Amuseddaysleeper
01-15-2006, 06:52 PM
Spurs get cold in winter, but they'll heat up soon
Jan. 15, 2006 12:00 AM
Is it March?
Has the All-Star break passed?
Did the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo clean up the patties and move out of town? advertisement
No, no, no. Well, then, let's not worry about what is wrong with the team comfortably atop the Western Conference.
San Antonio lost two games to half of last year's NBA final four within a six-day span, causing as much consternation in the Alamo City as a fungus in the Riverwalk during tourist season. Coach Gregg Popovich does not help matters, using the win between the losses for his biggest blast.
"I think we showed a total lack of concentration, lack of effort, lack of cohesiveness and lack of leadership, both on the court and from me, the head coach," Popovich told the San Antonio Express-News. "It was disgusting."
Between that and two whippings from the vengeful Pistons, it has become popular to fret that a team one game removed from the 2004-05 world champs' pace is in trouble. San Antonio was booed Thursday at home, where it had just lost for the fifth time in the past 72 home games. Shameful.
Hailed free-agent signees Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel are both shooting less than 40 percent from the field.
Nazr Mohammed is having less impact than a Spurs dancer's jab.
Tim Duncan's plantar fasciitis in his right foot renders him so stiff at times that he looks like he is trying to pivot in 6 inches of mud.
Manu Ginobili still isn't starting as Popovich brings him back slowly and holds onto the outdated idea of Finley playing better as a starter.
Oh, and watch for that falling sky, too.
Here is how this works. Popovich criticizes the team and winds up getting it to be, as he has put it, "more perfect." Duncan guts out an injury until it is time to make sure he is playoff ready. New veterans like Finley and Van Exel eventually find their comfort zone, just as Robert Horry and Brent Barry did.
Most of the Spurs' losses have come with Duncan's foot aching at its worst in the second games of back-to-back sets. San Antonio will never have such a scenario in playoffs that are spread out more than American Idol preliminary rounds.
San Antonio has the best shooting percentage in the league and the lowest opponent shooting percentage. That's a pretty good starting point, considering the Spurs often play bored in the winter and climb the conference's ladder in the spring.
The annual rodeo trip, which has them playing road games from Jan. 28 to Feb. 15, is usually the time that the Spurs cowboy up.
San Antonio fans can stew on one point. Game 7 will be in Detroit this time.
so all you fans that are bitching and complaining about the Spurs this time of year and already handing out the rings in january need to STFU! :flipoff
Jan. 15, 2006 12:00 AM
Is it March?
Has the All-Star break passed?
Did the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo clean up the patties and move out of town? advertisement
No, no, no. Well, then, let's not worry about what is wrong with the team comfortably atop the Western Conference.
San Antonio lost two games to half of last year's NBA final four within a six-day span, causing as much consternation in the Alamo City as a fungus in the Riverwalk during tourist season. Coach Gregg Popovich does not help matters, using the win between the losses for his biggest blast.
"I think we showed a total lack of concentration, lack of effort, lack of cohesiveness and lack of leadership, both on the court and from me, the head coach," Popovich told the San Antonio Express-News. "It was disgusting."
Between that and two whippings from the vengeful Pistons, it has become popular to fret that a team one game removed from the 2004-05 world champs' pace is in trouble. San Antonio was booed Thursday at home, where it had just lost for the fifth time in the past 72 home games. Shameful.
Hailed free-agent signees Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel are both shooting less than 40 percent from the field.
Nazr Mohammed is having less impact than a Spurs dancer's jab.
Tim Duncan's plantar fasciitis in his right foot renders him so stiff at times that he looks like he is trying to pivot in 6 inches of mud.
Manu Ginobili still isn't starting as Popovich brings him back slowly and holds onto the outdated idea of Finley playing better as a starter.
Oh, and watch for that falling sky, too.
Here is how this works. Popovich criticizes the team and winds up getting it to be, as he has put it, "more perfect." Duncan guts out an injury until it is time to make sure he is playoff ready. New veterans like Finley and Van Exel eventually find their comfort zone, just as Robert Horry and Brent Barry did.
Most of the Spurs' losses have come with Duncan's foot aching at its worst in the second games of back-to-back sets. San Antonio will never have such a scenario in playoffs that are spread out more than American Idol preliminary rounds.
San Antonio has the best shooting percentage in the league and the lowest opponent shooting percentage. That's a pretty good starting point, considering the Spurs often play bored in the winter and climb the conference's ladder in the spring.
The annual rodeo trip, which has them playing road games from Jan. 28 to Feb. 15, is usually the time that the Spurs cowboy up.
San Antonio fans can stew on one point. Game 7 will be in Detroit this time.
so all you fans that are bitching and complaining about the Spurs this time of year and already handing out the rings in january need to STFU! :flipoff