Game Thread: 1/29 Mavs at Spurs 6:00 CST 7:00 EST. 2:00 Riga Time)

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Ride the ponies.



NOTE: Obviously this game is not on "2/29" but we all know you can't change a thread title once you make a mistake. If a mod will set the date right I'd appreciate it, otherwise we can delete this thread and someone else redo it. My bad."

Spurs seek to extend dominance over Mavericks


Round three of the annual four-game Texas Showdown between the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks will be contested when the two teams meet on Sunday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio.

The first two games between the Lone Star State rivals were won by the Spurs in a nine-day span in November, when Dallas was a walking MASH unit and without forward Dirk Nowitzki. The Mavericks still kept San Antonio's margin of victory to an average of six points, and anything less of an effort from Dallas this time around would be a surprise.

Nowitzki is expected to play Sunday, as is guard Wesley Matthews, who missed the most recent game, a 109-98 loss at Oklahoma City on Thursday night, with a right hip strain. Dallas will still be without starting point guard Deron Williams (toe strain) and super sub Jose Juan Barea (left calf strain). Neither will travel south with the team.

The Spurs have won seven straight and 21 of the last 25 regular-season meetings with the Mavericks. San Antonio has taken 12 straight and 16 of the last 19 regular-season games against Dallas played in the Alamo City, and the Mavericks have not defeated the Spurs on the road in the regular season since Nov. 26, 2010.
The Mavericks (16-30) had won five of their past seven games before the loss to the Thunder on Thursday. But it's hard to keep a streak like that going when four of the top five scorers are out of the lineup.

"It's just been that kind of a year," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "Through it we have to manage the situation. We have to move the franchise forward."
Dallas was led by Harrison Barnes' 31 points in the loss to Oklahoma City. Justin Anderson added 17 for the Mavericks.

Guard Devin Harris, who missed the first two matchups against the Spurs with an injury, likes how his team responded to the adversity and has played through tough stretches this season.

"We understand how we need to play to be successful and win," Harris said. "Experience helps. Expectations are growing."

The Spurs head home for a four-games-in-seven-days homestand after a 119-103 loss at New Orleans. It was the fourth game of a weeklong road trip in which San Antonio won at Cleveland, Toronto and Brooklyn before wearing down in the Big Easy.

The defeat snapped San Antonio's five-game win streak and run of five consecutive victories over the Pelicans. New Orleans' 119 points were the most allowed by the Spurs this season. San Antonio was just 6 of 20 from the floor in the fourth quarter and was outscored 34-19.

San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich admitted afterward that his team's tank was on empty.

"We couldn't make shots," Popovich said. "Shoot 38 percent on the road and it's hard to win. We hung in there in the first half, but we just ran out of gas.

"New Orleans was aggressive," Popovich added. "They played great for 48 minutes. They moved the ball, hit the boards hard and got loose balls. They did a great job."
The Spurs (36-10) were paced by Kawhi Leonard with 23 points while forward Davis Bertans hit for 17 points on 5-of-7 shooting from 3-point range. Leonard was back in the lineup after a two-game absence with a sore left hand and saw his six-game streak with 30-plus points come to an end.

San Antonio's Pau Gasol will miss his sixth straight game after he fractured his left fourth metacarpal in pregame warmups prior to the Spurs' win over Denver on Jan. 19. There is no timetable for his return. Guard Jonathon Simmons will also miss Sunday's game because of a sprained right wrist.

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San Antonio will be without two of its rotation players Sunday evening against Dallas.The Spurs announced Saturday afternoon that center Pau Gasol will miss the home tilt as he continues to recover from a fractured fourth metacarpal in his left hand, and guard Jonathon Simmons will be sidelined with a sprained right wrist.
It will be Gasol’s seventh-straight game out, while Simmons will miss his third consecutive contest.

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i no longer think we'll win any game going into it. But GS won last night, so more than likely, we'll win this big to keep a hold on teh #2 spot. Had the warriors lost, then I'd be concerned

SSSSSSSPPPPPPPPPPPUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSS WIN!!!!!

Hope to see Gasol, my MANDALA and Simmons, whom i call FLAMENCO, soon......

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i no longer think we'll win any game going into it. But GS won last night, so more than likely, we'll win this big to keep a hold on teh #2 spot. Had the warriors lost, then I'd be concerned

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Yea. I think Pop was ordering guys to play like crap in NO. Its not like over 82 games we'll have games we look bad.

Hopefully the cancer Enrique isn't playing, tbh.

