San Antonio Spurs (11-9) @ Phoenix Suns (11-8) 9pm EST 12/3/24

[100%duncan]

We should be winning this without KD tbh. But missing too many gimmes

[sananspursfan21]

Anybody notice that our guys are taking possession before the shot clock expires, but the refs are calling 24 instead of letting them run?

[SPURt]

4 points is too close to be to these Spurs without KD

[Mugen]

If we make our layups, we might win the game tbh.

[Spurs Homer]

Spurs got this, girls

just enjoy the show and stop being whiny

[Knoxxx]

Barnes is bad today but let’s not already change our tune on him after one game. :lol

I’m expecting him to have bad games here and there.

Our best 5 are Wemby, Sochan, Vassell, Champagnie, Castle.

[100%duncan]

:lmao

[ace3g]

Get within 3-4 points, then back down 10+...

10:55 - 4th





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[TekXX]

:pop: "shootings not important, that's not who we are"

[emanueldavidginobili]

This guy Vic is passing it out of the block with Monte Fucking Morris on him lmaoo

[sananspursfan21]

Just came back to find our guys down 11 after just being down 4. Story of this game tbh

[scott]

Chris Paul brickathon isn’t helping either.

Need more Devin minutes if he is able. No one else can hit a damn shot.

[Robz4000]

:lol this team

[Strategic]

Paul not hitting from the lane is bad mojo

[Tyronn Lue]

What's the record for the most missed 3s in a game?

[scott]

Wish we did not employ the POUND THE ROCK philosophy in regards to 3s tonight.

[vy65]

?. It’s still a winnable game.

You were saying?

[SpursFan86]

Just totally pissing down our leg :lol

[CGD]

Just missing the shots tonight. They’re available.

[emanueldavidginobili]

I know Castle is a rookie but he needs to be much more confident he should be attacking at will.

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

bricks ��

[SPURt]

What's the record for the most missed 3s in a game?
We might be seeing it set tonight, 30 is def on the table

[heyheymymy]

well fuck, nevertheless

[BatManu20]

Spurs just can't throw it in the ocean tonight. They're bricking wide open looks badly. Their misses aren't even close. And it's basically the entire squad.

[100%duncan]

Died by the three

[skin27]

Sperms:lol

[TekXX]

This team doesn't deserve to go to Vegas, back to the east side of San Antonio for you guys.

[z0sa]

-_-

[Leetonidas]

That's game. Putrid from distance and horrendous start to the 4th

[Mugen]

Missed wide open 3s and wide open dunks is usually not a recipe for a W :lol

[Tyronn Lue]

Now the time out down 14 midway through the 4th. This is that genius coach people are going on about, the one who thinks a TO is in order with 3 for 32 3pt shooting, you got back into it when you went to Victor in the paint but then everyone decided the 3 was a great idea again.

[ace3g]

7:57 - 4th





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[Kuvai]

Trade Sochen for God sake.

He never passes to open guys and take bad shots..

He dunks and dont hit them…

Our team run starts the day he got injured.

[InRareForm]

Really wanted an NBA cup banner tbh

[scott]

Zach Collins is a shell of his former self, which wasn’t much to begin with

[Death In June]

This hyper fixiation on the 3 ball makes me enjoy basketball significantly less than I used to.

[Arcadian]

We have 2 points this quarter.

[Robz4000]

:lmao missing shots a middle school team would make

[100%duncan]

Getting bitched by plumlee in 2025

[ginobilized]

Plumee looks like Moses Malone against our weak inside game

[MannyIsGod]

Welp. Picked a bad night to be ice cold.

[Tyronn Lue]

It seems if the Spurs cannot win how they like to play (shooting from outside) they'd rather not win.

[timtonymanu]

You were saying?

What a chickenshit thing to say. You were calling a loss after a 4 point deficit.

[Larry O]

Just can't buy a bucket!

[sananspursfan21]

Bottom line, you gotta have more than an accurate Vassell to win games. Everyone else has been utter crap tonight.

[ginobilized]

Great pass by Castle

[SPURt]

I think the Spurs set the record for most missed 3s with that Champenis miss with 30 missed 3s

[KDKSpurs24]

Idgaf when anyone thinks about the NBA Cup and its importance. But to have the ability to advance and then show up and underperform like this is just pathetic. The game isn’t over but the level of focus isn’t where it should have been.

