Pansy ass four down in OT? Fucking Pop....

So let me get this straight, your ice water in the veins 2 guard goes off for 20 points in the second half, including a three that even got you to OT, and you run one fucking play for him all of overtime?

You run a play for *Finley* out of a timeout and make #20 stand on the far end of the court?

You're a fucking idiot and you deserved to lose.

And wipe that smirk off your fucking face when you were congratulating Avery, this is the playoffs damnit.

(it was really good to be back from Belize until I watched that bullshit tonight in OT).

Yeah, 4 down hadn't worked in the game.

Yeah, 4down worked out great in OT. You'd think after the first three trips with no buckets, we'd try something else.

Oh, and fuck small ball. The fact that Pop shucked his system to matchup with the Mavs shows even more how bad Avery smoked his dumb ass in this playoff series.

i wish aggy was our coach

Duncan Was Out Of Gas

Man, TD missed some point blank shots. So did Manu, who Pop went to for the go ahead score at the end of regulation.

While I won't be as hard on Pop as Aggie is...suffice it to say that Pop was outcoached (to some degree) by The Little General in this series.

aj did not smoke pop's ass in the playoffs

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he would be shot by now

Live by the Timmay. Die by the Timmay.

manu had the stupid foul not duncan or pop

I think the ball shoulda gone more to Manu since 4down wasn't working in OT.

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While I won't be as hard on Pop as Aggie is...suffice it to say that Pop was outcoached (to some degree) by The Little General in this series.

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AJ also had the better team this time, duncan carried us so far but just couldn't get it done.

Pop should have called 4down at the end of regulation.

You call a play for FIN because the mavs aren't expecting it. A great misdirection play but crackhouse of all people recognized the play.

Pop should work on inbouding the ball and excuting plays down the stretch. Fucking pathetic to watch the spurs screw up the fucking basics of basketball

Manu missed one shot at the end of regulation where replays showed he was fouled. He got exactly zero chances in OT to help this team.

Sitting him on the weakside in the corner while Duncan tries to throw in jumpers over his shoulder and Finley jacks shit up from the opposite wing was fucking stupid.

And this team got killed on the glass in this series, all because they were scrambling around trying to play defense with four guards on the floor.

That's not Spurs basketball, and it's not the system that Pop crafted that got him three titles.

I can't figure out if he just wanted Avery to win or just went fucking retard for two weeks.

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You call a play for FIN because the mavs aren't expecting it. A great misdirection play but crackhouse of all people recognized the play.

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If the player guarding Finley recognized the play, how is it great misdirection?

Manu had no problems scoring in the fourth when everyone in the building knew who was getting the ball.

wow!! I am pissed - I know you cant go back and change a mistake, but if Manu didn't foul Dirk on that lay up - the Spurs could've closed it out winning by at least one. oh well, it was a great run you guys!

Manu shoulda been the guy to run the O in the OT....He did it against the Kings...we would have taken the advantage because Manu would draw the fouls early, slow down the clock to our temp, because Timmy was puttering with those misses, he was great, but he's not a robot...Pop shoulda spread it with Tony and Manu cutting....

I think Pop made the mistake because of Dampier/Van Horn Fouling OUT...It's the little things we can't respond to until we look back....

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If the player guarding Finley recognized the play, how is it great misdirection?

Manu had no problems scoring in the fourth when everyone in the building knew who was getting the ball.

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It's meant to be a misdirection, but it was fucked up on the execution unlike the barry play. I still don't blame pop for it. When you miss chances to make game winning shots time after time, you don't deserve to win.

Stop the bitching Aggie! Every time you post something like this about Pop it shows how stupid you are.

The smirk! Pop's showing class unlike you with your stupid posts.

Yo Gummi,

How the fuck is our coach going to make me look stupid right now? He's going to be on the fucking golf course tomorrow or sucking down some wine because of his dumbass coaching.

I am so tired of fucking twits like you. Did you even bother to read what I wrote? Show me where I'm wrong instead of getting on your knees for old man Pop.

Duncan was gassed when we started OT, and yet we continuously dumped it into him and stood around and let him do his thing. Same shit that we did against LA two straight years, and shockingly this turned out the same :rolleyes

Fucking stupid. Like you. And Pop.

pop-duncan=average coach

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You can say that about every fucking coach-great player in the history of the nba.

