Game Thread: Spurs (18-19) @ Lakers (20-16) 1/13/2025 9:30 PM CST. 5:30 AM RIGA. 5:30 PM HAWAII

[heyheymymy]

Champ has been shooting well recently before tonight. Must be out of rhythm from the break.

[skin27]

Cp3 3333

[scott]

Positive bench minutes? What in the Big3 era was that?!?!?!?!

CP3 wants this.

[sananspursfan21]

If our boys can make some space with this lineup, they’re in a great spot to break this streak

[CGD]

Bassey drawing fouls on the offensive glass and Keldon getting and-1s?!?!?! WHAT WORLD IS THIS

Turns out that the Lakers are pretty meh with AD on the bench.

[Larry O]

If the Spurs can maintain the lead, maybe Victor can stay on the bench longer to rest.

[CorrectCrusader]

lmao lakers home cooking

[skin27]

Fck AD offensive rebounds

[CorrectCrusader]

Dammit dude why the fuck I wanna go to sleep

https://i.imgur.com/z751DSE.png

[heyheymymy]

3 different starters with 20+ points

Castle, Wemby, Vassell

[scott]

LOL this ref is just randomly resetting the clock to what he thinks it might be?

[BatManu20]

So they get FT's just because even though the. clock had clearly expired..? Tf?

[heyheymymy]

105-96

Spurs largest lead of the night

[scott]

Pop must have called in from 2009 during the 3Q and ripped these guys a new asshole

[Larry O]

9 point lead! WOOO HOOO!!! GSG!!!

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs attacking the paint. You love to see it

[CorrectCrusader]

The vets are MOLESTING the lakers rn

[itzsoweezee]

The old guys taking us home

[LeBowen]

Who would've thought that attacking the paint is a good idea?

[heyheymymy]

Spurs pulling away confidently

-13 point lead
-AD has 4 fouls
-SAS already in the bonus

[scott]

Damn this is reminding me of Game 6 of the 2003 Playoffs, complete take over :lol

[Larry O]

C'mon Spurs! Hold the lead and get the dub!

[skin27]

Wemby quiet

[BatManu20]

Vassell is a dumbass. Wemby needs to give us something offensively though.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Here we go. Last few minutes of the game and Wemby being invisible on offense. Huge collapse coming.

[scott]

Mitch y u call timeout??!?!?

[sananspursfan21]

You can’t force it right now, but I could sure go for a Wemby highlight. Gotta get this guy more clutch time, I feel like he was more involved last year in the final minutes

[skin27]

Mitch y u call timeout??!?!?

to stop the impending lakers run

[Robz4000]

Gonna suck when the Lakers pull this out tbh.

[heyheymymy]

Spurs need to turn that corner and close strong against a thought team. Just a few more stops and scores and corner these Lakers.

[scott]

to stop the impending lakers run

"All right guys... we're about to fuck this up... here's how..."

[skin27]

You can’t force it right now, but I could sure go for a Wemby highlight. Gotta get this guy more clutch time, I feel like he was more involved last year in the final minutes

He doesnt do anything in yhe clutch rather than taking logo 3 or a step back 3 lol.

[skin27]

Vasell 3

[LeBowen]

Best game of the season, hopefully Devin and Castle can consistently show up in upcoming games.
Jeremy can't start anymore.

[BatManu20]

CP3 is quietly dominating this game without scoring much tbh. He's just been in complete control tonight, especially this second half. Like a maestro conducting his symphony.

[ace3g]

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/sa.png&scale=crop&cquality=40&location=origin&w=32&h=32Spurs




On the Court
FG
3PT
REB
AST
PF
PTS


H. Barnes (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6578/harrison-barnes)

4-7
1-2
4
3
2
15


V. Wembanyama (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/5104157/victor-wembanyama)

10-17
2-6
6
4
1
22


C. Paul (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/2779/chris-paul)

3-6
2-4
3
10
4
13


D. Vassell (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4395630/devin-vassell)

9-18
5-9
6
4
1
23


S. Castle (https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4845367/stephon-castle)

9-14
1-3
2
1
1
21

[heyheymymy]

Wow Spurs outscoring LA 25-9 in the 4Q

[Devi8or]

That pass to Dev was *chefs kiss*

[CorrectCrusader]

Castle has CLAMPED Austin

[sananspursfan21]

Is Wemby in CP3’s doghouse or something? 3 is better than 2, don’t get me wrong. But that wasn’t the first pass to zoom right by a wide open Wemby to Devin or a couple times to Barnes

[Guru of Nothing]

Devin trying to totally redeem his trade value.

