Game Thread: Spurs @ Mavericks — Nov. 18, 2019 - 7:30 PM CT

[Mugen]

Carroll might get a few more minutes, tbh.

My man, do you even know who the coach is?

[raybies]

it's sad but I think Lyles gets the axe from the starting lineup even though it should be Forbes.... Lyles played his role admirably. I wonder if Carrol is enough to solve the starting lineup

[timtonymanu]

Every loss makes me happy at this point just to see Pop's stupid ass lineups and rotations not working.

[Capt Bringdown]

There's no other coach in the NBA that would choose Patty as a closer.
Simulator crew to the max.

[sasaint]

My man, do you even know who the coach is?

, I was shocked to see him get minutes tonight.

[Kurgan]

This team has possibly the worst two sins of basketball:

- Undisciplined
- Can't execute for

From there, it's easy to derive why the offense is lackadaisical and the defense extremely poor.

This is mainly because of poor roster construction and terrible coaching. All of which falls squarely at Pop's feet.

[james evans]

Another game where if it wasn’t for the first quarter deficit, this team could have taken the game. Clearly that starting 5 doesn’t work and it looks like Lyles is finally gonna be benched like he should have been.

Spotting teams a 15 point lead early must stop.

[UZER]

Derozan not fouling on that last play is all you need to know about his b-ball IQ and why I’ve said it doesn’t matter how many points he scores. But but but we wouldn’t have been in the game without him .

Dude is a loser. He played hard, I’ll give him that, but he’s just a loser.

[KimmyGib]

Spurs get into an early hole, proceed to make a comeback, proceed to lose a close game. I'm starting to see a pattern here.

[james evans]

There's no other coach in the NBA that would choose Patty as a closer.
Simulator crew to the max.

There is no other coach in the world that would have Mills and Bellineli on the court at the same time in the 4th.

[Kurgan]

There's no other coach in the NBA that would choose Patty as a closer.
Simulator crew to the max.

It wasn't just the wombat tonight but Forbes too! Maybe next game he'll have all three of Patty, Bryn, and Marco closing.

[SpurPadre]

A big difference between good teams and us is that they have players top to bottom (be they a Center or guard) that can get a three pointer at ANY point in the game and shot clock while we have a player that can total 36 points, take 20 shots and not only are NONE of those points from three, but neither were any of those shot attempts from three. In today's game, that's baffling...and the worst 36 point game from a player you'll see this season.

[sasaint]

it's sad but I think Lyles gets the axe from the starting lineup even though it should be Forbes.... Lyles played his role admirably. I wonder if Carrol is enough to solve the starting lineup

I would like to see a SL of White, Mills, Carroll, Lyles, LMA. Second unit: Murray, Lonnie, Dumbmar (as long as he is here), Gay, Poodle.

[UZER]

There is no other coach in the world that would have Mills and Bellineli on the court at the same time in the 4th.

There’s no other coach that would have Mills and Bryn to close out the fourth, much less guarding Doncic to close out the fourth.

[Kurgan]

Derozan not fouling on that last play is all you need to no about his b-ball IQ and why I’ve said it doesn’t matter how many points he scores. But but but we wouldn’t have been in the game without him .

Dude is a loser. He played hard, I’ll give him that, but he’s just a loser.

Tonight's game is actually the opposite of Demar's previous chokejobs the past week. He was pretty much invisible in the final three minutes.

[Prime BEEF]

I’m rooting for the losing streak baby!

Same. Only thing that is interesting as a spurs fan right now.

[YoungbuckMurray]

Carrol should start

[KimmyGib]

Belinelli raising dat shooting average with an impressive 2/8

[Spurtacular]

He was clearly hammered. Obvious.

Hit; but shying away from the contact gave the ref the option to not call it.

[Capt Bringdown]

There’s no other coach that would have Mills and Bryn to close out the fourth, much less guarding Doncic to close out the fourth.

[Prime BEEF]

I would like to see a SL of White, Mills, Carroll, Lyles, LMA. Second unit: Murray, Lonnie, Dumbmar (as long as he is here), Gay, Poodle.

Agreed. Sadly this is our best lineup.

[Chomag]

So yea...our stinks

[Capt Bringdown]

Tonight's game is actually the opposite of Demar's previous chokejobs the past week. He was pretty much invisible in the final three minutes.

Yup, after he got his shot blocked.

[SAGirl]

If you go back to our Championship years and the whole TD era to Big 3 era, in general, we've had a knack for poor execution in closing minutes of games, tbh.

Remember that time TD had a turnover at the end of the game and lost to Alba Berlin? Good times tbh. That I could really laugh about. This is something else.

[J_Paco]

A big difference between good teams and us is that they have players top to bottom (be they a Center or guard) that can get a three pointer at ANY point in the game and shot clock while we have a player that can total 36 points, take 20 shots and not only are NONE of those points from three, but neither were any of those shot attempts from three. In today's game, that's baffling...and the worst 36 point game from a player you'll see this season.

36 points on 20 shots is highly efficient, actually, but it doesn't help that all our good three-point shooters are terrible defenders. Plus, Murray and White have both not improved in that area of the floor enough.

Maybe, hopefully, Carroll breaks through and sees time over Marco or Bryn. Obviously, that isn't likely and Pop will just bench Lyles instead (who has been okay).