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We outplayed their ass this was a major fluke.
Entertaining game tbh.
We outplayed their ass this was a major fluke.
Love just sucks tbh.
he may suck right now but he's a proven scorer. 1 game is all it takes a la ibaka
Has Chump still got his apron on from cooking you all up a fresh batch of crumpetts?
We're not going to win all the games Fabbs... this is a game where we competed well, and sure, it sucks to let it go at the end like that, but you can't be so shortsighted.
The way we were playing two weeks ago was extremely worrying. Now that we seemingly turned a page, it should be recognized, despite the loss.
Closing with extremely low basketball I.Q. is extremely disappointing to me. The up by 6 under 30 / up by 3 under 5 sec has been researched ad nauseum. The moronic allowing of Irving to get both shots off is.....
whenever you lose, the other option was always better... the reality is we lost this game with fairly ty D in the 1st half and missing a lot of 3s and freethrows... it still took some fluky to get it to overtime and then to lose...
I'll always prefer the win, but even after losing, we did some stuff right too.
No it's not even close to hindsight. Not allowing the 3s in that situation is elementary school basketball i.q. requirement.
With the history of no one ever winning 4 road series, this was a golden op to keep the upward move in seedings going.
To just farking give it away, that's the disappoinment.
You guys think Baynes would've made a positive impact tonight, at least in terms of putting a body on Thompson and/or giving Irving a hard foul in the lane?
happens, hopefully they learn from it and work on their FTs. Still encouraging to see the team do well against good compe ion, hopefully they can keep it up.
Pop never does that. The only time he decided to do it, we ed up and lost the game (Pistons this season, IIRC). It is what it is.
only good i can take from tonight is that it wasn't a playoff game
You're presuming i mean foul. Which is the far better strategy.
However even better then that is position your defense so the opponent cannot get off a three. Or certainly a far more contested on the Irving got on both of these.
Both times Green gets screened out.
Spurs could have easily switched men on the 1st one. Up 6 why even give a about a two. Did cia Popped learn nothing from Miami?Obviously not.
After his dumb remark to the one and only media with a spine to ask him, took a Euro media at that.
Ditto the game tying trey. Why even bother to guard anyone in two point land, other then to not get the zone D whistle. As it was, Kawhi had to come all the way over from his man to guard Irving. Watch how both Green and one other defend Irving from going down towards the basket but he waltzes out untouched beyond the arc. Again its just beyond dense.
Not worried either, and I don't even think the players should be anything like "demoralized." If anything, they'll be motivated, just like they were after 2013.
es done ed with the wrong team. Just like the 13 Heat. Except this time, they don't get rings for it. Just a +1 in the regular season win column.
On the game tying 3 in regulation, TP was on Irving and he got screened, but Kawhi contested it...You're presuming i mean foul. Which is the far better strategy.
However even better then that is position your defense so the opponent cannot get off a three. Or certainly a far more contested on the Irving got on both of these.
Both times Green gets screened out.
Spurs could have easily switched men on the 1st one. Up 6 why even give a about a two. Did cia Popped learn nothing from Miami?
After his dumb remark to the one and only media with a spine to ask him, took a Euro media at that.
Ditto the game tying trey. Why even bother to guard anyone in two point land, other then to not get the zone D whistle. As it was, Kawhi had to come all the way over from his man to guard Irving. Watch how both Green and one other defend Irving from going down towards the basket but he waltzes out untouched beyond the arc. Again its just beyond dense.
IMO, there's no two ways about it. You either foul or you contest and hope for the best... you can't lean much on the shooter because you could end up in a 4 point play, and that's a real screw up. I thought fouling at the inbound would've been a good option, since they had no more TOs, but you know Pop... anyways, not going to go crazy over a shot or two. I thought if we played better in the 1st half, we should've won this game comfortably.
Oh man if that were a playoff game it would be a little tough to sleep tonight. I hate when sports do this to you but that would have made it ten times worse.only good i can take from tonight is that it wasn't a playoff game
Yeah we win this game like 9 times out of 10 comfortably even if defending the PG position is still one our biggest worries and against some teams there is nowhere to really hide Tony when Green or Leonard is guarding the PG.
Amazing game. So much fun to watch. I'd love to see a seven game series like this although I doubt my nerves can take it. Kyrie won't ever play that well again. I literally expected every single shot to drop. The LeBron three to go up 5 was the dagger. Def didn't expect him to hit that. For some reason, LeBron does not instill fear in me like Kobe used to.
Also missed free throws lost us this game. So frustrating but proud of how they played.
It was a great game and you can only shake Kyries hand for his effort. As others said I am bummed that we missed another opportunity to move up in the standings. Our schedule to end the season is very tough and so our chances getting into 4th place were once again diminished tonight because Kawhi did not make his FTs. Barkley does not make sense often, but I agree with him that no WC team will survive 3 playoff rounds without having HCA at all. Spurs success in the playoffs depends on getting some rest by winning some series in 4 or 5 games. This will not happen without HCA ...
That i do.
Tell Chumpie and T_Park to put a little extra sugar and cinnamon on my crumpett please.
And obviously Kawhii backed off Irving so he wouldn't get the pampered call. So did Green on the previous 3.you can't lean much on the shooter because you could end up in a 4 point play
But my point is the Spurs had no business letting Irving get to both those spots untouched.
Beyond re ed.
Sometimes you will lose games, even at home. It sucks but you learn something and move on. A damn good game.
Most encouraging is the play of Diaw and Splitter. While Diaws shots is still off, hes improving. Splitter had some good defensive moments as well.
Encouraged because they played very hard, like PLAYOFF HARD, shot 56%, AST/FG 50%+, won rebounds (hustle), missed FTs like the 2003 Champs, but just got killed by KI's performance which he will probably never repeat.
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