Game Thread: Spurs (17-16) at Nuggets (19-13) January 3, 2025 | 8:00 PM CT / 4:00 AM Riga / 4:00 PM Hawaii

[Frenchfred]

Wemby back to his TO machine damn

[Larry O]

Now the sloppy TOs!

[Tyronn Lue]

It's a 3pt shootout

[scott]

Okay Dev and CP3... there we go... let's have a Devin retribution half...

[ace3g]

Starting to remind me of the Knicks/76ers games...

[scott]

And there is Wemby's 4th... GGs everyone, we'll try again tomorrow

[Tyronn Lue]

Uh oh, Collins is in. Here goes a 10pt differential

[Dex]

Can we please go to Bassey now?

[TekXX]

lol Collins

[BatManu20]

Fucking Zollins :lol

[timtonymanu]

Collins is such an idiot

[Guru of Nothing]

Bassey time?

[RC_Drunkford]

Collins with 4 fouls. Maybe we can get some Bassey

[Tyronn Lue]

Can we please go to Bassey now?
What did Charles do to enter the doghouse?

[Leetonidas]

Jesus christ Collins

[skin27]

Stupid collons

[scott]

lol 5 fouls in 8 minutes from Sack Zollins

[SayNoToDrugsTBH]

lmao fuck you collins

[baseline bum]

Why the fuck is Zollins getting these minutes instead of C-Bass? :pctoss

[td4mvp2k]

Collins wtf was that

[cutewizard]

We need 3 quality bigs

[spursparker9]

Trade Zolllins for a bag of chips pls

[RC_Drunkford]

ok 5 fouls :lol this dude is so stupid

[100%duncan]

Collins :lol what a fucking retard this guy is

[Dex]

Zach Collins: 8 minutes, 5 fouls, -12

FUCK THIS FUCKING GUY

[Leetonidas]

Collins has the 2nd most fouls per 36 of any player in the league :lmao

[Robz4000]

Spurs deserve to lose as long as Collins is getting minutes tbh.

[RC_Drunkford]

let's hope Collins picks up his 6th so he fouls out

[cutewizard]

Mano a Mano 3rd

[scott]

Maybe tomorrow Zollins can do us a favor and get ejected in the first 5 minutes

[Leetonidas]

Fucking Vassell choking at the line

[baseline bum]

I just don't get the point of Zollins being on the floor. If I want defense give me C-Bass, if I want scoring Mamu is so far superior.

[scott]

I like Devin attacking the rim and drawing fouls - slows the game down

[RC_Drunkford]

Collins has the 2nd most fouls per 36 of any player in the league :lmao

the funny thing is he was too foul prone in college. One would think that's easy to fix with some experience in the league, but nope. Not with Zach :lol

[Fireball]

Jokic is smart enough to not give Zach a sixth foul :lol

[Dex]

I just don't get the point of Zollins being on the floor. If I want defense give me C-Bass, if I want scoring Mamu is so far superior.

:pop: He earned it

[TekXX]

Did Bassey badmouth one of Pops Book-of-the-month club books?

[heyheymymy]

Spurs hanging close

[RC_Drunkford]

Devin making things happen

[scott]

THERE WE GO DEV, SHOVE IT DOWN MY THROAT

[heyheymymy]

pretty ballsy stretch from Zollins post 5th foul tbh

[BatManu20]

Keldon is cheeks. Vassell showing signs of life though.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Keldon driving without a plan. He don't plan - HE DO!!!!

[cutewizard]

Tied

[Spurs Brazil]

Nice run by Vassell in the 3rd.

[sananspursfan21]

When Collins isn’t stupidly fouling, he’s actually playing decent defense down low

[RC_Drunkford]

THERE WE GO DEV, SHOVE IT DOWN MY THROAT

ayo, you need to chill :lol Pause

[InRareForm]

Vassell being better at finding an open spurs player on drives

[onechance87]

keldon with his stupid ass drives turning into a turnover.

