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I always wanna beat the fLakers!
Let's face it, the Spurs have nothing to blame these losses on. They can't blame it on injury. , Lakers lost their super-super-star player in Kobe and played with heart to win tonight. Why can't the Spurs do that? What sickens me even more is when Pop just sits back on the bench when the Spurs are playing bull basketball. He needs to get these guys in line, otherwise we can go fishing in 4 games in the first round.
I always wanna beat the fLakers!
At least Jack is probably smiling somewhere
It is not really the loss that bothers me (Well it does though) , moreso the last month........ They look horrible and this year has come appart quickly.
1. The Spurs were locked into the No. 2 seed before this game. OKC is winning out.
2. End of the season confidence/momentum doesn't really matter much once the playoffs get underway.
A W/L against the Lakers doesn't even register on the radar when the other issues are so pressing.
Shades of 2011. You rely on one guy too much the whole season and when he gets injured, you're fighting to get out of the first round tbh.
That's exactly what I said tbh...This game highlighted everything that is wrong so obviously it should bother you: TP looked hobbled, rotations are a disaster without Boris/Jack and I strongly disagree that confidence is not an issue once playoffs get under way. The team appears shook overall with all the team drama and injuries.
If you strictly meant in the W/L column, ok, but that's not what I took it as.
Yeah but now you guys can royally rape them first round.
The question is does Tony need more time to get in rhythm (i.e play him these remaining games) or more rest and recovery (i.e. shut it down until the playoffs.) Really, I have no idea which way to take it with Parker. Thoughts?
Believe me, starting with the Miami game at home I can believe they coughed this up and even expected it! This team is horrible now, period.
Spurs need to shutdown Tony for till the playoffs. Just gotta hope he is fully healthy come game 1, if he's not this season is over.
Tony's struggles will be a little less detrimental if Manu can come back and play at a high level in the playoffs.
Of course, that's a huge "if" at this point given his injuries.
Meh....why go 110% balls to the wall when these games mean absolutely nothing to the team except for conditioning. Think about it, TP looked pretty damn good on Friday in a game where if the Spurs won, they locked up the 2 seed. Now that they have the 2 seed, why push yourself so hard when it isnt even necessary until Saturday or Sunday?
What's sad is that the team will get significantly worse next year. The team needs a spark and fast. Cutting Jack is looking like a terrible decision right before the playoffs.
Leonard 1-5 Parker 1-10, (and Parkers replacement DeColo 1-6) obviously it'll be hard to win games when those guys shoot like that. 6-18 from 3 doesn't help either, especially with several of those open looks.
But the positives were:
*The defense continues to look pretty good, with the exception of a few missed blown rotations & communication. (Also giving up 30 in the 4th)
*Only 8 turnovers tonight (4 alone from Parker)
*Duncan took his level of play up another level at Dwight & Pau when needed most
*Splitter did a nice job defensively on Pau, and had a few gimmes missed, but looked good otherwise (rebounded well & 3 blocks)
Hopefully Pop goes w/Bonner before Blair from now on. Once the playoffs start, and the home crowd is into it, the shots that we're missing will start to drop. And Manu's energy of course will help everyone. I'm one of the few on here who thinks struggling going into the playoffs isn't the end of the world. Last year going in hot, it's like we couldn't turn it up another level.
Things are so ty right now but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the Spurs play decent ball at least in the first round.
So why play TP/Tim/Kawhi tonight? That logic makes no sense to me. If confidence means nothing and Spurs locked in, what good could come from this?
Only bad: injury, worse confidence...
The Spurs were playing Sacramento, though. I wouldn't judge too much based off that game.
We shall see, of course.
Yeah, the hope is that Parker was holding something back. But that's pretty damn unlikely. If the plan was for him not to run or jump, he should have just not played. Going out there and playing at 40% helps nothing.
If the Spurs flame out of the playoffs largely due to injuries again, with how great this season was going, I think the off season decision on Manu becomes significantly tougher.
How about getting a run in for conditioning? If you rest all the big guns tonight and for the rest of the season then that means none of them would have played for about 7-8 days since the Kings game. Would you really want a rusty ass team in Game 1?
Not much discussion on poor lineup decisions from Pop.
TBH, I wish Pop got into some family business so that coach B can do the coaching. Health notwithstanding, Pop just seems disinterested and resigned, not only in this game, but in many recent games.
Parker looks broke.
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