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GameThread #32 - San Antonio Spurs @ Portland Trail Blazers - Part III


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last

Last is the new first…

Charlotte would like to hear more…

so would my ’Horns…

we are awesome

not first or last

Pop hates NBA TV as much as I

WHO WANTS TO FIGHT?

It looks like only Leonard is trying… great to see the young one playing hard..

This is why Kawhi is a starter, and Anderson’s leaving.

3rd game thread already?

everyone’s on the threads, I don’t think anyone’s paying attention to the game anymore…

Including the team.

if we lose by less than 15… MORAL VICTORY

Considering Kawhi is playing 1 on 5 id say under 15 would be pretty impressive.

if we lose by more than 40 … STILL JUST ONE LOSS

if we lose by less than 35… MORAL VICTORY

This is really embarrassing for Anderson, Pop challenged him, and I can’t see him responding well.

Other than Leonard, they all are playing like complete shit.

He’s very indecisive. Should have kept DeSean Butler over him. Marcus Thomas as well.

Wont get much production from a player who wants to be traded.

this should have been a statement game for JA

Y’all left me.
I was scurred.

you guys remember this team?

i miss these guys

I remember!!
I used to have a crush on Antonio Daniels.

bring back Malik Rose!

Who is #10?

andrew gaze

I have absolutely no idea who that is.

one of australia’s greatest players ever.

There you go. I was waiting on you to pick that one up.

looks like i checked the thread at the right time…

Just here for the green card free ring!

Forgive my ignorance, srf.

hehe his nba career was less than stellar. basically a tall shooting guard, which worked great here in australia, but was glacially slow in the nba.

Aah – I just started following the Spurs at this time, so I really didn’t know the players at that time.

he was MVP here 7 separate times. as he played for melbourne, i hated his guts, even when he got on the spurs roster.

Glacially slow. I like that.

i believe he came over from new zealand to the nba fo a couple of yrs and then retired.

That young guy in the back looks awfully bored

The tall dude? I think, that’s some swimmer from Virgin Islands. He had no idea what the NBA was.

I dont think i’ve ever seen Robinson’s arms not toned.

His arms were insane

Blair-Neal with the PnR

Someone send TJ Ford to turn the lights off!

Pop just sobered up.

BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIR!

This is going to jack up our stats!

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Heeeyyy that’s what I’mm drinking! Lefty.

righty for me…

‘cause ya can’t be wrong if you go right…

My Drink Tonight

looks stout…. is it?…

Black IPA – 6.5% ABV. Smooth like a porter, with the hoppiness of an IPA. Delish.

Looks…dark. And dangerous.

Yeah Pop!!! put the uniform on!

I bet the JV can still run the offense better than Joseph

jv knows the offense

Neal with the 3 as the shot clock was running down…

Signature shot.

NEALL!!!!!!!!! THERES STILL A GAME ON!!!!! WHAT??

These Spurs are not as good as Dallas Chaps

Well guys i will be leaving the game thread now as i am off work and going to the bar to watch the rest if im going to be watching this damn game im going to be drunk while doing it.

Neal again! Lay in and the foul…

Neal taking team on his shoulders

Leonard can’t do that by himself…

GARY NEAL LADIES AND POUNDERS!!!!!!!

Am more drunk than Pop……..looks like the score said 49-52

LD should post 5 Korean Comics tonight

so we would lose by 50

we are going to lose by 50 anyway

Haven’t we suffered enough already?

this team we have now, can we beat the toros?

damn.. and Dawson got good position there too…

Guys. We can do this.
Only donw by 20-something

CuJo cant even hit a layup.

I have to laugh. It’s either that or cry.

We get 40 point handicap to this game, right?

end of the1st half… Spurs down by 23… meh. Could be worse…

could be down by…24.

Corey needs to shoot the ball much less like just about never

Best Texas Beer...FYI

Get some at halftime.

an ex of mine had a long time friend that worked for AB, we ran in to him in Deep Ellum… Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many free Ziegen Bocks that night.
good times.