[heyheymymy]

what? disturbance by the spurs bench wtf?

[TheBallsbreakers]

He doesnt do anything in yhe clutch rather than taking logo 3 or a step back 3 lol.
You can't be this dense. How do you expect him to improve in clutch situations if you're not involving him in clutch situations?

[Robz4000]

Nevermind, this one's on ice :tu

[scott]

Best game of the season, hopefully Devin and Castle can consistently show up in upcoming games.
Jeremy can't start anymore.

Best game we've seen from Vassell by far. Limiting the ISOball. That's the key for him. Needs to be taught that there is no reason for him to take more than 3 dribbles.

Also helps that Harrison Barnes has turned back the clock in the 4th.

[LeBowen]

If Champ was his usual self this would've been an easy blowout.
+27 in second half, hopefully we can carry this momentum into Memphis games.

[sananspursfan21]

Vassell has been rebounding with chutzpah tonight. Has he been reading this board?

[Spurminator]

Best game of the season, hopefully Devin and Castle can consistently show up in upcoming games.
Jeremy can't start anymore.

I don't mind Jeremy starting, I would just prefer he isn't on the floor at the end of games right now.

[itzsoweezee]

So the Sochan naysayers might have a point. The evidence is starting to be hard to ignore

[skin27]

You can't be this dense. How do you expect him to improve in clutch situations if you're not involving him in clutch situations?
i know. But they the win thats why they go to barnes in the post to abuse reeves instead of giving it to wemby only yo chick a 3 or turn it over. Cant give this away like the bulls game.

[CGD]

Devin trying to totally redeem his trade value.

No, it just upped PATFO’s asking price for him from 8 FRPs to 10.

[ginobilized]

Another weird timeout, but, the Spurs have poured it on in the 2nd half

[Larry O]

Looks like the Fakers are throwing in the towel! Good dub by the Spurs! GSG!!!

[Guru of Nothing]

Michael Cooper, slumpbuster.

[heyheymymy]

Good to see Spurs finally getting around the corner in a game like this. This is progress.

[Rosewood]

Great showing by these kids. Barnes did a lot of the heavy lifting there though, Vet leadership was needed.

[heyheymymy]

PULL WEMBY

[CGD]

I wonder why Dalton doesn’t play more? Sure was hyped up at the start of the season.

[heyheymymy]

Zollins the human victory cigar

[heyheymymy]

That Castle third quarter was my tale of the game. We got so lucky Spurs drafted him.

[TheBallsbreakers]

Glad to see all these grunts getting reps.

[heyheymymy]

It's good to see Zollins bad 3PT shooting isn't caused by game pressure

[Mugen]

As somebody that lives in Los Angeles, I can tell y'all right now...the Spurs have zero chance of winning this game. Just be glad they postponed the Saturday game :lol

:smokin

You're welcome tbh

[Spurminator]

73-40 second half.

37-13 4th quarter

[CorrectCrusader]

Get Sochan off my team please and thanks

[Spursfanfromafar]

Great win. Terrific play by Vassell, Castle and Barnes to go along with Wemby, CP3 masterpieces. Even Keldon played good defense. Hope this thing holds.

[LeBowen]

I wonder why Dalton doesn’t play more? Sure was hyped up at the start of the season.

Time to bump Knecht topic and all the amazing takes in there.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Way to ruin a Lakers celebration! I am so happy lmao!!!

[cutewizard]

Yesssssssssssssss

[TheBallsbreakers]

Good win.

[Spurs Homer]

JJ red-dik trying to get wemby to L.A.

[SpursFan86]

52-18 run from when it was 84-74 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd :lol What a game. Barnes in particular was awesome tonight along with Wemby/Vassell/Castle of course.

[cutewizard]

CP3 is really a point god

He should have been here before

[Kawhi Duncan]

So the Sochan naysayers might have a point. The evidence is starting to be hard to ignore

Thank you for admitting it... I've been taking a ton of heat whenever I say it

[cutewizard]

Surprise on the Fakers

Lol

[heyheymymy]

Really dominant outside that weak 2nd quarter. Confidant win against a relatively quality opponent.

