Tom Thibodeau: "We Beat Ourselves"

[hater]

Maybe he meant they beat each others meat in the locker room at halftime thus were gassed the 2nd half

[freetiago]

"Just mistakes on our part, obviously we give them credit they played well. Guys like Serge (Ibaka) continue to attack us and make plays. But all-in-all I thought we got a little stagnant on the offensive end."
-- Duncan after a loss vs OKC

spurfan is so sensitive
thibs is a good coach minus the running his players into the ground
he doesnt have much offensive talent to work with and he seems to feel like he has to play boozer just like pop did with jefferson because of his paycheck

[Horse]

that fat jon lovitz lookalike.

[G-Nob]

Thibs also said: "They are terrific. They are going to make you pay for your mistakes."

Sounds like the OP is trying to , tbh

[EricB]

Truthfully? He's exactly right. Sportsmanship and character wise? Cheap move. More a page out of the book of Phil Jackson.

[SpursRock20]

Spurs win by 15 despite getting crushed on the boards 49 to 26. Must be some kind of record.

From Elias: The Spurs defeated the Bulls 103-89 despite being outrebounded, 49-26. Only one other team in the last 35 seasons has won by at least 14 points in a game in which it was -23 or worse on the boards. The Grizzlies posted a 92-78 win over the Nuggets in a game where Denver out-rebounded Vancouver 59-34, on April 19, 1996

[freetiago]

From Elias: The Spurs defeated the Bulls 103-89 despite being outrebounded, 49-26. Only one other team in the last 35 seasons has won by at least 14 points in a game in which it was -23 or worse on the boards. The Grizzlies posted a 92-78 win over the Nuggets in a game where Denver out-rebounded Vancouver 59-34, on April 19, 1996

the 14 points is what makes it seem like it never happens
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?id=400278079

won by double digits would be a better metric and they got outrebounded by a little over 2:1

[quentin_compson]

I think some of the reactions here are way overblown. Thibodeau also gave a ton of credit to the Spurs. On reading his whole take on the game, I didn't get the impression that it was his intention to disrespect the Spurs.

[Bill_Brasky]

Thibs is garbage. The only reason he won is because he had the best PG on the planet and some great role players for a few years. The minute Rose got hurt, the Bulls started to seriously suck.

Are you ing kidding me?

[Obstructed_View]

Yeah, I don't recall Pop ever saying the Spurs beat themselves. In basketball talk, that's disrespectful to say, no matter how you frame it, IMO.

I have to say that "we just didn't make shots" is about 100 times as delusional, considering Pop routinely said it when the Spurs were crushed by more complete teams. That said, Thibs has clearly spent too much time reading his own press. Turns out he's not really as good a coach without great defenders AND the MVP on his squad.

[JR3]

The Spurs B team is legit!

[dbreiden83080]

Pretty head move to not give the Spurs any credit for the win...

Seriously.. I guess he was really embarassed..

[hooperflash]

This time around he gives us credit, smart move Thibbs

"You can't hold on to the ball," Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau said. "The ball has to move side to side. They're too good defensively. In the second half we settled; we took some poor shots. With the depth that they have, they're going to make you pay." -Tom Thibodeau

[Cane]

Noticed Pop didn't walk across the court to shake hands with Thibs

probably means nothing

Or CIA

[Fireball]

Noticed Pop didn't walk across the court to shake hands with Thibs

probably means nothing

Or CIA

oftentimes he only waves in the direction of the opposing coach ... not everybody is Larry Brown

[Mark in Austin]

not everybody is Larry Brown

Thank God for that.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Noticed Pop didn't walk across the court to shake hands with Thibs

probably means nothing

Or CIA

I don't think he does that for anybody really, besides LB..

[024]

pop does it for pretty much all his former assistants and players. most notably, vaughn and avery.