Texas beer? So sorry for you.


Not Texan, but one of my favorites…

Mine

where’s that from?…

Dogfish Brewery in Delaware. Everything they do is good, but the IPA is amazing.

Dogfish Head – good brew in the Delaware/Maryland area. Is it wrong that I know that?

You’re in Oregon, right?

Denver

Not even close. Where did I get Oregon?

I like beer and there’s good breweries in the NW? I have no idea, but I also don’t have my city in my screen name. :)

Delaware huh?..
;)

Thanks for reminding me I don’t live in Texas anymore. :(

Ziegenbock was my first, greatest, love.

We’re staying here for the half

Corey had that banker

WE KEPT THEM UNDER 30 POINTS IN THE QUARTER

What is Joseph doing?

Sorry folks you’ll have to find a way to finish without me, I’m calling it a night. See ya Thursday.

alright… see ya!

See ya nice Lady…

Well, let us watch some Korean Komics

good idea. it would make this game look really good

Meh. You’re not a believer.

Joseph should not be shooting ..

or playing in the NBA

2nd coming of Cubits?……..NOT!

only gave up 25 in the 2QTR. The zone D was a killer

well this looks as much fun as emergency dental surgery.

This

Guys calm down. We are going to win this. The worst thing you can do against a young team that has nothing to lose is send them to the halftime down 20. Just watch as we start making ridiculous shots from all over the place and running the ball down their throats.
I say…Spurs by 8, with Anderson ending the game with 22, Leonard with a double double and Dawson with 15.

i dont think dawson can score 15, shooting freethrows for a whole day

dawson…james van der beek is playing?

Umm im gonna have to disagree.

Can Joseph do anything other than dribble?

he is not even that good at dribbling.

Nope. Too short to pass, can’t dribble right, can’t shoot, etc

he can dribble?

only in one direction, which is why the trap always works

makes a mean cappuccino.

pop needs a good beverage to start working in the morning

coffee with a little something something

Bailey’s and Amaretto – you’ll thank me later.

Well, I do still like the decision to sit Tim and Timmy. This was going to be tough no matter what, and this will hopefully keep them nice and fresh.

yeah we’ll need both TD and Duncan down the playoffs

I heard TD is as good as DUncan. Damn we have some good players

Although I think that must betray a subconscious concern about Timmy above Tony….

Tim Timmy and Timothy. And Tomas, also.

dont forget Timmie and Timmeh

but it would be great to also have the big fundamental.

no wonder we HAD a 11 game winning streak

Wow, is this the first genuine throw-away game by Pop, of the season?

Pop waved the white flag before entering Portland.

I think he waived it while he was still on the tarmac in Salt Lake city.

he wore the white flag.

That was a throw away pick

Pop is 0-5 without the big 3

Now without the Big 4

I’d rather watch the DirecTV customer help channel

Bahaha or that weird game channel

game lounge! remote battery killer

Now that was funny

Or a mavericks game

or paint dry

This is still better than my all day meeting.

wow! your meeting must have been pretty bad

And it’s not over. We get to continue anew tomorrow morning. Yay.

JA with the 23 +/

-23

if we traded this guy, we’d have a tied game right now

We wont even get a happy meal for him

happy meals are stat stuffers

Tim and Tony lead the team with 0!

best +- so far

Get rid of: Anderson/Blair/Joseph

No waaay!
Reading Rainbowww

You can’t disappoint a picture!

i always suspected those glasses were fake

what can we get for those 3?

Another teams headache, which we would cut, right off the bat. Bring back Marcus Thomas/DeSean Butler (still with Toros) and keep DAwson

they can take Dawson with thme

get rid of everyone who dressed up tonight

What is this?

And don’t ANY of you say the S acronym.

We’re doing our Cavs impression.

Oh please. The Cavs won tonight.

