Game Thread Spurs (23-7) vs Jazz (10-19) (Sat 12/27/25) [7:00 PM CDT]

[Kick-Stand]

I get pulling Victor for the minutes restriction but what the fuck was Keldon on one too?

 

[Robz4000]

First-round exit, you say?

If they get the Dubs or Suns? Absolutely. Early but if they get there I could see the Clippers doing them in too.

 

[BigTimeBum]

Spurs were at least able to hold it down in the first half while jazz were shooting lights out. But then Mitch's stupid decision to put out sochan and waters at the same time prohibited them from being able to hold it down

Then his stupid decision in the 4th to take out the 2 players that helped them tie the game... At the same time.

They needed this humbling

 

[kjhip1]

One thing you can tell is Mitch is like Pop with his predetermined subs because when Bryant came in for his second stint he was great defensively and we closed the gap and of course Mitch took him out cause he had already predetermined he was going to take him out

If we just leave Bryant in until he does a bunch of dumb stuff we probably win.

yeah carter had such a short leash and yet brought def intensity. barnes and champ killed us

 

[PanameSpur]

At least DEN and MIN lost as well

the West is wild

 

[scott]

Team is fine, Any good team is gonna get their share of letdowns and playingdowntoopponents-nitis every once in a while.

For sure. Even in the glory days we had plenty of let down losses against bad teams.

A complete lack of respect for our opponent by our players but more so our coaching staff. A deserved L tonight.

 

[CrustyCoastBendFan]

- The game thread continues to be filled to the brim with terrible takes.
- Some are blaming their favorite targets while ignoring the facts.
- For example, "Make-A-Wish" Sochan essentially gave Utah an entire quarter.
- Fox appears is the only one with BIG BOY PANTS on the Roster.
- El Jefe still seems able to influence Mitch into making poor decisions, as seen in the "Make-A-Wish" scenario. the same dude who LOVED to throw cold water on win streaks

Overall, this is the perfect gif to represent the majority of the soft commenters on this message board. Especially the real Nerdy ones who think stats make them smart.

Piece and

 

[brazil]

 

[BigTimeBum]

I get pulling Victor for the minutes restriction but what the fuck was Keldon on one too?

.exactly... The fact that he brought him back in just a minute later just shows he knew he shouldn't have taken him out

 

[Hoopdreams11]

We need to try to get sensabaugh

 

[ginobilized]

Will Hardy said good job to Kelly Olynyk

 

[Robz4000]

Sucks with the Cavs and Knicks coming in next week this could become a three game losing streak.

 

[WembyFan]

Harper and Castle need to go to shooting school. It's going to keep them from going to the next level if they're building houses with these bricks.

 

[BatManu20]

Are you really gonna be banned from starting game threads because of this loss?

I'm teetering on it tbh. Basically a must-win on Monday against a good Cavs team that already beat us this season or I'm cooked.

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Take this as a wake-up call teams are coming hard to play us now after this run. Don’t let this snowball gentleman,

 

[PanameSpur]

Castle -30 (!!!) and everyone else at worse single digit -

As much as I criticize this stat, it speaks loud tonight

 

[spursparker9]

CB with the team high +9
Castle with team worst -30

KJ with monster 27pts 10 rebs....wasted his effort

 

[LeBowen]

This wasn't a "opponent got hot, we move on" loss, it was just more of the same from Spurs awful 3pt defense.
And we had no interest in adjusting from that awful drop coverage which was the reason for their run in the first half.

 

[timtonymanu]

I’ll be a sniffer and say “it’s only December”. Tough loss and I’m not convinced the Spurs will win the title this year anyway but the over the top proclamations when the season isn’t even close to over are so weak.

It’s not like every other west team doesn’t get bad losses from time to time.

 

[Hotspur]

Frustrating game!! Utah couldn't miss!

 

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Nah not this bullshit take

Us getting knocked out in round 1 depending on the matchup shouldn’t be out of the question, but we are still a top 5 team despite the Utah game

 

[PanameSpur]

I get pulling Victor for the minutes restriction but what the fuck was Keldon on one too?

Wondering if Mitch isn't unhappy with the loss tbh

He had some weird lineups tonight and yes, Keldon should've been used a lot more imo

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Sucks with the Cavs and Knicks coming in next week this could become a three game losing streak.

We owe the Knicks motivation will be high..

 

[timtonymanu]

This wasn't a "opponent got hot, we move on" loss, it was just more of the same from Spurs awful 3pt defense.
And we had no interest in adjusting from that awful drop coverage which was the reason for their run in the first half.

I believe in Sweeney but what the hell is he telling these guys when they defend the 3? It’s the same old rookie mistakes so far.

 

[LeBowen]

No Fox, Harper with 12 assists and just 2 turnovers, but is still limited to only 26 minutes when it's obvious Castle still struggles a lot when he's the only playmaker on the floor.