Spurs-Celts Post Game: Now what?

[Brutalis]

-Finley sucks. He just sucks. Should have retired. If you don't agree you haven't been paying any attention this season.

-Manu needs to realize, he is not Jordan. Just take a small step back and we had the game locked up to win.

-Duncan gets the ball down low and just, waits? What for? The defense clamps down quick huh Tim? I know man, it don't help when the other four guys on the team stand there like, "do something Tim!"

-Ime is not a prime time performer. He can hit some shots in a game but during clutch moments he proves he either just can't learn fast enough or doesn't have it in him to be here at all.

To me the rest is just the same crap. They go flat in a matter of seconds and just routinely think teams will not answer? Offense this year is really gross. The 24 second violations. Don't even compare team ppg this year versus another year because this team should be putting up 100 a game. Period folks.

So we have lost to every good team and some bad ones we can this season in bad ways. What now?

I believe come playoff time but these end of the season Spurs look like the wheels are wobbly.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Barry fuckin come back already so we can shut Finley down.

[loveforthegame]

Everyone else is fine. They bring something to the table so you can live with there misakes.

It's just Finley that sucks. If he were on the bench we would have beaten Denver, Phoenix, Detroit, Philly, and Boston tonight.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

the reality is that the spurs lost to a team that is way out of their league.

had allen played, the spurs wouldn't have even been in this one. This was the one game to right the ship and instead it got sunk into oblivion.


at this point, we can focus on the off-season and clear our nursery home of a bench.

[The Nba Is Rigged]

Hey stop moaning, you guys are the best in the west. The championship still goes through San Antonio

[1Parker1]

The funny thing is that loss to the Phoenix Suns seems have to sent the Spurs on a downward spiral. Meanwhile, it's had the opposite affect on the Suns.

[genomefreak13]

Now they need to win... :smokin

[Cant_Be_Faded]

-Kendrick Perkins made Duncan look like a big stinky gaping baby during the third quarter. Duncan played as passively as I've ever seen him during that third quarter. I rarely hate on the big fella, but it was sick, he let his team down in that quarter, hardcore.

-Parker and Ginobili dribbling the shot clock down and waiting till 9 seconds to make a move late in the fourth when we're still up (by 2-4) was a lazy, stupid mistake

-Horry should have made that shot. Every basketball god in the entire universe set up a perfect Horry Scenario, perhaps Big Shot Rob is just a thing of the past.

[Mr. Body]

Ancient players. Failure to re-tool. I agree on Udoka - I like him, but he's not the absolute punch in the arm some expected. He's a good role player, but when we badly need scoring we're counting on graybeards to do the job.

It's wrong to expect Barry to be a savior.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

The funny thing is that loss to the Phoenix Suns seems have to sent the Spurs on a downward spiral. Meanwhile, it's had the opposite affect on the Suns.


I said this exact same thing in the game thread against the sixers.

the previous time we played the suns and won 84-81, we went on a huge tear.

we play phoenix again on april 9th, I believe.


maybe we can win and go on another run? :wtf

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Jesus fucking Christ!! what a bunch of fucking pussies! Just quit and don't post until the offseason is here then you bunch of sorry ass quitters!!

[Twisted_Dawg]

In the last 10 games Finley has shot 23 of 71, or .324. He cannot create any shot any more and he cannot penetrate. The only thing he can do is hang on the arc and shot threes.

It is time Pop pulled him from the starting rotation. Do it Pop. It is do or die time.

[remingtonbo2001]

Jesus fucking Christ!! what a bunch of fucking pussies! Just quit and don't post until the offseason is here then you bunch of sorry ass quitters!!

2nd that!

[Admidave50]

- With Allen, I don't think that Cassell would have played that good with his limited minutes. He was torching us in the first half and kept the Celts in the game.

- Ducan was completely passive in offense

- Double teaming KG at the end of the game was clearly a bad idea as they managed to put a dagger on us each time, I prefer our chances on KG vs Duncan rather leaving 1 guy left for an open jumper!

[Brutalis]

Jesus fucking Christ!! what a bunch of fucking pussies! Just quit and don't post until the offseason is here then you bunch of sorry ass quitters!!
Oh shut the hell up and try reading the actual thread fool.

[1Parker1]

Actually, what's scarier than the Spurs losing again, is just how good this Celtics team is. I'm not so sure anyone can beat them. Their defense is absolutely stifling, their ball movement is great, and for all the nonsense talk about Rondo being the weak-link, he's actually one of the stars on that team. Celtics have a lot of options on the bench, they have 3 all stars and it's going to be difficult for ANY team to stop all 3 or contain them. They have great 3 point shooting.

They're basically the Spurs of previous times...

