If you're going to blame Manu's missed FT for losing us the game, blame Kawhi's too.

[dallasmaverickslose]

You guys are pathetic. Manu missed his FT, but so did Kawhi. You are all acting like Manu single handedly lost us the game. Seriously?

The whole team top to bottom missed some KEY opportunities late in the game to shut down Le & co, which I will not list right now as they haunt me.

Stop putting all the blame on one person, whether it be Manu, Pop, Tony, etc.

[slick'81]

Obviously both were huuge either falls spurs got 5

[Splits]

How many times did KL turnover the ball? More than EIGHT?

[TrainOfThought5]

what if im blaming his 8 turnovers and bricked 3 point attempts and giving up and 1 fouls on Bosh?


who else should i blame then??

[dg7md]

No. I won't blame him because he hit at least one of them and played great all game. He defended as good as you can and hit some big shots and had HUGE rebounds. He's younger, too.

Manu, on the other hand, is a long-time veteran and did not do for us other than that huge layup to get our drive back on.

Kawhi >>>>>>>>>> Manu

[InK]

LOL thread

[TheGreatYacht]

Countless terrible coaching decisions.
Not the least of them is playing Manu way too many ing minutes. We were up by at least 10 when Manu came in and pissed it away. It was so obvious that Miami was licking their chops when Manu was in and trapping him so that he would make a ridiculous pass that they could pick off. What's that, Pop? Parker was tired? WHO GIVES A FLYING !!! There is no tomorrow; it's a must win game! YOU HAVE LESS THAN A 1% CHANCE OF WINNING A GAME 7 IN MIAMI, you dumb POS.
Don't even get me started on pulling Duncan not once, but twice in critical situations. You know they are going to get one good look at the shot. You know this because, if you are half a coach, you will have told your guys NOT TO ING FOUL. Your best hope is that they brick the shot and you get the rebound. , if only we had a consensus first ing ballot Hall of Famer at power forward on our team who's, like, really ing good at rebounds. Oh, wait! We do, and his ing name is Tim Duncan. Too bad he's RIDING THE ING PINE with the game on the line.
The Spurs were killing it with Parker, Green, Leonard, Diaw, and Duncan, and Pop blows up the lineup down the stretch to put in Turnobili, Tiago "Stone Hand, Pussy Feet" Splitter, and Gary Neal. What the !!! Ride your goddamn ponies into the ground. THERE IS NO ING GAME 7 YOU STUPID PIECE OF !!!
My only solace is that Pop will regret his bull coaching for the remainder of his life. And he deserves to.

Is there anyone in here, that DIDN'T know that MANU was going to have a game after his first 3 or 4 or 5 turnovers? It's only been his MO all season...1 good game, 2 bad games, etc.
Manu had his good game in game 5. He came out like in this game, and everyone knew how it would go.
Yet POP gave him even MORE minutes this game. IMHO, it's not even that close without Manu's turnovers. And that is totally on POP, for increasing his minutes in perhaps the worst game of MANU's career.

Manu TO's: 8 Rest of Spurs TO's: 5.

I was texting my buddy, Manu would come in and kill the lead. I was yelling at the TV for Timmy to come in and rebound, before Lebron's 3. Pop, you were a ing moron tonight. And no ,that is not second guessing or any of that . Pop ed up royally tonight. kkk.

Manu doesn't just play bad. He gives the other teams too many points with his turnovers. Then...after all the turnover , he STILL hasn't learned his lesson and gives Bosh and and1.

Look at the lineup that was out there, who was going to score? Certainly not weak ass splitter and certainly not Turnover happy Manu. I don't think Tim went to Pop and said, "Pop it's game 6, the trophy is waiting for us but I need to rest", You're running on adrenaline if not just hyped for the moment. Tony resting even though he didn't carry the load for the first half? That's just ty coaching.. You have a 10 point lead and you go for the throat you don't ease off and hope to maintain a lead.. , you call a time out as if that was going to help and you keep the same ty players out there who had no momentum, no play called or anything to get them going.. nothing for Green or Neal?
Being 37 has nothing to do with being in the moment, 1 game and up by 10 and the crowd not into it..

Pop is just too damn hardheaded for his own good. AndI'm getting damn tired of his childish, bull interviews where he tries to be cute. Get over yourself, Pop. Tonight was his worst coaching game I can remember. Some can say Manu cost us the game tonight but, Pop should have yanked his ass when all of us saw Manu no longer had it. He gave all he had in game 5 and at his age and with all his ailments it didn't take an Einstein to see he just didn't have it tonight.
Every NBA player alive wanted us to kick Lebron's ass and instead he kicked Pop in the balls. Maybe Pop got into a bad batch of Jamaican Rum thinking it was wine. He stunk the place up tonight.

Why no TO 20 secs before the end of OT?Amateur coaching by Pop.

8 second chance points for Heat in 44 minutes of Tim on the floor.
6 second chance points in last 30 seconds of regulation with Tim spectating from the bench.

