This team is bad as it is, no need for the refs to help, tbh...

[SAGirl]

Let me just putting it this way. You are deciding a game with a heave from 3 from Aldridge... that was no way to win a game. He’s not a 3 pt shooter that had no chance to go in much like a similar heave he made in Portland last year...

[hater]

The Spurs have two pseudo all stars that put up numbers but don't actually make the team better.

There is nothing average about Belinelli, Forbes, Mills, Bertans, Poodle, White, Pondexter and Cunninham. They're scrubs.

They could easily have just three wins on the season. They're very lucky to be breathing that 10th seeded air and they should enjoy it while they can because I'm afraid it won't last long.

Disagree

Spurs have overall average players and a decent 2nd banana

Lamarsha is a dissapointment we should be a bit better if he found his balls

Our record is accurate

[Mikeanaro]

No more Manu saving dem asses.

[Hoops Czar]

Let me just putting it this way. You are deciding a game with a heave from 3 from Aldridge... that was no way to win a game. He’s not a 3 pt shooter that had no chance to go in much like a similar heave he made in Portland last year...

Pop should be shopping for a coffin so he can bury his career that died the moment Duncan retired.

[CitizenDwayne]

That was a W, Spurs come out pissed next game. They know they got ed. Chill, everybody

[JeffDuncan]

We have Derozan who would be a great 2nd banana on any team

Nonsense. DDR is top tier talent (even if the Spurs don't know how to use him.)

And Gay a top shelf role player

Gay is a starter. And he is an all-around player, not a specialist.

90% of people who use the term "role player" don't know what it means, except it has something to do with basketball. Bertans is a role player. A role player provides a certain function, such as 3pt shooting in Bertans' case.

And the rest are overall average

It would help if they were that good.

Forbes, who starts at the point for us, is a backup shooting guard. He is well below average at the position he is playing.

Mills is properly only a role player, another 3pt specialist. He is not an average NBA player.

Belinelli, again, a role player, a 3pt specialist. And an inferior one this season.

One could go through the rest of it, but it gets depressing. The Spurs roster is outright weird.

But other teams have their troubles as well, so we'll see how it goes.

[Das Texan]

I've never seen anyone get that call Gasol got with less than a minute to go. That's a no-call 999 times out of a 1000.

Aldridge's shot was worthy of a no-call in usual cir stances ... but not when the other team was gifted an iffy call on the other end.

Oh well.

Just ing god awful officiating.

I miss Joey.

What trash officiating in 2018 NBA.

[Spurs Homer]

Fat Gasol should have fouled out twice with as many calls as he was getting.
If the call against Gay was a foul - the call they let go against Gasol at the buzzer was a harder foul.

Just garbage officiating that ruined a great game played by both teams.

[Indianman]

Gentle reminder that even the Celtics(who have one of the best rosters) are 9-9

[RD2191]

Gentle reminder that even the Celtics(who have one of the best rosters) are 9-9

Yeah, but the celtics actually have talent. So a turnaround wouldn't be all that surprising. The spurs have a roster full of so we know a turnaround isn't coming.

[TimDunkem]

As much as I love trashing the Spurs ( or any team) when they choke, I can't do it here. That was ed up.

I seriously don't know what a foul is anymore.

[Indianman]

Yeah, but the celtics actually have talent. So a turnaround wouldn't be all that surprising. The spurs have a roster full of so we know a turnaround isn't coming.

I know. But I just want it to put it out there that we're not alone lol

[JeffDuncan]

I seriously don't know what a foul is anymore.

That qualifies you to officiate an NBA game in 2018. Congratulations!

[SAGirl]

Guys, relax, it's only November. Regular season games are meaningless. Spurs are traditionally slow starters and I know it looks bad but the Spurs are only four games from the #1 seed.

This is what I expect from Spurstalk... classic.

[SAGirl]

Pop should be shopping for a coffin so he can bury his career that died the moment Duncan retired.

Had any sniper, Davis, Mills, Bryn, whomever gotten fouled I’d be upset but Aldridge on a heave. That was a shot that wasn’t going to go in. Period. Stupid unnecessary Gasol controversial foul that probably backfire on the Grizzlies somewhere else. It was unnecessary. Aldridge wasn’t going to make that shot.

[siraulo23]

I havent complained about the refs for a long time, but that was stupid

How could you call that foul on Gay but swallow the whistle on the last shot?

definitely deserves a refs

[r0drig0lac]

Gentle reminder that even the Celtics(who have one of the best rosters) are 9-9

glass half full

[phxspurfan]

That was a W, Spurs come out pissed next game. They know they got ed. Chill, everybody

Had any sniper, Davis, Mills, Bryn, whomever gotten fouled I’d be upset but Aldridge on a heave. That was a shot that wasn’t going to go in. Period. Stupid unnecessary Gasol controversial foul that probably backfire on the Grizzlies somewhere else. It was unnecessary. Aldridge wasn’t going to make that shot.

Agree with the confusion over the play section at the end. pop overthinking it. Just run DeMar off a double screen with Forbes, Mills, Beli or Bert as backups and if they double somebody, one will be open. Why they had LMA take any shot not at the rim or even his usual 15-20ft range there was bad play calling IMO.


And of course it was a foul. But LMA wasn’t going to make a 26 foot 3 to win the game.

[tbdog]

I've never seen anyone get that call Gasol got with less than a minute to go. That's a no-call 999 times out of a 1000.

Aldridge's shot was worthy of a no-call in usual cir stances ... but not when the other team was gifted an iffy call on the other end.

Oh well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8BiwBXqZJw

[tbdog]

Agree with the confusion over the play section at the end. pop overthinking it. Just run DeMar off a double screen with Forbes, Mills, Beli or Bert as backups and if they double somebody, one will be open. Why they had LMA take any shot not at the rim or even his usual 15-20ft range there was bad play calling IMO.


And of course it was a foul. But LMA wasn’t going to make a 26 foot 3 to win the game.

I can't rewatch the last play because of the terrible no call. But it appeared it was a back cut for Gay. Gasol sat back which allowed LMA room. Gasol aggressively challenged the shot. With point seven on the clock, if you get an open look anywhere square to the basket, you take it.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

it sucks bc the refs scarfed the spurs 3 best players with those 2 calls:

1 - gay's foul on gasol
2 - lma's no-call by gasol
3 - negating DDR's beautiful clutch jumper with the bs free throws

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I've never seen anyone get that call Gasol got with less than a minute to go. That's a no-call 999 times out of a 1000.

Aldridge's shot was worthy of a no-call in usual cir stances ... but not when the other team was gifted an iffy call on the other end.

Oh well.

To make one call and not the other is what makes it so infuriating. That’s a big loss.

[Strategic]

All this team needs is a solid 1st and 2nd option

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

It'd be best if they just miss the playoffs this year. Not like they have a chance anyways if they cannot win on the road

[therealtruth]

I can't rewatch the last play because of the terrible no call. But it appeared it was a back cut for Gay. Gasol sat back which allowed LMA room. Gasol aggressively challenged the shot. With point seven on the clock, if you get an open look anywhere square to the basket, you take it.

That's the reason he's a former DPOY. Also the refs probably give him more leeway because of that.