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GameThread #21 - San Antonio Spurs @ Memphis Grizzlies - Part I




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Bonner and Kawhi leading the spurs

Jumbaco!!

That ad is painfully annoying.

If you mean Painfully Awesome, I agree!

Someone hacked tomasito’s account.

What up, LatinD? How are you liking life in the greatest city in all the world?

I miss having a life. Other than that, it’s a nice city.

Hi, newbie. Welcome to PtR, but you should know that we don’t normally use the subject line.

Newbie? Ouch!

I was just trying to get a rise out of LatinD. I know how he hates the bold.

And I got a rise out of you.

Trolljob successful! :D

Your trolling was weak.

Troll? Huh?

In my time, we used to feed trolls to SiMA and then give whatever was left to bellasa for reeducation.

“First you get a Jumbo Jack and then you get two tacos”….

c’mon… you finish…

Orlando 49- 3:15 left in the game

Damn. I wonder if Dwight would like it in SA

Nope he needs a team that’ll carry him cuz he cant carry a team!

would be nice....

but unlikely

again? Man, the team is breaking down. What the hell happened?

Since I got no response on twitter, I’ll ask here. If I set the over/under on a Dwight Howard trade at 2 weeks, what does everyone pick?

Over – only because Otis Smith is stubborn.

I think they’re tanking since they know they’ll lose him. Just a theory

I think they are looking for the right trade. Like the Carmelo trade last year, when Denver committed armed robbery against the knicks

Howard can beg all he wants, Otis wants some value in return if he trades him

Not sure if Sixers defense is awesome or the magic really suck!

well the Sixers D is good, but this is n’t the first time the Magic scored like that. therefore, Magic sucks

What happens first?

VAn Gundy gets fired or they trade Howard?

Hmmm. I’ll say coach goes since they really don’t wan to trade Dwight

Van Gundy gets fired.

I think Howard’s gone even without VG so they trade him first.

Thats embarrassing

Tiago out the game = No defense, No low post threat, No ball movement

Free Anderson!

This!

Pop hates being predictable. Boggling us fans is half the fun for him.

True. He enjoys giving us heart attacks. He thinks it’s fun.

Timmy is playing bad today. May be Pop could rest him for the 2nd half.

He should … Not to mention that he is playing small ball with Timmy at center

Timmy is just not a low post player anymore. He should stick to jumpers

Yea. That transition should be made in full now, especially with Tiago there in the post.

It is difficult transition for TImmy and Pop, this is the first time Timmy is not the best spur big since 97

Manu will help that when he gets back

How will Manu help with Timmy’s game. Its Timmy’s age and miles that is an issue. There is no fix to it.

Timmy needs to play the David Robinson role

And that’s hard to do when you have to be the main guy

Well, if only we could send him off the same way…

Not just on offense. Even on defense, I could see him struggling to cover ground. Its hard to see him struggle

He needs to learn to play with Tiago

Not going to happen. I would love to see Timmy coming off the bench next season. That might help.

Now that that dry spell is out of the way, let’s go back to playing how we did when we started pulling away.

wasnt a dry spell. starters came back in

Poof, there’s goes that bubble.

No Spur in double digit scoring as of halftime. Bonner leading the SA with 9.

that means everyone is involved

Except James of course

and Cory

and Malcolm T…. oh wait, he’s already in Austin

Of course mem has to show denver hilights v spurs to advertise denver playing there tomorrow

If I set the over/under for the number of times I’ll see Phantom Menace in 3D at “one,” what does everyone pick?

I should probably amend that to “0.5.” I killed my own joke.

Why would you watch that trash voluntarily? And why would you pay to watch it?

This half time lead is fools gold if we dont see more of TIago in the second half we are going to be in trouble

Disturbing.

really? I always thought they were awesome….

They look like spermies. Bahahaha.

ha! there can be only one…

They look more like peanuts. Is this RJ’s home?

they do look a bit nutty…

Well, I just realized our GameThreads are now legal (#21)!

Ladies?

Throw some D’s on that Kitteh!

Hey guys, in that jumbaco commercial, is one of the guy actors the guy from that disney channel show or nick show Smart Guy?

Never heard of smart guys what is that about

I think so! That kid is Tia and Tamera Mowry’s little brother!

It definitely looks like him!

Its about a child who is smart lol He’s about 10 or 11 years old and he goes to high school because he’s so smart.

