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Pop made so many dumb decisions this game. Of course a lot of the blame is on him. And rightfully so.
Blame the system.
1) Who knew Manu would continue to play so badly. Remember the warriors game. He sucked all the way but he made the final 3.
2) Sitting Tim out was something that they had done all season long. Tim, manu and tony all said in the interview. The game plan was to switch everything so as not to give up screen - 3 pointers. And they all said all season long that Tim is not in the line-up when they do that, most probably because he cant get too high to contest the 3 point shot. This is different from Vogel-pacers, as they were only up 1/2 and needed to protect the rim. Who knew that the heat was going to shoot the ball b4 the shot clock runs out and catch a rebound. Usually the last ball they run finish the possession to prevent the opponent from having the opportunity to get back after they make the shot - in this case theres no need for rebounds.
3) Tony sat out because of defense, and Pop wanted to shock the heat in transition as the heat would have expected a time out for parker to come back, and will not game plan for this sudden transition.
4) It was down 3 with 19secs to go. With the way that spurs has been shooting the free throws, I doubt Pop would have wanted a free throw war. Imagine you foul them, they make 2 free throws, we are up 1. They foul us, we make 1. Then they score a 3/2pointer. What would you say? Pop overcoached, should not have fouled, let them shoot the 3point, blahblah. Its the same. And they took 0.5secs to foul us on that leonard free throw, so there would probably be a good 10secs for lebron to charge in for a layup.
5) And they didnt really leave Ray Allen open on that last 3 pointer. Allen was at the baseline behind bosh at the time of the rebound, and when the spurs saw bosh get the rebound, all their heads turned to Bosh and its at that time that allen ran to the 3point line to make that shot. It was a hustle play.
Pop made so many dumb decisions this game. Of course a lot of the blame is on him. And rightfully so.
Great another thread about Pop where I can vent YOU POP
It`s simple. You ing put your best free throw shooter on the line, and he makes it both. Time runned, timeouts burned. All in your hands, you dont take gamble on someone lucky/miraclous 3pointer. You just dont.
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do you know what the tldr version of this?
POP.
Pop. An Ginobili. Im hurt to the bottom of my heart. I almost threw away my Ginobili jersey this morning. I made it to work an everyone wasn't even talking . They all are Heat fans an said Pop an Ginobili gave that gm up. Even if Ginobili comes an has a great gm 7, I don't want him resigned.
Would have burned that Ginobili jersey if I was you
i own about 8 duncan jerseys and some parker ones, i don't own a ginobli one, but if i did, that would be torched today. fuk that fuker.
good take by the OP...
...btw.: Did any german fan remember the game against Turkey? (we did't foul and Hedo killed us)
Not Pops fault we cannot hit closeout FT's.
Pop wasn't perfect, but we would have put this game away if we'd quit splitting Ft's. Players choked...
You dun get a choice. With the miami's defense and at that level of pressure, even throwing the inbound pass to an open man is so difficult did you watch the last few possessions. Timmy had no choice and almost missed the 5seconds clock and had to pass it to kawhi.
Even our best free throw shooter was brickin free throws at the clutch times too. Tony, Manu and kawhi was all 1/2 each at the end
I don't care what anybody says. This isn't Golden State or a pussy LA team. You don't take your best rebounder, and best defender off the floor when you need a defensive stop against the defending champs with seconds to go.
You. Just. Don't.
Pop shortened the rotation too much. It almost worked this game. I don't think it will work for game 7. He's got to find a way to get contributions from others. He basically rode these guys into the ground and the have a game on Thursday.
He rests them and you guys complain this is the finals. He plays them and you worry about game 7.
As I have already said, it was the game plan. The system that they had been running all season long. The players said so themselves. Who knew Diaw and leonard could not grab the board from bosh. Who knew the ball would fly to the heat 2 times.
If we had gotten the rebound, the Duncan subs ute would have been seen as one of the most gutsy, and brilliant moves of the game.
Blame our guys. Pop is arguably the reason why we have such a great system.
Needed rebounds on the last 2 defensive plays to complete the stop, both times spurs gave up the offensive to have dagger threes hit against them but its not on POP.
Using the the the all season logic doesn't makes sense. He's gones away from a few things that they've done all season.
The game plan was switching so Duncan would probably be at the 3 point line after a switch and not be able to get the rebound anyway.
Also, Timmy didn't look happy about getting benched. He should of pulled a Tony Parker move and demanded he stay on the court.
Its not Pop's fault the rebound was a high arcing rebound that bounced to the elbow.
He's poker face is always on throughout the games. Would you rather a team that believes in its coach, and have a system and a long standing coach to develop players, or a team that blames, does not trust the coach and changes coaches all the time.
You never never bench your 1st team NBA, Hall of Fame, best rebounder/defender who is having his best game of the year in a close out game. Especially when rebounding missed shots are huge in that situation. Spurs have never ever benched Duncan in that situation before.
Pop choked!!!!
You don't read, do you? And theres no point being the best rebounder/defender when the "defender" refers to rim protection, and they are not going to go to the rim. Also, since they are going to switch everything, Tim would most probably be at the 3 point line after a switching for a mismatch, and our best rebounder in this case would be Leonard. Diaw is a better player in this situation as he can also guard the 3 point.
im not sure why we talking about changing coaches. you going off on a different tangent here.
I saw three spurs sky for a rebound together and then fumble it as a result of colliding . Your best rebounder with easily better reach would of got it cleanly. it's not the complicated.
That wasn't a Timmy poker face . I've seen him long enough to know. That was a unhappy compe or who wanted to make a difference on the court.
Give me another example when they've done the same. I remember game 1 and Tim still on the floor.
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