This was a play-off preparation kind of game...question

[apalisoc_9]

It looked to me that pop purposodly gave ginobili the 4th quarter and the end of OT to get his game back on..the same with Duncan...

When does pop start playing Timmy and manu north of 33? 15 games into the play-off? 10?

[xellos88330]

I can't answer your question, but the crowd was definitely at playoff intensity. That place always seems to rock. Hopefully it will help with the Spurs focus come playoff time.

[ElNono]

I thought Pop went with whoever could get him a basket....

[jag]

Tony's just tired from carrying Manu for the past 3 seasons. Someone has to force Manu to contribute.

[superjames1992]

You could tell it was a playoff game with the ball in Manu's hands in crunch time, tbh. Tony got one chance to tie the game or give the Spurs the lead and he missed the damn layup.

That's one of my lingering complaints about Tony. He puts up big numbers during the game, but has a tendency to disappear at times.

With all that being said, Tony is the #1 PG in the association.

[Richie]

Most worrying was Splitters free throw misses in the high pressure atmosphere. Hopefully it was just a bad night for him. He'll need to finish those in the playoffs.

[apalisoc_9]

I thought Pop went with whoever could get him a basket....

I thought most of them struggled before clutch times tbh...

[ElNono]

Tony is in his prime, tbh... "MVP conversation"... you would think there shouldn't be any excuses...

[SupremeGuy]

Holy crap.. I don't have the words... Pop's rotations were meant to lose this game.

[chapnis]

They played shite, it's 1 of 82. No biggie.

[racm]

Championships are not won in February, people.