Game Thread: Spurs vs Blazers 12/28/23 9 PM CST

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Drive for 5 begins now

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[spurs10]

:lmao
Drive for 5 begins now

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[z0sa]

Drive for 5

:spin lol :tu

[John B]

They split this. We take one tonight.

[CorrectCrusader]

Lets get a win!

[Mugen]

They're going to get rocked both games, I'd say average margin of defeat is 13 points.

[RC_Drunkford]

Blazers by 20

[Pauleta14]

Any info yet on which game Victor will miss?

[Splits]

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[Joseph Kony]

is anyone actually going to stay up til midnight to watch another skullfucking? :lol

[exstatic]

is anyone actually going to stay up til midnight to watch another skullfucking? :lol

I’ll probably watch the first half. The wheels normally come off in the 3rd quarter.

[exstatic]

They're going to get rocked both games, I'd say average margin of defeat is 13 points.

In today’s mega scoring NBA, those are close games. Getting rocked is like 30+ points.

[SpursWoman]

A lil' win for my birthday? Pfft...lol

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[Obstructed_View]

A lil' win for my birthday? Pfft...lol

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:birthday:

[Tyronn Lue]

is anyone actually going to stay up til midnight to watch another skullfucking? :lol
Yes, it's like watching a dumpster fire but you get to see it being started.

Someone please screen capture some collapsing in the paint by all players while 4 opponents have wide open looks at the 3.

[jjspur]

I'm curious to see what lineup Pop trots out. If he sits out a few starters, or they're "injured", you can kiss this winnable game goodbye. Enough of the experimentation already !!

[LeBowen]

Tbh, if we don't get at least one win here, we're losing every game until the Pistons on 10th and that one is going to be the most anticipated game of the month. :lmao

[PhantomDashCam]

Should be fascinating to see what the Spurs trot out here across this back-to-back set.

Hoping Blake Wesley is ready to reach out and grab this (potential) opportunity with both hands.
A player who can consistently break defences down at the POA would be a welcome sight tbh.

[spurraider21]

branham again :lol

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[onechance87]

branham again :lol

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not sure why pop is forcing branham on this team...Branham hasint shown anything that
hes good at...Bad defender,bad shooter,bad passer,bad rebounder...Every once in awhile he
will knock down a few shots and few decent passes...Guy dont belong in the nba

[Barfunk]

Pop's "Bigger than Basketball World Tour 2024" continues as he's basically giving out free wins to every team at the expense of his own. Blazers by 8.

[spurraider21]

looking forward to "defensive mistakes" guy

what is BRAN-HAM doing over here?

[LeBowen]

looking forward to "defensive mistakes" guy

what is BRAN-HAM doing over here?

Popovich is a disgrace, the league needs to step in.:lmao

My favorite yt channel these days.

[baseline bum]

God if the Spurs blow this game with no Simons, no Sharpe, and no Ayton

[baseline bum]

not sure why pop is forcing branham on this team...Branham hasint shown anything that
hes good at...Bad defender,bad shooter,bad passer,bad rebounder...Every once in awhile he
will knock down a few shots and few decent passes...Guy dont belong in the nba

Bad defender is a gross understatement. Motherfucker lets his man shoot 57%. He makes Zollins look like Bill Russell.

[playblair]

op is responsible for whichever spurs player tears acl..........

[CorrectCrusader]

Pistons choked again.

[SPURt]

I got a good feeling about this game. A depleted Portland team, let’s eat for one night pretty please

[baseline bum]

Pistons choked again.

Their games are close. They're going to smoke the Spurs in two weeks.

[baseline bum]

I got a good feeling about this game. A depleted Portland team, let’s eat for one night pretty please

I got a bad feeling. As in if the Spurs win who gives a shit, they're playing an 8-21 team's G-League squad. But they could very well lose just like they did to Memphis' G-League team at home.

[CorrectCrusader]

Can our guards stop making unnecessary passes right after a turnover? At least make sure the person you're passing it to is fucking ready. Jeez.

[CorrectCrusader]

I love Wemby

[NASpurs]

Great start but the Blazers are going to lead by the end of the quarter :lol

[SPURt]

Best utilization of Wemby I’ve seen from the Spurs this season

[bdictjames]

Good game so far, however, I see why this team just doesn't have the flow. Victor is quite gangly; quite different from systematic Tim Duncan. I can see how this can be a process. We are bound to have ups and downs until our team overall matures.