I think I’m going to go see the Cavs in April sometime. Kyrie Irvingggggggg

He took over down the stretch

That kid can drive.

Here’s an acronym: CIA POP

We are obviously bored of this winning streak. Time to start another.

man i rushed home to watch the game and … for this lineup ?

all that wasted gas

You got Jumbaco’d by Pop.
It’s ok, we all did

wish i could have called and warned you

whos that doing yoga at halfcourt?

This could be worse. One time in college, my intramural team was squared.

so if portland loses to our scrubs then wat?

timmeh and tony on trade block?

Then the Mayans were right.

we will leave TP and TD in Portland

9-0,Suddenly in jeopardy.

Way to tell it about RJ s invisibility Steve Smith

Portland’s Keys To This Game:

1. Don’t Commit Suicide During Halftime
2. Don’t Shoot Layups In the Spurs’ Basket.
3. Don’t Go Home During the Second Quarter.

Shoot 75%+ from three point range.

Jesus help us!!!

You know its bad when your making Jamal Crawford look efficient.

Defensive 3-second technical on LaMarcus Aldridge

MORAL VICTORY!

And One! Yay! Someone other than Kawhi gives a fuck!

RJ just scored a point

Well this is a fun time.

Leonard and Green look good. Neal is Neal so he’s fine.

This of all games you’d expect RJ to be aggressive. Nope, he blows.

Joseph is a total joke, looks like he’s playing in high school. Anderson, the guy I was most excited about seeing improve this year, dogshit, seeya later James. Mr. 10 Day Contract, useless. Blair? Not all bad but he’s still Blair so, yeah he sucks.

Bonner, useless this game without good passes.

All in all, I say we come back and win on a Neal 40 footer at the buzzer, playing three on five, Green, Leonard, Neal.

Mr. 10 Day Contract cleared mountains for Neal’s +1.

you mean a 40 pointer?

Danny, don’t start the comeback too soon!

What the hell is RJ doinnggg

Ensuring RC amnesties his ass this summer?

Thanks, y’all cleared it up juuust fine for me

RJ looks like he never played basketball before

just cam back.. looks like the Blazer’s lead got bigger?

never save the ball under your opponent’s hoop

Cujo, Blair, RJ and sadly Bonner are killing me tonight. Dawson also sucks something awful. I wish we could have brought up Thomas.

or never have let him go

If we can just keep the lead under 40 points at the end of the quarter

that would be achievable I think..

RJ IS RETARDED!!

you guys always loved him

it’s “BE” retarded

Three friends of mine have dropped by to say: “Tambak Spurs ah.”

whatever that means

loosely translated to “Spurs Down By a Hundred, huh?”

Walang magagawa, ang lakas ng lineup e.

hey, hi.

my response after the first one: “Nde pinalaro si Duncan at Parker eh. tpos injured c manu, tiago and tj ford.”

my response after the second one: “Nde pinalaro c Duncan at Parker eh.”

my response after the third one: “Potah.”

Richard Jefferson, the most veteran of all the Spurs, is 1-4 FG, 1-2 3pt, 10 +/

leading by example

The most overpaid of all the Spurs

part of Pop’s plan to get back under radar

He’s really become passive and maybe plans to stay that way. Maybe he forgot that any of the big three is not playing. What a waste!

Announcers are making me puke

They sound so excited, one would think they Blazers are really playing the Spurs

they are confused by the uniforms

I actually don’t think they’re too bad.

So Wave, if LeBron came back to Cleveland, would you personally welcome him with open arms?

no

Nice to know you have standards.

i want to like the players on the team i root for.

see, thats why we should trade rj

i thought you guys loved rj

o.0

dunno what this means. but it was cool, so i used it

wide eyes

i thought it was forest whitaker

and he’s not coming back.

So he was only pandering? I’m shocked.

he has to be the center of attention

he said all of that to distract people from Jeremy Lin

How do you know Blair sucks? Pop puts RJ to defend Aldrige.

