ducks
04-18-2007, 06:34 PM
TP Interview about Duncan ejection...
http://www.tp9.net/en/itw.php?id=175
Tony, San Antonio is still looking towards the playoffs…
With our loss in Dallas, we cannot catch up with Phoenix in the second place of the Western Conference. Pop thus decided to rest some of us (Ginobili and Duncan) in the game against Memphis. This loss in Memphis means nothing. Now, in order to keep our rhythm we shall see the full team for the last game of the season against Denver, our first round opponent. I do not know how Pop plans on handling the game.
On Sunday you’ve lost in Dallas, 91-86. Before talking about Duncan’s ejection, what did you think about this game ?
We should have won this game but I must speak about Tim. It is too bad that the referee took this bizarre decision. It is the first time in my career that I see a player being ejected because he laughed on the bench. I was laughing with him and Horry. I still cannot get over it. The result was that we’ve played the entire fourth quarter without our best player. The game was truncated.
In which state of mind did you play this game ?
On paper it was a good opposition a week from the playoffs but we wished not to show too much of our game. It was a good practice with a lot of intensity. Of course we would have liked to leave with a win especially since we’ve led for a while. We still had a two points lead with three minutes to go.
In the last minute, Manu Ginobili lost a very important ball. What were Pop’s decisions for handling this ball ?
I will surprise you but there was none. It was out of the question to give Dallas a glimpse of our systems for handling the last seconds of games. We keep everything for the playoffs. I am now eager to be on Sunday and to play our first game against Denver. The season is long and it is now time for playoffs to start.
http://www.tp9.net/en/itw.php?id=175
Tony, San Antonio is still looking towards the playoffs…
With our loss in Dallas, we cannot catch up with Phoenix in the second place of the Western Conference. Pop thus decided to rest some of us (Ginobili and Duncan) in the game against Memphis. This loss in Memphis means nothing. Now, in order to keep our rhythm we shall see the full team for the last game of the season against Denver, our first round opponent. I do not know how Pop plans on handling the game.
On Sunday you’ve lost in Dallas, 91-86. Before talking about Duncan’s ejection, what did you think about this game ?
We should have won this game but I must speak about Tim. It is too bad that the referee took this bizarre decision. It is the first time in my career that I see a player being ejected because he laughed on the bench. I was laughing with him and Horry. I still cannot get over it. The result was that we’ve played the entire fourth quarter without our best player. The game was truncated.
In which state of mind did you play this game ?
On paper it was a good opposition a week from the playoffs but we wished not to show too much of our game. It was a good practice with a lot of intensity. Of course we would have liked to leave with a win especially since we’ve led for a while. We still had a two points lead with three minutes to go.
In the last minute, Manu Ginobili lost a very important ball. What were Pop’s decisions for handling this ball ?
I will surprise you but there was none. It was out of the question to give Dallas a glimpse of our systems for handling the last seconds of games. We keep everything for the playoffs. I am now eager to be on Sunday and to play our first game against Denver. The season is long and it is now time for playoffs to start.