[Agloco]

In the last 10 games Finley has shot 23 of 71, or .324. He cannot create any shot any more and he cannot penetrate. The only thing he can do is hang on the arc and shot threes.

It is time Pop pulled him from the starting rotation. Do it Pop. It is do or die time.

That stat is just ridiculously pathetic. Combine that with the fact that we're getting nothing from the bench, and you've got what you've got.


On a more ominous note, Mr. Duncan looks truly disinterested/apathetic.........

[baseline bum]

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6610/threadsuckscz9.jpg

[genomefreak13]

Do I need to call crowd control???

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6610/threadsuckscz9.jpg
:lol

[1Parker1]

In the last 10 games Finley has shot 23 of 71, or .324.


:lol I believe Horry's season shooting percentage is .300...

[MaNuMaNiAc]

Oh shut the hell up and try reading the actual thread fool.I've been reading your posts jackass, and you're just about the biggest fucking whinner in this forum. How's that for ya bitch?

[bresilhac]

Jesus fucking Christ!! what a bunch of fucking pussies! Just quit and don't post until the offseason is here then you bunch of sorry ass quitters!!

I agree. So the Spurs aren't human and cannot lose four games in a row? Bullshit. The Spurs can and will bounce back by the end of this week and everything will be fine for them. Barry coming back will only be a bonus.

[polandprzem]

where is my bed?


Ohh right there

seeYa till tommorow


Where the spurs fighting for the playoffs happens

[1Parker1]

I don't get why some Spurs fans get upset when other Spurs fans get pissed at the Spurs losing. This is a forum, what do you expect people to post after the Spurs lose 4 straight in March and drop to the 7th seed? Oh it's ok, Spurs'll be back next year, it's still good to be a Spurs fan, etc. etc? You gotta expect them to vent a little.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I don't get why some Spurs fans get upset when other Spurs fans get pissed at the Spurs losing. This is a forum, what do you expect people to post after the Spurs lose 4 straight in March and drop to the 7th seed? Oh it's ok, Spurs'll be back next year, it's still good to be a Spurs fan, etc. etc? You gotta expect them to vent a little.


for the record, we're still #6 due to us owning the tiebreaker vs dallas (2-1)

but of course, that could all change this sunday at AA arena.

[Brutalis]

I've been reading your posts jackass, and you're just about the biggest fucking whinner in this forum. How's that for ya bitch?
The other thread was a joke you tool. And whinner isn't a word. Seems to me I'm not the only one pissed off tonight huh buddy?

Reload. Try again.

[myhc]

I knew the second Sean Elliot guaranteed the Spurs were going to win after they went up 20 in the 1st quarter that we were going to lose.

[1Parker1]

I knew the second Sean Elliot guaranteed the Spurs were going to win after they went up 20 in the 1st quarter that we were going to lose.


:lol

[Brutalis]

I don't get why some Spurs fans get upset when other Spurs fans get pissed at the Spurs losing. This is a forum, what do you expect people to post after the Spurs lose 4 straight in March and drop to the 7th seed? Oh it's ok, Spurs'll be back next year, it's still good to be a Spurs fan, etc. etc? You gotta expect them to vent a little.
Amen

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

:td

lay off hte players, they can get their shit together...


I do agree that Udoka is a variable at the 2,3 spot, that we didn't have before but all he needs to do is just play smarter come playoff time. Hopefully he has it. If not, let's hope Barry replaces him and Bowen can play the amount of time he played last post-season.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

didn't elliot also say "it's good!" when Horry shot the final 3 pointer?

ugh

[Brutalis]

Sean is a fan. It shows.

[manufor3]

god some people on this forum (not all) are mentally retarded and whine and moan every time we lose a freakin game. my god...

[MaNuMaNiAc]

I don't get why some Spurs fans get upset when other Spurs fans get pissed at the Spurs losing. This is a forum, what do you expect people to post after the Spurs lose 4 straight in March and drop to the 7th seed? Oh it's ok, Spurs'll be back next year, it's still good to be a Spurs fan, etc. etc? You gotta expect them to vent a little.
well I'm venting about their venting. Can I do that?

[SenorSpur]

-Kendrick Perkins made Duncan look like a big stinky gaping baby during the third quarter. Duncan played as passively as I've ever seen him during that third quarter. I rarely hate on the big fella, but it was sick, he let his team down in that quarter, hardcore.

While we're at it, let's not forget the fine job Big Baby did on Duncan in the previous meeting in Boston back in Feb. That makes 2 straight games versus the Celtics that Duncan was rendered "ineffective".

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I knew the second Sean Elliot guaranteed the Spurs were going to win after they went up 20 in the 1st quarter that we were going to lose.
I thought it was pretty ballsy of him to say that at the beginning of the game but didn't think much about his comment. It's the frickin' first quarter against the best team in the league, you don't say they're going to win with 36 minutes left!

