GameThread SPURS @ Bulls Thu (12/8) 8:30PM CT, 9:30PM ET, 4:30AM Riga

[Spur|n|Austin]

Everyone ready for our annual road loss on national television in Chicago?

so true!

[spurs10]

[spursistan]

[apalisoc_9]

I hate nlt available in your country BS.

[Ron Swanson]

[HarlemHeat37]

There are 4 teams, this season, that have a bottom-tier bench that ranks levels below the rest of the league: Washington, Minnesota, Indiana and Chicago..

In the games the Spurs have played vs. those teams:

@ Minnesota- 42 vs. 24 points advantage for the bench
@ Washington- 35 vs. 17 points advantage
vs. Washington- 36 vs. 17 points advantage

[boutons_deux]

The game is only on TNT?

[elemento]

I bet Gasol goes ham this game.

[spursistan]

He may never be as great and complete of player Timmy was, but it sure as won't be for a lack of trying with Kawhi.

Hopefully we hit another home run and bring him more legit star help of his age group or younger, not a couple of lazy soft Bigs.

[Ron Swanson]

HOTS is playing tonight.

[HarlemHeat37]

Rondo vs. Parker tonight, tbh..battle of the TOSBs rivals the Embiid vs. Davis matchup..

[SAGirl]

Who guesses that the road record is lost tonight?

[apalisoc_9]

Rondo vs. Parker tonight, tbh..battle of the TOSBs rivals the Embiid vs. Davis matchup..

Seriously, one of mills or Porker is going to score at least 15 tonight.

Fake hustle rondo is one of the most joyous things to watch in the nba.

[Kawhitstorm]

It's a great matchup on paper, but as Kony said, Spurs somehow always lose @ Chicago..

Bulls' ISO-heavy offense fits right into the Spurs' defensive strengths, and they don't have the type of player that typically hurts the Spurs' defense(screen-using perimeter player or dynamic PG)..they also don't have any offensive big men to expose Pau, either..

Butler and Wade are near the top of the league in favorable whistles, though..that's probably the only way Chicago wins IMO..

Playing zone against the Bulls seems logical but they pound the offensive glass like crazy.

[Kawhitstorm]

There are 4 teams, this season, that have a bottom-tier bench that ranks levels below the rest of the league: Washington, Minnesota, Indiana and Chicago..

McBuckets has been cleared to return following his concussion, he did a number on the Spurs last season ala Re .

[Kawhitstorm]

I bet Gasol goes ham this game.

Butler knows Pau isn't going to present any resistance at the rim so he's going to drive to the bucket on every play.

Lopez is also one of the best offensive rebounders in the league so he should have a field day like Gortat & Softridge is going to be in for a long day against Taj.

[SAGirl]

McBuckets has been cleared to return following his concussion, he did a number on the Spurs last season ala Re .

I haven't watched him play that much but he strikes me as precisely the kind of off screen shooter that Harlem siad is the Spurs bane. Considering how Lavine was going off on pretty much everybody, including your fave, Simmons... belch.

I still think Spurs have a good chance of winning this, but I just have that su ion that Tony is not 100% and he's pulling one of those things where he thinks he can play through a nag but he doesn't play well.

Hope to be wrong though.

[TheGreatYacht]

Butler knows Pau isn't going to present any resistance at the rim so he's going to drive to the bucket on every play.

Lopez is also one of the best offensive rebounders in the league so he should have a field day like Gortat & Softridge is going to be in for a long day against Taj.

That's literally all Butler does each game, though. Just attack the paint and pray for free throws.

[HarlemHeat37]

McBuckets has been cleared to return following his concussion, he did a number on the Spurs last season ala Re .

Sucks, I thought he was out a lot longer..

Predicting Wade and Butler are going to get a ton of calls tonight

[MI21]

Hopefully LDN can turn back the clock to 2014 where he completed embarrassed Wade.

[spursistan]

Parker for 10-15 minutes stretch running offense, with a quick hook if he is stinking it up, is still better Lapro eating all those minutes throwing balls into opposing players feet..

[Kawhitstorm]

I haven't watched him play that much but he strikes me as precisely the kind of off screen shooter that Harlem siad is the Spurs bane. Considering how Lavine was going off on pretty much everybody, including your fave, Simmons... belch.

He cooked Kyle last season 3 straight times & Pop benched him:

	28-27	+3	D. McDermott makes 3-pt shot from 25 ft (assist by D. Rose)
9:15.0			28-27		Personal foul by T. Gibson (drawn by B. Diaw)
9:15.0	D. Green enters the game for M. Ginobili		28-27
9:08.0	P. Mills misses 2-pt shot from 17 ft		28-27
9:07.0			28-27		Defensive rebound by D. McDermott
8:56.0			28-29	+2	D. McDermott makes 2-pt shot from 16 ft (assist by J. Noah)
8:56.0			28-29		Shooting foul by K. Anderson (drawn by D. McDermott)
8:56.0			28-30	+1	D. McDermott makes free throw 1 of 1
8:38.0	B. Diaw misses 2-pt shot from 11 ft		28-30
8:37.0			28-30		Defensive rebound by J. Noah
8:31.0			28-30		D. Rose misses 2-pt shot from 15 ft
8:31.0	Defensive rebound by D. Green		28-30
8:31.0			28-30		Personal foul by T. Gibson (drawn by D. West)
8:12.0	D. Green misses 2-pt shot from 19 ft		28-30
8:11.0			28-30		Defensive rebound by T. Snell
7:59.0			28-30		D. Rose misses 2-pt shot from 1 ft
7:58.0	Defensive rebound by B. Diaw		28-30
7:44.0	D. Green makes 2-pt shot from 2 ft	+2	30-30
7:38.0			30-32	+2	D. McDermott makes 2-pt shot from 2 ft (assist by D. Rose)

[Kawhitstorm]

Sucks, I thought he was out a lot longer..

Predicting Wade and Butler are going to get a ton of calls tonight

Mirotic is probably going to go off like Teleto .

[Kawhitstorm]

Hopefully LDN can turn back the clock to 2014 where he completed embarrassed Wade.

Pop put Kawhi on him last season to prevent his post-ups to which Wade responded by being a facilitator. In any cae, I rather have Danny defending post-ups rather than chasing shooters.

[HarlemHeat37]

Weird stat: Bulls haven't lost a TNT home game since 2012-2013(15 consecutive Ws)