[itzsoweezee]

Good things happen when the offense runs through wemby

[PhantomDashCam]

Vassell made some interesting comments pre-game about being defended as the #1 option.
Honestly wasn’t sure if he was referring to Wemby or himself.
Charitably going to say he meant Wemby…

[poopbox]

Branhim like I'll be damned if I let a scrub like Wessley replace me. He legit played the best 6 minutes of his career so far :rollin

[CorrectCrusader]

Wemby looking like how he did against G League Ignite, it does help he's basically playing that team.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It sucks you cannot trust any lead this team gets.

[TekXX]

Damn the Trailblazers making our guys look like NBA players.

[SPURt]

Sochan is shredding this terrible terrible team

[poopbox]

Add Sochan to the best 1st quarter of my career club that branhim created earlier

[CorrectCrusader]

Finally it looks like every single spur is playing how they were last year. Fucking finally, FOR ONCE. Do it for the whole game.

[poopbox]

Pop saw Keldon get abused by Grant one time and called timeout. He definitely wants to win this one.

[Pauleta14]

We better not lose this game :lol

[CorrectCrusader]

Pop saw Keldon get abused by Grant one time and called timeout. He definitely wants to win this one.

That was Vassell failing to hold his ground, it was a great seal by Keldon.

[Spurs4#5]

Looks like pop is actually coaching too. Devin took that 3 and called a timeout the next possession and was talking to devin as it went to commercial break

[NASpurs]

The Blazers are basically the G League Ignite with how many dudes they're missing :lol

[rascal]

Great start but the Blazers are going to lead by the end of the quarter :lol

No they won't. Spurs are playing a less talented team tonight.

[NASpurs]

No they won't. Spurs are playing a less talented team tonight.

Gee I wonder why I would say such a thing.

[Uriel]

The question now is: how will the Spurs find a way to blow a 28-point lead?

[CorrectCrusader]

Keldons right that foul was weak as hell.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

It's going to be impossible for Portland to come back if they shoot like that.

[CorrectCrusader]

the fuck are these fouls? tf refs?

[baseline bum]

So this lead gonna get blown in the third?

[TekXX]

Normally these Spurs blowing a 28 point lead is standard but to blow a 28 point lead to this Portland team would be astounding.

[sananspursfan21]

So judging by the score at the end of 1, I’m gonna say final score 132-108 Blazers

[poopbox]

That was Vassell failing to hold his ground, it was a great seal by Keldon.

There is no world in which a player the size of Devin can "hold his ground" against a player the size of and who plays as physical as Grant is :lol

[baseline bum]

We better not lose this game :lol

How many times have we said that this year? :lol

[CorrectCrusader]

Wemby is fucking killing it out there

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Def looks like they have been working on feeding Wemby.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

:lol still a work in progress. at least they are trying.

[TekXX]

Wemby is getting flashbacks of playing against scrubs in french league.

[BatManu20]

Keldon is such a low-IQ player sometimes. Shit’s maddening.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

chucking is a bad sign.

[poopbox]

Here we go:lmao

[MultiTroll]

I love Wemby
Is Team Stupid Phucks lead by Head Coach Moron finally running the O thru Wemby?

He's also the best playmaker.

[Trainwreck2100]

ruh roh

[Chinook]

So did people notice the difference between the Jones and Johnson lobs to Wemby? Victor waited for Jones' signal to move, so he was able to get a clean catch and finish against a moving defense. Wemby was pinned and guarded by a static defense, and there wasn't a high-percentage pass for Johnson to get him the ball, which resulted in a turnover. That Jones pass was a play young Robinson ran quite a bit. That second play was what folks have been yelling at the Spurs to do most of the year.

[onechance87]

get wesley in against scoot ffs pop...adapt

[FuzzyLumpkins]

So did people notice the difference between the Jones and Johnson lobs to Wemby? Victor waited for Jones' signal to move, so he was able to get a clean catch and finish against a moving defense. Wemby was pinned and guarded by a static defense, and there wasn't a high-percentage pass for Johnson to get him the ball, which resulted in a turnover. That Jones pass was a play young Robinson ran quite a bit. That second play was what folks have been yelling at the Spurs to do most of the year.

Johnsons reads are not very good.

[CorrectCrusader]

That was the most egregious moving screen I've ever seen lmao. How did they miss that?

