We won't get past the 2nd round

[Man In Black]

Underestimating Artest's offense is the mistake the Celtics made in the Finals in '10 and it cost them in games 6 and 7. The guy has been a scorer in the NBA before he just doesn't focus on scoring as much anymore.

Losing Perk didn't help the C's just as much if not MORE!

[smaka]

Chill people, it was just a game. Lakers won't shoot like that next time. TP won't be as bad as he was today. Guys will be motivated to bounce back, I just hope to see TD & Tiago play together, we need the height!

[beachwood]

+1. Artest made 5 3's and scored 26 points when he only averages about 10-12 points a game. Blake made some ridiculous fade away 3's, are you kidding me?

It's called confidence. And the Lakers have it in spades when they play the Spurs.

Artest plays like every Spurs player is his .

[siraulo23]

if the spurs play like this in the POs then wont make past 1st round

[Venti Quattro]

Losing Perk didn't help the C's just as much if not MORE!

Throw in the referees who were calling fouls on the Celtics left and right!

[Texas_Ranger]

if we get Mem or LAL they I agree. I see us defeat the other teams.

[chazley]

Love coming on Spurstalk after big losses. The sky is falling at ude is hilarious - we lost ONE game and everyone wants to talk about how much we suck now and have no chance.

Did they expose some weaknesses? Yes.

Can we adjust? Of course.

If we played the Lakers 100 times in a row, would you expect that maybe 10 of those would result in blowout losses for the Spurs, and 10 would result in blowout losses for the Lakers? I believe so. Tonight just happened to be one of the nights they whooped our ass.

Don't discount the fact we probably let our guard down knowing Kobe was out, and that Lakers team came out and wanted to prove something against the best in the West.

Everything will be alright, tinfoil hat-wearers.

Also, don't discount the fact that this loss could've been great for our psyche. We have a very mentally tough group, and this will make them work harder, not give up. Great wake up call.

[Texas_Ranger]

It's not that they lost, it's the way they lost. The big 3 looked like a bunch of afraid little girls.

And the fact is that the Lakers will still have Bynum/Gasol and the Spurs will 99% start with Blair guarding Bynum.. I would be confident if Tim/Tago lineup would work, but there's this coach that never want's to see that combo, so yea, we are ed.

[Kuestmaster]

We will win the west. Book it

[TheSkeptic]

It's not that they lost, it's the way they lost. The big 3 looked like a bunch of afraid little girls.

And the fact is that the Lakers will still have Bynum/Gasol and the Spurs will 99% start with Blair guarding Bynum.. I would be confident if Tim/Tago lineup would work, but there's this coach that never want's to see that combo, so yea, we are ed.

...Pretty much. Green was good and there were a few other people who came to play but without the big 3 there's no chance. Blair absolutely has no business starting on a seriously contending team and Bonner shouldn't be play extended minutes either. Yet here we are.

There's just no way we'll avoid all the good defensive teams.

[therealtruth]

...Pretty much. Green was good and there were a few other people who came to play but without the big 3 there's no chance. Blair absolutely has no business starting on a seriously contending team and Bonner shouldn't be play extended minutes either. Yet here we are.

There's just no way we'll avoid all the good defensive teams.

Exactly we're going to have to go through a good defensive team to make the Finals. We'll actually be an outlier if we make the Finals based on our defense so far.

[jiggy_55]

Agreed, their is no possible way we can avoid both Memphis & LAL.

Of course their is.

1. Spurs finish first.
2. LAC-MEM play in the 1st round, LAC comes out on top.
3. OKC-LAL play in the 2nd round, OKC give LAL matchup problems and are likely to beat them with homecourt advantage.
4. If SAS has advanced all the way, SAS vs OKC for WCF.

Obviously to try to make sure MEM stay in 4th or 5th, we need to beat them tonight and hope for the best later on (i.e hopefully we beat out OKC for first place).

[TJastal]

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[TJastal]

Why does this happen after every game? It seems somebody made shots they shouldn't have been making. The Spurs somehow allow players to make unbelievable shots on them.

Artest has been slowly heating up the past couple weeks. I mentioned it in a previous thread last week. You can probably expect similar statlines from him for the remainder of the year. Barnes is clicking now too.

[Spur|n|Austin]

And if we do get past the first and second rounds, do you band wagoners promise to stop posting?

