Memphis will not shoot 55% Fgs and 60% 3pts in game 2, end of story...Manu or no Manu we win game 2.
What Pop is doing of flat out making him unavailable when the player insists he wants to give it a try is beyond re ed. If Hill/Neal happens to go down, would you rather have a Manu in one arm or a rotation of Hill/Anderson, Neal/Anderson deciding your chances in the series?
Just play the guy already. If he sucks, you can always pull him.
I think Pop is keeping him out to avoid further injury before the second round of the playoffs start. We're going to need him!
That's why Duncan only got 36 minutes, so he can be fresh for game 2.
Why does Manu always have to be the one injured when it matters?
It happens so often the question should now be, "when will Manu not be injured when it matters?"
That's usually one of the main tasks of any coach.
Plenty of coaches play dinged up players (Thibs playing Noah in Chicago comes to mind, Phil Jackson done it plenty of times with different players, even Pop with Tim). If you sit him on a suit courtside, then you're simply cornering yourself in the event of an emergency.
I agree with the people that say we shouldn't need Manu to beat this Memphis team, but the reality is we've a really small margin for error if he's not there.
Pop/Spurs Smarts > ElNono's "smarts"
Shut up and just watch the game, they are going to be fine.
That's when the real Manu goes from Banner to Hulk. Always been, always will be.
The reality is, if Parker plays anything close to usual the Spurs win G1. He missed multiple gimme's and was just playing flustered out there. I give the Memphis some credit but with Allen in foul trouble thanks to a near-invisible GHill, Parker should have found a way to dominate. Instead, he misses 75% of his shots and assists on only 5 baskets.
I bet he's much better in Game2, and I bet the entire team is re-energized and feeling closer to "normal" with Manu's return. As for Manu's play, who knows until we see how much he's hampered by the injury. We may need Parker in a big way throughout the rest of the series if we want to win; certainly much better than his G1 performance.
Ginobili has no regard for his body. The injury came at a horrible time, and the play in which he was injured was not one of the million other crazier things he tries to do physically. He is an accident waiting to happen.
Seriously, we easily could have won that game without him. Its not like we had no chance. The Lakers were basically whipped with Kobe playing well. That would be more troubling as a fan of a team. If Ginobili can come back and open the floor up a bit more, we will definitely get more 3's or have bigger gaps to drive through, or hopefully, both.
It will be interesting to see if the Grizz give the arm a little "test". tony Allen in not exactly a pacifist. The nasal pop Ginobili took last year while attempting to double Dirk took a number of pops after. Maybe his right arm is actually smaller and harder to find than his nose.
And I read above that I repeated what was already noted.
A strategy I wished Pop would've used regarding Green and Anderson. Doesn't matter to me that it's the playoffs. With Manu out and Hill struggling as thoiugh this was a road game, it seems logical to me that either Green or Anderson should've moved up the rotation to warrant a few minutes in relief of Hill and RJ.
Why don't you make me shut up, tough guy?
I haven't really expressed my opinion about the play in which Manu was injured, but I think I will. Manu seemed to want to keep Grant Hill from jumping the screen by sticking out his right arm somewhat. Not the best idea. Secondly, Grant Hill decided to play red-rover, red-rover and force his way over the top of Duncan's screen with Manu's arm extended and I wonder if he did so with some sense of malice in that split second. It appeared to be a forced wedging between the Timmy and Manu...trying to beat Manu to the turn. It also appeared to be done without regard for safety... in the early minutes of a fairly meaningless game. I say it could have easily been avoided if Hill cared about making the safe play. It could have easily been avoided if Manu hadn't stuck his arm out that way. Stuff happens with large, overly compe ive grown men.
It's F'ing frustrating that's for sure, this team could have a couple of more championships in my opinion.
The most frustrating part in this case is the way in which he hurt his elbow. He was doing his usually stupid ass routine of rounding the pick so tightly while purposefully dragging his right arm behind him like a long tail in order to act more contact from the transaction. HE DOES IT EVERY TIME HE RUNS AROUND A SCREEN WHILE RECEIVING THE BALL
Enough of that , please.
You are all overlooking the fact that Ginobili is not very good at playing injured. Look at how much he sucked against the Lakers in 2008. He spent most of the series getting outplayed by Sasha Vujacic. He was turning the ball over like there was no tomorrow.
A one-armed Ginobili is worse than a healthy George Hill or a healthy Gary Neal.
Ginobili suffers more from consistency and confidence issues than almost any star. If he has it going, he's as good as anyone. If he doesn't have it going, he can play like crap. He's not like a Duncan who is always going to give you something.
I think Ginobili should sit out until his arm is near 100%, unless the Spurs are on the verge of being eliminated in which case they should try anything and everything.
Maybe so. I did not see it that well, but I would not doubt it.
Very early on it was apparent to a lot of people I watch the games with that he was going to be injured quite frequently. I am shocked his ankle actually healed as badly as he tore it up. The man rolls the dice every time he plays.
game 2 is a must win
if manu isnt going to play, you'd have to hope parker,hill and neal shoots a better FG % than they did in game 1
oh, and when you have a 2 point lead, with less than a minute to go, defend the three point line,
If you're so sick of Manu being injured all the time then maybe they should've traded him a long time ago. Maybe it was a really bad mistake of the Spurs to resign him again instead of letting him go. I don't like it as much as anyone but unfortunately Manu's injury prone and yeah it's seems to be at the worst timing. That's why we invested in RJ to take Manu's place if he gets injured. Interesting it seems like we have injury issues with Tim and Tony close to the same time during the season while Manu's healthy and then when they get back to normal, Manu seems to get hit with it at the playoff time while the other two are healthy. Don't you think it's really frustrating to Manu too being the compe or that he is and getting hurt a lot? It's not like he's trying so he doesn't have to play.
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The time he is on the floor is well worth it. One of the most entertaining players I have ever seen.
That's why you're a Lakers fan...
By the way if he can survive these little guys climbing and jumping all over him I think he can survive being out there on court.
http://plixi.com/p/93046160
NFW Manu doesn't play in Game 2. Spurs in 5.
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