Manu Quotes after Game 5

[ElNono]

"Experience helped us not to lose our heads when we were down 14 (27-13 in the 1st quarter), but the reality is that we won by pure luck"

"Plays like the Jordan one happen in games like this one, that end up being decided by the smallest details, and today we were lucky. I don't know if it was a mistake, his instincts or what, but it just benefited us. The game could've easily been won by either team"

"Patty (Mills) was spectacular at the most difficult moment, down 14, he scored 10 points in a row and got us back into the game"

About Diaw:
"Even though he comes off the bench, he's a key guy, and he ends up playing more than the starters sometimes, due to his versatility. He's fundamental for us. He already proved that during the Finals last playoffs and today he helped with plays that are perhaps not typical Boris plays"

About Griffin:
"He's a tough guy to defend and physically he's a machine. Fortunately, he didn't score many of his shots today."

About what's coming:
"We want to win every game and always play our best basketball. Sometimes we can, sometimes we can't. We can't go back home relaxed. We'll try to make less mistakes and be aggressive. Now the score starts at 0-0 again. We're going to try to close the series. We don't want to come back to Los Angeles"

Original in spanish here:
http://canchallena.lanacion.com.ar/1788547-un-pase-de-pique-con-sello-ginobili-y-la-sinceridad-ganamos-de-suerte

[mkurts]

Did he mention the two TOs ?

[ElNono]

Did he mention the two TOs ?

nope

[Pocho La Pantera]

Did he mention his six assists and the 6-6 from the line?

[honestfool84]

Did he mention his six assists and the 6-6 from the line?


Nope. Haha.

[honestfool84]

Manu just cared that they won.

[100%duncan]

Mr. Game 5


2nd Greatest Spur of All Time :worthy:

[808]

Didn't realize Blake missed 15 shots. In the moment, it feels like everything of theirs goes in, and any misses become offensive rebounds. By the end of the game, Spurs out-offensive rebounded them by one! Anyway, thanks for the translation :toast

[StoneBuddha]

Mr. Game 5


2nd Greatest Spur of All Time :worthy:

I love Manu, but let's not get carried here.

[100%duncan]

I love Manu, but let's not get carried here.

Manu: The Ultimate Winner :worthy:

[milkyway21]

MANU, speaking of Michael Jordan, just surpassed his idol in the NBA individual play-off wins at # 10 with 120 wins, tied with Byron Scott. :tu :clap

#4 TIM DUNCAN- 151 wins
#9 TONY PARKER- 125 wins .

[Splits]

Did he mention the 4 TOs ?

fixed

[FromWayDowntown]

Manu just cared that they won.

Looser.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Love Manu, and despite how a lot of people on Spurstalk feel I really hope he comes back next year.

He's my favorite athlete of all time.

[wildbill2u]

Manu is always honest in his comments. And he goes right to the heart of the matter, illustrating his thoughts with comments about specific plays and players. No cliches like 'we play one game at a time' when he thinks the Spurs didn't play their best and were lucky.

[spurs10]

Love Manu, and despite how a lot of people on Spurstalk feel I really hope he comes back next year.

He's my favorite athlete of all time. Hear, hear! :worthy: Now if he can learn the lady on the third row is not on the team......:lol

[MultiTroll]

Did he mention the two TOs ?
Sounded a little butthurt he was pulled.

I don't call Timmy Dunks tremendous block and subsequent steal from Flake Griffin to be "luck".

I also noticed Ginobili attempting to boss some players around during a free throw. The other kind of looked at him blankly like "un huh, okay whatever" like they were pacifying him.

I dunno. While i have liked his honesty too, i never hear him talk about his own turnovers and what (if anything) he is doing to rectify them.

[The Whopper]

I love Manu but I would have yanked him in clutch time too yesterday. I just don't trust him not to crap all over himself and lose us a game like yesterday's that was almost impossible to win considering the circumstances. After all that third quarter intentional fouling of Jordan and we were up 6 and then Manu craps the lead away in two consecutive possessions I wanted to strangle him. It's like, we gave up all these fouls and used this strategy for so long and he fucked it all away trying to make Manu hotdog passes. It was the first night in a playoff game where Pop must have thought "I can't go to war with this guy."

[Splits]

It's like, we gave up all these fouls and used this strategy for so long and he fucked it all away trying to make Manu hotdog passes. It was the first night in a playoff game where Pop must have thought "I can't go to war with this guy."

Game 6, 2013 Finals says hello. Cost us a chip

[beirmeistr]

We have to accept Gino the way he is just like we have to accept Pop the way he is.

[ElNono]

Game 6, 2013 Finals says hello. Cost us a chip

He went to war with him after that though, all the way to Game 7 and the next playoffs.

Last night it made sense though, we had a relatively solid lead with 2:00 to go and Danny really is the better defender on CP3...

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Hear, hear! :worthy: Now if he can learn the lady on the third row is not on the team......:lol

:lol

[Pocho La Pantera]

Sounded a little butthurt he was pulled.

I don't call Timmy Dunks tremendous block and subsequent steal from Flake Griffin to be "luck".

I also noticed Ginobili attempting to boss some players around during a free throw. The other kind of looked at him blankly like "un huh, okay whatever" like they were pacifying him.

I dunno. While i have liked his honesty too, i never hear him talk about his own turnovers and what (if anything) he is doing to rectify them.multidumb

[spurs10]

:lol :lol My fave too...gotta love the guy!

