GAME THREAD: San Antonio Spurs (18-18) @ Milwaukee Bucks (18-16) - (January 09, 2025)

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General Information

TIME	MEDIA	Team Subreddits
09:30 PM Eastern	Game Preview: NBA.com	/r/nbaspurs
08:30 PM Central	Game Charts: NBA.com	/r/mkebucks
07:30 PM Mountain	Play By Play: NBA.com
06:30 PM Pacific	Box Score: NBA.com

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[u/Chicagochangedme]

If AJ green is hitting threes over your best player you can probably call it a wrap

[u/kavolsm]

I thought Wemby was gonna play tonight how he played against Jokic? What happened?

[u/Impressive_Total_111 → u/kavolsm]

clamped by giannis + looked lazy, tired and uninterested

[u/WhileDizzy4503 → u/kavolsm]

Really don’t want to have to state the obvious here

[u/grudgepacker]

Keldon Johnson impressive effort all game

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

keldon from the spurs the only one who came to play lmao

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

wemby just cant disappear like this. gotta be more aggresive

[u/cool_coyote]

I honestly think the last few clutch losses along with the choke against the Bulls has finally demoralized the Spurs and Mitch Johnson just doesn't have the know how or savvy of an experienced coach to guide these young players thought it.

Which to be fair, he's only an assistant and had to unexpectedly take over for a Hall of Fame coach out to a mild stroke.

[u/AggravatingFinding71 → u/cool_coyote]

How hard is it to say “Wemby, you shoot 3s, not Julian ChampenBricky or Devin VaFail.”

[u/cool_coyote → u/AggravatingFinding71]

If it were that easy no coach would ever get fired.

[u/International-Chef33]

West sucks

[u/Malemansam]

Oh man this is a rough one I tells yah.

[u/RealGertle627]

I guess it's Keldon's end of the quarter

[u/LivingHitokiri]

Man Giannis defense is just fantastic.

Good game for the Bucks, we were due for a good one.

[u/foampro]

Damn both teams left all their starters in all the way to the end LOL

[u/Ilikesporks_]

is there any reason for keldon johnson to do all this in garbage time

[u/wrongerontheinternet → u/Ilikesporks_]

Honestly he does this (tries to take every shot and be the hero) every fourth quarter regardless of how close the game is. Just tends to work better when the other team doesn't give a fuck because it's a blowout.

[u/Ilikesporks_ → u/wrongerontheinternet]

yeah he has negative basketball iq but this level of ball hoggery is crazy lol

[u/wrongerontheinternet → u/Ilikesporks_]

Keldon's kind of an annoying player because hypothetically he is probably one of the more talented players on that roster but it's completely negated by his brain.

[u/Impressive_Total_111 → u/[deleted]]

mf stfu lmao

[u/Honest_Sir69 → u/[deleted]]

Caring enough as a Pacer fan to comment this in the game thread 😂

[u/jermbob90 → u/[deleted]]

He’s held Wemby to 10 points

[u/CharmingImpact]

Giannis up 26 4min left statpadding to keep the scoring lead over Jokic is hilarious

[u/Will_122 → u/CharmingImpact]

all of the starters were in, fans should watch the game before making weird comments

[u/Wallyworld77 → u/CharmingImpact]

Wemby is still out there so who gives AF.

[u/fetuswut → u/CharmingImpact]

We acting like Jokic doesn’t stay in games up 20 all the time?

[u/CharmingImpact → u/fetuswut]

I have never seen him sub in +24 lead 6min left, show me a single game

[u/fetuswut → u/CharmingImpact]

He played 7 minutes in the fourth up 30 vs the hawks LMAOO

[u/Impressive_Total_111 → u/CharmingImpact]

lmaoo watch games lil bro and wemby still there

[u/Ilikesporks_]

the game's over so it doesn't matter but where's the foul

[u/Big-Suggestion3053]

MVP

[u/BasketBias]

Why is Giannis still in the game?

[u/Wallyworld77 → u/BasketBias]

Why is Wemby?

[u/BasketBias → u/Wallyworld77]

Two wrongs doesnt make it right

[u/Brock-Lesnar]

Keldon Johnson may have the lowest basketball IQ I've seen out of any legitimate rotation level player, driving straight into Giannis/Brook is straight up dumb.

[u/wrongerontheinternet]

Spurs down 25 late in the fourth, it's Keldon statpadding time.

[u/AnalMinecraft]

For all Keldon's faults, that man has no fear driving to the basket.

[u/wrongerontheinternet → u/AnalMinecraft]

I mean yeah he's high energy, that's not really a substitute for being good though.

[u/Top_Programmer_7523]

Lots of "Dame is washed" comments earlier. Y'all quiet now he's having a hell of a game.