Agreed!! Win 60+ games, 3 titles and forsake your system to play smallball with Dallas. Total bullshit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW Gummi,

In case you didn't notice, this team won three rings with two bigs manning the front line.

Why did your coach of the milennium ditch that system and throw his whole team out of synch, all because of one game against Sacramento?

As much as Pop progressed as a coach in the last three years, he threw it all away with his stupidity this series.

And even more fun, you can bet Nazr won't be back due to the way Pop jerked him around, and we'll even be lucky if he agrees to a sign and trade and doesn't say fuck you to Pop and walk without us getting anything back.

All Finley had to do was pump fake and he had a wide open 3. Of course we still trail by one. Maybe he was trying to draw the foul, but I doubt it.

Bowen and Barry missing wide open 3s was why we lost. Championship teams hit those shots.

Yeah, yeah Aggie. We've been the best franchise for years and years under that horrible coach Pop. Damn he sucks. You stupid fuck, because the Mavs played a heck of a series and made some key stops down the stretch in a couple of games, you dump all the mistakes the team made on Pop and his stupid coaching.

Why the fuck do you think the majority of the players and coaches say Pop's the best in the game? Learn something about basketball and coaching before you open your mouth, you piece of shit. Blame everything on Pop, go ahead. Don't give the Mavs any credit.

You look stupid with your Pop hating posts. Go watch some other sport because obviously you don't know jack about basketball and coaching.

I have to agree with the original poster. Popovich got shit on by Avery Johnson tonight. By the 4th time they ran Tim on the block for another brick I was like where the hell is the guy that was killing Dallas the whole 4th qtr? Man, one play in OT? ONE PLAY?!? And to make it worse the play they ran for Ginobili in OT resulted in 2 points. They didn't even try to go back to him after that. At least mix it up between your 2 best guys man.

Then you look at the Mavs. Ball movement, players are cutting to the rim, Dirk is scoring, Howard is scoring, Stackhouse is scoring, Terry is scoring. Every single time...as soon a defender left a man to double Dirk that man went straight to the rim. Why the fuck can't Popovich preach that? It's simple basketball.

You go to the guy that's been killing the opponent all game. I have to give Diop some major credit here for his defense and some huge plays in the OT.

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I think you are FUCKIN right

Welcome back, Aggie.
You called it early in the playoffs when you said that the Spurs could not win playing small ball. You were right on, bro.
No blame on the players, they only follow the game plan of the coach.

with no nazr and rasho for 2 series and when horry got in foul trouble
duncan had to play and not rest
rember he was hurt all season
he was not used to playing every game big minutes
he could not because of his foot problem
he just ran out of gas
he tried to carry the spurs back from 3-1 and 20 points down tonight

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I have to agree with the original poster. Popovich got shit on by Avery Johnson tonight. By the 4th time they ran Tim on the block for another brick I was like where the hell is the guy that was killing Dallas the whole 4th qtr? Man, one play in OT? ONE PLAY?!? And to make it worse the play they ran for Ginobili in OT resulted in 2 points. They didn't even try to go back to him after that. At least mix it up between your 2 best guys man.

Then you look at the Mavs. Ball movement, players are cutting to the rim, Dirk is scoring, Howard is scoring, Stackhouse is scoring, Terry is scoring. Every single time...as soon a defender left a man to double Dirk that man went straight to the rim. Why the fuck can't Popovich preach that? It's simple basketball.

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TD had 41 pts and 15 rebounds. Please get that through your head. There are times in the game where heart is what matters most. Mavs made shots and played well down the stretch. You have to give credit for that. You don't fucking moan like a pussy because your head is still stuck in your ass from realizing that the spurs lost. You can tell Cuban that you hope his ass gets gang raped by fucking gorillas because he is a classless piece of shit but you respect what the mavs have done. They may not have been the better team in this series, but you have to give the mavs credit.

Simple out of bounds plays made my nervous. That is fucking basic. Get the guy open and pass him the ball. FUCK. Steve Kerr was staying many times "I just hope they can get the ball in" That is shameful. Make a fucking pass and execute. Avery looks like the better coach because Dallas and Dirk grew some balls. Dallas made shots and we didn't. Plain and Simple.

pops always _uck us when we would go on a good run he would call a time out.
He would always take the hot hand out and when we would make a run he would sub everyone.What a dumbass its all his fault.

i tried to tell everyone the spurs were not going to win this series trying to play small ball in this series we never saw the true spurs team in the first or second round..(played small ball in both rounds) dallas had 2 7fts and we diddnt to "contest" shots thats all we neede and we put our best bench player in the lineup and score 2pts off the bench...bottom line dallas came to play and got a huge lead..and avery simply i thinked out coached a overrated coach but a very good gm in gregg poppovich

Fuck off Gummi.

