MEMORANDUM TO GINOBILI: WE ONLY NEEDED A 2 POINTER DUMBO.....

[hater]

:pctoss

how many championships is this guy going to cost us??????

[hater]

down 1 with seconds to go and this faggot does a nifty no look pass to a three point bricklayer :lmao

fucking unbelieveable

[MI21]

That was a pretty good play from Manu, but yeah, the floater was there. Not gonna hate, he made a solid play.

[manu2timdynasty]

http://s32.postimg.org/4evpjcic5/IMG_20160502_222539.jpg

[DAF86]

Manu gave it to the open guy. Mills could have easily pumpfaked and shot a wide open midrange jumper.

The guy that really fucked the possesion was Green making an awful pass to Mills instead of making the easy one to Manu.

[in2deep]

I... cant even......

wtf was that?????????????

[hater]

Manu gave it to the open guy. Mills could have easily pumpfaked and shot a wide open midrange shooter.

The guy that really fucked the possesion was Green making an awful pass to Mills insyead of making the easy one to Manu.

we were only down 1 and Mills bricked the entire game.

Ginobili in Chernobylly mode imo

[hater]

holy shit! jusst watched it again. faggot ginobilly chickened out from shooting it to the rim!!!!!

[resistanze]

Manu gave it to the open guy. Mills could have easily pumpfaked and shot a wide open midrange jumper.

The guy that really fucked the possesion was Green making an awful pass to Mills instead of making the easy one to Manu.

This. I'm sorry but they had a breakaway layup. The horrendous ref non-call ended up not being a factor.

It's like getting fouled in soccer @ midfield, but ball deflects to striker for 1 v 1, he misses, then complains about midfield foul.

[DAF86]

we were only down 1 and Mills bricked the entire game.

Ginobili in Chernobylly mode imo

What would you have prefered him to do? Shoot a difficult floater over Adams or force a pass to Kawhi or LA in a crowd?

[itzsoweezee]

Green was the one who fucked up, not Manu

[hater]

This. I'm sorry but they had a breakaway layup. The horrendous ref non-call ended up not being a factor.

It's like getting fouled in soccer @ midfield, but ball deflects to striker for 1 v 1, he misses, then complains about midfield foul.

its like he went full World Cup Messi IMO

[hater]

What would you have prefered him to do? Shoot a difficult floater over Adams or force a pass to Kawhi or LA in a crowd?

you attack the basket 110 times out of 100

Adams was nowhere near him btw

you don't lazily pass it to a 3 point choker

[ElNono]

Manu gave it to the open guy. Mills could have easily pumpfaked and shot a wide open midrange jumper.

The guy that really fucked the possesion was Green making an awful pass to Mills instead of making the easy one to Manu.

Pretty much... agenders gonna agenda though...

[ElNono]

tbh, this thread would've worked much better if Gino got his floater blocked by Adams...

but, can't win them all, tbh

[manu2timdynasty]

What would you have prefered him to do? Shoot a difficult floater over Adams or force a pass to Kawhi or LA in a crowd?

Debating hater is as idiotic as going down on a hooker.

[in2deep]

I..... can't even..... wtf was that last play???????

[hitmanyr2k]

Gino's choice was to shoot a difficult shot over Adams or draw the defense and kick it to Mills. Credit Adams for being able to play Ginobili and make a damn good hustle play to run out at Mills and force a bad shot. Mills should have pumpfaked and gone for the two.

[spurraider21]

argies jump in to defend manu per par :downspin:

[DAF86]

you attack the basket 110 times out of 100

Adams was nowhere near him btw

you don't lazily pass it to a 3 point choker

Then he misses and you would be here bitching about it.

[808]

Dumbo :lol

[hater]

Then he misses and you would be here bitching about it.

if he took that floater and missed I would not bitch about it one bit.

actually I would be bitching about that fucking call.

But Mannu done fucked it up once again. costing us another ship....

[lefty]

I really thought he was going for the 2



WTF

[manu2timdynasty]

http://s32.postimg.org/z6q27bvrp/IMG_20160502_122317.jpg

[hater]

scared of GOAT Adams IMO

[DAF86]

if he took that floater and missed I would not bitch about it one bit.

actually I would be bitching about that fucking call.