Somehow this is getting worse.

Right?? It was like 19-20, now it’s almost 30.
FML.

there goes pounding the rock…

is RJ crying?

I f’n hope so…
:)

Anderson is back in… Their lead is slowly getting bigger…

The locker room is going to be one interesting place tonight.

Gonna shut up an ANALyze the rest o the quarter

Bon-bon, only has 5 minutes?

Blair with a pullup jumper. He should do that more often. NOT

meh, Blair second “jumper”

leonard is actually playing

He’s the only one who should escape from this abortion unscathed.

I dont understand why the Portland starters are still in? You’ve done your job against the Spurs bench.

Especially considering the recent injury history in Portland.

It’s always fun to play when your up by 30.

At least now people will realize how damn good Parker and Duncan are. We look like a D-league team withouth them

It’s amazing what happens when you’re missing the four most important players on the team.

surprised portland’s not resting its starters. maybe they can get oden to earn some token minutes on the floor, wheelchair and all

When all else fails (or the Spurs are getting pummeled) givem a low blow !!!

sooner or later, someone from Portland will get injured

Leonard nice, still playing hard

I understand why this Spurs team can struggle offensively, I just can’t accept how they’re letting the Blazers shoot almost 60% from the field…

This is getting a little embarrasing no?

yeah, the team on the court stopped trying..

Everyone not named Leonard stopped trying

oh yeah. Leonard’s playing pretty well!

And for that, Pop should rip them.

I don’t think so, it was expected. What wasn’t expected was them shooting lights out from 3.

they are going to score 100 before the fourth

whats that like 10 steals for Kawasaki?

Is that his latest nick?

just popped into my head

Kawhi with the fast break dunk…

anyone still watching the game is just downright masochistic

nah, just padding their GameThread stats

gee, getting oneself up in that GameThread stat-sheet…out of a BLAZing massacre like this… I’ll consider it a personal disgrace… and fukkit, here I am, propelling meself up…

damn, damn it all

You are missing out on Leonard, he is truly a big part of the Spurs future. Playing really well

down big, any minute now, Pop will sit the starters and play the bench…………oh wait, they are already playing!

ARE WE LOOOOOOOOOOOOSING???

no, we are getting killed

Was there a Korean Comic posted???

No, LD didn’t want us to suffer any more than we already have.

Air ball by Anderson

Wish Wallace had stayed in Charlotte.

So…anyone else wants to criticise the spurs FO for not picking anderson’s option?

its really pissing me off that theey are calling these guys “Spurs Team”

well, they are wearing the Spurs jersey…

I think we should have everyone but Neal start fouling intentionally, now. Then when all our guys foul out of the game, let Neal play 1 on 5 (is that what would happen?) , just to see what kind of crazy shots he can make.

Kawhi’s playing pretty well too…

Im not watching yet. Now I dont know if I should.

I wouldn’t. Unlessyou have mass quantities of alcohol

Dont bother

I blame Skip Bayless, and Charles Barkley for calling us the best team in the west

Never draw attention to the Spurs

Shoot the 3!!!
We suck at points in the paint

then you become more like the Celtics.

Jefferson to the bench. I think Pop threw in the towel!

then the game started

Where is the red rocket!!

So this is what we are reduced to

The Red Mamba should have been our first option every game this season.

Looks like I started watching at the wrong time

I havent even turned it on yet. I am ascurred.

If you do watch, then you can join Cupcake and I in being drunkish.

Yess join us.
But a little past drunkish.

oooo drunkish soundsh funsh

it was really close… then the game started

James Anderson leads all spurs with -27 +/- #GoSpursGo

that should boost his trade value

I wish we were watching golf

Spurs FO pitch: “He’s helping your team win even before he joins your team.”

tonight is the night that he should have had 27 points

Well the Spurs can resign him cheap

thats good enough to get a gasol. well if your the lakers.

