Game Thread Spurs (25-11) vs Lakers (23-11) (Wed 01/07/26) [8:30PM CST] on ESPN

[STAT88]

I hate his play. So gross to watch.

Same. It’s Jimmy Butler and SGA-esque the way he baits the refs and defenders into fouls with unnatural movements and initiating all the contact.

Real ugly watch.

 

[BatManu20]

What happend with jeremy & Vanderbilt??

They were arguing over who's been more ass this season and things got heated tbh.

 

[STAT88]

They were arguing over who's been more ass this season and things got heated tbh.

Honestly I’d take Jeremy Sochan and Castle over Vanderbilt in a 3 point shooting contest. That’s how bad Vando is from 3.

 

[100%Duncan]

Portland doing everything to lose

 

[Seventyniner]

They were arguing over who's been more ass this season and things got heated tbh.

Makes me think of the inverse "anything I can do you can do better" song between Rasho and Nazr back in the good ol ST days.

 

[Robz4000]

Fucking Guests tbh.

 

[100%Duncan]

Not counted?

 

[scott]

Blazers win because Eason’s putback is a fraction of a second too late.

 

[Robz4000]

I'll take it

 

[Mugen]

Rockets

 

[100%Duncan]

Lakers and Houston lose! Fuck em both

 

[Dbreiden83080]

Relieved we won, but man, this outside shooting will be the end of us all. We need to figure something out.

Yeah, I feel like any game now They will finally bust out of the slump. Again, not a great three-point shooting team, but nobody is this freaking awful.

 

[benefactor]

This rounds out a pretty good week or so of sports for me. Spurs beat the Lakers. Houston lost. Ohio State and Alabama lost. Texas Tech lost. And of course a couple weeks later I'm still pointing and laughing at Aggy. Just need the texans to win on Monday.

 

[Robz4000]

This rounds out a pretty good week or so of sports for me. Spurs beat the Lakers. Houston lost. Ohio State and Alabama lost. Texas Tech lost. And of course a couple weeks later I'm still pointing and laughing at Aggy. Just need the texans to win on Monday.

Need a Niners win Sunday myself tbh.

 

[benefactor]

Need a Niners win Sunday myself tbh.

The thing I really want out of sports this year outside of the Texans or the Spurs going all the way is for Indiana to win it all. They are easy to root for. I mean they have literally never been anything at college football.

 

[Snake Eyes]

Trust me, I am very happy with the W. But there should never been a doubt. I like Devon, but there’s no way he is greater than James, Hachimura and Reaves. Should’ve been a 20 point win and it’s time our troops get serious about putting teams away that they are better than. I hope losing to the Jazz, Blazers and Grizz don’t come back to haunt us in seeding. Some of this mockery is due to Victor coming off the bench and bullshit minutes restriction. I expect better of our guards lately and I’m confident they will deliver. If we can just integrate Vic with the starting lineup and get some consistency there that would be a freaking start.

 

[Robz4000]

The thing I really want out of sports this year outside of the Texans or the Spurs going all the way is for Indiana to win it all. They are easy to root for. I mean they have literally never been anything at college football.

Rooting for Ole Miss myself tbh, if only to put Lane Kiffen on blast for not believing in his team.

 

[JingleJangleJingle]

I love how Christmas is supposed to be the unofficial start of the season but all the teams has looked like utter ass the past few weeks.

 

[spursparker9]

lol Luka went from smile to frowning immediately after seeing the confrontation between Sochan and Vander

 

[benefactor]

Rooting for Ole Miss myself tbh, if only to put Lane Kiffen on blast for not believing in his team.

I get the sentiment, but I don't want Lane to get paid for those wins. I feel like Indiana is a better story. I like it that there are probably football fans there who have never been able to believe who are suddenly able to care about their team.... and not just care you are staring down a national championship. I know what that's like as a Texans fan and an Oilers fan.

 

[Blizzardwizard]

Luka looks fat again tbh

He was thinner at the start of season

A defeated JJ Reddick is interrupted by Luka while looking for the cold cuts post-game:

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[John B]

lol Luka went from smile to frowning immediately after seeing the confrontation between Sochan and Vander

I think Vanderbilt gets penalized for that “poke”

 

[SupremeGuy]

Trust me, I am very happy with the W. But there should never been a doubt. I like Devon, but there’s no way he is greater than James, Hachimura and Reaves. Should’ve been a 20 point win and it’s time our troops get serious about putting teams away that they are better than. I hope losing to the Jazz, Blazers and Grizz don’t come back to haunt us in seeding. Some of this mockery is due to Victor coming off the bench and bullshit minutes restriction. I expect better of our guards lately and I’m confident they will deliver. If we can just integrate Vic with the starting lineup and get some consistency there that would be a freaking start.

It starts with defense, particularly perimeter defense. No one on defense should be collapsing when Wemby is on the court. Simple shit, really.

It's a 3-point-shooting league now.

 

[spursistan]

one more particularly brutal stretch of schedule coming up, and then for the rest of the year it is pretty palatable

at boston and at minnesota back to back
at okc
vs milwaukee (have been solid since giannis has been back)
vs minnesota
then back to back against utah and at houston

if we are still 2nd in the west after this 7 game stretch, have to feel good about holding it

Sadly we had too many bad losses since Christmas..Hard to see us navigate this stretch and stay second after that...I would be happy with 4-3 (W/L) there.

 

[1kangaroo]

Wow how bad the Lakers as a team played the spurs shot 16% from 3 and still got smoked this is another game proving a trade needs to happen for some shooting