But Mannu done fucked it up once again. costing us another ship....

Sure thing son.

[Holden_Caulfield]

Green was the one who fucked up, not Manu
green got the steal...

[PopTheGOAT]

you attack the basket 110 times out of 100

Adams was nowhere near him btw

you don't lazily pass it to a 3 point choker
Adams was right in front of him and would've blocked his shot. He made an instinctive play to an open man. The problem was Patty was in the game.

[hater]

Adams was right in front of him and would've blocked his shot. He made an instinctive play to an open man. The problem was Patty was in the game.

a floater or attack the basket hard. He chickened out

[hitmanyr2k]

green got the steal...

And then panicked and made a shitty pass that lead Patty out of bounds :lol

[Holden_Caulfield]

And then panicked and made a shitty pass that lead Patty out of bounds :lol
and yet we still had a chance to win. if there was anyone to blame in the end its not danny tbh

[hater]

And then panicked and made a shitty pass that lead Patty out of bounds :lol

if Danny panicked what did Manure do? shit his pants?

[hitmanyr2k]

if Danny panicked what did Manure do? shit his pants?

No, he drove, drew the defense and hit the open man. It's a basic basketball play that's been done for decades.

[hater]

No, he drove, drew the defense and hit the open man. It's a basic basketball play that's been done for decades.

:lol he didn't drive. he nifty passed it to a bricklayer at the 3pt line :lol

[DAF86]

green got the steal...

So? He was the one that fucked the 3 on 1. With your reasoning Manu's pressure on the inbound was what caused the chance of getting a steal, tbh.

[Chris]

2006 all over again :cry

[hitmanyr2k]

:lol he didn't drive. he nifty passed it to a bricklayer at the 3pt line :lol

If Mills is such a bricklayer then what was he doing in the game? lol. Danny Green has been a bricklayer all season but he's hitting shots now. You always give your shooter a chance.

[DMC]

No fuck all this shit. Spurs lost the game in the first quarter. You don't let the fucking opposing team come out on your home floor and drop you down 14 points before the six-minute mark.

[Wildcat67]

Gino's choice was to shoot a difficult shot over Adams or draw the defense and kick it to Mills. Credit Adams for being able to play Ginobili and make a damn good hustle play to run out at Mills and force a bad shot. Mills should have pumpfaked and gone for the two.

Patty should have pumped and then jumped into Adams. Also I agree Green was the one at fault for throwing a super slow high lob which gave the defense time to get back. Should have been an easy layup. Even if he threw a lob if he would of at least thrown it towards the rim that would be something.

[Budkin]

2006 all over again :cry

It's Game 2 and we didn't have the lead.

[Holden_Caulfield]

So? He was the one that fucked the 3 on 1. With your reasoning Manu's pressure on the inbound was what caused the chance of getting a steal, tbh.
youre expecting a playmaker danny? :lmao i was glad he got the steal and didnt turn it over.

[313]

If that would've been Parker that Danny passed it to and not mills, we would've walked away with a W

[spurraider21]

No fuck all this shit. Spurs lost the game in the first quarter. You don't let the fucking opposing team come out on your home floor and drop you down 14 points before the six-minute mark.
https://i.gyazo.com/b649cfe69e0be1421350068aa5c54fb0.png

[Mnky]

More on Patty. Had a big closing on him full speed, could have got a foul easily with a pump. Partty also had an open green to pass. He had much more time than he thought.

Gino made a good play.

[313]

If Mills is such a bricklayer then what was he doing in the game? lol. Danny Green has been a bricklayer all season but he's hitting shots now. You always give your shooter a chance.
We only needed a two. Our closer(MVParker) should've been in the game.

[DAF86]

youre expecting a playmaker danny? :lmao i was glad he got the steal and didnt turn it over.

No, I was expecting a "make a simple easy pass" danny, tbh. He tried the riskier pass instead of the easier and more effecrive one. Hence, he fucked the play up. Danny makes that pass to Manu and instead of this thread we would have one praising Manu for the inbound pressure and winning layup.

