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Still #1 in the league. A loss like this last year would have dropped us 2 seedings.
It just sucks that it had to be the Clippers. But hey, we lost to the Nets last year which was worse IMO.
It's an 82 game schedule, nights like this are going to happen. Don't start looking for who to place the blame on. Bonner, Udoka, Parker, etc. We were just worn out, should've maybe seen it coming a little last night noticing how tired both teams were in the Golden State game which was constant running. Considering they had to travel from Oakland to Los Angeles at 1-2 in the morning and still play at a professional level the next night I wouldn't be too worried.
Did you see Parker's eyes?They were redder than the cancer warm up suits they were all wearing. Only David Stern could manage to give us a young athletic team on a back to back both late night games. It's a testament to how bad the Clippers are that we even competed, our defense was slow, no one was in the game mentally because they were so tired, and our legs weren't under us so shots didn't fall. I have no idea how that wasn't a 15-20 point game with bench players playing for LA.
So it sucks that we lost, but we were put in a position to fail and to get where you need to go, sometimes you're going to have to fail.
Prediction: we go out there on Friday and tell Minnesota like it is. Doubt they compete with us like they did in the last game.
Still #1 in the league. A loss like this last year would have dropped us 2 seedings.
It just sucks that it had to be the Clippers. But hey, we lost to the Nets last year which was worse IMO.
back to back games are dumb. the schedule needs to be shortened and those games need to be removed. it's not even fun to watch that kind of .
Team looked really tired tonight. Pretty much sums it up.
Agreed.
i think people are just worried about pop being a little and forcing bonner into so many minutes. it really killed us this game, and also the fact we couldn't make a shot to save our life.
I like your optimism. But I think most of us would've been fine with the loss if tiago played more. And Bonner played less. Its not the loss I'm frustrated about, its Popovich not allowing Tiago to just get his minutes on back-to-backs against Lottery teams. Does not make sense.
even manu was tired. which you dont see very much.
Tim looks like trash this season. (Comparing him to himself)
15-3 or 79-3 I'm scared less right now.
Honestly, I don't think we want to see anyone in the playoffs if we can no longer rely on TD.
PS: I am not a believer in Splitter and if Bonner mysteriously comes up missing...you all know why.
Their due. But we played bad. Really bad.
lol dude he is 34 years old, the days of riding him are over. Everyone already knows this and he himself knows this. Every win is a collective effort now and tonight all our guys didn't have it and were clearly fatigued.
Duncan will always perform better in the playoffs than in the regular season... that's his M.O but the days of everyone jumping on his back till the finish line are long gone.
Ah, shut up. I hate this at ude. Had the Clippers played a heck of a game, I'd have been fine with it. But they tried everything in their power to give it away, yet this team just decided like it was okay to lose. Could have went up 4 on the Lakers in the loss column.
Instead, thanks mostly to poor coaching (Duncan and Ginobili had no business playing down the stretch...Parker, Hill, Neal, Jefferson and either Blair or Splitter should have closed this one out) and play down the stretch that was so sloppy, it could have passed for a high-school game, they lost a very winnable game.
Obviously, no team, no matter how good, is going to beat every bottom feeder in an 82 game season, but it was the way this one played out that was frustrating. I'd have preferred they get blown out and Duncan and Ginobili barely play.
We definitely let one get away. Clippers didn't play a good enough game to deserve the win IMO, but there isn't much you can do when your missing wide open shots that you have been hitting all year (mainly due to fatigue). The guys were just tired tonight, not really anything you can do about that.
Ah, shut up. I hate this at ude. Had the Clippers played a heck of a game, I'd have been fine with it. But they tried everything in their power to give it away, yet this team just decided like it was okay to lose. Could have went up 4 on the Lakers in the loss column.
Instead, thanks mostly to poor coaching (Duncan and Ginobili had no business playing down the stretch...Parker, Hill, Neal, Jefferson and either Blair or Splitter should have closed this one out) and play down the stretch that was so sloppy, it could have passed for a high-school game, they lost a very winnable game.
Obviously, no team, no matter how good, is going to beat every bottom feeder in an 82 game season, but it was the way this one played out that was frustrating. I'd have preferred they get blown out and Duncan and Ginobili barely play.
I'm aware, just in a state of denial...I'm coming out of it and I'm scared. lol
Seriously though, this "by committee" thing means everyone has to show up even more when things get rough. Neal is up for it but that's asking alot of people like Bonner, and RJ has already shown that he can crack like an egg at any time. Hill too.
Regardless of whether he's able to do it or not, we're gonna need Tim to be big for us once the pre-season is over.
You could cleary see everyone had dead legs tonight...sucks
I agree that the Spurs played poorly and these flat games happen, but I'm with TD here..
The Spurs should have still won this game..the Clippers gave them many opportunities..also, the Spurs cut the deficit to 5, despite the severe struggles..
The Spurs had many opportunities to either extend the lead and kill them in the 1st half, or just making it a 1 possession game and gain the momentum during the 4th quarter..
who loses to the clippers? No one, except the Spurs and maybe 2 other teams all year.
This game would have given us some separation from the Lakers. And in case you missed it, the Mavs beat the crap out of their scrub opponents tonight. These games are all important, and the Spurs didn't act like it.
if we had a days rest before tonights game we win by double digits, that's how much I think fatigue had to play in this game.
Yeah, i will do give the Spurs the benefit of b2b night.
But i REALLY donīt understand why Pop NEVER EVER punish Bonner for sucking with less PT.
I know he is a effing pssy but cmon. If you are going to stick with a guy that sucks, at least make it a rookie.
The #1 thing I don't get is why leave Bonner in there if he's bricking shot after shot and playing piss poor D? It just doesnt make sense at all. I'd rather have Dice or Splitter in there...
pop is in love with bonner because he tries hard and spaces the floor. but the guy has no D, no athleticism, and on nights like this.. no use whatsoever. this wasn't just a bad shooting night, but also a bad coaching night. even if pop wanted the win really badly, he should've played the scrubs more. it was clear that most of the guys that played 30mins the night before were gassed.
Nobody is committing suicide, but theres always lessons in every game. Not just when yu lose but also when you win. Things like being tired on a back to back, or having a bad shooting night you can't really control, so there's nothing to do there. But hopefully there's something to learn about the poor defense we displayed for part of the game, and the production of some player combinations when the shooting slump happens (which will happen again).
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