Game Thread: Spurs @ Warriors -- Mon. (1/25) - 9:30PM CST (5:30AM Riga Time)

[ElNono]

I just hate that Pop is just going to say "turnovers" in the post game pressed and that will be that...

[crc21209]

3 shot attempts for Kawhi is beyond ridiculous, tbh..

Curry and Thompson are going to get their points(Thompson has 11 points on 8 shots, which is good, but nothing crazy), but giving up a bunch of points to the rest of the Warriors is killing the Spurs, along with the turnovers..

They're having arguably the best run in NBA history, for a reason, though..it's virtually impossible to match-up with them, man for man..

This. it. Go with the 2005 Amare strategy. Let Curry and Thompson get theirs. But you cant let ing Ezeli and Brandon ing Rush to score points. Thats just gravy for them..

[BillMc]

oUR turnovers are so distributed you got to hand it to the opponent's defense.

[spurs10]

Manu shouldn't have to try and play hero ball. Plenty of blame to go around.

At least he's showing some grit! LMA needs to be a lot more aggressive.

[still.focused]

LMA(O)
This dude is as soft as they come
If he put as much effort in finishing around the rim as he does double high 5ing everyone in sight hed be pretty good
Kawhi ISOS were productive 3 straight times down court
So what do the Spurs do
It doesnt matter wtf they did because it wasnt a Kawhi ISO
Sometimes I wonder if he enjoys playing in San An
Its like they only want him to prosper at their pace despite how good he is
Its embarrassing

[steeledl]

If we want to get back in this game run the offense through Parker, Kawhi, and West.

Limit playing time for Manu, Green, and Mills who has no business in this game.... even if it means you have to play unproven guys like Simmons and Anderson a lot of minutes ,

[Ditty]

Quit playing scared and intimidated!

[HarlemHeat37]

As expected, there's nowhere to hide for Parker and Mills, too..I suppose you could try to force them to go to Harrison Barnes, but Kerr has acknowledged in the past that he wouldn't divert from his gameplan to exploit a potential, individual mismatch..

[james evans]

game isn't over

[cutewizard]

can we improve??

[random21]

1) Turnovers
2) LMA playing worse than Jeff Ayres
3) Warriors bench outplaying whole Spurs team

[Pauleta14]

Tony and LA were the 2 that needed to step up and they are the worst!!!

I still don't know what makes Tony go...

He is playing like a rookie out there, it's embarrassing.

[$pursDynasty]

but that's not legal. Especially with the touch foul on parker when guarding Livingston and the clean block on Klay by Green. It's like Duke basketball. The refs are letting one team play physical and the other not. Anderson was fouled twice on drives and Leonard was humped out of bounds by Green. NOw I'm not saying the refs should call those for us, but they shouldn't call it for them.

THIS^^^

[sasaint]

Its one game but it seems fairly clear that we don't present a single matchup problem for GS while they cause a plethora of matchup issues.

Kawhi still might create a matchup problem if we went to him.

[~O~]

SO this thread is making the freaking site crash. Jesus.

[TDfan2007]

There is absolutely ZERO defensive communication on the court. I know Timmy's absence has something to do with that, but holy this is embarrassing. The amount of times we've been backdoored tonight has reached "Harden" levels of pathetic.

[Mnky]

People being surprised about Green playing good defense. He has great body control and feet. He is already low to the ground so its easy to hold position. The weakness is he gets real low. Lma should have an easy shot over him. Where's that Dirk fade away today?

[crc21209]

David West is one tough bas . This guy is going to be HUGE come Playoff time.

[r0drig0lac]

3 shot attempts for Kawhi is beyond ridiculous, tbh..

Curry and Thompson are going to get their points(Thompson has 11 points on 8 shots, which is good, but nothing crazy), but giving up a bunch of points to the rest of the Warriors is killing the Spurs, along with the turnovers..11 points in the 1st half from Livington is fatal..

They're having arguably the best run in NBA history, for a reason, though..it's virtually impossible to match-up with them, man for man..

unless you have a guy like Cousins / Drummond or an ultra athletic and long team as the Bucks

[spurs10]

I'm starting to think Pop sat Duncan to try and force LMA to step up. Or to confirm what the eye test suggests--that, defense aside, he's been middling to bad most nights--and to use it to motivate him.

Something. I'm really reaching for a silver lining here.

I'll take it!

[99 Problems]

Some very poor calls and non calls in the second.

LMA concrete hand today

Green & Kawhi getting called, bad calls. But that said Bogut & Barnes been whittled as well. Draymond committed 3 fouls been called for 1.

Rim protection - Without Tim there is none.

GSW are good. But getting those decisions they excellent.

[boutons_deux]

It's not just LMA's defender, they are collapsing on any Spur trying to back down.

[TE]

Tony and LA were the 2 that needed to step up and they are the worst!!!

I still don't know what makes Tony go...

He is playing like a rookie out there, it's embarrassing.

Precisely. Both have been bad all around.

[james evans]

Tony and LA were the 2 that needed to step up and they are the worst!!!

I still don't know what makes Tony go...

He is playing like a rookie out there, it's embarrassing.

no he's not playing like a rookie, he's playing like he's trying to prove a point and normally when he does that, he s us up. He just needs to remain calm and stop driving into triple coverage

[Nathan89]

I just hate that Pop is just going to say "turnovers" in the post game pressed and that will be that...

Do you want him to say they are better than us?