Game Thread: Spurs vs Kings -- Sat. (3/5) - 7:30PM CST (3:30AM Riga Time)

Back at it again tonight to host a 25-35 Kings team that has lost 12 of their last 17, but is coming off a victory against the Mavs. Manu is finally expected back for his first game in a month, meaning everyone is available tonight. He'll be rusty and it'll take some time to get his conditioning up, but it's great to have the ball-less wonder back tbh. No excuses, let's get it.

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BatManu20 with the goods!:toast

I assume K-Mart won't play tonight for a number of reasons.

LES GET IT BOIS!! :claw:toast

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In case you've been living under a rock.

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Turn on the sound for the full "Go Spurs Go!" effect.

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Need Duncan in the back as well.

Love to watch Cousins mope.
This is always good viewing.

"What what? Calling my cancer surviving coach an asshole does NOT foster team unity?"
"My bad"

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Cousins is Dwight part deaux. Incredible talent, very weak between the ears...

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B2B DPOY :claw

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B2B DPOY :claw

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You know it!:bobo

In Ex-Spur news Nazr Mohammed signed with the Thunder.

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Not worthy of its own thread, so I'll stick it here.

Brian Windhorst mentions in an interview about LeBron that the Cavs are practicing a small ball lineup with LBJ at the 4, with the idea that it would work against the Warriors or Spurs.

Here's the vid: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14906497

If we did meet the Cavs in the Finals would we have trouble with such a lineup? That would mean they were benching Love probably and putting Tristan at the 5. This would force us to bench Duncan probably and play LMA at center, which would open up the lane for LBJ and Kyrie to drive. Ok, I get that. But surely we'd be able to counter this in a variety of ways. I wonder why Windhorst thinks the Cavs think it would be so effective against us?

I don't recall what they used when they got their big lead against us in the second game this year. But I remember Love playing a lot.

Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Not worthy of its own thread, so I'll stick it here.

Brian Windhorst mentions in an interview about LeBron that the Cavs are practicing a small ball lineup with LBJ at the 4, with the idea that it would work against the Warriors or Spurs.

Here's the vid: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14906497

If we did meet the Cavs in the Finals would we have trouble with such a lineup? That would mean they were benching Love probably and putting Tristan at the 5. This would force us to bench Duncan probably and play LMA at center, which would open up the lane for LBJ and Kyrie to drive. Ok, I get that. But surely we'd be able to counter this in a variety of ways. I wonder why Windhorst thinks the Cavs think it would be so effective against us?

I don't recall what they used when they got their big lead against us in the second game this year. But I remember Love playing a lot.

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LMA @ 5
KL @ 4
I'd take that

Stay healthy and get the win. :flag:

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:lma will be ready.

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Damn I thought Melissa was back for a second!

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Not worthy of its own thread, so I'll stick it here.

Brian Windhorst mentions in an interview about LeBron that the Cavs are practicing a small ball lineup with LBJ at the 4, with the idea that it would work against the Warriors or Spurs.

Here's the vid: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14906497

If we did meet the Cavs in the Finals would we have trouble with such a lineup? That would mean they were benching Love probably and putting Tristan at the 5. This would force us to bench Duncan probably and play LMA at center, which would open up the lane for LBJ and Kyrie to drive. Ok, I get that. But surely we'd be able to counter this in a variety of ways. I wonder why Windhorst thinks the Cavs think it would be so effective against us?

I don't recall what they used when they got their big lead against us in the second game this year. But I remember Love playing a lot.

Thoughts?

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Lamarcus can guard Lebron better than Lebron can guard Lamarcus IMO. If he's going to chuck threes over LMA let him, and let him try and guard Lamarcus in the post. Cleveland is a non-issue unless Kyrie or Love go God-mode, and it sounds like they think Love is going to be unplayable in the playoffs.

The Cavs are irrelevant since firing Blatt for Mark Jackson 2.0 tbh.

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Not worthy of its own thread, so I'll stick it here.

Brian Windhorst mentions in an interview about LeBron that the Cavs are practicing a small ball lineup with LBJ at the 4, with the idea that it would work against the Warriors or Spurs.

Here's the vid: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14906497

If we did meet the Cavs in the Finals would we have trouble with such a lineup? That would mean they were benching Love probably and putting Tristan at the 5. This would force us to bench Duncan probably and play LMA at center, which would open up the lane for LBJ and Kyrie to drive. Ok, I get that. But surely we'd be able to counter this in a variety of ways. I wonder why Windhorst thinks the Cavs think it would be so effective against us?

