Game Thread: Spurs vs. Lakers - Nov. 3, 2019 @ 6:00 PM CT

[Collins21]

That's not how basketball works

Actually that's exactly how basketball works. KCP may be worse than both those guys but today he made shots that he normally misses. I know your whole schtick on here is to troll but at least pretend like you know basketball.

[duncan2k5]

Lyles just reminds me of one of those Nesterovic/Nazr types that would play next to Tim just to put a big body in the starting 5. Only difference is LMA is no Timmy, so Lyles doesn’t do anything noteworthy to me other than get rebounds.

He isn't a good rebounder... Kill that narrative please

[phxspurfan]

Wow wtf...the Lakers beat us? No one cares since its November and football is on but wow. Has it been like 7 years since the Lakers beat us or was it that one game where we let Ball go all Magic Johnson on us

[duncan2k5]

LMA frustrated me more than I can remember this game. We could have won that game. DD, White, Murray all had surges of points. Gay was given us a steady amount of baskets. We really needed LMA to be the rock of offense. He didn't post up, he didn't rebound. He was okay contesting shots. It was a bad performance. Their role players were hitting shots. Ours weren't, and yet with LMA playing like a turd, it was tied game with a few minutes left. FFS LMA.

Also, on Pop. This was game Carroll had to play. Our role players weren't hitting their shots. He should have played Caroll and Gay together, then let DD bully the guards.

LMA is a useless pouter when he isn't being given the ball every single time down the court... He wanted out when lillard became the focal point, and wanted out when Kawhi became the focal point

[jbspurs]

Agree on both.

[duncan2k5]

Actually that's exactly how basketball works. KCP may be worse than both those guys but today he made shots that he normally misses. I know your whole schtick on here is to troll but at least pretend like you know basketball.

Dummy... Every game is different... U can't just say if (X) player made three shots he normally makes we would have won, and use that as the basis upon which we will win the next game... For all we know the next game lebron goes off for 50, and AD scores 30...different things happen every game... So like I said... That's not how basketball works

[DPG21920]

I don't get the Lyles hate. I've liked him. -shrug-

Belli can GTFO though, obviously.

Lyles is an awful player and awful fit in the SL. SA cannot afford a no offense player in that spot and that’s what he is. He’s literally just a warm body that doesn’t do anything positive or above average - at least not things that matter.


If you grade him on a curve it doesn’t look bad but he’s not an NBA player let alone a starter. It was and is an awful signing and most of us called it the moment it happened.

But Sa doesn’t have much of a choice with the roster they built. Sa has been content staying in neutral for a few years now. Not willing to rebuild and not willing to up the aggression to truly give themselves a better chance to win. It’s purgatory at the moment with several poor Fa decisions

[DPG21920]

Spurs were down 19 at one point and battled back, and honestly could’ve won the game if KCP doesn’t have a career game against us and Pop doesn’t sub out DJ with 3 min left (goddammit Pop). I give them props for that.

With that said, this game was frustrating. I knew Patty and Bryn would struggle tonight as they always do against good defensive teams with great length, as I stated in my pre-game post. I did not, however, expect Aldridge and DeRozan, our 2 Max players, to combine for 22 pts & 5 turnovers. That can’t happen. Those two have to be better.

I also didn’t expect Pop to think DeMar guarding AD in the post multiple times was a good idea. There was even one play where this occurred and it didn’t happen on a switch.. Ridiculous. KCP Having a career game against us also ed us too.

Oh well. Onto the next one. Hopefully Pop is better moving forward, though I doubt it. We meet the Lakers again in 3 weeks at their place, which will be even tougher to win of course.

Problem is Sa has been down double digits in half the games. So it’s not some noble effort to fight back; it’s a legit problem where they are not playing well.

[GAustex]

I hope a white is ok.
He got steamrolled twice and that Howard foul.
End of the game he was limping around.

[spurs1990]

Six games in who's been good consistently?
1) Murray
2) White
3) Derozan
4) Gay
5) ???

Even spots 3 and 4 are a stretch. And like someone said earlier they're 4-2 with closes losses to LAs. Go figure.

[Robz4000]

Problem is Sa has been down double digits in half the games. So it’s not some noble effort to fight back; it’s a legit problem where they are not playing well.