Riding Manu too long and not having Duncan out there to rebound on the Ray Allen 3 were big time fails. Keeping Duncan on the bench was perhaps the biggest fail, as Indiana made the same mistake with Hibbert in the ECF. Teams just keep letting Miami off the hook.

This.

[TrainOfThought5]

The funny part is that Ginobili knows he singlehandedly lost the game for us. thats why hes so upset with himself.

[ElNono]

If we gonna play the blame game, I blame Pop, tbh...

And I know Pop has had his share of unfair criticism in here over the years, but I thought tonight he had bad decision after bad decision, especially at the end.

[Stabula]

I don't blame the missed free throws though they obviously ended up being a huge factor they were only a huge factor because of the collective ups on both ends of the floor. Everyone played like tonight outside of Duncan, Leonard, and Diaw but it's still clear Manu was the absolute hands-down worst player on the team. He's only making the fans turn on him more and more when he plays.

[DJR210]

Been saying it all night. Manu's FT is not even an issue considering Kawhi could have put that away. The EIGHT TO's is what is bugging about that bas . And I agree with Nono and placing some blame on Pop. He is the stubborn mother er who insisted on putting Manu in the position to up.

[dallasmaverickslose]

Our TEAM as a WHOLE had some HUGE missed opportunities. You can't blame these all on one person. If you do, well, I can't take you seriously.

[RD2191]

If we gonna play the blame game, I blame Pop, tbh...

And I know Pop has had his share of unfair criticism in here over the years, but I thought tonight he had bad decision after bad decision, especially at the end.

[EIC]

You guys are pathetic. Manu missed his FT, but so did Kawhi. You are all acting like Manu single handedly lost us the game. Seriously?

The whole team top to bottom missed some KEY opportunities late in the game to shut down Le & co, which I will not list right now as they haunt me.

Stop putting all the blame on one person, whether it be Manu, Pop, Tony, etc.

Not sure if serious . . .

Kawahi went for 20 and 11. Manu had as many turnovers as points. The missed free throw is the ONLY thing they had in common.

[spurraider21]

Pop pulled a Vogel.
Manu the bed
Kawhi played a heck of a game but missed his one free throw about 10 seconds or so after Manu missed his one free throw. both were equal choke jobs, but at least kawhi came back and made some plays in OT. dumb thread

[ElNono]

I can't be mad with the freebies. Neither Manu or Kawhi. Manu hit 2 clutch freethrows the previous possession... He went 3/4... Kawhi also played great all game to put a freebie on his back.

The utter failure of not rebounding came to bite us in the ass. And it's on Pop... the way we've been outhustled for boards in this series when Tim is not there should've been enough warning. And it's not like Bosh wasn't in the game.

This is one of those instances where Pop just outsmarted himself.

[dallasmaverickslose]

Just for some clarity: I am fully aware and agree that Manu was the worst player on the court tonight. No argument there.

That doesn't mean everything that wen't wrong is solely because of him.

Look at Kawhi's missed FT, Pop head-scratching coaching decisions, Duncan's inability to score in the 4th/OT, Parker's subpar performance, Green not hitting his 3's, Neal with some questionable shot.. ETC. The list goes on and on.

Add in the most lucky turn of events I've ever seen (for the Heat), and it's clear why the Spurs lost. A VARIETY of factors.

[rasuo214]

If Manu had a below average game neither FT would have mattered since it would have been a blowout. Also of the 5 OT points the Spurs scored, Kawhi had 4 of them.

[lefty]

At least KL showed up in this game - heck in the whole series


But man if he made that FT ...



poop

[hommeaetage]

Up by 3, you don't give up a 3 in that situation, ever. Even when Bosh grabbed the Rebound, had Manu stuck with his man, Allen would have never been that open

[SpursSerb]

Let's talk about Manu's clutch performance at the end of OT.Cause of him,we didn't even make a shot.His performance was embarassing.

[smaka]

Hey OP, let me just ask you something... How many times has Kawhi been in this situation, compared to Manu? How many TO's did Kawhi have, compared to Manu? What was their shooting %?

And last but not least, Kawhi is a sop re, 21 years old... While Manu is a 35, vet, with a couple of games like this behind. This is what makes a difference, bro.

[therealtruth]

Even TMac could have played better than Ginobili.

[DMX7]

Our TEAM as a WHOLE had some HUGE missed opportunities. You can't blame these all on one person. If you do, well, I can't take you seriously.

It's not the missed free-throw, it's the fact that he had 8 turnovers and the Spurs were -21 with him in the game. He had some horrible And1 fouls too.

[sammy]

Aww, here come the ing haters that were silent when Manu had 24 points and 10 assists in Game 5! Silence from all of these assholes when we won Game 5 and Manu was instrumental in that win! This loss is on Pop for leaving Tim Duncan on the bench and calling no timeout when cheat were up by 1! you Pop!