It only takes on game...

[SpurOutofTownFan]

...one dominating performance to make the Hornets second-guess themselves. If the spurs can deliver a major hammer tomorrow night, they will have shattered most of the Hornets confidence. It can't be a close game. It has to be a thorough defeat.

They need to force Scott to come out of his confort zone, of his working strategy for game 4 and start changing things to counter.

More than Duncan, I really expect Parker going apeshit on these guys.

If Tony delivers in great way maybe the double team on Duncan doesn't work so well anymore, etc. And he will have to adjust. Just deliver a huge blow and take them out of their zone and back to the ground.

[SonOf504]

deliver a huge blow



:p:

[xtremesteven33]

i want to see the big 3 combine for 70 points tommorow.

[DazedAndConfused]

The only reason I have some slight belief that SAS can still pull this out is because NOH is so young. It really does only take one game for the Hornets to start second-guessing themselves. If the Spurs can find a way to win Game 3 convincingly, I think the tide will definitely turn in their favor. Right now the Hornets are playing loose, we will see what they are made of when the pressure is on.

This is where experience matters, this is the time the Spurs can actually be thankful that they are old and experienced. Because only an experienced team could get themselves out of a hole like this.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

The only reason I have some slight belief that SAS can still pull this out is because NOH is so young. It really does only take one game for the Hornets to start second-guessing themselves. If the Spurs can find a way to win Game 3 convincingly, I think the tide will definitely turn in their favor. Right now the Hornets are playing loose, we will see what they are made of when the pressure is on.

This is where experience matters, this is the time the Spurs can actually be thankful that they are old and experienced. Because only an experienced team could get themselves out of a hole like this.

oh man, after bashing you some times for your crappy posts I can see you have outdone yourself on this one and I'm happy we at least concur on this point. You rounded it up much better than me.

[Smirk]

The Mavs crushed us in game 3. We came back and won the next 2.

Quit worrying about "crushing our confidence" or our "inexperience".

Play better than us. The End.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

The Mavs crushed us in game 3. We came back and one the next 2.

Quit worrying about "crushing our confidence" or our "inexperience".

Play better than us. The End.

"Us"

[Smirk]

Slip of the tongue. Hornets.

I hate the us and we stuff too.

[dbreiden83080]

One game and we are back in it for sure. I just don't believe after the Suns series that we are going to go quietly into the night like this.

[Man of Steel]

One game and we are back in it for sure. I just don't believe after the Suns series that we are going to go quietly into the night like this.

Reminds me of Dylan Thomas ....


Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-- Dylan Thomas

[2easy]

When the Hornets win HUGE at home you say "They're supposed to at home.", but if the Spurs win the Hornets will "second guess" themselves. I dont get it.

[DAF86]

...one dominating performance to make the Hornets second-guess themselves. If the spurs can deliver a major hammer tomorrow night, they will have shattered most of the Hornets confidence. It can't be a close game. It has to be a thorough defeat.

They need to force Scott to come out of his confort zone, of his working strategy for game 4 and start changing things to counter.

More than Duncan, I really expect Parker going apeshit on these guys.

If Tony delivers in great way maybe the double team on Duncan doesn't work so well anymore, etc. And he will have to adjust. Just deliver a huge blow and take them out of their zone and back to the ground.

Go ask the Mavs, how this worked for them? If the spurs're going to beat N.O they're going to need to elevate their game 'cause the Hornets aren't going to fold.

[SpursFan0728]

When the Hornets win HUGE at home you say "They're supposed to at home.", but if the Spurs win the Hornets will "second guess" themselves. I dont get it.

just wait and you'll see:flag:

[SpurOutofTownFan]

When the Hornets win HUGE at home you say "They're supposed to at home.", but if the Spurs win the Hornets will "second guess" themselves. I dont get it.

The win has to be convincing enough to create this impact I guess. It has to be something similar to game 3 at phoenix where whatever they tried didn't work.

As a coach this is difficult to counter as so many things don't work you don't know what buttons to push or all of them and so be it.

