Game Thread: Spurs @ Pacers -- Mon. (3/7) - 6:00PM CST (2:00AM Riga Time)

[TheDoctor]

At least the Cavs lost tonight... not that that helps us much.

This was on par with the Worriers losing vs Lakers. No Conley, No Gasol, No Z-Bo, No Barnes, No Wright...

[TheDoctor]

And was terrible. he played 14 probably for a reason.

Yup, he played too much.

[sasaint]

David West was the only guy to shoot 50%+

Did he even play in the 4th quarter?

[Mnky]

Like Defend and Rebound? Kawhi's shot wasn't falling but the problem was that applied to the entire team as well. To the point that you might as well have Kawhi force shots and hope he gets hot.

Lamarcus hit 8-13 going into the 4th.

[Mnky]

Curious argument. Seemed like we got more than enough stops down the stretch to win this one. Just a lot of brick-laying.

Yea tonight is on the spurs.

[SAGirl]

I did not even see DWest in the game, IIRC. Nor Kyle, nor Simmons for that matter.

Simmons didn't play. I didn't see Kyle the first half, the second they called up a play for him but he didn't want to force up a contested jumpshot. I can't recall who was defending him, but he was a long player, it was not a mismatch kind of situation and he passed out of it. I guess he didn't have confidence he was going to get a good look.

During the stretch Tony forced shots that he missed, and got injured. Dwest and Diaw failed to box out or rebound. It was bad. They didn't move the ball very well either.

[BillMc]

3 ball not falling for Kawhi last two games. Hope it doesn't mean his legs are tired or that calf issue is flaring up.

[SpurPadre]

Way to piss away a gift from the Lakers...

[SAGirl]

Did he even play in the 4th quarter?

early 4th.

[sasaint]

3 ball not falling for Kawhi last two games. Hope it doesn't mean his legs are tired or that calf issue is flaring up.

An unfortunately good point.

[SAGirl]

3 ball not falling for Kawhi last two games. Hope it doesn't mean his legs are tired or that calf issue is flaring up.

I hope not.
Tony got injured and despite him having a bad game, we are in trouble without him with our schedule coming up.

[NASpurs]

Spurs weren't going to catch the Warriors. Have you seen our upcoming schedule? I made peace with the second seed.

[look_at_g_shred]

Spurs weren't going to catch the Warriors. Have you seen our upcoming schedule? I made peace with the second seed.

[spurtech09]

Well look at it this way....Spurs struggled and got screwed by the refs but still had a chance at the end....It was still a close game and Spurs struggled in all quarters....

[spurtech09]

Spurs weren't going to catch the Warriors. Have you seen our upcoming schedule? I made peace with the second seed.

What about it? Home games brah.....

[NASpurs]

What about it? Home games brah.....

Yeah they're all home games huh.

[sasaint]

Simmons didn't play. I didn't see Kyle the first half, the second they called up a play for him but he didn't want to force up a contested jumpshot. I can't recall who was defending him, but he was a long player, it was not a mismatch kind of situation and he passed out of it. I guess he didn't have confidence he was going to get a good look.

During the stretch Tony forced shots that he missed, and got injured. Dwest and Diaw failed to box out or rebound. It was bad. They didn't move the ball very well either.

Was Simmons on the bench? Why would Messina stick with a bunch of guys who couldn't throw BBs in the ocean and not give some other guys a chance to do better?!?! Let Becky take over next game, tbh.

[Darius Bieber]

First loss at Indiana in almost a decade.

[spurtech09]

Yeah they're all home games huh.

uh huh

[DPG21920]

I don't know it felt like Kawhi had to force up a lot of tough shots, Tony too, and they were playing passing lanes, so Kawhi's attempts to pass were deflected. Have to credit the Pacers too, they were tough in this one defensively too.

Agreed, INDY was very active and Kawhi was really the only one though consistently facing tough shots. Spurs missed a lot within 5 feet and while INDY was doing a good job at swarming the 3PT line, it did lead to some very nice wide open 3PT attempts after the first pass.

INDY did a damn good job, just saying Spurs really did generate enough good looks to win.

[wildbill2u]

I think Pop will start resting players more, using bench more, and try to acclimate the new guy(s). With our schedule we could lose a lot of games going into playoffs so the eruption on this site will be massive.

[SpurPadre]

We can sugarcoat it all you want, we might have pissed away a golden opportunity to have a shot at the one seed. Compared to most of the rest of the schedule, this was a game we should have penciled in. I just hope this doesn't end up being as bad as that pelicans loss last season.

[TMTTRIO]

I wonder if Manu sits tomorrow night.

[DPG21920]

The 2 seed is locked unless catastrophe strikes.

[Mugen]

We can sugarcoat it all you want, we might have pissed away a golden opportunity to have a shot at the one seed. Compared to most of the rest of the schedule, this was a game we should have penciled in. I just hope this doesn't end up being as bad as that pelicans loss last season.

Dubs have one of the easiest remaining schedules while the Spurs have one of the toughest. Getting the 1 seed would have been a miracle that would have pretty much required the Spurs to go all out the remainder of the season....