[baseline bum]

Pretty cool to see Vic and CP3 give the Reddick boys some memorabilia to hang in their new house after they lost all the basketball stuff they had in the fire.

[cutewizard]

:smokin

You're welcome tbh

Second the motion

[Spurs Homer]

Damn 

lol vassell had a good game…

[Raven]

good win. think it was more the lakers being bad though, that second half was horrendous

[cutewizard]

Best win in two weeks

[Kawhi Duncan]

I don't mind Jeremy starting, I would just prefer he isn't on the floor at the end of games right now.

No he can't start... That will throw off the rhythm for the entire game... They won't have any flow even when he is on the bench late... Shit by that time we will probably be down 15... Our win/loss record with him vs without him this year is GLARING!

[Gibbz]

Suck it, Lakers.

[cutewizard]

Lakers are a turnover machine lol

[scott]

Sochan pulled a Keldon tonight... completely forgot he was on the team, wasn't missed at all. Not a great sign. CC: LeBowen.

[ginobilized]

It was cool to see CP3 running the same play over and over and the Lakers unable to counter. It's usually other teams doing that to us this season and certainly last season.

An NBA road win is never a given, awesome to curb stomp the Lakers on their turf.

[100%duncan]

I can't believe we won that game :lol or shall I say, Lakers losing that game

[cutewizard]

CP3 with the masterclass

Incredible court generalship

[BatManu20]

Always a good night when we beat the lakers boys


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhO0eP9bwAApk1a?format=jpg&name=large

[WaywardTexan]

Were we running 4-down for Barnes? He attracted a lot of attention in the 4th. Pretty cool.

[cutewizard]

If CP3 joined after 2014, we could have won at least one more ring imo

[cutewizard]

Castle back in the ROY race I hope

[ginobilized]

Just looked at the NBA.com page and saw the headline that the Lakers dedicate tonight's game to the Los Angeles community.....yikes.

[cutewizard]

Payback for our home losses to LA

[BatManu20]

Man if Devin could give us this consistently we'd be cookin'. Castle I don't expect this from consistently yet, but it's always a massive difference when his shot is falling.


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[Robz4000]

You could tell the team was off for nearly a week tbh; this game was won by the vets (and Castle going HAM in the third).

[100%duncan]

Best win in two weeks

I cant believe its been 2 weeks since the Nuggets win. It has been HARD times pare

[spursistan]

Easily a Top 3 win of the year and most dominant second half performance of the season. It was much needed W after the team looked like they were drifting with a couple of ugly losses..

Back to .500 to stay in the play-in mix :tu

[TheBallsbreakers]

I cant believe its been 2 weeks since the Nuggets win. It has been HARD times pare
Agonizing two weeks, bai.

[100%duncan]

Agonizing two weeks, bai.

That Chicago meltdown broke a lot of us here :lol

[timtonymanu]

Makes a difference when Spurs killer D’Angelo Russell isn’t on the other team. Fuck that POS for only playing good against us.

[100%duncan]

Makes a difference when Spurs killer D’Angelo Russell isn’t on the other team. Fuck that POS for only playing good against us.

I've been saying this :lol he played 2 good games against us (0-2) while being a scrub the rest of the way

[skin27]

Makes a difference when Spurs killer D’Angelo Russell isn’t on the other team. Fuck that POS for only playing good against us.

Where is he? Injured?

[Jordan Jackson]

That Lakers team is awful.

LeBron is washed. Lakers either don’t notice or don’t care. Yes, he’s putting up numbers but anyone can in Adam Silver’s NBA. The guy is cooked - role player at this point.

[timtonymanu]

Where is he? Injured?

They traded him to the nets a couple weeks back.

[timtonymanu]

That Lakers team is awful.

LeBron is washed. Lakers either don’t notice or don’t care. Yes, he’s putting up numbers but anyone can in Adam Silver’s NBA. The guy is cooked - roll player at this point.

Lebron probably retires next season. Father Time has finally hit.

[BatManu20]

That Lakers team is awful.

LeBron is washed. Lakers either don’t notice or don’t care. Yes, he’s putting up numbers but anyone can in Adam Silver’s NBA. The guy is cooked - roll player at this point.

