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

[Trifecta]

I couldn't watch the game, my dad had an accident and I spent the night in the emergency room, followed the game in the game thread... Holy cliff jumping Batman, a 15 point lead nowadays is nothing SMH

Glad for Dylan, knew he had it in him

Diego - I wish your dad a safe and speedy recovery

 

[Wemby_Island]

I know Castle's stats look great, but I thought that initially, the Blazers wanted to bait him into his heroballing/Westbrook mode - and it worked. I don't think it is a coincidence that the Spurs started getting back into this game in the second half when Castle was either sitting or taking a back seat offensively.
That being said, that was a gritty and gutsy win by our guys, with lots of people making valuable contributions (including, to be sure, Castle).

Generally Mitch dont go with sitting extended minutes for castle.

He scored points 1st half as Blazers bait him with some looks. 3rd Qtr offense become stagnant with him going Westbrick mode and they closed him.

He was subbed out at 5:95 in 3rd qtr and came back around 8:30 in 4th qtr. Solid 10 mins.

 

[scott]

Hey… don’t know if anyone noticed… but Blake Wesley and Sidy Cissoko both got minutes in a Spurs playoff game last night

 

[ace3g]

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