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missing 2 of your better players doesn't help
Are the clippers that good ..or are we that bad?
missing 2 of your better players doesn't help
Spurs ain't winning this year. Or for a long time. They're soft and way too dependent on the three ball falling.
As usual, the answer is probably "some combination of the two."
We suck tbh, the Clips are better at monkeyball than we're at classyball right now.
If this game dosent shoe pop we need kmart..then were nevet getting help for tim..i know its early but this feel like this is gonna be all year..gettin beat inside..
pop going small all the time and the team letting turiaf/barnes/bledsoe get offensive rebounds it was sealed the game
Barnes and Turiaf got those boards against our 'bigs' who play small, Tiago and Diaw
small ball was bad, Neal playing in the 4th was bad, but Tiago was vomit-inducing on the boards and on defense. doghouse-worthy performance. I really can't bear the thought of him playing big minutes in the playoffs after tonight. Turiaf and Hollins looked amazing compared to him.
A combination of injuries, playing out of sync and splitter and diaw playing like absolute shtt tbh
Our 2 SF's missing and this guy asks "Whats wrong?" Come on now guy...
Clips are the nemesis team for us this year. You heard it here first.
Well first off, Our two best perimeter defenders were out of a game that came down to getting stops in the half-court.
Yeah I think people are starting to realize this. With that added scoring they have off the bench, they are a much better team than last season. Jordan and Griffin are getting better by the year as well and they are just too big and athletic for us down there.
We rely on Leonard and Jax for defensive rebounding in the second unit. They're out so Turiaf went off in the 4th with 3 consecutive offensive boards and a few good hustle plays to get them extra possessions.
No Timmy no rebounding, the same as it's been for years.
But lets be honest, if this were a playoff game we would have hacked Griffin and Jordan and probably won it at the end
YEP and they still have not done a damn thing to fix that problem so.....
Even with a full lineup we lost In LA..
Revenge game that was. We had no shot from the tip.
Overall the Spurs lack athleticism. It has been that way for years. They are also too small and soft on the frontline. You can generally win in the regular season shooting good % on 3s and not having a strong frontline but come the playoffs that won't work against bigger, younger, more athletic teams.
I don't think it is time to blow up. We were missing all of our small forwards after the first quarter, and the Clippers were clearly more motivated to win this. The got more than their fare share of chicken calls, and it came down to the final minute. And yes if Pop was trying to win, then playing the De Colo, Mills, Diaw, etc lineup in the 2nd was a bad idea, but i think this was a learning experience for them. Pop is probably just playing with lineups and trying to teach the new guys how to fight through. Phil Jackson did the very same thing throughout his career. It is better that this happen now than later in the year.
Tyson Chandler had too many easy dunks on alley-oop passes when the Spurs played the Knicks. The Spurs had no defensive pressure to stop that play when the Knicks ran it. Don't think the Lakers didn't see that and when Nash comes back look for the Nash to Howard dunk fest. I didn't see this game but i would think Griffin had a dunk fest against the soft Spur's bigs tonight.
I remember Griffin dunking once. He had some nice moves around the rim though.
Well we're missing jax and leonard. 2 very big losses.
And Diaw is playing his worst basketball i've seen him play. Averaging 2pts 2reb in his last 5 games. Playing like a fat little softy with no intentions of attacking. Diaw has gotta pull his finger out and start playing like a man or he can GTFO of San Antonio.
So with JAX and Leonard out and Diaw as good as out we're three important players down atm.
Don't really put to much stock into that game tbh spurs didn't even try when they were in LA
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