No rebounds, no rings

[therealtruth]

I think Pat Riley came up with that. Doesn't Pop realize that? The only reason the Spurs were in a position to win is because they had been getting crucial defensive rebounds. Then on a couple of Final Heat possessions, Pop thinks rebounds are not important? Also 3's of missed rebounds are the hardest to defend against.

[mudyez]

He left Timmy out for switching purposes and that may have been a mistake.

But I neither saw a "wired" where the told his players to not rebound/box nor am I sure Timmy would have gotten this rebounds easier than someone else, after switching in e.g. Miller at the 3ptline.