"For some reason we haven't had a good second quarter. I don't know why." - Pop

[Buddy Holly]

Because you play Bonner. He does jackshit.

Thankfully Pop realized this and played Blair. No more f--king Bonner.

[ducks]

your bench usually plays worse on the road

[Floyd Pacquiao]

bonner.............

[timvp]

The second quarter has been powered by the bench all season. The bench isn't getting it done right now.

Not the world's biggest mystery, tbh.

[timvp]

I like blaming Bonner but his minutes came in the first quarter tonight, if we want to be honest about that . . .

[DMC]

Surely Pop knows they gave up a 10-0 run as soon as Bonner's red head hit the floor.

[Josh810]

Couldn't agree more. When you pay special attention to Bonner on defense, it's depressing. Giving up dunks to Collison and offensive rebounds immediately. It kills any momentum we have 9 out of 10 times. He is the one that should have had the Blair treatment all along. Blair did more in his limited time than Bonner has all playoffs.

[DMC]

I like blaming Bonner but his minutes came in the first quarter tonight, if we want to be honest about that . . .

Sure, but a 10-0 run is what it is. Bonner has that blow by defense. He should be getting into foul trouble, getting tossed for flagrants and such, not stepping away from contact.

[spurs1990]

Um okay so why the fuck has no media member asked Pop about Bonner vis-a-vis his futility?

[Yuixafun]

Yes Bonner inserted, for all the small things, instincts, positioning, whatever... it benefitted the Thunder.

It was the opposite of when Blair came in, who made immediate impact.

[SA210]

Because you play Bonner. He does jackshit.

Thankfully Pop realized this and played Blair. No more f--king Bonner.

Do you thank him for not putting Blair back in?

[Ice009]

I like blaming Bonner but his minutes came in the first quarter tonight, if we want to be honest about that . . .

10-0 run with Bonner on the court started it all. Same as game 3, momentum was lost in Bonner's stint and took us a long time to regain it in game 4, game 3 we were already bad, but Bonner totally snuffed out any chance we had and helped put the Spurs in an even bigger hole that they couldn't get out of.

[SA210]

I like blaming Bonner but his minutes came in the first quarter tonight, if we want to be honest about that . . .

We lost momentum when Bonner was put in, we never got it back until Pop put in Blair. Pop waited too long to play Blair, but we made a comeback when he did, then he benches Blair for rest of the game. :lol

Pop gets an F-

[ploto]

Maybe it is because you have no real back-up PG.

[Libri]

There was a huge offensive drought in the second from 9:28 to 5:28. Duncan, Green, and Diaw were playing during that stretch. Leonard replaced Green at 7:30. So it was not only the bench that was playing bad.

[TD 21]

He doesn't know why? Maybe it's because Bonner inexplicably continues to get extended first half run, Ginobili inexplicably continues to play under 30 minutes and Splitter inexplicably turned marsh mellow soft. Not that he was ever the second coming of Oakley, but still.

Time to start Ginobili and play him major minutes and bench Bonner. Green and Splitter should be given brief first half looks and if they don't respond, then it's time to go with Blair in the second half and go down to nine.

[ploto]

Ginobili inexplicably continues to play under 30 minutes...

Really? Inexplicably.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

look matts a nice guy and all but.... every thing is his fault plain and simple

[cutewizard]

try Anderson over Green

[TD 21]

Really? Inexplicably.

Yeah, inexplicably. What the fuck is he being saved for? Don't give me this shit about foul trouble, either. Pop basically fouled him out tonight. Should have put the pressure on the refs to call his sixth one when the game was still in the balance. It was a gutless coaching performance and his team responded likewise.

Why can Parker play 21 minute second halves, but Ginobili can't exceed 16? It's ridiculous. There's no balance. Run one into the ground, baby the other.

[PublicOption]

Bonner and Tiago.

[ploto]

Don't give me this shit about foul trouble, either.

Has nothing to do with foul trouble.

[PublicOption]

Maybe it is because you have no real back-up PG.


mills is but, pop again, won't trust him.

[ALVAREZ6]

At this point, Blair deserves all of his minutes. Blair will at least get in the paint and throw his body around, will get you some putbacks. He'll at the very least show some balls.

On the other hand you have Matt Bonner, who is a lock to have negative impact in every game played in this series. And, you can only count on him making 1, maybe 2 good offensive plays, TOPS. That's simply the truth, and it's a terrible trade-off to have him in for the hope that he makes 1 three.

Let Blair play.

[100%duncan]

Really Pop?

[Duncan2177]

look matts a nice guy and all but.... every thing is his fault plain and simple

Being a nice guy doesn't win you games.

[Nathan89]

I'd say the COTY needs to figure it out.

[TDMVPDPOY]

its always teh same mistake each year in the playoffs for the last few seasons

lol the clowns who still on his nutts not wanting a coachin change

[SA210]

I'd say the COTY needs to figure it out.

[Russo21]

I'd say the COTY needs to figure it out.

[gilmor]

What could be hidden in all these blaming threads is the play of Manu that deserve the ultimate blame for Spurs' 2nd Quarter ails..

There is noone else that runs the bench better than Manu. If he is not playing to his abilities, that's usually the problem..

[wildbill2u]

The second quarter has been powered by the bench all season. The bench isn't getting it done right now.

Not the world's biggest mystery, tbh.

I agree about the bench not getting it done--but neither are the Big 3 + Green.

When Manu has more turnovers than assists, and Parker keeps getting trapped, dribbling the ball instead of moving it, then you know the OKC defensive pressure is disrupting the offense.

Green is playing like a rookie, running scared, while our rookie, Leonard is playing hard at both ends of the court.

Our Spurs are unable to make the offense function like it has all season because OKC is working harder in all phases of the game and has shown they have more desire to win in the last two games.