[CorrectCrusader]

These refs suck ass damn

[BatManu20]

Sochan is so small. Dude doesn’t even look anywhere near the 6’8 that he’s listed at

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Wemby does need to be stronger with the ball. He loses it far too much through contact.

[CorrectCrusader]

Sochan is so small. Dude doesn’t even look anywhere near the 6’8 that he’s listed at

Grant is supposedly 6'7 so yeah I agree with you

[baseline bum]

Guess that's it for Victor this half. I'm checking out too until the third quarter.

[spurraider21]

Gonna need Chinook to explain how wemby wasn’t actually open here

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[FuzzyLumpkins]

Sochan grabbing his quad.

[CorrectCrusader]

There is no world in which a player the size of Devin can "hold his ground" against a player the size of and who plays as physical as Grant is :lol

Buddy it's 2 on 1

[TekXX]

Sochan went for the Zza Zza

[Chinook]

Gonna need Chinook (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=37557) to explain how wemby wasn’t actually open here

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I guess you missed this:


So did people notice the difference between the Jones and Johnson lobs to Wemby? Victor waited for Jones' signal to move, so he was able to get a clean catch and finish against a moving defense. Wemby was pinned and guarded by a static defense, and there wasn't a high-percentage pass for Johnson to get him the ball, which resulted in a turnover. That Jones pass was a play young Robinson ran quite a bit. That second play was what folks have been yelling at the Spurs to do most of the year.

For all intents and purposes, that's a play the team is running for Wemby. That's exactly how they need to get him touches, rather than having him freelance and try to get lobs by being tall against a set defense.

[CorrectCrusader]

Are they just not gonna call fouls on Badji or whatever his name is?

[Leetonidas]

Collins is awful

[NASpurs]

:lmao Collins is so trash

And here comes the Blazers...

[Dejounte]

Man, I called Zach Collins being a net negative player early when he was stat stuffing it up and people thought he was good as a result. Absolutely hate his low bball iq

[BatManu20]

Zollins is so soft. Not doing anything to help White American basketball player stereotypes tbh.

[onechance87]

man vassell is no number 1 guy

[CorrectCrusader]

what the FUCK was that sequence lmao

[SPURt]

Badji isn’t bad

[FuzzyLumpkins]

:lol wtf was that?

[CorrectCrusader]

what kind of fucking call was that lmao these refs are on drugs

[SPURt]

Vassell playing like ass

[NASpurs]

What does Vassell do well when his shot isn't falling?

[CorrectCrusader]

There's no fucking way lmao. These refs are actually fucking retarded. Unbelievable lmao.

[SPURt]

What kind of bullshit ass blindness do these refs have? Even on the damn replay, fuck these refs

[SPURt]

What does Vassell do well when his shot isn't falling?
https://media.tenor.com/MMC9834acsoAAAAM/absolutely-nothing-none.gif

[poopbox]

Tre Jones has been very bad for like a month straight now.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

At least they stopped chucking and are attacking the basket but the interior defense without Wemby was complete shit.

[CorrectCrusader]

Get vassell off the floor please

[poopbox]

Devin having the worst luck I seen a player have in awhile. Monkey paw must have curled when he got out of bed this morning

[spurraider21]

I guess you missed this:



For all intents and purposes, that's a play the team is running for Wemby. That's exactly how they need to get him touches, rather than having him freelance and try to get lobs by being tall against a set defense.
I was teasing tbh

[weebo]

DV needs to drive to the basket and go to the line

[poopbox]

Tre knows he can't do anything against Scoot physically so he just straight flops every time Scoot touches him. I aint mad

[CorrectCrusader]

Wemby has played immaculate tonight. So nice because his game the other night was pretty bad.

[Tyronn Lue]

I guess you missed this:



For all intents and purposes, that's a play the team is running for Wemby. That's exactly how they need to get him touches, rather than having him freelance and try to get lobs by being tall against a set defense.
Window dressing?

[aissagholi7981]

Glad we now know Johnson is coming off the bench and Wemby is the starting center for the next 15 years. Cheers.

[Spurs Brazil]

Vassel and boards are hurting us.

[SPURt]

Wemby playing great with 5 (!) blocks in the first half, Vassell and KJ playing like shitty butts. Not liking what Scoot is bringing. 4 fouls, shooting like Vassell from three, yikes

[bdictjames]

Vassell and Keldon are great players, but just need to learn how to work within an offense. I think Jeremy is starting to get it, and Tre gets it as well. Champagnie is still fairly new, and so is Branham. Vassell and Keldon seem fairly narrow-minded. I don't care what you say, Keldon's three-point jumper looks terrible and he should focus on attacking the rim instead. And please, stop hopping after you shoot, it's quite cringe.

