Game Thread Playoffs Round 1, Game 4: Spurs @ Blazers (2-1) (Sun 04/26/2026) [2:30 CDT]

[SanAnSpursFan21]

I’ve been dogging Portland all series long, but I gotta admit, their defense is like looking in a mirror

 

[CryHavoc]

Deni just fouled Wemby 3 times in the span of 3 seconds but I guess you can just guard wemby differently

 

[Rafa]

How does Wemby not go in and pass that instead

 

[scott]

Good call by Mitch to pull Fox here… THERE YOU GO LUKE

 

[Ice009]

fucking look at that shit. Blake Wesley yelling at Steph when taking that three. Steph should tell him, sit your ass down scrub.

 

[NotRobDiaz21]

Bad pass Steph

 

[KDKSpurs24]

Keldon terrible man. DONT TAKE THAT SHOT

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Where in the hell was this defensive intensity in the first 24 minutes?

 

[The Ballsbreakers]

Keldon Johnson is one fat turd.

 

[Raven_]

vassell has played some fantastic D on avdija... just as i predicted

 

[Blizzardwizard]

the spirit of sacramento calling out to fox in every high-leverage situation ever:

 

[Spurminator]

You can feel it in the arena. They know.

It's all falling apart.

 

[frenchfred]

come on KJ, you can do better man, we need you

 

[100%Duncan]

Wemby. You have two small defenders in the paint. GO OVER THE TOP OF THEM.

He’s scared

 

[NotRobDiaz21]

KJ sucks serious ass

 

[mikec]

Wemby. You have two small defenders in the paint. GO OVER THE TOP OF THEM.

THIS!!!!

 

[Ice009]

Man, Keldon is fucking useless. He shouldn't have won 6th man of the year. Might have made him feel slighted and made him actually show up in the playoffs.

 

[BatManu20]

They're going to win that challenge tbh.

 

[Uriel]

As inexperienced and immature as our guys are, Portland's guys are even more immature.

 

[100%Duncan]

the spirit of sacramento calling out to fox in every high-leverage situation ever:

Man wtf

 

[024]

This offense looks so much better with Castle as the secondary playmaker.

 

[poopbox]

Now this is a fair point. But I’d also say that our team isn’t built on this premise (and it’s hard to argue it should have been given the results of the season). I don’t see how we could expect to just completely change the team’s DNA come playoff time. The team’s success is built around a dispersed load that only his peak load on Victor. I don’t think we have a backup playbook that would even facilitate a Fox centric approach… maybe we should have had one?

For me it's not about forcing an offense around Fox...we shouldn't...he has always been a great one on one or pick and roll scorer type player. My issue is him not forcing the issue when the team is playing poorly.

Good example is that three Julian hit. Wemby throws it ahead to Fox, Clingan lumbers toward him, he pulls it out, passes to Julian. I would have preferred he pulled it out and just instantly attacked Clingan. Make this lumbering oaf make an athletic play. Worked out for us with that 3 but I don't want Fox playing like some high end role player and to me that is how he has played all series. Would rather him be more aggressive looking for his own shot that throwing cross court passes to a shooter.

If this is really the way Fox is going to play then I'd want him traded and rather spend that 50 mil on a 3rd center and another wing. We don't need to be paying a guy 50 to 60 million a year to be throwing cross court passes when the only thing between him and the rim is Lurch.

With all that said...I expect there to be several "Fox" playoff games because he is just to cagey and dynamic of a scorer for there not to be. And if I'm being fair he is also adjusting to a role he has never been in where he is the number 2 but also has a 3 and 4 (harper and castle) right behind him and might just flat out be better than him by this time next season. He has a lot to process and learn as well.

 

[The Ballsbreakers]

Wemby not taking that easy fast break shot just told me EVERYTHING about his mentality right now

Yeah he's really in his own head. Gotta channel that inner monk again.
Breathe, Vic.

 

[Raven_]

How does Wemby not go in and pass that instead

he's a nerd, always outsmarting the game... it's part of his charm

 

[Ice009]

Deni just fouled Wemby 3 times in the span of 3 seconds but I guess you can just guard wemby differently

I've been saying that all season. How is that all getting let go and other players get softer/touch fouls?