Game Thread: Spurs (19-57) @ Warriors (40-37) Friday Mar. 31, 2023 9:00PM CT 5:00AM RIGA

[lefty20]

Iggy & Wiggins are out for the Dubs.




Langford, Vassell & McBuckets are questionable. Birch, Collins, Bassey & Sochan are out for the Spurs.

[duncan2150]

Iggy & Wiggins are out for the Dubs.




Langford, Vassell & McBuckets are questionable. Birch, Collins, Bassey & Sochan are out for the Spurs.

Johnson also questionnable no ?

[lefty20]

Johnson also questionnable no ?

Hmm, I didn't see him listed on this report

San Antonio Spurs Injury Report Today

Name
Position
Status
Injury
PPG
RPG
APG


Doug McDermott
SF
Questionable
Elbow
10
2.2
1.5


Khem Birch
C
Out
Knee
2.2
1.3
0.4


Zach Collins
PF
Out
Foot
11.4
6.3
2.8


Romeo Langford
SG
Questionable
Adductor
7.3
2.8
1.2


Devin Vassell
SG
Questionable
Knee
18.5
3.9
3.6


Charles Bassey
C
Out
Patella
5.7
5.5
1.4


Jeremy Sochan
PF
Out
Knee
11
5.3
2.5




https://www.kgns.tv/sports/betting/2023/03/31/spurs-vs-warriors-nba-injury-report/

[duncan2150]

Yes he was avalaible in the morning then questionnable lol and they just said 10 minutes ago that he is good to go :)

[GAustex]

Why is Langford always hurt?

[SPURt]

Poop, I was hoping we’d get more Sochan after clinching a bottom 3 spot :(

[TDMVPDPOY]

lol why patfo shutting down sochan...this is lame man

[JPB]

Why is Langford always hurt?

He's sensible.

[slick'81]

As long as some combination of sochan/vassell/kj sits the L's should continue. GO rockets!

[JPB]

AD injured again apparently.

[Mr. Body]

Why is Langford always hurt?

Out fighting crime.

[slick'81]

Det and hou 92-91 headed to the 4th

[Barfunk]

Detroit and Houston with the "no you take it, NO you take it." "I INSIST" game, lol.

[John B]

I love watching Mamu play. He sees everything out there. Great passer

[John B]

Rockets up by 4 pts with 2:32 left in the 4th. Go Rockets!

[Joseph Kony]

Cant believe Bucks chose to keep Giannis' bum ass brother over Mamu :lol

[John B]

Rockets up by 5 pts with 1:29 left

[spurs1990]

Brick fest. Warriors suck too

[spurs1990]

Dieng, Bates, Wesley, Graham, #30 probably the worst on floor five in 25 years

[ismael-robert]

Rockets win!

[DPG21920]

Spurs and HOU now tied. Spurs better not mess around and beat GS on the road lol

[John B]

Rockets won 121-115. Let’s go Warriors! :lol

[SPURt]

Steph can shoot, it must’ve been fun being a Warriors fan during his career

[Thomas82]

It looks like the Spurs are trying to squander a gift from the Rockets tonight.

[Thomas82]

If Klay could hits some shots this might be a different game.

[scott]

Would rather finish the season on a win streak than finish ahead of the Rockets. The 0.2 gain in expected pick position is less valuable than some kind of confidence for the youngsters headed into the offseason.

[KimmyGib]

forget the tank, nothing would please me more than to see golden state lose this game to the spurs.

[Ariel]

Would rather finish the season on a win streak than finish ahead of the Rockets. The 0.5 gain in expected pick position is less valuable than some kind of confidence for the youngsters headed into the offseason.
It's not life or death, but I do prefer gaining a better pick over some supposed moral gain that can't be quantified. Moreover, if Sochan and Vassell are out I think we can pretty much go out all games and still lose them all, with the exception of Portland. So we can safely develop our young guys, while somewhat improving our lottery odds. Picking at 6 or 7 and missing on Cam Whitmore by one slot would sting.

[slick'81]

NOspursNO:nope

[John B]

Worst case missing out on Whitmore by one pick because of moral victory. I think Pop will learn at half-time Rockets just won and they have a chance to tie Rockets. Will see a lot of Champagnie, Barlow and Dieng in the 2nd half

[Mr. Body]

Warriors will turn it on, don't worry. They need this W.

[Mr. Body]

Mamu, like him a lot. He's not just a plus passer, he's exceptional in that field.

[rascal]

Would rather finish the season on a win streak than finish ahead of the Rockets. The 0.2 gain in expected pick position is less valuable than some kind of confidence for the youngsters headed into the offseason.

No, Winning a couple of games does nothing for confidence next year.

Better to get ahead of Houston on the draft board on the chance that neither move up and pick one higher than Houston.

Next year is a new season with new players so a new start.

[mystargtr34]

I think the Warriors are sneakily trying to avoid that 5 seed to avoid the Suns in the first round. Not saying they want to drop to playin but I think they’d rather the 6 seed and play the Kings.

They might actually prefer to drop to 7 and play the Grizz than the Suns on round 1.

[Mr. Body]

I think the Warriors are sneakily trying to avoid that 5 seed to avoid the Suns in the first round. Not saying they want to drop to playin but I think they’d rather the 6 seed and play the Kings.

