So who sits out on Monday vs GS?

[Dunc n Dave]

Tim?
Manu?
Tony?
No one?

Would make for an interesting vbookie....

[Dex]

Considering the Warriors are in a tailspin and the Lakers are one of the few teams the Spurs really need wins against, the smart money would be on the Big 3 sitting tomorrow and playing in LA. We'll see how much Pop thinks of "smart money" though...

Then again, if Spurs managed to win both of the next games, that officially puts the Lakers in the rearview mirror. Might be wise to go for both of them, then if you can pull off that feat, you can rest the team against Sacramento without having much to worry about standings-wise.

[Knoxxx]

Looks to me we need 3 wins to hold off the Lakers regardless of tiebreak.

My guess would be the big 3 play Monday, Wed, and then Friday against the Lakers. I think the sit against the Lakers on Tuesday, and we essentially concede that one due to scheduling. Tomorrow night will tell the tale.

[spurs1990]

The alternative is to rest players again LA thereby eliminating the possibility of getting beat again, which stands at about 50/50 tbh.

[Dunc n Dave]

In the first back to back to back, Pop sat out one of the Big 3 in each game though. If he holds to that, I think Duncan sits vs GS, Manu sits vs the Lakers, Parker sits vs. Sac.

At least that was the order they sat in the first 3 in 3....

[bklynspursfan]

Definitely sit Tim, we'll need him vs Lakers/Kings more than GS.

I guess Manu will sit vs LA and TP vs Sac. Or vice versa to give Manu extra rest as he'd have 2 days rest for Friday's showdown with LA

[timtonymanu]

I wouldn't mind seeing the Big 3 off tomorrow again, but they better not play like against the Lakers again.

[hooperflash]

No one please, but if someone does sit my guess is Ginobili and TD

[Beaverfuzz]

Sit nobody.

[Mel_13]

Sit nobody.

Treat tomorrow like the Phoenix game. Play everyone and go for the blowout with the expectation that the Big 3 play short minutes. Then everyone goes against the Lakers. Rest against Sacramento if needed.

[letmk]

Under the cir stances, I would play everyone in the first 2 games, then rest some of them in the 3rd game v. Kings depending on whether we have blow-out games either way.

If we rest players in the 1st game, that might actually put too much pressure on the 2nd game. Either we lost to the Lakers, which would be the worst thing, or we win ugly, which still doesn't give the team a good feeling.

[100%duncan]

I want TP to play, just didn't see the good effect on sitting the Utah game.

[Knoxxx]

Well I thought it was stupid how we handled the Utah game, blowing an 11-game win streak and huge amount of momentum that went with it. Second time Pop has done that. I thought alternating Tony/Manu sitting out would have better for our offense, which sort of goes with the staggered big 3 rest idea rather than sitting them all at once. I don't like throwing games, I want to figure out a way to win them all.

Back to reality here, the second remaining game against the Lakers is a lot bigger in my mind. If we went all out to win Tuesday against them, chances we lose all 3 on the road go up a lot. Need to play the odds here, and use the Big 3 to get the sure wins Mon and Wed.

LAL fans can stick them high dollar tix up their ass while we throw that game, then kick their butt Friday to lock down the #2 seed.

[cd98]

The bigger question is does Jefferson have a revenge game against us and actually play Like we thought he would when we traded for him?

[DatBoyGood]

Play the big 3 limited minutes tomorrow, then go all out vs La, then rest vs Sac

[Spurtacus]

The big 3 won't sit tomorrow. Its possible Diaw or Blair get a DNP.

[Dunc n Dave]

The bigger question is does Jefferson have a revenge game against us and actually play Like we thought he would when we traded for him?

Last I saw, RJ was "injured" (code for GS tanking by playing all rookies and D-Leaguers tog et a higher draft pick). Didn't play yesterday vs. the Clippers...

[Keepin' it real]

Sit out? Why? Is someone injured?

[benefactor]

Treat tomorrow like the Phoenix game. Play everyone and go for the blowout with the expectation that the Big 3 play short minutes. Then everyone goes against the Lakers. Rest against Sacramento if needed.

[timvp]

It's a tough decision for Pop. He could go a lot of different ways. The Suns game being easy probably changed the equation some because now the Spurs probably don't need rest. Still, I'd be tempted to rest the Big 3 against the Warriors since it's a very winnable game even without those three.

Then again, the last time the Spurs forfeited a game before they played the Lakers, things didn't go too swimmingly, tbh.

The only scenario I'd be totally against would be to forfeit the Lakers game. That would be dumb on a number of levels ... with the top level being the fact that it'd probably guarantee the Lakers being in the same bracket.

[NASpurs]

Treat tomorrow like the Phoenix game. Play everyone and go for the blowout with the expectation that the Big 3 play short minutes. Then everyone goes against the Lakers. Rest against Sacramento if needed.

I agree with this. Give everyone double digit minutes against the Warriors and hopefully the Spurs go into the Lakers game with a rhythm and some fury. Then Pop can rest whoever he wants against the Kings.

[Yorae]

Play the Big three in the first half to build a big lead then sit them out the rest of the game.

[ElNono]

Put a 10-15 minute limit on the big 3 and take it as a small practice...

If it's a blowout, it's a blowout... if it isn't, the non big-3 will duke it out.

[loveforthegame]

The Warriors are so depleted that the big 3 could sit out. However we know what happened the last time the big 3 sat out before the Lakers.

I'd play them limited minutes, go all out against the Lakers, and sit whoever against the Kings.

[Legacy]

Sit nobody.

Treat tomorrow like the Phoenix game. Play everyone and go for the blowout with the expectation that the Big 3 play short minutes. Then everyone goes against the Lakers. Rest against Sacramento if needed.

I like these two answers right here.

Lawdy... it's tiresome just keeping up with this crap. ... BUT I also don't get paid millions and millions of dollars to just sit on my ass, show up to work (or not, again), etc, etc, WTFever. I'm just a spectator, that's all.