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^^^ this is up for worst post of the year. full of fail.
The Spurs need to fire Pop tonight!
Not saying the Spurs could have won that game but they didn't have to give it away either towards the end.
What in the world was Quinn, Green and Bonner doing in that game in the final 4 mins.
Really??? Quinn Pop?
That was some bull$h!t.
So we couldn't see Gneal, Ghill, Tiago, Novak or Blair and Anderson??? Finish the game.
This fool puts the sorriest players he could find, into a 5 point game, with 4 mins to play.
Did Gneal not just draw 5 fouls on Artest and Kobe each. He pulls Neal out of the game and Green comes right in and hoist a bad 3ptr. Then Quinn comes in and turns the ball over, gives up an and one, I mean this $h!T is ridiculous.
Was Tiago not battling Gasol on the boards. Why was he not in there to finish the game.
This game shows exactly what I mean about good coaching and having a feel for the game. Pop is pathetic he can take his drunk ass somewhere because I am on to his crap. Just because you are playing the bench doesn't mean you don't coach to win.
The Spurs are not going to survive in the post season with this fool at the helm. Yeah he managed to keep mins down for the big 3, but managing mins, and managing a winnable game is two different things. I don't care if it was the bench. The bench played their hearts out to be within 5 points, and this dumb fool goes to the 3rd string with the game on the line.
Somebody rip the bottle out of this hand, before he does anymore damage.
^^^ this is up for worst post of the year. full of fail.
You're a ing re .
Some post-game quotes.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310412013Lakers end five-game skid, but lose Andrew Bynum to hyperextended knee
Andrew Bynum awkwardly sprawled onto the court, staying down for an uncomfortably long moment. The 7-foot center then walked cautiously to the locker room with more than one teammate staring at his perpetually problematic knees.
The Los Angeles Lakers ended their five-game losing streak Tuesday night.
They'll find out what it cost on Wednesday.
Kobe Bryant scored 27 points, but Bynum hyperextended his right knee in the two-time defending NBA champions' 102-93 victory over the San Antonio Spurs' role players.
The Lakers' hopes for a third straight le might have taken a significant blow when Bynum fell after stepping on DeJuan Blair's foot during the second quarter. Los Angeles' superb low-post defender will have an MRI on Wednesday while the Lakers wrap up the regular season at Sacramento.
Bynum downplayed the injury while walking comfortably out of Staples Center, and the Lakers are cautiously hoping for news that won't derail their playoff run before it begins. Yet it's tough not to assume the worst with Bynum and his rickety 23-year-old knees.
"There's always concern," said Lakers coach Phil Jackson, who acknowledged Bynum could be out for at least a few games. "We've seen him go down a couple of times that have been debilitating, so there's a concern. It was kind of a freaky play, but they usually are, and that's what basketball is."
Bryant describes the shot-blocking center as the Lakers' most important defensive player, and his absence from the 2008 NBA finals was one reason Los Angeles lost to Boston before winning the next two championship series with Bynum in the middle. Bynum had surgery last summer to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.
"He allows us to be the dominant team we're capable of being," said Derek Fisher, who scored 13 points. "It's hard to think about not having him for any significant length of time. It was tough to see. He's so important to what we do, so to even think for a second that he might be out, the impact that would have on him after all of his work, it's tough to deal with in the moment."
Lamar Odom scored 23 points as the Lakers struggled to hold off the Spurs, who rested stars Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker with the Western Conference's top seed already wrapped up.
Pau Gasol had 17 points and 17 rebounds for the Lakers (56-25), who will get the No. 2 seed in the West with a win at Sacramento or a loss by Dallas (56-25).
Gary Neal scored 16 points and Matt Bonner had 13 for the Spurs, whose four-game winning streak ended.
Spurs coach Gregg Popovich didn't worry about falling into a tie with surging Chicago (61-20) for the NBA's best overall record, yet his junior varsity nearly knocked off the discombobulated Lakers, who couldn't breathe easily until Bryant's 3-pointer put them up 96-88 with 2:55 to play.
