*** Official Game Thread 7/82: Spurs at Clippers (11/5) 7:30 PM CT, 2:30 AM Riga ***

[raybies]

Where's Duncan

[SAGirl]

Spurs

Starters	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
L. Aldridge	25	7-13	3-3	2-2	1	5	6	0	0	1	1	2	-22	19
K. Leonard	28	3-13	0-3	8-8	1	5	6	1	1	1	2	1	-9	14
P. Gasol	21	3-5	1-2	4-6	1	3	4	1	0	1	2	1	-12	11
P. Mills	25	1-7	0-3	2-2	1	2	3	5	0	0	2	3	-25	4
K. Anderson	16	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	+3	0
Bench	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
D. Lee	12	0-3	0-0	2-2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	-2	2
D. Bertans	14	0-3	0-2	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	-9	0
D. Dedmon	19	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	4	-17	4
D. Murray	6	1-3	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	-9	3
B. Forbes	11	2-3	0-1	0-0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	-12	4
M. Ginobili	13	2-6	1-3	2-2	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	1	-16	7
J. Simmons	16	3-5	0-0	0-0	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	0	-3	6
N. Laprovittola	22	4-5	3-4	0-0	1	1	2	5	0	0	2	1	-7	11

[Kawhitstorm]

Defense is not the same as last season... team is not going to win 67 again...

That's what happens who Fat Head replaces Danny in the starting line-up & gets burnt by Moute.

[DarrinS]

Where's Duncan

He retired

[tmtcsc]

This is a bad, bad loss tonight. This was straight up ugly. Does it mean anything in the long run? No, it means just as much as a blow out win over GS on the road. It means this team will have ugly nights like this until Pop knows how to utilize his team correctly.

Oh, and all the excuses from Bill Land and Sean Elliott. Every team has to deal with travel and scheduling issues. Suck it up and play. If Kawhi Leonard can show up, so can everyone else. HE busts his ass more than everyone else. Pau needs to snap and start ing moving like he gives a out there. He just seems to be going through the motions and waiting for the playoffs to start.

And in case anyone thought Murray was going to do anything this year, I hope his early returns has cleared that nonsense up for you. He's a twig with handles right now.

Oh and Kyle Anderson sucks out loud.

[RD2191]

Pau=pussy on defense
LMA=pussy on defense
KA/Simmons=trash
Parker/Mills= scrubs on defense

Kawhi is alone out there tbh

[SAGirl]

[raybies]

Burn the tape

[Kawhitstorm]

I think that may change this season. Unless the Dubs do something to strengthen themselves inside, this Clips team could win the west.

Won't believe it until the break the curse. Spurs matchup w/ the Duds b/c they don't have anyone to skull- Softridge & Pau owns Zaza. Cripples could be the #1 seed & then choke in the 2nd rd when Chris Paul gets injured....as always.

[timtonymanu]

This is a bad, bad loss tonight. This was straight up ugly. Does it mean anything in the long run? No, it means just as much as a blow out win over GS on the road. It means this team will have ugly nights like this until Pop knows how to utilize his team correctly.

Oh, and all the excuses from Bill Land and Sean Elliott. Every team has to deal with travel and scheduling issues. Suck it up and play. If Kawhi Leonard can show up, so can everyone else. HE busts his ass more than everyone else. Pau needs to snap and start ing moving like he gives a out there. He just seems to be going through the motions and waiting for the playoffs to start.

And in case anyone thought Murray was going to do anything this year, I hope his early returns has cleared that nonsense up for you. He's a twig with handles right now.

Agreed. But it also reaffirms my belief that Clippers are a matchup nightmare for us. Especially since our starting bigs mail it in sometimes.

[Darius Bieber]

Defense is not the same as last season... team is not going to win 67 again...

Won't even win 50.

[DarrinS]

Pau=pussy on defense
LMA=pussy on defense
KA/Simmons=trash
Parker/Mills= scrubs on defense

Kawhi is alone out there tbh

Parker would've brought that legendary lock down defense against CP3 tho.

[SAGirl]

Murray duel with jamal

[cjw]

8782075[/URL]]We just played the Grizzlies last night, tbh.

Buggy ESPN app. Thought something seemed off. If you guys get your bench to be somewhat productive, might as well write you into conf finals

[raybies]

Pop flirting with cp3.

[daslicer]

This is a bad, bad loss tonight. This was straight up ugly. Does it mean anything in the long run? No, it means just as much as a blow out win over GS on the road. It means this team will have ugly nights like this until Pop knows how to utilize his team correctly.

