Spurs FINALLY BEAT the Lakers!

[@TSRSports50]

Tired but still feeling great after last night's win! Thanks for watching and GO SPURS GO! www.poundingtherock.com/2025/1/14/24343268/spurs-get-back-in-win-column-with-a-well-rounded-performance-against-the-lakers

[@dropthehammer1360]

Completely agree about Castle. It’s all about the hustle.

[@martinsigma21]

Finally! I went to sleep at halftime thinking another loss again and found out this morning we won

[@davidsaucedo4897]

Same here

[@amityvville]

did we all fall asleep at half time? 😹

[@christopherybarra1070]

Man I was fighting it I wanted to switch the game off a couple of times! You missed a great end of the 3rd & blowout 4th! We needed to spank The Lakers, they are on the decline and we needed this one to build out mentality against The Lakers. Now we know we can win, just need to play our game!

[@martinsigma21]

@@amityvville A bunch 😁

[@ReyesSerna-ez7ob]

This was a great win for the Spurs!!!

[@valis14]

Being in the game last night when the Lakers were ahead and to watch the Spurs just flip the switch like that was just truly impressive. It really started with Tre Jones’s energy and Steph Castle, who is SUCH a good defender in person, watching him zig and zag and fight over and around screens and repeatedly take it in the paint, his physically putting pressure on the Lakers interior was a just a marvel. He needs starter-level minutes! But then the secret weapon that won them the game was an adjustment the Spurs made in the 4th deciding to use Harrison Barnes in the post. Whether it was CP3 or Mitch, the moment they started posting Barnes, who always had a smaller guy from the switch, like Christie or Reeves, the Lakers were beaten. Took pressure off Wemby, off Devin, CP3 made some incredible crosscourt passes. Just overall, a great team win!

[@addytrolla2535]

Great description sir

[@TSRSports50]

Awesome you were there live!

[@slade8995]

I had that same feeling about Castle after missing that easy layup at the start. You could tell he was frustrated with himself right after but he definitely didn’t let it get to him the rest of the game. Looking forward to seeing him guard Morant Wednesday

[@sabrinasbeautyscene]

What a game!! So happy for our Spurs!!🖤🩶🤍

[@Trenchant0099]

So glad we beat the lakers & our rookie best game !!!

[@itkills9251]

Great win for our Spurs baby

[@Calvin-xp4qp]

Congratulations my man. More of that coming for your team, WOW!

[@delphes5984]

Im really looking forward to see what the Spurs do with their collection of picks!

[@wemaxitfootball]

Great win 🎉

[@jamesg4230]

Great win! Can we sustain that level of intensity for 40 more games? 🙏

[@Ebriel0000000]

That's exactly the point : fighting till the very last second. Being afraid to lose is the reason some of the guys choke. Players must want to win, which is something totally different.

[@TheFrenchMan666]

Couldn't see it live .. 4:30 am. Looked the replay this morning not before i spoiled myself like a donkey . Great game

[@tlwatts88]

Spurs! Win! Spurs! Win! LaBron Goes Down! 🏀👍

[@terrancejohnson8017]

Stephen Castle will be a superstar

[@coltDagoat33]

Love to see vassel back

[@grandmarie7638]

Woo! Hoo! Go Spurs!

[@joejoe3504-j5m]

About Wemby being sometimes lethargic : he once said on french TV that moving his tall body was really painful. He said "my body tries to stop me moving every minute. My body is not build for athletic life"...He added that it is a permanent struggle to force himself to move during a match. People saying it's easier for him can't be farther from the truth.

[@aspleen1102]

I'm sorry but you embroider a little too much. He did say how his body felt sometimes like having a bag of rock trying to run/jump, and it's to overcome that difficulty his everyday challenge, but he never said: "My body is not build for athletic life" (nor anything close to that). *Try to stick to the truth when you relay his french interview please.*

[@rap9455]

No more trading away the misdrafts! Dev scoring 20+ is just an automatic Spurs dub!! GSG!

[@crissymodapoka]

We are near there. Wemby at C(or PF), Sochan at PF(but also 6th man), Vassell and Castle(can be PG) at wings. All we really need now is a starting caliber 3D SF and DEPTH.

