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same here I felt asleep during the 4th quarter ...
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas..._boxscore.html
Griffin held to 5-18 shooting in previous game against spurs, sans Bonner. Note: Splitter w/ 16 minutes in this game, Blair 29. Spurs scored 107 pts.
Think Pop would take notes for yesterday's game? naw.
I know Splitter was being worked in slowly after missing camp, but it's getting annoying now. Spurs were playing a sub 500 team on a back-to-back, Bonner was ice cold, and Splitter still couldn't hardly crack the rotation. Let him play. He isn't going to help at all down the stretch if his ass is glued to the bench all season.
I'm sure you were just waiting for another loss to revive this particular line of baggery and put it in the game grades thread. no doubt you'll respond to this with more baggery and ruin another thread.
Sorry the Spurs were winning so much. That must gall you to no end.
This game is on Pop. He made two huge mistakes and his team responded like anyone would expect.
First, Udoka screwed all of the early momentum. It was like quicksand after that. The Spurs were up like 38-30, when Udoka decided he would display his hidden offensive talent.
Second, Pop was slow to make adjustments in the second quarter. He subs uted Jefferson for Udoka once Butler got hot and then decided to have Bonner defend Griffen so that the Clips could continue to score easy baskets. Once Bonner missed three shots Pop should have put Dice or Splitter in the game. His confidence was crap because he was getting abused on defense and his offense took a hit because of this.
After that 5 min span and those two huge mistakes, the Spurs never recovered. Blame gets passed all around, but the Spurs could have won this game but for the second quarter. If you look at their second half runs, it was usually based on Clipper screwups and not on fundementally sound basketball.
Back to Udoka. Its like Pop is trying to show Spurs fans he is still in charge and we can go screw ourselves. This is as bad of a decision as leaving Hill out of the 2008 playoffs against the Mavs or using Bonner as a starter the past couple of years. The Spurs would be better to just drop his spot altogether than keep him on the team.
I think that some guys are budgeting their energy quite a bit now. Parker is at the top of the list.
It was clear that Pop decided to let this game go into the loss column early. You don't win in this league and with this team when three of the Big 3 are on the bench in the 4th quarter when the score was only five down.
I'd be interested to know if Parker and TD were ailing. Parker has played like for the past few games compared to the rest of the season. Depression over EVa is not out of the question and this could be a long term situation. Bummer.
Even on a back to back TD should be in good enough condition to play at least some productive minutes. If he is going to collapse completely on the second night of back to backs then the slimming down and conditioning that was so apparent at the beginning of the season was a chimera.
So I believe more was going on than we know.
You're getting the gist of it now, grasshopper. Pretty soon you'll be a member of the exclusive club.
Cookehs for you.
well put, what a wonderfull fantasy
If Parker is indeed bummed over his personal life, one could understand that. I wonder what Bonner's excuse is. Perhaps he couldn't find a decent sandwich joint out there in the "City of Angels".
no wonder spurs won last clippers game, bonner didnt play!!
that doesn't make any sense.
Anyone on Spurstalk the last month would have learned that the team was at it's best with Splitter getting DNPs and 9-second games and the team was winning.
Splitter has screwed with the team chemistry, and he doesn't spread the floor. He should be sent to Austin.
Spurs scored 107 pts.
Apparently Parker and Eva had lunch that afternoon while he was in LA...Then he goes out and plays like crap, coincidence?
Pop's "Bonner rules"
#1 rule: Bonner > Splitter. Bonner spreads the floor.
#2 rule: Even when Bonner can't connect, Bonner still > Splitter, *see rule #1*
#3 rule: Pop doesn't like complicated. See rule #1 & stfu
I know it's hindsight, but Pop should have started Splitter or played him heavy minutes. Sort of like what he did with Mahinmi last year against New Jersey.
Ian was so happy to get major minutes and had no pressure of being pulled that he turned in a career game.
i think too much being put into the concern comments on the preface to the grades. bad games happen and they have happened to all of the good teams more than once this year with the exception of the spurs who encountered their first bad loss of the year. that being said, udoka was terrible and last night was the first time i found myself wishing we had anderson back (actually we could have used him against dallas as well).
I'll continue to keep faith in Bonner in hopes that he go 3-6 or 4-8 on threes on given nights, but Splitter is 25 and there is no reason he shouldn't be getting 30-35 min burn a night. That is it and that is all.
Who cares how well the spurs have played. One of the major goals should be to integrate Splitter. With out him a championship is out the window.that doesn't make any sense.
Anyone on Spurstalk the last month would have learned that the team was at it's best with Splitter getting DNPs and 9-second games and the team was winning.
Splitter has screwed with the team chemistry, and he doesn't spread the floor. He should be sent to Austin.
This, in spades
The Spurs had their limitations last night in LA.
15-3 .... cookies non-withstanding of course.You're getting the gist of it now, grasshopper. Pretty soon you'll be a member of the exclusive club.
Cookehs for you.
Hey, where all the white women?The Spurs had their limitations last night in LA.
It's just disgusting watching Bonner get so many minutes, and at the expense of Splitter and McDyess. I can't stand it.
Why didn't Pop play Splitter instead of Duncan? If we went with a younger group, we may still have lost but they would have gained experience. Playing Duncan on B2Bs is not going to work. He should know that.
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