The Austin Rivers game..

[Malik Hairston]

Literally one of the worst players in the history of the NBA, tbh..

I can't think of anybody off the top of my head, but has a worse player ever torched the Spurs this badly in a playoff game in the Duncan era? What about in the Admiral era?

[RD2191]

parker always gets dominated by scrub pg's. nothin new

[TheGreatYacht]

Spurs should package Joseph and Becky for him and his dad

[Malik Hairston]

Anybody?

[timtonymanu]

Can't believe the Spurs actually let this scrub beat them in the playoffs.

Absolutely embarrassing and the Spurs deserve all the ridicule for the performance they had today.

[ElNono]

Maybe Dragic when he was still somewhat unknown?

[ducks]

parker always gets dominated by scrub pg's. nothin new

99 percent of those points were on mills

[ducks]

Anybody?

Blair last year

[hitmanyr2k]

The Spurs defense was atrocious and Popovich never adjusted. Doc Rivers gave the Spurs a taste of their own medicine and screen and rolled them to death. Clippers guards had good looks all night.

[Texas_Ranger]

Mills got raped by this guy. If only we could have hockey type subs, cause it's not just Rivers, Mills can't guard no one.

[Johnny RIngo]

99 percent of those points were on mills

He's been scoring on Parker too.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Mario Chalmers owning parker in Game 7 of the 13 finals

[crc21209]

This is where Pop's attention to detail comment comes into play. Yeah Rivers is a scrub but you still have to respect him and D his ass up...

[TDfan2007]

Maybe Dragic when he was still somewhat unknown?

Yup...that game 3 was the nail in the coffin for us in 2010.

[Malik Hairston]

It's not really just on Mills, although obviously his D wasn't good..the bigs were all horrendous on defense tonight..

[8FOR!3]

I don't think he plays another game like this.

[Malik Hairston]

I don't think he plays another game like this.

Well, no, he shouldn't..I'm not using hyperbole, this is literally one of the worst players in league history..

The fact that he even had 1 game of this caliber in the playoffs is embarrassing..

[Chomag]

Embarrassing is an understatement... Spurs should have never let a scrub of scrubs go off on them especially in the playoffs. Just a sad effort...

Been saying this all season that this Spurs team can be so lazy sometimes.

[ViceCity86]

I don't think he's as bad as everyone makes him out to be.
Solid player imo

[Arcadian]

This sometimes happens to the Spurs. It's happened many times before. A scrub player on the opposing team inexplicably goes off against us, leading to a playoff loss. It's been a trend.

What does the trend say about the longitudinal effects of the scrub player, though? Does it remain a problem throughout the series, or do they usually quell the problem after the first occurrence?

[Mugen]

If Pop makes any "adjustments" to Austin Rivers, I hope he retires this summer tbh.

[Mugen]

I don't think he's as bad as everyone makes him out to be.
Solid player imo

One of the worst players in the league. I don't even think that's hyperbole tbh. This is the equivalent of Jeff Errors going HAM on LA during a playoff game....

[Chomag]

lol @ppl downplaying how bad of a player Austrin Rivers is just so they don't feel so bad that he torched us.

[SpurPadre]

If he can score 16 points on the road against the defending champs, why wouldn't he do it against us playing at home?

[Malik Hairston]

it is the equivalent of backcourt Ayres, as Mugen said..can you imagine Ayres dunking all over the Spurs in a playoff game?