[hommeaetage]

There are so many things wrong i don't even know where to start. For a veteran team not to be able to finish there is inexcusable

[Trainwreck2100]

fucking churnobily :bang

[Holden_Caulfield]

No, I was ecpecting a "make a simple easy pass" danny, tbh. He tried the riskier pass instead of the easier and more effecrive one. Hence, he fucked the play up. Danny makes that pass to Manu and instead of this thread we woyld have one praiainf Manu for the inbound pressure and winning layup.
just saw the replay, adams was there to contest on either mills or manu. but yeah i wouldnt blame danny. we had a timeout i think. we couldve set up a play for LA

[DAF86]

just saw the replay, adams was there to contest on either mills or manu. but yeah i wouldnt blame danny. we had a timeout i think. we couldve set up a play for LA

Adams was flat footed and Manu was coming full head of steam. Adams had no chance of stopping Manu if Danny gives him the ball there. We probably get an and1.

[spurraider21]

It's hard to keep up so we'll just have all the playerfan deflection threads here

Dabom deflections

Kawhi +11, Boban +6, Patty +15 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260102)We got the lead with Boban out there (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260107)

ElNono deflections

NBA will send a memo tomorrow saying Waiters fouled Gino... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260084)Kawhi can't get a pass for this performance, tbh... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256757)Kawhi bricking two freethrows in the 1st half... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256757)

[ElNono]

NBA will send a memo tomorrow saying Waiters fouled Gino... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260084)Kawhi can't get a pass for this performance, tbh... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256757)Kawhi bricking two freethrows in the 1st half... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256757)

Got a warning from the mods :wow... gotta chill out

[tim_duncan_fan]

Ginobili was being a dumbass tonight.

Anytime you see Ginobili pass the ball to an area containing nothing but the other team, which happened multiple times tonight, you should just take his ass out. It's not 2004 anymore. He can't make up for his stupid shit so instead of being some silly stuff that happens on the way to a win it's just stupid shit that sticks out worse in a loss. Idk to be fucking cute all the time. Just make the smart play.

As for his pass to Patty, eh) he should have gone hard to the basket, but when he did do his little Ginobili cute shit, Patty should have attacked the basket.

Bottomline, the Spurs choked where Curry would have just made a floater in Ginobili's place, and if he did pass it off, Thompson would have just hit the three, even if they only needed two.

That's the difference between being fearless, talented and hungry and being old and panicky.

Oh well.

I give the Thunder 65% probability to win this series just because the Spurs lose their nuts against any team that plays aggressive or attacks the basket.

[ElNono]

Ginobili was being a dumbass tonight.

Anytime you see Ginobili pass the ball to an area containing nothing but the other team, which happened multiple times tonight, you should just take his ass out. It's not 2004 anymore. He can't make up for his stupid shit so instead of being some silly stuff that happens on the way to a win it's just stupid shit that sticks out worse in a loss. Idk to be fucking cute all the time. Just make the smart play.

As for his pass to Patty, eh) he should have gone hard to the basket, but when he did do his little Ginobili cute shit, Patty should have attacked the basket.

Bottomline, the Spurs choked where Curry would have just made a floater in Ginobili's place, and if he did pass it off, Thompson would have just hit the three, even if they only needed two.

That's the difference between being fearless, talented and hungry and being old and panicky.

Oh well.

I give the Thunder 65% probability to win this series just because the Spurs lose their nuts against any team that plays aggressive or attacks the basket.

I thought Manu was one of the better Spurs tonight (outside the fact that Pop put him on Westbrook in the 1st half).

[siraulo23]

This. I'm sorry but they had a breakaway layup. The horrendous ref non-call ended up not being a factor.

It's like getting fouled in soccer @ midfield, but ball deflects to striker for 1 v 1, he misses, then complains about midfield foul.

This

I thought webber overreacted to the non call, the spurs had a layup to win the game but passed it out. It was a great look from Mills but he couldnt hit the shot

[Budkin]

Ginobili was being a dumbass tonight.

Anytime you see Ginobili pass the ball to an area containing nothing but the other team, which happened multiple times tonight, you should just take his ass out. It's not 2004 anymore. He can't make up for his stupid shit so instead of being some silly stuff that happens on the way to a win it's just stupid shit that sticks out worse in a loss. Idk to be fucking cute all the time. Just make the smart play.

