** Game Thread Roxs @ SPURS Wed (11/9) 8:30PM CT, 10:30PM ET, 4:30AM Riga **

[BatManu20]

Lol Timmy

[tbdog]

How could the refs not call that a foul? Nene was landing on top of him before Leonard touched the ground.

http://postimg.org/image/5r6apls1n/

[MI21]

How could the refs not call that a foul? Nene was landing on top of him before Leonard touched the ground.

http://postimg.org/image/5r6apls1n/

That's actually pretty bad. Nearly as bad as LMA's soft as tip attempt.

[james evans]

I do think this offense heavilly centered around Kawhi is not working.
He IS NOT good enough to distribute the ball. Hence, others are not involved, most of our guys are out of rythm for the whole game and the offense lacks any resemblance of flow.

26 shots it´s a ing lot if those are not coming of very good offensive possessions, there is only a number of makes you are gonna have when you go against 2 or 3 defenders by yourself play after play, either being Leonard or MJ.

I don´t see a way we can seriously contend if our strategy is for Kawhi to score 35 points a game, it´s just not a real expectation.

offense isn't our main problem. Our main problem is giving up open 3s and layups all ing season. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. Every team does the same thing to us and has been doing it for about a decade. Drive, draw the defense, and kick out for the open 3. We know it's coming, the Spurs know it's coming, Popovich know it's coming, but he continues to play the same defense for reasons that only he knows.

[james evans]

Manu is a flopping . My god. But, u already knew that.

Good game otherwise.

How in the was that not called a travel in the gif of your sig?

[SAGirl]

I take it back to the previous off-season. But, yeah, when Tim retired, Pop should have "encouraged" Manu to cash in with Philly rather than bring him back, and then sweep the slate clean by trading TP before his wheels fell off, too. Then resist the temptation to sign a big with a big name when he was old and didn't really fit well.

+100

[TheDoctor]

How could the refs not call that a foul? Nene was landing on top of him before Leonard touched the ground.

http://postimg.org/image/5r6apls1n/

Yep, he was hammered. But as we know, Officials rarely blow their whistle in the final seconds.

[sasaint]

Just my observation. It sort of reminded me that the Spurs were using tonight's game as like a "practice/scouting" game on defense to prepare them for the Warriors with some of the switching and defense positioning they were in. I still don't get why the let Harden go left though every time he had the ball

X1000 Especially when there was no more TD to clean things up. Guess the fundamentals retired along with The Big Fundamental.

[Prose]

"I take it back to the previous off-season. But, yeah, when Tim retired, Pop should have "encouraged" Manu to cash in with Philly rather than bring him back, and then sweep the slate clean by trading TP before his wheels fell off, too. Then resist the temptation to sign a big with a big name when he was old and didn't really fit well."


THIS^

[TheGreatYacht]

fingers crossed for green to play and for parker not to.

They were selling your , pussy.

[SAGirl]

I do think this offense heavilly centered around Kawhi is not working.
He IS NOT good enough to distribute the ball. Hence, others are not involved, most of our guys are out of rythm for the whole game and the offense lacks any resemblance of flow.

26 shots it´s a ing lot if those are not coming of very good offensive possessions, there is only a number of makes you are gonna have when you go against 2 or 3 defenders by yourself play after play, either being Leonard or MJ.

I don´t see a way we can seriously contend if our strategy is for Kawhi to score 35 points a game, it´s just not a real expectation.

Pau's huge contract for 13minutes of play. The dude is unplayable.

Agreed on both.

How could the refs not call that a foul? Nene was landing on top of him before Leonard touched the ground.

http://postimg.org/image/5r6apls1n/

Patty wide, wide open for 3... actually Pau too.

[skulls138]

It's enraging at times to see LMA fall in love with the long perimeter shot, the guy is legit 6-11 265-270 lbs, he can work the low post but decides that he doesn't want to bang. Doesn't want to get dirty. He doesn't need to do it all game, but at least try it. This was a game where he needed to turn it up a notch.

[GSH]

How in the was that not called a travel in the gif of your sig?

Holy , that's horrible.


I always love when they show highlight reel plays like that. Never mind that the only way he was able to make the play was for the refs to look the other way.

[GSH]

I still don't get why the let Harden go left though every time he had the ball

Because he's ing good, that's why. People used to say that exact same thing about Manu. Year after year. Everybody should have known what he was going to do, but they couldn't seem to stop it. And when they did over-commit to try and cut him off, he torched them some other way. A lot like Harden is going now.

[james evans]

Because he's ing good, that's why. People used to say that exact same thing about Manu. Year after year. Everybody should have known what he was going to do, but they couldn't seem to stop it. And when they did over-commit to try and cut him off, he torched them some other way. A lot like Harden is going now.

I don't give a damn how good you are. If a man goes 1 way 99% of the time, you take that side from him. Play him at an angle and MAKE HIM BEAT YOU GOING THE OTHER WAY. Do you not remember the 2013 WCF? If I have to say a name and explain it to you, then you're not a Spurs fan

[GSH]

I don't give a damn how good you are. If a man goes 1 way 99% of the time, you take that side from him. Play him at an angle and MAKE HIM BEAT YOU GOING THE OTHER WAY. Do you not remember the 2013 WCF? If I have to say a name and explain it to you, then you're not a Spurs fan

I'm just saying that I heard announcers and coaches say those exact same words about Manu, game after game, year after year. And he just kept doing it. That's just fact.

As for the rest? off.

[Roxsfan]

How in the was that not called a travel in the gif of your sig?

Because that was sexy. That's why.

Check out what they say:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...ack-3-vs-bulls

At least butler didn't fall to the ground like the es on the Spurs - when u can't stop him - just fall down. Spurs strategy. Lol.

[Robz4000]

Because that was sexy. That's why.

Check out what they say:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...ack-3-vs-bulls

At least butler didn't fall to the ground like the es on the Spurs - when u can't stop him - just fall down. Spurs strategy. Lol.

Straight from the Harden school of defense. Props my dude.

[Spurtacular]

This was one of the games I missed; so, I was watching it the other day. We all know about Kawhi missing the easy banker and LMA missing the bunny; but damn, Pop playing Fathead big minutes down the stretch? I think he played him from about the 8th minute down to about the 3rd when the Spurs should've been running away with that damn game! Think that's the last game this season that Pop got cute like that. Think that's the last time Pop gave him any real minutes late. But f*ck; Pop should've known better in the first place than to be playing the 13th man like that. I think that's the game he finally realized, IT AIN'T HAPPENING.