Game Blog: Spurs vs. Clippers - Game 2

[spurspokesman]

My god we couldve had this in the bag by now. Stupid bball. Neal and diaw ha some bad stretches that really helped them back in. And ginobilli jacking up needless shots at times.

[ElNono]

Go Spurs Go!

[DAF86]

Hey, somebody remember Pop that that boy with the number 20 on his back is pretty good. He didn't get a single play called for him in his second stretch in the floor.

[Holt's Cat]

Time to pour an old fashioned. Purrrrr.

[vander]

Clippers D on TP forcing Spurs to change their offense

my angst is at about 9/10

[DontStopBelieving]

Spurs played about as bad as they possibly could on offense, and the clippers are making bunch of bs contested jumpers, but we are still up.

[Nathan89]

Tiago needs to step the up and act like he has touched a basketball a couple of times in his life. ed up all momentum, imo.

Timmy needs to get more touches in the post or pnr. He need the ball and often.

Threes should start falling.

[Cry Havoc]

Clips are 5-8 from 3. Double the FTs of the Spurs. SA shooting 30% from downtown, and we're up 4. Wow.

[MI21]

More Diaw, Duncan and Jackson please.

Less Manu 3's, Parker jumpshots and Bonner defense.

[Warlord23]

Duncan + Diaw: 21 pts, 10/13 FGs
Rest of the team: 25 pts, 9/29 FGs

[Paranoid Pop]

Hey, soebody remember Pop that that boy with the number 20 on his back is pretty good. He didn't get a single play called for him in his second stretch in the floor.

When he played the point he turned into Chuckobili, also missed a lay up on a play for him.

[angelbelow]

Going into half time:

- Neal has been reduced to a liability. He needs to play the same role Green does on offense and try his best to do the same on defense.
- Splitter is still playing poorly.
- Front court in general needs to step it up. If Bonner plays in the 2nd half then he needs to continue to shoot with confidence.
- Clippers forcing us to iso and that really hurt our offense.

[The Reckoning]

I aint sayin' nuttin!

[timtonymanu]

Just tuned in. What did I miss?

[MannyIsGod]

Biggest factor in that 2nd quarter was the Clippers shooting and how it affected the pace. All in all, they played very well in the 2nd quarter and they are still down at half. I'm not worried. I expect Pop to make better adjustments at the half than Vinny.

[RashoFan]

The HEB Commercial wiith the Big 3
Call the plumber, these pipes are about to burst- Tony
I think I found a new mountain, Mount Manu- Manu
Someone call a vet, these pythons are sick-Timmy

[Mugen]

meh missed open threes. Defense is still solid.

Knock down our open shots and we should be able to get a comfortable lead going into the 4th.

[MannyIsGod]

Going into half time:

- Neal has been reduced to a liability. He needs to play the same role Green does on offense and try his best to do the same on defense.
- Splitter is still playing poorly.
- Front court in general needs to step it up. If Bonner plays in the 2nd half then he needs to continue to shoot with confidence.
- Clippers forcing us to iso and that really hurt our offense.

LOL counting on Neal for any defense just means he shouldn't play. And considering the opponents, maybe he shouldn't.

[Quiet Strength]

Just tuned in. What did I miss?

Spurs started sharp and got a big lead... bench came in and the lead went bye bye

[ALVAREZ6]

Manu's analysis is spot-on

But Manu contributed to that big lead evaporation by jacking many needless 3s and that influences the rest of the team to make similar decisions. When you have a comfortable 1st half lead in 8-15 points or so, there is no need to continue jacking 3s with a lot of time left on the clock. You should continue to move the ball, waste more time, find better shots. Try to preserve the lead.

Every now and then when Manu quarterbacks the offense with a few other bench players he falls in the trap of playing desperate offense when the team needs the exact opposite.

[The Reckoning]

Mr. Tightlips would never use an exclamation point.


Did you pick that avatar or did mookie2001?

i did tbh. mookie's not creative enough.

[EVAY]

Look, at the half Tony has 8 points, three assists, three rebounds, three steals, and has been aggressive. He is fine. Tim is fine. Manu is Manu. Diaw is awesome against Griffin.

We will be okay but we must have come to the conclusion that LA 's benches better than our bench and we have to play our first team more. Isn't this why we game them so much time off during the season?

[Paranoid Pop]

Biggest factor in that 2nd quarter was the Clippers shooting and how it affected the pace. All in all, they played very well in the 2nd quarter and they are still down at half. I'm not worried. I expect Pop to make better adjustments at the half than Vinny.

Pop is the reason we lost the lead in the first place, got y, leash was way too long on the bench. TP and Tim are +13, the bench is getting owned since the first minute they got in this series, Pop didn't make any ajustements so far. The starters can play heavy minutes, they rested for a long time. Not like we have a choice.

Btw can someone confirm that Diaw took the fool on Jordan? Worst mistake so far if true.

[timtonymanu]

Spurs started sharp and got a big lead... bench came in and the lead went bye bye

Thanks. Yeah reading the comments it looks like the Spurs played like in the 2nd quarter. Still have a 4 point lead into halftime. Let's hope they step it up in the 2nd half.

[GuillermoDiazFan]

Just tuned in. What did I miss?

Spurs flopping left and right.

Also Bledsoe and Paul switching bodies.