Game Thread Playoffs Round 1, Game 3: Spurs @ Blazers (1-1) (Fri 04/26/2026) [9:30 CDT]

[SanAnSpursFan21]

With these refs being garbage, having no challenges is concerning, especially if our guys can hang around

 

[rascal]

Breathe in and out, gents.
We got this.

No they don't. Portland has to have this game at home without Wemby.

 

[Ice009]

Spurs surprisingly are holding their own on the boards. What's killing them in this game is the Blazers are shooting 48 from 3 and they have shot 17 freethrows to the Spurs 9. I just wonder if we are ever going to see Scoot and these clowns 3 point shooting percentages ever come down to earth in this series because if it doesn't happen then Spurs are cooked.

Like I said after last game, Scoot looks fucking locked in. I could just tell. The guy is not shying away from the spotlight. Unfortunately, a lot of Spurs players are thus far (Keldon, fucking looking at you).

 

[The_Second_Coming_of_VY65]

If he’s 1-8 from the field… it would seem whatever we are doing is working? They’re bailing him out with some questionable calls

5 bad calls in a row?

 

[ace3g]

One of Barnes, Keldon, or CB needs to step up.

 

[onechance87]

maxime raynuad could really be used rn u stupid fcking idiot wright.Trading our second round before knowing who
could drop.

 

[Blizzardwizard]

these two vegas games have been a preview of what barnes/champagnie/johnson are probably gonna look in a gritty playoff series against a good team when the lights are brightest. on both ends.

upgrades at SF/PF are paramount for this team to seriously consider itself a contender in the west.

had these guys figured out in december

 

[Trainwreck2100]

Spurs not having a challenge will come back to bite them, but the blazers are still running on high variance offense

 

[LeBowen]

Champ and Devin are not getting enough shots and CB is refusing to take them.

 

[100%Duncan]

One of Barnes, Keldon, or CB needs to step up.
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Jfc our bench has 0 pts outside of Harper who only has 5

 

[z0sa]

The big wtf person is Keldon. He's a complete ghost and looks rattled, scared, not taking his time, not being physical and patient like he was throughout the season. He's who needs to step up if we're going to win this game.

 

[scott]

Fox has had the ball plenty and deferred. Kornhub 3 is a perfect example. At least Steph had delivered on the possessions he’s had. Can’t say the same for Martez. He’s been way way more deferential and passive

The play you’re calling out is an example where Fox drove in, collapsed the defense and passed to an open man… you call that deferring? You prefer he takes a contested shot against a C and probably gets his shot blocked? Have you ever watched a basketball game before today?

 

[SouthernFried]

This is closer than it should be. Portland is just beating the shit outta them. Bigger and stronger. Spurs kinda suck, except for Castle, there's no one that can hang with Portland. Our 6th man of they year looked terrible. Eh...it is what it is.

 

[Ice009]

As someone has mentioned, we need to run more plays for Dev and Champ to get open looks. This is to also go away from playing ISO ball and/or going against Williams only to get blocked.


Now can the coaching staff do that?

Yeah, well, this is what you're going to get. Mitch showing nothing of the sort. I'm fucking retracting that maestro nickname that Brook Lopez gave him in college. He's no maestro at all.

 

[spurs10]

HOLY FUCK he's 1-8 from the field and 9-10 from the FT line. Jeezus

Gotta say DeAaron should NOT be guarding him, it's not working at all.

Yes put someone on him that can hit him hard every time. If he's gonna be gifted the ridiculous amount of fts hit him harder. Yes, and take Fox off of him. Try Bryant who is not afraid to knock him on his ass 5 times in a row.

 

[timtonymanu]

Keldon sucks but again blame our front office for thinking he can play small ball C against their size. I guess that Plumlee and Biyombo corporate knowledge was just too important.

 

[Kick-Stand]

If we have another turd quarter here I'm signing up for the Iran ground invasion.

 

[QuarryHeights]

Only way we wining this is if Mitch tells Champ and Vass to shoot every time, they are open with the 3

 

[onechance87]

One of Barnes, Keldon, or CB needs to step up.
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harper needs to probably play more as well.Have sum balls and fox or castle if they dont step it up.

 

[SpurPadre]

I think the offense needs to slow things down more than anything.

 

[100%Duncan]

Champ and Devin are not getting enough shots and CB is refusing to take them.

We are asking a lot from CB. I do agree, he has to shoot those.

 

[John B]

So lucky to be down only 6.

It's troubling how outmatched and outcoached they seem by the least pedigreed team in the entire playoffs. Blazers look more fluid and organized than us.

That’s Jrue veteran PG. But they’re hitting ridiculous from 3 and only up by 6. I just hope it doesn’t sustain

 

[Snake Eyes]

It looks good because early on Castle was making shots… but he’s not doing this as part of the offense, he’s playing ISO ball and he’s freezing out the rest of the team, including Fox. How is Fox supposed to “take control” if the ball never moves out of Castle’s hands? That’s on Mitch to correct.

It’s halftime and Castle is a -12 with 2 assists and 3 TOV. Meanwhile, Fox is a -3 with 4 assists to 1 TOV.

The success of our team is fully dependent on team ball with a high AST%, not ISO ball.

Oh, I agree with you on moving the ball around. Looks like there’s no movement around to me and maybe that is in on Castle and not the staff. Castle also played nine more minutes and Portland was probably going to win those minutes with Fox on the bench or not. But you do have good points. We aren’t winning if Castle puts up 50 and nobody else does their part. Their success this year has been sharing the ball and the coaches need to get that in their head at half. We aren’t win this game unless our defense steps up . I want know who are the coaches going to put on who. Castles obviously the best defender, but you have multiple Blazers scoring at will. This will be a tough half. We’ll see what we can do.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Replacing Barnes with someone with size would be a start.

Bingo

 

[DaSlicer]

Like I said after last game, Scoot looks fucking locked in. I could just tell. The guy is not shying away from the spotlight. Unfortunately, a lot of Spurs players are thus far (Keldon, fucking looking at you).

ICE it's just frustrating because I feel this guy is having a fluke run. I will eat crow if I'm wrong but if the Blazers win this series watch the Wolves and Jaden McDaniels lock up Scoot and make him looks like a mediocre player again. I think people will go nuts in here if that happens.