Game Thread: Spurs @ Blazers -- Sun. (1/7) - 8:00/C (4:00am Riga Time)

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Really these blown last plays shouldn't be the focus here. Those things happen in close games. What should be the question is how did we blow that 12 point lead in the 3rd when the Spurs were taking control of the game. Need to rewind and look at that.

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That's because Pop keeps playing midget guards that can't guard a traffic cone, then when they're not doing anything on offense, it's basically just giving the other team free points. I'm sorry, but I still would have preferred Simmons' length and athleticism over midgets like Mills, Forbes or whoever else Pop decides to play that is shorter than average.

He likes playing bigs at C and PF, but then he likes playing smaller than average lineups at SF, SG, PG. I don't know what you call that? Queerball?

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

"Leadership" lol.

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I really don't know whether that's a sign of leadership - it's just words. Give me a leader like Tim who spoke few words and was an assassin on the court. Performance, not words, is what counts in my leadership book. LMA is no leader. We have seen him "own up" in the past. So what? His performance doesn't change regardless of how many times he shows some kind of "verbal leadership." He plays a soft, loser's game.

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

Manu continues to impress, however.

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Who actually gives a fuck about these stats. I only care about the win. I would have been happier with 2 pts and the win.

Great, great game from Manu, but I don't give a crap about the first to do this and first to do that.

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Originally Posted by sasaint

I really don't know whether that's a sign of leadership - it's just words. Give me a leader like Tim who spoke few words and was an assassin on the court. Performance, not words, is what counts in my leadership book. LMA is no leader. We have seen him "own up" in the past. So what? His performance doesn't change regardless of how many times he shows some kind of "verbal leadership." He plays a soft, loser's game.

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Do you remember the game in Cleveland last season that the spurs won with Kawhi scoring 40+?

Aldridge missed 2 free throws at the end that could of cost us the game. He owned up to it, said he was mad at himself and said that won't happen again. He did the same thing multiple times in the following games shortly after saying that. His words are empty. If Tim said anything, or made any kind of statement like that, he usually always followed through on it.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

Do you remember the game in Cleveland that season that the spurs won with Kawhi scoring 40+?

Aldridge missed 2 free throws at the end that could of cost us the game. He owned up to it, said he was mad at himself and said that won't happen again. He did the same thing multiple times in the following games shortly after saying that. His words are empty. If Tim said anything, or made any kind of statement like that, he usually always followed through on it.

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Yeah. Touches has "owned up" a number of times. That is easy. It takes a true star to back up words with actions to reflect that resolve. When it comes to mental fortitude LMA is the 90 pound weakling compared to Tim's Charles Atlas.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

Who actually gives a fuck about these stats. I only care about the win. I would have been happier with 2 pts and the win.

Great, great game from Manu, but I don't give a crap about the first to do this and first to do that.

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From the movie Little Big League:

“He’s eight for 13 this year, against left-handers, in night games, played above the Mason Dixon Line.”

:lol

Kyle 36min 8pts 6reb
Forbes 27min 12pts 1reb
Bertans 28min 8pts 4reb

https://media.giphy.com/media/l2YWoF...yyLC/giphy.gif

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Really these blown last plays shouldn't be the focus here. Those things happen in close games. What should be the question is how did we blow that 12 point lead in the 3rd when the Spurs were taking control of the game. Need to rewind and look at that.

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This is always true. We actually had a great comeback after blowing a big lead. That should be the focus.

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

"Leadership" lol.

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At least he owned it and didn’t deflect. Maybe owning something isn’t a leadership quality, but I like the idea of him saying he would learn from the loss and that he copped to to ‘rushing’ the shot. I really think that our play earlier was more to blame for the ‘L.’

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Really these blown last plays shouldn't be the focus here. Those things happen in close games. What should be the question is how did we blow that 12 point lead in the 3rd when the Spurs were taking control of the game. Need to rewind and look at that.

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There was an 8 point lead when Joffrey and Paul subbed in at 2:48 left in the third.