[cutewizard]

Jokic is incredible

[TekXX]

This organization can't admit they made a mistake with Keldon and Devin.

[cutewizard]

Why doesn't he play Bassey

[LeBowen]

It'so frustrating that we have so many picks and so few useful players.

[Dejounte]

Don’t Stop Vassell-ievin

Livin La Vida Vassell

Hotel Vassell-fornia
scott

[Tyronn Lue]

Joker went ape shit, per the usual. He makes it look too easy.

[scott]

Don’t Stop Vassell-ievin

Livin La Vida Vassell

Hotel Vassell-fornia
scott (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=150)

It's gotta be

Vassell-ine (Stone Temple Pilots)

[Larry O]

The Spurs are gassed... V-Dub 1 can use some rest!

[RC_Drunkford]

why is Zach not fouling dammit

[scott]

Clock awareness, not Devin's strong suit

[timtonymanu]

Can’t take advantage when you don’t have guys who can score (Vassell can do that but he’s not a game changing one).

[TheBallsbreakers]

This really is just Wemby and a bunch of scrubs.

[BatManu20]

Take the jumper instead to the floater there Devin.

[100%duncan]

Vassell not shooting a set shot open 3 for a rushed imbalanced floater

[Tyronn Lue]

When Collins isn’t stupidly fouling, he’s actually playing decent defense down low
Amazing how well you can defend in the paint if you're picking up a foul every 1.7 minutes.

[baseline bum]

Denver getting such homecooking from the zebras. Those faggots refusing to call a sixth on Zollins.

[Strategic]

Spurs need Paul in games to finish off quarters

[tbdog]

Keldon is such a one dimensional player. That one dimension isn't very good either.

[LeBowen]

The worst thing about Keldon is that whenever he has a good stretch, you bet he'll get over-confident and ruin everything later on.

[Guru of Nothing]

Devin 6th man of the year.

[BatManu20]

Jokic is incredible

Should be MVP tbh. At least for now.

[Mugen]

Tre, Keldon and Zach on the floor at the same time is such a white flag tbh :lol

[100%duncan]

This is gonna be the same story as Philly, Knicks and Wolves games

[Blizzardwizard]

Devin Vassell might have the worst +/- on the team again but have you considered how much energy he brings to the locker room.

[Manu-of-steel]

Castle slashing and earning freethrows, hotting a three. Then coach subs Tre for him? WTF!

[Guru of Nothing]

It's gotta be

Vassell-ine (Stone Temple Pilots)

Flaming Lips

[Tyronn Lue]

That really tall black guy needs to be traded.

[scott]

Imperative we win these DeAndre Jordan minutes

[td4mvp2k]

that sloppy play from wemby wont work with jokic

[cutewizard]

Challenge

[cutewizard]

We need a rebounder with conviction

[sananspursfan21]

Amazing how well you can defend in the paint if you're picking up a foul every 1.7 minutes.

K

[kjhip1]

Imperative we win these DeAndre Jordan minutes

Imperative also tre and KJ do not play in 4th

[scott]

Devin is up (down) to a team leading -16! Impressive in a 1-point game.

[heyheymymy]

I know a girl who thinks of ghosts,
She'll make you breakfast, she'll make you toast.
But she don't use butter.
And she don't use cheese.
She don't use jelly, or any of these.

She uses Vasselline Vasselline Vasselline

[Tyronn Lue]

Its amazing how many calls get overturned now. Makes you wonder what the actual accuracy of calls is.

[scott]

Imperative also tre and KJ do not play in 4th

Surprisingly, Keldon is only a -1 and Tre is a +3. It's Devin's -16 and Collins -11 that are killing us.

[TekXX]

Good job Mitch and the not ready for primetime coaches

[Leetonidas]

Castle wtf

[scott]

I know a girl who thinks of ghosts,
She'll make you breakfast, she'll make you toast.
But she don't use butter.
And she don't use cheese.
She don't use jelly, or any of these.

