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Please explain
Please refrain from speaking of him in the past tense.
Twin towers, folks.
A chance to make history.
Those of you that know how pessimistic I've been the last, five years or so, should realize what this turn of events means.
The Spurs' chances of winning ring number five just got better than they've been all season.
Believe
Please explain
Its over
I actually agree with the OP (somewhat). The Spurs are still capable of winning this series...as for the rest of their road, too little too late with the integration of Splitter.
Spurs in seven.
I think he means that Spurs fans need to nut up and be piss drunk for game 5 and let it all hang out..
Our guys need us spurs fans and San Antonio to support our team that is in desperate need.
Yeah, but you have to overcome an entire season of not only not playing him in the rotation, but also placing defense on the back burner.
The only scenario I see is something on the order of the Spurs making a final stand in game 5 and forcing the series back to Memphis were a young team chokes again in a close out game. Not unheard of, of course. But the odds are against at this point.
Weren't you one of the biggest Bonner defenders before??
Explain yourself!!
Moving Splitter into the SL could work, if he and TD get some sort of defensive rhythm going.
I am much more concerned with the backcourt and their inability to even execute simple offensive plays.
They have a chance to put it together at home and turn it all around.
It ain't over til it's over.
But Pop will quit way before then.
I have to agree with OP OV. I mean, 3-1 deficit sounds like it is insurmountable, but we have the next game at home which we should re-blow them out and then it comes down to game 6 on the road, where we've failed miserably in our first two chances but that game is all it boils down to if we take care of homecourt (35-7). Plus, Splitter should now see all of Blair's minutes, and if the Big 3 can put together 3 straight good games, coming back is not out of the question. Oh, and TP quit TURNING THE BALL OVER
It is hard to believe in this team anymore.
Tim Duncan's birthday, down 2-1, on the road against a team that TANKED to get you, then proceed to get blown out?
The Spurs need to give the fans a REASON to believe. They have been completely outplayed at EVERY position. The Spurs are literally dropping these games by not being able to put a pass on target, or catching the damn ball after the pass is made. Then leaving scrubs wide open for routine practice shots. They are not pressuring the ball or passing lanes, and just don't look like they are winners out there.
The real question is, what reasons have I been given that would warrant me to believe that this team can overcome the pressure of being eliminated when they can't even overcome the pressure of being down 2-1 on an opponents home court? The series isn't over? That just won't do it.
I will sure as cheer my ass off for them, they better show that they deserve it.
Good thing Pop's not going to play. I don't care if it's ing Steve Novak and Chris Quinn out there, if you're wearing Spurs colors you better sure as show up to win Wednesday night.
Kind of like cramming an entire semester into an all-nighter before a final?
Sure. Perhaps.
What I can see is a young Memphis team playing loose in game 5 but assuming that if it goes to a game 6 they got it so they let up.
But then you are assuming a vintage Spurs must-win road game performance in game 6. That team isn't here anymore, imo.
If anything, after tonight Pop will cut back Splitter's minutes, if not put him back in the doghouse for good.
It's ing over...
The patient is on the waiting list for a heart transplant because they are suffering from heart failure.
[QUOTE=Marcus Bryant;5176322]Kind of like cramming an entire semester into an all-nighter before a final?
Sure. Perhaps.
What I can see is a young Memphis team playing loose in game 5 but assuming that if it goes to a game 6 they got it so they let up.
But then you are assuming a vintage Spurs must-win road game performance in game 6. That team isn't here anymore, imo.[/QUOTE]
I have been amazed at the volume of uncontested shots this team routinely gives up now. I think POP was trying to give this team the best chance to win games this year and it worked great in the RS. The defensive inadequacies on this team are too numerous to detail here. They just can stop anybody.
That 3rd quarter tonight was a disaster start to finish. A gutless, heartless display of basketball that was an embarrassment on the team's part.
I choose not to remember these guys by that performance tonight, because the veteran core of Spurs players brought it time and time again when there were physically well.
Hopefully, the guys will bring it Wednesday and make the series interesting. That's all we have to hang our hats on now.
The Summer League?
Yeah, probably. I'm holding out hope. Surely Pop's going to watch the film on this game. He may not show it to the team (he should), but he has to watch it.
I'd go with a starting five of Parker, Neal, Jefferson, Duncan, and Blair for game 5.
Manu and Splitter come in together off the bench, and go pick and roll until Memphis calls uncle.
Bonner gets no more than five minutes in the first half. If he hasn't hit at least two threes in that time, he sits the rest of the pine.
You're mixing up regular season team record vs this team production... I know, it's easy to look back and then wonder how they dropped this turd... but MB is right, it's going to be very difficult to get stops on demand when we didn't do it all season long.
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