Game Thread (40/82): Spurs @ Mexico City Suns (5:00 CT/ESPN) sponsored by The Cartel

[BillMc]

Let the cliff jumpers jump, going to bed, closing in on 4 AM here.

[bklynspursfan]

Warriors got Cavs, Rocket, and OKC this week. Sucks we couldn't pull this out, but w/e. Not the end of the world. Obviously gassed, so meh.

[RD2191]

Lol, you're a Kawhi sucking . Open your eyes or are they sealed shut with Kawhi's splooge?

Crofl. Let's blame the guy who scored 38 pts on 60% shooting and the only reason we were even in the game. Go your mother.

[bklynspursfan]

You don't seriously believe that this team will lose to OKC, Memphis, or Houston? This team is still WCF bound barring injury or bad seeding.

Easily. The cliff jumping here is comical tbh

[sasaint]

Spurs didn't respect their opponents this game. Good game from Gino and Kawhi but LMA was pedestrian. Pau was awful and the turnovers sucked. Dedmon should've gotten more minutes with the Suns face raping the Spurs on the boards. Ugh.

Exactly!

[SAGirl]

Basically Pops second half coaching was bad and several guys didn't play well.

[BillMc]

Lee didn't bring anything this particular game... Davis didn't play well in the 1st had but neither did a few others.. again Pop going down with his old vet crew.

Play well in the first? Davis was in for 1 play before he mysteriously got subbed out for Dedmon. Maybe you saw something I didn't.

[sasaint]

Lee didn't bring anything this particular game... Davis didn't play well in the 1st had but neither did a few others.. again Pop going down with his old vet crew.

How long was Davis even in the game? Hardly long enough to catch his breath at that al ude.

[MI21]

What was Pop thinking with the last play?

Unless that is a pass to Pau who touch passes it back out to Manu, they were always going to foul him as his back was to the basket as he isn't a threat to be shooting in that spot, smh

[TimDunkem]

"Davis didn't play well in his whole 3 minutes!"

[spursgu]

You don't seriously believe that this team will lose to OKC, Memphis, or Houston? This team is still WCF bound barring injury or bad seeding.

It's the chicken way of rooting for the Spurs and for fans who can't handle adversity. Either they can claim they were right for calling out the team's weakness or they can pretend they were doing the reverse jinx if the team proves them wrong. amusedgaysleeper is one of the biggest examples of this.

[daslicer]

Warriors got Cavs, Rocket, and OKC this week. Sucks we couldn't pull this out, but w/e. Not the end of the world. Obviously gassed, so meh.

Even before this loss I didn't think the Spurs were going to catch the Warriors in the standings. The Warriors are trying to win as many games are possible. I can see them winning somewhere between 64-69 games. Spurs will win around 60-63.

[John Petrucci]

Starting to lose all the close ones we were winning before. Who didn't see us coming back down to Earth in the clutch? Now this feels like the Spurs we know

Victims of yet another career performance by someone on a team.

[spursgu]

It wasn't 6 mins of Aldridge posting up. But it was important he get going. Only Kawhi had it going, why not try and get your other big gun going? LMA struggled, so let's blame Pop -_-

Also, slowing the game down was needed bit with the al ude. Idk why people don't realize this.

The al ude was definitely a factor and even so, Spurs nearly ran away with this game they didn't deserve to win according to cliffjumpers on here. This is probably Devin Booker's highlight week of the season too, so of course the Suns will play over their heads.

[SAGirl]

How long was Davis even in the game? Hardly long enough to catch his breath at that al ude.

Just 4 minutes...

[Xylus]

Sweet, we won!

[DarrinS]

Booker had a great game. I don't know why they waited so long to put Kawhi on him. Even when they did, Parker switched onto him a couple of times, which makes zero sense.

[BillMc]

It's the chicken way of rooting for the Spurs and for fans who can't handle adversity. Either they can claim they were right for calling out the team's weakness or they can pretend they were doing the reverse jinx if the team proves them wrong. amusedgaysleeper is one of the biggest examples of this.

+1

[sasaint]

Just 4 minutes...

I admit that is longer than it seemed.

[spursgu]

Just look at this threads in this forum after losses. Good grief, every player gets thrown under the bus sans Kawhi. Maybe I should look for a "Softdridge" thread to bump.

[SAGirl]

I admit that is longer than it seemed.

To be fair r to Pop he's probably in a short leash and his minutes were out of control... got blocked at the rim making a bad decision in transition a TO.. and the group was careless... (some of Manu careless passing?) just didn't play well but it was a short stint and well guys have a shorter leash and others don't.... until he's earned a rotation spot he's in a short leash I think.

[SAGirl]

Just look at this threads in this forum after losses. Good grief, every player gets thrown under the bus sans Kawhi. Maybe I should look for a "Softdridge" thread to bump.

It's funny TBH lol

[Robz4000]

You don't seriously believe that this team will lose to OKC, Memphis, or Houston? This team is still WCF bound barring injury or bad seeding.

Memphis, no, but OKC, Houston, LAC, and Utah can all beat the Spurs in a series. Been saying it since November.

[bklynspursfan]

Sweet, we won!

Congrats.. Big win for you guys, i'm sure the fans enjoyed it

[BillMc]

Memphis, no, but OKC, Houston, LAC, and Utah can all beat the Spurs in a series. Been saying it since November.

"Can" is not the same as "will." Odds of them losing in the first round are small. LAC would have the best shot but Spurs would still be favored.