Game Thread: Spurs (31-40) @ Cavaliers (58-14) 3/27/2025 6 PM CST 1 AM RIGA 1 PM HAWAII

[LeBowen]

No changes in Spurs injury report, Mobley is out for the Cavs and Ty Jerome is questionable.

Should be another good L with Devin putting up some more empty stats.

[spurraider21]

Spurs by 20+ tbh

[BatManu20]

Go Cavs tbh. Admittedly this game will be on in the background as I pay closer attention to the 4 March Madden games tonight

[BatManu20]

CLE has lost 4 of their last 6 btw. Hopefully they don't lay another stinker and allow the Spurs to steal one. Need every loss we can get at this point tbh.

[dn0774]

Go Cavs tbh. Admittedly this game will be on in the background as I pay closer attention to the 4 March Madden games tonight

Aren't the Sweet Sixteen games a bit later in the night?

[Leetonidas]

This is gonna be a massacre

[Seventyniner]

Aren't the Sweet Sixteen games a bit later in the night?

Spurs/Cavs is at 6:00, the college games are at 6:00/6:30/8:30/9:00.

[slick'81]

Rip spurs

[exstatic]

Go Cavs tbh. Admittedly this game will be on in the background as I pay closer attention to the 4 March Madden games tonight

Is that a new multi sport video game?

[Raven]

are we starting bustombo again?

[poopbox]

This one might be over in the first 6 minutes of the first quarter tbh

[jjspur]

Don't care if we lose to an obviously better team, we can use all the ping pong balls we can get. Just don't make it an embarrassing loss.

[scott]

This one could get ugly. Would be happy to just see some good general organization, even if it means we lose by 30. Don't need any hero ball efforts from anyone. Let's just see everyone play disciplined in their role and that would be a W.

[Raven]

same starters... why.

[LeBowen]

Damn, idk how to feel about this.

[Raven]

cleveland starting ice cold, good sign

[Raven]

castle stinking it up again.. bbyombo shockingly seems active today..

[LeBowen]

Fuck these refs, tbh.

[lefty20]

Why are we playing UNC Tar Heels? or is it the George Karl era Nuggets?

[Raven]

some solid effort on d, but cleveland still manages to find good shots

[LeBowen]

Wesley and Jeremy giving us false hope with these 3pt shots.

[rascal]

Spin move right past Mamu. Cavs have more team athleticism.

Castle the only one who can take it to the basket.

[Splits]

Riga time again correct. We shall see what happens on Saturday against the Celts (Sunday Riga time, post-DLS)

[rascal]

Cavs shooting poorly

[scott]

Riga time again correct. We shall see what happens on Saturday against the Celts (Sunday Riga time, post-DLS)

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[LeBowen]

I'm fine with Castle not getting a call there, but stop giving Garland those soft calls just because he's smaller.

[KobesAchilles]

We got this one in the bag. Spurs by 10

[Raven]

cleveland is truly an amazingly led team, they manage to outplay defences whenever they need it. it's not hot shooting, they really find those easy layups from perfectly executed plays.

[quentin_compson]

Spurs by 20+ tbh

Underrated tank commander tbh :eyebrows

[LeBowen]

Lmao Allen didn't think Biyombo is capable of that.

[Guru of Nothing]

Gonna lose this challenge.

[Guru of Nothing]

Just testing out my flex.

[LeBowen]

Actually an enjoyable watch, spurstalk doesn't seem to be interested.

Mitch The Challenger Johnson, tbh.

[scott]

Putting the ball in Keldon's hands to end a quarter is just coaching malpractice, :lol

[spurraider21]

keldon dribbling the clock out just to pull up for a contested 3 without even attempting to drive :lol

[Dejounte]

Actually an enjoyable watch, spurstalk doesn't seem to be interested.

Mitch The Challenger Johnson, tbh.

Watching future Spur Egor Demin

[Raven]

nobody is really hot, but just an overall solid, hard performance from everybody

[LeBowen]

Watching future Spur Egor Demin

How's he doing? Or should I say with which pick are we taking him with?

[spurraider21]

champagnie getting flagrantly fouled all game :lol

[Guru of Nothing]

Julian "Super Dave Osbourne" Champagnie.

[Raven]

julian going the aaron hernandez path at this rate

[scott]

Super Friends are Super Friending

[LeBowen]

Cavs realized Allen is the only big on the floor.

Best loss of the season, tbh.
Castle could've had 30 if his FTs were better and he didn't miss a couple of easy layups.

[rascal]

Watching future Spur Egor Demin

You want the worst players

[scott]

We might just escape the crushing defeat of victory. Let's see if Devin can carry the team with the game on the line again.

[spurraider21]

Evan had a decent first half... havent heard from him in a while

[scott]

Devin sets a record for most thees in a month in Spurs history. That's is a good record.

[Raven]

is keldon johnson the tallest guy in the lineup?

[scott]

We might just escape the crushing defeat of victory. Let's see if Devin can carry the team with the game on the line again.

He's awakened.

[Raven]

devin a man possessed now

[Dex]

Spurs gonna fuck around and win this game?

[spurraider21]

Evan had a decent first half... havent heard from him in a while
back to back 3's :tu

[Raven]

very fun game tbh

[spurraider21]

He's awakened.
https://media.tenor.com/zOcZtalMhDAAAAAM/walter-white-i-am-awake.gif

[LeBowen]

I'd say aweightened, tbh.

[Raven]

come on now, you can't put devin on allen, what are you smoking

[rascal]

Castle with a poor decision trying to go at a bigger player.