[sananspursfan21]

And I’ve never been impressed with Collins, but even by the standard of what we’ve come to expect, he's been terrible. Where’s Mamu or CBass?

[vy65]

What a chickenshit thing to say. You were calling a loss after a 4 point deficit.

No, I was calling a L after missing three dunks and continuing to take ill advised three point shots. KD went out, and instead of locking in, they played like ass. This response reeks of white knighting for the sake of white knighting

[TekXX]

Sochan comes back and we lost by 20 again. Things that make you go hmm

[timtonymanu]

4/34 from 3 pointer isn’t gonna cut it.

[ginobilized]

Rockets missed 47 3s in 2019

[Kuvai]

47 missed 3 pointers is record by rockets

[timtonymanu]

No, I was calling a L after missing three dunks and continuing to take ill advised three point shots. KD went out, and instead of locking in, they played like ass. This response reeks of white knighting for the sake of white knighting

Nah you’re just making excuses cause I called you out for cliff jumping so shut up faggot

[sananspursfan21]

4/35 from three tonight :lol :lol :lol

[100%duncan]

Keldon classic missing a 3 and leaving his man wide open for one. Fucking loser. Cant wait till this scrub is off my team

[Tyronn Lue]

Oh shit, Stephtor Wembancurry is hot now.

[sananspursfan21]

A three!! :wow

[tbdog]

CP and Wemby playing like ass.

[MannyIsGod]

This is why experience matters. Spurs youth really showed. They're probably not winning this but glad they got to experience what a game that matters feels like.

[sananspursfan21]

If you took like 5 of those missed threes and worked the ball around for a better shot, this is a completely different game. I can’t stand this new NBA.

[SpurSpike]

If we had shot at least 30% from 3 tonight Spurs probably win.

[scott]

We need that TMAC 12-points in 25 seconds action

[vy65]

Nah you’re just making excuses cause I called you out for cliff jumping so shut up faggot

Lol this clearly left a mark on you, tough guy. But you’ve clearly developed a taste for cock so I’ll leave you be

[timtonymanu]

Lol this clearly left a mark on you, tough guy. But you’ve clearly developed a taste for cock so I’ll leave you be

You’re the faggot who pulls the “I told you so” after a spurs loss. So yeah maybe be less of a loser next time.

[scott]

Devin Booker is really good

[tbdog]

CP short all game.

[100%duncan]

CP had quietly had himself a nice bricklaying this game as well tbh

[vy65]

You’re the faggot who pulls the “I told you so” after a spurs loss. So yeah maybe be less of a loser next time.

And you’re the faggot who clearly got asshurt when your white knighting revealed the extent of your retardation

[Kuvai]

I dont know how we would look last 3 weeks dominant with a very anti team football that Sochen play

[scott]

Appreciate the effort here at the end… but maybe it’s time to clear the benches and live to fight another day

[sananspursfan21]

CP3, who has been responsible for most of these big comeback wins is ice cold. So many players to blame, including Wemby, but if he has a half decent game, this is probably a win. I’m not impressed with the Suns nearly as much as I am disappointed that EVERY Spurs player besides Vassell has been junk.

[timtonymanu]

Anyway I’m not gonna lose my shit over a loss to a playoff team on the road. That’s about expected. But don’t be a loser who calls a loss after a 4 point deficit and then flex when the spurs actually lose by a decent amount.

[objective]

This is why experience matters. Spurs youth really showed. They're probably not winning this but glad they got to experience what a game that matters feels like.

Can't really agree besides Wemby as far as youth goes. The vets were the worst part of the game

Barnes and Paul as of 2 minutes left are a combined 2-15 and 4 points.

[timtonymanu]

And you’re the faggot who clearly got asshurt when your white knighting revealed the extent of your retardation

You keep responding to me so you’re asshurt too :lol

[Larry O]

It was just a matter of time that playing from behind would catch up to this team. And it doesn't help that this team can't shoot for shinola.

[Tyronn Lue]

Spurs going to lose by 4 lol

[ace3g]

Spurs probably end up losing by 4...

[timtonymanu]

Spurs going to lose by 4 lol

“I told you so. :cry”

[100%duncan]

Posting up down 10 with a minute to go wtf :lol

[sananspursfan21]

Looks like Sochan’s gimmick shot isn’t so automatic anymore

[emanueldavidginobili]

Not much success offensively when Vic doesn’t hit 5 threes lol

[emanueldavidginobili]

Looks like Sochan’s gimmick shot isn’t so automatic anymore
It’s his first game in over a month from a broken thumb relax lmao.