As for his pass to Patty, eh) he should have gone hard to the basket, but when he did do his little Ginobili cute shit, Patty should have attacked the basket.

Bottomline, the Spurs choked where Curry would have just made a floater in Ginobili's place, and if he did pass it off, Thompson would have just hit the three, even if they only needed two.

That's the difference between being fearless, talented and hungry and being old and panicky.

Oh well.

I give the Thunder 65% probability to win this series just because the Spurs lose their nuts against any team that plays aggressive or attacks the basket.

65% chance? :lol you are out of your mind.

[DAF86]

It's hard to keep up so we'll just have all the playerfan deflection threads here

Dabom deflections

Kawhi +11, Boban +6, Patty +15 (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260102)We got the lead with Boban out there (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260107)

ElNono deflections

NBA will send a memo tomorrow saying Waiters fouled Gino... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=260084)Kawhi can't get a pass for this performance, tbh... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256757)Kawhi bricking two freethrows in the 1st half... (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=256757)

What deflection are you talking about? Are you really with hater on this shit? I thought you were semi-intelligent, tbh.

[james evans]

we'll win game 3. We played horrible and loss by 1. WE WILL WIN GAME 3 and u guys that like to overreact will be celebrating. .

[DAF86]

Ginobili was being a dumbass tonight.

anytime you see Ginobili pass the ball to an area containing nothing but the other team, which happened multiple times tonight, you should just take his ass out. It's not 2004 anymore. He can't make up for his stupid shit so instead of being some silly stuff that happens on the way to a win it's just stupid shit that sticks out worse in a loss. Idk to be fucking cute all the time. Just make the smart play.

As for his pass to Patty, eh) he should have gone hard to the basket, but when he did do his little Ginobili cute shit, Patty should have attacked the basket.

Bottomline, the Spurs choked where Curry would have just made a floater in Ginobili's place, and if he did pass it off, Thompson would have just hit the three, even if they only needed two.

That's the difference between being fearless, talented and hungry and being old and panicky.

Oh well.

I give the Thunder 65% probability to win this series just because the Spurs lose their nuts against any team that plays aggressive or attacks the basket.

Those multiple times tonight being 2 :lol

39 yeard old fart scored 11 pts on 5/8 shooting (third highest scorer) and even gave the Spurs a chance to win the game with his inbound pressure, yet folks are trying to blame him for the loss :lol

Danny makes the pass he has to make and Manu would have actually won the game. At 39 years old. In 22 minutes. After spending the entire 4th in the bench while others where shitting the bed. And you still find ways to spin this shit against him :lol

[tim_duncan_fan]

65% chance? :lol you are out of your mind.

LA went out of his fucking mind but that only kept us close.

You're being foolish if you don't see red flags.

This damn team needs some toughness. Only our team WOULDN'T attack the basket there at the end.

I don't like the gay word, but that last sequence was sissified, finesse bullshit and we deserved to lose for our weak mentality in the moment.

That weakness, combined with a tolerance for stupidity to match OKC's, is what gives the other team the better chance to win.

It's the same dumb shit that cost us 2013:

Oh Tim, you had to finesse over Shaun Battier? Well that's just too bad. "You get nothing! You lose! Good day sir!"

[spurraider21]

What deflection are you talking about? Are you really with hater (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=7609) on this shit? I thought you were semi-intelligent, tbh.
no, i'm actually ok with criticizing even my favorite players without having to bring up ":cry but (insert player) also played bad! :cry"

manu played a good game but made a pretty poor decision with the game on the line. patty choked (not that he missed, but he completely whiffed. got the yips). leonard was pretty off offensively for most of the game except during the comeback run, and he took some poor shots late with aldridge cooking. duncan was dysfunctional offensively and wasn't even protecting the rim. the only thing he did well was rebound.

there are a lot of posters/fans who refuse to assign any blame to their favorite player and instead just start threads about everybody and everything else

[resistanze]

They were all terrible in that sequence. First of all, they were better off just calling a timeout as clearly they had no concept of time left.
- Green with a shitty floating pass to Mills
- Manu should've really gone up in the paint
- Mills should've pump faked for a wide open shot

All terrible.

