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That's the most likely scenario.
Hold the Big 3 out of the road game.
How you'd handle it?
I think it's clear that Tim and Manu won't play the three games, so if you have to rest them in one, when you'd do it?
If Parker is good to go by Friday's game I'd play all of them against the mavs, rest them, including Parker, against New Orleans, maybe even letting the Big Three stay in San Antonio and don't travel to the Big E. And then play all of them against the Sixers.
What would you do?
That's the most likely scenario.
Hold the Big 3 out of the road game.
Go full speed, because I wanna kick the Mavs' ass. I mean, it's on baby. Let the big 3 sit the NO and maybe let TP sit against Sixers if he's not yet fully healed.
if the spurs only win one game of the three it must be the one against them mavs. spurs will pull out full strength against them mavs and the game will be a great entertainment definitely, as neither team would ever want to get asskicked by their bitter rival tbh
Personally, I would say that Manu has had plenty of time to rest so far this season, so I would say hold out Tim and maybe Tony against New Orleans.
Apparently though, Pop doesn't want to play Manu on back to backs either. So all three may sit out.
If Tony is healthy (i.e. hamstring isn't too bad), he may play the B2B2B, but he's already had to carry the load all season, so one game may not be worth the risk.
The good thing is, now that we have Captain Jack back, hopefully he can help be a main source of scoring in games where any members of the Big Three are out....something that you could never count on RJ to do.
Last edited by Dex; 03-22-2012 at 09:14 AM.
It's more than a b2b2b, it's 5 games in 6 days. The b2b2b (DAL, @NOH, PHI) is followed by a b2b on the road (@PHX, @SAC).
For example, pop could decide to fully play the b2b2b, especially if some games are easily won or lost, and then tank the games against Suns.
can we forfeit a couple of games? I mean not even bother to fly out there?
I think we have 2 b2b2b left. I'd forfeit one each. problem solved
I say the away game, We see Tiago, Diaw, Bonner, Blair, Mills, Green, Neal, Jackson, Leonard, Eric Dawson can come to as the trillion.
I thought so, too. But no news today on Tony makes me think he may be sitting against Dallas, no matter what. I think it's better to rest them all than split them. If he holds them out against Dallas, they get some extra rest now, and then it's just two b2b's with a day off in between. And all four of the games in the b2b's are the kind where the Spurs could get enough of a lead to give the Big 3 some second half rest.
I know a lot of people won't like it, but I'd sit the Big 3 against Dallas, and just play normal in the next four games. Count on having Jackson, and so not needing to play Manu big minutes on the second nights - but not plan on sitting him totally on those second nights.
disagree. tomorrow's game TP or not is a good test and home game. all should play.
Rest the players against NO, other games play with full power. Only Manu will need to rest against SAC.
We talk about resting the big 3 a lot but what about the other guys? Sure some don't play as much but with the shortened season, they should be considered for a night off too. I know they are young but it wouldn't hurt to give guys like Tiago or Blair a night to rest up as well.
I agree with playing everybody with the mavs, take the B team/young guns/jackson to NO for a good development game and leave the big 3 behind, and then play them all against against the Sixers.
Not only does that work to give rest in between, but also works to play our best lineups against the two good teams, and let the newer guys get a lot of floor time against the ty team.
imo, the game that would be tanked is vs. PHI; that way the starters can have 2 days of rest before another b2b. also, winning @ NO improves the division record (in the unlikely case of a tie-breaker situation)
From a strategic standpoint, the most important game in this set is the Friday game against Dallas. Win that one, and the Spurs will tie the season series with the Mavs and get another win in the division (important as the second tiebreaker).
For the same reason, the game against NO is probably the second most important because it is also a division game and winning that goes a long way toward clinching the second tiebreaker with Dallas (the Spurs already hold the tiebreaker with Memphis).
I'd be inclined to treat Friday and Saturday like a normal back-to-back and then use whatever is available on Sunday and take what you can -- likely, little -- out of that game against Philadelphia.
Edit: Um, yeah, what spectator said . . . .
Last edited by FromWayDowntown; 03-22-2012 at 02:14 PM.
Mavs: Play everyone except Parker if he isn't 100 percent.
Hornets: Rest Manu and Jackson...We need Tim for Hornets big man, Hopefully Parker will be back, don't want to risk injury to Jackson especially with the hamstring.
Sixers: Rest Tim and Tony...Spurs team is more confident at home.
If we do this I think we will be fine.
Play everyone who isn't legitimately injured a conservative amount of minutes. That way the core group can still have chemistry and the bench can get ample minutes. In this condensed season, you can't always tank games cuz it can bite you later in tie breaking scenarios.
The players get paid millions of dollars or close to it to be prepared, we aren't the only team to have a bunch of games in a week...
Or the only to rest players during those stretches...
In this condensed season, playoff positioning isn't that important. Just ask every coach in the league. What's important is just making it to the second season.
The last time the league played a shortened season, an 8 seed made the Finals.
The first game is crucial, go all out to win game one.
Game three is against Philadelphia, and the76ers NEVER win in SA. So game three should be in the bag no matter what.
I say go all out against hornets for that reason. Win or lose against mavs, play like crazy against hornets, and take game three easy since Philly never wins in SA
Those Knicks weren't an ordinary eight seed.
It's a dangerous game because you're trying to develop chemistry and consistency before the playoffs. Tanking games tends to destroy that. Remember what happened after the Trailblazers game and allstar break and what happened when Duncan missed games last year.
I agree with FWD about winning the two division games. Get those and rest the third.
Have to go full strength against the Mavs if possible (TP). For NO limited minutes to the big three. Then rest the big three for the final against the 76ers.
I don't like the idea of resting all three leaders in the second game, that may cause problems for the rest of the team. I wouldn't want anyone thinking that their playing in a "give away" game again. I would suggest resting TD and Manu in the second game, and then Tony and probably Splitter or Jax in the third. Winning the West doesn't matter to me at all, but I don't want to see LA or Dallas creep up on us. Being able to rest players the last two or three games of the season will be extremely important! Go Spurs!
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