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The Spurs got good news yesterday that Victor Wembanyama would be returning from a 12-game absence due to a calf strain, and as good as they played without him, going 9-3 in that stretch, he reminded the world tonight why he’s already one of the best. Despite playing on minutes restrictions and coming off the […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 8 reads
The fans in Las Vegas got their money’s worth tonight. After winning their first round matchup by 49 points over the Suns, the Thunder faced a much tougher opponent tonight. The Spurs started out slow, and looked like they might get blown out after trailing after the first quarter by double digits as they started […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our community guidelines apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. One of the greatest things about attending NBA games is the […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 3 reads
The Knicks are taking on the Magic with a chance to advance and face the winner of the Spurs–Thunder matchup for their first-ever NBA In-Season Tournament championship. But does it really matter? Beyond some added exposure under the bright lights of Las Vegas, is tonight’s game anything more than just another regular-season contest? Yes, the […]
From Posting and Toasting | 3 months ago | 5 reads
We have the NBA Cup Semifinals tonight, and the Spurs will be taking on the Thunder at 9 pm ET . Let’s look at the odds for the game and some Shai Gilgeous-Alexander props to keep an eye on. Spurs vs Thunder Odds The Thunder are an NBA-best 24-1 and riding a 16-game winning streak. Tonight, they face the Spurs on Prime Video in the NBA Cup Semifinals. The winner advances to the NBA Cup Final on Tuesday. The Thunder are a double-digit favorite tonight. The Thunder have been domin...
From Bleacher Nation | Chicago Sports News, Rumors, and a Reasonable Level of Obsession | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Good afternoon, it’s Saturday, December 13. The Cleveland Cavaliers are 15-11. Let’s look ahead at today’s slate of games. Today’s game of the day Who is ready for the NBA Cup? The first night in Las Vegas will be capped off with a Western Conference showdown between the Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio Spurs. […]
From Fear The Sword | 3 months ago | 3 reads
Every season, ESPN.com puts out an article ranking the best 25 players who are under 25 years old. To nobody’s surprise for the second consecutive year, Spur’s player Victor Wembenyama ranks number one, but what is more interesting is that the Rockets have three players of their own on the list: center Alperen Sengun, guard-forward […]
From The Dream Shake | 3 months ago | 4 reads
Yesterday, while Spurs fans were fawning over Victor Wembanyama’s potential return this evening, the front office made a roster change. Per a Spurs press release: “The San Antonio Spurs today announced that they have signed guard Kyle Mangas to a Two-Way contract. In a related move, San Antonio has waived Riley Minix.” Minix, a small forward, is dealing […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 2 reads
Sometimes it feels like the NBA has some of Hollywood’s best screenwriters working in the league office. It’s hard to think of a more climactic NBA Cup semifinals than the league’s defending champions, who have only lost one game all season, vs. an up-and-coming, scrappy team getting back the most exciting young player in the […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 5 reads
With the NBA focused on their in-season Cup tournament today, their slate features just two games, both played in Las Vegas. In the later semifinal matchup, it’s a battle of three-name teams when the Oklahoma City Thunder clash with the San Antonio Spurs. And in the first game of the evening, the New York Knicks […]
From Posting and Toasting | 3 months ago | 7 reads
Throughout a season, there are games that fans of teams circle on the calendar as having more weight than others. It could be a marquee matchup, a game against a rival, or an opponent they’ve played before that’s given their team trouble. So, when the Lakers faced the Spurs in the NBA Cup quarterfinal, the […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 5 reads
Thanks to my buddy Mike, a fellow hooper of some local renown, I was able to attend the Spurs’ 2025 Emirates NBA Cup quarterfinal game against the Lakers Wednesday night. I was forced to miss my own Wednesday night game, but how often is my team in town for an Emirates Cup Game? (Once.) One […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 1 read