She uses Vasselline Vasselline Vasselline

Unfortunately (and sorry to my friend Guru of Nothing), this song is called "She Don't Use Jelly", not Vaseline.

[tbdog]

Dumb challenge

[Tyronn Lue]

So the plan is for Castle to carry the Spurs home in the 4th?

[scott]

Youthful mistake by Wemby to get his 5th there. Ouch.

[Leetonidas]

Come on Victor wtf are you doing

[rascal]

Shouldn't have challenged that. Clear Wemby misdirected the ball when he flipped it up.

[BatManu20]

Castle leaving everything short. Just shoot it a little hard broseph

[TheBallsbreakers]

Castle is just terrible right now. An absolute non-shooter. .

[TekXX]

Castle is dog doodoo on offense.

[LeBowen]

What the fuck is this last minute? Horrible shit.

[Tyronn Lue]

Damn Victor about to foul out. Might do him good to get some rest and let Collins win the game

[baseline bum]

Ugh Victor with yet another dumbass foul

[Tyronn Lue]

If anyone watching the back and forth in this game doesn't see Joker's MVP rationale here, you're blind.

[scott]

W33333333333333333333MBY

[heyheymymy]

little test for young Wemby

Stay focused with 5 and finish this game

[skin27]

Wemby 3 going in

[timtonymanu]

Mitch about to put in Zollins so we can blow the lead. Fuck that, let Vic play.

[baseline bum]

Denver taking that timeout quick when they see Zollins at the scorers table

[heyheymymy]

Wemby's got 5 and pouring it in before the refs finish the job

[100%duncan]

Fuck heating up but has 5 fouls

[TheBallsbreakers]

Just throw it to Wemby every damn time. The rest are all non-factors.

[timtonymanu]

If anyone watching the back and forth in this game doesn't see Joker's MVP rationale here, you're blind.

? Who’s been saying that? He’s the best player in the league.

[BatManu20]

Wemby is ridiculous

[cutewizard]

Wemby supernova

[td4mvp2k]

wemby finding his stroke

[SPURt]

These refs aren’t great

[Fireball]

fun game ... can't listen to Green though ...

[Kawhi Duncan]

Vic didn't foul him... This soft era kills me

[scott]

Unfortunately this game is going to be Wemby going ham to build a 10 point lead but then foul out with 2 minutes to go and Jokic take over to win it. This script is too obvious. Fire the writers.

[CGD]

Love that wemby is being more strategic about his 3 ball in recent games. Also, the Nuggets get away with all sorts of murder. Guess refs cant call all the fouls.

[cutewizard]

But the turnovers man

[sananspursfan21]

I remember when I used to cringe at his three point attempts. Silly me.

[kjhip1]

If anyone watching the back and forth in this game doesn't see Joker's MVP rationale here, you're blind.

He is their entire offense, they look so bad when he is not on court

[RC_Drunkford]

hope Zach fouls out quickly

[CGD]

Vic didn't foul him... This soft era kills me

No, the whistles havent been equitable tonight. That was a cheap call, while DEN is getting away with murder on the other end.

[Tyronn Lue]

? Who’s been saying that? He’s the best player in the league.
Been hearing it on podcasts, people talking about SGA (who's great), but Denver is a bottom feeder without Joker.

[td4mvp2k]

Collins in welp there goes the lead

[Dex]

Really need Westbrook to start heroballing right now

[heyheymymy]

Zollins got fresh on Joke

[Dex]

The only thing worse than Collins is Collins being afraid to pick up a 6th foul

[Tyronn Lue]

5 Denver offensive rebounds since Victor sat.

[heyheymymy]

dude Joker scared of Wemby?

