Game Thread: Spurs (24-33) @ Memphis (38-20) -- Sat. 3/01/2025 -- 7:00pm CST (3:00am Riga; 3:00pm Hawaii)

[kht]

Realistically, none of the absolutely bottom 5 teams are gonna catch us. A bunch of teams +/- 2 games of us. We just need to stay the course and have the 6th best odds.

[Dex]

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[Ice009]

Man, this is probably unjust (no evidence suggesting it played a part in it), but I have a newfound hatred for the Grizzlies if GG Jackson's fall on Victor is what started the blood clots.
This game, I'd like to actually kick their asses (rather than take a loss). I want to see a real physical game with lots of punishment dished out.

[scott]

This should be a fairly thorough shit pushing by MEM. Just hope to see our guys play with some heart and organization.

[exstatic]

Realistically, none of the absolutely bottom 5 teams are gonna catch us. A bunch of teams +/- 2 games of us. We just need to stay the course and have the 6th best odds.

We’ll never get to 6. I think our absolute trough will be pick #8.

[Strategic]

Morant out but shouldn’t matter

[ismael-robert]

At the Spurs watch party at the rock La Cantera just wanted to get the kids out

[scott]

Watching pre-game warmups isn’t really indicative of much, but it is interesting… Memphis swish repeated swishes coming from all different directions… they switch to showing the Spurs basket… all clanks.

[Strategic]

Live in southwest Missouri and blocked out of Griz and Thunder games. Greedy fux

[scott]

TJ Ford filling in for Sean tonight.

[ismael-robert]

Even Sean's checked out

[LeBowen]

No Ja or Bane? Grizzlies by 20, tbh.

[Dex]

Vassell is the new Collins.

Yes, he's that bad

[scott]

Mitch sending Sochan to sub in after 2 minutes :lol

[onechance87]

put castle in already u dumbass coach

[Arcadian]

Anyone watching this game in Austin on youtube TV? It's supposed to be on KVUE, but it's not.

[rascal]

Spurs might get a gift win with Memphis missing players.

[Spurs Homer]

Cant find this on austin tv…(directv)…

[poopbox]

Even Sean doesn't want to see this garbage, they got TJ Ford in his place tonight :lol

Sean the ultimate homer you know if he's checked out shit is Michael Jackson bad :lol

[Leetonidas]

Castle comes in and immediately turns it over

[bbarry]

Cant find this on austin tv…(directv)…

check your antenna sub-stations. on cable mine was on an abc local affiliate channel (MeTV)

[Dex]

Not a bad first quarter, all things considered

[LeBowen]

Keldon is really going to fool PATFO into keeping him for another season, isn't he?

[ginobilized]

Damn! These guys look like a basketball team tonight, so far.
Gotta enjoy these moments as they have been rare of late.

[LeBowen]

Fox/Castle/Champ/Keldon/Jeremy lineup is actually looking solid.

[BatManu20]

Spurs up 16. Tank is off tbh.

[Dex]

Spurs up 16. Tank is off tbh.

WE'RE GONNA WIN THE SUPERBOWL!

[ginobilized]

Knick game must've taken a lot out of the Grizz.
Not looking like 6 HOFers on the squad this time.

[Manu-of-steel]

Spurs playing fast when CP3 is not there

[timtonymanu]

I know the point is not to win but I would love it if we beat the grizzlies. They’ve been flexing like they’ve accomplished anything. Fuck them tbh.

[Spurs Homer]

check your antenna sub-stations. on cable mine was on an abc local affiliate channel (MeTV)

thanks…

yeah i checked all the local stations…cbs,nbc,abc….tnt, espn,ballys, nba tv, just nowhere to be found - i guess this one is not showing in austin…

[heyheymymy]

Big Mac screen n roll with Paul looks money right there

[ginobilized]

Castle's a keeper

[LeBowen]

Damn, Castle just destroyed Aldama.

[weeks]

castle :wow

[heyheymymy]

Vasssell with a pyrite night?

[LakerHater]

Did Chris Paul jus tell at mitch "How cares!"

[LeBowen]

Evan getting cooked by Kennard, smh.

[heyheymymy]

Feels like it's trendy to say you knew Jaylen Wells would be impressive but I gotta tip my cap because Ajay Mitchell and Jayen Wells were on my radar for sure. Dillion Jones too. Nothing crazy but any glimmer from guys in that range is going to be interesting. Feels like lots of people on ST were talking about Wells though, he was well known beyond

Of course I also liked Mogbo, Chomche, Klintman and AJ Johnson lol

[heyheymymy]

SA 46 2nd Q points

zero Spurs TOs in the 2nd Q too I think?

[Manu-of-steel]

Spurs playing loose, not thinking too much! Limited their hiccups, turnovers. Playing good D as well. Plus, Memphis on a segababa

[scott]

Low rent local professional wrestling as halftime entertainment is pretty ghetto :lol

[heyheymymy]

Kinda half bracing for the 2nd half collapse but even in a tank you need to force win here and there for chemistry purposes and business needs. Plus with Fox into the fold, you need to run some stuff sorta serious at times to see what you got/try out what been practiced and to generate genuine data that can be extrapolated once a certain baseline sample size is established.

