Why the can't the Spurs hold on to a big lead (2nd quarter up 11) for longer than a minute??????
This is one difference from last year's team and this year's. No killer instinct. No desire to bury a team and win the game in its early stages.
Coach Pop, I'm sorry, but try something different on Dirk.
What we know:
a. Tim and Bruce can't cover Dirk.
b. Doubling Dirk does not work.
But wait, someone did defend Dirk very well: Fabricio Oberto. Instead of having Oberto coming for a double team, leaving any Mav wide open, why not let him guard him to begin with.
Did you see how he played him that one possession?? He didn't fall for anything that Bruce and Tim did, not one of his pump fakes, he played him great.
Just something to consider, because if we aren't gonna stop Dirk, then we might as well not even win the first round of the playoffs.
This loss just ing kills me. The Spurs ruined such great opportunities, the bench was dominating in the first half. NVE, Finley, dominating from behind the 3-point line..and Oberto with all the hustle, all his rebounds, offensive rebounds in particular...something the Spurs have been known to not get.
The Spurs will not have these luxuries every game, what we saw tonight was rather rare. How did we it up?
Oh yeah, 1 more thing, for the 4584780th time, Nazr ing Muhammed, just give up on sports, you cannot catch a ing ball for your life. What good is it to pull down an offensive board if you aren't gonna put it back up???
2 consecutive home losses for the Spurs...how many did they TOTAL in last year's regular season?
3?
None of that back to back bull excuses tonight, the Spurs should have dominated after that blowout by Mike Bibby & Co.
Big lead in the 2nd quarter, no killer instinct.
yay.
its just not our year
we will always be the champions that never repeated
oberto is the only spur who played well.
Finley, NVE, Manu all played well.
No Killer instinct??? NO DUNCAN INSTINCT!!!!!
No inside presence!
The only inside presence we had was when the guards penetrated and kicked outside. Dallas' bigs challenged the SPURS inside quite a bit tonigt.
Also, TP forced the action quite a bit tonight!
Dallas executed down the stretch unlike the SPURS.
POPS here is a concept -- GO TO THE HOT HAND -- NVE.
I just can't get over the fact that the Spurs have no desire to clamp down on their opponents when they are up by a nice margin. They did last season, and I miss it.
They get up, relax, and before a minute passes, the lead has fully diminished.
To the Spurs credit, it's not necessarily them losing the lead as much as the Mavs making it up. They've had a knack for playing well from behind this year, no matter the team.
The Spurs were up 11 with about 6 minutes left (around that time).
They went on to score like 4 more points that half.
Lack of killer instinct.
That was the game in reality. Good call.
Man, not only did the Spurs just lose, but this didn't help my fantasy team at all.
If my team wins this week, then I go to the championship, and Manu and Tim are destroying my FG%. Tim especially, he has been struggling on offense.
I said the same thing - Let Oberto guard Dirk...
Tim and company have been playing really weak lately. I get frustrated as .
The funny thing is - the Spurs will likely do well the rest of the season - likely still get HCA in the WCF. Dallas has a much harder schedule than the Spurs.
They are a worthy opponent and it showed tonight.
They have lost a handful in a row. Hopefully the Spurs can turn it around.
I think that if we signed him just to guard Dirk for 1 playoff series, then it's worth it.
I don't know what others think, but Oberto is good at guarding perimeter-dominating big men, such as Dirk.
Footwork + not falling for multiple pumps + contested shot from 6'10" guy rather 6'6" bowen =
Until Dirk starts posting people up down on the block, Oberto must cover Dirk.
My main criticism from tonight relates to the coaching.
Why pull NVE when he is spot on, popping the net from 3 point land.
And why pull the guy after 6 minutes on the floor that is giving you all those offensive rebounds and tapping balls back out for second chances.
I have a couple of ideas
I wondered the same.
Current Pop is the opposite of last year Pop.
Last year, we had like an 8 man rotation, now Pop feels like he's gotta get the whole team in the game when guys are already playing well (Manu, Finley, NVE).
Naw. The Spurs have done this all year. Build up a big lead, and then instead of putting the foot on the neck, they all relax, quit playing D, and let the other team back in the game. Look how many times a big lead has dissapated in the 4th quarter and the Spurs end up winning by 3 or 4 instead of 20.
Your mother would not approve of your foul language.
Also to POPS misfortune, why is TD rotating to double Dirk on the perimeter leaving TP to rotate to cover Diop under the basket?
If Dirk is going to beat you let him beat you jacking up 3's -- if he hits them, tough for the SPURS. However, don't let him drive to the basket or he will draw the foul and kill you from the FT line.
you obviously don't know my mother.
Who cares? The Spurs hav ethree banners and the fourth is just gravy. I feel totally numb right nowand my cats are really cool.
Malbec is awesome. So are margaritas. Go Argentina! Go Mexico!
Mom has been pretty dumb lately.
I have been questioning all of his BS.
your mom...oh told.
But then the Spurs lost more than that in the playoffs at home. Why do you think that is?
BECAUSE the game is different in the playoffs.
This season, more than any other, has been played focussed on the final prize;
This will be the best Spurs playoff team since '99; and that one, I believe was simply hot at the right time; this one will dominate by DESIGN forged over 82 games.
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