Game Thread: Spurs at 76ers — August 3, 2020 - 7PM CT

[TD 21]

The one time I want DeMar to take one of his patented iso game-enders and he dumps it off to the last guy who should be taking the shot.

Poeltl should not have touched that ball unless he was wide ing open, and he had three defenders around him.

Blame the genius for not putting a bona fide shooter (Mills or Walker) in for Murray to provide an ounce of spacing. Of course the lane is going to be clogged (by a giant team, no less) when the closest thing you have to spacers are White and Gay.

[KDKSpurs24]

chin up ers, this was a scheduled b2b loss anyways and this team is young and athletic and finally don’t look like a bunch of pussies

Portland will drop some games

we still control our destiny. Denver, Utah, and New Orleans all winnable games tbh. Memphis schedule is hard as . nothings changed from last night, the 8th seed still within reach

I disagree with the first part. You should only be feeling ok about this if the team would have lost by 10+ but they were in position to win and made some key mistakes to lose the game so it definitely stings. I’m still optimistic but this one may come back to bite the Spurs.

[SpurPadre]

I disagree with the first part. You should only be feeling ok about this if the team would have lost by 10+ but they were in position to win and made some key mistakes to lose the game so it definitely stings. I’m still optimistic but this one may come back to bite the Spurs.

Nothing will sting, not even a playoff sweep loss against Load Management. We make the playoffs, great, we kept the streak alive. We don't make the playoffs, great, we get a lottery pick. We're in a win-win situation no matter what.

[ace3g]

grrrr

1:41		DeMar DeRozan makes 2-foot two point shot	127 - 123
1:41		76ers Full timeout	127 - 123
1:33		Rudy Gay personal foul	127 - 123
1:17		Joel Embiid makes 15-foot two point shot	127 - 125
1:03		DeMar DeRozan makes 13-foot pullup jump shot	129 - 125
49.3		Tobias Harris makes dunk (Joel Embiid assists)	129 - 127
32.5		Dejounte Murray misses 13-foot two point shot	129 - 127
29.9		Shake Milton defensive rebound	129 - 127
22.2		Jakob Poeltl shooting foul	129 - 127
22.2		Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 2	129 - 128
22.2		Matisse Thybulle enters the game for Al Horford	129 - 128
22.2		Joel Embiid misses free throw 2 of 2	129 - 128
20.0		Jakob Poeltl defensive rebound	129 - 128
20.0		Spurs Full timeout	129 - 128
20.0		Patty Mills enters the game for Jakob Poeltl	129 - 128
10.4		Tobias Harris personal take foul	129 - 128
10.4		Derrick White misses free throw 1 of 2	129 - 128
10.4		Spurs offensive team rebound	129 - 128
10.4		Jakob Poeltl enters the game for Patty Mills	129 - 128
10.4		Derrick White makes free throw 2 of 2	130 - 128
10.4		76ers Full timeout	130 - 128
10.4		Al Horford enters the game for Matisse Thybulle	130 - 128
7.2		Shake Milton makes 26-foot three point jumper (Al Horford assists)	130 - 131
6.1		Spurs Full timeout	130 - 131
6.1		Matisse Thybulle enters the game for Shake Milton	130 - 131
2.4		Jakob Poeltl misses layup	130 - 131
1.1		76ers defensive team rebound	130 - 131
0.4		Jakob Poeltl personal take foul	130 - 131
0.4		Keldon Johnson enters the game for Jakob Poeltl	130 - 131
0.4		Joel Embiid makes free throw 1 of 2	130 - 132
0.4		Joel Embiid misses free throw 2 of 2	130 - 132
0.0		DeMar DeRozan defensive rebound	130 - 132
0.0		DeMar DeRozan misses three point jumper	130 - 132
0.0		Spurs offensive team rebound	130 - 132
0.0		End of the 4th Quarter	130 - 132
0.0		End of Game	130 - 132

[Dejounte]

Only positive thing I see during this game was Q's coming out party. Dude can be a reliable defensive wing for us.

