2017 Playoffs WCSF Game 4 Thread: Spurs @ Rockets (8:00 PM CT/4:00 AM Riga/TNT)

[bklynspursfan]

When he called TO after Harden drains that three in LMA's face to put Houston up 11.

So its the timeout that costed us? We aren't hitting 3s tonight, even good looks. They are hitting bad/good looks. I dont think a timeout was changing that .

Green/Patty/Pau, etc... we needed more.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I feel anyone think Rockets will shoot like this again is crazy. Yeah they're getting too many open threes but they've made so many lucky contested threes and meanwhile the Spurs have been ice cold.

Houston has been doing this all season. They shot really well in Game 1 as well. Spurs need to play Game 3 like defense just to win by 11. If Rockets win game 5 this series is over and the Spurs will have choked in the playoffs once again.

[NASpurs]

There's still a game on? I bailed out after that Anderson buzzer beater to end the third, feels like an eternity

[Horse]

All it takes against this s is all out effort. We came out like they were gonna just hand it over.

[$pursDynasty]

I have never been more disgusted at Spurs as I am at Pau, DLee, and Pop tonight.

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

There's still a game on? I bailed out after that Anderson buzzer beater to end the third, feels like an eternity

Spurs up.by 5 with 30 seconds left. You missed the most amazing comeback ever. The Deadmon dunk from.center started it off...

[duncan2k5]

They started drilling wide-open threes due to Gasol/LMA being unable to close out. If he goes small after that starts happening Spurs are in this game.

THIS!!!!!!!!!! Stop SWITCHING!!! go UNDER all Harden screens!

[GSH]

Green/Patty/Pau, etc... we needed more.

Orrr... Pop should have played the guys who at least have some stones. I'd live or die with guys who at least don't play soft.

[SAGirl]

Pop has not been amazing or anything but HOU is a damn good team that is the 3rd seed. SA got HC advantage back and it's best of 3 w/ 2 at home.

You are right.

[$pursDynasty]

Pau wouldn't take the ball inside consistently if Rox coach was defending him.

[808]

All it takes against this s is all out effort. We came out like they were gonna just hand it over.

The whole team looked content with splitting in Houston. Never seen any frustration in their faces

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs did some things fine and others not so much. The missed FT, first half TO's and poor 3PT shooting did them in. However, HOU shooting damn near 50% from 3 is not all on SA.

SA won battle of boards again, shot a solid % overall and held HOU to very few FT.

Yet we got annihilated, which is scary. I know when Houston hits from outside they're tough to beat but the problem is that more often than not the Rockets DO hit from outside. It's not random for them to shoot well. Spurs did such a nice job in Game 3 and completely regressed in Game 4.

[rasuo214]

The game was lost when they had no bigs, and our bigs were to ball-less to press the advantage.

Spurs get into massive hole by playing big in the 1st quarter.

Make a comeback in the 2nd by mostly playing small.

Come out in the 3rd quarter (against a smaller Rockets team) playing big.

4th quarter = white flag.

[Capt Bringdown]

All those easy buckets early in the paint enabled the Rockets 3 point barrage. LMA, Pau and/or Lee aren't stopping anyone at the rim.

[Robz4000]

So its the timeout that costed us? We aren't hitting 3s tonight, even good looks. They are hitting bad/good looks. I dont think a timeout was changing that .

Green/Patty/Pau, etc... we needed more.

He should've benched one of Gasol/LMA and subbed in Simmons to better close out and give the Spurs another slasher/finisher. Houston had no answer for Simmons tonight.

[DPG21920]

Houston has been doing this all season. They shot really well in Game 1 as well. Spurs need to play Game 3 like defense just to win by 11. If Rockets win game 5 this series is over and the Spurs will have choked in the playoffs once again.

Nothing you say is rooted in fact but i love it anyways.

[SpurPadre]

I ing hate every little step Bobby Brown takes

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Nothing you say is rooted in fact but i love it anyways.

cheers

[DarrinS]

So nice to wait all day for these late games, only to have a Pop quit after 3 quarters.

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

So nice to wait all day for these late games, only to have a Pop quit after 3 quarters.

What did you expect to happen? A totally 360 from everyone? This team is KL based and he would have had to score 40 in the fourth. Not worth it. Move on....

[GSH]

Spurs get into massive hole by playing big in the 1st quarter.

Make a comeback in the 2nd by mostly playing small.

Come out in the 3rd quarter (against a smaller Rockets team) playing big.

4th quarter = white flag.

Yeah, but everything should have changed when Nene went to the locker room, and Capela went to the bench. You're comparing apples and... well ing not apples. When our bigs can't post up their 1 and 2 guards, why have bigs at all? That should have been when the Spurs finally took the lead.

[daslicer]

I ing hate every little step Bobby Brown takes

Every time I hear that name I think of the late Whitney Houston's husband.

[SpurPadre]

I hate when Pop tanks games and waves the white flag but there was no way we were winning tonight after they exploded in the 3rd quarter.

[sasaint]

This playoff performance is gonna get Simmons paid. Maybe not by the Spurs, but by someone.

Yep. Tonight sealed it.

[kaji157]

Well it's 2 of 3 with 2 at home and Houston already had two Hot shooting games while the spurs had only one.