Halftime fish?

I was thinking of posting one a while ago.

we need to run up this lead

Blair, you suck. What the heck was that?

Wow, you turned on him fast. He needs gentle encouragement, not your words that cut like knives.

bonner matches Grizzles in threes 3/6

What the hell was that DB?

RJ, our most reliable 3-point shooter. Who would’ve thought?

When he catch and shoots he’s great, when he dribbles and shoots he sucks

He has also been pretty accurate when shooting off the screen, although they have not been doing that play frequently.

Yea, overall his shot is there. He just needs to be aggressive with the ball.

Stream is F’n up!!

YEAH RJ!! And Leonard!!

Leonard has hops!

Kawhi everywhere!

Leonard with the easy dunk………..Mem TO

Breakaway dunk by Kawhi after RJ’s steal.

i wanna see more kahwee dunkz

Get on his poster……random Grizz player!!!

quick 5 points. Je l’aime!

Grizz announcers have a man-crush on Kawhi

Lets finish this right here

Dear GOD KaWhy, STOP TRYING TO PLAY POINT!!!
Good play Leonard…

Kid’s good.

the debate’s still open for me… but, he’s young and growing in the system. Green’s won me over.

Oh defense actually works

Sloppy game

Tim Duncan keeps turning the ball over. Now its getting contagious. Blair just turned it over.

blair dont do that agian

Why is Blair on the floor?

memo to blair: this is not the globetrotters.

Bahaha. Bless his heart.

Janie says that RJ is “also handsome”. Thoughts?

he is

his name’s “Richard.” Of course he is

What about “LatinD”? Handsome?

he is the bombdiggity

Lover of crappy comics

well, it’s got a brawny sound to it. ha

of course, boss!

He is ok. But he has verryyyy small ears.

Probably the same size as Tiago’s, now that I think about it. RJ has Tiago ears!

If you don’t like ears, then he’s the most beautiful man in the world.

Haaaah. I love you again.

according to my girlfriend, no.

ha!

my wife says he looks like a turtle… so, NO, he’s not attractive. (to her)…

Do you know that she dislikes Turtles? The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were pretty badass.

she loves the animals, and frogs, she loooooves frogs… (and I loved the TMNT!!!) Just not Princess Peanut.

She says that men don’t need ears, because they never “listen to us anyway”. Oh no you didnnnn’t.

“Me no handsome?

Timmy with the block

great pass by Blair

Nice block by Timmeh! Aaand a turnover by Tony.

crap sequence… glad we’re ok…

how ‘s the game guys? What’s the score? Went out a bit, just got back.

Blair with a risky move down low. Good thing he got the foul called

I hate that I’m liking DB less and less each week. He does something great one day but then goes dead the next.

Amd another gasol foul

We are making plays for them. ::facepalm::

Sloppy offense, solid D

Damn, guess that side is great for O-boards!

Gay can’t shoot. even FTs

Another Timmeh hater.

Now tiago should come in?

Has Tony hit any of his jumpers recently?

Hasn’t seemed like it at the moment

I heard tell of a jumper he hit… the Indians in the hills sing songs of it, lovely, tragic songs, though no man has seen it with his own eyes in many moons.

Lol awesome man. Made me crack up.

we should be winning by 20+

Conley! All Star!

Put Tiago and Bonner in

Tiago better come in after this time out

goooooooooooood morning/afternoon/evening losers. how we travelling so far?

An ugly team is within striking distance despite a whole game of superior performance. And Tiago is for some reason stuck in the bench.

He might be tired. He did pile up a lot of minutes last night.

some reason? some reason means “pop”.

Sparkles. Please.

Until Manu comes back..Pop has serious problems with this unit on the floor.

Imagine Manu and Splitter playing together?!

Too. Much. Awesomeness.

To be technical, he would still have problems with this exact unit.

TP having a hard time scoring

he’s been struggling a bit recently… fatigue?

he wants pop to discover how great our bench is…:P

I think fatigue might really be a factor

well this is frustrating. My feed died… :(

Tony Allen is the best player in the NBA….. At talking crap and sucking on the court

RJ is playing well.

Sigh why did Tony Allen amok that. Come on RJ.

Richard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RJ, you gotta force him baseline what was that

RJ gives us somerhing then. . .

Kawhi leading the team in rebounds. Le beast.

Line drive by Timmy!

