Kings @ Spurs Game Thread

[PurpleHaze]

Looks like Coach W grades everyone on the Kings a big fat F or at best a few D's. The freaky bat gets an F for flying too close to cagey and quick Manu although if it would have escaped into the Halloween night it might have graded an A for Spurs side since it went right after K-Mart's head just as he scored

 

[Jechtsphere]

play of a day - Manu catching a bat no doubt about that

That made the game worth watching by itself =P

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

Amick says Evans sprained his ankle .. Early diagnoses though, Im still worried.

 

[Peter_Gibbons]

I'm not gonna lie. I expected it to happen. Their is no doubt that the Kings probably have the worst luck in the league.

Come on guys.. we Kings fans gotta have more faith that this. As Gavin said, things are gonna start changing. And I truly believe and agree that things will change.

Ok we loss the first few games just like before, but our team is really better this yr and we really have things to look forward to in the future with the growing young core.

Tyreke's injury is an ankle sprain. Its not that bad. At least he was able to walk off the court by himself. He may be ready on Monday or just miss a few games.

 

[Emma]

Tyreke's injury is an ankle sprain. Its not that bad. At least he was able to walk off the court by himself.

I once lifted one hundred - thirty pound tires after breaking my hand; I thought I sprained it. It swelled up over night and I was in a cast for three months after some early morning x-rays. Sounds just like something that would happen to someone in a Kings uni. Until they return the indian's remains to the earth beneath Arco the Kings will have things like this happen to them every year. It's not something to get overly upset about, just business as usual.

 

[Gary]

Horrible game.. I couldn't watch =/

Hope evans is doing well though..

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Looks like Coach W grades everyone on the Kings a big fat F or at best a few D's. The freaky bat gets an F for flying too close to cagey and quick Manu although if it would have escaped into the Halloween night it might have graded an A for Spurs side since it went right after K-Mart's head just as he scored

Don't hate on that bat; it was a lot better in transition than we were tonight. Got back on defense quicker than a mother****er, too... Until Ginobili committed that flagrant-2; the bat should have gotten two shots and possession...

Like I said in the chat room tonight, we should have tried to sign the bat to a ten-day...

 

[Showtime]

play of a day - Manu catching a bat no doubt about that

 

[fnordius]

the bat should have gotten two shots and possession...

Ginobili palmed it, too.

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

Thats gotta be a flagrant foul. Refs screw us again.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Now that I think about it, the bat would have done a better job of protecting the rim.

 

[ElRey]

Kind of knew this blowout was coming. Back End of a back-to-back road game against a veteran championship caliber team. Forget about it!


Hope Tyreke is ok. I'm going to the home opener, hope he'll be ok to play by then.

The bat was definitely the highlight of the game!

 

[BMiller52]

Kind of knew this blowout was coming. Back End of a back-to-back road game against a veteran championship caliber team. Forget about it!


Hope Tyreke is ok. I'm going to the home opener, hope he'll be ok to play by then.

The bat was definitely the highlight of the game!

Yeah I figured the blow out was coming. Like you said back to back against a really talented team on the road, not likely to win those. Even good teams have a hard time with that type of game.

 

[VF21]

Did the bat survive the encounter? I couldn't tell if he knocked it out or ... well, worse.

I have to admit I wondered about the stunt, especially when their mascot came out with a net AND a Batman costume on. You don't think some idiot on the Spurs staff thought this would be funny????

 

[hoopsfan]

Did the bat survive the encounter? I couldn't tell if he knocked it out or ... well, worse.

I have to admit I wondered about the stunt, especially when their mascot came out with a net AND a Batman costume on. You don't think some idiot on the Spurs staff thought this would be funny????

Actually, that would not surprise me.

 

[MoneyMike916]

Did the bat survive the encounter? I couldn't tell if he knocked it out or ... well, worse.

I have to admit I wondered about the stunt, especially when their mascot came out with a net AND a Batman costume on. You don't think some idiot on the Spurs staff thought this would be funny????

I've read a bat invades AT&T center once or twice a year.

Hope Tyreke is fine.

 

[6th]

I love the injury report. That is too funny.

 

[Section 101]

Did the bat survive the encounter? I couldn't tell if he knocked it out or ... well, worse.

I have to admit I wondered about the stunt, especially when their mascot came out with a net AND a Batman costume on. You don't think some idiot on the Spurs staff thought this would be funny????

I posted last year there was a bat flying around arco. Doesn't surprise me.

 

[bajaden]

Ginobili palmed it, too.

He obviously moved his pivot foot. Typical no call..

 

[CalsFinest]

I've read a bat invades AT&T center once or twice a year.

Hope Tyreke is fine.

LMAO. Any news on Tyreke btw?

 

[Bricklayer]

Did the bat survive the encounter? I couldn't tell if he knocked it out or ... well, worse.

I have to admit I wondered about the stunt, especially when their mascot came out with a net AND a Batman costume on. You don't think some idiot on the Spurs staff thought this would be funny????

No, you're right -- the Batman costume made it too obvious. Given the timing I had originally thought some fan brought it in thinking he/she (most likely he) was a funny guy. But once you saw the mascot ready for it, must have come from somewhere up the Spurs hieracrchy.

Glad at least they didn't end up killing the critter just to have a joke.

 

[mac]

So brick.... who made you use the bat?

 

[Sac.1989]

wonder how long till spence and caspi finally crack the starting 5, mason and may really need to be moved over to the bench

 

[CalsFinest]

wonder how long till spence and caspi finally crack the starting 5, mason and may really need to be moved over to the bench

They're still getting more minutes than those two.

 

[Sac.1989]

and we might as well solidiy that by starting them. They both are the future clearly

 

[Jechtsphere]

Did the bat survive the encounter? I couldn't tell if he knocked it out or ... well, worse.

I have to admit I wondered about the stunt, especially when their mascot came out with a net AND a Batman costume on. You don't think some idiot on the Spurs staff thought this would be funny????

Think Sam Amick said the Bat didn't make it.

 

[east_sac]

I hope that if it turns out to have been a stunt by the Spurs organization, that the league fines them. Letting a wild creature loose in an enclosed arena resulting in it being hurt/killed is pretty cruel.

Of course watching the Spurs dismantle the Kings last night was pretty cruel thing to watch as well...

=)

 

[MassachusettsKingsFan]

Yea Amick said the Bat died.

Im thinking it was supposed to be a gimmick thing, that the bat might have be trained but didnt listen .. They obviously didnt tell the players =]

 

[c-webb1s#1]

Looks like Tyreke will play against Memphis tomorrow!Not sure how much it will bother him though.I really would rather have him sit out and not have this bothering him for the month or so.

From the sacbee:
"Fingers started pointing not long after the confusion set in, with a defensive Evans getting calmed down by Sean May during a timeout. Evans had just six points and six assists. He was limited to 24 minutes because of foul trouble and a right-ankle sprain in the fourth quarter that he said wouldn't keep him out of Monday's home opener against Memphis."

 

[KingGiant49erFan]

Looks like Tyreke will play against Memphis tomorrow!Not sure how much it will bother him though.I really would rather have him sit out and not have this bothering him for the month or so.

From the sacbee:
"Fingers started pointing not long after the confusion set in, with a defensive Evans getting calmed down by Sean May during a timeout. Evans had just six points and six assists. He was limited to 24 minutes because of foul trouble and a right-ankle sprain in the fourth quarter that he said wouldn't keep him out of Monday's home opener against Memphis."

So the questions are: who was pointing the fingers? and was evans justified in being defensive?