[td4mvp2k]

gawdamit wemby

[Leetonidas]

Spurs shitting the bed in crunch time per par

[timtonymanu]

Here we go, another close loss cause this team has terrible IQ

[baseline bum]

Fucking Barnes not getting back

[sananspursfan21]

Here comes dumb basketball to save the day for Denver…

[100%duncan]

:lol

[heyheymymy]

ball don't lie NUGGETS

now let's play the game

[LeBowen]

I honestly give up, I can't watch this incompetence every single close game.

[Guru of Nothing]

I need some vaseline

[Spurs Homer]

These fuckin refs

[Tyronn Lue]

Victor has 8 turnovers

[scott]

VASSELL IN MY FACE

[scott]

Crunch time and Mittch has Keldon about to come back in, jfc

[LeBowen]

Keldon coming in to close the game out - and I'm out on team Mitch.

[scott]

Trying to think of any reason why Keldon Johnson would be in your closing lineup, coming up blank

[Larry O]

Wemby is looking gassed out there, but a good shot to tie the game! GSG!!!

[scott]

Devin Vassell with a clearly pre-determined shot. This guy fucking sucks.

[Guru of Nothing]

Champ!

[Dex]

KJ and falling asleep on rotations, name a better duo

[baseline bum]

That vASSell BBIQ running the clock before inbounding when fucking down five

[scott]

Champ is our 3rd best player

[ginobilized]

That pass faked me right out of my jock

[scott]

Come on guys, pull one out for once

[scott]

Oh no, Champ with the Champ mistake in the clutch...

[timtonymanu]

Goddamn it of course Julian stepped out of bounds

[kjhip1]

lol, last play and Vic does not touch the ball

[baseline bum]

So sick of vASSell's main character syndrome fucking another possession up

[cutewizard]

Fuck the refs

[td4mvp2k]

omg you got to be joking..:bang

[Dex]

Champ giveth and Champ taketh

[100%duncan]

For the life of me I dont understand how Wemby doesnt touch the ball there

[emanueldavidginobili]

Just make the easy pass and pass it to Wemby my god Devin

[Spurs Homer]

This is what stupid ass champagnie does


every.fucking.time.

[timtonymanu]

Of course that faggot Vassell running clock and not knowing what to do

[baseline bum]

CP3 needs to initiate the offense in that situation, not fucking vASSell

[scott]

One stop. Let's fucking go.

[cutewizard]

What happened there

[LakerHater]

Another game julian screwed up


..... spoke to soon

[objective]

Game losing time? Get Champagnie the ball stat!

[TekXX]

That was a bad possession anyway with Vassell holding the ball

[baseline bum]

For the life of me I dont understand how Wemby doesnt touch the ball there

Main Character Syndrome #24

[RC_Drunkford]

So sick of vASSell's main character syndrome fucking another possession up

not his fault Champagnie stepped out of bounds. That was the right pass to make

[scott]

WEMBY SAID WHO IS YOUR DADDY AND WHAT DOES HE DO

[timtonymanu]

Holy shit! Finally!

[Fireball]

big win! great job guys

[skin27]

We win!!!!!haha

[Guru of Nothing]

Not bad

[LeBowen]

I legit can't believe it, but I'll take it.

[kjhip1]

Geeez, how many were screaming at vassell to waste clock?

[Robz4000]

:wow Vassell

[Arcadian]

Wembanyama = Curry + Bill Russell in one player

[Dex]

Crazy win!! :wow

[Spurs Homer]

W

[BatManu20]

SPURS DUB BABY

[Manu-of-steel]

Low IQ plays of the spurs. No defense after a side inbounds. Stepping on the line by Champagnie

[Leetonidas]

Holy shit

[100%duncan]

DPOY THIS MAN INMEDIATELY

[Dejounte]

I was fucking ready for another loss. Damn

[timtonymanu]

Joker took almost 40 shots this game, holy crap

[RC_Drunkford]

y'all still wanna talk shit about Devin?

[SPURt]

Dope win, but Vassell shouldn’t have scored but ran away from defenders and let time expire. Almost a disaster

[Larry O]

OMG!!! Whata WIN!!! GSG!!!