[skin27]

Wemby 1/8 from 3

[100%duncan]

Sadly only the pineapple brothers came to play tbh

[CGD]

This seems to be the future SL right here

[CorrectCrusader]

Can't have that many nonshooters on the floor man.

[sananspursfan21]

I have never seen a player so consistently short on every shot like CP3 tonight. He must be exhausted or sore or something

[scott]

Mitch has brought a more modern approach to the game with the 3… but it doesn’t work when you have a team full of non-shooters.

[Tyronn Lue]

The Houston Rockets have missed the most three-pointers by a team in a game with 47 misses against the Nets on January 16, 2019.

[sananspursfan21]

It’s his first game in over a month from a broken thumb relax lmao.

Ok

[Tyronn Lue]

Posting up down 10 with a minute to go wtf :lol
Cup is about point differential too

[Raven]

very much a coaching loss. Unclear why did so many players fall out of favour, and unclear why were devin and sochan not playing way more minutes when it was clear phoenix didn't know how to handle them, not to mention them being our 2nd and 3rd best players.

[Mugen]

As fun as it is going down by 10+ after every 1st quarter, I think it's time to start Devin tbh.

Somebody throw out that dumbass stat where the SL has the highest net rating in the league :lol

[Tyronn Lue]

8-44 from 3. Gawd

[CorrectCrusader]

I have never seen a player so consistently short on every shot like CP3 tonight. He must be exhausted or sore or something

He's old.

[Kuvai]

Just a bad game from everyone on team.

I still feel this team will be more serious without Sochen playing.

[Tyronn Lue]

Just a bad game from everyone on team.

I still feel this team will be more serious without Sochen playing.
No. Jeremy is fine. 14/12 off the bench.

[scott]

As fun as it is going down by 10+ after every 1st quarter, I think it's time to start Devin tbh.

Somebody throw out that dumbass stat where the SL has the highest net rating in the league :lol

Well, it probably won’t have the highest NETRTG tomorrow

[Mugen]

The SL shot a combined 31% tonight :lol

[sananspursfan21]

Phew, glad that’s over. That buzzer couldn’t sound soon enough

[Mugen]

Vic was obviously trash shooting wise and had some horrible TOs. But that was one of the worst defensive games I've ever seen from him.

Zero rim protection, slow to help all night. Absolutely terrible. Western Conference Defensive Player of the Month tbh :lol

[ginobilized]

3 - 9 against teams over .500

Plenty of room to grow

Hopefully we bounce back Thursday at home against the Bulls

[Tyronn Lue]

It says something (not sure what) that the Spurs only lost by whatever minus the intentional fouling on this horrible shooting night. If they were even in the 25% from 3 range they'd have blown out the Suns.

[CGD]

I have never seen a player so consistently short on every shot like CP3 tonight. He must be exhausted or sore or something

He definitely was off tonight, and it carried over to the rest of the team. I do hope they pull back on his minutes in games like today to let the youngsters figure it out.

[skin27]

Sadly only the pineapple brothers came to play tbh

castle didnt play good either. 35%FGA and 1-6 from 3pt line:lol

[scott]

It says something (not sure what) that the Spurs only lost by whatever minus the intentional fouling on this horrible shooting night. If they were even in the 25% from 3 range they'd have blown out the Suns.

On the flip side, if KD doesn’t get hurt we may lose by 30

[CGD]

Just a bad game from everyone on team.

I still feel this team will be more serious without Sochen playing.

Jeremy was good tonight, in his first game back from injury

[rankingtear]

The only explanation is Wemby got Diarhhea or something. That was awful.

[Mugen]

I just checked and they literally haven't beaten a good team that wasn't on the 2nd night of a b2b all season :lol

That's at least progress from the last season but yeah this team isn't as good as their .500 record suggests tbh.

[Tyronn Lue]

On the flip side, if KD doesn’t get hurt we may lose by 30
Well the Spurs have Trey Jones out so it balances out.

