{"id":245119,"date":"2025-10-27T23:36:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/245119\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T23:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:36:07","slug":"its-time-for-basketball-spurs-vs-toronto-raptors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/245119\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s time for Basketball: Spurs vs Toronto Raptors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov2 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1 _16w9vovb\">Welcome to the Game Thread. Veterans of the Game Thread know how we do things around here, but for all you newbies we have a few rules. Our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poundingtherock.com\/community-guidelines\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">community guidelines<\/a> apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don\u2019t troll and don\u2019t swear too much. <\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Spurs\u2019 first home game of the season was kind of a roller coaster, where the Spurs failed to play hard to start the game then ran the Nets out of the gym in the second quarter. The second half had a similar rhythm, where the Nets wore down the sluggish Spurs for the third quarter with superior energy and red-hot shooting from Cam Thomas and the other Brooklyn scorers, retaking the lead in the fourth giving them a real shot of winning the game. It was anyone\u2019s game with under two minutes left, but the Nets had all the momentum and the Spurs were on the ropes. The Spurs were prodded out of their slumber with some stellar play from Dylan Harper and Keldon Johnson, and Victor Wembanyama also doing Victor stuff as the Spurs scored the final 10 points and won 118-107 in a game that was a lot closer than the final score.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Tonight, they play the Raptors, who at 1-1 are the first opponent of the Spurs that have won a game. They are probably a middle of the pack team in the Eastern Conference playoff race, but it will be nice to see some former Spurs tonight, notably Jakob Poeltl and Sandro Mamukelashvili. Sandro is always fun to watch, but if he gets extended playing time, the score probably isn\u2019t that close. Hopefully that will happen because the Spurs have a big lead late in the game, but you\u2019ll have to watch to find out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Sandro Mamukelashvili will hit a ridiculous buzzer beater as the clock runs that will have no impact on the outcome of the game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">San Antonio Spurs vs Toronto Raptors<br \/>October 27, 2025 | 7:00 PM CT <br \/>Streaming: NBA League Pass<br \/>TV: FanDuel Southwest<br \/>Reminder: It is against site policy to post links to illegal streams in the comments, but it is not against site policy to exchange email addresses, for instance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Game Thread. 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