The Spurs team that Popovich built that won titles did not junk its system of two bigs for anyone. We even played 'small ball' against Phoenix last year with Nazr manning the post.

Pop got punked by Avery, from the starting personnel decisions to Dallas running a pick and roll at Nick Van Exel every time he was in the game in this series knowing Pop would have us switch and getting Dirk or Howard isoed on NVE.

First and foremost, it goes back to small ball.

I said when the Kings series was going on that this team would not win a title with small ball. Gee, how'd that turn out?

I am tired of stupid fucks like you that lap up all the Spurs propaganda cranked out by the Express News. Pop got worked like a hooker on dollar night in this series.

It's comical that a puss face like that can sit there and say "we are who we are, and won't change for anyone", then he goes out and scraps his system to play stupid fuck small ball.

The sad thing is this will all get laid at the feet of Nazr, Barry, Finley, and NVE, probably some locker room cancer stories mixed in, and everyone will overlook Pop's idiotic small ball that got him beat in this series.

I'm sick and fucking tired of it all, and I could care less about what he did in '99, '03, or last year. This is about this year, and if you're grading this team our coaching deserves an F for this series.

Robertas Javtokas

does anyone remember the city of san antonio killing pop during the laker era...i hate to say it but hes very very overrated...he absolutley didnt make the right adjusments against sac or dal....both got owned in the paint and on reb...how are u not going to play any center when u kno damn well ur going to have to play them in a championsip series against det or mia...pop got fooled by the lilttle general

bowen kille us on the offensive end... i mean come on he missed like 5 shots in a row i wouldve stopped and passed after i blew 3?? spurs need to worry about the center positon next year...cause its obvious we struggle going small( sac 4-2) and get beat by dallas

it's all pop's small balls fault :cuss

nazr is the answer not that euro jatvokas??? the man has no defense or rebounding skills as nazr...if u havent noticed the spurs got hot after the allstar break when nazr started...have to trade rasho for sumthing...maybe a versitale sf...horry and van exel are done

The thing that pisses me off the most is that we could have won it. I wouldn't have been pissed if it were a blowout of something like that, but we were so close. FUCK FUCK FUCK. :depressed

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TD had 41 pts and 15 rebounds. Please get that through your head. There are times in the game where heart is what matters most. Mavs made shots and played well down the stretch. You have to give credit for that. You don't fucking moan like a pussy because your head is still stuck in your ass from realizing that the spurs lost. You can tell Cuban that you hope his ass gets gang raped by fucking gorillas because he is a classless piece of shit but you respect what the mavs have done. They may not have been the better team in this series, but you have to give the mavs credit.

Simple out of bounds plays made my nervous. That is fucking basic. Get the guy open and pass him the ball. FUCK. Steve Kerr was staying many times "I just hope they can get the ball in" That is shameful. Make a fucking pass and execute. Avery looks like the better coach because Dallas and Dirk grew some balls. Dallas made shots and we didn't. Plain and Simple.

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What the hell are you rambling about? I'm talking X's and O's here and you're talking about Mark Cuban?!? Fuck Cuban, I could give 2 shits about him. He's not playing or coaching the game. Give the Mavs credit? Did you not read my post? I gave them credit fool. They played a great game down the stretch and didn't stand still like statues while one guy did all the work.

Dirk gets doubled...Howard cuts to the rim for an easy layup. Terry gets doubled on the screen and rool...BAM! Dunk for Diop cutting to the rim for an easy dunk. It's simple fuckin basketball. Your man leaves you cut to the damn rim. Give Avery Johnson credit for preaching that to his players. I was very impressed watching the Mavs offense and at the same time disgusted because a coach as good as Popovich just completely forgot about that same principle. The student whipped the master's ass tonight with basic, fundamental basketball.

The thing with the lineups was that Dallas had two bigs start:

Diop/Dampier
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Dirk

Now, I'm pretty sure that if you put Rasho, Nazr, or Horry on Dirk and double team it shouldn't be a problem, all they would have to do is force baseline and wait for the help to get there.

