This Loss is a Blessing in Disguise

[DMC]

Disguised as an asswhoopin'. This should get the Spurs rolling.

:lol Blair
:lol Parker MVP
:lol Tim Duncan settling for long jumpshots
:lol MWP getting all Palace on us
:lol Bynum getting all Wilt on us
:lol Pop CotY

[Mugen]

No. No it's not.

[Sean Cagney]

No, really nothing good comes outta getting hammered by a Bryant Less LA team.

[jon123spurs]

I hope you're right but tomorrow will be even worse damn it schedule makers just screwed us oh well I still love this team Go Spurs Go!

[celldweller]

It's only a blessing "if Pop gets over himself" and puts Blair's ass on the bench!

[slick'81]

la laughing their asses off, kobe all smiles in his suit and bynum going ape shit on spurs front line, this was terrible

[Richie]

Don't be silly. Blair will start the 2 remaining games vs Lakers as well

[100%duncan]

:lmao

[Sean Cagney]

la laughing their asses off, kobe all smiles in his suit and bynum going ape shit on spurs front line, this was terrible

Sounds like last years game against LA although this time Kobe was out which makes it even more pathetic. :depressed:depressed

[bresilhac]

I am so disappointed. Is the Spurs frontline so weak and inadequate that Bynum can come in and get nearly thirty rebounds? This is beyond embarrassing. Who still is on the Spurs bandwagon? Talk about exposed.

[DesignatedT]

If it makes Pop play Tiago and Duncan together it could be. Nothing made it more obvious than tonight that it needs to happen.

[bresilhac]

If it makes Pop play Tiago and Duncan together it could be. Nothing made it more obvious than tonight that it needs to happen.

I agree. I witnessed the pounding Bynum and Gasol were giving the frontline and I kept praying that Pop would pair Tim and Tiago on the court together. If anything to improve rebounding. This night was terrible. And now Memphis? Oh God.

[Arc]

If it makes Pop play Tiago and Duncan together it could be. Nothing made it more obvious than tonight that it needs to happen.

unfortunately, there's a 95% chance of that not happening. pop is very adamant about not playing those two together for whatever stupid reason.

[DesignatedT]

tbh I'm glad Pop didn't go to it tonight after the game was already lost. It wouldn't have been fair anyway to them.

What needs to happen now though, Is Tim and Tiago should play together some tomorrow, then some together against phoenix, so on and so on so they can build chemistry together before the playoffs start.

I mean tonight was fucking incredibly embarrassing and all but it really doesn't matter. Once the playoffs start nobody will remember this game anyway. Pop HAS TO start playing Tiago and Tim together some going forward though.

[Richie]

This game was like Memphis all over again. A team loses its main perimeter threat so turns to its #2 and #3, both big men, who play hard inside and dominate us.

This game was over in the first half, by starting Blair on Bynum we gave Lakers the mental edge over us inside for the rest of the game

[DesignatedT]

That was a shitload worse than Memphis. Zbo and Marc aint got shit on Pau and Bynum down low. Especially defensively. That's one thing I just learned.

[bresilhac]

I hate to admit this but I panic when nights like tonight happen. I should realize that San Antonio is still on top of the West along with OKC and that we still have one of the most effective lineups, top to bottom, in the league. So why does a night like tonight have to happen? Are the Lakers the real beast of the West? I start asking questions. And I start questioning Pop's methodology. Can the Spurs really win it all this season? I guess I'll have to wait and see like everybody else.

[TDomination]

It's only a blessing "if Pop gets over himself" and puts Blair's ass on the bench!


If it makes Pop play Tiago and Duncan together it could be. Nothing made it more obvious than tonight that it needs to happen.

Agreed on both. If by some miracle this game forces Pop to start playing Splitter and Duncan together at the same time then heck yes for this loss.

But I doubt it. All he will look at is this:

Parker shot 2-12 POP: oh he had a night off, fluke. Shots just didn't go in.
MWP scoring 26pts POP: he had a great night shooting, nothing you can do
Bynum 30rebs POP: we need to learn to blockout and play more physical. we were soft

[crc21209]

Sometimes an ass kicking here and there is good, just so the guys don't get too much of a big head and think they're better than what they are. Hopefully this fucking wakes them up. Good thing about tomorrow night against Memphis is that Memphis played tonight as well...both will be playing on the 2nd night of a back to back.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Disguised as an asswhoopin'. This should get the Spurs rolling.

:lol Blair
:lol Parker MVP
:lol Tim Duncan settling for long jumpshots
:lol MWP getting all Palace on us
:lol Bynum getting all Wilt on us
:lol Pop CotY

DMC, w/ the goods:lol

[Pocket Hippo]

This was a bad game... It happens. If people think one regular season game means anything for the playoffs they need to have their heads examined.
Go look at the Mavericks losses last season, they lost twice to the Lakers in the last month of the season, twice to Portland as well and look what happened in the playoffs.
But the Spurs are done, right guys? Too many fairweathers, I hope this loss trims the fat off the bandwagon.