[TheDoctor]

Tomorrow's NBA press release gonna be interesting.

Manu stepping on the line --> Under that scnerario I believe isn't a tech but a delay of game.
DWaiters pushing Manu --> Offensive foul.
DWaiters jumping to inbound --> Ilegal.

[ElNono]

I don't even trust Manu to go to the rack in that situation at this point in his career, tbh... but, as I said in another thread, not really worried.

The red flags for me are Pop going senile for stretches and how badly we missed a good game from Kawhi... I think they're things we can recover from...

[DAF86]

no, i'm actually ok with criticizing even my favorite players without having to bring up ":cry but (insert player) also played bad! :cry"

manu played a good game but made a pretty poor decision with the game on the line. patty choked (not that he missed, but he completely whiffed. got the yips). leonard was pretty off offensively for most of the game except during the comeback run, and he took some poor shots late with aldridge cooking. duncan was dysfunctional offensively and wasn't even protecting the rim. the only thing he did well was rebound.

there are a lot of posters/fans who refuse to assign any blame to their favorite player and instead just start threads about everybody and everything else

I'm ok with criticizing my favourite players too. Again, go check my posting history, you will find a lot of "get Manu the fuck up", "Manu sucked balls today" and posts like that.

Tonight he doesn't deserve any shit. Not for this particular play, nor for his overall game.

You should stop trying to pre-judging me just 'cause you see the Argie flag on the side.

[Sean Cagney]

No fuck all this shit. Spurs lost the game in the first quarter. You don't let the fucking opposing team come out on your home floor and drop you down 14 points before the six-minute mark.

^^^^^^^^

[spurraider21]

im not prejudging you, you're making my point for me. "he doesn't deserve any shit. not for this particular play..."

[ElNono]

no, i'm actually ok with criticizing even my favorite players without having to bring up ":cry but (insert player) also played bad! :cry"

manu played a good game but made a pretty poor decision with the game on the line. patty choked (not that he missed, but he completely whiffed. got the yips). leonard was pretty off offensively for most of the game except during the comeback run, and he took some poor shots late with aldridge cooking. duncan was dysfunctional offensively and wasn't even protecting the rim. the only thing he did well was rebound.

there are a lot of posters/fans who refuse to assign any blame to their favorite player and instead just start threads about everybody and everything else

But a player that does have a lot more weight than Manu at this point in time did also play badly. I'm not surprised if a 38 year old Manu decides to pass up on a floater over 7 footers. You can opine that's giving Manu a pass, and that's fine.

That not mutually exclusive with actually pointing out that another guy had a bad night. It's not deflection if that's exactly what happened.

[Budkin]

That was a microcosm of the Spurs crunch time execution this season.

[dabom]

Manu also threw a fucking toss instead of a pass. :lmao

[DAF86]

im not prejudging you, you're making my point for me. "he doesn't deserve any shit. not for this particular play..."

He doesn't. He attacked the paint and thought he wasn't able to get the shot off over Adams (he explained that postgame) so he passed it to the man that was the most open.

The main fault there goes to Danny for fucking up a 3 on 1. Then, a little less faulty but still pretty bad, Patty for rushing that shot. And then I guess you could make a case against Manu, but a really poor one 'cause, like a said, he made the smart play. Gather the attention and pass it to the open man when he thought he wasn't going to get a good shot at the rim.

[Keepin' it real]

Wow its refreshing to see a word choice like dumbo instead of the usual Spurstalk filth.

[hater]

Manu also threw a fucking toss instead of a pass. :lmao

Yeah. It was a lazy pass like playing hot potato. Sickening

[BillMc]

I thought Manu was one of the better Spurs tonight (outside the fact that Pop put him on Westbrook in the 1st half).

I agree but that list isn't very long.

[kaji157]

I don´t get what some delusional posters are talking about here, it might be a scream for deflection if you think Ginobili should have taken this shot.
http://i67.tinypic.com/24340w4.jpg
Instead of the one he gave to mills, which was pretty fucking open.

If some posters do think Ginobili should have taken that shot then they should make a thread on how they would love Manu to take contested running floaters moving sidelines towards the rim and i would fucking laugh at it.

