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That's why your bench had better be stellar instead of undersized, underskilled and underperforming role players.
Parker looks finished for this season. Physically and rhythmically.
2009 redux, except this year he's on the court.
That's why your bench had better be stellar instead of undersized, underskilled and underperforming role players.
Hes just not trying man.. Like you said we are locked in at 2 no matter what happens.. No point in risking anything by over playing right now.
Agreed but Spurs should have been a lock. This was one of the most painful meltdowns I have ever watched as a Spurs fan (given, it's recent and TP was MVP level and Tim is beasting, so it's worse).
Positives: Timmy still looks great and has his explosion. His occasional flat jumpers seem to be form-based errors (forgetting his legs). We'll be playing the Rockets or Warriors in the 1st round, which is as good as you could hope for if you're the Spurs.
Negatives: Basically everything else involving this team...
Well a week can help Parker, and maybe he will get stronger during the first round. Hopefully the team can come together and buy us some victories and buy themselves and Tony more time.
Heat and Thunder in the Finals.
Heat sweep.
You know it to be true.
Exactly. If it's against Sefolosa or Barnes, it might be due to some mental thing. When it's against Blake, it simply means he is not physically ready.
Curry/Harden with no Manu/Terrible TP is a nightmare. That is asking a ton of Tim and Kawhi.Positives: Timmy still looks great and has his explosion. His occasional flat jumpers seem to be form-based errors (forgetting his legs). We'll be playing the Rockets or Warriors in the 1st round, which is as good as you could hope for if you're the Spurs.
Negatives: Basically everything else involving this team...
Reality time guys. We will be lucky to get 4 total wins in the playoffs.
That's what the mav fans said back in 2011. Oh wait...
This loss bothers me for many of the reasons already stated. If anyone thinks that it's a given that the Spurs get out of the first round, think again. Houston will be a very tough out. Regardless of the injury factor, I feel bad for Duncan, who is having a fantastic season that is being wasted.
Watching the Spurs in recent weeks, the embarrasing ouster in the 2011 playoffs keep coming up in my mind.
Of course, I always hope history will not repeat itself until the final moment.
Way to be optamistic but TP is not fine and he's not coasting, he looked like crap against Steve Blake. If you are coasting you put up 15 and call it a day on the bench but he was turnover prone, slow and not into it. Maybe he's reverted into the cowardace nature that he does when someone is patroling the paint or maybe he's physically broken, whatever the case is Timmy alone can't win a PO series.
It bothers me
We just lost to a very ty team
This team is broken. I don't even think it matters who they get at this point, I can't imagine them beating anyone half decent four out of seven (or less). Besides, it's too tempting for them to get eliminated in the 1st round again.
Once more, a promising season will end in embarrassment. For sure, injuries played a significant role, but if they think it was the sole reason, then they've learned nothing. The organization needs significant changes, both in the way they do things and in personnel, if they're serious about having a legit shot to win another championship.
With all the injuries/behind the scenes drama, I stopped caring about losses. Not the Spurs' fault. Injuries just took too much toll on everybody (expect Duncan). The only silver lining is that the West is pretty weak, but Parker and Manu not even close to 100% is definitely making things worrisome.
He's lacking the explosion, but the jumper taking a isn't that easy to explain... to be frank, not the first time he has games like this one when facing not one but two shot blockers... Lakers did what they always do: pack the paint. We couldn't make a shot.
Yep, it started around that time in March. It is looking like 011 all over again, fully. I think they might be able to squeak by Houston who is hot right now, but after that? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh damn no. This team can't close games, you said it all there! BINGO. You are right, on another board I made a thread about the Spurs in the last minute or so in the game! They had one lucky shot from Tim against LAC and won that one, sides that no shots fall and no stops at all. This team is done.
The fact that we're closing games with Bonner on the court says all you need to know about how pathetic the team is and how much they've regressed.
Win or lose this game, the way the Spurs played today will get them run out of the ing gym against a team like Denver or OKC.
The HEAT will REPEAT!
This team is not the Mavs team that year, DIrk was on FIRE and they had a cast that came together and health.. They got hot late, this team is floundering late and hurt.
The Spurs never had a chance against the Heat or the Thunder anyway. Duncan's the only reliable star on this team and he's 37. Parker has been shook by the injuries and is playing like a got. Ginobili's played the lowest amount of minutes in his career and STILL picks up multiple injuries.
Tbh I'd prefer that over getting abused by Gasol and Howard. At least against those two teams the whole Blair/bonner thing won't be so disasterous.
Also, if Parker is really that banged up, then the Spurs aren't going to beat any team they play in the first round, since Kawhi is still green and Timmy can't play 40 mpg anymore.
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