Oh, and all the excuses from Bill Land and Sean Elliott. Every team has to deal with travel and scheduling issues. Suck it up and play. If Kawhi Leonard can show up, so can everyone else. HE busts his ass more than everyone else. Pau needs to snap and start ing moving like he gives a out there. He just seems to be going through the motions and waiting for the playoffs to start.

And in case anyone thought Murray was going to do anything this year, I hope his early returns has cleared that nonsense up for you. He's a twig with handles right now.

I agree with everything you said but lets not give Kawhi credit either since he was also pretty ty in this game. It's very evident that the Clippers have his number. He tends to struggle with this matchup. He needs to have 2 or 3 good games versus them and I don't care about win or losing those games. I just want to see him play well against them. It just seems like they have mental edge on him and that won't go away until he has a few good games against them.

[tmtcsc]

Hold my baby, man.

[tmtcsc]

I agree with everything you said but lets not give Kawhi credit either since he was also pretty ty in this game. It's very evident that the Clippers have his number. He tends to struggle with this matchup. He needs to have 2 or 3 good games versus them and I don't care about win or losing those games. I just want to see him play well against them. It just seems like they have mental edge on him and that won't go away until he has a few good games against them.

I'm speaking in terms of effort. Sometimes shots don't go in, but you can always hustle. I saw guys dragging out there. Aldridge wasn't focused and just got torched on defense. Absolutely torched.

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop flirting with cp3.

[Kawhitstorm]

I agree with everything you said but lets not give Kawhi credit either since he was also pretty ty in this game. It's very evident that the Clippers have his number. He tends to struggle with this matchup. He needs to have 2 or 3 good games versus them and I don't care about win or losing those games. I just want to see him play well against them. It just seems like they have mental edge on him and that won't go away until he has a few good games against them.

It's pretty obvious they refuse to let him post-up & collapse when he drives, even Doc said it to reporters that he won't let Kawhi beat 'em.

He keeps forcing shots & the Spurs haven't been making open shots against the Cripples which is like pouring gasoline on the fire.

[daslicer]

It's pretty obvious they refuse to let him post-up & collapse when he drives, even Doc said it to reporters that he won't let Kawhi beat 'em.

It will definitely be difficult but Kawhi is going to have to find a way to be effective on the offensive end. He's going to have to find ways to be a play maker in that situation or be able to hit his fade away jump shots. Along with being able to play off the ball. I feel if Kawhi can have a few good games against the clippers then their spirits will be broken.

[sasaint]

This is a bad, bad loss tonight. This was straight up ugly. Does it mean anything in the long run? No, it means just as much as a blow out win over GS on the road. It means this team will have ugly nights like this until Pop knows how to utilize his team correctly.

Oh, and all the excuses from Bill Land and Sean Elliott. Every team has to deal with travel and scheduling issues. Suck it up and play. If Kawhi Leonard can show up, so can everyone else. HE busts his ass more than everyone else. Pau needs to snap and start ing moving like he gives a out there. He just seems to be going through the motions and waiting for the playoffs to start.

And in case anyone thought Murray was going to do anything this year, I hope his early returns has cleared that nonsense up for you. He's a twig with handles right now.

Oh and Kyle Anderson sucks out loud.

Lots of new faces. None of the young guys; Kyle, Simmons, Dijon, Lapro, Bertans, Forbes seem like good, regular rotation-worthy players. Neither do the old graybeards, Tony and Manu. That's a question mark for over half of the team members! Pau seems up-and-down so far. Deadman has been an inconsistent but pleasant surprise. Pop will need to do some serious coaching this season. In preseason I said I would be happy if they kept the 50-win streak alive. I'd take that this season.

I just wish PATFO had been a little more prescient about putting some pieces around Kawhi.

[Kawhitstorm]

It will definitely be difficult but Kawhi is going to have to find a way to be effective on the offensive end. He's going to have to find ways to be a play maker in that situation or be able to hit his fade away jump shots. Along with being able to play off the ball. I feel if Kawhi can have a few good games against the clippers then their spirits will be broken.

Don't you remember the 2015 series when Porker/Danny couldn't make a shot when the Clips were blitzing Kawhi? Today, Patty couldn't make anything & Kyle was just a warm body.

The best way to attack that defense is to run PnRs w/ Pau & force DeAndre to get out of the lane or give up a wide open look to Pau. Posting up the bigger Moute or playing ISO against a set defense is playing into Doc's hands.

[100%duncan]

just saying. You kawhi s always pointing fingers when your boy freezes up

Share the blame got

Says the person who defended Aldridge when he got lit up by 26 pts in the first half

[raybies]

Lmao