Game Thread Playoffs Round 1, Game 3: Spurs @ Blazers (1-1) (Fri 04/24/2026) [9:30 CDT]

[Dbreiden83080]

I'm gonna need to rewatch the Harper highlights. That was amazing.

I disturbed my neighbors. I was screaming the second half of that last quarter. What a fucking win.

 

[frenchfred]

Hitting some midrange jumper with a 10 pts lead?

If Fraudster Fox hit some 3s that break the tie or take the lead then he is shitting on us

Exactly

 

[Mugen]

The Mojo is back, boys. We take care of these fucks in 5 then we move on.

 

[scott]

Winning this game without Wemby could be really huge in the long run. These guys proved to themselves they don’t need a crutch, they can make things happen. Only going to make us even better with Wemby

 

[Weeks]

special win, huge win. on the road against a team that had all the confidence against us

 

[spursistan]

Castle, Harper, and Korn are the only ones trying. Everyone else is a shriveled up loser.

After the Nuggets game. Said exactly this

Wemby, Castle, Kornet and Harper (if given enough leash) are the only players I trust going to war with in this series as of today.

 

[Snake Eyes]

Harper is getting recognition from the studio, which is appropriate.

 

[WembyFan]

Objectively speaking, how would you rank these four players in terms of their long-term potential: Edgecombe, Flagg, Harper, Knueppel.

1. Flagg 2. Harper 3. Edgecum 4 Nipple.

 

[scott]

Objectively speaking, how would you rank these four players in terms of their long-term potential: Edgecombe, Flagg, Harper, Knueppel.

I’d rank them in the order they were drafted

 

[frenchfred]

Objectively speaking, how would you rank these four players in terms of their long-term potential: Edgecombe, Flagg, Harper, Knueppel.

Same order as drafted

 

[LeBowen]

That Harper dunk was amazing

We need a gif from that above the basket angle, @LakerHater .

 

[TAPS]

Can’t do anything against Wemby, useless against Kornet, out-blocked by Carter Bryant - Klingon’s just a big stiff.

 

[Mugen]

Winning this game without Wemby could be really huge in the long run. These guys proved to themselves they don’t need a crutch, they can make things happen. Only going to make us even better with Wemby

This was absolutely huge. Coming back from 15 and looking lost. This is going to do absolute wonders for their confidence across the board.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Fox 18/4/6 on 7/16


Not a great game, but at least he played his part when he needed to. Obviously, Dylan Harper saved our asses. And we got to give Steph Castle a lot of credit as well.

 

[scott]

The real MVP in the one:

Game Thread starter @brazil

Time to put this Ferrari back in the garage and let @BatManu20 take Game 4

 

[John B]

Dylan on night cap. Nash is a fan

 

[SupremeGuy]

I kept tellingg my friend that these bitches have to eventually regress to the mean for their 3s.

That's literally all that happened.

 

[z0sa]

Props to Mitch for reading the room and adjusting his rotation to give the rookies the PT they earned as the game progressed.

He stuck with the guys impacting the game and I think that’s hard to do with a coach who has shown a very consistent rotation throughout the season.

Good adjustments all the way around.

Couldn’t be more proud of this team.

100% agree that Mitch coached well in the 2nd half. His adjustment to using CB as the backup/small ball center (as a reaction to VW's injury) is honestly an underrated adjustment as well. He's relying on multiple rookies to make shit happen, something Pop would have NEVER done.

Props are called for. Let's hope he continues his out of the box thinking.

 

[SpurPadre]

Don’t forget Carter

His defense was key no doubt.

 

[TAPS]

Do not piss off the basketball gods....we haven't won the series yet tbh

I will make the appropriate sacrifices to atone.

 

[Mugen]

Camara talking so much shit all night while putting up 2 points, gtfo here

 

[Sparco41]

The most exciting Spurs win of the season. The new big 3 is Wemby, Harper, and Castle.

 

[PhantomDashCam]

They grew up tonight. Huge W.

 

[OK Computer]

IMO the best adjustment was CB bringing the ball up because they knew Robert Williams wouldn’t try to be an aggressive onball defender. This caused the entire Portland defense to become stagnant. Great coaching call by Mitch.

 

[The Truth #6]

I get that Harper was awesome and Fox was less than awesome but in the playoffs different players have big games. Fox can still have an important big game that helps us even if Harper is the future.

Mitch may have been a bigger problem than Fox tonight, honestly, and Harper erased that from the conversation.