Game Thread Spurs (36-16) @ Lakers (32-19) (Tue 02/10/26) [9:30PM CST]

[BatManu20]

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021462382288269392

 

[BatManu20]

Well said Timme.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021466995804471509

 

[TimmyBuckets]

Pretty sure the NBA advanced stats are current. This game bumped our stats nicely. We jumped to 9th in Ortg. We were 11th a few games ago. Still 3rd in Drtg. We’re 4th in Nrtg.

 

[wEmBoY]

The game is played differently now, though, and we can’t forget Pop managed TD’s minutes.

pop lowered duncan’s minutes not until 2009-2010 season. From 2004-2005 to 2008-2009 season he was still playing 34 minutes a game.

Mitch and pop also fckng wemby’s minutes from the start(rookie season) up until now in his 3rd season.

 

[Fabbs]

Highlights beyond the super obvious Wemby 1st 8 minutes expo:

Seeing Wemby and Carter show some serious chemisty and harmony. Albeit against the Laker JV team but damn, they had some back and forth passes that make the next 5 years look very promising. Carter looks to be a bona fide Championship piece.

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021443869645340702

 

[spursistan]

Lakers are the most fugazi West playoffs team in recent memory. (32-21 record on -0.3 net rating with barely any signature wins)

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021455119678832919

 

[100%Duncan]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021461789502996530

When was the 2nd one? Sandwiched between the NBA cup finals?

 

[NASpurs]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021443869645340702

I think that game for Manu was when Pop got ejected and Manu went nuclear afterwards.

 

[BatManu20]

 

[BatManu20]

 

[Paramore]

 

[Paramore]

 

[Quentin_Compson]

I guess we can safely say that Luke Kennard is NOT a good defender for Wemby.

 

[Sugus]

Never been a James fan, but never really got the hate so many have for him either.

Even the nepotism, sports like so many industries is filled with at all different levels, yet no one seems to care when it's David Adelman, Mike Dunleavy Jr., Austin Ainge and a whole host of others benefitting from it.

I've honestly mellowed out on him in recent years - ever since '19 or so, when it became clear he was starting to decline. Much more so after Kobe's death - that saying of "appreciate it while it's here" really rang true. BUT...

The dude has had some annoying-ass moments that warranted much of the hate he's gotten. The Decision is self-explanatory in its obnoxiousness. The '11 Finals embarrassment wouldn't even be so bad -- if he hadn't anointed himself as the GOAT, self-proclaimed in an interview. The move to LA. The comments on Daryl Morey and China. The badly hidden HGH cycles..... The "Aint no party like a Diddy party". The buddy-buddy with Raymond Green, and the banana boat.... It goes on.

Some of the early criticism he got was very stupid (those Facebook memes with "Lebron 3 quarters" "Ringless LeBron" etc), but he truly earned a fair share of it, IMO.

 

[Fireball]

Only a championship tops crushing the Lakers ...

 

[Dbreiden83080]

I promise I'm trying brother. Even strategically waiting for home games against lesser opponents to start game threads. They just refuse to do me any favors this season for whatever reason

You are on a 1 game hot streak

 

[TDomination]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021443869645340702

I love that Manu is on that list with 24pts!
GINOBILIIIIIIIIIIII!

 

[spursfanfromafar]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2021462382288269392

My boy Harper was fantastic again in the Fakers game. These highlights dont show how solid he is on defense, though. The kid plays such a mature game. I can't wait for his three pointer to fall.. That will round out a solid repertoire taking him on the All-NBA pathway.

 

[BigTimeBum]

Jeremy sochan couldn't even get 1 minute lol

 

[brazil]

Congrats @BatManu20 !

 

[BatManu20]

 

[Limguoguolo]

Bad move by the staff. They should have let Victor score 80 or 100 points against a team that did everything it could to be punished in this way, even if it meant resting him tonight,.

Then we would never again, throughout his career, have had to wonder if he could have gone after this or that record, if he could have played a few more minutes in this or that game.

They would have been fine for the next ten years and could have benched Victor as much as they wanted without seeing Victor hanging around hoping to come back and score a few more baskets.

They're not killjoys, they're non-pragmatists. With a record of 100 points, or even 90, Victor would have not bothered at records for the rest of his career. It would have taken just 15 minutes in one game to punish the Lakers. To humiliate them like Kobe had humiliated Toronto.

That game will remain a missed opportunity. Frustration is good for no one. It was the right time, the right place, against the team to beat, decimated by injuries, diplomatic or otherwise.

Not knowing how to seize the opportunity when it presents to you is to be a loser. He should have been allowed to chase records… precisely so he wouldn't have to do it anymore.

What foolishness. "Spurs are boring."

But the whole team had a great attitude: when facing a C team, respecting them means taking them seriously and hitting them hard where it hurts. It means not messing around during the game and showing them that we're having fun. On the contrary, it means showing them that we take the game seriously, that we play hard, that we punish them. They did their job. Seriousness, respect, toughness. The staff didn't do it.

 

[Exstatic]

My boy Harper was fantastic again in the Fakers game. These highlights dont show how solid he is on defense, though. The kid plays such a mature game. I can't wait for his three pointer to fall.. That will round out a solid repertoire taking him on the All-NBA pathway.

When the lead started sliding in the 4th,they didn’t bring Fox back in, the brought Harper back in, and he steadied the team, allowing them to rebuild much of the lead.