The fact Scott feels confortable with the current situation is the most important point the Spurs need to take from game 1 and 2. They need to take that away from him and by changing his current game plan, he will start making mistakes.

[td4mvp21]

A blowout wouldn't shatter their confidence. They'd be down about the loss but they would be ready to bounce back in Game 4. What would hurt their confidence is if the Spurs tied the series. That wouldn't shatter it either but it would put a lot more pressure on the Hornets. Let's hope the Spurs can get both at home.

[HarlemHeat37]

honestly, let's just cut down on the "confidence" talk..let's see if the Spurs can win a game 1st..

[boutons_]

yep, the Big Blow will be going 2-2, which still wouldn't steal HCA.

Winning Game5 is the Big Deal. Spurs did it at Auburn Hills, they can do in NO.

To repeat, Spurs have to do it without HCA, very tough.

Go Spurs Go

[jag]

I think spurs fans are just reaching for anything at this point...

it doesnt really matter how the spurs win, how hard they foul chris paul, or who's has the "momentum". All that matters is that we come out and hold home court, period.

It won't matter if we win this next one by 1 pt or 35 pts...cause the hornets are gonna come right out and bring it again for game 4. The spurs just need the win.

[Avitus1]

Time to silence the critics, time to for the champs to shine, time for Spurs to change the series.

[jcrod]

The Mavs crushed us in game 3. We came back and won the next 2.

Quit worrying about "crushing our confidence" or our "inexperience".

Play better than us. The End.

Yep, it didn't bother them when the Mavs did it. NO is too good to have their confidence shaken. Now you win two in a row.....but they still need to win one.

[jcrod]

When the Hornets win HUGE at home you say "They're supposed to at home.", but if the Spurs win the Hornets will "second guess" themselves. I dont get it.

Its called Homerism.

[DazedAndConfused]

Pop might just need to reinvent the lightbulb to turn this series around. The onus will be on him to develop a solid counter to the Hornets swarming defense that has thus far confounded the Spurs. The main problem I see is the Hornets are taking away the bread and butter plays SAS relies on to score the bulk of their points. Forcing the Spurs to hit jumpshots and 3's to beat you will result in a win more often than not.

[td4mvp21]

Pop might just need to reinvent the lightbulb to turn this series around. The onus will be on him to develop a solid counter to the Hornets swarming defense that has thus far confounded the Spurs. The main problem I see is the Hornets are taking away the bread and butter plays SAS relies on to score the bulk of their points. Forcing the Spurs to hit jumpshots and 3's to beat you will result in a win more often than not.

This season, yes. But over the last several seasons (2005-2007), you could do that to the Spurs and they would still win. This season they have been so fucking inconsistent from downtown and the outside. And it's fucking us over so far in this series. It reminds me of 2004.

[Obstructed_View]

The Spurs are going to have to do more than win a game or two at home to expect to put any pressure on New Orleans. The Hornets are for the most part young and dumb and cocky. Just find a way to hold serve and then win one of the two on the road. There are no shortcuts; that's as easy as it can be.

[bigfundamental21]

Time to silence the critics, time to for the champs to shine, time for Spurs to change the series.


Amen, brother!

Let's do this!

:flag:

[bigfundamental21]

Reminds me of Dylan Thomas ....


Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

-- Dylan Thomas


What a fitting poem! Thanks for posting it.

I am ready to see the Spurs rage against the Hornets!

[cjjr72984]

The Mavs crushed us in game 3. We came back and won the next 2.

Quit worrying about "crushing our confidence" or our "inexperience".

Play better than us. The End.

That's it really.....but like one of the Spurs fans admitted, it's homerism and nothing more.

[himat]

I think the Spurs outproducing the Hornets in crunch time could have the same effect too. Remember, the Hornets have blown out the Spurs the first two games. They have not faced the Spurs in a tight playoff game yet. If the Spurs can get back on track and win the next home game (hopefully next 2 home games for Spur fans) winning in crunch time could make the Hornets doubt their down the stretch game plan.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

I think the Spurs outproducing the Hornets in crunch time could have the same effect too. Remember, the Hornets have blown out the Spurs the first two games. They have not faced the Spurs in a tight playoff game yet. If the Spurs can get back on track and win the next home game (hopefully next 2 home games for Spur fans) winning in crunch time could make the Hornets doubt their down the stretch game plan.

