Because I don't. Dallas plays better on the road and we look tired and old. We need that 2nd quarter play all 48. Do you think we can turn this thing around, or are we tired and done?
Dallas plays better on the road because their regular season fans are silent. They get really excited for NBA playoff wins given how few there have been in the past two decades on the gridiron.
Advantage clearly swings back to SA now. We'll be 6-7 point favorites at home vs. 3-4 on the road.
Yes I feel better. Take away Vince's lucky shot and we are up 3-1. The crowd better bring it Wednesday.
Yes. It's tied. Before, it was 2-1.
Quite the contrary, the Spurs role players are getting their rhythm back. Mills & Diaw showed up tonight. All that's left is Beli & Green (I guess Bonner since he is now seeing minutes). It was a tough win but it was good. Now to go home and give the fans what they paid for, a Dallas beating.
Yes and no. Obviously, to blow a must win game when you were up 20 points would be gut wrenching, so 2-2 is a great result. Result aside and evaluating process, Tony Parker's level of play is so alarming that it negates everything in my opinion. He doesn't look right, is killing the Spurs (outside of some great first Q's) and is being benched in the playoffs?
Tim not seemingly having it longer than in 10 minute spurts is very alarming. As is how Dalembert is putting up career high stats against him and Blair having a huge impact (this game, not overall). Seeing the bench (Boris/Patty) play well and Manu having such success gives me hope - as does that 2nd Q where the Spurs offense seemed to figure it out, but overall I don't feel better.
All the main parts for the most parts are just not functioning at a high level with an emphasis on TP/Pop.
Absolutely, tbh, especially if Carlisle leaves Blair on the floor..
The Spurs have finally recognized that Nowitzki is a horrendous defender nowadays, Diaw understands he has a mismatch every possession, and Mills finally made some shots..
If Pop can realize Beli is killing the Spurs and if they stop leaving Calderon wide open, they'll win in 6 IMO..
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Not really. They are still playing like . And with Tony playing like that this team won't get anywhere. But, at least he played good for the national team.
I don't get how in a must win game they can't put together a complete game. To play 1.5 good Q's essentially then revert back to sloppy out of sync offense is mind numbing. Pop continuing to panic and not use common sense is bad. RC is not going to make many mistakes and will likely not even repeat the small mistakes he did tonight.
Its time to flip the script, the Mavs have played better but its time for them to not play as well and its time for the Spurs to step it up.
Yes. After game 2, we've played better each game. Series tied, and goin back home for game 5, I feel 10 times more confident before tonight!!!
They were smokin em at one point so yea if they can maintain that they've at least showed capabilities of whoop-mode. This game belonged to the spurs the whole game
dirk has always been a ty defender, and why did they not go to Timmy more with blair on him?
We were able to stop Harris pretty well, but Dirk had a great game overall. Nothing you can do about that.
Overall, our bench did better. 2-2 series tied back in San Antonio is great. Win Game 5 and we got the series
Danny Green will have to show up first. He finally gets some burn in the early 4th and starts jacking midrange Js.
I still don't understand Leonard on Ellis. Isn't that a great matchup for Danny? Hound Ellis on one end and make him run through multiple screens on the other.
I can't believe that Gino is playing with the most energy on the entire team.
Diaw and Mills played better this game. Pop just need to stop putting Diaw on Dirk and Splitter on Blair or someone else.
I've felt like we were the better team from the start. That said I knew the mavs would play us hard, but I didn't think they would be this tough tbh. But from the top to bottom every team in the west is in a dog fight. I still think we win in 6 tho.
Kinda.
Green has literally gotten 1, maybe 2 open looks in this series, tbh..Pop also has him on a short leash..
So, it's not a surprise that he entered the game and tried to get himself going..Danny shooting off the dribble shots is very unorthodox for him IMO, he never usually takes bad shots, he was definitely trying to get himself going..
Meanwhile, Belineli has by far the worst defensive on/off of any Spurs player in this series and the worst offensive on/off, somehow, yet Pop keeps him on the floor when he's providing nothing and continues to leave shooters wide open..
I feel better about our chances to win the series, but I don't think it matters.
This team folds at the slightest bit of aggression from the opponent.
At this point, I'm ready to talk about what moves the Spurs need to make for the future.
For the record, I don't think Kawhi is "that guy." Totally tradable.
He always has, and always will. Doesn't matter what his age is. That's the great thing about Manu.
what? Spurs lost 3 of the 4 quarters. If not for that unbelievable 2nd quarter, Spurs were toast.
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