[TheBallsbreakers]

Great D by Wemby there and nice finish by Devin!

[tbdog]

This team has made some gutsy wins. CP effect tbh.

[Guru of Nothing]

Indeed. Great job Danny Green.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Big win, Wemby was pumped after that win.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes!!!!!!

[scott]

Don't think it was a block (?) but Wemby's defense on Joker wins the game.

This one feels good. Need to get that B2B dub tomorrow!

[cutewizard]

Hahahahahah

[td4mvp2k]

hell yes! they steal one for once!

[thiste]

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[ginobilized]

Vassell should've run down the clock, BUT, we got a solid win despite some high level low IQ here and there.

[Dex]

Geeez, how many were screaming at vassell to waste clock?

The way we've been with clutch free throws...you take the easy points

[Manu-of-steel]

Another low IQ play by Vassell. He should have just let the clock expire. WTF! Good defense by Vassell, but low IQ play not allowing clock to expire

[Strategic]

Hell yeah

[timtonymanu]

y'all still wanna talk shit about Devin?

Yes he still had bad plays and was -18 but still just managed to do more good than bad. He has to do this consistently.

[cutewizard]

Best win so far......

[Spurs Homer]

Nice win
despite champanie
despite zollins
despite vassell

[TekXX]

Yea luckily Vassell scoring didn't bite us in the ass there.

[spursparker9]

Denver don't have any more timeout? :lol

[cutewizard]

Woooooooooooooooooooooooo

Yihaaaaaaaaaaa

[sananspursfan21]

Unbelievable. Textbook aggressive double and then Vassell at the right place at the right time

[baseline bum]

Holy fuck Wemby blocking Jokic to steal a win

[Manu-of-steel]

A win is a win! But marred by obviously low IQ plays.

[cutewizard]

Tremendous win by our magnificent Spurs

[cutewizard]

We have Denver's number lol

Like last year

[TheBallsbreakers]

Nice win
despite champanie
despite zollins
despite vassell
Champs was good this game save for that step outta bounds.

[scott]

y'all still wanna talk shit about Devin?

Team worst -18, and made a breakaway off of Wemby's D isn't going to earn him flowers :lol

And TBH should have ran to the corner instead of dunking it

[Duncan2177]

Great win.:flag:

[100%duncan]

I cant believe we won that after the closes losses the past 2 weeks

[Biggems]

I just saw the boxscore. I had no idea Jokic had 41 and 18. He definitely fills the stat sheet in a stealthy manner.

BTW, the officiating when it comes to Jokic is one-sided. He committed at least 3 obvious fouls on Collins and at least 1 on Wemby, but the refs refused to call the fouls. He absolutely got MVP treatment.

[John B]

A very satisfying win. The guys didn’t fold the last stretch. Great job.

[cutewizard]

Right now Wemby should work on his turnovers

[CorrectCrusader]

I cannot believe that we have the greatest basketball player of all time on our team RIGHT NOW

[ducks]

Spurs win
New house speaker first vote
Bought 8 Victor rookie cards today
Great day
Jokic 36 shots ball hog

[LeBowen]

Another low IQ play by Vassell. He should have just let the clock expire. WTF! Good defense by Vassell, but low IQ play not allowing clock to expire

Just what I was thinking, left them with 1.7 on the clock.

[thiste]

Dope win, but Vassell shouldn’t have scored but ran away from defenders and let time expire. Almost a disaster

You're not wrong but they could only tie it

[baseline bum]

not his fault Champagnie stepped out of bounds. That was the right pass to make

The right pass to make would have been giving it to CP3 to initiate that critical possession. Victor bailing our asses out though with that assist to Keldon and the game saving steal.

[Arcadian]

When Wemby did the fake 3 into an assist, he was literally sucking the defense out to him like a gravitational force.

