The COY has seen the light Spitter and Duncan down the stretch

[Rummpd]

Amazing even after Bonner got a nice block on Favors - Pop goes to Splitter with Duncan. :ihit:flag::whine

[jaffies]

I thought Matt Bonner looked different....

[Dr. John R. Brinkley]

The man is a genius.

[TheSkeptic]

I'm not sold on that offense (though the defense was great). I wonder what prompted him to make the decision.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Not only that, but it seems Pop has plays ready for Duncan splitter line up. That"V" play he called was beautiful, but splitter screwed up the finish

[ducks]

pop with the secret weapon for playoffs

[timvp]

I thought Matt Bonner looked different....

:lol

[Russo21]

Yep we waited all year to see that. Glad it worked. And surprise surprise we held an opponent to 90 points. That's no coincidence.

On a seprate note, why did Blair play just 6 minutes did he get hurt or Pop just had him benchwarming?

[NRHector]

I thought Matt Bonner looked different....

:lol

[Splits]

Yep we waited all year to see that. Glad it worked. And surprise surprise we held an opponent to 90 points. That's no coincidence.

On a seprate note, why did Blair play just 6 minutes did he get hurt or Pop just had him benchwarming?

Only reason Blair played was cuz Bonner had 3 fouls in the 1st quarter.

[siraulo23]

pop gave props to tiago on postgame and even stated he liked what he saw with the td-splitter lineup :wow

[SA210]

Yep we waited all year to see that. Glad it worked. And surprise surprise we held an opponent to 90 points. That's no coincidence.

[ElNono]

great to see, tbh

[TheSkeptic]

Only reason Blair played was cuz Bonner had 3 fouls in the 1st quarter.

Blair irritates me less when he comes off the bench. I'd still like to trade him but I think I can live with him when he's not starting.

[spurs10]

great to see, tbh
:toast

[T Park]

I thought people told me he'd never do it though...

[TheSkeptic]

I thought people told me he'd never do it though...

Hey, I changed my position after the Laker game and I still feel like the line-up hasn't had enough practice. That said, props. :toast

[Danny.Zhu]

pop gave props to tiago on postgame and even stated he liked what he saw with the td-splitter lineup :wow

Wow.

[jag]

Did Pop by any chance call Tiago a blue-collar, no-skill hustle player during the postgame presser?

[SA210]

I thought people told me he'd never do it though...

Don't act like it was his plan from the beginning. Be honest for once and admit the whooping the Lakers gave us is what did this. After that game it was just too obvious to make a change.

[Legacy]

pop gave props to tiago on postgame and even stated he liked what he saw with the td-splitter lineup :wow


:wow I seriously hope and pray to see and hear more and more about this in the future. :wow

[T Park]

Don't act like it was his plan from the beginning. Be honest for once and admit the whooping the Lakers gave us is what did this. After that game it was just too obvious to make a change.

Too bad he played them together before that game..

[timvp]

For the last three months of the season, Duncan and Splitter played together for less than a minute per game. If Pop breaks it out more in the playoffs, that'd be great.

However, it'd make his refusal to use it in the regular season look even dumber in retrospect. The regular season is when you should be fine-tuning the chemistry of various lineups. To wait until the postseason makes no sense.

But again, better late than never I guess . . .

[SA210]

Too bad he played them together before that game..

:lmao Seriously, stop acting this dumb and pretending like you don't know what I'm talking about.

[Manufan909]

Did Pop by any chance call Tiago a blue-collar, no-skill hustle player during the postgame presser?

Iirc, someone posted in the gameblog that he actually didn't say anything like that.

[DMC]

pop gave props to tiago on postgame and even stated he liked what he saw with the td-splitter lineup :wow

CIA Pop has Corbin working on defending the post game now.

[TheSkeptic]

For the last three months of the season, Duncan and Splitter played together for less than a minute per game. If Pop breaks it out more in the playoffs, that'd be great.

However, it'd make his refusal to use it in the regular season look even dumber in retrospect. The regular season is when you should be fine-tuning the chemistry of various lineups. To wait until the postseason makes no sense.

But again, better late than never I guess . . .

This is exactly what I'm thinking. It's frustrating that it took this long but it is what it is and let's just be glad Pop has pulled it out early rather than waiting until we're getting beaten by Memphis/LAL to try it.

Still frustrating though tbh.

[tesseractive]

Blair irritates me less when he comes off the bench. I'd still like to trade him but I think I can live with him when he's not starting.

As a 5th big man, he's a great guy to be able to pull out when we need him. How many teams have a better 5th big man anyway? But yeah, as a starter... not so much.

[MaNu4Tres]

Tiago told me Pop is finally starting to make sense.












okay I'm kidding but yeah it was great to see tonight. :tu

[silverblk mystix]

When Favors scored over Bonner and Pop looked over at Splitter and sent him in I thought I was hallucinating or the Hefeweizen I was drinking was spiked with LSD.

It took two years and a vicious beatdown by the Memphis Grizz but goddamnit Pop is finally coaching like a coach of the year.

Last season or even earlier in the year Pop would have left Bonner in and we would have watched him get abused over and over and over.

[SA210]

When Favors scored over Bonner and Pop looked over at Splitter and sent him in I thought I was hallucinating or the Hefeweizen I was drinking was spiked with LSD.

It took two years and a vicious beatdown by the Memphis Grizz but goddamnit Pop is finally coaching like a coach of the year.

