Game Thread: Spurs (24-32) @ Rockets (36-22) -- Wed. 2/26/2025 -- 8:30pm CST (4:30am Riga; 4:30pm Hawaii) on ESPN

[BatManu20]

Back at it tonight in HOU against a Rockets team who won a close one vs. Milwaukee last night. Need another L tonight to keno this tank rolling. Game will be televised on ESPN. Let's get it.


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[scott]

Whomever does these gameday graphics for Spurs social media is the highest performing of the Spurs office staff and needs a raise.

GSG

[LeBowen]

Can't wait for B2B CP0 playing 30 minutes.

[RC_Drunkford]

Castle over or under 13 minutes?

[Strategic]

Wonder who will do the play by play for the game.

[AusSpur]

Whomever does these gameday graphics for Spurs social media is the highest performing of the Spurs office staff and needs a raise.

GSG

Can we make them interim coach too?

[baseline bum]

Oh man this one will be fun, road game against a contender second night of a B2B after getting wrecked by the second shittiest team in the west twice in a row.

[scott]

Oh man this one will be fun, road game against a contender second night of a B2B after getting wrecked by the second shittiest team in the west twice in a row.

Brian Windhorst just said on national TV we have a rest advantage because Houston played MIL last night. Games against NOP don’t count as games.

[Guru of Nothing]

Fuck Houston tbh

[Strategic]

What’s your over/under on Sengun points tonight? I’ll say 25

[Strategic]

Is this one over yet?

[scott]

This is shaping up early to be a quick ass kicking.

[Larry O]

Just like that for the Rocketts, up by 10 in a snap, SMH... 7TH

[BatManu20]

Quick double-digit deficit. Good stuff tbh.

[LeBowen]

Beating a dead horse.

[ginobilized]

Hopefully, Mitch doesn't bench anyone for the multiple defensive mistakes. That would be unfair

[Dex]

Vassell is dat dude in pickup that shoots every time and never passes, throws up bricks, then gets mad if you don't feed him the ball

[heyheymymy]

Abe simpson brothel meme.gif

[heyheymymy]

FVV looks like a drake mini me

[LeBowen]

Fuck ESPN and 5 minute time outs.

[Obstructed_View]

The Spurs at the mercy of someone who is way over the hill, selfishly padding his stats to the detriment of the development of the team.

Well...two someones.

[objective]

2 starters who aren't washed up over 30 guys ....

They've been terrible for years and this is what they have to show for it even after accounting for an injured Wemby?

[mystargtr34]

Not watching but who is CP3 guarding lol Dillon Brooks or Amen Thompson?

[heyheymymy]

Maybe evin needs a drug test

Starting to think he eats a weed gummy before these games

[BatManu20]

Can't wait to watch Castle play 11 minutes in this blowout tbh.

[BatManu20]

vASSell off to his usual start :lol

[baseline bum]

God I hate when Evin puts the ball on the floor

[scott]

Not watching but who is CP3 guarding lol Dillon Brooks or Amen Thompson?

Define “guarding”…

[mystargtr34]

Define “guarding”…

I mean who’s crotch is CP3 sniffing when they elevate up for a jumpshot over him?

[ambchang]

I had enough. This is like watching a pro team vs an amateur bunch of street ballers.

[baseline bum]

Well, bout time for me to be hitting the old dusty trail

[Rubberducky]

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[Manu-of-steel]

Why is Vassell playing like trash?

[Strategic]

Bismack better quit trying to D up on Sengun. He’ll find himself riding the pine.

[mystargtr34]

Someone wake me up when Evan and Kelvin are in the game together I need some entertainment

[scott]

Mitch Johnson: Challenge Master

[Dex]

Why is Vassell playing like trash?

Because he sucks.

Dude showed flashes but also has an injury-riddled history, and sometimes guys just don't bounce back from that. His legs are shot, his form is broken, but he still goes out there and puts up shots like he is Jordan.

[SpurSpike]

Losing 1st quarter challenge and they cant make a bucket to save their lives... it's almost comical.