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Hopefully the cancer Enrique isn't playing, tbh.

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Spurs need to find a cure for this cancer

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i would also prefer parker doesn't play. murray needs PT.

J.J. Barea (left calf strain) & Deron Williams (left great toe sprain) are out. Wesley Matthews (right hip) is questionable vs. the Spurs.
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I definitely think the team will bounce back. I expect a win. :toast

Hoping to see

Murray/Bertans/Dedmon.

Everyone else can sit

Hated losin in NOLA but excited for this game!!

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:flag: Time to bounce back!

Expect the Seth to play like Steph, loss inc :pctoss

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Expect the Seth to play like Steph, loss inc :pctoss

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With Green guarding him, that's pretty much guaranteed

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Originally Posted by SAGirl

I definitely think the team will bounce back. I expect a win. :toast

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Originally Posted by spurs10

:flag: Time to bounce back!

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That's the spirit!:toast

Can't wait until we get healthier. We've looked awful. Should be a win though. We usually respond pretty well to games like friday's

My annual Spurs trip to SA for a game in 2016/17 was the previous Spurs-Mavs game in SA.

I'm pretty sure that SA will want to put on a better performance than what I saw in November. That may have been the worst played game the spurs have had all year - at least in the top 2 or three and they still won.

The L in NOLA should result in a better effort tonight.

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With Green guarding him, that's pretty much guaranteed

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Put Porker on him. :tu

Cheers to whichever mod corrected the date!:toast

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That's the spirit!:toast

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:bobo

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Cheers to whichever mod corrected the date!:toast

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Though a game on February 29 sounds pretty interesting to me! Maybe a future Twilight Zone show!!

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Though a game on February 29 sounds pretty interesting to me! Maybe a future Twilight Zone show!!

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If the announcer sounds like Rod Serling we'll know. :lol (Actually, Serling would be a pretty cool play-by-play man. In my best Serling voice: "The Mavs have entered a place not only of limited space, but also of mind. A place where no rules of man or basketball apply. A place few have experienced and escaped. A place known as the Kawhilight Zone."

beStans starter... nice

Bertans vs Dirk...I like it.

Davis starting!:toast

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If the announcer sounds like Rod Serling we'll know. :lol (Actually, Serling would be a pretty cool play-by-play man. In my best Serling voice: "The Mavs have entered a place not only of limited space, but also of mind. A place where no rules of man or basketball apply. A place few have experienced and escaped. A place known as the Kawhilight Zone."

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I can hear it perfectly! "The Kawhilight Zone" is classic! :lol

Parker going hero early

Parking creating all kinds of high percentage looks so far. LMA just missed that last wide open jumper.

I HATE HATE HATE LMAS GAME

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I HATE HATE HATE LMAS GAME

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You hate the entire team :lol and when people show up 5 minutes before closing and dine-in.

lol at still running that loop play for the fat scrub in 2017

Kawhi with the bad shot. TP has it going and is getting to the rim at will and setting up LMA with wide open shots.

Lets go BERTANS! 30 minutes plz

I wish LMA would abuse Dirk. There's no way he can guard him 1 on 1

Great vision/pass by TP cross court to Bertans just in and out unfortunately

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Davis starting!:toast

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And playing some solid D.

Parker should look good against Dallas tbh; they literally have no interior presence nor a good defender to put on him (unless they wanna take Wes Matthews off Kawhi).

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I can hear it perfectly! "The Kawhilight Zone" is classic! :lol

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:toast The Kawhilight Zone really needs to a Spurs fan website. It should play classic TZ music with a picture of Kawhi in a defensive posture at the head. :lol

Dirk is such an atrocious defender :lol

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You hate the entire team :lol and when people show up 5 minutes before closing and dine-in.

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Well, you got me on that one.

Outside of TP, just lots of ISO this far.

Hopefully the 2nd unit plays with more fluidity

WTF Kawhi

Kawhi had LMA, but not even looking his direction. Has to keep his head up when dribbling

Porker getting owned by an opposing scrub PG per par smh.

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Porker getting owned by an opposing scrub PG per par smh.

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Huh?

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Outside of TP, just lots of ISO this far.

Hopefully the 2nd unit plays with more fluidity

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Kawhi had LMA, but not even looking his direction. Has to keep his head up when dribbling

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lol Porker with 5 FGAs already

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Porker getting owned by an opposing scrub PG per par smh.

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No need to overdo your shtick tbh, you've already deflected the tranny porn legacy quite well

Man, Kawhi is automatic on that little curl jumper at the FT line. It's incredible.