Bonner with just 5 minutes? Did he get hurt or something?

He’s being treated as a superstar. :)

There might be a chance had Tiago and Ford dressed up for the the bench. RJ really sucks . Sick and tired of him not knowing when to be passive and be aggressive.

wait a sec…

are timmeh and tony sitting?

see the score

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

it all makes sense now

Wait a minute, JFK was killed?!

Whitney Houston died??

Jesus died???

JFK got shot?

Water is wet?

RJ sucks?

NAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Spurs have 4 Championships?

this team we are watching right now?

texan beat you to the punch

Block by the new guy!

thats one more block than blair

thats what the Spurs have been missing… now if only he can do that consistently…

block like an egyptian

It’s official….this game sucks worst then the Heat game

I wouldn’t go that far.

just because you didn’t watch the Heat game?

RJ should be out there suffering…….he was horrible

Yup

take Kawhi out of there

No it’s his hazing ritual

I wonder if Anderson enjoys getting his ass kicked

LMA making the new guy look…like a new guy

we at least shooting a great ft% -7/8

This is the worst game of the season so far.

Blazers still shooting 600%…

60% but yes the same thing

The first one seeems about right

Well, at least the Spurs are getting rest

Is this the first white flag game of the season? I can’t remember anything at this point.

I dunno, I think that Mavs game was supposed to be a white flag game but then our bench played really well

Dallas was supposed to be one.

the Dallas game was one…

Didn’t work out that way though, so I’m not counting it.

Why? Pop threw in the towel, it wasn’t his fault the Mavs sucked.

First white flag game since the 81th game last season against the lakers

Didn’t do us any good, didn’t Manu get hurt the next game (last of the season) against the suns?

Had Jefferson dressed up to PLAY as well as Anderson, we might see a team fighting.

great, now my feed has a large ad over it. i dont fcking care if that image is real or not!

things we learned today: Dawson, Jospeh and Anderson are not NBA caliber players. Next time, I will personally kill anyone crying for them to play.

trade that Anderson guy!

I wonder what his GF would tweet this time

why oh why are we gettin kilt?

Kilt!
If I could figure out how to put a picture thingie I would.

Ay, we iz getting kilt.

That t-shirt NEEDS to come home to casa Wilco. %

How many teams have shot above .600 for a game?

well the Heat has been shooting well lately… Not sure if above .6 though.

HA! I feel so bad for the Spurs fans in the building. It’s like being dragged through a bed of glass after you shelled out 200 bucks.

Pop should pay their ticket

comes with a free Corey Joesph too!

Is it wrong that I’m happy they’re suffering so I don’t have to on Thrusday?

OMG DAWSON SUCKS

I don’t wanna wait
for our lives to be over

im surprised it took this long for this pic to pop up

So this is why Anderson isn’t playing

would have been a different story if they were trying on defense

Gary Neal might not be that good either

Only Kawhi has played worth a crap tonight.

The new guy is playing hard, he just sucks

Only when the game is on the line

Oh the humanity!

Right up here is where I store the juice
…………
And all that Jazz

Anderson needs to leave. He asks for playing time, then what, he sucks. He has a lot of potential but that’s all there is at this point. Not to mention his GF keeps on blabbering about Pop not giving ANderson some playing time.

we should have called up the other bonner instead of dawson.

Is this what we have to look forward to after Duncan retires?

If Tiago was playing, we would not be down this big

for a year or two

Parker will still be in there, along with Splitter..

This shouldn’t count as a game, to be honest. I mean, the Blazers can take the win, but as far as I’m concerned, there were only 65 games in the season.

Collective amnesia – great idea, Drums.

So when I come back to PtR tomorrow, no one will be talking about the game, right?
Can I take the recap? I’ll write about the tv shows I watched instead.

Justified.

I think they’d be all girlie shows, even the ones I didn’t actually watch

I might actually read your made-up recap.