But could totally see this just being the Grizz knowing they could take the first half off and still cruise to victory easily. I know key guys are out for them, could see the Spurs actually winning tonight but time will tell.

[LakerHater]

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[onechance87]

bring in castle

[Manu-of-steel]

Bring in Castle, sit CP3. Damn it

[Manu-of-steel]

The bench- Castle, Champ and KJ played really well in the first half. Why not bring them in?

[Splits]

Sochan starts the 3rd, gives up 7 straight points. :cry our best defender :cry

[MarCowMar]

Low rent local professional wrestling as halftime entertainment is pretty ghetto :lol

Is this them? Kinda awesome TBH.

https://www.youtube.com/@MemphisWrestling

[Larry O]

Uh oh! It's the 2nd half, and the Spurs are up by 20 points! Looks like they brought out their tank lineup (no Biyombo. Hmmm....) Let's see how long will the Grizzlies get back into the game and win it, LOL.

[LeBowen]

Jeremy getting shit on by JJJ, repeatedly.

[onechance87]

sochan lol

[PhantomDashCam]

Anyone else tired of CP3 yet?

[scott]

Is this them? Kinda awesome TBH.

https://www.youtube.com/@MemphisWrestling

It was something called Grind City Wrestling, they had ancient Matt Hardy out there. I haven’t watched Wrestling in like 30 years, but I remember Matt Hardy… that seems bad :lol

[scott]

Did not know Fox had a windmill in him, tbh

[spursparker9]

Please just lose....

[poopbox]

The nerve of Sochan trying to score 1 on 1 against JJ :lmao

[scott]

This game seems headed to Sochan getting into a fight with someone and an all out brawl breaking out

[timtonymanu]

Welp I guess tanking mode it is lol

[Leetonidas]

This will be a blowout victory for Memphis by midway of the 4th

[Splits]

sochan almost single handedly gave up the lead in the 3rd, was just awful

[onechance87]

Dont even care if we lose...Just want to see castle play and develop

[Manu-of-steel]

Sochan wanted to dunk on JJJ, and twice denied. Sign of low IQ. He can just lay it up of the boar and its either goal tending or it wont be blocked due to a less predictable trajectory of the ball, and faster release

[BackHome]

sochan almost single handedly gave up the lead in the 3rd, was just awful

Well Pop dis tell him he wanted some “Nasty” I think next time he needs to be a little more specific

[BatManu20]

Champagne try to dribble without turning it over challenge: impossible

[scott]

Bismack has a nice baby hook shot. Would be nice if Wemby could learn that same shot

[PhantomDashCam]

Holy cow…That might be my favourite Castle move yet :tu

[LeBowen]

Damn, they just gifted us the game.

[scott]

What a disastrous minute of basketball for Memphis/our tank

[Strategic]

But did he flip off the ref?

[onechance87]

dont u dare take castle out mitch

[scott]

Wild that Devin has managed to be a -15 while being the leading scorer in a game where we have a double digit lead

[rascal]

This Memphis team they put out tonight is bad. Spurs gifted a win here.

[scott]

Still time to lose this game… put Evan and CP3 back in Mitch!

[rascal]

With the win Spurs will still hang on to 9th place in the tank lottery.
Need to stay ahead of Portland.

[Manu-of-steel]

Castle with the Harden move to get fouls!

[LeBowen]

Fox has been garbage, tbh.

[scott]

DevHim Vassell :lol

[onechance87]

vassell is so worthless

[scott]

Fox has been garbage, tbh.

Pretty much the entire time since the ASB. Homie needs to be better, a lot better

[scott]

Pretty much the entire time since the ASB. Homie needs to be better, a lot better

Didn’t mean today though… sheesh

[LeBowen]

JJJ salvaging the tank!

[scott]

Damn that was pretty great defense on JJJ….

Time for Mitch to sit Fox for this last play before he goes and does something like win this game for us

[SPURt]

I did not know JJJ had that in him. Damn.

[scott]

Let’s set up that Sochan buzzer 3 play again and play some OT :lol

[timtonymanu]

:lol Suck it, Kings fans

[poopbox]

Fox putting the tank in park tonight boys :cry

[Larry O]

Spurs win, Spurs WIN! good game!

[SPURt]

Fox did it

[scott]

Damn that was pretty great defense on JJJ….

Time for Mitch to sit Fox for this last play before he goes and does something like win this game for us

:lol

Can’t keep a good Fox down

[LeBowen]

Heartbreak for both teams!
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[Manu-of-steel]

Spurs win!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Fox!!!!!!

[heyheymymy]

man that was bad ass

[scott]

Castle - 32 minutes (including all of clutch time)
CP3 - 20 minutes

Is Mitch evolving?