[Raven]

It says something (not sure what) that the Spurs only lost by whatever minus the intentional fouling on this horrible shooting night. If they were even in the 25% from 3 range they'd have blown out the Suns.

it really doesn't, they were playing without durant and nurkic

[Tyronn Lue]

The only explanation is Wemby got Diarhhea or something. That was awful.
Victor Wimpbeenyonder

[TheBallsbreakers]

Bad game from Wemby. Perfect time to start pounding it inside when his threes weren't falling.
There's a nice sequence for him at the start of the third but again, team got collective amnesia and went away from that tactic to keep chuck-chuck-chucking away from outside.

[rascal]

I just checked and they literally haven't beaten a good team that wasn't on the 2nd night of a b2b all season :lol

That's at least progress from the last season but yeah this team isn't as good as their .500 record suggests tbh.

.500 is misleading

People thinking playoffs are over rating their current record

[SpurSpike]

Field goal 35.4%
Three point 18.2%

and thats game...

[CGD]

.500 is misleading

People thinking playoffs are over rating their current record

They apparently have also played the least road games in the nba as of the SAC game.

[Jordan Jackson]

Good effort. Didn’t think they would win until Durant went down.

The Spurs chucking up 44 3pt attempts is wild. They can’t shoot. That Kings game gave them irrational confidence. But the Kings don’t defend at all especially the 3.

Probably needed the old man tonight. Sometimes you just need an adult in the room.

They really need to address the shooting in the offseason. Yikes.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Infuriating game

[jesterbobman]

Having only watched the second, and looking at the box score.

We shot like shit, missed open dunks in transition, and there are clearly continuity / connection issues, from the young core playing together and not being connected (and some just dumb things - helping from 1 pass away off the corner) . Type of loss that happens.

Without a second viewing, and the didn't watch the first half caveat, I thought a lot of the shots generated were pretty good, just misses.

[dn0774]

Brutal game, offense was anemic, team seemed pretty uninspired which is disappointing since it was supposed to be a game that mattered. Vassell played 28 min, he needs to be starting again asap. For Julian or Castle, doesn't matter. Mitch needs to shake up the early line-ups because going down 15 points to start every game ain't it. If Mitch is going to just keep trotting out the same starters and initial subs then the first quarter failures are firmly on his shoulders.

I hate the narrative that Wemby and Sochan can't coexist, but they are doing nothing to dispel it. Wemby went right back to looking like he did in Dallas on opening night, they just seem to want to occupy so much of the same space at times during possessions and it gets clunky.

[ismael-robert]

Interesting that even with tre out Blake n mb still couldn’t get in. So does make one wonder if his being out did mess up rotation

[skin27]

Brutal game, offense was anemic, team seemed pretty uninspired which is disappointing since it was supposed to be a game that mattered. Vassell played 28 min, he needs to be starting again asap. For Julian or Castle, doesn't matter. Mitch needs to shake up the early line-ups because going down 15 points to start every game ain't it. If Mitch is going to just keep trotting out the same starters and initial subs then the first quarter failures are firmly on his shoulders.



I hate the narrative that Wemby and Sochan can't coexist, but they are doing nothing to dispel it. Wemby went right back to looking like he did in Dallas on opening night, they just seem to want to occupy so much of the same space at times during possessions and it gets clunky.

its the same. Its wemby who cant hit a shot yo save his damn life. Wemby is so inconsistent tbh

[heyheymymy]

Gotta give the Phoenix Suns credit. They played with energy and knocked down shots. Tyus Jones and Plumlee gave SA trouble and the big 3 Booker, Durant, Beal all looked good.

[ismael-robert]

Plus sochan broke left thumb wasn’t he practicing his stupid one handed ft all this time off…come back n shoot 50%! Not playing doesn’t hurt free throws that was dumb whoever said that it’s a freaking unguarded shot u don’t need to be in shape or have rhythm n u don’t ever stop practicing them considering his shooting hand wasn’t hurt n he shoots one handed

[John B]

You live on 3’s, you die on 3’s. They’re there, just not making them. But almost a triple-double again for Wemby. Moving on.

[LeBowen]

We're not ready yet.
The most positive thing is that we're not getting blown out even when the offense is horrible, we manage to stay in games, just one bad blowout loss against the Rockets.

With that being said, I'm all for Wemby shooting a lot of threes if he's feeling it, but he's not Steph and he shouldn't keep chucking if it's not falling.
Devin is our by far the biggest perimeter threat and Jeremy looked good considering it's his first game back.

