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thanks tony
he's the only spur capable of scoring 30+ at any given night at this point, so far he has not delivered,tp
Are you serious? You can always tell when this team is mentally done for. They were already clearly doubting themselves, but this one was the nail in the coffin. They needed it for their psyche and instead they got the worst possible result: Major minutes for a lot of key players (in a series that will now be going every other day), a backbreaking finish and not that the Mavs didn't believe coming into this game that they could win the series, but they probably now expect to, which is always half the battle.
But all this said, the biggest issue with this team goes back to what I said earlier in the season: For the first time since the pre-Robinson days, they lack anyone playing at or close to a superstar level. It shouldn't have mattered against a team as flawed and mediocre as the Mavs, but it was always going to bite them at some point.
thanks tony
he's the only spur capable of scoring 30+ at any given night at this point, so far he has not delivered,
Parker was great in the first half, was gassed in the third but I thought he was fine when he come back at the end. Sure he didn't shot or get an assist but the offense was good, lot of ball movement and post up, even if he didn't score or get an assist he was involved in almost every play.
Him not being able to score in the paint last 2 games is worrisome though, it's almost like he has become Patty Mills making only jumper and even stealing inbound pass.
Slight chance we win this series but 0 chance we get to the Finals tbh.
If you want to blame Parker go ahead he has not carried the team but for a team that touts such a high assist count to wins and has a system that everyone fawns over and a coach that the media slurp there are way too many people choking in this series. Our deep bench doesn't exist and our coach is in Napa valley tip toeing thru the tulips. The end is nigh if there is not a huge change in production monday
I agree with all that, and this team has a bad history of bouncing back in the post-prime Duncan era, so the odds are stacked against them, but I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt of not getting embarrassed after last year's historic meltdown and not losing to a Mavs team that isn't very talented, tbh..
Thunder and spurs lose... it's a clippers/portland WCF
Hard to believe he's gassed with so much time between games so far. He may be hurt and possibly timid that he can re-injure something. He didn't seem very happy. Not even a smile when everyone thought Manu had just won the game. Not sure what's going on.
Still like our chances. Win on Monday and it's a best of 3 and we have home court. Obviously, though, Monday is huge.
Also, Marco and Boris showed signs of life. And Leonard bounced back. Now is Patty and Green get there we'll be ok.
Anyone think that his "facet joint" issue is more serious than we were led to believe? Did anyone else notice Tony run into the tunnel during a timeout in game 2? Not trying to stir the pot, but this series has me scratching my head.
While I disagree with you (I still think the Spurs can rally), can you imagine anything more awkward than Silver being forced to hand the conference trophy (or the LOB) to Sterling? If Clips win it all, that bas Donald has to be shut out of the celebration.
I'm a Portland fan in that series.
Parker has not been the same this entire season. The Decline has begun.
sup timvp
Lol "gassed"
Lol making excuses for that overrated choking POS
Srsly?
I don't think he's "out of gas" in some lasting sense, but we've seen before in Spurs-Mavs series (2009 comes to mind) that he wears down over the course of a single game if you ask him to do too much in the first half. The Mavs exacerbate the issue by purposefully going at him on defense to tire him out further.
Spurs should pace him a bit more in the 1H, so that if they get another 2H like that from Manu again, Tony can actually be there to take advantage of that. The deadliest thing about the Spurs has always been how their stars play off each other, not what any one of them can do by himself.
Or at least that's what I'd do.
True, but Parker being "off his game" has been a season-long storyline that only Spurs fans have really noticed, tbh..
He has looked out of gas for most of the season and had a very poor year compared to last season, where he was a legitimate MVP candidate..
Most of us assumed he would turn it on in the playoffs, like he did in game 1, but he hasn't been able to string two halves together..
That's fair--I wouldn't know as much about that. I've probably only watched 15-20 Spurs games (or parts of) all year.
No one likes my theory that his back is fubar.
Well.. You said we don't Tony all season long.. let's see we can win it all without him..
link? I said the exact opposite all season long...
same old, same old... disappearing act, when the game is on the line
I think he has been hurt more than he or anyone around here thinks should be impacting him.
Regardless of the extent to which people around here diss him, he has always been a warrior when it comes to being willing to play. But you are right that he lost his strength in the second half, and I'm not sure why…thing is, I don't think we will find out either.
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