Game Thread: 12/30 Blazers at Spurs 7:30 CST (8:30 EST, 3:30 AM Riga Time)

[SAGirl]

Simms hot game though....

[FkLA]

I guess that's why Fathead never shoots. That three-point attempt looked horrible.

[Robz4000]

Missed a chance to blow it open, but they have all the momentum now

[GSH]

LMA has struggled passing out of doubles but he hasn't been bad. They basically are sending the house every time he touches the ball. He's doing his job in that regard.

They clearly made up their mind that with Kawhi out, LMA was going to be the go-to guy. He hasn't seen the double coming quick enough at times. But Pop should have talked about how they were going to deal with that as a team, during halftime. They've left him hanging several times, too.

[TimDunkem]

Lol at anyone who says Simmons is as bad as Kyle. At least Simmons brings energy and excitement to the game. The only one who gets out of their seat for Fathead is SAGirl.

[SAGirl]

Anderson on open corner 3 ...Chip must be resisting to punch his face

He took that shot dude... it will come...

[100%duncan]

Anderson on open corner 3 ...Chip must be resisting the urge to punch his face

Chip is a good guy tbh, had a good 10 minute talk with him when I went to SA

[Ron Swanson]

Juice taking over.

[spurtech09]

Simmons is cooking.

[r0drig0lac]

jonathon jordan

[FkLA]

da juice

[bklynspursfan]

Simmons is so odd lol. Man if he could play like this more consistently. That crossover and shooting on a dime is big time stuff

[100%duncan]

LONG

[Ron Swanson]

LDN is feeling it tonight.

[spurtech09]

Danny!!!!!!!!!!!!

[007nites]

What hasn't simmons done today?

[NASpurs]

LDN talking to the Blazers bench again

[Pauleta14]

Except that you won’t get away with it against Cavs, Dubs and Clips

I never though a minute we had a chance this year...

No defensive anchor in the paint and no go to guy offensively = no shot at the le (unless crazy amount of injuries in those teams)

[TheGreatYacht]

Murray time

[GSH]

LMA with some nice help defense there. Simmons needed it, but credit LMA for being there.

[r0drig0lac]

ball movement >> iso

[DPG21920]

They clearly made up their mind that with Kawhi out, LMA was going to be the go-to guy. He hasn't seen the double coming quick enough at times. But Pop should have talked about how they were going to deal with that as a team, during halftime. They've left him hanging several times, too.

Agreed, there have been times, especially knowing its' coming that LMA handled it poorly. But they are treating Lma like he's MJ. I've very rarely seen a player doubled this hard this consistently for an entire game.

What you said is true but there's also an element of "revenge" and "let's not let LMA get his regardless of the win/loss" in play

[Chris]

Becky with that subtle wink to LDN

[100%duncan]

Simmons is so odd lol. Man if he could play like this more consistently. That crossover and shooting on a dime is good stuff

IF he plays like that consistently, he’s a starter on a lot of teams.

OTOH, what’s with Danny and Portland’s bench? He seems to look at em after hitting threes. I like it

[spurtech09]

Murray time