The play was correct, Ginobili was the only one doping the smart thing to do on that play because Green, makes a bad desition and a bad pass (the pass to mills should have been bounce and faster, or ball to Ginobili to create a 2 on 1 at the rim), then Mills gives Ginobili a shitty pass when manu was set to shoot, he has to go back to receive mills, and then Mills shots like shit.

If anyone is to blame is the team for playing so shitty all game long, but not Manu and not Aldridge individually, they were our best players.

Our Superstar played like shit, 15 million dollar man, played like shit and Duncan also, but Tim gets a pass caouse the team should not be relying on him nor Manu.

[spurraider21]

he didnt have to go right at the rim. has manu never taken a step back jumper from free throw line distance? i think he had a shot and didnt take it. im not doubting his competitiveness, i just think he made the play more complicated than it had to be. it was a 1 point game, there wasn't an advantage to taking a 3 over a 2

[pgardn]

I don´t get what some delusional posters are talking about here, it might be a scream for deflection if you think Ginobili should have taken this shot.
http://i67.tinypic.com/24340w4.jpg
Instead of the one he gave to mills, which was pretty fucking open.

If some posters do think Ginobili should have taken that shot then they should make a thread on how they would love Manu to take contested running floaters moving sidelines towards the rim and i would fucking laugh at it.

The play was correct, Ginobili was the only one doping the smart thing to do on that play because Green, makes a bad desition and a bad pass (the pass to mills should have been bounce and faster, or ball to Ginobili to create a 2 on 1 at the rim), then Mills gives Ginobili a shitty pass when manu was set to shoot, he has to go back to receive mills, and then Mills shots like shit.

If anyone is to blame is the team for playing so shitty all game long, but not Manu and not Aldridge individually, they were our best players.

Our Superstar played like shit, 15 million dollar man, played like shit and Duncan also, but Tim gets a pass caouse the team should not be relying on him nor Manu.

Mills takes a shot fake there...
The Spurs work on this relentlessly but it did not enter Pattys brain

[kaji157]

he didnt have to go right at the rim. has manu never taken a step back jumper from free throw line distance? i think he had a shot and didnt take it. im not doubting his competitiveness, i just think he made the play more complicated than it had to be. it was a 1 point game, there wasn't an advantage to taking a 3 over a 2

No he wasnt, check the replay, receives the ball with westbrook on him (i would not like manu to shoot over westbrook), shakes him and goes inside, Kawhi idiotically clogs the paint, bringing another defender with him, along with Adams which steps up to help Westbrook instantly as Manu shakes him. Had Manu taken a step back jumper, not only very difficult, it would have been blocked by westbrook who was right behind him.

I´ll post you the moment where manu could have taken a step back, more than a step back a running off balance jumper.

Here it is.
http://i67.tinypic.com/30bmw5u.png

[spurraider21]

i dont need a still picture, i saw the play. ginobili was dribbling from the corner towards the free throw line. he could have taken a step back jumper instead of curling towards the rim and throwing that hook pass. kawhi was already in the paint when manu started his drive. you're just making stuff up

https://i.gyazo.com/979b7124023260ac2d860b785c74eeb8.gif

[boutons_deux]

Manu had a clear path to the winning dunk, having turned the corner on Adams, and with another Spur blocking out Ibaka.

[hater]

i dont need a still picture, i saw the play. ginobili was dribbling from the corner towards the free throw line. he could have taken a step back jumper instead of curling towards the rim and throwing that hook pass. kawhi was already in the paint when manu started his drive. you're just making stuff up

https://i.gyazo.com/979b7124023260ac2d860b785c74eeb8.gif


A floater woulda worked nicely. I see middle school kids making such shit

Parker woulda easily made that floater. Even Duncan woulda gone for the shot..he woulda missed the lay up :lol but at least he wouldn't have passed it to Mills :lol

[ElNono]

i dont need a still picture, i saw the play. ginobili was dribbling from the corner towards the free throw line. he could have taken a step back jumper instead of curling towards the rim and throwing that hook pass. kawhi was already in the paint when manu started his drive. you're just making stuff up

He misses that "step back jumper" and now we gotta hear Fabbs for a week why he didn't pass to a wide-open Mills. Mills makes that shot and this thread doesn't exist.