[The Whopper]

He went to war with him after that though, all the way to Game 7 and the next playoffs.

Right, ElNono, I was going to reply to Splits the same way. What I mean I guess is that I never remember seeing Manu benched in clutch time before by Pop. And, from what I've been seeing, I don't blame Pop one bit.

[MultiTroll]

multidumb
You probably helped make the tea and crumpetts in celebration of 2013s finals choke.

[ElNono]

Right, ElNono, I was going to reply to Splits the same way. What I mean I guess is that I never remember seeing Manu benched in clutch time before by Pop. And, from what I've been seeing, I don't blame Pop one bit.

Right. I wouldn't read too much into it either. I think the circumstances in this game, due to matchups and the score, simply dictated that it made more sense to have Danny out there. I was agreeing with some other poster on that in a different thread last night.

[DMC]

So on the Boris interview in the lockerroom, what does he say at 3:39? Does he say "fuck us"?

[The Whopper]

Right. I wouldn't read too much into it either. I think the circumstances in this game, due to matchups and the score, simply dictated that it made more sense to have Danny out there. I was agreeing with some other poster on that in a different thread last night.

I don't know that I totally agree, ElNono. I think his decision might have been based more on that he didn't trust Manu not to screw it up. Or, to put it more clearly, that the chance that Manu would screw it up outweighed whatever good he is bringing right now (which we all recognize as greatly reduced, at least at the moment). I don't know this, of course. It was just how I perceived it. Manu ALWAYS finishes playoff games. Never not. Until last night.

[ElNono]

I don't know that I totally agree, ElNono. I think his decision might have been based more on that he didn't trust Manu not to screw it up. Or, to put it more clearly, that the chance that Manu would screw it up outweighed whatever good he is bringing right now (which we all recognize as greatly reduced, at least at the moment). I don't know this, of course. It was just how I perceived it. Manu ALWAYS finishes playoff games. Never not. Until last night.

We'll see going forward. I wouldn't be surprised either way. Manu himself mentioned not that long ago that he's fully aware of his limitations when it comes to closing out games (I translated the article a while back, you can probably look it up).

I think Pop will still play him if our offense stagnates, but that wasn't our problem last night, even though we missed a few shots at the end. We were playing with the lead all the way to the end, and I though defense had to be the focus. Kawhi and Danny gotta be there for that.

[AusEM]

I don't know that I totally agree, ElNono. I think his decision might have been based more on that he didn't trust Manu not to screw it up. Or, to put it more clearly, that the chance that Manu would screw it up outweighed whatever good he is bringing right now (which we all recognize as greatly reduced, at least at the moment). I don't know this, of course. It was just how I perceived it. Manu ALWAYS finishes playoff games. Never not. Until last night.

Actually, he went back in for the last play, so he did finish the playoff game.
I do agree with most posters that keeping him off the court was for the best.
Problem is that if we need Patty or Marco, Manu is still a better defender than TP.
Is there a post with stats about TP/Patty or TP/Marco backourt?

[The Whopper]

You are correct, AusEm, on a technicality. He went in at the end on the free throw shooting team.

[ElNono]

You are correct, AusEm, on a technicality. He went in at the end on the free throw shooting team.

Funnily enough, Duncan was left out (he actually didn't want to look while Kawhi was shooting his freebies, had his back to the court :lol)

[The Whopper]

I think Pop will still play him if our offense stagnates, but that wasn't our problem last night, even though we missed a few shots at the end. We were playing with the lead all the way to the end, and I though defense had to be the focus. Kawhi and Danny gotta be there for that..

Pop is going to play him. He has to. We have two playmaking guards and Pop has to play them or else run the offense through Boris all night. Manu is going to play. What else are we going to do?

It was just surprising to me that after Manu left the game after his usual 3rd-4th quarter stint (where he then rests and comes in to close in the last say 4 minutes) he didn't come back in until free throws in the last few seconds. It was a good call by Pop too. Let's see if Manu has a few games left in the tank.

[ElNono]

Pop is going to play him. He has to. We have two playmaking guards and Pop has to play them or else run the offense through Boris all night. Manu is going to play. What else are we going to do?

It was just surprising to me that after Manu left the game after his usual 3rd-4th quarter stint (where he then rests and comes in to close in the last say 4 minutes) he didn't come back in until free throws in the last few seconds. It was a good call by Pop too. Let's see if Manu has a few games left in the tank.

I think the fact we actually extended the lead at that point (2:00 to go), up to 7, with that Bobo 3 pointer had a lot to do with that. Which is why I thought it was the right call. We didn't need any offensive execution, ball was moving and shots were falling.
But again, we'll see what happens going forward. I personally think this is a series where Danny defending CP3 has to take priority over offensive execution, unless our offense looks like crap.

[DAF86]

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Pop is going to play him. He has to. We have two playmaking guards and Pop has to play them or else run the offense through Boris all night. Manu is going to play. What else are we going to do?

It was just surprising to me that after Manu left the game after his usual 3rd-4th quarter stint (where he then rests and comes in to close in the last say 4 minutes) he didn't come back in until free throws in the last few seconds. It was a good call by Pop too. Let's see if Manu has a few games left in the tank.

No, no it wasn't. With Manu and Patty in there instead of Tony and Green we wouldn't have needed a once in a life-time mistake by Jordan to win the game.