Five game homestand coming up, with Kings being the strongest opponent. Anything less than 4-1 would be a disaster before long road trips start happening.
Disaster if we're to make the play-in, that is.

[Splits]

We're not ready yet.
The most positive thing is that we're not getting blown out even when the offense is horrible, we manage to stay in games, just one bad blowout loss against the Rockets.

With that being said, I'm all for Wemby shooting a lot of threes if he's feeling it, but he's not Steph and he shouldn't keep chucking if it's not falling.
Devin is our by far the biggest perimeter threat and Jeremy looked good considering it's his first game back.

Five game homestand coming up, with Kings being the strongest opponent. Anything less than 4-1 would be a disaster before long road trips start happening.
Disaster if we're to make the play-in, that is.

6 out of the next 7 are at home and none have a better record than us.

[couchman]

Hard agree that Wemby needs to find other ways to get his game going when the 3 isn’t falling.
I also think we’re past due to move Vassell into the SL.
We’ve been starting games slowly.
I’d have him go in for Castle right now to give us early juice on offense.
That gives us a shooter at every position and makes room for Sochan’s eventual return to the SL as the only non-shooter.
Give Castle a lot minutes by playing him all of the backup PG and SG.

[quentin_compson]

Making Mason Plumlee (in 2024, nonetheless!) look like an All-NBA big is not a good look for our guys.

[ambchang]

It’s almost weird that when victor hits his threes early he will stop shooting as much and start going to the paint or midrange more, but when he misses early he will just keep shooting worse and worse shots as if to prove to the world that he can make them.

[Seventyniner]

We're not ready yet.
The most positive thing is that we're not getting blown out even when the offense is horrible, we manage to stay in games, just one bad blowout loss against the Rockets.

Totally agree. I can't say I'm happy about the outcome of the game, but the fact that the Spurs only lost by 10 while shooting so horribly from outside is a bit encouraging. A year ago the Spurs would have lost this game by 30.

[silverblackfan]

Does anyone else think that ugly bright orange court messed with the Spurs 3 pt attempts? It certainly hurt my eyes as a viewer.

[ambchang]

Holding a suns team with durant to 104 pts is pretty good. Scoring 93 isn’t.

[John B]

Holding a suns team with durant to 104 pts is pretty good. Scoring 93 isn’t.

They shot 18% after making 23 3pts and 50% the previous night. The shots just didn’t fall. They made decent shots, they win that game.

[rascal]

Just a bad game from everyone on team.

I still feel this team will be more serious without Sochen playing.

Seems like the Spurs have won more games with Sochan not playing since the end of last year when he was out.

[Chomag]

I do agree that wemby needs to chill on the 3 all the time, him chucking 3s especially logo ones takes away the whole advantage of being the tallest player out there

[scott]

We're not ready yet.
The most positive thing is that we're not getting blown out even when the offense is horrible, we manage to stay in games, just one bad blowout loss against the Rockets.

With that being said, I'm all for Wemby shooting a lot of threes if he's feeling it, but he's not Steph and he shouldn't keep chucking if it's not falling.
Devin is our by far the biggest perimeter threat and Jeremy looked good considering it's his first game back.

Five game homestand coming up, with Kings being the strongest opponent. Anything less than 4-1 would be a disaster before long road trips start happening.
Disaster if we're to make the play-in, that is.

A road game at POR got thrown into the mix, but we now have 3 games at home, @POR, then 3 more at home. At home vs MIN will be the toughest test. On paper, 6-1 looks doable but we at least need a 5-2 out of this.

[ambchang]

They shot 18% after making 23 3pts and 50% the previous night. The shots just didn’t fall. They made decent shots, they win that game.

Which is why they need a more varied offence when the shots aren’t falling. Having wemby, Vassell and sochan around should allow some level of mid range inside scoring. Paul is a mid range maestro, castle should be able to drive.

We do not have the level of shooting like the celtics, where they can just sub another shooter in when the current shooter isn’t hitting, the spurs have champaigne, Vassell and Barnes as somewhat decent shooters. Mamu and bran ham doesn’t get too many minutes, wemby is good for a 7’3” Center but not good as a player, everybody is below average. If Barnes champaigne or Vassell is off we just don’t have anyone to turn to. Sure getting a two and giving up a 3 is a -1 possession, but clanking a 3 and giving up a 3 is a -3. When the spurs are cold, they have to turn up the d and score some inside.