They might actually prefer to drop to 7 and play the Grizz than the Suns on round 1.

Dunno. I'd rather play the Suns. They're soft as puppy shit.

[MultiTroll]

17-4 run TF is going on?

[slick'81]

MAMU fuxking feva!!!

[spurs1990]

Spurs Play of the year candidate by Wesley coast to coast

[Thomas82]

Come on Spurs....don't blow this gift!!

[slick'81]

4th quarter collapse incoming

[Seventyniner]

Pop is playing the tank lineup but they are hanging around. The players on the court are gonna give it their all.

[Mr. Body]

Pop is playing the tank lineup but they are hanging around. The players on the court are gonna give it their all.

Is this really a tank lineup? These are the only players he has.

[Mr. Body]

Wesley has really settled into his role of driving-and-dishing. Meals on Wheels.

[MultiTroll]

I'm only watching on the score feed.
No way i could root for the Golden Phaggots if watching live.

[Seventyniner]

Is this really a tank lineup? These are the only players he has.

Fair enough. I was trying to also account for the decision to not play the "questionable" players.

[Barfunk]

Ok that should do it, unless we T-Mac em' or something.

[spurs1990]

Curry you miserable show boating bozo

[John B]

Spurs lose!

[Mr. Body]

Branham really forced things tonight, especially on drives, like he and Blake swapped roles.

[slick'81]

Gonna have to lose out to take #2

[BatManu20]

Sounding like Pop’s donezo

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[slick'81]

Pop with the retirement top 3 pick:lobt2:

[daslicer]

I think the Warriors are sneakily trying to avoid that 5 seed to avoid the Suns in the first round. Not saying they want to drop to playin but I think they’d rather the 6 seed and play the Kings.

They might actually prefer to drop to 7 and play the Grizz than the Suns on round 1.

It's obvious they want the Kings. Draymond just said the other day he prefers the Kings because it's a short road trip since Sacramento is only an hour drive away from the Bay Area.

[scott]

It's not life or death, but I do prefer gaining a better pick over some supposed moral gain that can't be quantified. Moreover, if Sochan and Vassell are out I think we can pretty much go out all games and still lose them all, with the exception of Portland. So we can safely develop our young guys, while somewhat improving our lottery odds. Picking at 6 or 7 and missing on Cam Whitmore by one slot would sting.

We’re talking such long odds at being number 2 or 3 mattering, that I spend zero time worrying about it. In the history of currently flattened odds, have we had any cases where 4 teams jumped up? (This is a serious question, I do not know).

[Ariel]

We’re talking such long odds at being number 2 or 3 mattering, that I spend zero time worrying about it. In the history of currently flattened odds, have we had any cases where 4 teams jumped up? (This is a serious question, I do not know).
Not that long a shot though: Chances both #2 & #3 miss out on top 4: 20.0226%.
Those times #3 gets the short end of the stick and gets pushed down one spot: from 5 to 6 (13.0008%) or from 6 to 7 (7.0218%)
By ending up #2 you get the upper hand in that case. And by ending up tied, you split those odds and come up on top 10.0113% and behind 10.0113%
In summary, compared to getting #3 outright (baseline), jumping up to #2 alone makes a difference 20% of the time, and 10% in case you're tied for #2.
So is it that relevant? Depends a lot on the circumstances. Most times not, but sometimes it does. I'd rather err on the side of caution.

[Ariel]

BTW, checked it out... since the flattened odds (2019, 4 drafts), one time (out of 4 total) 2 of the 3 teams with the best odds (1 though 3) missed out on a top 4 pick. I happened in 2019, where coincidentally Cleveland and Phoenix were tied for the 2nd/3rd worst record but, since the former won the tiebreaker, they ended up with the 5th pick and Phoenix end up with the 6th. What was the difference? Darius Garland vs Jarrett Culver (subsequently traded). I think one more loss would warrant that one slot advantage despite the blow to team morale... or kind of :lol

[Rocalcio]

Why is Langford always hurt?

I’m not sure he is, it’s probably just coach management. Pop has been using a lot of different lineups on purpose.

[Rocalcio]

forget the tank, nothing would please me more than to see golden state lose this game to the spurs.


This, I hate those guys. The only one I like out there is Kerr.

[Rocalcio]

Curry you miserable show boating bozo

The guy can’t help showing off, such a moron…

[scott]

BTW, checked it out... since the flattened odds (2019, 4 drafts), one time (out of 4 total) 2 of the 3 teams with the best odds (1 though 3) missed out on a top 4 pick. I happened in 2019, where coincidentally Cleveland and Phoenix were tied for the 2nd/3rd worst record but, since the former won the tiebreaker, they ended up with the 5th pick and Phoenix end up with the 6th. What was the difference? Darius Garland vs Jarrett Culver (subsequently traded). I think one more loss would warrant that one slot advantage despite the blow to team morale... or kind of :lol

I hear ya, but I'm still not overly worried about it, especially given the uncertainty of which player is Garland in this case and which one is Culver. Of course you always want the higher pick to be able to take your guy, no argument there... I'm just not concerned about the difference between 5 and 7 in this draft, but that could change of course depending on who gets taken at 5!