I agree and mentioned that in another post. The spurs haven't been able to show the hornets anything in crunch time since they are blown out by then. They need to be up or close and then go kobe on them in the last 2 minutes. I'd still like to have a monster game where nothing they throw at the Spurs works anymore so they'll start making changes to their still comfortable strategy.

By the way, their strategy has worked so far because the Spurs are missing a lot of open looks. Remember first half of game 1 when the Spurs were hitting all those 3s that they looked completely lost for moments. Then we had the hugo situation that finished that.

[Mister Sinister]

Slip of the tongue. Hornets.

I hate the us and we stuff too.
Eh. We don't mind it so much, we use it ourselves, but....y'know. Moderation in all things. :lol Plus, at *least* half the time we use "us" and "we" on this board, we're talking in Venom-speak.

[GinobiliLooms]

on game.

[BonnerDynasty]

Sucks that Pop is too weak to completely pull Finley from this series b/c Finley's feelings would be hurt.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Sucks that Pop is too weak to completely pull Finley from this series b/c Finley's feelings would be hurt.

I have ambivalent feelings about Finley.

[Blackjack]

It won't shock me if the Spurs come back and take this series, but it wont be because the Hornets fold. The Spurs are going to have to find their rythym and outplay the Hornets, because the Hornets are clearly peaking at the wrong time for Spur fans.

I can't help but think back to '03 when the Spurs were a team thought to be a year or two away, and went up against the resident dynasty in the semis. The Spurs were the higher seed, yet the underdog. They also had an M.V.P caliber player(from Wake Forest) who people were saying might be the best to ever play his position, while opening the series with two convincing wins.

Here's hoping this series is more like '04, and not '03.

[Princess Pimp]

The only reason I have some slight belief that SAS can still pull this out is because NOH is so young. It really does only take one game for the Hornets to start second-guessing themselves. If the Spurs can find a way to win Game 3 convincingly, I think the tide will definitely turn in their favor. Right now the Hornets are playing loose, we will see what they are made of when the pressure is on.

This is where experience matters, this is the time the Spurs can actually be thankful that they are old and experienced. Because only an experienced team could get themselves out of a hole like this.


Real teams can get out of these holes, not underachievers that are 0-10 in this situations

[Princess Pimp]

and btw take notes from the Magic game last night.

[loquats]

I think the Spurs outproducing the Hornets in crunch time could have the same effect too. Remember, the Hornets have blown out the Spurs the first two games. They have not faced the Spurs in a tight playoff game yet. If the Spurs can get back on track and win the next home game (hopefully next 2 home games for Spur fans) winning in crunch time could make the Hornets doubt their down the stretch game plan.

Let's see. The Hornets have beaten the Spurs by 25, 24 (in SA), 19, and 18 pts this season. Yet if the Spurs manage just one blow-out victory, the Hornets will hang their heads and doubt themselves?

Classic!

[Princess Pimp]

Let's see. The Hornets have beaten the Spurs by 25, 24 (in SA), 19, and 18 pts this season. Yet if the Spurs manage just one blow-out victory, the Hornets will hang their heads and doubt themselves?

Classic!


Hornets will probably win in another blowout.

Don't listen to this weak spurfan smack...

I'm loving every minute of this series...

[Obstructed_View]

Let's see. The Hornets have beaten the Spurs by 25, 24 (in SA), 19, and 18 pts this season. Yet if the Spurs manage just one blow-out victory, the Hornets will hang their heads and doubt themselves?

Classic!

Yeah, I don't see that happening. The Suns might doubt themselves, but the Hornets don't know any different. You might count on Peja getting the yips, but it's easier just to put Bowen on him and keep him from getting shots off.

[MrChug]

The only reason I believe you is because I was so mesmerized by the asses in your AV. I love asses and legs...especially in stilletto's. Thanks. :)