[Bill_Brasky]

Vassell = rey del ladrillo

[Obstructed_View]

DV needs to change out of those faggoty yellow shoes at halftime, tbh.

[Tyronn Lue]

Vassell and Keldon are great players, but just need to learn how to work within an offense. I think Jeremy is starting to get it, and Tre gets it as well. Champagnie is still fairly new, and so is Branham. Vassell and Keldon seem fairly narrow-minded. I don't care what you say, Keldon's three-point jumper looks terrible and he should focus on attacking the rim instead. And please, stop hopping after you shoot, it's quite cringe.
no

[Tyronn Lue]

Spurs starters are highly questionable, but their bench is dogshit.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Spurs starters are highly questionable, but their bench is dogshit.

Only two way players on the squad right now are Jones and Wemby.

[Trainwreck2100]

so, they're losing this game aren't they?

[onechance87]

Only two way players on the squad right now are Jones and Wemby.

lol just cause he made a lob pass to wemby....look at other things bro...Hid d is bad,Cant make open shots

[BatManu20]

Wemby is a one-man show at the moment. Vassell, Keldon, and the gang are stinking up the joint per par. Seems to be a recurring theme.

[poopbox]

Branhim just slapped him directly on the wrist :rollin

[CorrectCrusader]

why tf did Malaki leave his man on the line to go help Wemby???????????

[poopbox]

Wemby shooting a 12 foot airball :lmao

[CorrectCrusader]

Try not to leave a hot shooter wide open for no reason challenge (SPURS EDITION)

[NASpurs]

Blazers have taken 19 more shots thus the 10 point game which negates shooting like shit :lol

[Tyronn Lue]

Brogdon is in the zone

[poopbox]

Devin has caught Keldons I am incredibly stupid at playing defense disease.

This dude ran into the paint from the other side of the fucking court just to leave Brogdon wide open. And then he backdoored that with just standing around in the paint doing nothing to leave Brogdon wide open again.

[lonrot]

:rolleyes :rolleyes

[NASpurs]

Try not to leave a hot shooter wide open for no reason challenge (SPURS EDITION)

Old Pop would've benched the guy who did that.

Modern Pop will be the father figure they're lacking.

[Trainwreck2100]

Blazers have taken 19 more shots thus the 10 point game which negates shooting like shit :lol

really it's like 14 there was one possession where they had 5 put backs

[SPURt]

Professional lead losers, good lawd

[Pauleta14]

Why do they keep over helping like that in the paint when Wemby is dominating ffs??????

Open 3s after open 3s...

Wemby almost fight for his position against his own teammates

[Tyronn Lue]

Old Pop would've benched the guy who did that.

Modern Pop will be the father figure they're lacking.
KV big contract, shits the bed. Pop big contract, shits the bed. There's nothing to see here.

[Kawhi Duncan]

Very low IQ defense

[CorrectCrusader]

Wemby is fucking cheating lmao that dude is 7'2

[CorrectCrusader]

Ok that was a bad turnover by Sochan but why would Vassell leave when he sees that drive

[NASpurs]

This dumbass team couldn't covert on a 3 on 2 :lol

[poopbox]

We had a 3 on 2 fastbreak but it ended up with a bricked 3 by Victor. We are legit the dumbest team in the nba. I really want reporters in the post game to ask Devin and Keldon how the fuck did you guys have numbers on a fast break and fuck it up that bad.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Don’t choke this please, looking a little better these last few possessions

[baseline bum]

3 on 2 break to... Keldon for three? :pctoss

[Kawhi Duncan]

Sohan is such a bad defender... Can't believe everyone thinks he is good

[CorrectCrusader]

I just don't understand some of these calls the refs are making lol.

[Tyronn Lue]

Sohan is such a bad defender... Can't believe everyone thinks he is good
Who would that be?

[poopbox]

Blazers are without 3 of their 4 best players and we still can't comfortably put them away :rollin

[Tyronn Lue]

:lol Portland fans "really? fucking really? We're getting curb stomped at home by the worst team in the West?"

"Well they have a real coach"

[CorrectCrusader]

Blazers are without 3 of their 4 best players and we still can't comfortably put them away :rollin

Buddy we've been leading by 10+ like the entire game. Even this third quarter.

