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It's bull . You at least need to make the Nuggets work.
The Spurs do not make the players get up and have a team breakfast or a shoot around after last night. They slept late and probably had a nap, as well.
It's bull . You at least need to make the Nuggets work.
mavericks can tell you all about their wonderful 2007 championship run and how they fought for homecourt advantage all season long and how that helped them all through out the playoffs.
spurs can also tell you all about their championship runs in 2000, 2006 and 2008 and how health was the most important factor in securing those les.
I believe Pop would have rather a healthy team...than the #1 seed.
Remember, Manu played on a busted ankle in the Phoenix & New Orleans' series. That affected him against the Lakers.
If giving up one game in early Feb can insure a healthy team for the playoffs he will take that everytime!
we leave that to you, guys. they are your problems, not ours.
Masons handle is bad - last couple games he has butterfingered numerous passes or dribble attempts -
Has anyone else noticed this occurance?
yeah but he also is playing with palyers he is not used tonight
There goes my fantasy team for the day. :[
Interesting reaction from timvp and all the timvp adorers. Because if we follow this logic to the natural extreme, then Ghost Writer was right and we should tank the season . . .
This is ing bull . What are they rickety old men? Kurt Thomas is playing for crying out loud.
Also, I disagree with this saying that tired players get hurt. Cold players get hurt. Alot of injuries occur early in the game. And most injuries have a mechanism from someone falling on you (Bynum) or someone running into you or colliding awkwardly (Jameer Nelson) or just stepping on another guy's foot and wrenching your ankle. Has nothing to do with whether or not a player is sucking wind.
This is basically a mea culpa by Pop for ing around with the lineups and making the Spurs have to play too hard too long to win a game they should have won in regulation but could have lost. There's certainly no harm in throwing the rest of those guys in the deep end and seeing if they can produce.
Why isn't Mason hitting his shots? He never will have less pressure than TONIGHT.
The NBA should fine and suspend Popavich for this.
This is either a boneheaded move or a genius move by Pop. A move that only Pop could get away with, as a coach.
On one hand, I understand the fact that the Spurs had an overtime game in Oakland and then had to get to Denver for the 2nd of a B2B. The starters were probably exhausted.
On the other hand, these guys do get paid to play and all teams have B2Bs. Therefore, I don't like the B2B trump card being tossed around as an excuse. Even though the chance of the Spurs winning this road game in Denver, with the high al ude, were slim, you never know. After all, this is a conference game and these games can impact playoff seedings.
Furthermore, if the Spurs didn't have 4 days rest before they resume the RRT in Boston on Sunday, it would be easier to justify Pop's decision. All of which makes his decision to rest these guys a bit suspect.
All that said, I'm not going to sweat it too much. I'll just chalk it up and watch the reserves tonight. It should be fun to watch. I am anxious to see what kind of game Hairston has. I keep wishing Ian was healthy enough for a game like this.
Pop is not a deity. Although it's not that big a deal in the long run, I don't understand the groupthink at ude that we can't question him. This is an overboard conservative decision withholding not just one, but all of them?
Manu taking a blow, that's understandable (but Manu has contusions every year so i don't even buy that he couldn't been out there today )
Old school basketball fans enjoyed the regular season games, etc. The Jordan Bulls and the Magics, the Larry Bird Celtics would rather put on a show than micromanage for the sake of some obscure and remote unpredictable scenario three months from now.
Just get over the X's and O's, opportune moments to test the scrubs and let the players play!
I thought Championship teams have survived noobies being integrated in their bench before without having to give 48 minutes away to them at the expense of a win.
This decision and the three, four times Pop has waived the white flag on national television justifies the boring labels. To think that we might have beene deprived of some potential "come back" moments that fans talk about, and remember because Pop would rather throw away the game to send a message to his veterans, rather then let his players just go out there and try to have fun.
For what?
That makes no sense
HOW MANY OTHER TEAMS HAVE BACK TO BACKS WITH THE SECOND ONE IN DENVER ON LESS THEN 20 hours from finishing the first game
then having to travel there
can not happen
suns do this with shaq all the time
so many wet vaginas on this board..stop being so annoying, it's one ing game..
Manu got banged up last night (hip and something else). He probably wouldn't have played tonight even if Tony/Tim/Finley did.
You find wet vaginas annoying?
Interesting.
Looking at the shot chart, it looks like the Spurs haven't hit a single shot inside fifteen feet.
And why are they bothering to take time outs? Shouldn't they just get the game over with? There wasn't any actual thought of winning was there?
I so agree. It's disappointing and makes the team look weak. I hate throwing in towel early. This game was doomed before it started. Puts the team into a psychological funk, IMO. This is not a genius move and I can't be persuaded otherwise.
I don't understand why the Spurs aren't hitting more of these open shots.
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