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This is worse huh? Because you're here to tell us it's worse. Huh. Why not when the Lakers sat Shaq and Kobe, as you said.
Ohhh that's right, that was in the past. You're the stick who's here now to get on everyone's nerves.
Again, I believe is concerned more about health...than anything else.
He knows this team can go on anyone's court and win or two a game in a series.
Also, this game said more about Denver. The Nuggets should have blown the Spurs out of the water.....
This is worse huh? Because you're here to tell us it's worse. Huh. Why not when the Lakers sat Shaq and Kobe, as you said.
Ohhh that's right, that was in the past. You're the stick who's here now to get on everyone's nerves.
The diff is to avoid injuries.
I keep hearing "this says more about the Nuggets"
That is dumb, we dont say that about the Spurs when they play down to their compe ion. This says nothing about the Nuggets but a W in the win column.
what do you care? you aren't even a spurs fan
You do realize the Spurs have 34 more games to play. If they miss any number seed by one game, it would not just be because of this game. The rest of the regular season and how it ended would be the reason they didn't get XX number seed.
Honestly, you know damn good and well that a banged up Spurs team is the only chance the Lakers have in the playoffs. As easy as it is for one to imagine your being baffled by something so simple, you really aren't clever enough to fake it.
george hill was MIA. dammit.
Well lets see how we do vs Boston on Sunday. If we come out and lay an egg like we did in LA, I will be a little perplexed.
Oh well great way for pop to send a message to the nba about their scheduling and up NBA tv.
Don't discount the Lakers - they are a damn good team. It may be that a healthy Spurs team is the only chance the Spurs have in the playoffs. Either way, Pop limits minutes to try and keep guys fresh enough for the post-season.
I still like this move tonight. Those bench guys are going to be looking to extend leads, or to make up deficits. There may be a lot of screaming Spurs fans, but I bet there are no long faces in the locker room.
Where is finley?
It's really not baffling at all - Pop knows his players and the minutes they play. He's a little bit better at this whole coaching thing than us internet forum folks. I'd rather get some minutes for our bench players and not risk injury to the 3 players that we cannot win in the post season without. Look at how many injuries have come down this week - your boy Drew, CP3, Jameer and even Billups in this game. I'm not saying that those injuries are due to fatigue, but Tony and Manu were injured earlier in the season and Timmy has been playing huge minutes the whole first half of the season (he's not a young man anymore.) We are not going to win a championship without a healthy Big 3 period.
there's at least one. george hill. he knows he could have helped but laid an egg.
This decision was god awful.
Manu: given that he's injured (read: he has a bruise), sitting him is not that big of a deal.
Tim and Tony: if exhaustion is a concern, then limit their minutes. Pop surely is capable of playing these two for only a quarter (like Bruce) or giving them limited run. Botching this call is particularly acute when our scrubs get the game to within 4 with less than 3:00 to play in the game. I don't see how the "injuries" issue is relevant here where you can limit their minutes to avoid excessive wear and tear. Unless someone seriously wants to argue that playing 5 - 10 minutes excessively exposes these two to injury.
What did we lose? Not just a game that was imminently winnable. Not just a chance to keep pace with the Lakers. We handed the team breathing down our necks in the standings a game. Handed it to them. Given how tight the West was this year -- this decision seems both arrogant and short-sighted.
In the end, I just don't see why you can't have your cake and eat it too--limit Tim and Tony's minutes, but play them when we have a chance to the win the game. Now, we have to go into Boston to face a red-hot Celtics team and beat them on their own court. If not, we risk starting the RRT 1-2.
Just a negligent and arrogant decision . . .
I like tonight's moves because it shows that pop trust the bench during the final stretches of the game when they were down by 4. I think this is a big boost for our young guys. Also, Denver must be feeling bad because they merely beat the Spurs 2nd team at HOME.
Good move pop
not a great performance given the opportunity, but how do you figure he laid an egg?there's at least one. george hill. he knows he could have helped but laid an egg.
This might be the craziest decision by a NBA coach in the past decade. Pop is a mad man.
With that said, if Hill & Udoka had more point production, we could have had this game. I think we could have defended 'Melo better as well. By defending him better, I meant that we should have fouled less. And turnovers. That's what really killed us.
4-14 for 9pts
0-4 on 3pts
did have 3 assists but got negated by 3 turnovers
had 1 block shot and in return had 4 of his blocked
he was 100% on his free throws but he only went to the line once. ()
I think moreso blind and unorthodox than arrogant.
It's not as bad as Avery Johnson's 'statement' game against the Warriors...still kind of annoying from a compe ive aspect though.
Micromanaging to the point where it sucks the spirit out of the games. I hope Pop gets find, otherwise he's going to do this whenever he sees fit.
rest? what's Wed, Thurs, Friday, Sat for?
Get an all-star-type break in Jan and Pop throws W away.
it, it's Jan, who cares.
Don't wanna hear any Spur talking in Mar/Apr about playing to win a higher seed.
so, you're saying that is defense sucked too? or are you evaluating his performance on offence soley?4-14 for 9pts
0-4 on 3pts
did have 3 assists but got negated by 3 turnovers
had 1 block shot and in return had 4 of his blocked
he was 100% on his free throws but he only went to the line once. (
its funny how people on this forum are actually supporting pops decision as if in any way it made sense. i swear the homers on this site are ridiculous... spurs/pop cant do anything wrong in their eyes. pop could've played the coyote instead of mason and the idiots here would still be calling pop a genius
The Lakers already beat your team at full strength a few weeks ago quite handily. I'm pretty sure they aren't shaking in their boots.
I'm pretty sure Pop didn't forget about the 4 days off. Nobody talks about the fact that playing in Denver is always more taxing on opposing players due to the al ude. Answer me this - in your mind, you have no doubt that Timmy and Tony weren't gassed from previous games and didn't really need the rest?
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