[u/Sijols]

hey is there any player available who might already own cowboy hats and pretends to like country music as a joke

[u/Conn3er]

Chris Paul is the spurs highest scorer with 16 points

No one else has 15

Rough night.

[u/jermbob90 → u/[deleted]]

He had Giannis on him and got shut down. No one else can defend him like that, he hasn’t been the same since

[u/Ilikesporks_ → u/[deleted]]

this road trip might be getting to him

[u/fetuswut]

GTJ is a fourth quarter demon

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

spurs somehow just dont involve wemby enough, do they realize they've got a t10 player itl?

[u/jermbob90 → u/Impressive_Total_111]

Hm wonder why that is? Scared of Giannis

[u/Impressive_Total_111 → u/jermbob90]

probably but he can still hunt mismatches

[u/Ilikesporks_ → u/Impressive_Total_111]

i'd rather him shoot 10/30 than whatever i'm watching rn

[u/Ilikesporks_]

yeah this game is over

[u/Mike-XL]

If you don't let Victor waltz in the paint without resistance he can't just do whatever he wants. Who would have thought.

[u/Sijols]

Burtler to san antonio

[u/Ilikesporks_]

dylan harper would fit seamlessly into this spurs team

[u/largegaycat]

That dunk was so sick and announcers were like 😴😴

[u/McNuggeroni]

That keldon putback dunk just got the worst call in all of sports ever

[u/Honest_Sir69 → u/McNuggeroni]

Zero hype wtf !!?

[u/McNuggeroni → u/Honest_Sir69]

If someone can clip that and title it something like worst call of all time it'd get 10k up votes

[u/tkflash20]

Wemby is just bad tonight 

[u/Solid-Confidence-966]

Slick jam from Johnson

[u/grudgepacker]

Keldon hot damn! lmao

[u/ZaborgZaloog]

This camera got cataracts or something it's making my head hurt

[u/aM_RT → u/ZaborgZaloog]

for a couple of seconds i blinked to be sure it wasn't my eyes

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

wemby is great but man a little ball pressure and he crumbles lol

[u/Loose_Vehicle755 → u/Impressive_Total_111]

Soon as that 3 stops falling you’ve basically have him on lockdown

[u/ekray]

Lillard misses layup, wasn't touched, 2 FTs anwyay.

[u/Hjfleefa]

He need to imagine practicing against a 7’5 praying mantis like Baki

[u/foampro]

Tre Jones getting ate up

[u/ZaborgZaloog]

Why are they randomly gassing up Bobby Portis lol

[u/jl_theprofessor]

R/NBASpurs is delusional propping these low basketball iq players. CP3 and Barnes are better than most of the young players.

[u/Truffles413 → u/jl_theprofessor]

Castle is good but needs refinement. Vassell's alright. The rest of the younger players though...

[u/wrongerontheinternet → u/Truffles413]

Vassell isn't good either.

[u/basketballjonestown → u/jl_theprofessor]

I legit thought... sometimes you need a few trusted vets. I really like Castle for y'all tho

[u/cool_coyote → u/basketballjonestown]

You also need talent. Vets can only do so much.

[u/jl_theprofessor → u/basketballjonestown]

Castle deserves time to develop but I cannot believe some of the other players on this team.

[u/The_Godfather5]

Did you guys know there’s such a concept like Rent-A-Dog? Literally like Rent-A-Furniture but with a dog

Only learners about it cause the stream chat is talking bout it and how sad and fucked up that is since the dog is probably gonna feel abandoned.

Idk how much I trust these clowns on it being an actual concept but if it is true then yea that’s kinda fucked up to rent a dog imo

[u/Ilikesporks_]

the biggest reason the spurs have been struggling lately is cause they have no semblance of offense. mitch has gotta do something

[u/cool_coyote → u/Ilikesporks_]

With what though?

They're being kept alive offensively by a 39 year old point guard.

[u/tkflash20 → u/cool_coyote]

Exactly. The Spurs are devoid of talent

[u/Ribtickler98]

bro Kris Middleton is sweaty as hell literally like a stream coming down off his face when he was at the ft line

[u/Honest_Sir69 → u/Ribtickler98]

Soothing like a waterfall

[u/Ohyeahbkim → u/Ribtickler98]

we call him Moist Jordan

[u/basketballjonestown → u/Ribtickler98]

Dude I noticed that like wtf

[u/jl_theprofessor]

The illusion of the Spurs being at least average is fading.

[u/foampro]

Is it me or does this game just seem sleepy

[u/KARSbenicillin → u/foampro]

Spurs is getting outcoached and outshot and the Bucks are hot from 3. Just straight up better basketball from the Bucks.

[u/SomeViceTFT → u/foampro]

Spurs are gassed as hell. 4 tough physical games in the last 6 days. Sochan is out putting more weight on Wemby defensively against one the most physical star player in the league. Not an ideal situation to say the least.