[@Chrriss2000]

Castle will be just fine, I think we need to get ace bailey in this year draft. Spurs need to make a trade to get in the top 3 pick this year draft

[@gabrielcarrasco9078]

Ace Bailey could be MPJ or Kevin Durant lite. There is no in between.

[@Chrriss2000]

@ agree

[@khoahthong4434]

On paper, a Point to replace CP3 is important, but the boys are really versatile, so if we assume the 4 boys going forward, Wemby Sochan Vassell Castle Any player who can shoot well can fit just right in. Wouldn't mind getting a stretch 4 or 5 just because sochan is kinda small.

[@markv00]

I think it's going to be a bit of a roller coaster the rest of the way. Hopefully not a lot of blowout losses like the Bucks game. We're only in year 2 of the Wemby rebuild, so our youth will show at times, and our growth will shine as well. A big part will be the big rodeo road trip, something like Feb 3rd through April 1st on the road. Regardless of the win/loss record on that trip, it usually changes our team for the better. And of course, when Pop comes back in some type of in person role, it will be great for the team. Castle is all business, like Timmy (but he has a little work to do on offense). We have 45 games left, I'm not sure where we'll be, but a .500 team would be a huge leap from last season! GSG!!!

[@addytrolla2535]

Wemby, Castle Vassell and Sochan are our 4 future pieces. We need to add 2 more pieces though. A big athletic Power Forward, and a great 3pt shooter. We need either Vassell or Sochan coming off the bench fresh to fire us up when Wemby rests

[@joeu777]

Great video Rich! Extra points for staying up late on a work night. Curious if you called in or got fired sleeping on the job 🤔

[@TSRSports50]

Lol I made it through the work day!

[@artistjim114]

I cannot believe that you always do the same corny 80s movies jokes that I do! Except I say them to my wife and she has no idea what I’m talking about! Lol

[@TSRSports50]

😉

[@ajtan2613]

Holding lakers to 13 4th qtr points is crazy 😫

[@TSRSports50]

😯

[@TheOpinionSports]

Spurs proved me wrong again. I thought the lakers would hammer the spurs off the emotions of the fires and them wanting to get a win for the city.

[@Mark.Richter]

Got to see the game live. It was great watching the Laker fans leave in middle of the 4th. If the Spurs beat Memphis, they will have won against every Western Conference team except Dallas (0-2) and the Suns (0-1).

[@TSRSports50]

Nice!

[@ccdccd8615]

It was a great game but still one game. By the end of January, we should have a better idea of this team. They need to fight EVERY game. When one player has a rough night, someone else needs to step up. This is what playoff teams do. And I still feel they need to make a trade for an upgrade at backup center, if one can be had reasonably. That need is not going away.

[@pokeninja97]

Corey Kispert and Jonas Valencunes would be the best bench guys for us!

[@jaymoe3844]

Yup kispert is a sniper

[@aspleen1102]

Kispert is not the guy... he's one of the worst defender in the NBA! (ranked #6 in fact) even Malaki 'TankMaster' Branham do a little better (ranked #7) are you fan of the Wizards? wanting to get rid of a bust? Valančiūnas is washed... can't shoot from 3P anymore still a bad defender, way to slow... Only thing he have over Zach Collins is his rebounding... Again you looks like a Wizards fan trying to get rid of his worst players on the roster...

[@gpeepssat]

Flagg, Bailey? I like Derik Queen

[@Ebriel0000000]

Traore will be a very good PG.

[@gabrielcarrasco9078]

I like Queen too but not for us. I dont ever think hell be a good defender.

[@rongiefaustino8867]

I don't see us losing to the Lakers too often again going forward. That being said, the Spurs should take care of business more consistently to go up the standings.

[@tlwatts88]

Spurs! Young Players Still Learning There's Gonna Be Growing Pain? 🏀👍

[@jasonebi7308]

Probably better with champagnie instead of sochan while looking for. Still believe he's not the 4th starter but best at 6th. If we get the other champagnie, it would be like one person is playing the whole game. I think castle is the borderline star we need that people put Vassell at. Like the 2014 championship team, our new TP is castle, and Vassell is our green. What we need is Kawhi and Tiago splitter. Sochan isn't splitter but the Ginobili. I'm still hoping Bassey is our splitter.

