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It did seem like we were shooting ourselves out of the game, but then again those two late threes at the end got us right back in it.
WTF? I remember a time when Manu drove the ball more than twice a game, when Pop recognized Duncan destroying a team on the blocks and kept the ball going to him, and the Spurs not jacking up 3 after 3 after 3 until they lazyed their way out of a ball game.
This team has lost its soul
It did seem like we were shooting ourselves out of the game, but then again those two late threes at the end got us right back in it.
I hate that the team has turned into a primarily jump shooting team. When the jumper is off we lose. Take the ball to the basket!
We must shoot all those 3s tonight. More than half of those were WIDE open, but guys missed time and time again
7-29.
Can't win like that son.
Pack it up and try again Tuesday.
Yeah, I think the only three throughout the ENTIRE game I had a problem with was Bonner's three during crunch time, that needs to be Tony pick and roll, or Manu driving, or Duncan posting...the rest were wide open and as we make the second best percentage in the reason, it would be stupid to not take them.
We're built to be a 3 point shooting team. Bonner, Finley, Mason, Bowen, Udoka... all spot us 3 point shooters. And when teams clog up the lane, like the Lakers and NOH, it gets even worse. When we hit we win easy, but when it doesn't go in it's a struggle. You're gonna have to learn to live with this, because that's how this team has been designed. The idea is that when Tim is doubled we make them pay with high percentage shooters. That's what we're going to the playoffs with...
This roster is what it is and it will live or die by the 3. Matt Bonner isn't going to change overnight and neither if Finley. Lamenting the Spurs love affair with the 3 should be done in the offseason, not a few weeks before the playoffs.
Pray they fall.
That was a stupid shot by Bonner
the 3 ball, we had alot of good clean looks in this game, but the ball didnt go in
Bonner didn't call his own number on that play. And if you have it recorded, take a second look. It was a piss-poor pass that made Bonner reach way to his left, which gave the defender a chance to close on the shot.
I don't like the shot selection, but don't lay it all on Bonner.
This team will not go anywhere relying so heavily on the 3. It will be 2 and done...
Sad but true.
+ Juan
That's how this team was built. It's been part of the Spurs formula to surround Duncan with shooters. You shoot 7-29 you're just not gonna win.
2007 and prior, this team would have gutted out a win by driving and drawing fouls. Now, they are relying on Bonner and Finley to take crunch time 3's to stay in games. That is a recipe for disaster...
that. How can you change the make-up of this team? It's been that way for a long time, it's nothing new. Some of you guys overreact big time at a loss and get silly drunk at a win. Treat the games the way the Spurs do, don't get really excited until the playoffs. We're just in a three-point shooting slump, we'll be good.
Finley has been taking crunch time 3's since he arrived in SA...and Bonner shoots it at 45% from outside.
45% from downtown doesnt exactly look like a recipe for disaster. The second best 3pt shooting team in the league shot 24% from 3...that usually means a loss. Sometimes they just don't fall.
That seems to be happening a lot the past few weeks. It is getting damn old...! The Spurs are going to go the way the Oklahoma Sooners did today. WE are starting to SUCK BigTime!!!
In order to draw fouls, the refs have to blow their whistles. Of all the top guards in the league, Tony gets the least FT attempts, by a big margin. It changes the whole complexion of games. If the other team gets a few fouls called on them, they have to back off a little. One thing leads to another.
Besides Parker and Ginobili we have NOBODY that can penetrate. We have no athletic players that can drive it in, we did have Bonsu but we got rid of him. Finley does it once and a while, but he's always wide open at the corner so he has to take the three.
We need more young strong athletic players.
Somewhere Phil Jackson is smiling.
Does that mean you aren't gonna buy his jersey? Or does that mean you're not gonna say "yeah, go bonner!" during games??
Dude, that's just who we are this year.
When it isn't working and the Spurs continue to force the 3 anyway...that is always a recipe for disaster.
So how can you be "done" with him, if you never started with him? Are you gonna ignore him if you see him out at Jim's one day?
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