[CorrectCrusader]

Refs have been calling every tap but not the 5 smacks on Zollins in that single possesion lol

[Gibbz]

Sean: "Wasn't Dr. Evil from Bruges?"

[Spurs Brazil]

Collins is TERRIBLE! why the fuck we extended this guy?

[poopbox]

Buddy we've been leading by 10+ like the entire game. Even this third quarter.

When a team is down 3 of their best 4 you should be leading by WAY more than 10 +

[CorrectCrusader]

Woohoo! Kept a double digit lead in the 3rd quarter. One quarter left....

[SPURt]

It’s a miracle, only lost the 3rd by a point

[CorrectCrusader]

When a team is down 3 of their best 4 you should be leading by WAY more than 10 +
we have FOUR WINS THIS SEASON
Your expectations are way too high.

[poopbox]

Well we know we are not better than the Grizzlies 3rd and 4th stringers cause we lost to them but we 12 minutes away from MAYBE being better than the blazers 3rd and 4th stringers. I wouldn't cash the check just yet though.

[TekXX]

Thank god The Blazers have almost as low a BB I.Q. than we do.

[NASpurs]

Scoot with 2 assists and 5 TOs... In an alternate reality, we would've had this guy :lol

[CorrectCrusader]

Badji is bbq chicken against Wemby, he's too green.

[CorrectCrusader]

Scoot with 2 assists and 5 TOs... In an alternate reality, we would've had this guy :lol
We'd have been winless this year

[poopbox]

That 3 by Sochan :lmao

Horrific. Going to have to have to sleep with the lights on tonight tbh

[spurraider21]

https://i.imgflip.com/8aq8b8.jpg

[Tyronn Lue]

Scoot with 2 assists and 5 TOs... In an alternate reality, we would've had this guy :lol
I think he'll end up being a good player though.

[Proxy]

what an airball gawdamn

[CorrectCrusader]

That 3 by Sochan :lmao

Horrific. Going to have to have to sleep with the lights on tonight tbh

ngl I think he was lobbing it to wemby.

[NASpurs]

https://i.imgflip.com/8aq8b8.jpg

Keldon has been in the NBA for five fucking years now.

[CorrectCrusader]

I fucking LOVE VICTOR WEMBANYAMA!!!

[SPURt]

Finally, this is what a Wemby team should be doing

[Proxy]

holy shit they got a lob to wemby

[TDomination]

So that’s what a lob to Victor looks like

[NASpurs]

Finally, this is what a Wemby team should be doing

Watch them ignore Wemby next game :lol

[SPURt]

Scoot with 2 assists and 5 TOs... In an alternate reality, we would've had this guy :lol
https://media0.giphy.com/media/tjwzClJM6fyEw/giphy.gif

[rascal]

We had a 3 on 2 fastbreak but it ended up with a bricked 3 by Victor. We are legit the dumbest team in the nba. I really want reporters in the post game to ask Devin and Keldon how the fuck did you guys have numbers on a fast break and fuck it up that bad.

The Spurs don't have the athletes to convert on fast breaks.

[sananspursfan21]

Nevermind that this is against an almost just as bad team with 2 or 3 guys out, THIS is what we’ve been waiting for

[John B]

Spurs players getting the memo on the lob pass to Wemby

[scott]

IDK if a memo went out, or the players started reading SpursTalk, or if Pop woke up from a years long fever dream… but glad to see they finally understand that passing it to Wemby is a winning strategy.

[Tyronn Lue]

Victor has 7 blocks

[NASpurs]

It's nuts that Wemby has only played 22 minutes so far and has 26 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assits and 7 blocks.

[onechance87]

cant wait till we got sum real talent around wemby

[spurraider21]

Tre finding wemby on lobs. They should play together more often

[scott]

Feel like the stat keeper cheated Wemby out of a block, he should have 8

[Tyronn Lue]

Pop barely dodges a VW 30pt night. Just imagine all the questions about the changes.

[Dejounte]

It's nuts that Wemby has only played 22 minutes so far and has 26 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assits and 7 blocks.

whats most impressive is the 0 fouls

[sananspursfan21]

Blazers have 4 fouls and 8 minutes to go. Don’t take a bunch of stupid 3s, drive that ball SA

[Pauleta14]

Why take Wemby out so fast??