[ginobilized]

Grizz were outFOXed

It's great to have a closer

[baseline bum]

Damn it's nice having a guy to iso and get a good shot off the dribble in these clutch situations again with De'Aaron. :tu

[BatManu20]

Fox dipping his nuts all over the teddy bears. Nice. After-party on Beale Street.

[scott]

Was rooting for the loss, but any win against the Grizzles is nice… and I’ll take all the Fox clutch buckets I can get, injected straight into my veins. Just a good reminder of what Fox can give you even when he’s clearly not on top of his game right now. He also took over the 4th against PHX after not having a very good game. He’s a clutch time mofo

[scott]

Damn it's nice having a guy to iso and get a good shot off the dribble in these clutch situations again with De'Aaron. :tu

DevHim enters the chat… “What about me?”

[BatManu20]

Hate that the Lakers just moved into the 3rd seed thanks to us tho :lol

[heyheymymy]

Standin' on the corner, I didn't mean no harm Along come a police, he took me by the arm It was down in Memphis, corner of Beale and Main He says, "Big boy, you'll have to tell me your name"

Dee-oh-dee-lay-ee, eh-ee, oh-dee-lay-ee I said, "You'll find my name on the tail of my shirt I'm a Tennessee hustler, I don't have to work" So listen all you rounders, you better leave my women alone 'Cause I'll take my Special and run all you rounders home

[Slippy]

Considering spurs were out-manned in the big man dpartment to their twin head monster of zach Edy & Jaren Jackson.

Spurs still managed to win. I'll take it

Dfox came in for the kill at the end. Dev & Steph kept the spurs in front with timely scoring.

[timtonymanu]

Hate that the Lakers just moved into the 3rd seed thanks to us tho :lol

Blame the idiot Mavs for trading Luka in the first place. Lol nba wanting their precious Celtics/lakers finals rematch again.

[spursistan]

Happy for Fox ..Definitely not what he signed up for seen what happened with Wemby. But hopefully he uses the rest of the season to develop chemistry with his new teammates..

Echoing timtonymanu (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=13654) above..If there is a win i would be OK with is against those pricks who -- hate to say it-- have owned us in the Morant era (Spurs are disgusting 4-19 against them). It is amazing really since Memphis (2011 asterisked series aside) and Warriors (until 2016) were the two teams we curbstomped the most in the Duncan era.

[heyheymymy]

gotta figure those lakers have what they need now to do things in the postseason not calling much yet but I won't be surprised if LAL gets deep and you can kinda feel it coming like the league wants it for Lebron

[heyheymymy]

Fox doing those clutch moments like when he was a king

[dn0774]

Alright, let Fox have his home debut tomorrow and then shut him down for his surgery.

[spursistan]

Pretty cool pic. Hopefully this our last losing season; it is time for this franchise to get back to where it belongs. Anything less than playoffs next season is an unmitigated failure..

https://x.com/spurs/status/1896044165894647817

[timtonymanu]

Pretty cool pic. Hopefully this our last losing season; it is time for this franchise to get back to where it belongs. Anything less than playoffs next season is an unmitigated failure..

https://x.com/spurs/status/1896044165894647817

Pop going Pat Riley mode while recruiting the next Spo is a great start. Really don’t want Pop to come back as a coach. This team has talent, it needs a good coach.

[Ice009]

This game, I'd like to actually kick their asses (rather than take a loss). I want to see a real physical game with lots of punishment dished out.

Didn't expect Memphis to not have Ja and Bane not playing, but I'll take the win. Glad that the Spurs also played physical. Didn't mind if they didn't win as long as they played with toughness. Good to see they got the win too.
It was also good to get a win against them as we've lost quite a few games to them the past few years.

[heyheymymy]

Biyombo on his former team revenge tour? PHX and MEM

[Gibbz]

First name, De'Aaron. Last name, HIM.

[cutewizard]

Probably the last win of the season? Hehe

[exstatic]

Blame the idiot Mavs for trading Luka in the first place. Lol nba wanting their precious Celtics/lakers finals rematch again.

Lakers aren’t going to the Finals.

[exstatic]

Pop going Pat Riley mode while recruiting the next Spo is a great start. Really don’t want Pop to come back as a coach. This team has talent, it needs a good coach.

I don’t have a problem if he recovers and is good to go. What I would have a real problem with is if they go into next season with an interim coach still waiting for him to recover.

[100%duncan]

Was rooting for the loss, but any win against the Grizzles is nice… and I’ll take all the Fox clutch buckets I can get, injected straight into my veins. Just a good reminder of what Fox can give you even when he’s clearly not on top of his game right now. He also took over the 4th against PHX after not having a very good game. He’s a clutch time mofo

I was watching this yesterday on my phone with the Elimination Chamber on my TV. Any loss is wanted at this point but a win against the Grizzlies just to break this fucking "curse" felt good tbh. Glad Fox went belt 2 ass on those guys :lol

[Dex]

Well, it was fun while it lasted

Let's get Castle a career high and call it a night