DannyT
JUST 4 TONIGHT

Not sure I buy the "track the progress" line but whatever the case may be, let's hope he's as close to 100% as possible come Game 3. The fourth quarter was a harsh reminder of what these Spurs look like against the Grizzlies when TP is hobbled...

1. TP is old for a point guard who relies on speed. Comparable players were declining at his age. 2. Yes, his fatigue is obviously at least partly injury related. 3. It's alarming for everyone. But it's the hand that was dealt. The Spurs having to survive age/fatigue/injury is a given with...

That's not what happened, though. Watch it again. It looks like Manu is going up for a shot (which is the right move) and the ball just slips out of his hands. There's no deflection by Allen. It slips out, Grizzlies get it, pass it to Allen and Manu fouls him hard.

True his Achilles just explodes. They're older now than the point in time you're comparing it to, tbh.

Looking at the replay, Manu caught the ball with 3.8 seconds remaining on the shot clock. Bonner didn't have a shot so it was the right move to give it to Manu. Manu catches the ball, has TP open in the corner but then dribbles twice and then .... I'm not even sure what happened -- he just coughed...

That's what happens when your entire team is old, injured or both old and injured.

No because Manu is such a bad azz that he would have landed on his face just to ensure the flagrant. He wouldn't have let his arms brace his fall.

If Manu gets fouled like that he does a legitimately great flop and gets Allen served up with a flagrant 2 ejection. Manu maybe turns that into a suspension,tbh. Allen's flop was so terrible he almost cost himself a flagrant :lmao

Giving up an open layup there is fine. It's not like he's a terrible free throw shooter. Manu gives up the layup, the Spurs are up two with ~26 seconds to go, Grizzlies are forced to foul. Nothing to be mad about, tbh.

Disagree with thread title. 2-0 = 2-0. There's enough space before the next game that the particulars will be forgotten.

Pop commends Manu for the smart decision and then draws up a play to get the ball into the hands of a good free throw shooter.

Obviously he risked a flagrant -- considering he actually got called for a flagrant. Again, the play is to either not foul him or wrap him up to where there's no chance at a flagrant. You don't even give the refs an opportunity for a judgement call. But, yeah, you make a guy land...

Letting go was the mistake. Manu has to wrap him up there -- or not foul him. He fell head first. That's a flagrant 100 out of 100 times in the regular season, tbh. True, that was bad acting but that only hurt his case. You pull someone out of the air and make them land head-before-body and...

Good call. That one was so bad I think I blacked out for a few seconds. I'll have to add that one in...

Manu's a smart guy and has played basketball a long time. Being up four and realizing that the only thing you can't afford is a flagrant foul shouldn't take too long to mentally calculate, tbh.

Tbh, that's a flagrant foul 100% of the time during the regular season. The only reason why it maybe shouldn't have been a flagrant is because it was the playoffs. And Allen's drama queening was so bad that it actually hurt his flagrant foul case. If he just lays there, it would have looked more...

It was a bad foul by Manu. If you're Manu, you're options are: 1. Let him lay it in 2. Wrap him up -- which at most allows an and-1. 3. Foul him hard where you don't risk the and-1 but you risk a flagrant. The Spurs were up four so either of the first two options were far superior. The...

Please, please win. 1. Please.