I don't recall what they used when they got their big lead against us in the second game this year. But I remember Love playing a lot.

Thoughts?

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If it did give us trouble, the Cavs just gave Pop and the coaching staff months of time to game plan it by showing their cards this early. Pretty stupid of them, really.

I find it ironic that after we sign K-Mart, we play his original team... ayyy!

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I find it ironic that after we sign K-Mart, we play his original team... ayyy!

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Don't think he'll be available tonight.

Way to go Batmanu and BillMc, you keep this up and neither the Dubs nor the Bulls will be able to rest easy

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This is an excellent article. (Many thanks for posting.):toast

What I especially liked is the evidence of how much more balanced LMA has become as a Spur, now likely to score from either side not just the left. The two shot chart/heat maps below show it clearly. Great read for the rest interested in LMA's development as a Spur.


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I find it ironic that after we sign K-Mart, we play his original team... ayyy!

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And in 4 days we play the Wolves

:lma LMA shooting 61% this season in 4th Quarters.

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:lma LMA shooting 61% this season in 4th Quarters.

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Music to my ears! :music

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Music to my ears! :music

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Enjoy the symphony. :toast

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Not worthy of its own thread, so I'll stick it here.

Brian Windhorst mentions in an interview about LeBron that the Cavs are practicing a small ball lineup with LBJ at the 4, with the idea that it would work against the Warriors or Spurs.

Here's the vid: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:14906497

If we did meet the Cavs in the Finals would we have trouble with such a lineup? That would mean they were benching Love probably and putting Tristan at the 5. This would force us to bench Duncan probably and play LMA at center, which would open up the lane for LBJ and Kyrie to drive. Ok, I get that. But surely we'd be able to counter this in a variety of ways. I wonder why Windhorst thinks the Cavs think it would be so effective against us?

I don't recall what they used when they got their big lead against us in the second game this year. But I remember Love playing a lot.

Thoughts?

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Cavs were 30-11 with Blatt, 12-6 with Lue so far :lol wouldn't be surprised if they didn't make the finals

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Way to go Batmanu and BillMc, you keep this up and neither the Dubs nor the Bulls will be able to rest easy

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Cavs were 30-11 with Blatt, 12-6 with Lue so far :lol wouldn't be surprised if they didn't make the finals

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Who would knock them out though? Toronto? Boston?

Not looking forward to this happening tonight (likely):

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Go espuelas

batmanu, where are the pics?

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Not looking forward to this happening tonight (likely):

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Why not? Tim passing Havlicek is a pretty historic feat.

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batmanu, where are the pics?

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Of?

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Why not? Tim passing Havlicek is a pretty historic feat.

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:lol Obviously that's not what I was referring to.

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Of?

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melissa

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melissa

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Idk ask BillMc

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melissa

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Idk ask BillMc

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Right here. Tonight you get a vine and a "Go Spurs Go."

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have the Spurs officially waived Bonner?

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Right here. Tonight you get a vine and a "Go Spurs Go."

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have the Spurs officially waived Bonner?

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Negative. And there's no guarantee it will be Bonner. Most reports indicate it will be Butler who is released.

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Negative. And there's no guarantee it will be Bonner. Most reports indicate it will be Butler who is released.

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thanks for the info--- would be disappointing if Butler gets sacrificed for a nonproductive Bonner.

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thanks for the info--- would be disappointing if Butler gets sacrificed for a nonproductive Bonner.

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Agreed. Most here are hoping Bonner volunteers his spot. We should know in the next 48 hours.

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Who would knock them out though? Toronto? Boston?

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Boston is well coached but not sure if they have the experience yet. They'll be nice next year(could get the number one pick from PHO iirc :wow). I think Toronto knocks them out, Lowry has been really good this year tbh

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Just needs to hit the occasional 3, that would come in handy during crunch time when teams least expect it.

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Boston is well coached but not sure if they have the experience yet. They'll be nice next year(could get the number one pick from PHO iirc :wow). I think Toronto knocks them out, Lowry has been really good this year tbh

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Hope you're right. I'd like to see some new blood from the east.

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Hope you're right. I'd like to see some new blood from the east.

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You don't want to see Lebron lose a 3rd straight Finals and fall to 2-5 on the big stage?