"I think it showed the character, the heart that we have, and we're a pretty deep team," said George Hill, who scored 11 points. "We tried to give the best effort we could, and that's all you can hope for. All of us thought we could win. That was our whole motive going into the game."
The Lakers hadn't won since April 1, falling apart after a sparkling 17-1 stretch. They still haven't fixed the defensive execution issues that have plagued them this month -- but if Bynum's potential absence doesn't get the champs' attention, maybe it can't be got.
"Hopefully he'll be back soon, and we'll get him back at 100 percent and just keep plugging away," said Odom, who scored 21 points in the second half.
Bryant played with a short fuse and a scowl even before Bynum's injury. He earned his 15th technical foul of the season for arguing in the third quarter, picking up a T in his third straight game and moving right to the brink of an NBA-mandated one-game suspension.
Bryant punctuated the tantrum by punching a chair on the bench. If he gets another technical foul in the season finale, the suspension would be for the first game of next season.
If the Spurs and Bulls finish with the same record, every tiebreaker is even, so a random drawing would determine who got homecourt advantage in the NBA finals -- a nonexistent concern to Popovich, a four-time NBA champion.
Popovich plans to get Duncan back in the lineup Wednesday night in the season finale at Phoenix.
"It's a back-to-back, and I'd rather play [Duncan] tomorrow and not have such a long time before the weekend," Popovich said. "[The reserves] got some experience. I'm happy with what they did."
The Spurs' patchwork starting lineup included Neal, Hill and Tiago Splitter. The Lakers took an early 10-point lead but couldn't hold it, giving up a 13-1 run and going into halftime tied at 45.
San Antonio took a lead on Danny Green's jumper with 7:28 to play, but Odom's three-point play put the Lakers right back ahead.
Game notes
The Lakers played without backup point guard Steve Blake, who will miss at least two games after contracting chicken pox, and reserve forward Matt Barnes, who rested his sore right knee. ... Veteran C Theo Ratliff appeared in just his second game for the Lakers since Nov. 9, playing 2 minutes. He missed most of the season after arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. ... Fans near courtside included Dennis Haysbert and director Adam McKay.
A re sends the 3rd string into a winnable game. And a dumbass re like you defends him.
Both teams played hard.
classic espn..
Odom: The best thing about our team is our depth
They had turned to this game just as I was leaving the gym. When I saw the Spurs lineup, I! It was like junior varsity against the big boys. I was expecting a double digit Laker beatdown of the spurs jv considering they've been in a mini slump and that they wanted to maintain the #2 seed. Pleasantly surprised the JV lost by only 9.
Was the game as close as the score indicates? Did PJ keep his regulars in most of the game or did he put in their bench?
Game was tied with 6 minutes to play. The Lakers were completely demoralized. Pop threw it. He pulled Bonner who was finally on fire, after 6 weeks of FFF------ you bonner play. He also pulled Neal when he popped a 3 with 3 to play to pull us back within a possession. Pop, for whatever reason, literally threw the game. He has total manlove for Bonner and benched him while he was redhot.They had turned to this game just as I was leaving the gym. When I saw the Spurs lineup, I
Was the game as close as the score indicates? Did PJ keep his regulars in most of the game or did he put in their bench?
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...-is-misplaced/Five quick takes: Why the Lakers’ arrogance is misplaced
Tim Griffin
...I couldn’t help noticing how angry Bryant seemed to be during the entire game. Sure, he struggled through an 8-for-21 shooting night. He didn’t get much help from his teammates during much of the game. He picked up a technical and was lucky he didn’t get another one for his tirade on the bench after his first one. But he was fortunate in one respect. He didn’t have to face George Hill as much as usual with Hill starting at point guard. How angry would Bryant have been if Hill had been in his face for 15-20 minutes — especially added to all of the other slights and ills that happened to him Tuesday night?
Odom: The best thing about our team is our depth
That comment was hilarious ... Odom represents 100% of the Laker depth ... although Brown and Barnes may have some good days
Damn...you really are clueless, aren't you?
Yup...Pop clearly wanted to lose the game. Don't want Lakers at #4.
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