[GAustex]

good learning for the young spurs
Folks too hard on Jakob-Embid is a handful and the refs called some BS on Jakob early
Lonnie needs to join the party-figure out how to get in the action
Keldon looking good-keep making those open shots. That shot from free throw line was intriguing.
Murray needs to keep taking and making those off the dribble shots-he can get them when he wants
Less Patty
Gay and DDR flat out balled-excellent stuff from those 2

Not bad-build on that game-learn how to win the close games-this was good experience for the young ones

[GAustex]

Drew you got that passion

[GAustex]

I was hard on Keldon but he is growing on me

[GAustex]

He is finding his way-he needs to play

[Dejounte]

Drew you got that passion

Drew def has that passion. I like it when he uses it for good (provides content on his fave player, Keldon). Sometimes he can get a little off track though...lol. Drew if you want Keldon to be great, greatness means winning championships. And to win championships you need a team around you. Try to support other players sometimes. Its not all about Keldon

But i agree on a night like tonight, DJ was GARBAGE

[Kurgan]

I am h appy with Murray's development but he should never be waving anyone off. That's not who he is, and I doubt that is who he will ever be. That ball needed to be in Demar's hands.

I was screaming at the tv when I saw Murray do that. Ridiculous. Dude's confidence far exceeds his ability.

[Robz4000]

Nothing will sting, not even a playoff sweep loss against Load Management. We make the playoffs, great, we kept the streak alive. We don't make the playoffs, great, we get a lottery pick. We're in a win-win situation no matter what.

As long as Forms and Beli don't come back from injury tbh.

[Kurgan]

Yak is surprisingly athletic when he wants to be. Should've gone for the jam, imo.

Yak is plenty athletic but he's got a lot of softness in his game, a bit like Tiago in that regards. Eubanks, who's much less talented, plays more physical than him.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

So people seriously want jak over Aldridge?

[SpurPadre]

KeLDoN, tbh.

[Capt Bringdown]

Murray's ceiling is more Antonio Daniels than Tony Parker. Spurs mistook a journeyman for a starter.

[KobesAchilles]

Murray's ceiling is more Antonio Daniels than Tony Parker. Spurs mistook a journeyman for a starter.

I swear the similarities are mind boggling.

[Arcadian]

Demar was looking like Manu out there with the Eurostep! He's really mastered it now.

[Killakobe81]

There's no one better than this team at choking games or being on the receiving end of bad luck.

Poeltl's more weak than soft. Just doesn't have the strength to bang with Valanciunas, Embiid, Jokic, etc.

Murray is unskilled, low IQ and delusional. Has no business playing crunch time again and should be shopped hard in the off season.

Mavs might disagree ...they lost a 7 pt lead withbless than 45 seconds left vs Rox...

[DAF86]

So people seriously want jak over Aldridge?

Yeah.

[phxspurfan]

I am h appy with Murray's development but he should never be waving anyone off. That's not who he is, and I doubt that is who he will ever be. That ball needed to be in Demar's hands.

This. When I saw him do that I cringed the same way when Duncan was pulled in 2013

[phxspurfan]

I’m pretty sure Derozan was being smothered and Dejounte couldn’t safely get it to him. Hence the waving it off. But probably should’ve just improvised with a known regular play to get it in his hands

Murray doesn’t exactly like DeRozan

[phxspurfan]

I’ll say this. If that last shot sequence happened with Aldridge in for Poetl, Aldridge probably gets that shot/finish down.

Also this. One power dribble, up and in. Something soft Euro bigs don’t really know how to do, and something even undersized American bigs learn early

[phxspurfan]

Yak is plenty athletic but he's got a lot of softness in his game, a bit like Tiago in that regards. Eubanks, who's much less talented, plays more physical than him.

Eubanks would have powered that home for sure. Only dude I’ve seen concuss a guy with a dunk

[ragas]

Yes, that's alone on Poeltl. As a 24 year old vet, who got enough trust from Pop in close games over the years, he should have enough experience to make that bucket - especially against a defender like Embid. I hate the excuses that he got fouled. I mean, it doesn't matter how hard they go against him and that he would have got that whistle against him from the refs would it have been the the other way. That's no excuse. Someone who gets 4 shots per game has to be better when it counts. He'll never improve - he's got enough playing-time this season to show what he can do. I also don't understand why Demar passed him the ball. There's no way a guy with a 62% fg-percentage could make the bucket. If we only had had LMA. He would have shut down Embid with his elite defense and I can literally see his dynamic cut to the basket and posterize Embid to get the win for the Spurs. Would even prefer Pop would play Eubanks more. Spurs are much better with him... and he dunked on Antetokounmpo.

The other young guys were great. Ok, White isn't that young, but he will learn to make his free-throws in close situations. Murray made 1-2 little mistakes at the end, but he has a high ceiling and will learn from it. Glad the Spurs got him for cheap for the next years.