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Just needs to hit the occasional 3, that would come in handy during crunch time when teams least expect it.

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Agreed, though obviously they're not even asking him to try it (15 attempts all season at the time of this map).

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You don't want to see Lebron lose a 3rd straight Finals and fall to 2-5 on the big stage?

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That wouldn't kill me. :lol But I'd rather see some other team get in.

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Agreed, though obviously they're not even asking him to try it (15 attempts all season at the time of this map).

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He basically missed most of them during crunch time out of timeouts.:lol

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That wouldn't kill me. :lol But I'd rather see some other team get in.

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Yea I hear you. Just don't see it happening. Toronto has the best chance, but they're not there yet imo.

Highlights from our game against the Kings last week, in case anyone is interested.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBh6NF_13mE

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Damn I thought Melissa was back for a second!

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Ah! That would be the next best thing to a championship my friend!:flag:

Paul Garcia PS @PaulGarciaPS
Manu is the only Spur on the SA's injury report listed as probable. Pop might inform us in a few minutes if he'll play or not.

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San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Aldridge (migraine headache), Duncan (rest) &Green (rest) are out for tonight’s game. Ginobili (surgical recovery) remains probable

:lmao here comes the first home loss

Paul Garcia PS @PaulGarciaPS
Pop says Manu Ginobili will play.

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San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Aldridge (migraine headache), Duncan (rest) &Green (rest) are out for tonight’s game. Ginobili (surgical recovery) remains probable

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Dafuq? :bang no Green either, and Martin hasn't signed yet? So how do we win tonight?

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Paul Garcia PS @PaulGarciaPS
Pop says Manu Ginobili will play.

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Does Manu start for the first time since 2012 WCF, tbh, with Green out?

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San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Aldridge (migraine headache), Duncan (rest) &Green (rest) are out for tonight’s game. Ginobili (surgical recovery) remains probable

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Two bigs out. Almost guarantees Bonner a chance at backup minutes.

Didn't know LMA gets migraines. Hope they never kick in during the playoffs.

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San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Aldridge (migraine headache), Duncan (rest) &Green (rest) are out for tonight’s game. Ginobili (surgical recovery) remains probable

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CROFL..here comes Pop white flag on chasing the Warriors....Probably first home L..

Terrible time to rest players with the road B2B up next. Should've just sat LMA then rested whoever against Indy.

Bonner, Butler and Simmons all playing musical chairs tonight.

Hope we start Boban vs. Cousins and not the turd towers. Didn't think Pop would just arbitrarily rest guys and waste hometown fans' money :(

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Terrible time to rest players with the road B2B up next. Should've just sat LMA then rested whoever against Indy.

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Apparently the perfect B2B record is more important than the perfect home record. :bang

Kawhi gonna put up 40+ tbh.

:lol wow but I still remain optimistic about tonight's game. Only thing that concerns me is Boogie going off

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San Antonio Spurs @spurs
Aldridge (migraine headache), Duncan (rest) &Green (rest) are out for tonight’s game. Ginobili (surgical recovery) remains probable

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damn

Jeff McDonald @JMcDonald_SAEN
Per Pop: Would have been 3 in 4 nights for Duncan, with b2b to come. Due rest. Green, Pop says, has been "overplayed."

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Kawhi gonna put up 40+ tbh.

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Came back to post this. This game has Kawhi shooting 30+ shots written all over it. It's up to him to shoot a high percentage and look to score as easily as he can while maintaining top quality effort on the other end.

Y'all need to have more faith in Kawhi, tbh. He'll lead us against this scrub team.

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Goddammit. Three fucking starters... the fuck is this shit?

And why the fuck Duncan is resting while he was just getting his rhythm back and LMA out..Dude has rusted up because of these multiple DNPs and an already significantly lower usage..

With OKC so far behind Pop feels free to play mad scientist.

Damn really hope we don't lose our home-game winning streak to a shit team bc of resting starters...

Hopefully Kawhi goes off and it's enough.

I love Kiwi and all but it's too much to ask with three starters out and Tony looking more like Enrique these days. They also now have no one to check Cousins. He might put up 60+.

If LMA is in the building tonight you know its a Pop excuse. A real migraine and light and sound are painful. He'd be in a dark room alone not an arena.

Parker, Kawhi, Anderson, West, Boban starting? Or switch Bobo for Boban? Or switch out Simmons for Anderson? I have no idea what the sl is going to be :lol