Game Thread: Spurs at Rockets - Dec. 16, 2019 @ 7:00pm CST

[Capt Bringdown]

Nobody has ever lived by the Forbes. Sometimes they've outlived him, but it's not a thing.

In the first half the Spurs certainly did.
0-6 in the second half however, surprise, surprise.

[UZER]

Pop was like what the are the Rockets doing fouling up 3?

timvp - get in here

See...what had happen was...in 2001...pshhh...and den...in 2015...

[Kurgan]

Pop was like what the are the Rockets doing fouling up 3?

timvp - get in here

Pop: "It's not classy to foul when up 3"

[timtonymanu]

I get more enjoyment out of Spurs losses and Pop sulking while his ego keeps deflating more and more. So done with him. Him retiring in the offseason would be the biggest move this team can make.

[Mugen]

Derrick and Dejounte both having great games, great defensively....

And neither one of them gets more minutes than Bryn

[poopbox]

Pop finally takes the ball out of Dechoker hands at the end of the game only to give the ball to the biggest scrub on the team...

Forbes looks like a child playing with grown men every single time the other team cranks the intensity up past 5

[Joseph Kony]

some great coaching in this game, mostly the 2nd half

-lets Mills/Forbes get raped by Westbrook in the 1st half
-completely went away from LMA who had it going
-refused to make any lineup changes while the spurs are getting demolished to start the 3Q
-doesnt play LW4 at all until the start of the 4th
-yanks him 2 minutes later for Marco
-benches Murray for large period in the 2nd half
-Marco/Forbes/Derozan lineup in a tight game where Houston is going off in the 2nd half
-decides to play White/Murray way too late
-draws up play for Forbes to tie the game
-closes with Marco instead of Walker


i dont even know what to say anymore. calling him a senile old got is getting stale

[sasaint]

Please trade everyone on this sorry ass team except Murray/White/Walker. All these sniffers that want the playoffs, do you really expect the young guys to learn anything valuable when they're being led by a group of veteran losers? Also Defrozen pouting on the bench.

Nah. I'd keep Poodle.

[sananspursfan21]

“Dumbmar” helped keep that lead afloat for a little bit. If these guys would have worked for the smart shots, game over spurs win. They kept going for the home run with threes when they could have just worked it to the middle and might have won

[$pursDynasty]

If DeRozan plays 10 fewer minutes, the Spurs win this game.

THIS

[Beartrucci]

Knew Rockets would slowly creep back in game and win by 2-5 points when I saw we were blowing them out in 2nd. Spurs are so predictable.

[tim_duncan_fan]

It is what it is. Too many untalented and unintelligent players on the roster.

[gambit1990]

cp3 had 30 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists on 75% shooting. led okc to a w after being down 26. had 19 points / made 5 threes in the 4th quarter.

but some of y'all would rather have demar

[ZeusWillJudge]

Pop: "It's not classy to foul when up 3"

It used to work in prehistoric times. Now it only works against prehistoric teams.

[Mugen]

To be fair, fouling up 3 would only work against Pop and the Spurs. He had 2 chances to draw up a quick 3 pointer but he didn't even realize the Rockets could just foul instead of letting his 5 second play develop

[$pursDynasty]

Spurs lose by 10 if DePression closed the game out

[slick'81]

Guess patty mills came back to earth playing a team with a pulse

[timtonymanu]

cp3 had 30 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists on 75% shooting. led okc to a w after being down 26. had 19 points / made 5 threes in the 4th quarter.

but some of y'all would rather have demar

Chinook. Btw that Thunder team was suppose to be tanking and "worse" than us this season, but they still have a star player and promising pieces compared to us.

[sasaint]

some great coaching in this game, mostly the 2nd half

-lets Mills/Forbes get raped by Westbrook in the 1st half
-completely went away from LMA who had it going
-refused to make any lineup changes while the spurs are getting demolished to start the 3Q
-doesnt play LW4 at all until the start of the 4th
-yanks him 2 minutes later for Marco
-benches Murray for large period in the 2nd half
-Marco/Forbes/Derozan lineup in a tight game where Houston is going off in the 2nd half
-decides to play White/Murray way too late
-draws up play for Forbes to tie the game
-closes with Marco instead of Walker


i dont even know what to say anymore. calling him a senile old got is getting stale

I was actually beginning to entertain the idea that he was tanking. But tonight he benches Dumbmar and plays Derrick and Dijon together for an extended stint... Forces me to reconsider. Maybe he is trying to win.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

pop finally gets the balls to bench deprozac in crunch time and he replaces him with his pets.

[KimmyGib]

Belinelli is so bloody useless

[sananspursfan21]

Forbes unconscious in the first half and Rockets bricking everything is the only reason this game was close tbh

[ZeusWillJudge]

cp3 had 30 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists on 75% shooting. led okc to a w after being down 26. had 19 points / made 5 threes in the 4th quarter.

but some of y'all would rather have demar

He was due $124 Million for the next three years, dumbass. We didn't want his contract. For that price he would have to be doing that every night. He's not. He's averaging 15.6 ppg.

Did I mention that you're a dumbass?

Chinook.

But still better than dumbass' helper.

[sasaint]

“Dumbmar” helped keep that lead afloat for a little bit. If these guys would have worked for the smart shots, game over spurs win. They kept going for the home run with threes when they could have just worked it to the middle and might have won

I don't know how many 3s they shot. More than most games... But you're probably right. Pop zigs when he should zag and vice versa.

[timvp]

Hey TimVP, you asked what teams foul when up by 3? Here you go.

@ basketball gods providing an example. Thanks gods, tnbh.