Good evening friends. Our Spurs are riding 3 straight victories. We have seven games around the league tonight, inluding 3 teams in the Southwest division playing. Tonight's schedule is as follows:

Indiana at Orlando

Golden State at Philadelphia

Boston at Memphis

New Orleans at Dallas - NBA TV

Oklahoma City at Denver

Minnesota at Utah

Washington at LA Clippers

I know you all will be broken up that I didn't include the snazzy logos.  As always, we have a poll. Who do YOU want to lose most?

Good evening all, it's Saturday night and we have a lot of action! And by that I mean 8 basketball games, you gutter-minds.  The Wizards host the Pacers, the Pistons host the Dubs, the Bulls have the C's in town to hand them their 25th blowout in a row, the Mavs host the Cats, the Bucks host the Blazers, the Nuggets host the Suns, the Jazz host the Lakers, and the Kings host the T-Wolves in what is sure to be 'Scrub Match-up of the Night.' As always, who do you want to lose most??

Update:  Pacers defeats Wiz, 114-113 (Both teams removed from poll, no votes.)

Detroit beats GS 104-95 (Pistons, W's gone.)

C's blowout Bulls 106-80 (Gone.)

Mavs beat Cats 98-97 (Cats gone.)

Tha Lakers lose! (Jazz gone.)

Bucks beat Blazers 108-101. (Gone.)

Nuggets beat Suns 105-99.

Kings beat T-Wolves 120-100.

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Hi PTR-ers. We are 18 games into what is supposed to be a 'warm-up' for another deep playoff run, and our beloved San Antonio Spurs are 9 and 9. That's good for 3rd place in the Southwest division, and a 9th place ranking in the Western Conference standings. I know the Spurs are a "2nd half of the season" kind of team, and I know come February, they are supposed to flip that switch and miraculously start firing on all cylinders. But let's be real here, this is not the way for a championship contender to start the season. This is not Spurs ball. There has been too much lazy play, way too many turnovers, lax defense, lax offense, not enough rebounding, and too...many...missed...free-throws! We have a few bugs to sort out. A few suggestions as to what could be the problem(s) have come up in conversation thus far, but are not limited to (and in no order): Has Pop lost it? Is Manu not really fully recovered? Is Tony hogging the ball? Is it too early to call the RJ trade a bust? Do we need another move? Did we miss an oppurtunity? Are we too old? When do we panic??

[ Enlighten me, if you dare: http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine ]

Blah, we have 8 games tonight, and thankully none of them involve the Spurs. That means we can't lose. But we can hope for the Mavericks or Suns to (even though they play eachother).  The Celtics host the Bucks, the Bulls host the Nets, the Mavs host the Suns, the Nooch host the Kings, the Raptors host the T-Wolves, the Bobcats host the Thuggets, the Grizzlies host the Cavs and the Clips host the Magic. I'm too irritated to find old logos tonight. Vote for your top choice of loser tonight! Great analysis on last night's game by all throughout the day today, btw!

Update: Charlotte beats Denver, 107-95. Charlotte and Denver removed from poll.

               (Zero votes at this moment, anyway.)

                Toronto beats Minnesota, 94-88. Both teams removed from poll. (Zero votes each.)

                Boston beats Milwaukee 98-89. (Bye bye Bucks.)

                The Nooch beat the Kings 96-94. (See ya Nooch and Kings.)

                The Nets get win #2 in Chicago, 103-101! (Bye bye Nets, Bulls and VDN?)

                Memphis beats Cleveland 111-109 in OT. (Bye Grizz and Crab King.)

                The Mavs beat the Suns 102-101. (Bye Suns.)

                Orlando beats the Clips 97-86. (Bye.)