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What? We get to see Hakeem Splitter take over the game like he usually does.
Usually I have no problem when Pop waves the white flag early but down ten with 3:15 to go against these Knicks. There are a ton of possessions left. Heck, in the next minute a few threes go down and the Spurs are right there.
I understand the back-to-back against the Celtics is looming but WTF. Another 1:30 wouldn't hurt anything and at this pace, that could be another five possessions.
Weird end to a crazy game.
What? We get to see Hakeem Splitter take over the game like he usually does.
Yeah, I'm not too happy with that call either, but our guys looked defeated and he saw that in their composure. CIA Pop...
He wanted RJ to have time to catch his breath so he could say something clever about the Celtics.
They should of at least tried to play an ounce of D then.
I definitely do not have a Bonner.
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I wish some boxing trainers were as quick with the white towel as Gregg Popovich is.
You should know better, LJ. He's had maybe the Clippers game as an opportunity to lay into them after a loss and thats about it. This has nothing to do with being tired or tomorrow nights game and everything to do with Pop seeing an opportunity to remind his team that they actually have to show up and play defense if they want a chance to win.
They weren't gonna make a comeback playing the way they did. They weren't guarding the 3 pt line and they missed timely shots.
Pop had the right to sit them down. They didn't play like they cared so why should he?
It's ing annoying.
you can what you want to say but damn do the knicks ever miss...they even made there tuff shots......the knicks can shoot the lights out but yeah there defense wasn't good either...
knicks completely outplayed the spurs. they took advantage of the spurs weakness and had plenty of weapons. spurs do not have good individual defenders against athletic players like chandler and stoudemire. all the knicks had to do was give more effort and they could easily beat the spurs. once pop recognized that, there was no hope anyways.
Of course the Knicks didn't miss. It's in large part due to how bad the Spurs defense was. You give NBA players easy shots and they tend to hit them.
We spend the whole second half trying to tie the game and every time we got close NY made a run. So with 3:00 to go and the way things were going we had no chance. We couldn't get a stop in the whole game so no way we could stop them scoring for 3 minutes
Good move by Pop
shoulda pulled the plug earlier tbh.
The most annoying part about Pop wasn't the towel... it was the Zone defense.
Spurs had like milion and ten opurtunities to get over the hump and they failed each time.
I don't blame Pop. Poor performance and NY lights out made it
Pop saw Tony hit the floor and thought "injury on a loss would suck" so he pulled them all. it. Orlando did the same thing to us. It happens. The Knicks won't get anywhere like that. Hey though, it raises people's stat lines. 29-5... I'll take it.
Blair did ok.
There's plenty of blame to go around though.
- Duncan started to show a compe ive streak too late in the game after sleepwalking through most of it
- Pop played Dice when Amare was out for a while, rather than having Blair feast on Shawne Williams et al. Dice had 3 turnovers in 18 mins
- Manu shooting some ugly jumpers and throwing the ball away when we were getting close
- Gary Neal having a totally forgettable game on both ends of the floor
The most worrying sight was our defense deteriorating as we started misfiring on the offensive end. In years past, our D would be rock-steady and even improve when we struggled to score.
JesusThe Spurs allowed 128 points to the Knicks. That is the most points they have allowed in regulation since drafting Tim Duncan in 1997.
Burn the tape LJ
I called this when he did it against Orlando. In that game, at least the game seemed out of reach. It's really bull . He can send all the messages he wants in the film session tomorrow. Or when we get blown out next time.
If he really want to rest the big 3 in the big picture, the bottom line is we need to win games. Winning means not quitting games where you still have a chance.
What message is he going to send? We didn't play D? You don't think vets with 10+ years of experience don't know? It's bull .
Yep, should have let the bench play the whole game.
If they tried to play defense in the first place he wouldn't of had to try it.
They went under the screen everytime and Felton made the shot everytime.
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