Last season or even earlier in the year Pop would have left Bonner in and we would have watched him get abused over and over and over.

yup

[Manufan909]

I don't think anything made me as happy as Splitter coming right back into the game during the 4th quarter, but Pop really did an awesome job tonight. Him finally getting over his biggest hurdle was the highlight of the night.

And I hope T Park shuts the hell up after seeing that timvp stat.

[SA210]

I don't think anything made me as happy as Splitter coming right back into the game during the 4th quarter, but Pop really did an awesome job tonight. Him finally getting over his biggest hurdle was the highlight of the night.

And I hope T Park shuts the hell up after seeing that timvp stat.

:tu

[T Park]

:lmao Seriously, stop acting this dumb and pretending like you don't know what I'm talking about.


Yes sir....

[T Park]

I don't think anything made me as happy as Splitter coming right back into the game during the 4th quarter, but Pop really did an awesome job tonight. Him finally getting over his biggest hurdle was the highlight of the night.

And I hope T Park shuts the hell up after seeing that timvp stat.


Sorry to break your heart but I won't.


Touched you cared enough to post about me though :tu

[SA210]

^^^ You may not shut up, but you're still wrong :lol

[crc21209]

I almost cried when I saw TD and Splitter out there at the same time in the 4th...:lol

[Manufan909]

For the last three months of the season, Duncan and Splitter played together for less than a minute per game. If Pop breaks it out more in the playoffs, that'd be great.

However, it'd make his refusal to use it in the regular season look even dumber in retrospect. The regular season is when you should be fine-tuning the chemistry of various lineups. To wait until the postseason makes no sense.

But again, better late than never I guess . . .

I'm gonna quote this, just so anyone who missed it on the 1st page will get a chance to read it on the 2nd page.:toast

[Josepatches_]

If Pop breaks it out more in the playoffs, that'd be great.

However, it'd make his refusal to use it in the regular season look even dumber in retrospect. The regular season is when you should be fine-tuning the chemistry of various lineups. To wait until the postseason makes no sense.

But again, better late than never I guess . . .

Agree.

They are so good that they make an instant impact in the game without chemistry. But it could be a lot better if they had been playing together before. We could see some plays between them that would be unstoppable.

[DPG21920]

Too bad he played them together before that game..


For the last three months of the season, Duncan and Splitter played together for less than a minute per game. If Pop breaks it out more in the playoffs, that'd be great.

However, it'd make his refusal to use it in the regular season look even dumber in retrospect. The regular season is when you should be fine-tuning the chemistry of various lineups. To wait until the postseason makes no sense.

But again, better late than never I guess . . .

:rollin

[Paranoid Pop]

For the last three months of the season, Duncan and Splitter played together for less than a minute per game. If Pop breaks it out more in the playoffs, that'd be great.

However, it'd make his refusal to use it in the regular season look even dumber in retrospect. The regular season is when you should be fine-tuning the chemistry of various lineups. To wait until the postseason makes no sense.

But again, better late than never I guess . . .

He started them against LA in the last real regular season test, let's not act like it's a first either :downspin:. Plus the per game stat doesnt tell the whole story, includes the last two game for example, not really an honest depiction of reality.

This clearly a great lineup to have if we're beginning to get pushed around on the the defensive glass.

We have the full rebounding lineup : Green Kawhi Tiago Tim + PG
And the full passing lineup : TP Manu Boris Tim + SF

Tim Tiago will never be as good offensively as Tim Boris and Tim Boris won't ever be as good rebounding wise.

[JsnSA]

I am guessing that Pop was OK with it because we were already ahead and Tony's shot was falling. In a situation like that, the concerns with Tiago and Tim interfering with each others offense isn't as much of an issue when what we really need from them at that point is more defense.

[Nathan89]

Pop with lets do shit in the playoffs that he didn't do in the regular season bads... For the second year in a row Pop shows his decision making in the regular season was terrible. Can the coach of the year prepare his team for the playoffs? That's all I ask but he refuses.

Pop lovers must have mixed feelings about this. On one hand they have their previous post that defended everything Pop did, said he did no wrong, called him the greatest coach ever, etc... On the other they see him playing lineups he didn't prepare during the season. I'm sure they'll try to justify it but the truth is you can't justify it. You blindly defended Pops decisions and for the second year in a row you look like a complete ass.

[jag]

T Park posting just for the sake of posting. He isn't even trying to make sense anymore.

[SA210]

T Park posting just for the sake of posting. He isn't even trying to make sense anymore.

lol

[Legacy]

T Park posting just for the sake of posting. He isn't even trying to make sense anymore.


:lol

[Mugen]

Props to Tiago for coming back from a horrific wrist injury and leading the Spurs to victory.

His Willis Reed-esque performance could be what inspires this team to 5, tbh.

[Budkin]

Reading so much SpursTalk this season convinced him it was the right thing to do.

[$pursDynasty]

I don't think this is a sign of things to come, more of the fact that Utah was starting to make headway on the boards and the Duncan Splitter option was the best way to step the tide. At that point stopping Jazz board domination was more important than any other concerns. I think that Pop isn't opposed to it if the situation calls for it but he still prefers not to go the Timmy Tiago route.

[Blake]

Does anyone know what Splitters plus/minus was while on the floor with Tim?

[thOOdee]

:lobt2: