis to grasp at any silver lining from this game, and the Mavs' season. Thanks for the L, though :tu

[Monostradamus]

Can’t you see we’re happy with that lose ?
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[Monostradamus]

:lol imagine having to resort to such pea-sized brain analysis to grasp at any silver lining from this game, and the Mavs' season. Thanks for the L, though :tu
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[Monostradamus]

“We wanted to lose!”
https://a.pinatafarm.com/800x857/dfbf613a9d/pretending-to-be-happy-hiding-crying-behind-a-mask.jpg

[Sugus]

“We wanted to lose!”
https://a.pinatafarm.com/800x857/dfbf613a9d/pretending-to-be-happy-hiding-crying-behind-a-mask.jpg

Bahaha, that's just bad trolling. You damn well know the Spurs are better to lose now, exactly like the Mavs did back then, on their way to the top-3 pick that you now boast about. At least be creative, man, why waste your sad life here if not for that? Boring.

[Monostradamus]

Bahaha, that's just bad trolling. You damn well know the Spurs are better to lose now, exactly like the Mavs did back then, on their way to the top-3 pick that you now boast about. At least be creative, man, why waste your sad life here if not for that? Boring.
https://gumlet.assettype.com/afkgaming%2Fimport%2Fmedia%2Fimages%2F64144-5f5d9b481fe5863c196d3441322ab983.jpeg?w=1200&auto=format%2Ccompress&ogImage=true&enlarge=true

[Dverde]

I saw this on Reddit and it describes Luka/Mavs situation perfectly:lol:

Imagine being the only one prepared in the group presentation 2 to 3 times a week, several months of the year, for the last couple of years.

[KingKev]

Objectively false, and not even funny in a "haha Spurs bad" kinda way. The Mavs, with Luka alone, are more talented than the Rockettes' freakshow collection of me-first, no-discipline, athlete-first bunch of bods.

Now you give them solid, productive wing depth in Vassell and Keldon, a mobile switchable big in Poeltl to get spoonfed in the PnR, and why not yet another defensive, mobile big in Sochan? WITH Luka to orchestrate the offense to his liking and get everyone their shots? Dude, that's WCF material at least, with room to grow, lmao. Least talented team? What are you on?

Sniffers gon snifff

[Rocalcio]

Are we gonna get visits from this dumb Mavs fan every time we play them ?

[ismael-robert]

With that comment u just guaranteed it...don't feed it

[exstatic]

Are we gonna get visits from this dumb Mavs fan every time we play them ?

Probably only mononucleosis.

[Rocalcio]

With that comment u just guaranteed it...don't feed it

If he wants to keep embarrassing himself by posting the same ugly drawing again and again, that’s his call.

[Monostradamus]

:cryAre we gonna get :cryvisits from this dumb :cryMavs fan every :crytime we play them ?:cry

[Monostradamus]

If he wants to keep embarrassing himself by posting the same ugly drawing again and again, that’s his call.
https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/035/699/pepe.jpg

[slick'81]

https://youtu.be/fpY2zceeZKs

[KingKev]

^ poor kid but also thanks!! Pop told him you did good. If this was Beno his career would have been over… oh wait

[Sugus]

Sniffers gon snifff

Oh? I thought you cared for meaningful discourse? Have you, too, now devolved into shit takes for the hell of it, with nothing to back them up other than name calling? Sad. Don't let ST get to you like that, man.

The list of interesting posters grows shorter and shorter... Spurs better get relevant again real soon. It's the only thing that could save this site.