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I laughed.
I laughed again.watch timvp give bonner and blair a B tonight
He's like Lebron. He has no confidence in his jumper when the going gets really tough and that is the only option left, he doesn't have the confidence in his jumper to pull the Spurs out of it.
TP hasn't played with heart all season like Danny Green has. Disgusted with TP tonight. He still has a chance to make up for it, but I've seen it one too many times now with TP.
Green, Sjax, Manu consistently bring toughness and heart to each game more so than TP does.
I laughed.
I laughed again.watch timvp give bonner and blair a B tonight
Pop's gonna look at 13-24 from 3 and think to himself..."More Bonner"
What do you expect? He could play center for us.
My thoughts exactly, and if you can lay blame on anyone outside of Pop's horrible lineups, it has to be Parker.
Parker wasn't interested in trying to test the Lakers front court, he completely gave up on the team and it isn't the first time.
Against LA or Memphis Splitter has to start. If he does not the Spurs can not beat either of them in a seven game series. It really is as simple as that. Even if that happens victory is not assured, as the bigs on those two teams are already well accustomed to playing with each other, whereas Duncan and Splitter are not. The Lakers are a match up nightmare for the Spurs. I am a little less concerned about the Grizzlies as they lost some key pieces from last year.
I have to agree with ElNono on some of his points. Parker's tuuurible night killed the Spurs almost as much as Bynum's rebounding. He has had a few games like that this year where he just refuses to go into the paint. When he does the offense stalls and the Spurs generally lose.
I don't discount Metta World Peace's 26 points, because if Kobe were playing you know he would have gotten those points. He basically made up for lost production. The Lakers bigs may have shot 16-44 from the field, but I could swear half of those misses came on a single offensive rebounding sequence where it seems they tried to tip the ball in for half a quarter. Other than that I thought the Lakers played about as good a game as they possibly could.
Speaking of which Timvp, are you sure there isn't something else that can be done about Splitter's minutes against teams like this?
Tim having a talk with Pop about the rotations, Tiago bringing some sort of expensive wine as a peace offering, Manu acting as an ambassador? Something? Anything?
The Spurs are only going as far as their bigs, tbh and I've been impressed with Tiago's ability to score and make plays in playoff style games. We're done if we're playing Bonner and Blair ahead of him.
yeah, don't change a thing and spurs get clobbered in the 1st round again. everything needs to change. these 11 game winning streaks have been a mirage. wake up
have you learned nothing from last year?
In other news...the Clippers beat OKC.
As bas as this loss was (in it was baaaaaaaaaaad), it doesn't change the seeding.
As timvp, Spurs need to do anything (Anything.) they can to avoid LA at all costs until the WCF.
I thought health was the most important thing in terms of a legit championship run. But it's not. Pop's failure to adjust to LA and Tony obviously scared of their bigs means they aren't getting past LA (healthy or not).
Avoid LA and they have as good a shot as anybody to ring.
In theory yes. But they'll have to also avoid Memphis, Chicago, Boston, and Miami as well (among others). That's just not realistic.
Wow I had to stop watching that game. I couldnt handle seeing MWP coming down hitting shots non stop. 29% from deep and hes hitting them in his sleep this game, give me a break.
Tony didnt want any part of the paint tonight..He was intimidated by Bynum and knows he likes to give cheap shots, and his shot was so off. Timmy shots just didnt fall..did nothing on the glass. I'll tell you Tiago can play and has nice moves, he just needs minutes!! Manu played with alot of energy tonight, I could tell from the minute he stepped on the floor. He wasn't intimidated by Bynum one bit shots he was taking it right to him trying to attack the rim, and his shots were just not falling and he tried to make some passes happen but just wasnt happening tonight. He just needs to get minutes I know his health is Important and there is 10 games left or whatever but he needs to play and get minutes, in the playoffs were going to need him to be playing heavy minutes and him going hard..hes going to be tired if he doesnt get some solid minutes up to the playoffs. Im anxious to see how he ends up doing against Tony Allen and Kawhi on Gay
I'd rather play the Lakers than avoid them. No way will I run scared from another team hoping someone else takes them out.
You want to win it all, YOU gotta take them out yourself.
It's on Pop if he wants to avoid them because he doesn't want to play tall ball.
The spurs match up better with all of those teams compared to the lakers.
I honestly like their chances against the above, except maybe Miami.
I thought this Spurs team would match up better against the Lakers but tonight proved that's absolutely not the case. It was the exact type of loss to erase any doubt the Lakers would dominate the Spurs in a playoff series.
I'm the first one to admit that i was wrong about dis matchup and timvp was right.
First, I haven't watched the game and I won't.
Second, while Pop shouldn't be overreacting, he should realize that some of his choices haven't worked for the whole season. Blair starting has been a failure for a long time. Pop should take him from the starting lineup and do it as soon as possible to let the new starting lineup some time to gel.
There are some changes to do in the rotation. Even if Pop did it for bad reasons with a panic move, it doesn't mean that theses changes aren't the right moves to do.
Not true.
I'm glad you're still gung ho after this game but Pop's not gonna adjust. Even if he does, it might be too late.
If the Spurs wanna ring this year, they have to avoid LA.
Bynum 30
Duncan 2
CIA Pop allowing the Lakers to get overconfident.
The Spurs had no answer for the Mavs in 2007 and I didn't shed a tear when the Warriors eliminated them.
The Thunder would probably beat the Lakers. Just gotta make sure those two teams get in the same side of the bracket.
Jackson wasn't skeert because he's been in the with Ron Ron before. Jack just doing Jack.
Spurs were destroyed by the Cavs in the regular season in 2007, not so much in the Finals.
We just need MWP to get over confident and chuck some 3s.
We laid an egg, but it's too late in the game to do anything about it.
Hopefully we can play a solid game against Memphis tomorrow and put this game behind us.
honestly, the Lakers might not even get out of the 1st round the way they play against everybody else.hi
Pop likes to tank games. After tonight, he should now exactly know how to approach the rest of the regular season.
Folks, the best team in the WC "Oklahoma Thunder" looked invincible last week against these Lakers/Heat, etc....they've lost 3 in a row recently and lost to the Clippers (Yay! Go Clips)
Spurs were on a 11 game winning streak-it had to end sometime.....spurs may go through a little losing slump but they're playoff bound so if it gets them through the playoffs and a chance at a 5th ring.......this loss may be a blip towards something bigger....
Spurs got their collective a$$es kicked 2night-swallow the bile and move on.....
don't be suprised/shocked/dismayed if Spurs lose that one 2morrow-memphis is playing good ball right now.
Agree.
What did this game tell you that you did not already know?
We cannot match up against the Lakers. We probably cannot match up against a healthy Grizzlies team. What have we done this year to prove otherwise?
Tiago getting more pt would help...but I don't think it is enough.
We will beat anyone else in the West.
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