[Leetonidas]

Didn't plan on even watching this one and looks like I made the right choice. This season can't be over quick enough

[Cardinal]

Another reminder that this team never takes charges

[BackHome]

We are so close to getting into the Play-Ins - Super excited

[rascal]

Champagnie has no ability to take it to the basket.

[scott]

That might have been one of the most depressing quarters of Spurs basketball I’ve seen, which is saying a lot considering the last two games

[heyheymymy]

Man Amen really stepped right into his absolute ceiling. Looks great recently.

Hats off, always wished the twins the best

[baseline bum]

How's Evin Asssmell looking?

[Manu-of-steel]

Mitch with another unsuccessful challenge

[Dex]

That might have been one of the most depressing quarters of Spurs basketball I’ve seen, which is saying a lot considering the last two games

Really goes to show how many gaps Wemby fills up with his presence.

Without him, we have no offense and no defense. We legit look like a GLeague team.

[mystargtr34]

How's Evin Asssmell looking?

ASSell looks as expected, very shitty.

[scott]

Blake Wesley minutes! The tank is on!

[LeBowen]

Wesley :lmao

[ginobilized]

2nd quarter Mamu sighting!

Boom, boom

Dillon Brooks looks like an smooth operating offensive player with our bullshit defense

[cutewizard]

the TANK is real

hahahahahahahhahaha

[scott]

How's Evin Asssmell looking?

6 Min, 0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast, 0 steal, 0 blk :lol

[Dex]

Wesley in the game in the 2nd quarter.

In case it wasn't clear before, we are officially tanking.

[cutewizard]

tankinggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

[Gandalf]

Blake Wesley minutes! The tank is on!

Why is he in over Castle? Are we having Castle ‘get over himself’ and out of a Rookie of the Year award? I’m sure that won’t sour him on the Spurs….

[cutewizard]

experimental lineups galoreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

data is real

[scott]

6 Min, 0 pts, 1 reb, 0 ast, 0 steal, 0 blk :lol

To be fair, my guy De’Aaron looking almost as shitty himself

[cutewizard]

Quicksilverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Fox

[baseline bum]

I mean is this seriously the worst month in franchise history? Which is unreal to say when they got De'Aaron Fox for a couple of picks and unloaded Zollins' contract.

[cutewizard]

Blakeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Wesly sighting lol

[scott]

Why is he in over Castle? Are we having Castle ‘get over himself’ and out of a Rookie of the Year award? I’m sure that won’t sour him on the Spurs….

Castle didn’t really impress in his first stint either… but I’d rather give him minutes and let him work things out

[cutewizard]

Mamuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

[heyheymymy]

I dont mind tanking but there is zero development occuring and they seem to be regressing if anything. Teams should be able to forfeit their season post ASB in some sort of NBA mercy rule


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[Obstructed_View]

Fuck this fuckin team. Lmao.

[cutewizard]

i wonder how Nunez is doing

is he watching hmmmmm

[ginobilized]

Hate to say it, but, Houston's pretty good

[baseline bum]

To be fair, my guy De’Aaron looking almost as shitty himself

Unbelievable that Fox who was a star under Mike Brown looks like a scrub in Coach Fivehead's sets.

[heyheymymy]

Hell yeah Blake Wes mins!

[cutewizard]

Earth itself is tanking

Nibiru is cominggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg

[scott]

TBH, Spurs just look completely disinterested in this game from top to bottom

[TekXX]

Unbelievable that Fox who was a star under Mike Brown looks like a scrub in Coach Fivehead's sets.

So true, looks very basic with the Spurs.

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n3fkTq_p0o

[cutewizard]

the last years of the NBA hahahahahahahaha

[cutewizard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3xO-1w8oA

[baseline bum]

TBH, Spurs just look completely disinterested in this game from top to bottom

Man it's concerning that heads aren't rolling for this fucking shit.

[scott]

Keldon has been our best player post ASB, which is about all someone needs to know about how things are going

[Robz4000]

:lol this is one of the worst quits I've ever seen

[cutewizard]

Lady Becky of the Spursland

PLEASE APPLY NOW, please save us Madam!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T650q3PgJQw

[Larry O]

Unbelievable that Fox who was a star under Mike Brown looks like a scrub in Coach Fivehead's sets.