The point being, Manu didn't make a bad play. He made a good play and a good decision. You can argue that doing something different was a better play, but by all means, his decision to suck the defense in and buy Patty an open look was a good play.

[SpursforSix]

He misses that "step back jumper" and now we gotta hear Fabbs for a week why he didn't pass to a wide-open Mills. Mills makes that shot and this thread doesn't exist.

The point being, Manu didn't make a bad play. He made a good play and a good decision. You can argue that doing something different was a better play, but by all means, his decision to suck the defense in and buy Patty an open look was a good play.

Yep. In hindsight, Manu should have put it up. But he hit Mills for a decent shot. If Mills knocks it down, we're talking about Manu's greatness. Mills just missed a shot.

Looking at the video again, Adams made a great reaction to Manu's pass. He was headed to Mills almost as soon as Manu lets the ball go.

[Brazil]

I thought Manu was one of the better Spurs tonight (outside the fact that Pop put him on Westbrook in the 1st half).

:lol of course

now Manu is not the reason we lost this game... we lost because we let a bunch of faggots wearing clown shirts and pants in press conference scoring 20 fucking points in 5 mn in our house... disgusting gutless worns tbh

[NameLess Scrub]

They were all terrible in that sequence. First of all, they were better off just calling a timeout as clearly they had no concept of time left.
- Green with a shitty floating pass to Mills
- Manu should've really gone up in the paint
- Mills should've pump faked for a wide open shot

All terrible.

Nice summary.

I lean more towards Manu because I think he had the chance and the experience to finish the play.

How many times have Manu drive, fake a pass, then make the basket?
He had a good chance to either make the lay up off the fake pass or just straight up, or get fouled imho.

He probably just didn't trust his body.

[DJR210]

Shit was crazy, I didn't realize we were out of timeouts.. Also, why the fuck didn't Patty just lay it up and/or try to get fouled?

[Gervin44Silas13]

holy shit! jusst watched it again. faggot ginobilly chickened out from shooting it to the rim!!!!!

Everybody Chickened out in the fucken paint

[Gervin44Silas13]

Shit was crazy, I didn't realize we were out of timeouts.. Also, why the fuck didn't Patty just lay it up and/or try to get fouled?
We had a 20 sec. TO

[Gervin44Silas13]

Patty should have pumped and then jumped into Adams. Also I agree Green was the one at fault for throwing a super slow high lob which gave the defense time to get back. Should have been an easy layup. Even if he threw a lob if he would of at least thrown it towards the rim that would be something.

they were passing lazy and telgraphing every fucken pass

[DJR210]

We had a 20 sec. TO

That's fucking terrible then smh

[DarrinS]

If you play better, you don't need to steal an inbound pass and make a last-second game winning shot

[DAF86]

:lol of course

now Manu is not the reason we lost this game... we lost because we let a bunch of faggots wearing clown shirts and pants in press conference scoring 20 fucking points in 5 mn in our house... disgusting gutless worns tbh

Do you see now why we needed to worry about the Memphis series? If you can't get your offense going (consistently) against a mediocre team in a series with no pressure, don't expect to magically turn it on when the stakes are higher, tbh. On this game only 3 players crossed the double figures mark. Even in last game massacre only 3 players managed to get 10pts or more, there's some serious struggle going on there offensively.

[DAF86]

Manu had a clear path to the winning dunk, having turned the corner on Adams, and with another Spur blocking out Ibaka.

Maybe if this was 2005 son. But this is 2016 and Manu is fucking 40 years old. :lol

[DAF86]

i dont need a still picture, i saw the play. ginobili was dribbling from the corner towards the free throw line. he could have taken a step back jumper instead of curling towards the rim and throwing that hook pass. kawhi was already in the paint when manu started his drive. you're just making stuff up

https://i.gyazo.com/979b7124023260ac2d860b785c74eeb8.gif

So you are asking him to take a step back jumper on that situation (something Manu has never been particulary good at), with plenty of time still on the clock, instead of passing it to a wide open man that had enough time, and space, to take a very comfortable shot? :lol

If Manu would have done what you are asking here then he would have deserved the blame, and I would be here calling it, tbh.

