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But Pop is still here.
Phil ain't there no mo...
But Pop is still here.
Now it's the thought of the student becoming the master that haunts paranoid Pop
Nice day to go fishing, bruh.
I wonder this myself. They looked scared. I thought the Spurs would've gotten up for the first meeting against them. Maybe it had to do with Kobe not playing, maybe Tony was beating pussy too hard the night before and didn't wanna get slammed to the ground around the basket...all I know is they looked defeated out there as soon as that lead went over 15, they pretty much gave up.
tbh they also look scared vs. the Grizz and Bulls and Heat
Arent we like 3-0 versus Grizzlies this year. Bulls game was pretty close.
healthy grizz. healthy bulls.
How does having a bad a game equate tobeing intimidated. The Lakers has had some really bad losses this year to bad teams. Were they intimidated?
If there is one lesson to take away from this game is that the duo of Blair/Bonner guarding elite bigs will not work and if we plan to make a deep run in the playoffs, Pop has got to insert Splitter in the starting lineup and give him 30 plus mins a night. He is treating Splitter like he is as old as Duncan.
That's BS. I was at the Bulls game. Spurs have beat Mem every time this season, and were up by 20 on the Heat until Lebron played to his max.
Only against the Lakers last night were Parker and Duncan playing out of their comfort zone due to being Bynum's es. Don't try and romanticize this loss as some trend against good teams.
Do all the laker fans in the building have something to do with it? Must be deflating as F to hear all the cheers for the opposing team on your home court. Pisses me off but ah well they're professionals I suppose.
If you're a player and you're so worried about the crowd, you should go back to the D-League.
Just a bad game IMO.
Coasting, CIA Pop, per par, etc
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Then, isn't it disturbing that they were up by 20 (14 IIRC - I was at that game) and still lost the game by 30? That's a 44 point swing in less than a half. MEM losses were without ZBo.
SA is going to struggle against any team with good defense - when playoff type, grind it out time comes, all this free-flowing, PHX type offensive game is going to come to a halt. It'll be who can get a stop and who can't you stop.
Because the Spurs know that they cannot match their size. There was a particular 1st quarter sequence, in which both Bynum and Gasol battled the offensive glass for about 4 consecutive, extra possessions. That sequence, along with that Bynum's devastating swat of Parker layup on the other end, sent the Spurs into the mental foxhole for the rest of the game.
Never really thought it had anything to do with Phil. But there's definitely something going on. Pop's been intimidated by big moments and the playoffs for a while now.
The only silver lining is getting their asses handed to them now with two more opportunities to man up in the next week. That said, if the Lakers have a full team for one or both of the next games I wouldn't be surprised to see Pop sit players like a ing puss so he has an excuse for losing.
The only player I thought may have played scared was Tony Parker. He refused to enter the paint. I can't say with any certainty that it was fear, however, as he has done this against other teams, usually when he is tired. It happens frequently on the second half of back to backs. We'll know for sure soon enough as there are two more games against the Lakers quickly approaching.
??? Randolph was in first game. Manu was out the second two. We also added Jax, Mills and Diaw. Wasnt Manu out against Bulls? We were the ones that were not healthy.
Spurs are 5-2 against Grizz, Thunder and Lakers this year. I hardly call that struggling.
You know Pop is sitting the big 3 next Tuesday. He'll want those wins against the Warriors and Kings but won't care about tanking the game in LA.
I expect more of the same BS game plan as last night when the Lakers are back in town on Friday. Pop will just wing it and hope for the best should they meet in the playoffs.
I think it's the opposite I believe they didn't take them serious without kobe and by the time the realized it wouldn't be easy it was too late. On top of that every piece of la threw up went in.
it's not a season ending loss by any means or does it mean I don't believe we can still when it all. But anyone who is talking themselves into believing this was a "bad night" is being delusional. The lane was denied and Tony and the rest of the team seemed to give up even trying to drive. I think Bynum and Gasol had more rebounds at half time than the whole spurs team combined. Their size bothered us and Pop didn't have an answer. If we meet up in the playoffs let's hope Kobe takes enough shots to disrupt their bigs flow.
The team's mental softness comes from Pop.
TD and Splitter are not as good as Bynum and Gasol but we could get a similar effect if they played together.
If Pop weren't scared of the Lakers, Manu probably wouldn't have broken his arm last year.
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