[@tribalypredisposed]

Lakers are not a better than average team, they have played a weak SOS so far and have scored fewer points than their opponents. Spurs are a rapidly improving team still, especially Castle, and will be better as the season goes on. I am sticking with my pick preseason for Spurs to finish in 6th.

[@aspleen1102]

3 guys over 20Pts. That help a lot when Wemby is not alone doing all the work! (still I'd prefer him to have the most FG, even when Devin is on Fire) Devin 'rollercoaster' Vassell is up the hill atm... for how long?

[@TSRSports50]

🤷‍♂️

[@TheOpinionSports]

Also I think in 4th qtr you can’t play Sochan because of his inability to shoot. I’m talking more down the stretch in crunch time.

[@TSRSports50]

Unfortunately, yes ATM.

[@patfarget-nm3mt]

fortunately the trio Victor, Devin, Stephon, performed this night, well supported by our 2 vets and KJ coming off the bench, because Champagnie completely missed his role as a 3-point shooter in this game (0/6) 😅

[@TSRSports50]

I think Penny has missed 12 3's in a row now!

[@patfarget-nm3mt]

@@TSRSports50 damn... 😨 yeah indeed after checking. end of series tonight I hope...

[@floydkizzie8728]

Guess, atleast, for one day we don't need to fire the coach and GM, and cut everyone but Wemby.

[@gpeepssat]

I noticed that we won. Quick question, did Sohan play. He needs to our great bench player(for now).

[@TSRSports50]

He did not.

[@kokushibo6823]

If Ben Simmons had castles mentality he’d by a superstar

[@TSRSports50]

💯

[@floydkizzie8728]

Dude, judge by the record, we are 19-19 we are a 500% team. Enjoy the ride.

[@benjaminlim3921]

Why can't they play like that every game?

[@TSRSports50]

Right!?

[@YopYop-o3o]

Not totally agree with you this time. Wemby had a very average game (7 pts in second half) but he was very efficient. He didn't force his game yesterday... Castle continues to impress me. Even if his shooting is horrible this season, he brought an elite defense and very efficient drives yesterday. I definitely think that, if he manages to develop a reliable jumpshot in the next three years, he has the caliber of an allstar ! Vassel has shown yesterday what we expect from him this season : aggressivity to the rim and efficient 3-point shooting. Let's wait for several games to see if he is coming back to not. I am still concerned about his stats in Q4 in general btw... The Spurs definitely miss Sochan. He has clearly step-up this year with his rebounding and a good efficiency at 2-point. He should score a double-double 15-10 every night in the future and take care of the best player defensively. But, what makes the difference last night are our two vets : CP3 and Barnes. CP3 understood what would bring us the win : "Reeves is awful defensively. Let's target him !!". Instead of choosing to play offense with Wemby, he started to organize post-ups with the only player in the roster capable to drive this play efficiently (Barnes) to punish the mismatch with Reeves. Coupled with a very good defense, this tactic just killed the Lakers. (I don't want to give ideas to other teams but to punish the Lakers in Q4, target Reeves !!!) What we need in the Spurs roster for the moment is not trading for an allstar but replacing our "never developped" young players (Malaki, Blake, Sidy, Tree,...) by very good 3&D vets. Just look at what the Pistons are managing to perform with Malik Beasley, Tobias Harris, Simone Fontecchio and Tim Hardaway Jr... To attract them, we have plenty of 2nd round picks that we won't use for sure (the team won't be able to develop players anymore, especially second round picks which are real bets on future). Let's bring Yabusélé, Alexander-Walker,... for example and a backup center !!! Why not trading our multiple first round picks for a top-5 pick this year ? The Spurs cannot block spots for multiple rookies next year. We need better vets in the roster !! Or let's draft junior/senior players (able to impact right now) such as Maxime Raynaud from Stanford with our second round pick or Alex Karaban with our latest first round pick.

[@TSRSports50]

Question is, would someone in the top 5 be willing to trade their pick? 🤷‍♂️

[@thl408]

What is it saying when Daniel Jones falls down? “Curse the giant stain”??

[@TSRSports50]

That's me singing "Cuz the Giants stink!"