I hate the starting lineup

Call the foul on Allen dammit! Thats the second time in a row he has grabbed Duncan’s jersey!

bust his face call a foul on Tony Allen!

Timmy should totally keep shooting

What’s Tony Allen’s problem.

hit two in a row. this guy’s got serious issues.

Hes not good at basketball, so he gets mad easily

Tony Allen playin outta his mind!

Please don’t hurt Parker

Allen keeps fouling and fouling. About time they called it.

Manu and Green together are going to be something

Allen takes & gives!

WTH is pop thinking we need spliter on the fing floor

I loves me some Danny Green. So heady, so tough. Like Manu, but not quite as awesome.

Tony’s got his giddyup on………then turns it over

Golden

Nice pick and roll play there.

How easy Tim’s layup was had to have hurt Memphis mentally

Bad pass Tony!!!

These commentators dont agree with any call!!

complaining about everything

terrible pass there Tony

finally a TP jumper

Remember when Tony didn’t need a screen to get by his man into the paint?

There’s the midrange J from Tony.

Finish these guys

That fadeaway from Gasol looked like slow motion. Seriously, I think the earth rotates faster than he did—he intended to turnaround the other way, but the earth outraced him.

So it’s not just me wondering if he’s slower than normal.

He forgets to rotate in the direction of the Coriolis effect.

Ah, I remember that level in Call of Duty.

I wanted to work Coriolis into my joke but couldn’t phrase it right. I’m glad you stepped up. You can be my wingman any time.

I don’t think it really works, but I have to use those millions I spent on my education somehow.

iMillones de pesos!

I totally called TP’s jumper.

back up to 14. good good

Im glad they dont play Allen & Mayo at the same time!

and Parker misses a 3…

18 footer for Timmy!!

wow. Duncan had ALL day to hit that jumper.

These announcers should have a warning label attached to them. WARNING: Drivel, hazardous to your basketball intellect.

True

Ha! I’m not even listening to them and found that funny.

TD jump shot looks sweet

Timmeh hitting the jumpeh!

GREEN KILLED A DUDE

I SAW IT

It’s like Green stole Blair’s “rip the ball away from dudes” mojo.

that replay is awesome…. dude just flails …
“back and to the right, back and to the right”…

Way to knock it down Timmy

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

I like how Green snatched that ball away

bonner. FOR THREEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Duncan with the block, Green with the steal.

Green just took that away!

Bonner with the 3!

Holy shiz!!! Green block and Matty threeee!!!

NEVER FEAR, THE BENCH IS HERE!!!

Bonner for three! (after that sweet steal by Green)

Matty must have found a new sammich in Memphis.

Is Bonner the leading scorer?

and the +/- category

He’s a beast out there

inception. everytime the PTR people talk about how a liability bonner is in defense ( and when he is not scoring), the next games, he shows up shooting the lights out at the 3 point line!

Tied with Timmeh with 12 points.

I cant wait to watch Green play along side Manu

I cant wait to watch Green play along side Manu play!

were the hell has this spurs defnese been all year long and also this memephies annocers never think a foul is called on thier guys

i like when Bonner only shoot threes

Bonner should do only this. Ever. And stop fast breaks with his knees and steal passes with his back. That’s IT!

I like it when Bonner doesn’t dribble.

green should be arrested for that foul. at least according to the griz announcers.

Green had the whole ball. If anything, Young was the one that grabbed Green’s arm after he took it away.

Finally Spurs. Showing some fight against Memphis. I like the way this is going! Keep it up!

Bon-bon is feeling it.

Green 2 steals and 3 offensive rebounds!

MY FEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

first row sports still works

it stopped for a moment

my feed died too. Now I’m stuck with one with French commentators..

Who is that team in the black and what are they doing when they dont have the ball????

Nice steal by Leonard! Easy bucket too!

.

Dayum – those are some nice looking stats.

Killing on the boards

Leonard is learning, NO DUNKS

he wants to stay on the court. I think Pop warned him after that first dunk

Don’t hurt ’em, Kawhi!

Kawhi steal and score. Kid can play

ketamine playing well…

Kawhi going insane!

technical free throw makes it a 20 point game.

Hah, Leonard has Gay frustrated, so Bowenesque

C’mon KaWhy…

Kawhi’s really a boost for our rebounding. I remember struggling in the boards against these teddy bears last year.