[Brazil]

Do you see now why we needed to worry about the Memphis series? If you can't get your offense going (consistently) against a mediocre team in a series with no pressure, don't expect to magically turn it on when the stakes are higher, tbh. On this game only 3 players crossed the double figures mark. Even in last game massacre only 3 players managed to get 10pts or more, there's some serious struggle going on there offensively.

I honestly don't think this is kinda related to Memphis serie tbh... Game 1 spurs were absolutely fine... this serie does not excuse the first quarter that was pathetic effortless crap, one of worst quarter I've seen this year. This was not about being cold or something but just awful laziness...

[Brazil]

So you are asking him to take a step back jumper on that situation (something Manu has never been particulary good at), with plenty of time still on the clock, instead of passing it to a wide open man that had enough time, and space, to take a very comfortable shot? :lol

If Manu would have done what you are asking here then he would have deserved the blame, and I would be here calling it, tbh.

I agree tbh dat was a clean look for Mills here.... Mills was cold as fuck tho, blame also on Pop imo, I'm fine with benching parker late in the game when Mills is doing great but he was having a bad night tbh and I would certainly have preferred seen Parker taking this one tbh

[DAF86]

I honestly don't think this is kinda related to Memphis serie tbh... Game 1 spurs were absolutely fine... this serie does not excuse the first quarter that was pathetic effortless crap, one of worst quarter I've seen this year. This was not about being cold or something but just awful laziness...

But the offensive problems date form much longer than the Memphis series. Nobody on this team, outside of LA and Leonard, is capable of putting semi-respectable offensive numbers on a consistent basis. And if those two don't go nuts at the same time we have no chance of breaking 100. It's really worrisome.

[Brazil]

But the offensive problems date form much longer than the Memphis series. Nobody on this team, outside of LA and Leonard, is capable of putting semi-respectable offensive numbers on a consistent basis. And if those two don't go nuts at the same time we have no chance of breaking 100. It's really worrisome.

That's indeed the biggest concern, one of those two is cold and Spurs are screwed... we cannot rely on anybody to step up consistently, unfortunately, especially when we don't play at home

[DMC]

https://i.gyazo.com/b649cfe69e0be1421350068aa5c54fb0.png
Yeah Philo, that's a template for future successes. Idiot.

[DMC]

http://swishgeneration.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/tim-duncan-box-score-old.jpg

[itsamanuthree]

Manu's decision was absolutely fine. Just watch the clip, the moment he gets the ball there are already 4 OKC players guarding the paint. Attempting to dribble through them would have been stupid, something Carmelo would do. Manu actually creates an opportunity for the team intelligently drawing all those players and giving Mills the open look.

I agree I don't know why this new more humble Parker I'm beginning to very much appretiate wasn't in there in Mills place. He could've faked, look to draw a foul or just kick it to Green.

Then, as painful as it is to admit, because he made the steal and a couple of key three pointers in the 4th, with 10 seconds after he steals the ball, Green should've given the ball to Manu so that he could pass to Mills from a better angle, or drive to the basket one on one.

Or Pop could've just called a timeout, didn't we have one?

Anyway...

But bitching about Manu in this case is one of two things, butt-hurt hating, which is OP's case, or plain idiocy.

[HankChinaski]

I said it before in another thread. Whether a player is cold or hot you have a open man that is good at hitting the three ball with time you send it his way and play the odds.

[TheDoctor]

I said it before in another thread. Whether a player is cold or hot you have a open man that is good at hitting the three ball with time you send it his way and play the odds.
In that case as soon as Paddy saw Adams flying he needed to kick it to Danny who was as open as possible.

[HankChinaski]

He was open he took the same shot just like he always does. Live with the results and move on.

[Pocho La Pantera]

Op is a faggot, that's the only fact.

[tholdren]

green got the steal...
who cares? he screwed it up and didnt capitalize. Its like the people who oohs and ahhhs the blocks - don't mean anything unless SA scores on the TO. Danny green sucks. thats basically it. To have him in an offensive situation where he makes a decision quickly, or dribbles, always ends up bad. Stick to the dancing.