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What the hell are you rambling about? I'm talking X's and O's here and you're talking about Mark Cuban?!? Fuck Cuban, I could give 2 shits about him. He's not playing or coaching the game. Give the Mavs credit? Did you not read my post? I gave them credit fool. They played a great game down the stretch and didn't stand still like statues while one guy did all the work.

Dirk gets doubled...Howard cuts to the rim for an easy layup. Terry gets doubled on the screen and rool...BAM! Dunk for Diop cutting to the rim for an easy dunk. It's simple fuckin basketball. Your man leaves you cut to the damn rim. Give Avery Johnson credit for preaching that to his players. I was very impressed watching the Mavs offense and at the same time disgusted because a coach as good as Popovich just completely forgot about that same principle. The student whipped the master's ass tonight with basic, fundamental basketball.

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Perfect post. I agree. Pop was too rigid. Duncan missing 4-5 times down the stretch was awful. But you take the good with the bad. Duncan was incredible until the end.....

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What the hell are you rambling about? I'm talking X's and O's here and you're talking about Mark Cuban?!? Fuck Cuban, I could give 2 shits about him. He's not playing or coaching the game. Give the Mavs credit? Did you not read my post? I gave them credit fool. They played a great game down the stretch and didn't stand still like statues while one guy did all the work.

Dirk gets doubled...Howard cuts to the rim for an easy layup. Terry gets doubled on the screen and rool...BAM! Dunk for Diop cutting to the rim for an easy dunk. It's simple fuckin basketball. Your man leaves you cut to the damn rim. Give Avery Johnson credit for preaching that to his players. I was very impressed watching the Mavs offense and at the same time disgusted because a coach as good as Popovich just completely forgot about that same principle. The student whipped the master's ass tonight with basic, fundamental basketball.

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I rambling general statements to spurs fans, not you. "lol I thought about that but I just kept typing. It's just a way to release my anger. You and others spurs fan think Pop was to blame to the game. I think it's BS. End of story.

Pop sucks.

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What the hell are you rambling about? I'm talking X's and O's here and you're talking about Mark Cuban?!? Fuck Cuban, I could give 2 shits about him. He's not playing or coaching the game. Give the Mavs credit? Did you not read my post? I gave them credit fool. They played a great game down the stretch and didn't stand still like statues while one guy did all the work.

Dirk gets doubled...Howard cuts to the rim for an easy layup. Terry gets doubled on the screen and rool...BAM! Dunk for Diop cutting to the rim for an easy dunk. It's simple fuckin basketball. Your man leaves you cut to the damn rim. Give Avery Johnson credit for preaching that to his players. I was very impressed watching the Mavs offense and at the same time disgusted because a coach as good as Popovich just completely forgot about that same principle. The student whipped the master's ass tonight with basic, fundamental basketball.

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That's what ticked me off with the Spurs offense -- when Tim get's doubled EVERYONE STAYS PARKED at the 3 pt line like they are at an A&W root beer stand waiting for an order instead of cutting to the basket!

Meanwhile the MAVS tried to make you pay for doubling up!

I have no problem asking our best player to take us Home.

Pop sucks... his belief in TD lol wtf the guy was choking... and you run one play for Manu in OT... (where he scored) geez that was stupid stupid... it was hard watching duncan choke shots after shots...

yeah guys would say but he scored 41 points for us blah blah blah blah that was in the past... the whole dallas defense was set for timmy drop was owning him. Pop should have adjusted... i know im a big manu homer but w/ good reason he was unstoppable during the 2nd half... if only duncan made that putback (that was the point of the play... manu drives duncan rebounds if he missed then putback). jesus at least give manu a chance to redeem himself

reason we lost we playin to the other teams system and smallball, we have proven we can beat this mavs team with a big lineup, it was very stupid to try and play within the mavs style. They should be playin towards our style.

i dont think we were very aggressive enough imo, thats why we lost.

Pop was horrible!

Yes he has one three championships, yes we love him, but this year in the playoffs he has beed a real loser!

WTF! Put rasho or nazr on Dirk man! He killed every game anyway! At least with them in there we can get some blocks, deflections, altering shots you know things called Spurs Ball not Samll ball!

Pop is a dickhead!