They had the same problem last year as well and they never addressed it. Not likely to be addressed this year either. Like you said, PATFO are content to stay in basketball purgatory, which comes with being granted tenure unfortunately.

[MultiTroll]

The new "Big 3" lead by Pop was 8-30 tonight.
Along with their usual nails defense.

DeRosian
LMA
Wombat

[Mugen]

-3 of the 4 wins were barely squeaked out (two of those being against lottery teams). The only decisive win was against a borderline "NBA" team.
-The two "stars" have disappeared against real compe ion.
-The two real stars have played exactly 5 seconds together.
-Marco is shooting 15% from 3 and is still a regular rotation player
-Their top FA signing in the summer has played less minutes this entire season than Marco played this game
-Lonnie Walker after being dominant and shut down in the summer league has been relegated to garbage time
-The starting lineup / rotation makes absolutely zero sense and the team is routinely having to come back from double digits
-The new coach's challenge rule hasn't even been thought about
-Dejounte is on a minutes restriction but those minutes have inexplicably been managed in a way that he doesn't close out games
-Derrick White who was referred to as their most important player last season plays a few more minutes than Trey Lyles on average
-Speaking of Lyles, a guy who has complained about practice and has been garbage his career is gifted a starting role where he has proceed to gone 0% from 3pt line while other guys on the team have been called out publicly for being non-compe ive

[Jordan Jackson]

Murray has a lot of fight in him. Almost won this game by himself. He's not going to enjoy playing with some
of these non-compe ive/no heart dudes. It will wear on him eventually.

[timtonymanu]

-3 of the 4 wins were barely squeaked out (two of those being against lottery teams). The only decisive win was against a borderline "NBA" team.
-The two "stars" have disappeared against real compe ion.
-The two real stars have played exactly 5 seconds together.
-Marco is shooting 15% from 3 and is still a regular rotation player
-Their top FA signing in the summer has played less minutes this entire season than Marco played this game
-Lonnie Walker after being dominant and shut down in the summer league has been relegated to garbage time
-The starting lineup / rotation makes absolutely zero sense and the team is routinely having to come back from double digits
-The new coach's challenge rule hasn't even been thought about
-Dejounte is on a minutes restriction but those minutes have inexplicably been managed in a way that he doesn't close out games
-Derrick White who was referred to as their most important player last season plays a few more minutes than Trey Lyles on average
-Speaking of Lyles, a guy who has complained about practice and has been garbage his career is gifted a starting role where he has proceed to gone 0% from 3pt line while other guys on the team have been called out publicly for being non-compe ive

The 4-2 start is such fools gold. None of those wins were because the Spurs played flat out better and the only dominating win was against G leaguers and they could easily be 2-4 if Lillard and Beal made their game winning shots.

[Darius Bieber]

About that time to start bumping the Gutless Worms thread.

[FkLA]

Spurs are a good team. They'll get a Top 4 seed as is, although probably first round fodder again. The ceiling becomes much higher if Pop stops being such a got with rotations. Big if though.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Purple and gold baby!

[gambit1990]

Spurs are a good team.

[TD 21]

At DeRozan defending S bag, James and even Davis, while Carroll barely plays (why was he even signed then?). Not that he's the answer, but if you were to do a podium of all the stupid, irrational things we've seen out of this franchise in recent years, this is probably neck and neck for silver with Mills defending Durant (in a playoff game) and S bag.

It's embarrassing, pathetic and tells you everything you need to know about what's wrong with this roster construction.

[Mugen]

The 4-2 start is such fools gold. None of those wins were because the Spurs played flat out better and the only dominating win was against G leaguers and they could easily be 2-4 if Lillard and Beal made their game winning shots.

[ragas]

Poeltl has to become tougher and to play with more confidence. Basketball court isn‘t the right place to be the nice guy. He needs to add some muscle and learn to shoot a bit at least.

Poeltl & White have the same problem: They are afraid to make mistakes. There won‘t be any progression until they let loose and make some *** plays instead of always trying to make the right move.

[Yogatti]

[Fireball]

really should have used coachs challenge on demars and1 on Davis ... three point play and a foul on davis

hate that howard did play good ...

[Bynumite]

20 million dollar man Lasoft Aldridge badly outplayed by Dwight who's making $2 mil off the bench

Sperms