Game Thread Spurs (47-17) vs Celtics (43-21) (Tue 03/10/26) [7:00PM CDT]

[tearsofmorningdew]

Maybe I was just blinded by hate during the post Kawhi pre-tank years and didn’t appreciate white. Easily my least favorite time as a spurs fan. just miserable

 

[spurs10]

Seems like Brown has got some problems. Someone said Tatum getting all the attention is pissing him off. Might be right! I won't be surprised if he gets suspended with the way he was going at that ref. He's a bum, not the good kind of bum like on here. Throw'em out!

 

[Coyote2!]

I didn't love how they got roped into a 3pt shooting contest with Boston. But can't argue with the results, love how Castle/Vic/CB all shot the open looks without hesitation.

Bodes well for when teams try to defend them that way come playoff time tbh.

Agreed 100%. 9 times out of 10, when a team dictates the tone and style of play in a game, it works in their favor. But the Spurs made them pay, so I'm not gonna complain...

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

Re: Jaylen brown, more players need to be ejected in situations like that tbh. your draymonds and lukas for example.

 

[O_V]

A major thing I like about the current Spurs in a league where Doncic and Alperen whine and complain about every possession, Shai is flailing around like a ragdoll. There's no drama. Stephon, Vic, they just take their lumps and keep going hard.

They behave like champions.

Brown was given a LOOOT of leeway before the first tech, and when JB turned around the ref seemed like he thought it was over. then JB turned back around to face the ref and yell/point at which point he got the first T

you never get as much rope immediately after the first T

Then, after walking away, he turned back around AGAIN, started in again, swearing again, with really aggressive body language. Stephen A. Smith is retarded. There's no way he didn't deserve that ejection.

 

[1kangaroo]

They behave like champions.


Then, after walking away, he turned back around AGAIN, started in again, swearing again, with really aggressive body language. Stephen A. Smith is retarded. There's no way he didn't deserve that ejection.

It's very simple don't act like a two year old and you want get tossed sorry i just have no sympathy for grown ass men throwing tantrums like little kids

 

[Knoxxx]

Maybe the Jaylen and Tatum think evolves into a Shaq and Kobe falling out which only plays in our favor. Both guys are the type of player that will give us or anyone else problems. Legit 30 PPG scorers! But, in particular I think a true PF that was versatile enough to check Tatum would be a nice roster addition. Otherwise I am thinking JT is the exact type of big SF we can’t guard with anyone other than CB and that is not yet any type of given either.

 

[Biggems]

Derrick White has turned into a damn scary NBA player over the last 3-4 years.

 

[wemvp]

The only thing funnier than Brown's crash out is the crash out of Boston fans. They suffer from the same anger issues, it seems.

Oh yeah. Have you been to Boston?

 

[wemvp]

I won't be surprised if he gets suspended with the way he was going at that ref.

Surely not. That would be the softest suspension in NBA history. Fine at most

 

[scott]

Oh yeah. Have you been to Boston?

Former MA resident... I'm well aware of how these people are lol

 

[1kangaroo]

Maybe the Jaylen and Tatum think evolves into a Shaq and Kobe falling out which only plays in our favor. Both guys are the type of player that will give us or anyone else problems. Legit 30 PPG scorers! But, in particular I think a true PF that was versatile enough to check Tatum would be a nice roster addition. Otherwise I am thinking JT is the exact type of big SF we can’t guard with anyone other than CB and that is not yet any type of given either.

Castle was frustrating Brown yes he still scored but I don't think he was liking the physical defense which is why he had a meltdown. Castle seems to have a knack of getting into players head without ever using words

 

[timtonymanu]

Maybe I was just blinded by hate during the post Kawhi pre-tank years and didn’t appreciate white. Easily my least favorite time as a spurs fan. just miserable

White was also very injury prone for us iirc so he couldn’t reach the heights that he has now. Plus playing with Brown and Tatum is better than playing with the likes of DeFrozen, LMA, and Brent Forms lol.