Personally, I think that the Spurs system is not a good and
effective system for this team, and needs to be dropped for a better system.

[baseline bum]

It's so hard to believe that just a month ago this was a really fun team to watch.

[cutewizard]

thats it boys,

dont pass the ball, just launch it

hahahahahahahahahahaha

[scott]

I’m ready for some Harrison Ingram minutes at this point

[Dex]

Do the Spurs have a rebounding coach? If so, they need to be fired.

Standing still and hoping the ball comes to you is not good technique.

[onechance87]

gut this team....Start from the coaching staff

[Cardinal]

Vassell honestly looks incredibly slow out there. Dead legs. Consistently beat by his man off the dribble. He’s looked like this all season, maybe due to the offseason surgery?

[cutewizard]

To Pop

listen to this please....................

RETIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE NOW!

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

[TekXX]

Our guys are slooowww.

[cutewizard]

SHIT

that was a hard foul

[cutewizard]

Hows Udoka gf???? lol

[cutewizard]

Keldon can play in the one on one tournament hahahahaha

[cutewizard]

Milky Way two on two championships

Earth representatives


1) Wilt and Wemby

2) Shaq and Wemby

[Dex]

This feels so much worse than a 15-point game

[Strategic]

This is one of the more depressing pages of the season. Most teams being down by 15 at half isn’t insurmountable, but tonight I don’t see it happening.

[cutewizard]

Hopefully the Spurs can win one of the five or six last championships

Before we humans all go >> "NIGHT NIGHT"


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[Arcadian]

I mean is this seriously the worst month in franchise history? Which is unreal to say when they got De'Aaron Fox for a couple of picks and unloaded Zollins' contract.

No, for the very reasons you mentioned, plus Wemby is getting an extended offseason, and we're probably getting another lottery pick. These are just expected losses.

[cutewizard]

at least a steal hayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[Dex]

At this point, we just gotta embrace the suck.

GO DRAFT PICKS!!

[scott]

The number of times the ball ends up in Sochan’s hands at the 3PT line at the end of quarters is hilarious

[ginobilized]

Why do y'all think TP is at these games?

Helping Fox acclimate?
Wanting the coaching gig?
Lost weekend?

[scott]

Why do y'all think TP is at these games?

Helping Fox acclimate?
Wanting the coaching gig?
Lost weekend?

Doubt it’s for coaching consideration… but maybe front office? How active is TP in the front office management of his French team? Maybe not a lot it he has time for all these Spurs games.

[Dex]

Doubt it’s for coaching consideration… but maybe front office? How active is TP in the front office management of his French team? Maybe not a lot it he has time for all these Spurs games.

I wouldn't mind Coach Parker at this point tbh

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[TimDunkem]

I've seen enough. Devin Vassell is ass. Absolutely cheeks.

Actually, he's shit.

...No. He's goddamned shit from a butt. Get him off my team. :bang

[John B]

This is painful to watch.

[Dverde]

Funny hearing people talk about Mitch being the lead candidate. This guy running out CP3, Castle, Fox, Keldon, Sochan lineups :lol

[baseline bum]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but I miss Post Aldridge Soft Pop. Mitch has fucking lost this team.

[Dverde]

Branham must have shown up with a maga hat to get this far into the dog house. I’m glad Wesley got some minutes, he plays hard and passes the ball around.

[mkurts]

Brooks absolutely owning the foxxy lady

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Only 2 players on the spurs would be in Houston’s rotation :lol
:lol spurs
:lol Brian DEI wrong
:lol drafts only flawed players with a certain pigmentation and low iq’s
:lol pop
:lol RC
:lol giving the keys to the failed GM of the Detroit Pistons :lmao

[Larry O]

Uh oh, Dev and the Spurs are waking up in the 2nd half...

[J_Paco]

Houston's athleticism and quickness is overwhelming at this point.

