Tony made a few Js to begin the 4th..he struggled most of the night when Rondo was covering him..he hasn't been good all year..
The entire team sucked tonight though, other than Blair of course..no point of arguing who sucked more..
Right. It's nice to have bench scoring, but our bench should not consistently outscore our top 5.
In my opinion, they should start Hill opposite Parker. Hill is as good a defender as Bogans, plus he can score. Are bench scoring won't suffer as we would still have Ginoboli, Blair, Mason, Bonner, and Finley, a scrappy bunch that can hit jumpshots and impact the game. Bogans can fit in that second unit when they need defense and Finley when they need offense.
spurs have to start trusting each other more
this team is still feeling each other out
spurs did have 18 assist though
Tony hasn't been shooting from th perimeter like last year. I think he is struggling to decide when to shoot, pass, and dribble now that he is on a team that is more talented offensively. I think they all look like they are trying to play unselfish (except Tim who knows he needs to score). They need to be a little more selfish, especially Jefferson, who looks conflicted every time he takes a shot.
Hill doesn't have the size to defend like Bogans does though, so that won't work..Bogans is our best option at defending on the perimeter since Hairston doesn't get any playing time..
I'd also have to say that I hate the fact that the Spurs win five in a row, then have four days of no games to lose their mojo. The NBA has screwed up their schedule several times by making them wait what seems like an eternity between games.
Celtics had a one day break and kept the flow they had from their winning streak.
Spurs didn't take many steps back though. They made several careless passes, missed 10 free throws, and missed a lot of open shots I see them make. Blair did play a little out of his mind, but I think altogether we held the Celtics to 90 points. We just need to fix the offensive side a little.
If Manu has a 20 minute time limit, you play him the last 5 minutes of every quarter, with maybe a couple extra minutes saved up for the 4th.
Hill has long arms. I actually think he is a much better perimeter defender than Bogans. Don't forget that the Spurs successfully used Hill on Durrant, who is like 6'9 with long arms and a lethal jump shot. If Hill can guard him, he can guard any two in the league.
why the other 7 minutes matter to
especially when spurs had 4 straight turnovers
Some things change, but some things stay the same... You need clutch then you need Manu...
In fairness to Pop, the second unit was playing well. Do you take them out if they appear to be playing well? Probably it's the safe bet. Maybe Pop felt that they were playing with the most intensity.
He's too skinny though, he doesn't have the power to guard top wings on a consistent basis..
I agree that he's a better perimeter defender than Bogans in ability, but his size hurts him in that regard..
Well, they were playing well mostly against the Celtics bench... The Celtics eventually got their starters back in and closed out the game much like what the Spurs used to do back in the day...
fify, carny....
Go make some cotton candy.
Yeah, the Frenchman was so ing clutch tonight!
I don't care what excuses Tpark can come up with because the bottom line is that when it counted we had Mason intstead of Manu in the game and it hurt the Spurs. Seriously, 20 minute time limit? Thats such an arbitrary pile of . If Manu plays 21 minutes he's going to be hurt?
He's either ready to play or he's not ready but using some kind of 20 minute time limit as an excuse is a big pile of .
Pop said on his post-game interview that he was just being careful with Manu...
Perhaps Pop is one of those that doesn't believe early December games matter. Even if they have a chance to win one without seriously risking injury to a player.
I can't say (or even see) how these moves were just "tinkering with the line up" to see how things worked. But... oh well. Next up...Denver.
I am equally perplexed
Manu should have been in the game during that last run, with Mason you know he is just gonna shoot a 3 or pass, but Manu could shoot a 3 or drive to the basket or pass, and he is a good free throw shooter so I don't get it
yeah manu pass to finley for three was so clutch
mike had to step out of bounds to get it
and tp caused duncan to go 0-5 in 2 quarter and 6 turnovers
manu was shotting 33% and 3 turnovers
Finley & Mason over Manu..thats fukn great. The ed up thing is was is that we had plenty of time being only down by for with about 3 minutes left, theres a time out & I think great Pop will get Manu in now....nope he rolls out his man crush finley & a hobbled mason who do absolutely jack .
Class as always...
guys, we played about as bad as possible. we still almost pulled it out even though our starters had their heads up their asses all game.
next game.
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