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this should be added to the list.
Hopefully spurs learned from this lesson .glad to b up 2-0
this should be added to the list.
Neal needs to sit, Bonner can still have a few first half minutes if Diaw is playing bad.
I popped several blood vessels when the Spurs had 4 fouls called against them in roughly a minute in the fourth quarter. That possession completely changed the game. It took the Spurs completely out of rhythm offensively, and put Memphis in the bonus with half the quarter left to go. The Spurs essentially couldn't play defense for the second half of the fourth quarter, allowing Memphis to come back.
I would also add Pop not taking a timeout when Kawhi couldn't get the ball in, and got it to a crowded duncan around the 3 pt line.
Last edited by MR-Clutch; 05-22-2013 at 12:43 AM.
Me too. If he just rebounded it we could have taken more time off the clock.
Oh, yeah. This one too. WTF?
Good call. That one was so bad I think I blacked out for a few seconds. I'll have to add that one in...
That play was like watching Bizarro Tim Duncan or something.
Don't mind Bonner there as long as Diaw is getting minutes too, Gary Neal should never see the floor unless we're up 18 and if he misses 1 shot he's pulled. Green should have been in the game and Kawhi should have gotten looks, he killed it in game 1 and Tony tried to do too much down the stretch.
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pop rolling with bonner and neal are worst defensive players, is what really killed me tbh...if their not hitting shots their pretty mich useless...also didnt help that they were playing on tired legs in the 4th....glad their getting 3 days off for some much needed rest...
Green had a an awful stint there at the end (don't remember if in the 4th or the OT) and that's why he got benched, tbh.
For me it was 1, definitely 1 and a little bit of 3 and 4 which go toghether and I don't think it was the players' fault, tbh (Tony for forcing or Manu for deferring) it was the playcalling (either for calling play after play for a clearly gassed Tony or for not calling plays for Manu).
How about the 5-second violation non-call at the end of regulation? Spurs very lucky it was not called.
An out of gas Parker forcing shots.
I was looking for him to pass or have someone else do something...but, nobody was moving except Tony. Manu got the ball once, and immediately threw it back to Tony like it was Kryptonite. Everyone else was just standing around. Parker was killing us, but nobody else was stepping up.
Which is a situation a coach should deal with, methinks.
All of these mostly. All Pop decisions that made no sense to me.
Lucky/stupid. They had a 20-second left.
Diaw playing bad and Duncan getting five with so much time left F'ed things up.
Just when you think Bonner might be turning the corner, he misses every open shot he gets and makes dumb fouls.. that guy alone will give you grey hairs.
Bonner playing well in the previous game's blowout has Pop thinking he deserves crunch time minutes. They have 3 days' rest between games so wth is Pop saving Tim and Tiago for - when the Spurs are getting murdered on the boards. Why doesn't he play them together? And why didn't he call time out earlier before the lead dwindled down to single digit. IOW, this collapse was mostly on Pop.
What were the officials thinking on that acting job by Tony Allen. Does Manu get fined for that flagrant foul? I hope the league reviews it and rescinds the foul. He was rolling around like his head got clobbered.
A couple things really irked me.
1) Kawhi being out for long stretches of the game. He missed some shots, but was otherwise very productive while on the floor. And Neal did practically nothing with his minutes.
2) Bonner missing his wide open 3's. My god I mean that's the only reason he's in the game...gotta knock those down.
3) Tony Parker once again forcing it in the 4th quarter when he was clearly exhausted. Just move the ball and trust the offense Tony! Like you did in the first 3 quarters.
4) Ginobli's foul. A flagrant is when you don't make a play on the ball and he didn't. Just let him have the goddamn layup and were up by 2 with 22 seconds to go and they have to foul and we'd be up 4 again. Instead, the flagrant, 2 free throws, the ball and a tie game. Bad Manu bad!
Also, why not try calling a simple play for Leonard at the end, rather than tony Parker continuing to brick shots. He's our youngest and most athletic player which means when everyone else was standing around and looking dead tired, he probably has more energy than most people on the court. How is it so damn hard to integrate a post up play, a pin down screen at the free throw line, or any other simple bball play? Instead, lets have him sit for the corner and wait for the pass that tony parker is never going to feed him when he's in hero mode. Even when Tony gets it to guys in hero mode, they usually miss because they're completely out of rhythm in the offense.
Last edited by MR-Clutch; 05-22-2013 at 01:50 AM.
parker forcing up jumpers got to me the most. not having duncan and splitter out there to close got to me as well
ginobili flagrant, no question number 1 for me. they could have escaped with a fluky 3 and the win!!! holy
followed by exhausted tp
All of the above. I was1. Pop going with Bonner in the fourth during the collapse.
2. Neal getting important fourth quarter run.
3. An out of gas Parker forcing shots.
4. Ginobili deferring until he gifted the Grizzlies a four-point play single-handedly.
5. Duncan sitting on the bench until it was almost too late.
6. Green sitting important minutes even though he might have been the second best Spur through three quarters.
7. The lack of Duncan and Splitter together.
8. That playcall for Bonner to shoot a three off a down screen at a vital moment in the game.
9. Duncan attempting an awkward tip when the game is probably over if he just corrals the ball.
2-0, but got damn I think I lost four years off my life.ing a lot!
Add to that Danny Green taking a pull-up 3, then turning it over as primary ballhandler in a pnr, both in OT. Danny is awesome when he sticks to what he does best, and those two things are not!
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