[bus driver]

Bandwagon pussies get out of here.

+1


at least we know who the tshirts are

[NRHector]

Lakers will not shoot this well every game. We have to win 4 out of 7. I don't care what some of you say. I still like our chances. No way Artest/World Peace/Nutcase shoots this well on a consistent basis. No way Barnes shoots like this on a consistent basis. Not with Kobe in the game not letting them shoot. This was a trap game anyway. Yeah, we sucked it up tonight...we'll play better.

it goes both ways

[Sean Cagney]

if the spurs play like this in the POs then wont make past 1st round

This is very true, worry about that first.

[LongtimeSpursFan]

Team needs to blow up their front court, way way too soft.

Too much dead weight, and once again, horrible size in the modern era of the NBA will get you zilch.

If this is true then Miami is in a heap of trouble.

[SenorSpur]

Team needs to blow up their front court, way way too soft.

Too much dead weight, and once again, horrible size in the modern era of the NBA will get you zilch.

I'm with that. Watching that massacre is yet another indication that the Spurs STILL have not address their skill and size deficiencies on the frontline.

I'm not going to blame it all on Bonner and Blair, even though both were horrible. The fact of the matter is these two should not be on the same team, much less on the same floor together.

Yes, Tim was horrific in his own right, and there is no excuse for his poor effort. Still, if the Spurs are going to be forced to depend upon h is 35-year old body to match the rebounding and point totals of Bynum, that should tell everyone that they've got bigger problems.

The problem I have here is that we're four years into this much-criticized Pau Gasol trade, for which Pop was none too happy about when it went down. Since then, the Spurs coach, President and FO guru has done nothing to counter. It's silly to keep watching the Spurs routinely get dismantled by the more dominant and physical frontlines of the NBA, while Pop trots out a 35 year-old Duncan and the Turd Towers. Didn't we all watch this movie last spring versus the Grizzlies? Has the management of this team NOT learned anything?

I'm afraid Pop is going to have to do what he's been fearing, rebuild the frontline to provide TD more support. Get rid of Blair and Bonner this summer and get at least 2 more qualified frontline players. Otherwise, expect 1st and 2nd round exits the next couple of years.

[therealtruth]

I'm with that. Watching that massacre is yet another indication that the Spurs STILL have not address their skill and size deficiencies on the frontline.

I'm not going to blame it all on Bonner and Blair, even though both were horrible. The fact of the matter is these two should not be on the same team, much less on the same floor together.

Yes, Tim was horrific in his own right, and there is no excuse for his poor effort. Still, if the Spurs are going to be forced to depend upon h is 35-year old body to match the rebounding and point totals of Bynum, that should tell everyone that they've got bigger problems.

The problem I have here is that we're four years into this much-criticized Pau Gasol trade, for which Pop was none too happy about when it went down. Since then, the Spurs coach, President and FO guru has done nothing to counter. It's silly to keep watching the Spurs routinely get dismantled by the more dominant and physical frontlines of the NBA, while Pop trots out a 35 year-old Duncan and the Turd Towers. Didn't we all watch this movie last spring versus the Grizzlies? Has the management of this team NOT learned anything?

I'm afraid Pop is going to have to do what he's been fearing, rebuild the frontline to provide TD more support. Get rid of Blair and Bonner this summer and get at least 2 more qualified frontline players. Otherwise, expect 1st and 2nd round exits the next couple of years.

Pop has basically decided his counter to size is small ball and spacing the floor. Matt Bonner is the secret weapon. However against a good defensive team it's not going to work.

[Spurs9]

*BUMP* to show the pussies who tried to jump ship on the last loss. F yo bandwagon

[rascal]

*BUMP* to show the pussies who tried to jump ship on the last loss. F yo bandwagon

Looks like your the bandwagon after the Spurs win.

[will_spurs]

This game was just a preview my spurfriends... get ready for the next episode

In many series the preview sucks, but the following episode is much improved.

[TampaDude]

Preview or Fluke.

Spurs have the personel to match up with any team in the league period and beat them in a 7 game series. Question is, will Pop utilize the right matchups are continue with a trend. Well, he pitched a change up last night and the Lakers got smacked.

The first game against the Lakers was a fluke. Every team has a crapfest from time to time. Last night, you saw the REAL 2012 Spurs.

numbah five is in sight!