Then he shut down the MVP on a game winning shot attempt.

We have one man who can do both of those things.

[SPURt]

Wembanyama = Curry + Bill Russell in one player
Totally agree, Wemby is def Curry and Russell’s love child

https://media.tenor.com/iCTVGORBd6wAAAAM/yes.gif

[cutewizard]

We won against the refs

That's cool

[timtonymanu]

Holy fuck Wemby blocking Jokic to steal a win

Yeah he did about as well as you could do on Jokic and didn’t foul out.

[Spurs Homer]

Wemby has to “finish” his statement tomorrow night!

We have the GOAT!

[ducks]

Right now Wemby should work on his turnovers

He needs to work on making America great again !
He is making the nba great again !

[ace3g]

Plays like this are why shooting 3s must be part of Wemby's game.

https://x.com/Wemby_Muse/status/1875394179901354218

https://x.com/spurs/status/1875366240115724765

[Dex]

I just saw the boxscore. I had no idea Jokic had 41 and 18. He definitely fills the stat sheet in a stealthy manner.

BTW, the officiating when it comes to Jokic is one-sided. He committed at least 3 obvious fouls on Collins and at least 1 on Wemby, but the refs refused to call the fouls. He absolutely got MVP treatment.

After those 2 early fouls, it's like they were afraid to call another one

[cutewizard]

Devin redeemed himself a little bit

[scott]

I just saw the boxscore. I had no idea Jokic had 41 and 18. He definitely fills the stat sheet in a stealthy manner.

BTW, the officiating when it comes to Jokic is one-sided. He committed at least 3 obvious fouls on Collins and at least 1 on Wemby, but the refs refused to call the fouls. He absolutely got MVP treatment.

And 9 assists... I was just about to comment that we held his assists down and then I looked at the boxscore myself :lol

Dude definitely quietly fills it up

[Guru of Nothing]

Denver must hate the Spurs.

[John B]

I cant believe we won that after the closes losses the past 2 weeks

That Champ TO with stepping off the line was I thought was going to give the game, again.

[Biggems]

When Champ stepped out, I threw up my hands in disgust and mailed this game in. I was expecting Denver to make a 3 or get an and 1. Then, I expected the Spurs to brick the last shot.

I am pleasantly surprised.

Go Spurs Go

[MannyIsGod]

Team worst -18, and made a breakaway off of Wemby's D isn't going to earn him flowers :lol

And TBH should have ran to the corner instead of dunking it

Bro you can't hate on him for this game. His offense kept the Spurs in the game with Wemby on the bench. I don't care what plus minus says he was a big time reason we won tonight.

[Obstructed_View]

Another game julian screwed up


..... spoke to soon
Such a Spurstalk take. :lol

[ducks]

I cannot believe that we have the greatest basketball player of all time on our team RIGHT NOW
Nothing like badwagoner fans

[Obstructed_View]

Bro you can't hate on him for this game. His offense kept the Spurs in the game with Wemby on the bench. I don't care what plus minus says he was a big time reason we won tonight.

Yeah, and Zach Collins was big time. He got that rebound and made that layup.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

Holy shit Wemby!! How much of you can fit in my butt?? I want to know!

😳

[vy65]

y'all still wanna talk shit about Devin?

The steal was nice, but if he were smart he would have dribbled out and not gone for the dunk. He gave them a shot that he didn’t need to give.

[Kawhi Duncan]

ATP we have enough of a sample point where we should seriously have Sochan be the energy guy off the bench, or trade him for someone that helps Wemby's game even more... We missed shots this game, but for the most part we got where we wanted to go against a hot Nuggets team, because the spacing was better

[John B]

Totally agree, Wemby is def Curry and Russell’s love child

https://media.tenor.com/iCTVGORBd6wAAAAM/yes.gif

And babysat by Gervin with those finger rolls

[ducks]

A very satisfying win. The guys didn’t fold the last stretch. Great job.

Go spurs go