The line-up was Joffrey-Bertans-Ginobili-Paul-Mills

It took a 3 from Bertans to tie it up before the quarter ended.

edited to fix line-up

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Originally Posted by LittleCriminal

Kyle 36min 8pts 6reb
Forbes 27min 12pts 1reb
Bertans 28min 8pts 4reb

https://media.giphy.com/media/l2YWoF...yyLC/giphy.gif

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NBA players should always be looking for stats and self-glorification

tbh I would rather you be a fan of another team. day to day, I just assume my fellow Spur fans are better than this...

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Really these blown last plays shouldn't be the focus here. Those things happen in close games. What should be the question is how did we blow that 12 point lead in the 3rd when the Spurs were taking control of the game. Need to rewind and look at that.

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Originally Posted by objective

There was an 8 point lead when Joffrey and Paul subbed in at 2:48 left in the third.

The line-up was Joffrey-Bertans-Ginobili-Paul-Mills

It took a 3 from Bertans to tie it up before the quarter ended.

edited to fix line-up

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Well there you go.

another fun game to watch, wrong outcome when the Spurs normally win these close ones ... Manu was so great, but of course he had to chuck up that one three which was a completely bad shot ... but I would have done the same I guess

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Originally Posted by vander

lol, 525 posts, probably every single one after a good Manu game, doesn't actually care about the Spurs, typical Manu fan

sad thing is that I'm amazed and ecstatic at what Manu has been able to accomplish this year at 40, but idiot Manu fans have to come along and ruin it

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I take my 525 exquisite posts over your bullshit 5125.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u3rodolhFU

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Originally Posted by Ice009

That's because Pop keeps playing midget guards that can't guard a traffic cone, then when they're not doing anything on offense, it's basically just giving the other team free points. I'm sorry, but I still would have preferred Simmons' length and athleticism over midgets like Mills, Forbes or whoever else Pop decides to play that is shorter than average.

He likes playing bigs at C and PF, but then he likes playing smaller than average lineups at SF, SG, PG. I don't know what you call that? Queerball?

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yes, it goes in the opposite of everything the alloy has been doing (long wings and bigs more versatile, faster and smaller)

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Originally Posted by SAGirl

This lineup: Joff, Davis, Manu, Bryn and Patty...
no defense whatsoever. I remember a few shots straight at the rim.

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Yet kyle anderson gave up the winning basket.... irony

[QUOTE=vander;9242831]NBA players should always be looking for stats and self-glorification

tbh I would rather you be a fan of another team. day to day, I just assume my fellow Spur fans are better than this...[/QOUTE]

I am a Spurs fan for life.
Always have been and always will be.

But I think you don't understand what I'm spitting.
I'm not trying to glorify a player looking for self-glorification and individual stats.

I'm simply calling out the underachieving player who gets matched or outperformed stat wise by players with fewer minutes and fewer seasons as a spur on a regular basis.

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Originally Posted by tholdren

Yet kyle anderson gave up the winning basket.... irony

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KA gets burned on D all the time.
Watching him on the offensive side of the ball is just as infuriating.

fukkin sux Leonard and Gay are out.

Joff -7 in 5 minutes. replace him with Bonner, the +/- wizard and we'll ring tbh

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Originally Posted by SAGirl

This lineup: Joff, Davis, Manu, Bryn and Patty...
no defense whatsoever. I remember a few shots straight at the rim.

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I'm ready to give up on the Joff experiment already. He had a few nice moments in preseason, but ever since the big games started, he has hardly looked like an NBA talent.

His idea of defense is literally just to stand in one spot with your arms up.

Spurs either need to find another big on the waiver wire, or need Rudy Gay to come back healthy. Probably both.

^ Joff will be a bust was an easy call tbh :lol

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Originally Posted by Brazil

^ Joff will be a bust was an easy call tbh :lol

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Darn, I hate that you're right about it. In the preseason he looked like a steal. Right now, I want him cut.

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Originally Posted by Ice009

Darn, I hate that you're right about it. In the preseason he looked like a steal. Right now, I want him cut.

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