:bang seriously, the guy should know better. The basketball gods made us paywith that potential And-1 that spun around forever then rolled out, at the end for Manu? That would have made all the difference between an overtime game and a loss, since we had a time out.

[bresilhac]

I don't get why some Spurs fans get upset when other Spurs fans get pissed at the Spurs losing. This is a forum, what do you expect people to post after the Spurs lose 4 straight in March and drop to the 7th seed? Oh it's ok, Spurs'll be back next year, it's still good to be a Spurs fan, etc. etc? You gotta expect them to vent a little.

Actually you're right. But what I don't like is people coming on here and chastising certain players because they've missed a few shots. And then there are those who write the team off completely because they've hit a slump. Udoka, Horry and Fin are on this team for a reason. And that's to fill their respective rolls by supporting the big three. During the playoffs when these and other players are contributing as they should some of the comments on here will sound very stupid.

[Brutalis]

While we're at it, let's not forget the fine job Big Baby did on Duncan in the previous meeting in Boston back in Feb. That makes 2 straight games versus the Celtics that Duncan was rendered "ineffective".
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[Capt Bringdown]

Give the game ball to the 98 year old Sam Cassell, and look forward to seeing another former Rocket collect another championship trophy this year.

Celts played with a grit, determination and sense of team that used to belong to the Spurs. You gotta admire the way their role players hit huge shots tonite, and the way the Celts seem to enjoy playing with each other.

Spurs look shell-shocked and in disarray.

[SenorSpur]

Actually, what's scarier than the Spurs losing again, is just how good this Celtics team is. I'm not so sure anyone can beat them. Their defense is absolutely stifling, their ball movement is great, and for all the nonsense talk about Rondo being the weak-link, he's actually one of the stars on that team. Celtics have a lot of options on the bench, they have 3 all stars and it's going to be difficult for ANY team to stop all 3 or contain them. They have great 3 point shooting.

They're basically the Spurs of previous times...

As someone who attended the game up close in Boston back in Feb and watching this game tonight, I can confirm the Celtics defense is absolutely smothering. They are indeed an astonishingly superior defensive team. Stats don't lie.

[1Parker1]

well I'm venting about their venting. Can I do that?


Sure you can vent. But, I don't get why you expect or want other posters to stop posting and think many Spurs fans are "Quitting" on the team, when all they're doing is bitching after a loss. Which is typical. :lol

[SenorSpur]

I thought it was pretty ballsy of him to say that at the beginning of the game but didn't think much about his comment. It's the frickin' first quarter against the best team in the league, you don't say they're going to win with 36 minutes left!

I heard it too, but let's get real. It's not Sean's fault. His comment had nothing to do with why the Spurs lost this game. The Spurs simply didn't maintain their superior level of play and their intensity through the 2nd half. Also, the Celtics had a lot to do the the way the Spurs were dismantled in the 2nd half.

[Agloco]

I thought it was pretty ballsy of him to say that at the beginning of the game but didn't think much about his comment. It's the frickin' first quarter against the best team in the league, you don't say they're going to win with 36 minutes left!

:bang seriously, the guy should know better. The basketball gods made us paywith that potential And-1 that spun around forever then rolled out, at the end for Manu? That would have made all the difference between an overtime game and a loss, since we had a time out.


Are the Spurs a contender or not? Sean wasn't exactly going out on a limb by saying they were going to win, not with them being up 20 in their own building.


Under those circumstances you should win............if you're a contender that is.

[SenorSpur]

Give the game ball to the 98 year old Sam Cassell, and look forward to seeing another former Rocket collect another championship trophy this year.

Celts played with a grit, determination and sense of team that used to belong to the Spurs. You gotta admire the way their role players hit huge shots tonite, and the way the Celts seem to enjoy playing with each other.

Spurs look shell-shocked and in disarray.

What an acquisition Cassell was for this team. However, Rondo is REAL, REAL good. As someone stated earlier, he's certainly not the weak link folks had been proclaiming earlier in the season.

[1Parker1]

Actually you're right. But what I don't like is people coming on here and chastising certain players because they've missed a few shots. And then there are those who write the team off completely because they've hit a slump. Udoka, Horry and Fin are on this team for a reason. And that's to fill their respective rolls by supporting the big three. During the playoffs when these and other players are contributing as they should some of the comments on here will sound very stupid.


