Game Thread: Spurs @ Suns -- Sat. (12/9) - 8:00/C (4:00am Riga Time)

[Chinook]

Most foul calls in the fourth for Phoenix were phantom fouls, and then there's ridiculous no calls in their favor too. It's been a trend all season for Spurs opponents.

It's because the Spurs can't possibly win without Kawhi.

[Spurtacular]

Thought the same thing.. probably didn't wanna risk losing the ball again lol being 93% from the FT , he was probly confident.

He gave the Suns a chance to go into overtime because he wanted to up his season high.

[Thunder1]

Bryn might yet prove to be a Curry lite...

[$pursDynasty]

Never has a player's season high been less impressive, Peppermint, smh.

[SAGirl]

It's because the Spurs can't possibly win without Kawhi.

heh
Chinook the conspiracy theorist?
/rofl

[boutons_deux]

Bryn 1-6 3Gs

[$pursDynasty]

Bryn might yet prove to be a Curry lite...

He heard what Pop said.

[Spurtacular]

Probably the best player of this new crop (and Kyle).
Got to hold on to them. I don't know if Buford can manage it. It is true that they have drafted and have a lot of guards, but what if he's the best of that crop?

Kyle and Bryn both very tradeable. But they have more worth than Bertans, Paul, Lauvergne, White and Hillard at this point. More than Murray? Probably not.

[Chinook]

I said he might be the next Jackson but the dude more like Gerald Wallace

Probably just more like JaMychal Green: Solid player, but not a loss.

[Chinook]

OKC is just full of cheaters. Adams is the worst of them.

[sasaint]

Bryn 1-6 3Gs

Yet Pop drew up the final play for him.

[SAGirl]

Bryn 1-6 3Gs

in this game. he's obviously played 35 minutes last night and a lot in this one. hes also gone 5/5 2/2 etc. He made the most important basket cold blooded. I am not overrating him. But he's become a nice rotation player. It's fine to root for those guys you know. Specially when last season he looked out of his depth every time I saw him except for one game and it was against a tanking Mavs team.

[Thunder1]

BP3 had some nice plays in the game, even if he had a poor shooting night...

[sasaint]

BP3 had some nice plays in the game, even if he had a poor shooting night...

And got reffed on a couple of others. I am still in his corner.

[bklynspursfan]

He gave the Suns a chance to go into overtime because he wanted to up his season high.

Yea I wouldn't go that far

[bklynspursfan]

BP3 had some nice plays in the game, even if he had a poor shooting night...

Yup. People will tend to look at how a guy scores/shoots to determine how they played. There are many other ways to impact a game

[SpurPadre]

Yes, Rockets are about to lose!

[duncan2k5]

Spurs not in the bonus or I'd be mad that Murray didn't quickly pass that ball off. 70 FT / non clutch shooters should be looking for options.

Why take the chance to pass when you're not in the bonus? The kid made the right play

[SAGirl]

BP3 had some nice plays in the game, even if he had a poor shooting night...

yea he turned up the defense and his aggression

[cjw]

Bryn 1-6 3Gs

Cool story, sample size.

Slightly bigger sample size = 8 of 14 from deep last three games. You can be selective with data to make it say anything you want.

[SAGirl]

Spurs

STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
L. AldridgePF	36	7-18	0-1	6-7	5	4	9	2	0	3	0	2	-4	20
R. GaySF	33	7-11	0-1	2-2	4	5	9	2	0	0	3	4	+9	16
D. MurrayPG	27	4-11	0-0	0-0	6	8	14	4	0	0	1	4	+3	8
B. PaulSG	30	3-7	0-2	4-4	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	4	-5	10
B. ForbesSG	36	5-13	1-6	0-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	+5	11
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
D. BertansSF	20	3-7	2-5	0-0	2	5	7	2	0	0	1	2	+0	8
J. LauvergneC	12	2-5	0-0	2-4	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	+7	6
D. WhitePG	9	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	-1	4
P. MillsPG	24	7-11	3-4	3-4	0	2	2	2	0	1	4	3	-3	20
D. HilliardSG	13	0-2	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	+4	1

Pop played Hilliard but not Costello... hm? Do you have a conspiracy theory for that one Chinook?

[Spurtacular]

Yea I wouldn't go that far

It's that or he shat his pants / was afraid to dribble.

[Spurtacular]

Spurs

STARTERS	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
L. AldridgePF	36	7-18	0-1	6-7	5	4	9	2	0	3	0	2	-4	20
R. GaySF	33	7-11	0-1	2-2	4	5	9	2	0	0	3	4	+9	16
D. MurrayPG	27	4-11	0-0	0-0	6	8	14	4	0	0	1	4	+3	8
B. PaulSG	30	3-7	0-2	4-4	0	2	2	3	3	2	0	4	-5	10
B. ForbesSG	36	5-13	1-6	0-2	0	3	3	0	0	0	3	3	+5	11
BENCH	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	PTS
D. BertansSF	20	3-7	2-5	0-0	2	5	7	2	0	0	1	2	+0	8
J. LauvergneC	12	2-5	0-0	2-4	1	3	4	0	1	0	1	0	+7	6
D. WhitePG	9	2-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	-1	4
P. MillsPG	24	7-11	3-4	3-4	0	2	2	2	0	1	4	3	-3	20
D. HilliardSG	13	0-2	0-0	1-2	0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	+4	1

Pop played Hilliard but not Costello... hm? Do you have a conspiracy theory for that one Chinook?

Castello in the G-League according to the box score on Yahoo.

[SAGirl]

Castello in the G-League according to the box score on Yahoo.

ok thanks for that information. I wasn't even paying attention to him during the game or anything (to see whether he was in uniform or not)...

the question just came into my mind after seeing that Hilliard got the call but Costello didn't.

I figure now that Pop planned to rely heavily on Lamarcus with just a shade of a sighting for Lauvergne.

It's just weird to me that one of the gleaguers played but the other didn't.

[wildbill2u]

Say what you like about Forbes, you know he's a shooter when He's not afraid to take that last shot for 3 after he's had a bad night percentage wise. It takes that cold-blooded ability to take that last shot regardless that is revealing. Obviously, Manu has always had it.