Let him have his 30pts game, hes off tmrw

[Spurs Brazil]

Collins trying really hard to lose the game.

[Obstructed_View]

Spurs getting back on defense and defending the three point line. Combine that with lots of touches for Victor and they have a shot at winning the game.

[Obstructed_View]

Collins trying really hard to lose the game.
Collins does something terrible and then does something really good. :lol

[BackHome]

Portland really wants that top 3 pick

[NASpurs]

Is there a player in Spurs history that played with a headband and didn't suck? SJax?

[rascal]

Spurs getting back on defense and defending the three point line. Combine that with lots of touches for Victor and they have a shot at winning the game.

Combined with Portland missing 4 rotation players.

[NASpurs]

Sochan guarding Jeremi Grant from half court :lol

[spurraider21]

Is there a player in Spurs history that played with a headband and didn't suck? SJax?
Flashbacks of Devin brown turning it over before tmacs game winner

[Tyronn Lue]

Flashbacks of Devin brown turning it over before tmacs game winner
TJ Ford

[NASpurs]

I forgot it's a b2b against the Blazers :lol

[poopbox]

Zach Collins fouling out forcing Pop to play Victor longer than he wanted to. A real hero has risen amongst the people :wow

[poopbox]

OH MY GOD AT POP NOT PUTTING VICTOR BACK IN:lmao

WHAT A FUCKING CLOWN :lmao

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Nice. Interior defense without Wemby on the floor.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

smh spoke too soon.

[poopbox]

Sean doing everything short of calling the spurs players dumb and bad :rollin

[CorrectCrusader]

Why do we have no bigs on the floor? What is pop doing.

[Obstructed_View]

Spurs getting back on defense and defending the three point line. Combine that with lots of touches for Victor and they have a shot at winning the game.
Then they stop doing all that shit.

[Kawhi Duncan]

Pop really doing this bullshit where he doesn't let star young players hit milestones in games to keep their ego down? They quickly bring it back down to 11... If he doesn't put Wemby in now, this is coaching malpractice and he should be fired

[MannyIsGod]

Glad Pop is at least getting visibly upset out there on some of this bullshit

[CorrectCrusader]

Pop really doing this bullshit where he doesn't let star young players hit milestones in games to keep their ego down? They quickly bring it back down to 11... If he doesn't put Wemby in now, this is coaching malpractice and he should be fired

:pop: gotta make sure he stays over himself :pop:

[mudd]

We lead the league in stupid!

[BatManu20]

The old man pulling our best player too early while simultaneously putting in a tiny lineup to try and hold onto this marginal lead with 3 min left :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

This must be the dumbest team ever. Johnson, Sochan, Malaki, Collins all of them with so low IQ

[poopbox]

Crater face out here yelling at the players when he could have iced this game by just putting Wemby on the floor for 2 minutes. He is not going to play tomorrow so what the fuck does it matter playing him a little extra tonight.

And as I type this he goes back to him now. What a fucking moron this dude is

[Tyronn Lue]

The old man pulling our best player too early while simultaneously putting it a tiny lineup to try and hold onto this marginal lead with 3 min left :lol
It worked in 2013 game 6.

[NASpurs]

The old man pulling our best player too early while simultaneously putting it a tiny lineup to try and hold onto this marginal lead with 3 min left :lol

And here I thought midget ball was dead with Wemby. The old man finds a way to fuck things up per par.

[Splits]

:pop: "these players have to learn it's a 48 minute game"

:pop: *sits Wemby during crunch time of the 4th*

[Obstructed_View]

Mother fuck I love Victor.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

Nice D there but ffs.

[CorrectCrusader]

WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBBBBBBBBBBBBBYYY YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[Tyronn Lue]

Crater face out here yelling at the players when he could have iced this game by just putting Wemby on the floor for 2 minutes. He is not going to play tomorrow so what the fuck does it matter playing him a little extra tonight.

And as I type this he goes back to him now. What a fucking moron this dude is
It's actually a good thing, it shows those guys that Victor is the guy. You don't put back in a role player to save the night. Of course Pop was just showing his ass.

[MannyIsGod]

OH so Devin DOES know how to throw a lob to Wemby!

[scott]

Vassell threw an ally-oop to Vic on a PnR, hell may have frozen over

[Barfunk]

Grain of salt win, but ill take it. Hopefully this reignites the drive for 45.