Yea feels like he's just going through the motions at this point for longevity stats. Plays absolutely zero defense anymore so he can conserve all his energy for the offensive side of the ball, and they usually hide him on that end anyways by placing him on the worst offensive wing player or big. Turns the ball over way more than he used to. Generally just looks disinterest if it's not a scoring opportunity for him. I think next year might be his last year too tbh.

[BatManu20]

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[spursistan]

:lol This team is cooked. Zero fight again. They might be bad enough to finish bottom 12 at least. I don't see another W on the calendar until they play the Hornets in Feb tbh.

This was a lowkey huge win, tbh :lol That Chicago meltdown could have been the start of a long ass losing streak that takes the legs out of their season but they have lucked out with the postponement of first Lakers game to regroup some. The schedule is brutal for next month. Barely a gimme..

https://x.com/BalaPattySZN/status/1879047898312446092

[lefty]

Always a good night when we beat the lakers boys


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[lefty]

Payback for our home losses to LA

home losses
L.A

bad timing bro

[100%duncan]

This was a lowkey huge win, tbh :lol That Chicago meltdown could have been the start of a long ass losing streak that takes the legs out of their season but they have lucked out with the postponement of first Lakers game to regroup some. The schedule is brutal for next month. Barely a gimme..

https://x.com/BalaPattySZN/status/1879047898312446092

Is it just me or are these Winnable games?

Memphis both at home: I expect a split
@ Miami: Bam is ass this season, they're still in that Butler saga - W
Ind both in France: I expect AT LEAST a split
vs LAC: L (could go either way)
vs Mil: L
vs Miami: W
@ Mem: L
@ ATL: W

[Splits]

Damn, we really burned them in the 2nd half, we were on fire. Scorched earth play, our starters came out in an inferno after halftime and really smoked em and set them ablaze. Hopefully we can continue to be arsonists

[cutewizard]

I cant believe its been 2 weeks since the Nuggets win. It has been HARD times pare


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Indeed po Sir, I was almost losing confidence in them po.....

[cutewizard]

Where is he? Injured?

Traded

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PSJbKgvvAM

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TMiD7zlpCE

[NASpurs]

Man if Devin could give us this consistently we'd be cookin'. Castle I don't expect this from consistently yet, but it's always a massive difference when his shot is falling.


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I fully expect Devin to finish with 8 points next game.

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q833YmroNoo

[venitian navigator]

Has been announced when we play again (One of the 2 games has been postponed because of the fires) the lakers in la?

[spurraider21]

One of the rare good matchups for Jeremy, if he doesn't have a great game tonight he needs to be benched.
Or that

[LeBowen]

Or that

Yeah, at this point noone can deny we're way more fluid without him in the lineup.
Castle is a better prospect and if Mitch benches him in favor of Jeremy yet again, I'm afraid someone else is calling the shots, everyone can see the obvious.

[rjv]

if anyone ever were to ask me what the Spurs Talk Forum is like I would just suggest that they read through a game thread such as this one and that's all they need to know about the pendulous and knee-jerk behavior of this forum.

[John B]

I fully expect Devin to finish with 8 points next game.

I’d say stop experimenting with the line-up to get players consistently. The thing that really caught my attention was posting Barnes. That was effective as hell with his veteran experience where the help is coming, punishing his defender or passing to a cutting Vassell/Castle or open shots. CP3 recognizing that and situating everybody. They should run more of those alternatively with Wemby, in and out. That’s why I don’t see Sochan being effective consistently to run those types of play without able to consistently shoot it.

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnP3GHtpmsE

[jmard5]

if anyone ever were to ask me what the Spurs Talk Forum is like I would just suggest that they read through a game thread such as this one and that's all they need to know about the pendulous and knee-jerk behavior of this forum.

Exactly this. Plus the level of negativity towards the players and FO is becoming excessive at times.

[exstatic]

Exactly this. Plus the level of negativity towards the players and FO is becoming excessive at times.

It’s always been that way, and I’ve been here since the place opened in 2003

[rascal]

This was a lowkey huge win, tbh :lol That Chicago meltdown could have been the start of a long ass losing streak that takes the legs out of their season but they have lucked out with the postponement of first Lakers game to regroup some. The schedule is brutal for next month. Barely a gimme..

https://x.com/BalaPattySZN/status/1879047898312446092

Schedule isn't that bad. Six out of the next 9 are at home and playing the same three teams 7 out of 9 games.