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You guys are not thinking big picture... if they play tomorrow, they're going to be too tired for next year's 50+ win regular season.
Pop plays this game that if the Spurs lose without their Big 3, it doesn't prove anything. And there are times that's true. Tomorrow isn't one of those times.
You guys are not thinking big picture... if they play tomorrow, they're going to be too tired for next year's 50+ win regular season.
I predict all this boohooing is BS and Pop will play the Big 3 full minutes tomorrow, until we're up 30 mid-3rd and we'll just coast like we did tonight. Lakers are one or two beatdowns away from self-imploding, and we've got the chance to step on their throats.
Let's see, the Lakers have one fewer loss than the Clippers plus the tiebreaker.
The Lakers have the Spurs twice, OKC at home and two byes (GS and Sac). That's probably two losses.
The Clippers have @Den, @PHX, NO, @ATL, @NYK. None of those games are going to be very easy. Even NO is playing well. @ATL might be tanking to avoid the Celtics but that might be the only tanking team they play. There are probably two losses in there.
OKC has @PHX, @SAC, @LAL, SAC, DEN. The two SAC games are wins. Those other three games are pretty tough. One or two losses, tbh.
I think Pop got lucky. Now, forfeiting tomorrow isn't such a horrible move. Even after a forfeit, the Spurs still have the inside track at the number one seed. Giving the Lakers a win helps them stay at 3. So .............. damn, forfeiting isn't the horrible move it was 30 minutes ago, tbh.
That said, I'd probably still rather the Spurs just try to win it.
Starters rested a wholllllllle lot tonight, so what will his excuse be now? If he rests them he is a flat out coward.
I think duncan wants revenge. I think the big three atleast play the first half
if it close they might play in second half if they get done early big they sit and go all out against kings
i expect to see the big 3 tomorrow. or at least two of them.
sj also wants reverage
I can't believe you still think we're going to forfeit in LA tomorrow after none of the big 3 played more than 15 minutes tonight. No freaking way that is in Pop's plan. We're going all out tomorrow night, and we will bootstomp them.
Spurs afraid of the lakers? Cmon the piston and kings beat the lakers this season for christ sakes.
Why would you not want to? Seriously? Spurs players did not pay a whole lot tonight though, so why rest them? I don't get it? Rest two vs Sac yeah I can see that! But to rest them tomorrow and tank makes zero since to me personally. I would rather them play to win.Now I don't know if I want to go all out against LA
Play them limited minutes and see what happens. It's a win-win situation no matter what.
Sean Elliott specifically said that even if the starters play minimal minutes tonight, Pop will likely still sit them tomorrow night. Maybe the Big 3 can beg their way into the game but Elliott saying that means the coaches were planning on the Lakers game being a forfeit no matter what happened.
That's only two losses for the Lakers if the Spurs beat them once. If the Spurs forfeit the first one, that sort of narrows things down, doesn't it?
That's not how matchups work. They're not transitive.
Eh No it's really not, if we lose we lose and then are #2 again. You guys are seriously thinking tank this game? FOR WHAT? WHY? I agree play them first to see what happens, get down too far yank them, have a lead play to win! I hope they play to win.Thats some pussy shyt, I will not watch it nor give them my support tomorrow if that happens! Thats straight coward stuff right there after limited mins tonight and we all know it. Pop outhinking himself here again, once again thinking he is smart. I can't co sign this crap, sorry. Forfeit for what? To give them more confidence and get us back to #2 see and make them the #3 more than likely, yeah that makes sense.
Because if we beat them, they may fall to the 4th position and if we play the big three big minutes and still lose, the Sacramento game suddenly turns into a very dangerous one.
Either way, I would still play everybody tomorrow.
In '07 they were scared of the Mavs. I heard some Spurs players actually called the Warriors to thank them for taking them out.
I think we're going to get one of these from Pop tomorrow. Someone should photoshop a troll face on Pop.
Well, I had the GS announcers on LP and didn't hear it, but even so I can't envision that happening. Sean is tied in and all, but he can be used as a pawn in Pop's 3D chess game just as easily as he can be a reliable source. I expect tomorrow night to be a playoff game mentality. We'll find out soon enough!
Number two but tied in the loss column owning the tie-breaker, with games that we should win the rest of the way (including the one against LA at home) and with OKC with a very hard schedule and struggling.
Spurs should go out and try to win tomorrow. If they do, they can decide whether or not to tank the Friday game against LA to try to keep them in the 3 spot. Also I'm not too sure that road game against the Kings is a gimme unless they go into full-tank mode. Considering these may be the last games they play in Sacramento, I can't see them doing that.
Tim is lobbying to play tomorrow in the post-game.
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I expect #RealCoachPop to suit up everyone tomorrow vs. #Lakers; No Big 3 played more than 14:32 in blowout in Oakland
It's possible. Elliott was oddly specific about details so he obviously heard something. Maybe it changes ... guess we'll see.
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