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lol Porker with 5 FGAs already

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What's your point?

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Parking creating all kinds of high percentage looks so far. LMA just missed that last wide open jumper.

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Please stop. Those shots are only good if Murray is the one taking them.

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No need to overdo your shtick tbh, you've already deflected the tranny porn legacy quite well

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I don't even know the inside joke, but I cracked up anyway. :lol

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What's your point?

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No need to overdo your shtick tbh, you've already deflected the tranny porn legacy quite well

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leave HotS alone :madrun

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What's your point?

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He loves playing hero.

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He loves playing hero.

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Oh. Cool! Thanks for clarifying

Why don't they lob it to Dedmon anymore? I've seen many free lobs the past 3 games but for whatever reason they just don't lob it anymore. I guess Pop doesn't like that monkey ball tbh

Manu stinking up the joint again. Man, it's been really bad lately.

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Oh. Cool! Thanks for clarifying

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Devin Harris you suck

Lee's awesome. He can marry my sister. (Not sure what her husband will think of that, but that's his problem).

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Manu stinking up the joint again. Man, it's been really bad lately.

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Can't wait till Simmons gets healthy

:lmao our defense

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Why don't they lob it to Dedmon anymore? I've seen many free lobs the past 3 games but for whatever reason they just don't lob it anymore. I guess Pop doesn't like that monkey ball tbh

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Its got nothing to do with Pop man. Its the guys on the floor with him .

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Manu stinking up the joint again. Man, it's been really bad lately.

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Really? I thought he's been very good overall so far.

How does Harris always hit 3's vs us when he sucks so bad at them

Every fucking game scrubs just can't miss

Man, Porkers return has really sucked the life out of the team. From winning at Cleveland to losing at NO and struggling vs Dallass smh.

Any team playing the Spurs turn into the Warriors cuz our defense is trash.

Damn Manu quit the suicide moves

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Really? I thought he's been very good overall so far.

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:lol. Terrible shot that he missed. Really bad lob pass to Dedmon. Bailed on that call and missed a FT.

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Manu stinking up the joint again. Man, it's been really bad lately.

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He still gets his minutes no matter what .... young players glued to the bench ... Pop disgusting! Smh

thank you Manu

On that sequence Lee did a great job of putting guys in their place defensively. Great stuff

But he did just hit a 3. Never worry about Manu

What a tremendous pass from Lee on the move and on the money.

Manu

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:lol. Terrible shot that he missed. Really bad lob pass to Dedmon. Bailed on that call and missed a FT.

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the lob was the only bad play, tbh... team picked up scoring since he came in.

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Man, Porkers return has really sucked the life out of the team. From winning at Cleveland to losing at NO and struggling vs Dallass smh.

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But he did just hit a 3. Never worry about Manu

What a tremendous pass from Lee on the move and on the money.

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Yeah, Lee has good vision

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He still gets his minutes no matter what .... young players glued to the bench ... Pop disgusting! Smh

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I don't think it's disgusting, I think there are guys who have just earned their minutes. When Kawhi is old and balding , and there are young guys on the bench, you can bet Kawhi will get his minutes too

Haha, Manu!

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On that sequence Lee did a great job of putting guys in their place defensively. Great stuff

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Thinking the same thing!:toast

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Man, Porkers return has really sucked the life out of the team. From winning at Cleveland to losing at NO and struggling vs Dallass smh.

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No offense but that Cavs win is not looking as good now that the Cavs are continuing to suck.

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Man, Porkers return has really sucked the life out of the team. From winning at Cleveland to losing at NO and struggling vs Dallass smh.

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Man, Porkers return has really sucked the life out of the team. From winning at Cleveland to losing at NO and struggling vs Dallass smh.

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I was loving watching Murray start. Not saying the team is better without Parker but it was more enjoyable.

Lee seems to always make the right play.

Roxs getting slaughtered in Indy.

Lee is a monster

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I don't think it's disgusting, I think there are guys who have just earned their minutes. When Kawhi is old and balding , and there are young guys on the bench, you can bet Kawhi will get his minutes too

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Kawhi is not the point

Rockets are down 19 in Indiana, fyi.

And man. Lee is freaking amazing. Our most consistent big this season

thats a foul

What a pass from Ginobili! How was that not a foul?

I think Pop may stick with Lee in the bench, not bc he can't start but bc bench needs him.

I remember when Dirk used to be automatic on those

MVBERTANS