Pop also had this weird philosophy of not playing white and Murray together. White had to come off the bench when Murray came back from his injury.

 

[The Ballsbreakers]

Was in the courtroom so was just boxscore-score watching but seemed like we gave Boston a dose of their 3-pt happy medicine. Nice win.
And Jaylen Brown, for being such a smart dude supposedly, sorely lacked self-control there.

 

[tearsofmorningdew]

White was also very injury prone for us iirc so he couldn’t reach the heights that he has now. Plus playing with Brown and Tatum is better than playing with the likes of DeFrozen, LMA, and Brent Forms lol.

Pop also had this weird philosophy of not playing white and Murray together. White had to come off the bench when Murray came back from his injury.

That’s what I remember most. Always dumb little foot injuries like plantar fasciitis

 

[BatManu20]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031798671247855991

 

[spurs10]

Surely not. That would be the softest suspension in NBA history. Fine at most

You are probably right since he didn't actually assault the ref. Good thing his teammates held him back or he would have woke up in the Bexar County Jail.

 

[O_V]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2031798671247855991

That's great and all, but they were struggling around Christmas time because they couldn't hit the water if they fell out of a boat.

 

[ird80]

Let's not get too excited winning the shootout. They add brown, Pritchard and Vuc thats a lot more spacing we need to cover

 

[ird80]

I realize you're relatively new here, but I'm going to give you a little bit of grace, but I'm only going to say this once... shit like this doesn't fly here.

We remember your schtick from ST. It's not welcome here. If you want to come, talk Spurs basketball and have a good time - this is an opportunity for a fresh start. But if you're going to bring racism, sexism, homophobia, antisemitism, etc... I will not hesitate to boot you. This will be the only warning (which is technically a second warning, since the community guidelines with the same are already posted).

Thanks.

Nice, just waiting for blasphemy to be added and irreverent use of the names Jesus and Christ

 

[gilmor2002]

Celtics couldnt miss from 3 and hitting some bs

thankfully Wemby was equally hot and Castle hit some 3s as well

another win

this brutal stretch continues, Nuggets and Hornets next then Clippers on the road

wtf happened, Bam just got 83 points, 36 out of 43 free throws, wtf was Washington doing

Actually Dylan is really imp to close off 3rd Quarter; and Devin was equally imp in the 4th Quarter

 

[100%Duncan]

If we’re in the finals, I’m not scared of anybody. If this team has beaten OKC in a series, then they are championship material.

 

[O_V]

So now that all that's out of the way, can we talk about the elephant in the room that Brown shoved a little girl as he was getting up to go complain to the officials after he flopped? How the fuck is nobody really talking about this? If someone pushed my daughter like that, he would have far bigger problems than the officiating.

 

[ambchang]

One thing I noticed is that for a stretch the Celtics were iso-ing on wemby, with white basically scoring every time, and I think Tatum got one too. It was an interesting way to pull Wemby out of the paint and using speed other advantage.

It gives them good chance to score on wemby one on one as there are no other rim protector to help out (hopefully Bryant can change that), open up lanes for the cutters, and even if they can’t score tire wemby out on the perimeter. I thought it was pretty smart but then the spurs made sure the switches don’t let that happen

 

[Correct Crusader]

One thing I noticed is that for a stretch the Celtics were iso-ing on wemby, with white basically scoring every time, and I think Tatum got one too. It was an interesting way to pull Wemby out of the paint and using speed other advantage.

It gives them good chance to score on wemby one on one as there are no other rim protector to help out (hopefully Bryant can change that), open up lanes for the cutters, and even if they can’t score tire wemby out on the perimeter. I thought it was pretty smart but then the spurs made sure the switches don’t let that happen

It's like what teams did with gobert. (This is not an insult.)

The impact of wemby is biggest when he's the help, you significantly reduce his threat when he's the guy in front of you. Fortunately our defense is very reluctant to switch so that shouldn't be a problem except for occasional spots like that.