Moral Defeat

[Floyd Pacquiao]

pop's minute management was damn terrible....

[widowmaker]

Spurs put themselves in bad matchups in D transition all night.

[Brazil]

People are gonna call out Neal and other bench players, but when he went out of the game and Duncan/Parker/Manu came back in we were up 12 with 5 minutes to play.

It was the big 3 that the bed down the stretch in this game.

jax the bed

[ElNono]

All that said, it could be worse, we could be the Lakers...

[timtonymanu]

Still better than a Moral Victory tbh.

Lakers
5 games below .500
hoping Earl Clark saves the season

Pretty true.

Kobe missing another game winner
shut down by Leonard

[Brazil]

Duncan being abused by scare blue and Clark doesn't help

[Brazil]

All that said, it could be worse, we could be the Lakers...

True dat

[Budkin]

Grizzlies are going to roast us.

[freetiago]

Pops rotations have been garbage all season
what exactly is he trying to experiment with
weve had a record 13 guys come back
we know what they can do and most of them are just average defenders and wide open spot up shooters
nothing to experiment for

keeping tony out so long was his first mistake
leaving tiago as the primary post defender was another
he isnt good enough to hold it down by himself and got killed in the 3rd

[Seventyniner]

No.

Ok, I'll give it back then.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Yup, we were bad tonight and have been for the past few games.

I think this is a sign we're in the NBA doldrums - that time about 40% of the way through the season when you've built a good record but it's still a long way to the ASB, and it's natural for players to slack of and become a bit complacent. We have all the signs of this, it has happened before, and it happens to most teams at some stage.

The key is obviously when we pull out of it, and I think it's time for Pop to give the team a minor serve and remind them that they'll get pummelled by the Grizz if they don't bring flat-out effort and improve their execution.

Grizz game will either be a depressing loss or a strong (but close on the scoreboard) win, don't see it being anything in-between.

[KaiRMD1]

Since when does a win trigger a meltdown (or quasi-meltdown)

[TDMVPDPOY]

same roster for 2-3 seasons, overrated coach still working out his rotations?? hahahahaha

[RD2191]

Pop throwing games tbh. That's the only reason i can think of for his decision making this last week.

LMFAO thats funny

[spurtech09]

spurs have been playing alot of games with not enough rest.....it would help if spurs had atleast 2 days in a role of rest to get the energy back....thats why you see the spurs lose to a team like the hornets...thunder losing to wizards...heat losing to pacers...teams are just tired....

[JRHernandez88]

I'll take the W but the Spurs are always looking scary against good teams. WTF

[TDMVPDPOY]

spurs have been playing alot of games with not enough rest.....it would help if spurs had atleast 2 days in a role of rest to get the energy back....thats why you see the spurs lose to a team like the hornets...thunder losing to wizards...heat losing to pacers...teams are just tired....

lol needing more rest excuse, team is overrated as when pop pulls teh white flag...or players not showing up...

[spurraider21]

we played like and beat the Lakers. i'll take it

Timmy will step it up big against memphis like he did last time we played them.

[spurtech09]

lol needing more rest excuse, team is overrated as when pop pulls teh white flag...or players not showing up...

what do you know...u have a dude poking his nose lol.....

[Mugen]

I'll take the W but the Spurs are always looking scary against good teams. WTF

Lakers aren't a good team tho.

[spurtech09]

we played like and beat the Lakers. i'll take it

Timmy will step it up big against memphis like he did last time we played them.

amen brother

[Truckules]

When Pop plays Neal, either Tony or Manu need to be on the court with him.

[Johnny RIngo]

Lakers aren't a good team tho.

Which makes the win even worse - this was a garbage squad we played tonight. ing Eark Clark had a 20-10 night.

[TDMVPDPOY]

When Pop plays Neal, either Tony or Manu need to be on the court with him.

dude serves no purpose being on this team who is very limited skillset, when hero mode doesnt go into the basket, he gives up just as many points on the other end

[Brunodf]

When Pop plays Neal, either Tony or Manu need to be on the court with him.

Pop shouldn't play Neal at all, we were so good when Neal was injured, it's sad to watch this team right now