If De’Aaron Fox has no defenders left, then that means I am dead

He’s the litmus test of the Spurs

He’s overpaid but if someone doesn’t rate him they’re simply stupid

Spurs need to keep Fox at least another year regardless of how the upcoming series go. Castle got frustrated, a bit too aggressive on defense and fouled out. Fox stepped up to put this game away and we desperately needed it.

You can be skeptical of his contract

Its not even like his contract has meant anything for the Spurs yet. People just whining

You need a vet to steady a ship when the waters, and you can tell he’s been better with his shot selection.

He was key to saving the game and anyone who slanders him can eat shit.

I will never understand the hate he gets. Fox did exactly what the Spurs wanted him to do this year: be a mentor, let Castle and Harper grow and still be the scoring threat when it mattered….like the last 2 games. Dumbasses gonna dumbass.

If Fox, who genuinely seems to enjoy being on this team and has played pretty unselfishly, is our biggest problem, then our franchise is pretty blessed.

I’m old man, can’t believe DeAaron Fox is considered a vet now

We needed De’Aaron Fox to put the blazers away when they cut the lead to a single digit. Spur’s luxury of guards will be pivotal in this playoff run.

Parker would have been crucified if Reddit was a thing in the championship years. Dumbass fair weather fans.

He absolutely crushed us in the 4th 😞

I just hope you keep Tiago Splitter. I want nothing but good things for him.

To be fair, the Spurs are inexperienced just more talented

I thought yall played well. Get some better 3 point shooting and you’ll be dangerous

On paper maybe but I fully expect your owner to skimp on a coaching staff and cut other support staff.

You guys aren’t far off.

The defence is definitely contender level.

But the offence just really needs a better shooting 1A/1B, or at a minimum very good 2, next to Deni. And although Dame will help, I don’t think he will be the main answer given both age and how much he takes off the table defensively. (And Scoot will keep improving, but will very likely still be inconsistent next year and not ready yet, or ever, to truly get to that level you need).

Given that Portland have such a clean cap sheet, and all your picks, I wonder if this is the summer you guys make a really big trade move. (I’m quietly watching if you guys go after Booker to be that guy, because you have all the cap space to absorb the salary that would turn off other teams, able to send back some picks, and/or young-ish players, to help Phoenix start a rebuild, and I cant imagine he would cost that much given his contract).

Blazers are a tough team, it wasn’t like the games were easy. You guys had us on the ropes in G2. Add Dame into the mix next year and the Blazers-Spurs games will be must-see.

Feels like yall are a few consistent 3 point shooters away from being legit

Your team rips - scary hours when they build off this

tbh hard to call it brutal when the blazers knew the odds were stacked against them and it was very likely San Antonio was gonna take the series

we got so many great years ahead of us

Smiling through it all! Can’t believe this my life 😁

Not sure how old you are, but I’m probably older heh. Saw Gervin and Gilmore at the Hemisphere Arena in the late 70s and early 80s as a kid.

Watched every game with my dad we could growing up, so many heartbreaking 80s and 90s playoff losses. We were always a very good team like Portland and just couldn’t get over that hump.

We.got David Robinson and Sean Elliott and still couldn’t break through.

It wasn’t until we got Timmy that things changed, and people rightfully talk about the 2014 “Beautiful Game” comeback Championship, but nothing to old me will ever be as special as that first one in ‘99. All the family and family friends gathered at my parents house, and when the Spurs actually won their first Championship and everybody was whooping and hollering, I’ll never forget that moment. Me and my dad just quietly looked at each other and had an almost crying moment. We had been there for so.many years just the two of us, so much heartbreak for so long.

Not discounting your post here, just confirming it and had to share when you said “can’t believe this is my life”.

I also can’t believe this is.my life. San Antonio has a lot of cool shit, also sucks in many ways, and if you’re not from here you just will never understand how special and amazing it is to have a team like the Spurs.

I’m gonna go cry with happiness right now lol

I’m a little drunk and so happy this young team is bringing back the winning culture that makes this city feel better. And Pop is still here and always been the key.

Puro.

Goodnight.

Giggling rn, we have a fucking squad.

Blazer fans knew he’d show up big, since he absolutely cooked us in the regular season matchups.

unless you’re a Kings fan, not sure why Fox would have any haters tbh

WE HOOPIN 🤩🤩🤩

Same here. Dev is my guy. So happy he can just play his role now as a secondary two-way guy. Perfect fit for this roster and all hustle no matter what he’s asked to do.

do you mean playoff riser Devin Vassell

I love his defensive efforts. He’s been a surprise factor in our paint help rotation.

And on offense he gives us a great bail out when our first 3 options fail because he can create shots on his own.

