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Contest the shot, not leave the man open for sake. Change his rhythm, do something. He is killing you.
I was so furious that I was cursing and throwing pillows like crazy
OKC should not be limiting him to 12 pts in 38 min. He scored 34 in game 2.. This is not just about adjustments Tony is backing down.. He needs to man up...
Contest the shot, not leave the man open for sake. Change his rhythm, do something. He is killing you.
I was so furious that I was cursing and throwing pillows like crazy
Manu's been making awful decisions even for the couple of decent playoff games he's had this season. I can see the turnovers and the misses before he even does it. Even if he lost some of his play due to age he can still make better decisions. His decision making has been awful. No wonder he's only playing a little more than 20 minutes in the playoffs.
You just noticed?
When Matt Bonner leaves the Spurs he'll turn in Roger Mason Jr version 2.0... he'll be scrapping to find a seat at the end of the bench somewhere...
I posted this in another thread:
"Bonner only played two minutes"
In those two minutes, the Thunder went on a 10 - 0 run and got into a rhythm in this game
It was 19-12 when Bonner checks in with 4:04 left in first qtr..KD at the line for 2....19-14
Bonner gets pass, up-fakes, drives in lane, passes to Timmy on bassline with 8 seconds on shot clock and runs away from the play. Bad shot Timmy, Perkins beats Bonner down the floor for dunk. Pop timeout......19-16
Bonner passes on three, shoots 19 ftr....brick...OKC comes down, Bonner does not block out Ibaka for tip in.....19-18
Bonner sets horrible pick for Gino and rolls off...pass from Manu gets tipped and stolen....Manu steals ball back....runs pick and roll with Timmy....Timmy take 18 ftr and misses.....with Bonner at three point line, nobody is down low for rebound...OKC comes down...Bonner loses Collison on D....Collison get uncontested dunk....19-20
Bonner again set worthless pick and rolls to 3 pt line...Parker desperately spins in lane for layup...misses....Kd comes down, gets fouled hits two free throws......2:01 on the clock...19-22
I won't blame the first two points on Bonner since KD was already at the line, but for those of you that think Bonner did not do any damage in "only 2 minutes", you guys are completely wrong. The Thunder were playing with no energy and were out of sync until Bonner checked in. Then they got rolling.
By the way, those aren't bright spots - they're stars. You tend to see those when you have been stomped.
1. I don't think their 3 bigs will score this way ever again. I hope OKC realizes how lucky they were tonight.
2. I think we will see more Blair time
3. I love Manu - he's one of the reasons I became a Spurs fan but he needs to stop trying those "under the legs" passes. The number of TOs are getting ridiculous.
4. Think the Spurs did a solid against both Harden and Westbrook on both games they lost. Other "intangibles" actually won the games for OKC
5. We will see some nasty on game 5. The Spurs are now against the wall.
6. This was a game the Spurs should and could have won easily. Pop is starting to tweak a little bit and I can see more of this going forward. This is the exact time when you need to use all the pages in the book.
If his ass is not glued to the bench in game 5 Pop is trying to lose the series.. He is just useles...
They won the second half with the exception of Durant's hot shooting in the 4th imo. Pop has found something that works.
I was wrong about Blair coming in
he needs more time in game 5..
Tony has to wake up
Manu has to give us much more... Stupid TO's are killing us..
Timmy needs a vintage game he has to dig down deep...
Hopefully Green gets his shot going
More Blair
Jackson must guard Durant in the big spot nomatter what..
Believe...
I'm still not worried as a Spurs fan...
Ibaka was unconscious. If he misses just 3 shots, which would still put him at 72% for the night, its a different ball game. Instead he goes 11-11 and we still only lose by 6. I would give him the same shots in the next game and dare him to come close to that shooting again.
Spurs need to execute better, but I'm not worried.....yet. Just take care of business at home and the pressure shifts to OKC.
...Ginobili's bald spot
To me, Manu needs to adjust his game and his decision-making. Athletically, he is unable to do some of the things he used to do. By the same token, as he's gotten older, it would seem that he should be taking less calculated risks - for the team sake. It's easier said that done. As a veteran and as for a player as decorated as he, he shouldn't be making these careless plays. His reputation gets him a pass with most, but that's no excuse. In fact it makes it even more inexcusable. He's not a young player anymore. He should be playing smarter and wiser. Sometimes, making the safe, yet effective play is much better than taking the risk of making the spectacular play that leads to failure, turnover and a converted basket on the other end. He just needs to pick his spots and take care of the ball better. The Spurs do not have a large margin for error against this team.
Thabo wasn't playing any 4th quarter minutes so gregg didn't find nothing. All i know is fisher better get 4th quarter minutes anymore.
Can't just assume the Spurs will limit them in Game 5. The Spurs are gonna have to put work in early and not let them establish a rythym. Contest shots, box out! They don't do that and they can expect a similar result.
People need to calm down about Ginobili's turnovers. Only two or three of them were of the careless variety. There were two charge calls that should've been blocks and were bad calls and the final turnover was off a called play where Neal was supposed to be wide open but Sefolosha was there to steal the pass because Duncan missed the screen.
That being said, everyone and their mother knows the pass to Tiago is coming off the screen and roll and he needs to start either driving hard to the rim or taking the safe pass to the wing. That pass to the center is just not there. It seems all series he's been more effective initiating from the wing than from the top of the key, and I have no idea why Pop stubbornly keeps trying to initiate plays with him from the top of the key. It's just not working. The paint is too crowded, too many long arms. Let him go from the wings and the baseline.
well said
All part of the plan...........
All is not lost for the Spurs. The Lakers gave the Suns a thorough beating in Games 1 & 2 of the 2010 WCF but lost Games 3 & 4. So they came home in Game 5, and then closed it out in Game 6.
The way the Spurs fought back made me feel much better. Had KD not bailed them out, we win this game.
The Spurs won the second half and are heading back to SA. This bodes well.
OKC really can't play better than that - suffocating D, Ibaka+Perkins+Collison= 22/25!!!, Durant on fire for 16 in the 4th... let's hope they don't repeat that level of performance because no team could beat that.
Spurs fought back and actually played pretty well at both ends, were simply beaten by a better team on the day. Not a damn thing you can do about that.
Time for us to wrest back the momentum with a tough game 5 win.
Playing at a hostile arena, Big men shooting like mad, Durant having ice in his veins, down 12 at halftime...
And only lost by 6.
This should be Pop's wake up call once and for all.
Everything on the line. Years and years of this Bonner bull . Told everybody that a team with Bonner in the rotation will never win a championship. Now Pop is the one that will decide if there is a le or not.
Like I said before, can the Spurs win a le DESPITE Pop?
Pop must bury Bonner for good.
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