[NASpurs]

30 points baby

[Proxy]

wow another successful lob

[Obstructed_View]

Glad Pop is at least getting visibly upset out there on some of this bullshit
Pop yelling at someone for making a mistake.

Devin Vassell passing to Victor.

Weird night.

[poopbox]

Victor really had to come back into the game and save it :rollin

I have no doubt if he stayed on the bench we would have lost that 10 or 11 point lead in the last 3 minutes

[MannyIsGod]

Pop trying to close out the game without Wemby wasn't bad IMO. They have another winnable game in that arena tomorrow and I would prefer to have Wemby play in that one too.

[Proxy]

good D Mamu

[Splits]

Pop trying to close out the game without Wemby wasn't bad IMO. They have another winnable game in that arena tomorrow and I would prefer to have Wemby play in that one too.

Pop already announced VW is out tomorrow

[CorrectCrusader]

LETS FUCKING GO SPURS! WEMBY IS HIM!!!!!!!!!

[NASpurs]

Spurs won in spite of Pop trying to sabotage this game.

[John B]

Spurs win!

[SPURt]

https://media0.giphy.com/media/jm4nsAWdCV4Lm/giphy.gif

[sananspursfan21]

Happy to get to see Victor again for a couple minutes, but by now shouldn’t even this young team know to run the clock effectively??

[MannyIsGod]

Pop already announced VW is out tomorrow

Son of a bitch

[Pauleta14]

https://x.com/airlessjordan/status/1740605312456094111?s=46&t=wX-sAgjtowgpQr9w0m182w

[Splits]

gave up 16 more shots and 4 more FTs and still won by double-digits. That's how shitty the Blazers are without 3 starters.

[lonrot]

:flag::flag:

[sananspursfan21]

Well we definitely don’t undervalue wins this season. All slighting comments aside, good confidence builder for our guys. Let’s see them repeat tomorrow

[poopbox]

:pop: "these players have to learn it's a 48 minute game"

:pop: *sits Wemby during crunch time of the 4th*
:lmao

This fucking guy legit tried to close out a basketball game with Sochan at the 5 and Mcdermott or Keldon at the 3. The blazers smoked it and he had to call timeout to get Victor back in. :lmao

Like this senile old fuck thought it was going to be a teaching moment and then bitched out as soon as things went sideways:lmao

[Tyronn Lue]

Happy to get to see Victor again for a couple minutes, but by now shouldn’t even this young team know to run the clock effectively??
how many games have they had where they needed to run the clock? Most of the time they are down by 20.

[FuzzyLumpkins]

They seems to be working on defense and getting the ball to Wemby. Makes sense to put that before closing out games.

[Pauleta14]

Victor only the 2nd player in NBA history (!!) to have at least 20pts 5rbds 5 ast 5 block in less than 25 min since Dr J in 1985

[NASpurs]

This just confirms the Spurs aren't worse than the Blazers team minus 4 of their rotational players.

#babysteps

[Pauleta14]

I hope Pop changes his mind about not playing Wemby tomorow, without him they'll feast in the paint

[CorrectCrusader]

Pretty crazy how close Wemby was to a quad double in only 25 minutes.

[z0sa]

Victor only the 2nd player in NBA history (!!) to have at least 20pts 5rbds 5 ast 5 block in less than 25 min since Dr J in 1985

:lobt:

[z0sa]

I hope Pop changes his mind about not playing Wemby tomorow, without him they'll feast in the paint

:meeting:

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Great win!

[tim_duncan_fan]

whoa, a win!

[SouthernFryd]

Spurs are the definition of inconsistent.

All Stars in the first quarter. Absolutely shit the rest of the game...without Wemby.

They only know one way to play..."run the ball." Like a freakin' high school team. Young legs and immature minds. Have no clue that's how you lose big leads.

Slow...the...f...down.

[baseline bum]

Son of a bitch

I'm in

[Pauleta14]

Wemby also had the most blocks without committing a foul in franchise history(7) in front of Duncan (6) in 2008

[taps]

Beating a gutted team is an improvement for this season’s team. We See Pop searching for the players he needs to be winners when Wemby’s off the floor. Don’t know if he sees one or two guys that can be that next season and forward.

[BatManu20]

Seconded. More of this pls.

1740608066260001084

[CorrectCrusader]

Wemby also had the most blocks without committing a foul in franchise history(7) in front of Duncan (6) in 2008

This is his fucking rookie year guys. We're gonna be okay.