TDfan2007
01-18-2012, 01:58 PM
Last night's embarassing 2nd half effort had me wondering why I was surprised. I've been a Spurs fan since 2002, and for as long as I can remember, the Spurs have often struggled when going into halftime with the lead. There are plenty of possible reasons, like overconfidence, an inability to adjust to changes in the opponent's defense, etc., but I know one thing. Throughout all of the many 2nd half meltdowns that I have witnessed (so many of which came against the Phil Jackson coached Laker) the two constants have been Pop and Timmy. This has been a pattern be it the regular season or the playoffs, with or without Manu or Tony. So the question is, why? Why have Pop's teams had such a high tendency to give up big 3rd quarter leads?
Pop was very quick to call his team soft, but perhaps he should look in the mirror first, because such meltdowns are nothing new.
Pop was very quick to call his team soft, but perhaps he should look in the mirror first, because such meltdowns are nothing new.