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Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

by sungo on Dec 16, 2006 4:01 PM CST in Game Threads

Ugh. Just ugh. Who actually wants to watch this game? Philly is on a segababa, is without AI and they've lost 10 in a row and 14 out of their last 15. I don't even think we'll be able to watch Webber play like ass (he was out last night). I am not saying it's a guaranteed win; after all the Spurs found a way to lose to an Iversonless Sixers team in the 03-04 season (how did I remember that?).

The Spurs, and subsequently Spurs fans, have little to gain from this game. They should be up by double digits by half time. The only positive that can be gleaned from whooping up on the Sixers is the knowledge you didn't take them lightly. Wow. Terrific. That's like getting paper towels for Christmas. Yeah, I guess I can use them, and it's better than nothing, but, uh, well, suck.

Of course if Pop has the guts to allow His Flightness to suit up then I retract everything I have said.

Contest standings do not include the NO game. Tonight's lines:

Detroit @ New Jersey: NJ +1.5
Philadelphia @ San Antonio: SA -16.5!!!

Well, I'm off to get a late lunch. Chicken phad thai at Phuket, just down the street. Seriously, who doesn't love Thai food?

Thoughts, fake wagers, favorite Thai foods? Post away.

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Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

Just starting the betting contest. Put $22 on Detroit for me.

by BUTD on Dec 16, 2006 4:20 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

16.5 is a bit much. We might have a let down, or at least let them make it respectable with the scrubs.

Eh, whatever. Gimme 55 on the Spurs. I think it'd be safe to say that if the big three play more than a combined 85 minutes, we won't cover.

P.S. I like the Cowboys at -4 to win and cover at Atlanta. Altough a 0-0 final score with 50 combined turnovers would be perfect. Thank god the Spurs are playing at the same time so I can watch sports without my eyes bleeding.

by Aaronstampler on Dec 16, 2006 5:06 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

That'd be pretty awesome. A tie that destroys Atlanta's bid for the NFC South and destroys the Cowboy's bid for a first round bye. That'd be a great outcome for the Saints.

by FirebatM3 on Dec 16, 2006 6:01 PM CST up reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

Matthew, I believe in you.
300 on the Spurs.

by piojo777 on Dec 16, 2006 5:20 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

Well, I'm not sure what prompted you to write that you believe in me, but I appreciate it nonetheless.

by sungo on Dec 17, 2006 1:19 AM CST up reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

matthew, read your e-mail yo.

by Aaronstampler on Dec 16, 2006 5:30 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

I guess we shouldn't expect to see James White: http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/white_assigned_061216.html?rss=true

by jrduncans on Dec 16, 2006 5:35 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

Huh... That seems like a step backwards, since Pop said he wanted Flight to learn with the team. Maybe they saw something that changed their minds... I'm guessing they isolated a couple things they wanted him to really work on, and he's going to the Toros to get gametime experience working on those things. My best guess is Pop wants him to develop a double-pump dunk from the three-point line.

As for the game: ick. Give me 66 Bogus Bux(TM) on the Spurs.

by flickup17 on Dec 16, 2006 5:40 PM CST up reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

I recently read somewhere that Pop and co. were talking about this very possibility because the team was getting so little practice time. I think it's the smart move. His Flightness needs to play.

by sungo on Dec 17, 2006 1:29 AM CST up reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

White wasn't gonna get any playing time, so that move was probably for the best.

Gimme a hundred on the Spurs.

Demagogue: he who preaches doctrines he knows to be false to people he knows to be idiots.

by gotterdammerung on Dec 16, 2006 6:28 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

it is a lot to cover, but then again it is the sixers... give me 99 on San Antonio
oh, and I love pizza as my favorite food- it's like sex- even when it's bad it's good!

T2150

by T2150 on Dec 16, 2006 6:58 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

I was just reading a column from this guy called Charley Rosen and in it he had a list of the most overrated players in NBA history. I usually like his columns because the guy obviously knows his stuff, but guess who was on the list? David Robinson. I've been a Spurs fan just recently, but I always thought Robinson was one of the greats. Here's the link to the article: http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/6278504

Anyway, this is my first time posting and making a bet, so...300 on the Spurs. I hope I did that right.

by Hipuks on Dec 16, 2006 7:03 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

FUCK charlie rosen! the old fart is quick to critique any and everyone in the nba, yet he has no nba credentials- neither as a player or coach... he always writes critical stuff on nba greats and sometimes his stuff is funny, but mostly it's just full of shit... to call Dave soft is ab-fucking-surd! The man led the league in dunks and free throws many times and played through sooo much pain in his career that at the tail end of his career he took a couple of epidurals just to keep playing! that had to have been unbearable pain to play through... something that bitch rosen would no nothing of...

T2150

by T2150 on Dec 16, 2006 7:46 PM CST up reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

The way we've been rolling, I gotta believe we can cover just about any spread (even one as monstrous as this). 100 on the Spurs.

by davidpj24 on Dec 16, 2006 7:20 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

I just tried to take a nap, but I couldn't stop thinking about a few things, such as: If you dunk from the 3-point line, do you get 3 points? Any answers?

by flickup17 on Dec 16, 2006 7:31 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

if you dunk from the 3 point line not only should you get three points, you should probably get your own team of doctors and scientist studying your body. you would be a an absolute freak of nature...

T2150

by T2150 on Dec 16, 2006 7:39 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

Man, I know what that's like. In the seventh grade, my orthodontist called me severely dentally retarded and said he wanted to write me up in a journal. So, you know, cool... (Sorry, got off topic.)

3 points definitely.

by flickup17 on Dec 17, 2006 2:07 AM CST up reply actions

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I've gotten the impression from my therapist that he may eventually want to write some sort of journal something about me. My mother would be so proud.

by sungo on Dec 17, 2006 2:15 AM CST up reply actions

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oh they say that to every patient. They just don't want you to think you're boring the piss out of them with your whiny shit and that all therapists are are "listening whores"

by Aaronstampler on Dec 17, 2006 2:20 AM CST up reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

I'M TOTALLY GOING TO TELL HIM YOU SAID THAT.

by sungo on Dec 17, 2006 2:21 AM CST up reply actions

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oh I just got that by the way. Is the restaurant really pronounced Fuck it?

by Aaronstampler on Dec 17, 2006 2:22 AM CST up reply actions

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It's a local mystery. I've never had the balls to ask. I call it foo-ket.

by sungo on Dec 17, 2006 2:23 AM CST up reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

Crap, there was a fight in the Knicks-Nuggets game, now it's gonna be all over the news.

by Hipuks on Dec 16, 2006 9:31 PM CST reply actions

Re: Game Thread # 25 -- vs. Philadelphia

Guys, I think we need a new backup point.

by FirebatM3 on Dec 16, 2006 9:43 PM CST reply actions

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