bonner taking the most shots on the team is never going to work
I would rather Bonner shoot open shots and miss than to force up bad shots and miss them. Bonner still hustled and played good "D" on West, he was not the only reason the Spurs lost tonight.
Mason missed shots.
Finley missed shots.
Manu made some terrible decisions down the stretch.
TP's "D" was sub par tonight.
Tim's game was not up to his usual standards really.
The team as a whole was off tonight.
Bonner has been the starter for the Spurs so he is not currently a 10th man, Maybe you thought you saw Fabbs on the court?
Pop should have adjusted on this one and drafted plays that would have benefited our other shooters. Bonner may appear to be our best shooter out there in terms of percentage, but seeing him throw brick after brick, we should have gone to other players.
Once again, the Spurs in so many plays failed to involve Duncan in the ball passing allowing the Hornets to cover most of our other shooters. Spurs fell so in-love with the 3 point shooting, I thought I was watching a Don Nelson coached team.
Sad, this was a win we let go.
Bonner was long past due for a bad shooting night. Besides, I kinda like this character test. Bonner chokes off a "big" game on the road because he can't hit shots when basically unguarded. How will he bounce back? Will he go into the fetal position or will he shrug it off and continue bombing tomorrow night?
Better to find out what Bonner is made out of now than some point in the playoffs.
As far as a character test for Bonner, I couldn't have drawn up a better scenario
It's not about character...it's about confidence and poise. Bonner's character is fine...there was nothing wrong with Smitty's character either, in fact he had one of the best characters of anyone that has ever played for this team and was nothing but a class act for his entire time here...didn"t mean I wanted to see him doubled off of at the end.
Some guys got it and some guys don't...Bonner is too amped up and uncertain to make clutch shots. It's just the way it is...it's not a character flaw, it's a confidence flaw. If anything...having too much character is almost the an hesis of being clutch...plenty of low character aholes have been clutch in NBA history.
The guy finally figured out he needed to contribute in other ways like Duncan does...and he did so, that was the character test right there and he passed it. But I already know I don't want to see him doubled off of...I don't give a damn how good his character is.
It's not like Jack has a great character or anything...didn't mean he wouldn't punish anyone stupid enough to leave him open.
I'm not talking about Bonner's character as a person. I'm talking about his basketball character and his ability to bounce back from adversity. Every other time in his Spurs career that he's had a bad game, he's come back with another poor performance. I'm hoping he bounces back and hits his shots and doesn't stay depressed about his bad outing.
The Magic aren't a character test since they aren't a team we are likely to meet in the playoffs...at least not this season. I mean Bonner is a 40% career 3 shooter.
Boston is definitely a character test...I guess Cleveland might be. But no other EC teams are.
Beyond all that...Orlando may not leave him open.
Dallas is a chacter test.
Houston is a character test.
But most of all in all of the NBA...for the Spurs, New Orleans and The Los Angeles Lakers are "character" tests of the sort you are referring too....especially if you are wide open.
Again I point out...Bonner is a career 40% 3 point shooter.
And if you are talking about the rest of his game going into the tank...well he kind of already dispelled the notion of that happening with his performance tonight. He had a good game other than his shooting...
But Matt Bonner? Matt Bonner needs to make his open shots against teams like the Hornets, Lakers and Celtics, and ensure that they never leave him...that's the key to the Spurs beating them....that is his job.
+ 1
but considering who posted this thing about tp's defense, you know it's useless to argue since they always find a way to put any loss on parker.
Parker isn't a defensive force but he's more than decent and actually he did a good job on paul (like he did on last year PO) and i regret that Pop felt the need to double him. sometimes it works, sometimes it fires back.
but you can be sure that you'll never see these kind of post when Tim is litterrally getting abused like he was a lot of times these last games (al jefferson or against the thunder ie).
tonight, tim finley and matt's cold night on offense killed us. It happens to every player. Manu's TO (esepcially in money time) didn't help.
but if someone want to put this loss to TP not defending well one of the best player of the league by allowing him 19 pts, guess there's nothing to do other than
anyway, bonner's cold night is a shame because it could be his night against a big team. It brings legitimate questions about his ability to step up in big games. I still trust him. we'll see.
He just have a bad game. He'll drop 20 tomorrow
well if theyre wide open then by all means.
As long as Pop was keeping him in the game, then he really had to follow Pop's instructions and let them fly if he had an open shot. Passing up the open shot would have made Pop even madder.
double teaming CP3 is not a bad move at all . but Bonner's shooting game should be to blame (plus , the only 3 pointer he made was a fluke).
I agree that Bonner should not have taken that many shots, but he should not be blamed for the loss. He was not the only one missing open shots. The offense just went to in the 4th quarter.
Exactly.
Why is Bonner getting ripped the most here?
What about the wide open misses by everyone else?
At this point I don't really care about the offense. As long as Bonner is playing D that is a good enough reason to give him court time.Bonner was long past due for a bad shooting night. Besides, I kinda like this character test. Bonner chokes off a "big" game on the road because he can't hit shots when basically unguarded. How will he bounce back? Will he go into the fetal position or will he shrug it off and continue bombing tomorrow night?
Better to find out what Bonner is made out of now than some point in the playoffs.
As far as a character test for Bonner, I couldn't have drawn up a better scenario
It all starts with defense. I'd like to see Pop reemphasize defense cause the Spurs seem to be slipping a little in that area again.
If the Spurs are going to depend on Matt Bonner getting hot to win big games. They are in a sad state.
D-West had 21 by the way, not 19.... but hey Rick Astley did his best! hes never gonna give up!
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