The Spurs can make contested shots no doubt, but the Hornets are forcing the Spurs to play the game the way this team wasn't built for.Uh there were no contested open jumpers.
The Spurs have always made clutch shots.
Just keep thinking the Spurs will choke
I'm sure the Hornets will take Bowen, Parker, and Ginobli shooting 3's as opposed to letting Timmy get the ball in the paint and putting us in foul trouble. That's the approach the Hornets have taken in this series and it's gotten them to a 2-1 lead. Can't argue with that!
My thoughts on game 3. I watched it all and it appeared to me that the Spurs had to give every ounce of everything they had to beat the Hornets.
My qustion is do the Spurs have that much left to give again for game 4, because it is going to take just as much or more in order to beat the Hornets again.
Great effort by the Spurs. They refused to lose in the 2nd half.
They did it once, can they do that same thing 3 more times? We'll see!
Paul isn't going to shoot 60% in every game, making tough circus shots against a good defender (Parker).
In fact, whether it was fatigue, nerves, continuing good defense, or the law of averages, he missed some crucial shots going down the stretch in the 4th quarter.
Same thing can be said for West.
While the Hornets were clanging iron, the Spurs went on an 11-0 run. That's what championship caliber teams do.
That's EXACTLY why I'm not worried for the Hornets. That was a great game played by the Spurs and the Hornets were still in the game until the last 4 mins or so. If it would've been a dominating performance from beggining to end for the Spurs, I would be very concerned. IMHO, the Hornets are just the more talented, athletic, and better team this year.
Knock on wood.Paul isn't going to shoot 60% in every game, making tough circus shots against a good defender (Parker).
I was hoping for a totally convincing Spurs win, as the Spurs' losses in NO were totally convincing, but this W showed a lot of convincing adjustments, and above all a convincing last 24 minutes.
The Spurs played very hard and still opened up the game only in the last minutes. I'm sure they're not y.
Tim has 2 days to get his ass back on the rails. Good luck. I know the morning when I awake and finally shake off a sickness, GET THE OUT OF THE WAY. Hoping Tim feels like that Sunday morning.
It'll take even more of the same hard playing to go 2-2, since the Hornets absolutely want to take 3-1 back to NO for the kill.
A 2-2 game5 will be, as historically seen, pivotal. Winner takes all.
(eg, Auburn Hills 05)
Never count out a Champion.
Go Spurs Go
I wouldn't be so quick to make that assessment. Chris Paul could very well go on a scoring display again. The Spurs can't stop him so why not?! Chris Paul is a Greek God, yall betta recognize, lol.
Seriously though, I think it was a little fatigue that made him miss those shots. He probably burned himself out a little from trying to do too much throughout this game that is caught up with him in the final stretch of the 4th. It's all good though, I'm confident the Hornets will prevail in the end.
99 % of Spurs games in the playoffs are like this, and had been like this for years, they don't blow any team out. They just keep it close and execute at the end.
I would like to see us force him into shooting more jumpshots verses him driving the lane all the time. But as long as he's not getting those other mops involved and giving them wide open looks I could care less if he scores 50 a game. It seems that Thomas is playing West better now which is another positive in our favor.
Alot of you Hornets fans are missing the point here. You keep saying that oh it wasn;t a blowout, you guys only beat us by this much, it doesn;t matter. What matters is we found a solution to a problem that plagued us the first two games. We could not allow the other shooters on the Hornets to beat us. If you remember in game 1 we were right there with 8 minutes to go as well. And that was despite the fact that we played gawd awful, and Peja and Mo Pete for goodness sakes were doing whatever they wanted. Sure we only beat you guys by 11 because Pop pulled the starters. You also have to remember that this is the second time this year we have went with this defensive assignment against you guys. And both times you guys have lost. Plus we have Kurt Thomas who is figuring out West more every game. The bottom line is the more we get used to this assignment, the easier it;s going be for us defending you guys. If you guys lose game 4 you are the ones who will need to make adjustments, not us.
Which is exactly why Byron Scott will make adjustments BEFORE game 4.