It doesn't help that Mitch trots out the same terrible line up over and over again. Switch things up or let someone else coach the team. SMDH

And year two of their careers proves why I wanted one of the Thompson twins as well as Wemby.

They both have the potential to be all-time great defenders, IMO. Plus, you just can't teach their level of Uber athleticism.

[poopbox]

Man it's concerning that heads aren't rolling for this fucking shit.

This is what happens when you let someone like Pop stick around to long.

Brent Brown is a shit coach who literally every player who played on the 76ers said he was a shit coach, he has not gotten a sniff for any job opening on anybody else bench, but because he is friends with Pop he on our bench doing a bunch of nothing.

Mitch became the lead assistant over Brent. That's how bad of a coach Brent is. But again no other organization in the nba would employ a coach that bad but San Antonio

[td4mvp2k]

clearly everyone in tank mode

[rascal]

Players got the memo not to win games.

They don't even jump for rebounds.

[Manu-of-steel]

CP3 is becoming a liability. Torched on defense, not good on offense. And he is getting minutes that should have been for Castle's development

[TekXX]

You guys believe these guys are good enough to win but chose not to because of the tank? Naw these guys suck

[rascal]

Castle can't hit anything.

[scott]

:lol Vassell finally showing up when the deficit grows to 20

”this is my time to shine”

[vander]

come on Houston, pour it on. Make this a 40+ point humiliation

[Dod01]

Jesus Christ this team. Smh, #freeBeckyHammon for fuck sake. Or Parker or Ginobili, geez.

[Jordan Jackson]

You guys believe these guys are good enough to win but chose not to because of the tank? Naw these guys suck

They absolutely suck. And the front office knows this yet chose to bring back a team that won 22 games. Simply tinkered around the edges - but it’s the same team.

And you know what? They are arrogant enough to bring back this same team (and coach) while preaching development. Everyone better brace themselves for that. Because I am hearing excuses being floated out by higher ups justifying their poor play thus laying that groundwork.

[scott]

Has an interim head coach ever been fired mid season for a different interim head coach?

[Larry O]

WOW! A$25,0000 contestant winner, LOL.

[BackHome]

We are going to need a lot more lottery picks and a lot of luck to fix this cluster fuck

[Larry O]

SMH.... Castle just can't get anything at the basket.

[Larry O]

Uncle Jeff Green looking like a young buck out there scoring at will for the Rocketts, SMH...

[djohn2oo8]

SMH.... Castle just can't get anything at the basket.
That brother has 16 shots in 20 minutes

[Larry O]

That brother has 16 shots in 20 minutes

And only 10 points to account for it, too. Well, he's playing somewhat playing better than yesterday, TBH.

[scott]

Fox been straight doodoo the last 3 games

[Dod01]

Mitch has this squad playing terrified against any good team.

[Larry O]

WOW! 5 for 32 3 point attempts by the Spurs, SMH...

[scott]

Getting our shit pushed hard enough to see extended Reed Sheppard minutes

[rascal]

The Rockets bench is horrible. They will lose this game if it went 5 minutes longer.

[rascal]

Sheppard looks like a shrimp, and slow.

Can't believe so many on this site wanted him.

[scott]

Shout out to our end of bench scrubs who showed more heart tonight than anyone except for maybe Keldon

[Larry O]

Castle with a 22 point game in garbage time.

[dn0774]

27 points from the starters tonight, embarrassing.

[djohn2oo8]

The Rockets bench is horrible. They will lose this game if it went 5 minutes longer.
No they wouldn’t have. They sat their starters.

[onechance87]

cant take the coaching staff serious when they keep starting cp3 and vassell.Fine u made a promise to cp,But what about vassell?
Guy has be beyond bad yet still gets to start?

[rascal]

No they wouldn’t have. They sat their starters.

They would have lost this game if it went 5 minutes longer had they kept that bench they put out there.

[Dex]

Hey, we only lost by 12 :lol

[Ice009]

Hopefully the Spurs can win one of the five or six last championships

Before we humans all go >> "NIGHT NIGHT"


hohohohohohohohohohohohohoho

Jeez, what are you on about?