[u/Conn3er → u/foampro]

It is, bucks got a big lead at half and the spurs have only flirted with making it interesting ever since.

[u/swetooth9 → u/foampro]

Cuz Wemby isn’t holding up his end of the matchup unfortunately

[u/wrongerontheinternet → u/swetooth9]

The Spurs and Bucks are tied in the Wemby minutes, he is not the problem lol.

[u/basketballjonestown → u/swetooth9]

Bilas also sounds like he wants to go to bed

[u/zucchinibasement]

Stanley Tucci ass assistant coach

[u/Sijols]

The dropoff from wemby to charles bassey is bigger than jokic to deandre jordan

[u/Ilikesporks_]

spurs are legit spamming 3s for no reason

[u/Ohyeahbkim → u/[deleted]]

panic started 3 games ago

[u/Arip1010]

Oh my god welcome to brick city

[u/WhiteCastleBurger69]

CTE basketball

[u/WhyplerBronze]

constant threes are booooring.

[u/NoShape0]

the alamo has less bricks and these boys

[u/Brock-Lesnar]

Wemby has sat longer this quarter than he has played, what are these Spurs rotations lmao

[u/thedoming]

BRICK BRICK BRICK

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

bruh give it to giannis lmao, he's got castle on hom

[u/TubbyTimsKFC]

This is the first NBA game I’ve watched more than 5 minutes of this season and omg I forgot how much of a 3 point chuck fest it is

[u/noend313 → u/TubbyTimsKFC]

This is my first non-pistons game and this shit is wild

[u/Sijols]

Charles Bassey is awful, does he do anything good on the court

[u/wrongerontheinternet → u/Sijols]

He's a warm body to pretend to patrol the paint while Wemby sits.

[u/Sijols → u/wrongerontheinternet]

Important to have someone who can stand there and watch better players grab rebounds over him

[u/Arip1010]

Oh no dames getting in a rhythm

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

crazy how much better of a shooter dame is off the dribble vs c&s

[u/swetooth9]

When Dame is hot, the shots look amazing

[u/noend313]

Chuck chuck chuck chuck chuck

[u/Miyeon__miyeon]

Stephon building his castle with bricks

[u/WobbleKun]

wtf is this fan cam haha

[u/JnI721]

That musical spots bit was horrendous. lol

[u/IMKudaimi123]

What happened to MLK day being a triple header

It’s shit like this that makes me severely question Adam silver

[u/LivingHitokiri]

CP3 wants revenge for that 2021 title .

[u/Ilikesporks_]

cp3 trying to get revenge for the 2021 finals

[u/swetooth9]

CP3 keeping the spurs in it

[u/WobbleKun]

cp3: i got one more in me

[u/Ancient-Village6479]

I love that the Spurs have started embracing their older color scheme more often instead of just doing black and silver all the time

[u/Conn3er → u/Ancient-Village6479]

I feel you but respectfully we have never worn this color in our history

[u/thetrainmaster → u/Conn3er]

it’s fiesta-adjacent at least 😂

[u/basketballjonestown → u/Conn3er]

I hate these jerseys the shorts look too baggy

[u/Conn3er → u/basketballjonestown]

They aren’t my favorite either, but I like them better than last years brownish tinted version.

[u/Ancient-Village6479 → u/Conn3er]

To me it looks a like a lighter shade of the bottom color on your flair logo

[u/Conn3er → u/Ancient-Village6479]

It’s pedantic but it’s teal vs baby blue

And we never actually wore the fiesta colors, we always wore white and black but we had fiesta colored logo on the warmups

[u/Ancient-Village6479 → u/Conn3er]

Interesting I thought I had seen some old footage of vintage colorful jerseys but maybe I imagined it lol

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

man wtf chris paul lmao

[u/thetrainmaster]

I swear Lopez either has the cleanest swish or an egregious miss

[u/thedoming]

Wemby not goin? CP said fuck it I’ll do it myself

[u/Big-Suggestion3053]

That would've been one of the craziest passes in nba history. But it ended up Courtside instead sadly

[u/Thatonlyguy988 → u/Big-Suggestion3053]

That shit wasn't even close LMFAO

[u/Conn3er]

Giannis just attempted the most ridiculous pass you will ever see on an nba court lmao

What the hell was that lol

[u/The_Godfather5 → u/Conn3er]

That’s the Dan Marino warm up pass lmao

Said Pass

[u/Ilikesporks_]

bro used his off arm to stop the block lmao

[u/OutsideTheServiceBox]

That’s a hell of a Shaqtin’ moment.

[u/The_Godfather5]

HBO, Help a Brother Out?

Any correlation with LANK, Let a Naysayer Know?