I think TP was wanting to laugh, because CP3 just threw up a prayer, with his back to the basket, and the damn thing went in. Complete luck shot.
Dude's crazy good though.
We'll see. Byron is a good coach so we'll see.
He would be silly not to. I trust that he will though. If he wants to get a stranglehold on this series he'll make some adjustments as needed. Everyone is waiting to see how the Hornets will counter after a loss. Scott will tweak the gameplan and the players will play accordingly.
Yeah, it sure beats a recap of a crappy Spurs loss, and no coffee!!There's nothing like a recap and coffee to start the morning.
This will be a good test for him. Giving shooters open shots doesn't really show much coaching skill, but a successful adjustment right now would. I'm not sure what you think he can do, though?
I liked Thomas' defense on West. West was good last night, but there were times where Thomas played him good.
I'm all for Brent getting more minutes, but if had he got ALL of Michael's minutes in Game3, would Brent have taken 9 shots?
Brent's passing is great, as long as he doesn't pass up the open shot.
You're ready, Brent, shoot, don't pass.
Great recap.
Parker and Ginobli need to attack like they did in game 3. The Hornets have no answer for that.
Duncan looked much better. He was passing out of the double teams quicker and made stronger moves to the basket.
Finley's offense off the bench was sorely needed. We need him to do that if Ginobli continues to start.
Thomas continues to impress me with his defense. He's done a wonderful job of keeping West in front of him.
Can the Oberto who showed up in game 3 make more appearances please?
People keep saying SA shot the ball so great and that they can't keep that pace...but NO had the better FG percentage! The Hornets were a hair over 49%. That is not typical Spurs defense.
I saw that moment too. I actually thought Tony was shaking his head at Paul's sh*t talking, but I probably just wanted to see that...
im really impressed with this victory by the spurs cause they beat them convincingly without playing thier best basketball. they turnedover the ball a bit much and didnt get as many defensive rebounds but they still pulled it out. The Hornets on the other hand played tremendous for 45 minutes. Chris Paul, ill say it again, is Michael Jordan incarnate! he has that killer mentality, and the skills to go along with it. he played an INCREDIBLE game and still lost. I think this is the game the spurs have figured them out to be honest with you. i saw 2 things that made me think this way. when i saw duncan steal that potential alleyoop to chandeler i said to myself "he finally saw that coming" and also when Ginobili found ways to get to the basket. the Hornets offense totally revolves around Chris Paul and the spurs have found a way to limit the offensive flow of this team.
If game 4 ends the same way. then i am sure the spurs have finally figured out the puzzle that is the New Orleans Cornnuts..i mean Hornets.
It is interesting to me that the defensive alignment doesn't really seem to be making that much of a difference - Pts Against have been 101, 102, and 99. The real key to winning appears to be getting the offense going. If we hit open perimeter shots, we win. If we don't, we loose. Look at our FG% and 3Pt% for the games so far (.483, .440, game 3) this game, vs. (.425, 0.296, game 2) and (.408, .387, game 1). There was only one game in the season series where we won w/o good (>0.400) three pt shooting - Nov. 9, we only shot 4/15 from 3, but shot 40/77 overall; in that one, the Hornets had a bad shooting night, hitting 35/81 (incl 4/15 from 3).
Hey Pooh, check the World Series of 1960. Yeah, the Mazerowski home run off Ralph Terry in the bottom of the ninth, seventh game, series. The Yankees scored 55 runs to the Pirates 27 in the 7 games. The Pirates won the series. Whether the Spurs lose by 20 or 1, it's a loss. Pop also usually sits his players down.
I'm still not overly impressed with Duncan. Spurs aren't going to win this series with him average 12 ppg. And I don't know how often Parker and Ginobili can continue to score 60+ points combined.
I didn't think the defense was too impressive until the 4th quarter either. Spurs showed heart, and made the right adjustments, which is all we can ask for. Game 4 is going to be even harder. You could definitely see NO inexperience in the final 6 or 7 minutes when the Spurs went up 10-13 points and executed their game plan.
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