All we need is Parker back. If he can put in his 20 pts, we've got this.
I am hoping like that this game is the one game where the spurs click on all cylinders...and while everyone is thinking of another grind out game...that the spurs just roll...
one of those games where everyone just clicks together and blows out this grizzlies team.
Must win game at home and it took 2 miracle shots just to send it to overtime.
Umm, no. On ST, I'm pretty sure this is the only song on anyone's mind...
Come join me, dance with me
All you fellas chat along with me
It did? I'm sure this forum is full of people that didn't know that. Captain obvious with a vagina.
I believe in the guys.
SA better bring it hard tonight. Memphis crowd will be electric, and that team will be hungry and ready to avenge the loss that was taken from their throats.
Four quarters. Anything less will be a loss.
You want to dance already?
at least be safe when you do..............
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Time to box out, stand tall vs Z-Bo and Gasol, and hit some layups in the lane which opens up the three ball in the corner.
Spurs by 7.
the psychological challenge is going to be the biggest challenge IMO. one of the things that made the Spurs championships teams so good was their ability to tune out the crowd of opposing teams. they were never shaken up. i think Neal is a guy that has the ability to do that. that's why i think he needs to be on the floor a lot tonight.
It's going to take another effort like game 5's. I don't know if that'll translate to a win against a Memphis team that has taken some great punches from the Spurs and come back and hit harder, but I think we'll see another balls-out performance at least.
I agree. Pop's smart mouth and surliness with the press will be a dead act if the Spurs lose tonight. Time for accountability by all personnel. Hey, when faced with adversity or something like free agency, its become cliche for NBAers to claim its "a business". Since its a business, time for accountability.
I'd give Matter Bonner two clanks then yank him permanently from the game. Seriously, two clanks and that's his quota. I'd try to get him to shoot one early to see how painfully off he appears. I absolutely get bummed when I see him light posting in the paint on defense.
Maybe Neal's heroics will finally rub off on Bonner.
Spurs need to get stops. Period. Even if they get offense from our scrubs, guys like Vasquez and Conley and Strong seem to just score away at the other end. Spurs need to limit the scrubs on the Grizzlies.
I just don't understand what the f*ck is wrong with Richard Jefferson?! Pop spent the ENTIRE summer with him, Spurs resigned him to a longer deal----and he's just a ghost when he's on the floor. He's either playing terrible, terrible, terrible defense---against not even elite scorers, and he drives weakly to the basket and misses or he shoots 3's from the top of the arc and irons it. Honestly, he's such a huge weak link on the roster, it's borderline sickening.
Honestly this series has been all about the bench/role players. Memphis has been getting an exceptional boost from their bench that is playing above what would be expected from players on their team. If the spurs could get similar production from their bench this could be an entirely different series.
Spurs game plan has been effective in keeping the Grizzlies start squad from totally taking advantage of us and making them work at times. But when their bench rolls out on the court our own bench just doesn't match them out on the floor and it has killed us every time in the middle of the 2nd quarter and late in the 3rd quarter every game.
This series has been so frustrating to watch, yet this spur's team is capable of winning this series. I've just been watching and waiting for them to show up for a entire 48 minutes.
The #1 issue I have with the whole RJ fiasco is that people who defended his contract were saying that he was the only legit SF on the roster, and that he couldn't do any worse than his first season.Maybe Neal's heroics will finally rub off on Bonner.
Spurs need to get stops. Period. Even if they get offense from our scrubs, guys like Vasquez and Conley and Strong seem to just score away at the other end. Spurs need to limit the scrubs on the Grizzlies.
I just don't understand what the f*ck is wrong with Richard Jefferson?! Pop spent the ENTIRE summer with him, Spurs resigned him to a longer deal----and he's just a ghost when he's on the floor. He's either playing terrible, terrible, terrible defense---against not even elite scorers, and he drives weakly to the basket and misses or he shoots 3's from the top of the arc and irons it. Honestly, he's such a huge weak link on the roster, it's borderline sickening.
Well, I honestly think Danny Green >>> RJ, and I think we could have easily found a couple of hungry younger players for $38 Million.
The only thing I will say in fairness to RJ is that he is a run and gun, open court player, and the Spurs have slowed down way too much since January. It's no surprise RJ had his best stats at the beginning of the year when the Spurs were pushing the ball.
His offense would just be a bonus. I'm more PO'ed about his atrocious defense. In Game 5 they showed in slow motion him fighting for a loose ball--it was the weakest "fight" for a loose ball I've seen in a while. He needs to show toughness, he can still rebound, and he can still play smart defense even if his shots aren't there.
RJs been pretty bad defensively all series. But he shot very well the first two games. If we can have that RJ, and have one of those seven-players-in-double-figures nights, it shouldn't be close.
What the Spurs need from RJ is free throw attempts. Pure and simple. Everything else follows that.
Yeah I'm eating crow right now. I was wrong, plain and simple about RJ. Whole he has improved in areas I thought he would, it's nowhere near enough to justify that contract. It will weigh on the Spurs if they can't get someone to take his contract.
Believe.
1.Believe
One game at a time, we can do this
Go Spurs Go!
This year's worse than last year by far, because we've seen what he could be and how good the Spurs are when he plays that well. Imagine what the Spurs could have gotten for him in a trade of his expiring contract as well as he played through January.
Defensive Adjustment I'd like to see for tonight:
-Manu on Young & RJ on Allen to start the game. Young has blown by RJ all series long. He's killing us.
-Switch up Dice & Timmy on Gasol/Randolph. Ideally i'd like to see Dice to stay out of foul trouble early but also see Timmy on Z-Bo late.
-More Hill on Conley & Parker on Mayo. Obviously not for long stretches at a time bc I don't want TP getting exhausted. But TP seems to do a better job of running through screens and chasing guys like OJ around. I think Hill's length can bother Conley as well and at least contest those jumpers a little better.
-Contain Arthur. Arthur has lit up Bonner all year long. I would not be adverse to a Bonner/Battier and RJ/Arthur cross matchup to try and throw something different at Arthuer.
Basically, cross matchups are key tonight and I wanna see more of it.
1.
One game, one quarter, one possession at a time. Always Believe.
Speaking of TD and free throws, it's amazing to me that he's only gotten to the free throw line 14 times in the five games. Duncan used to get to the line that much in one good game. I know he's older and not as involved offensively ... but you'd think he'd be due for a game where he earns a bunch of free throws.
Yeah, I think Blair is done for the series. Splitter has earned the minutes behind Duncan and (unfortunately) Bonner is cemented as the backup power forward behind McDyess.
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