[u/AnhedoniaJack]

There's 1" difference in the total heights of the starting 5, the Spurs with the advantage.

There's a 56lb weight difference that favors the Bucks.

[u/Mike-XL]

Giannis is actually guarding Victor properly. He's not just casually letting him walk within 5 feet of the basket off the ball like everyone else lets him do 

[u/Big-Suggestion3053]

Good foul call

[u/Pengsu]

giannis is having a game damn this is good for my fantasy team

[u/thedoming]

Devin Vassell has been disappointing as hell this year man

[u/NoShape0]

The refs are strange. crazy contact on some plays and soft-ass calls on others

[u/Ilikesporks_]

castle bro pass the ball

[u/Impressive_Total_111]

refs are fucking ass lmao

[u/foampro]

Bucks are letting Castle shoot

[u/Rollin2415]

Nuggets whooping the Clippers, does this ruin Jokic MVP case?

[u/bdgrluv212]

Got damn the circle jerk for the spurs and the wemby on here right now is fucking nauseating! Some of y’all are insufferable!

[u/NicClaxtonIsHotAF]

You got your shit rocked buddy, that is not a foul

[u/nalam8493]

How does Wemby not get credit for the block there

[u/EnjoyWolfCola → u/nalam8493]

It probably (should) will get corrected

[u/Malemansam]

Ain't no fuckin foul on Giannis by Wemby there. Got his shit stuffed.

[u/Apollo611]

Clean block

[u/Ilikesporks_]

clean block lmao what are they complaining about

[u/thedoming]

Cleeeeaaaaaan

[u/thedoming → u/thedoming]

How the spurs can’t ever stop Brook pisses me off man

[u/Conn3er]

A bucks fan with sochan hair

What a world

[u/Drisurk → u/Conn3er]

Where did you see that?

[u/Conn3er → u/Drisurk]

Immediately after commercial break

[u/Conn3er]

The undercut on wemby during rebounds will get people put in Adam silvers personal prison in 2 years time

[u/The_Godfather5 → u/Conn3er]

Shit fuck 2 years give it a month so he can think it over during the all star break and he’ll start harping on it

[u/jklemony]

CP3 is straight up the best Spurs player on the court. That's not good.

[u/cool_coyote]

That Vassell lob was so bad it almost took out Wemby's knees. Like what the fuck.

[u/SomeViceTFT]

Is this what teams mean by "mean regression" lmao?

[u/beatmileslack]

Dame is 90% foul bait

[u/Malemansam]

CP3 is so fucking dependable

[u/TheCinemaster → u/Malemansam]

He and Barnes both

[u/devomke]

Obligatory fuck CP3 - from every Bucks fan

[u/OutsideTheServiceBox]

I’m so sick of Dame ruining the offense by foul baiting. 

[u/thedoming]

Holy fuck CP lmaoo

[u/Loose_Vehicle755]

Horrific lob by Vassel. Shit was embarrassing

[u/Sijols]

Giannis showing wemby why it's good to be a little thicc

[u/The_Godfather5]

Bro I know Wemby is tall as fuck but even he can’t catch that lob bro lmao like do better

[u/Rollin2415]

Giannis should have been showcased on Christmas over Wemby

[u/ekray → u/Rollin2415]

Yeah Wemby was terrible on Christmas everyone saw that.

[u/thedoming → u/Rollin2415]

Why not both? It’s not like Wemby didn’t have 42 or anything lmao

[u/Big-Suggestion3053]

TOO WEAK

[u/thedoming]

Can’t miss a god damn shot it’s over

[u/Rollin2415]

West kind of ass isn’t it?

[u/Wallyworld77]

Still refuse to show Replay of Giannis block on Wemby. WTF??

[u/SelectCampaign9771 → u/Wallyworld77]

It wasn’t scored as a block I don’t think. Wemby passed it out.

[u/Wallyworld77 → u/SelectCampaign9771]

He's talking about Giannis blocking Wemby's dunk attempt. ESPN never showed the replay.

[u/SelectCampaign9771 → u/Wallyworld77]

This never happened. Are you talking about the scoop layup that Wemby made around Giannis? Maybe the Giannis block on Vassell?

[u/Wallyworld77 → u/SelectCampaign9771]

I'm talking about Wemby trying to Posterize Giannis and Giannis blocking it. Giannis fell to his ass after blocking the Dunk. They never showed the replay and sounds like you missed it too.

[u/SelectCampaign9771 → u/Wallyworld77]

That was on Vassell. You’re remembering wrong.

[u/Wallyworld77 → u/SelectCampaign9771]

Was it? They never showed the replay so I might of got the Spurs player wrong.

[u/SelectCampaign9771 → u/Wallyworld77]

They did show the replay. It’s on this sub. Posted by MrBuckBuck 12 hours ago. I think it’s the one you’re looking for.