[LeBowen]

Let's hope this was a tanking decision by Mitch and not him actually thinking this lineup could avoid getting murdered by Allen.

CP3 has looked completely washed, btw.
He's got nothing left this season, just wants to play all 82 games.

[lefty20]

Ethical loss. You love to see that.

[Robz4000]

Great outcome imo :tu

[spurraider21]

good loss :tu

looked like they were pulling/holding paul's arm quite a bit there though

[LakerHater]

Man, Vassell on skates

[Raven]

what a lineup... i guess good for the tank

[Larry O]

Well, I give the Spurs a valiant effort for hanging in there! Go tank goooo!!!

[SPURt]

Too small for this hole

[Dex]

Good competitive loss against the #2 team in the NBA (record wise). Better than watching another blowout

Castle with another RoY boosting statline...22 PTS 11 REB 7 AST

[Guru of Nothing]

Both teams played hard.

[John B]

I’ll take that loss

[BackHome]

We now in 8th place with 10 more games to play really need to keep this place to have a chance of hoping to jump in top 4.

[Dex]

We now in 8th place with 10 more games to play really need to keep this place to have a chance of hoping to jump in top 4.

6th toughest Strength of Schedule remaining too...but also some matchups against strong tankers like Sixers, Nets, Raptors, etc.

Sixers fighting for their lives to keep their pick top 6.

[Spurs Homer]

Biyombo playing his ass off…

so of course mitch pulls him and buries him on the pine for the remainder of the game…

pop move

[dn0774]

Biyombo playing his ass off…

so of course mitch pulls him and buries him on the pine for the remainder of the game…

pop move

Don't mistake activity for achievement.

[spursparker9]

Happy with the loss :clap

[exstatic]

Don't care if we lose to an obviously better team, we can use all the ping pong balls we can get. Just don't make it an embarrassing loss.

You mean like Washington, 162-109? That kind of embarrassing?

[exstatic]

Biyombo playing his ass off…

so of course mitch pulls him and buries him on the pine for the remainder of the game…

pop move

We
Are
Trying
To
Lose
Games.

Did you also see that he sat Sochan at the same time? He’s the only Spur that was capable of staying in front of Donovan Mitchell, and one of our best rebounders. We coughed up a bunch of those in the last 2-3 minutes with no Bismack and no Jeremy.

[J_Paco]

We
Are
Trying
To
Lose
Games.

Did you also see that he sat Sochan at the same time? He’s the only Spur that was capable of staying in front of Donovan Mitchell, and one of our best rebounders. We coughed up a bunch of those in the last 2-3 minutes with no Bismack and no Jeremy.

I know we are 'purposely' losing, but Mitch has been a dud as interim head coach.

I really hope he isn't the guy/successor if Pop steps down. He's been a massive downgrade from even current-day Pop, IMO.

Starting and prioritizing Harrison Barnes at this juncture of the season is criminal, IMO.

The front office hasn't helped by not picking up additional size on the back end (beyond Mamu, Charles, & Bismarck) too.

[exstatic]

I know we are 'purposely' losing, but Mitch has been a dud as interim head coach.

I really hope he isn't the guy/successor if Pop steps down. He's been a massive downgrade from even current-day Pop, IMO.

Starting and prioritizing Harrison Barnes at this juncture of the season is criminal, IMO.

The front office hasn't helped by not picking up additional size on the back end (beyond Mamu, Charles, & Bismarck) too.

So, he’s doing what he’s supposed to, dropping games while keeping most of them competitive, but you’re going to ding him for sabotaging the rotations to do so?

[J_Paco]

So, he’s doing what he’s supposed to, dropping games while keeping most of them competitive, but you’re going to ding him for sabotaging the rotations to do so?

I want Jeremy to get all the reps he can. He's missed a lot time to injury this season, so now is the perfect time to increase his court time.

And he might be a game changer on defense, but his offense isn't nearly good enough to win us extra games.

Barnes and CP3 still starting is just a token gesture, but a coach with 'guts' would bench them to play the younger (more in our team's future plans) guys.

Just my opinion, but we can agree to disagree.

[Spurs Homer]

We
Are
Trying
To
Lose
Games.

Did you also see that he sat Sochan at the same time? He’s the only Spur that was capable of staying in front of Donovan Mitchell, and one of our best rebounders. We coughed up a bunch of those in the last 2-3 minutes with no Bismack and no Jeremy.

i get it...

still - obvious is obvious -

[jjspur]

You mean like Washington, 162-109? That kind of embarrassing?

I saw that score and that was really bad, way beyond embarrassing, like ticket holders should get their money back kind of bad. Was that a record ?
Maybe they should have something like HS baseball's 10 run rule. If you're down by 30 at the start of the 4th quarter, call the game to save even further embarrassment or injury to players.

[exstatic]

I saw that score and that was really bad, way beyond embarrassing, like ticket holders should get their money back kind of bad. Was that a record ?
Maybe they should have something like HS baseball's 10 run rule. If you're down by 30 at the start of the 4th quarter, call the game to save even further embarrassment or injury to players.

I don’t believe either the winning score or the margin of victory was a record, but they are way on the end of the bell curve. Supposedly, they started dribbling out the shot clock at the two minute mark.

I was looking back at old NBA final standings from the 70s. There were 22 teams, less than the 30 we have now. Only two teams won more than 50 games, and no one won 60, and only two teams won fewer than 30 games. Ah, the good old days.