Can you, please? I’m supposed to be on tap for it…

Pop trying to get two techs to get kicked out but Refs ignoring him

He should have gotten on that an hour ago. That way he can just hang out with Tim, Tony & Tiago in the locker room.

I don’t understand why the Blazer starters are still in.

Because Nate McMillan is so insecure, he waves 5 dollar bills in front of his dog every morning cooing “Who’s Your Daddy?”

They’re making a statement. hahah

would sorta suk if a blazer starter goes down to injury cuz of this

Their starters are still in??!

Good news: the Blazers are shooting under .600 now!

MOST PAINFUL GAME EVER!!! ITS LIKE A TRAIN WRECK!! YOU JUST CANT LOOK AWAY!!

You don’t know what the most painful game ever is.

GAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH MY EYES

Not even close. Ugly, yes, but it’s not the playoffs.

Pity those fans who paid and came to watch the game live.

61 points from the bench

we outscored their bench!

but the starters didnt score

what are they chanting?

I want a refund?

I would totally demand a refund if I found out the Spurs were giving up this game and didn’t tell us

“Overrated”?

Can’t be.

Too bad I have no Blazers in fantasy

40 points now? This is just bad.

Suns got absolutely whacked here too.

Dammit, the Blazers are back to .600 again!

james cant even dunk…

Pop wants to get this over with so he can stop by his winery – only a half hour drive from Portland.

ahh.. so that explains his decision to rest TP and Duncan…

free throw guy. ftl

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Say it aint so, Tip 6!

SOYYYYYYYYYYY UN PERDIOR
I’M A LOSER BABY
SO WHY DON’T YOU KILL ME

Double barrell shotgun!

drive by body pierce

Oooooooh – look at the pretty colors!

seizure in 3 , 2 , 1 ……….

and there’s one more quarter……OH THE HUMANITY!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

wait, really? The Blazers are already at 103…

The thing I thought might give us a chance this game, good defense from these bench guys, did not happen. To put it lightly.

Again, slow down with the images guys

RUBBER DUCKY YOU’RE THE ONE
YOU MAKE BATH TIME LOTS OF FUN
RUBBER DUCKY I’M AWFULLY FOND OF YOU

I tink that when we is gettin kilt, we post de pics.

Is the humane thang to do.

did you mean to respond to Josh?

Show me the way to go home
I’m tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went right to my head

Let’s all drink to our legs!

blazers break 100 and still a quarter left to go

I tell ya, this is doing wonders for our self esteem.

Yup, I dont get Pop sometimes, rest the guys with the All star break around the corner

Why Im still watching this?

same reason Am still watching it

Personally, I’m drunkish.

to be able to stand this game, we should be wastedish

Got a meeting at 8 am sharp – can’t be wastedish tonight.

cause there’s nothing better to watch

Wow the Blazers can’t miss

I say we put what Spurs fans we have in the building on the court.

Wow the Blazers are shooting under .600 again!

lol if portalnd is saying overatted spurs would take out these blazers in a 7 game series if healty but all in all not that angry over this game expcted the beat down but damn…..

Maybe Pop is trying to get POR in the playoffs to guarantee an easy first round opp.

The Blazers continue making shot after shot after shot. Nothing to get your shooting touch back then a game against the Spurs. You’re welcome.

The Spurs better beat the hell out of the Nuggets after putting us through this one…

I’m checking out guys. If there is a miracle i’ll find out tomorrow.

103-65 going into 4th.

any guesses as to the final score?

OK, wht’s the deal with Anderson’s girlfriend?

what is she tweeting this time?

Always on twitter talking about how her man deserves more playing time and how it’s “bs” when he doesn’t get in and how “tired of it” she is ..bla…bla..bla

The announcers are funny…trying to derive something from this game as if the stats from this game are sustainable or indicative of anything!?

You use big words.

Anderson. Stop. Just…stop.

Anderson embarrassing himself.

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