He’s an easy 10 points a night all series long. Big shots on offense, puts the defense on notice. And his defense and hustle is just non-stop

Victor “fuck outta here” Wembanyama

Did you see the rotation on that ball shooting FT’s?

The frequency with which he gets blocks that would make a top 10 list of other elite defender’s blocks is absolutely absurd.

He blocked that shit off the top of the backboard, what kinda Dr. Who shit is that?

You call it garbage time, he calls it let me cook time

This is such an underrated aspect of this Spurs team. I’ve never seen a team develop in real-time like this. This version of the team is clearly a tier above where they started the year and are actively figuring things out

Sorry, but your next opponent is either going to be exhausted or hobbled, so we gotta move the goalposts again! ☝️🤓

I was pleasantly surprised with Champagnie. Didnt expect him to lead scoring in the early quarters

Shout out to Luke Kornet too man. Way to hustle

Can we get some Vassell appreciation too? Man’s been balling hard

Left out Vassell (who has been money from mid range and surprisingly excellent on defense), Kornet (huge when Wemby was out), Bryant (had a really good game against Deni in game 3), and even unc Barnes (who has chipped in with some valuable buckets here and there).

I just want OKC and SAS in the WCF and both teams clicking on all cylinders. Would be an absolute banger of a series

You really made it interesting! This is not a one-sided match! You guys are up big for a couple of games. I hope to see Splitter as your coach next year, and maybe develop Scoot more, maybe as your number 1! GG guys!

Good series 👌

I’m glad yall pushed us and made it physical. Our young guys need to know the kind of fire they’re about to walk through.

I said it after the play-in, I’d be ecstatic if we got to a game 5

I think this was the perfect first series for the Spurs. Your team has a lot of athletic guys which gives Spurs problems. It’s a good practice. The only thing where Spurs get let off is when Portland goes into cold spells, but their young guys will get better at handling this.Hope your team doesn’t cheap out on hiring Splitter and hopefully he gets to hire his staff.

Paolo Banchero 2026 finals MVP on 32/15/70 splits we will be there

the three true contenders

and just one year before, SAS had a tough 7 game series against DAL first round, but ultimately helped them adjust and went on to win Champion

Lakers too

we ALL expected Paolo Banchero FMVP when the playoffs began.

The 2014 Spurs round 1 went to 7 games and then next round in 5, WCF vs OKC in 6 and then finals in 5.

Especially with a key player and their coach being arrested earlier in the year

Some of us are complaining because of how the series happened not what happened. Successful season and best case scenario was getting this series to 6 games, but watching us clueless on offense with minimal change for 3 games is an embarrassing look and super frustrating to watch.

If Wemby hadn’t been diagnosed with DVT there’s a good chance they would’ve made the play-in, lost in the first round and it would’ve been considered a successful season, so I agree that the Blazers should consider this season a success.

‘hol up there….

The difference in officiating from the first to the second half was so annoying as a viewer. 

I can see how it frustrates players 

The spread was 10.5 and the refs got it to 9 before the spurs said “uhhh nuh uh you’re not squeaking by on the under like you did in that bullshit game 1”

He won the first ever clutch player of the year award for a reason.

3 games in a row. Even in game 3 he had some settling points in the clutch period, but was overshadowed by Harpers amazing performance

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lowkey the nights where Wemby takes 5 or so shots and we win by 30 (i.e. Philly) are my favorite genre of victory

That has been the Scoot experience 

Tiago keeps him and Sharpe on an insanely short leash. Any fuck ups and theyre benched.

But Grant can literally be a black hole on offense and contribute nothing on defense and he gets a ton of minutes

Spurs started closing out on him hard as a shooter and he struggled to really impact the games when his shot wasn’t falling

Not to mention Grant and Sharpe

Honk extra for me! Can’t do it in this little Midwestern town that’s probably never heard of the Spurs.

You didn’t watch the Beam team

He won the first Clutch POTY award. This game isn’t in his 50 best career games. Just that no one gave a shit when he was with the Kings. For good reason.

Dude scored 100 points in 24 hours a year ago lol he has had better games. His second best playoff game after last game though I would say

Not even his best game in the last week lol

Nah, every Spurs fan in San Antonio is in their car right now honking and screaming enough to wake all of downtown.

Jrue is the man. Always respected guards that are capable of setting the table and dogging on defense, but his offense came a long way since his Pelicans days.

If Wemby can kill shitty, hot-take sports journalism, the world will be a much better place

Lisa Salters was heavily struggling with Embiid too

I bet on the spurs finishing 9th seed maybe 7th seed at peak, sorry.

there was a moment… and then it passed. but there was a moment!

me too !!

I hope they can get redemption from their fold in 2002. Glad to see WNBA teams getting revived.

And he finally gets out of the first round.

And he’s the most experienced guy on the roster.

I mean, not really? We have guys like Kornet and Barnes that have way more experience.