If SA can pull away and not have to play guys in the 4th, we should have a full squad tomorrow. I think Pop told them that during a recent B2B (don't remember the game) but they ended up having to play the 4th and thus Pop sat them the next night. May have been the Sac/GS b2b? Not sure... But either way, with them shorthanded and coming off a b2b, we need to take care of business by the 3rd.
Funny, Ed, I was on my a to the forum to start a thread exactly like this. Great behinds think alike. A win against OKC would practically lock up #1 seed. But take GSW lightly and we can lose 2 in a row. I say we go after Golden State and try to clobber them. Then, whatever happens, happens. I do worry about playing Danny Green 2 nights in a row, chasing Curry the first night. Hopefully Curry has tired legs.
Win tonight, then send Damion "Johnny" Jones to OKC with instructions:
Win
I love this stretch.
I said this a few months ago. We need to be battle ready come play offs. While its great to rest our ageing stars early/mid season. End of season i think we should run them into the ground at the risk of injury. Td/TP should be playing 35+ min.
I see a massive improvement from any team when they face a legit contender, and facing both GSW and OKC in consecutive nights is great for us guys. We will probably lose one because we have become very relaxed and havent faced any real compe ion. Both Indiana and Miami games were a joke. GSW has some hot shooting atm, but i think they are a few tiers behind us. OKC is the only real hurdle left for us imo and playing them on b2b is really good al ude training.
Our biggest weakness isnt our form and skills - I think we have everything down pat - nothing left to polish. The only weakness we have is athleticism and fitness. Its time we took the risk and started getting our players ready for the real start of the season.
People still think the regular season is important.
I agree that we should rest all three biggies, along with Diaw tomorrow night. The younger kids can take the game to the Thunder, and if TNT can't figure out what we are doing, they shouldn't have the jobs they have.
The NBA can fix this issue quite simply. The 4 teams that play on TNT each week do not play on the day prior to the game. Problem solved.
GTFO with this defeatist BS, OP. All hands on deck for both games. This thread makes me sick.
I'd be ok with the inverse. Rest tonight, play tomorrow.
Only because I'd like to see the Spurs v Thunder as a tune up for the postseason.
Solid post though, Ed.
It's called strategy. Who will be crying loudest if a starter gets hurt trying to secure a victory in what would amount to a meaningless win? My guess would be most of the cliff jumping mother fvckers in this place. Pop knows the importance of the regular season games, which tomorrow night will amount to zero.
But, to your point, I think we should run Duncan a solid 40 minutes tomorrow night to see what's in the tank. I actually kind of dig that approach. Good call...I take back my last post.
This this THIS.
Hey NBA, want the Spurs to stop resting their starters during your marquee match ups? Then don't schedule them to play 24.5 hours before going up against an elite team like the Thunder or the Heat on the road.
Bunch of ing rocket scientists working over there.
Pop never rests players at home.
rest won't be worth jack when we need to win 1 or 2 in Thundaland vs. Durant and his crew of officials
let's face reality, we have about a 25% chance of winning a series vs. Dureffs on the road
history does not lie either. SPurs are 1-6 in WCF or NBA Finals series when they are the road team. and the ONLY time we won was because Mike D'antonio was the opposing coach
don't believe that Pop bull that "home court doesn't matter"
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I was surprised because Silver publicly disagreed with Stern over that fine last year. Said coaches should be allowed to coach.
I see the strategy and agree that is pops plan, but I wonder if he should be ramping up minutes and building stamina for the core. I don't know if the first round is enough time for that, either way you can bet that if we lose this year it will be largely for the same reason as usual- either injured or can't get enough minutes from our best players. I guess we'll see if pops choice finally works out
Play both games to win, time to rest after Spurs lock up 1 seed.
Winning in OKC will only speed up the inevitable. Win tonight against GSW, go up 4 full games on the Thunder. Lose tomorrow, and the lead is down to 3 games with only 6 remaining, only 1 of which the Spurs have any real business losing. I'd like to see them beat OKC tomorrow, but winning tonight to cushion for a more likely loss is more important right now.
Ed is to be read. Goo Kennedy thanks you.
Nice...
Pop hates this streak. He loves the way we are playing but needs a loss. The 82 game regular season is ridiculous, let's let OKC beat the out of our subs in front of the starters and important bench players, get them mad as just sitting knowing they could win.
We are now getting too much attention.A 30 pt. blowout and the National media does not care about the lineup maybe.
If we were to blow out OKC if they had a poor shooting night... I like them to have the confidence we are not a threat.
You take the easy win. Spurs won GS already, quite possible they might play tomorrow, I would rest everyone though.
Here are the minute totals from tonight's game for the Big 3. The numbers in parenthesis are their season average.
Tim Duncan: 20 MIN (29 MPG)
Tony Parker: 28 MIN (30 MPG)
Manu Ginobili: 19 MIN (23 MPG)
Tim and Tony did not play at all in the 4th quarter. Manu only played 1 minute. Judging by how Pop managed the minutes in today's game, I think he's genuinely intent on using that OKC game as a measuring stick. I think we'll play at full strength tomorrow.
Just send the Austin Toros tomorrow.
If the Spurs lose tomorrow their lead is essentially one game with six to go.
(If they win, it's over.)
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