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It’s time for San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks Share this story Photo by Glenn James/NBAE via Getty Images 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 apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. After a road-and-road series against the Nuggets, the Spurs return to Texas to face Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavs have been hot lately, and they outplayed the Spurs the last time the two teams met behind a superior interior perfor...

That was Lowrie’s first homer since 2018, and at that exact moment every Mets fan threw up in their mouths just a little, like Obi-Wan Kenobi sensing something bad has happened. The A’s loaded the bases after that, and Elvis Andrus hit a rocket at 107.3 mph EV, but it went straight at a glove for an out and they got nothing more in the inning. Houston answered back with a rally of a walk, a weak single, and a grounder that would have been a double play if not for a heavy defensive shift. It seemed like it might be that kind of day, again, with everything going uncannily wrong for the gre...

*** For eight innings the A’s couldn’t find the plate, and they collected only three hits in the process. In the 3rd and 5th they put together rallies, but both times Houston was able to retire Matt Olson to escape the jams, in Olson’s return to the lineup after missing a couple games to a banged knee. Oakland finally pushed across a couple runs in the 9th, on an RBI double by Stephen Piscotty and then an RBI pinch-hit single by Jed Lowrie. Unfortunately it was only enough to avoid the shutout, not make a serious comeback. On the bright side, the A’s had several loud outs that req...

*** The A’s opened the day with an 0-6 record, having lost each of their first six games of the season in thorough fashion. That tied them with the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics for the longest futility streak to open a campaign, and in 120 seasons of club history no A’s team had ever started 0-7. In order to avoid that dubious distinction, they’d need to overcome reigning NL Cy Young winner Trevor Bauer and the defending world champion Dodgers. The first step was keeping the opponent off the board long enough to have a chance at all, as each of the first six games included the A’s st...

It’s time for San Antonio Spurs vs Indiana Pacers Share this story Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images 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 apply and basically say be cool, no personal attacks, don’t troll and don’t swear too much. The Spurs have lost 5 of their last 7 games, and despite some encouraging wins against contending teams, they haven’t been able to show consistent effort at home. Most recently, the Silver and Black were able to take Thursday’s game into two...