We Lack a "Go-To" Finisher. How important is that in the playoffs

[RD2191]

lol got

[SASdynasty!]

We want the same thing. Just don't call tony clutch cause he ain't. There's lots of definitions for clutch. Mine ain't 5 mins left to go in the fourth neither team ahead by 5 points.
My definition for clutch is the whole 48 mins in a playoff game count as clutch minutes. Turning the ball over like crazy or shooting the team out of it only to be carried by said team to a "4th quarter or overtime, less than 5 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points" scenario is ing stupid. Sitting out at the end of games cause your hammy doesn't feel fine.

Lol, so basically the word clutch doesn't mean "performance at the end of a close game," but the first few minutes of the 2nd quarter of a blowout. Why don't you just use another word then?

[SASdynasty!]

Still a tiny sample size nonetheless.

How many shots do you expect each player to be taking in clutch situations during a playoff run? 50?!? Even Lebron had less shots than Parker during clutch time last playoffs. That's actually a pretty good sample size for those parameters. It's ok bro, Parker was by far the most clutch shooter on the Spurs statistically last year (both regular season and playoffs) and he has a really good argument to be considered the most clutch player in the league (unbelievable efficiency in those situations with near-the-top volume numbers).

[baseline bum]

Damn I didn't realize they even had Goodellas in Mexico. Are you able to flush the toilet paper yet?

[Johnny RIngo]

I'm not sure how relevant clutch stats are pertaining to our run last year. Spurs outscored their opponents in the playoffs by 214 points, the largest margin in NBA history. We blew teams out in most of our wins so it never really needed to come down to the wire. The majority of Parker's "clutch" shots that SASDynasty loves to reference(7 of the 8 shots) came against a ty 8th seeded Mavs team - a series that never should have been close in the first place if Parker had played better through the first three quarters of those games.

The most important game in our playoff run last year was the OT game 6 against the Thunder - a game that Parker checked himself out of. Lot of clutch moments in that one. Strange that our "most clutch player" wasn't a part of that win.

[ElNono]

Is the OP a new fan, tbh? When the season is on the line, it's gonna be the usual: ball in Manu's hands, let him create and hope for the best. If he's on his game, we're getting #6, if he's not in his game, we're getting a long summer.

[Hoops Czar]

Is the OP a new fan, tbh? When the season is on the line, it's gonna be the usual: ball in Manu's hands, let him create and hope for the best. If he's on his game, we're getting #6, if he's not in his game, we're getting a long summer.

I think it's a little more complicated than that.

[Hoops Czar]

We want the same thing. Just don't call tony clutch cause he ain't. There's lots of definitions for clutch. Mine ain't 5 mins left to go in the fourth neither team ahead by 5 points.
My definition for clutch is the whole 48 mins in a playoff game count as clutch minutes. Turning the ball over like crazy or shooting the team out of it only to be carried by said team to a "4th quarter or overtime, less than 5 minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points" scenario is ing stupid. Sitting out at the end of games cause your hammy doesn't feel fine.

Yes, because making shots in a 25 point blowout is clutch, smh.

[MultiTroll]

... And next year and the year after that?

These modern day PEDs who knows?!

[z0sa]

The Spurs rely on ball movement and feeding the hot hand. It worked last season, and it's gonna need to be effective again this season considering we're probably facing at least 3 rounds of the playoffs on the road... maybe all of them.

[MultiTroll]

Is the OP a new fan, tbh? When the season is on the line, it's gonna be the usual: ball in Manu's hands, let him create and hope for the best. If he's on his game, we're getting #6, if he's not in his game, we're getting a long summer.

Are you a new fan? He was the Miami Heats MVP in Game 6 and has had similar turnover problems at the end of many a game.
We don't "have" to have a 50/50 bipolar Manu with the ball in his hands at the end of every close game.
That is a CIA Popped loser strategy.
TEAM ball is what won in 2014. It's what is going to win or not in 2015 also.
The opponent not knowing who is going to have the last shot = way more effective then a locked in choice.

[RD2191]

Damn I didn't realize they even had Goodellas in Mexico. Are you able to flush the toilet paper yet?

Que es toilet paper?

[cantthinkofanything]

Que es toilet paper?

Bend over . I'll show you.

[RD2191]

Bend over . I'll show you.

No senor. Mi no bend over. Mi bend your wife over.

[cantthinkofanything]

No senor. Mi no bend over. Mi bend your wife over.

As long as you leave some dinero on her back.

[RD2191]

As long as you leave some dinero on her back.

100 pesos

[Mel_13]

When the season is on the line, it's gonna be the usual: ball in Manu's hands, let him create and hope for the best.

This.

[Mikeanaro]

100 pesos

Lol thats generous, is she worthy?

[Mikeanaro]

Manu is the man, always was and always will thats your Go-To guy.

[look_at_g_shred]

lol are you serious bruh? The past 3 seasons we've been fine.

[ElNono]

I think it's a little more complicated than that.

Not really.

[ElNono]

Are you a new fan? He was the Miami Heats MVP in Game 6 and has had similar turnover problems at the end of many a game.
We don't "have" to have a 50/50 bipolar Manu with the ball in his hands at the end of every close game.
That is a CIA Popped loser strategy.
TEAM ball is what won in 2014. It's what is going to win or not in 2015 also.
The opponent not knowing who is going to have the last shot = way more effective then a locked in choice.

Exactly what I said. He was not on his game in 2013, and we lost. He was on his game in 2014, he had the season in his hands a couple times (ie: the 3 pointer against OKC, go take a look at TD's jumper on that game too, who ran the play), and we won.
If everybody is playing well, we're rolling and we can win games by a bunch of points, then we won't need a "go-to" finisher.

But if we do need one, you know where Pop is going.

[dabom]

Elnono with the goods. Thb

[tholdren]

I define a "Go-To" Finisher as the player who you want to have the ball in the last minutes/seconds of a close game. He's the clutch player you can rely on to either make a shot, get fouled--and make the FTs, or make the sure pass to an open man when double-teamed. Pick almost any team and you know who their 'Go-To' player is.

At one time, that player on the Spurs was clearly TD. Then Pop shifted the role to Manu and then to Parker. However, this year I don't see these guys being as reliable as in the past and Kwahi doesn't appear to be ready to assume that role yet.

So how does this affect our chances in the playoffs where tight games are more likely than in the regular season. Can the passing game continue to work against stepped up defensive schemes in the final moments?

It's extremely important. You have to be able to stop runs and play the clock - which is a little different than the regular season.

You have to be able to beat someone down in the post and get guaranteed points either at the line or in the paint. It is a good sign that boris is back to showing signs of his crafty self the past few games on the block. KL has to back people down, and more importantly hit the FTs at the line. With all that said, I still feel like SA can beat anyone in a series.

[dabom]

Kawhi definitely got the defensive stops tbh.