Oh I wanted that Leonard dunk!!!

What the hell is Gay doing.

C’mon Pop! Free Anderson!

Rudy Gay is getting frustrated!

“Collapsing”, you mean.

Rudy Gay is imploding right now

we’re an and 1 away from a riot

Grizzles falling apart

Game is gettin chippy

Gay has a point. He’s only had one point so far.

Book ’em, Leonardo.

The Memphis coach should take Gay out of this game

this is the point in the game where memphis start blaming the refs for them losing the game.

why? they haven’t come to play, out rebounded, and in general, out played.

The mark of an inexperienced team.

a couple of calls they don’t like. this then gets turned into “refs were against us whole game” and neatly deflects from their own (and our) performance. every team/fanbase does it, including people here.

Rudy seems to be unhappy with the progress our society has made on homosexual issues and is trying singlehandedly to turn the word “Gay” back into an insult.

another good one, Tomasito. You’re on a roll, amigo.

hey n00b!

Hey SRF! It’s good to be back in PtR’s loving, warm bosom.

good to have ya back mate :)

Suckling on jollyrogerwilco’s succulent blogtit.

Ummm… I think I might have some work I need to go do… [trying not to make eye contact]

I dont like the travelling call on green

imho I think that Memphis was so dangerous last year because they didn’t have Gay in the lineup.

A very good point. He might have taken shots away from Randolph

The TV companion is going insane. The last 14 entries are either “Gay Turnover” or “Gay Foul.”
I’m not kidding.

“I calls it likes I sees it”

That’s so GAY. NTTAWWT.

Gay technical

where the hell was the contact?

Haddadi is the anti-Tiago! His head is like three time Tiago’s size!

His head is as big as the whole Asia,

Hah. You’re really fixating on Tiago’s head, eh?

they got their bench back in.. watch out. They’ll likely go San Antonio on us.

They are playing a zone. They came back against the Suns this way. Gotta keep scoring Spurs!

lol. commentators close to tears. just begging

Really Gary? What was that?

Why can’t Anderson play? Neal is playing like crap tonight

Kawhi is playing pretty good

Pop order is: First green an neal and then anderson

Anderson for Neal

Anderson should take a t least some of Neal’s playing time.

Damn. Memphis getting angry!!!

Stop driving neal, shoot your 3s

another technical on the Grizzlies!

Grizzlies coach = Morpheo

Tony Allen’s trying to contain his coach? Damn.

that’s new. hah!

Role reversal?

Ball don’t lie

i think the memphis coach is pretending to be mad

a la Pop against the Nets in the 03 Finals

another Grizzlies turnover… Good D!

the replay did not clearly show it was off bonner. the replay showed nothing from that angle. SHUT THE FUCK UP GRIZ ANNOUNCERS.

Watch out Memphis, we’ve almost got our secret weapon lineup in there. Apparently Pop feels that playing James Anderson would just be unfair at this point.

13 points given up, great D

I think I understand a bit now. Pop wasn’t playing Spillter in the 1st half and the start of the 3rd quarter because he wants to finish the game with Splitter, like he did yesterday… Splitter plays the entire 4th quarter!

IN a 20 point game does i really matter?

it’d be great to get some practice… and I hope this is something Pop does more often.

I hope we have 20 point leads more often

He needs to be fresh for tomorrow’s game… Oh, wait..

LoL, looked like he traveled!

Holy crap the Rodeo already? Damn. Where has time gone?

Making FT, too mainstream.

This game is FOULtastic! get it? Foul tastic hehehe

I don’t get it.

I see we have an open bar tonight.

*I see what you did thar

i presume comedy is only a hobby for you?

look at Bonner sprints to the bench

haha

“pop!!!”

“Oh Bon-bon you did great!”

ANDERSON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah! Anderson in.

Anderson almost hit that!

20 point lead

good, but we should be ahead by much more

With this game being a SEGABABA for the Spurs, I don’t think that statement’s really fitting.

after that foulathon, we caught up with Mem on FT attempts

with memphis supposedly imploding, we sure aren’t extending that lead……bit disappointing.

lets hope Anderson plays the entire 4th

What are those idiot Grizz announcers saying now?

They say they can come back they have before

something about a mountain

Lol. I can’t believe they thought the Spurs weren’t a good team.

Matt with +22

Trade him for Howard

Grizzlies have not scored 20 in every quarter.

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