Manu_Ginobili
03-09-2008, 05:49 PM
before the Game I stated that the Suns were/are desperate for something positive and would insist stronger on winning...I said, If the Spurs would WIN today, the Suns would enter the Playoffs mentally weak, and might lose in the 1st round, depending on who they play!!!
The minute I saw the WHITE shirts on the Road (ZERO WINS FOR THE SPURS ON THE ROAD BY PLAYING WHITE SHIRTS!) I expected that LOSS - also, foolish POP played a 1/2 court game, and we LOST - the problem with Pop is he needs 1-2 games to lose in order to figure out on how to beat teams with new configurations on the floor, so the Spurs' record suffer from that - the only thing Pop needed to do is to watch the last 3 losses of the Suns at home - they were out-hasstled by the other teams, out-runned as well. The Suns are NOT "out of the woods" just yet - if they play NO Hornets or Dallas in the 1st round in the Playoffs, they might lose...THEY GOT A BIG HELP FROM THE REFS TODAY DOWN THE STRETCH - the WAY THE SPURS WERE PLAYING SO POORLY TODAY, the Suns escaped with 2-3 questionable calls:
2:28 min. left - Thomas took a CLEAR charge on Amare - Amare should've been called in his 6th foul, instead he got FTs and remained in the game to win it later on...
Less than 2 min. to go - Manu Ginobili drove to the Basket, and it was HIT by Shaq (for his 6th foul), BUT NO call - this also decided the game right there - instead of getting 2 pts, the Spurs got 2 against them AFTER THAT...
THIS IS YOUR GAME RIGHT THERE...
Tim Duncan, who supposed to be the f. leader of this team, made 2 critical TOs with less than 5 minutes to play, and missed several layups down the stretch(???!!!)...he couldn't make a single shot, but Pop kept going with him - TIM BASICALLY GAVE THE GAME AWAY...The Spurs PLAYED POORLY anyway, they didn't deserve to win today , so we CAN'T blame the Refs - the Suns were at home, and were expected to get help from the refs (especially a payback for last year)....Even though the way the Spurs played (so poorly today!!!), by being held for just 34.9% shooting (JUST TERRIBLE!!!), they still had a chance to win it in the end, however, Popovich needs to increase the tempo BIG TIME next time we play these guys. Also, the bench was simply terrible as well:
...Only 12 pts as Udoka and Oberto gave us something - that's NOT going to be enough to win it ALL - Also Finley, as a starter is just terrible as well - OLD DONKEY - 0-6 from the field today and he was on the floor for 22 minutes??? WHAT A WASTE - I have no idea WHY Bonner didn't play ANY Minutes today??? Vaughn was on the floor only for 0:13 sec, meaning Pop was saving him for tomorrow to guard A. Iverson in a B2B game. The Spurs need to give more minutes to Udoka, they also need Brent Barry badly to comeback and give them some 3s and to spread the floor...Bowen needs to give us some offense the same he did against the Mavs recently - he had only 3 pts today, NOT enough for anything...
Tomorrow's game against the Nuggets is CRITICAL right now - the Nuggets are fighting bad for a playoff spot, and they will PUSH hard tomorrow to beat us again!!! If the Spurs lose tomorrow at home - I see it now 60%/40% chance they might lose again - then, there is a possibility for them to lose 5 in a row because they are going to play against NO and the Pistons away - 2 very tough places to be right now...
Time for Popovich to re-think strategies and go back to basics on what got him to the first place in the West, a place currently reserved for LA LAKERS...
GO MANU!!!
The minute I saw the WHITE shirts on the Road (ZERO WINS FOR THE SPURS ON THE ROAD BY PLAYING WHITE SHIRTS!) I expected that LOSS - also, foolish POP played a 1/2 court game, and we LOST - the problem with Pop is he needs 1-2 games to lose in order to figure out on how to beat teams with new configurations on the floor, so the Spurs' record suffer from that - the only thing Pop needed to do is to watch the last 3 losses of the Suns at home - they were out-hasstled by the other teams, out-runned as well. The Suns are NOT "out of the woods" just yet - if they play NO Hornets or Dallas in the 1st round in the Playoffs, they might lose...THEY GOT A BIG HELP FROM THE REFS TODAY DOWN THE STRETCH - the WAY THE SPURS WERE PLAYING SO POORLY TODAY, the Suns escaped with 2-3 questionable calls:
2:28 min. left - Thomas took a CLEAR charge on Amare - Amare should've been called in his 6th foul, instead he got FTs and remained in the game to win it later on...
Less than 2 min. to go - Manu Ginobili drove to the Basket, and it was HIT by Shaq (for his 6th foul), BUT NO call - this also decided the game right there - instead of getting 2 pts, the Spurs got 2 against them AFTER THAT...
THIS IS YOUR GAME RIGHT THERE...
Tim Duncan, who supposed to be the f. leader of this team, made 2 critical TOs with less than 5 minutes to play, and missed several layups down the stretch(???!!!)...he couldn't make a single shot, but Pop kept going with him - TIM BASICALLY GAVE THE GAME AWAY...The Spurs PLAYED POORLY anyway, they didn't deserve to win today , so we CAN'T blame the Refs - the Suns were at home, and were expected to get help from the refs (especially a payback for last year)....Even though the way the Spurs played (so poorly today!!!), by being held for just 34.9% shooting (JUST TERRIBLE!!!), they still had a chance to win it in the end, however, Popovich needs to increase the tempo BIG TIME next time we play these guys. Also, the bench was simply terrible as well:
...Only 12 pts as Udoka and Oberto gave us something - that's NOT going to be enough to win it ALL - Also Finley, as a starter is just terrible as well - OLD DONKEY - 0-6 from the field today and he was on the floor for 22 minutes??? WHAT A WASTE - I have no idea WHY Bonner didn't play ANY Minutes today??? Vaughn was on the floor only for 0:13 sec, meaning Pop was saving him for tomorrow to guard A. Iverson in a B2B game. The Spurs need to give more minutes to Udoka, they also need Brent Barry badly to comeback and give them some 3s and to spread the floor...Bowen needs to give us some offense the same he did against the Mavs recently - he had only 3 pts today, NOT enough for anything...
Tomorrow's game against the Nuggets is CRITICAL right now - the Nuggets are fighting bad for a playoff spot, and they will PUSH hard tomorrow to beat us again!!! If the Spurs lose tomorrow at home - I see it now 60%/40% chance they might lose again - then, there is a possibility for them to lose 5 in a row because they are going to play against NO and the Pistons away - 2 very tough places to be right now...
Time for Popovich to re-think strategies and go back to basics on what got him to the first place in the West, a place currently reserved for LA LAKERS...
GO MANU!!!