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Agreed. Whereas before, if one of our stars was having an off night, it would create a chain reaction of suck.
Nowadays we got dudes steppin' up. Awesome.
I like how RJ stepped his game up in the 4th quarter
I thought his confidence would have been shaken for the rest of the game
Nice to see that he was able to bounce back after a horrible start.
It's a good sign
Agreed. Whereas before, if one of our stars was having an off night, it would create a chain reaction of suck.
Nowadays we got dudes steppin' up. Awesome.
Obviously, it would have been nice to win by more than 6, but I'm not the least bit surprised. Top teams, when playing other top teams in a one-off, aren't going to go down easy. We've seen it a bunch of times over the years with the Spurs. One or two of the big three out and the leftover one or two leading them to victory over the Lakers, Mavs, Suns, etc. That's how it works a lot of the time. It's the whole "wounded animal" thing. Everyone else has to be that much sharper, because there's less margin for error. Naturally, the opposition isn't particularly sharp, because they know they have more room for error. It's just human nature. So given that, I wasn't all that annoyed with this game. You play 82, even when you're 28-4, a lot of them aren't going to be masterpieces.
we shouldve blown them out had pop kept in the players that gave us that huge 14pts lead....the starting 5 is starting to become a liability on some nights where they just give up the lead
Exactly.
I don't want to hear about who wasn't playing or how the Spurs will run into a similar situation down the road -- as Miller, Fratello and the TNT crew suggested -- because they have, and they faired much better under the cir stance.
Exhibit A: http://bit.ly/gLwd6E
Exhibit B: http://bit.ly/fYLCSP
And that's just the last two seasons, singling out only Mavs matchups -- I can't believe the Mavs lost those two rosters.
seems like GHILL3 and NEAL can play with any unit on the court, they are t hat damn good when they are open on the perimeter or challengin the interior defense for a needy basket...
Tony had a bad game for sure, but worst grade?
Was he the worst player on the team tonight?
If so, why did Pop gave him the most PT?
Honestly timvp, when Manu or Timmy have a bad game, you're way more indulgent with them, it's scray...
Anyway, I take a win when our big3 suck any day!
The third question is a good question. Spurs were outscored by 17 points in the 37 minutes Parker was on the court. In the 11 minutes he was off the court, the Spurs outscored the Mavs by 23 points.
Last game I gave Duncan a worse grade even though Duncan led the team in plus/minus.
People quibble so much about grades, tbh LJ, you should just stick with your guns when you stopped doing the grades because people couldn't handle them
I need to rewatch the game. I recorded it from home, but watched it at the Hooters in Ft. Worth, pacing nervously back-n-forth.
In the midst of my pacing, I failed to catch Hill's "A+" performance. Definitely not saying he didn't deserve it, I'm simply curious to see what he did exactly...
Thank you for them though, I appreciate 'em
Glad to see pop not over utilizing Splitter. I think it was one of the difference makers.
i dunno about deserving, but neal gave us that huge lead and the starters choked the lead away, then we needed baskets...ghill3 took on ajinka 2-3 possessions and scored....
Waow...
I just can't go to sleep
First : TONY HAD A BAD GAME
Then,
- I like my first to questions too and specialy the 2nd one (really the worst on the team?)
- Last game Duncan had 2pts... Are we going to compare a bad and an awfull game?
- Don't bring the +/- argument, it's endless... it's a strange stat that doesn't ALWAYS reflects the production of a player and his individual impact.
It's a "convenient" stat that everybody can use once in a while to comfort his POV..
- Even if he was't efficient scoring wise (Kidd block really "killed" his confidence IMO) Tony kept penetrating and trying
- He was very active on D was quite good pn that part of the game I think, he didn't disapear and stayed active.
... Well I'm getting tired and gonna sleep now, I hope I'll see your POV tomorrow.
Again!+1. Even though RJ didnt play his best game of the season, he stayed aggressive and took it to the hole and the open J when he had it. I thought his D on Caron Butler in the 2nd half was pretty good as well.The reason we won again tonight was because of the bench, Hill, Neal, and Dice. Dice in the pick and roll with Manu was great. Neal was instant offense off the bench, and Hill had a great overall game. IMO TP was awful, it seemed as if that block J-Kidd had on him got to him and he tried going right back at him time after time as if to try and prove that he could score on him, only to fail again. The ball also seemed to stopped moving once it got in TP's hands down the stretch of the game...
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Tp c+
IMO, TP was trying to outplay Kidd but was not successful. Anyway, he was good on penetration but appear sloppy sometime. Hope he will better in the next game and used his brain in his decision.
You were watching bobbies wern't yea?
Timmy had a good game and I don't understand why he did not get the ball in the 4th quarter for some low post action when the penetration did not work. Everybody is saying "he still can do it", but if nobody gives him the ball ... well, the result was a game which was more close than it had to be ...
The game was close merely because the Spurs were awful against the zone in the first half.
Just terrible, they looked lost like many teams Dallas has played this year (last was OKC a few days back).
Up 16 points, if they attacked it the way they started to do in the 4th, this would have been a blowout.
I have my opinion about why they have problems with the zone: they almost never play it themselves, which is a pity, because they have the players to play a great 1-3-1 zone defense.
At any rate.
Hill and Neal huge again.
Count on Neal scoring big baskets in the clutch, i needed: he's done that multiple times in Europe.
Nice grades, I saw Tony playing better than a D, I know sometimes he loves himself too much, he did some good stuff out there.
Neal, Hill, were the best of the team, I liked TD + McDyess works.
Manu should come from the bench in some games, limiting him to 15/20 minutes and prove the combo Neal/Hill.
Last edited by WalterBenitez; 12-31-2010 at 07:04 AM. Reason: My english sucks, what else?
Loved the ugly win. You can tell the defense is getting better though which gives us hope it can/will show up come p/o time. So many examples but I did enjoy how pop adjusted to Carlisles zone. He found the dribble drive for 3's and used staggered screens on the 2-3. This would've been a blow out had we gotten anything from rj or Bonner. I firmly believe pop has Carlisle's number.
Big props for the bench. Neal, Hill and Dice were great
TD played well and I was happy to see RJ making big plays in the 4th after 3 bad quarters
Big game- tight game- Bonner sucked. Nothing new. The C was generous.
[QUOTE=WalterBenitez;4862739]Nice grades, I saw Tony playing better than a D, I know sometimes he loves himself too much, he did some good stuff out there.
Neal, Hill, were the best of the team, I liked TD + McDyess works.
Manu should come from the bench in some games, limiting him to 15/20 minutes and prove the combo Neal/Hill.[/QUOTE
i think popovich will lower MANU's playing time once james anderson returns from injury...damn scary if anderson returns with the way he played before the injury...team is deep...
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