Definition of Insecurity:

[DJB]

Both Durant and Westbrook on the floor with 4 minutes to go, while Spurs have their scrubs on the floor.

I think the whole league knows better than to play their bench against ours down by 10 with 4 minutes to go. Our bench would be a 2-3 seed in the Eastern conference.

[Embedded]

We didn't give OKC a look at our playoff lineup, rested Manu Ginobili, and they had to keep their starters in until the end. We were finishing 5 games in 7 nights, and Tony Parker's legs showed he had just played the night before. I am okay with the loss. This wasn't a 30 or 20 point loss, even with their starters against our subs the last half of the 4th. We played the night before, had to travel, and OKC was at home resting since Sunday. In post-game interviews our classy team ALWAYS puts a win in the proper context. Coach Popovich stated that Golden State was decimated with injuries and had just played the night before. No Thunder said such about us, including Durant.

From a layman's perspective, it seemed like OKC was able to get out into the passing lanes, yet still able to recover. How do we adjust to that?

[TD 21]

Lol an idiot. Yeah since Pop went for the throat tonight, sitting Manu and starting belinelli in the second half. Sure they want to win, sure they want to beat these guys, they are compe ors, but they in no shape or form are treating these games like its a WCF game. Not even close.

Pop's an actor. Look no further than the show he put on pretending to be overjoyed for the Heat last season. Don't kid yourself; he wanted this one, but he also wanted to leave himself an out for pretending he didn't, which is why Ginobili sat out and he pulled the plug on Duncan and Parker the instant the Thunder took control of the game. By handling it the way he did, he get's to have his cake and eat it too, while partially salvaging the team's psyche.

Once again, it's not that they lost to them, it's how. Unbeknownst to some, we've seen this movie over and over again. Even if we hadn't, 10 of 12 is no fluke and it's not meaningless. I can't recall a stretch even similar to that against any team in the Duncan era.

[Horry Hipcheck]

but he also wanted to leave himself an out for pretending he didn't, which is why Ginobili sat out and he pulled the plug on Duncan and Parker the instant the Thunder took control of the game.

You actually think Pop sets himself up to have an excuse in the event of a loss to a talented team? Which Coach Pop have you been watching since 1996?

[silverblk mystix]

Pop: "Play the right way"

As far as coaching....


Pop: "I am not actually coaching to win - because I am a chicken - so I will coach with fear - but don't do as I DO - just do as I say"

[Brazil]

Pop: "Play the right way"

As far as coaching....


Pop: "I am not actually coaching to win - because I am a chicken - so I will coach with fear - but don't do as I DO - just do as I say"

Focus on the in the club, you suck at basically everything else got

[Splits]

Pop: "Play the right way"

As far as coaching....


Pop: "I am not actually coaching to win - because I am a chicken - so I will coach with fear - but don't do as I DO - just do as I say"

[TD 21]

You actually think Pop sets himself up to have an excuse in the event of a loss to a talented team? Which Coach Pop have you been watching since 1996?

Absolutely. Otherwise, what reason was there for playing Duncan and Parker in the first place? He also held an impromptu 10 minute film session right after the game.

[Leetonidas]

Focus on the in the club, you suck at basically everything else got

[Horry Hipcheck]

Absolutely. Otherwise, what reason was there for playing Duncan and Parker in the first place? He also held an impromptu 10 minute film session right after the game.

There are seriously several reasons he could have played Duncan and Parker, not the least of which being that they both insisted that they receive playing time. The suggestion that he'd do it just so the loss would look a certain way to people other than Scott Brooks is ludicrous and ignores literally everything he's instilled in the Spurs franchise.

[TD 21]

There are seriously several reasons he could have played Duncan and Parker, not the least of which being that they both insisted that they receive playing time. The suggestion that he'd do it just so the loss would look a certain way to people other than Scott Brooks is ludicrous and ignores literally everything he's instilled in the Spurs franchise.

They've admitted that they argue about it many of the times he decides to sit them, yet he get's his way because in the end, it's his say, so why didn't he this time, when he admitted he'd have preferred to?

He wanted it, he just figured out about two thirds of the way through that it was a lost cause, so he pulled the plug in order to rest them/avoid injury and attempt to salvage as much of the team's psyche as he could by pretending he didn't care . . . yet up until that point, he was playing a tight 8 man rotation and had Duncan and Parker on pace for high 30's minutes, despite it being their 5th game in 7 nights. This from the same coach who generally wouldn't do those things if the team were coming off of 3 days off.

[Mnky]

For everyone talking about "psyche." You've never played compe ive sports if you think sitting on the bench watching your rival tear into the scoreboard on you in the fourth isn't a pump-up. Pop knows what he's doing. Not only has he not shown any type of strategy all year against what is to be expected the spurs biggest hurdle, he has 4 games of motivation to tear into the Spurs with.


Chess es.