Well, though I'm not yet ready to write off the Spurs completely (though they are making it very hard not to :madrun), I don't think for a second that Horry and Finley and Udoka are going to come through for us in the playoffs this season as in the past. I hope I'm wrong, but this "slump" that Finley and Horry especially are in is reaching record levels and it's not like it's been just for a few games. I don't mind them missing shots, it's their defense, lack of aggression that's hurting me. Finley isn't doing ANYTHING for this team and Pop is starting him again. :pctoss

[J_Paco]

Actually you're right. But what I don't like is people coming on here and chastising certain players because they've missed a few shots. And then there are those who write the team off completely because they've hit a slump. Udoka, Horry and Fin are on this team for a reason. And that's to fill their respective rolls by supporting the big three. During the playoffs when these and other players are contributing as they should some of the comments on here will sound very stupid.

But, you've got realize that eventually the odds will be against us that guys like Finley, Horry and Vaughn will show up or play well. Whatever happens the remainder of this season, the Spurs can't rely on so many older players, because it's catching up to them.

[ploto]

Now what?

First and foremost, Pop has got to settle on a line-up and a rotation. Period. Moving Finley and Oberto and Manu and Kurt in and out of the starting line up is getting very old. I told people a couple of months ago- it is 2006 all over again.

Second, the team needs to remember that Duncan- and Duncan alone is the Superstar. Not Manu and not Tony going one and one and trying to be the big cheese.

Third, sharing the ball on offense and trusting each other on defense are the things that seem to me to be most obviously lacking, and that really tells me even more about the true chemistry of this team.

[ploto]

What an acquisition Cassell was for this team.
The one thing this Boston team was missing was the clutch guy- and they got him in Sam Cassell.

[ElNono]

Actually, what's scarier than the Spurs losing again, is just how good this Celtics team is. I'm not so sure anyone can beat them. Their defense is absolutely stifling, their ball movement is great, and for all the nonsense talk about Rondo being the weak-link, he's actually one of the stars on that team. Celtics have a lot of options on the bench, they have 3 all stars and it's going to be difficult for ANY team to stop all 3 or contain them. They have great 3 point shooting.

They're basically the Spurs of previous times...

You know, not to take anything away from the Celtics or Rondo, but...

TP gets assigned to CP3... Paul lights us up.
TP gets assigned to Rip... Rip flares us up for 25.
TP gets assigned Andre Miller... Miller kills us.
TP gets Rondo... Rondo looks like an All-Star out there...

Do you see a pattern somewhere there?

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Are the Spurs a contender or not? Sean wasn't exactly going out on a limb by saying they were going to win, not with them being up 20 in their own building.


Under those circumstances you should win............if you're a contender that is.
Yeah but it's an NBA game.

[1Parker1]

You know, not to take anything away from the Celtics or Rondo, but...

TP gets assigned to CP3... Paul lights us up.
TP gets assigned to Rip... Rip flares us up for 25.
TP gets assigned Andre Miller... Miller kills us.
TP gets Rondo... Rondo looks like an All-Star out there...

Do you see a pattern somewhere there?

Yes, the Spurs team defense sucks right now.

[Brutalis]

These replies are just killing me.

God must hate us.

[Budkin]

Now we go on to repeat. Eat that shit.

[Brutalis]

Now we go on to repeat. Eat that shit.
:wtf

[Cry Havoc]

the reality is that the spurs lost to a team that is way out of their league.

had allen played, the spurs wouldn't have even been in this one. This was the one game to right the ship and instead it got sunk into oblivion.


at this point, we can focus on the off-season and clear our nursery home of a bench.

I really hope you're going for the reverse jinx, because if you aren't, you can feel free to leave. We have enough fair-weather bandwagon fans as it is.

[ploto]

Yes, the Spurs team defense sucks right now.
Tony's defense has regressed this year. I do not know if it is his ankle or a lack of focus on defense, but it is not up to the level it has been at times in the past.

[Princess Pimp]

lol I REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!

[Indazone]

NBA.com said that the Spurs ball movement was good in the first quarter. Then Parker started doing his dribble thing and they said the ball stopped with Parker.

Is Tony Parker a Ball Stopper?

[mojorizen7]

Jesus fucking Christ!! what a bunch of fucking pussies! Just quit and don't post until the offseason is here then you bunch of sorry ass quitters!!
Try this dude (http://www.drugs.com/valium.html) :tu

Your team is slumping at the wrong time for sure but the Spurs have been there before and once every game's start to count and every possession counts the dominance and sense of urgency will come on like a lightswitch.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I really hope you're going for the reverse jinx, because if you aren't, you can feel free to leave. We have enough fair-weather bandwagon fans as it is.


I'm fair-weather because I respected the hell out of the opponent tonight? I saw a potential 2008 championship tonight, it just wasn't the home team.


Whether they'll turn into a championship team for this year in the coming months remains to be soon. As the championship is decided in June and not March.

[urunobili]

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