[jiggy_55]

If it makes Pop play Tiago and Duncan together it could be. Nothing made it more obvious than tonight that it needs to happen.

and yet Pop didn't even TRY IT! Zero hopes of a Duncan-Splitter combination.

[Chomag]

Bottom line is the Spurs frontline line up got exploited. IT's been the same issue for years now, we should be used to it.

[Russ]

Blessing in disguise?

Only if it means more Splitter (and less you-know-who).

[TheSkeptic]

This was a bad game... It happens. If people think one regular season game means anything for the playoffs they need to have their heads examined.
Go look at the Mavericks losses last season, they lost twice to the Lakers in the last month of the season, twice to Portland as well and look what happened in the playoffs.
But the Spurs are done, right guys? Too many fairweathers, I hope this loss trims the fat off the bandwagon.

I appreciate your optimism but you're wrong.

This actually tells a lot about the playoffs because the issue was exactly the same one that got us knocked out in the first round last year: We don't have enough size up front.

[Brazil]

Disguised as an asswhoopin'. This should get the Spurs rolling.

:lol Blair
:lol Parker MVP
:lol Tim Duncan settling for long jumpshots
:lol MWP getting all Palace on us
:lol Bynum getting all Wilt on us
:lol Pop CotY

you forgot a bunch of :lol

:lol manu
:lol Tim Duncan 2 rebounds
:lol depth
:lol Matt 1 reb
:lol Splitter 13 mn
:lol Mills

[Duncan2177]

This was a bad game... It happens. If people think one regular season game means anything for the playoffs they need to have their heads examined.
Go look at the Mavericks losses last season, they lost twice to the Lakers in the last month of the season, twice to Portland as well and look what happened in the playoffs.
But the Spurs are done, right guys? Too many fairweathers, I hope this loss trims the fat off the bandwagon.

It's the coach and his stupid decisions that pisses fans off are you blind?

[ArtVandelay]

Are the Lakers the real beast of the West?

of course they are
kobe's just done an excellent job of masking it by jacking up 30 shots every night

when the playoffs start and he has his scoring title he'll force it down low and cheese his way thru the west

[DMC]

you forgot a bunch of :lol

:lol manu
:lol Tim Duncan 2 rebounds
:lol depth
:lol Matt 1 reb
:lol Splitter 13 mn
:lol Mills
I didn't forget, the site melted down about that time I was editing. GNSF doing the million man march.

[ElNono]

No blessing IMO... Pop will just chalk it up to poor shooting and move on...

He's way too invested in the offensive game to realistically do anything about it 10 days away from going into the playoffs...

[Budkin]

No this is the kind of game that plants doubt in a team.

[therealtruth]

This was a bad game... It happens. If people think one regular season game means anything for the playoffs they need to have their heads examined.
Go look at the Mavericks losses last season, they lost twice to the Lakers in the last month of the season, twice to Portland as well and look what happened in the playoffs.
But the Spurs are done, right guys? Too many fairweathers, I hope this loss trims the fat off the bandwagon.

Getting blown out at home and on the road are different.

[mkurts]

The Fakers played outstanding defense and held TP to 2/12 shooting and Patty Mills to 3/11 shooting and KL to 1/4 shooting, well it was either that or they had vision problems which reduced their accuracy.

This only goes to show that the Spurs team is still a work in progress for the playoffs and needs a player that can carry the team, not the small three.

[DMC]

Was this the game that led to the turn around?

[Seventyniner]

The bench almost-comeback against Dallas in January kicked this team from 1st gear straight to 3rd. The Jax and Diaw acquisitions pushed them into 4th, and the Lakers loss is when they shifted up to 5th. The Spurs have been lapping the competition ever since.

[spurs4real]

Was this the game that led to the turn around?

Yep that was D Game, Good Call!

[Brazil]

I agree that this game was important to shake it up the players and Pop

[SA210]

Was this the game that led to the turn around?

YES, it woke Pop up to the bs he was doing. It brought back the old Pop.

:tu

:flag:

[Kidd K]

Props for calling it OP. 100% correct.

[TDomination]

Loss of the year

[silverblk mystix]

Sshhh...

Don't upset the Popsuckers again.

:lmao

[Blake]

Sshhh...

Don't upset the Popsuckers again.

:lmao

lol you're still trying to claim victory

[silverblk mystix]

lol you're still trying to claim victory

You still want last years Pop.

[SA210]

You still want last years Pop.

:lol God no

[Solid D]

Was this the game that led to the turn around?

Well played :tu

[therealtruth]

The Spurs haven't lost since this game, right?