There aren’t many positives Los Angeles could come away with in their 132-119 loss against the Spurs in the NBA Cup quarterfinal. However, in the fourth quarter, the Lakers changed things up in an attempt to mount a comeback. Head coach JJ Redick took out his big Deandre Ayton and went with a small-ball lineup […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 5 reads
On Wednesday night after the San Antonio Spurs vanquished the Los Angeles Lakers in the Emirates Cup Quarterfinals, De’Aaron Fox made an appearance on the Amazon Prime postgame show and spoke with Taylor Rooks, Blake Griffin, John Wall, Steve Nash, and Udonis Haslem. Fox donned a Luke Kornet t-shirt featuring the image of his stance […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 2 reads
LA’s game against San Antonio brought the return of Marcus Smart to the Laker lineup. Smart had missed the last six games due to a back injury, but he came back to play in the NBA Cup quarterfinal. While Smart is known for his defensive ability, it was his offense that really stood out. Smart […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 4 reads
It’s no secret that the Lakers are a bad defensive team. They have a defensive rating of 116.7, which is 21st in the NBA. Every team with a defensive rating worse than the Lakers has a losing record. In their loss against the Spurs in the NBA Cup quarterfinal, this flaw was as loud as […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 8 reads
The Emirates NBA Cup doesn’t always indicate who the best teams in the league for the season will be, but in 2025, the Western Conference bracket features two of the toughies. Last night in the completion of quarterfinals action for the annual tournament, the Oklahoma City Thunder crushed the Phoenix Suns and the San Antonio […]
From Blazer's Edge | 3 months ago | 7 reads
Whoever was concerned about the Spurs having “too much guard talent” can rest assured, it’s not a bad problem to have. Much ado was made about the Spurs giving De’Aaron Fox a max contract extension this summer, which was an expected move when they traded for him last February, but the Spurs lucking into the […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 4 reads
The San Antonio Spurs keep winning high-stakes games without Victor Wembanyama. Each player has doubled their payday to $106,187 if they go no further in Emirates Cup Play, and the two-way contracts get half of that. A neutral court in Las Vegas awaits them for a date with the Oklahoma City Thunder in the semifinals […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 8 reads
During the second Western Conference Emirates Cup Quarterfinals matchup last night, Cassidy Hubbarth mentioned how Keldon Johnson will spend his earnings. “Keldon Johnson seems motivated to get to Vegas in this one and this morning he told me he already has a good idea of what he’d buy with the NBA Cup money — a […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 2 reads
If it feels like déjà vu all over again when it comes to another Lakers loss, you’re not alone. The purple and gold are quickly developing a habit of losing games to teams with quick, athletic guards, and they do so in pretty convincing fashion. Save for a brief run in the fourth quarter, the […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 6 reads
LOS ANGELES — Wednesday’s loss to San Antonio had all the ingredients the Lakers cook with in defeat. They defended poorly from deep, allowing the Spurs to shoot 45% from 3-point range and they had a rough end to the first quarter and bad starts to the second and third periods. Another aspect that’s been a […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 2 reads
As a result of losing to the Spurs in Wednesday’s NBA Cup quarterfinal game, the Lakers will play the Suns on Sunday. Each team will play two games over the roughly two-week span of the NBA Cup’s knockout rounds. While all the teams that did not make the knockout rounds had their two games scheduled, […]
From Silver Screen and Roll | 3 months ago | 6 reads
Before the San Antonio Spurs’ NBA Cup match with the Los Angeles Lakers, Keldon Johnson told reporters that he had some extra motivation to win the tournament’s cash prize – a llama. The Spurs’ forward said that with the winnings, he’d purchase a llama for his farm. The rest of the team must really want […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 5 reads
The Silver and Black rode their speed advantage and balanced team play to get past a Los Angeles team that had a great night from their superstars as Luka Doncic scored 35, and LeBron had 19, but they did not get much in the way of contributions from anyone else, except for Marcus Smart who […]
From Pounding The Rock | 3 months ago | 9 reads