Coach Pop tonight.

[Slippy]

The persistence of playing Patty too little , then too late and too much of Tony when he's struggling is the biggest head scratcher

[spurraider21]

I'm pinning the loss on Pop tbh. No other scapegoats

our only reliable creator on offense was boris isolating and posting up

can't have kawhi, parker, manu all playing terrible... especially if duncan isn't having one of his god-mode performances

[Spur|n|Austin]

I'm pinning the loss on Pop tbh. No other scapegoats

Danny Green's filled bed says hi.

[Mugen]

our only reliable creator on offense was boris isolating and posting up

can't have kawhi, parker, manu all playing terrible... especially if duncan isn't having one of his god-mode performances

Pop does the opposite of just one of the things I listed and the Spurs probably win the game. As ing those guys were, Pop was 10x worse, and it isnt even close.

[spurraider21]

Pop does the opposite of just one of the things I listed and the Spurs probably win the game. As ing those guys were, Pop was 10x worse, and it isnt even close.

i dno, kawhi was pretty bad tbh

i'm just gna blame all coaching mistakes on becky hammon. u know, misogyny and all

[ElNono]

I don't get the reluctance to play Patty more.... just let him chuck his heart out... gotta be better than dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble rushed shot...

[Spur-Addict]

I typically don't criticize in any regard, but Pop was bad tonight. Particularly in the second half.

[Mugen]

He was terrible but if the Old Wino breaks his hip during pre-game presser, the Spurs are preparing for the Rockets by now

[DMC]

The persistence of playing Patty too little , then too late and too much of Tony when he's struggling is the biggest head scratcher

It's actually not if you consider all that Pop has to consider. We just look for a win. Pop has to think about tonight and the possibility they don't win, who's going to throw their starting PG under a bus with one game to go? Spurs have won plenty game 7s. If they win, this will be forgotten. Chris Paul is due for another bonehead showoff move that costs them in the clutch.

Also, Pop considers this is a contract year for a lot of them. Unlike us, he's not all or nothing. He's who he is and is that way basically all the time, win or lose. We either have horses or we don't. Right now we don't, and it's not even the Clipper's fault.

Pop didn't think we had a good shot at it from the start, which is why he started the hacking early. He's like a nose picker who has to draw blood before he stops, but you'll look over there and he's picking it again, bloodied finger and all. That's Pop, and he doesn't care what anyone else says because he's untouchable. He'd love to be fired tbh, teams would line up from here to NYC to coax him over.

So I wasn't surprised when he did it. I think he feels like he's a bigger part of the game than he really should actually need to be. He's more of a puppet master than a coach, at this stage, with these guys.

[Russ]

Pop was petulant.

But by now, he's earned it.

[RD2191]

I don't get the reluctance to play Patty more.... just let him chuck his heart out... gotta be better than dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble rushed shot...

[UZER]

It's actually not if you consider all that Pop has to consider. We just look for a win. Pop has to think about tonight and the possibility they don't win, who's going to throw their starting PG under a bus with one game to go? Spurs have won plenty game 7s. If they win, this will be forgotten. Chris Paul is due for another bonehead showoff move that costs them in the clutch.

Also, Pop considers this is a contract year for a lot of them. Unlike us, he's not all or nothing. He's who he is and is that way basically all the time, win or lose. We either have horses or we don't. Right now we don't, and it's not even the Clipper's fault.

Pop didn't think we had a good shot at it from the start, which is why he started the hacking early. He's like a nose picker who has to draw blood before he stops, but you'll look over there and he's picking it again, bloodied finger and all. That's Pop, and he doesn't care what anyone else says because he's untouchable. He'd love to be fired tbh, teams would line up from here to NYC to coax him over.

So I wasn't surprised when he did it. I think he feels like he's a bigger part of the game than he really should actually need to be. He's more of a puppet master than a coach, at this stage, with these guys.

he's the Joey Crawford of coaching

[baseline bum]

Scotty would have done a better job coaching the Spurs tonight.

By running Enrique isos every time down the floor?

[TheGreatYacht]

-Hack a DJ when Spurs are rolling, Clippers tie it up
-No Timmy on Blake after Tim holds him down in Game 5
-No Beli until way too late
-No Patty until way too late
-Zero adjustment to the CP3 high screen n roll
-No Danny on CP3 after holding him without a FG in the 1st half
-Kawhi on CP3, absolutely taking him out of the game as a help defender
-Too much ing Manu tonight

And worst of all. Tony ing Parker still seeing big minutes when he's been an absolute pussy piece of the entire series.

you Pop. Just literally cost the Spurs a series.

Don't forget about how easy it is for the Clippers to get a mismatch... Pop told the Spurs to switch on EVERY ing screen!!!

Paul dribbles the ball up with Green on him, calls for a DJ screen, Spurs switch so now Splitter is on Paul

[BOHOLANO#21]

Agree. I was ing screaming at the game upset on the play calling of popovich. Spurs up by 9 points with Bellinelli freaking hot he started hack- a- Jordan. I think it disrupted the teams rhytmn too. Bellinelli was on the bench too long even when Green was choking on his balls. And freakin Parker should be on the bench more than playing. The ball is sticking to him and by the time a shot is attempted it close to five seconds on the shot clock. Popovich blown this game away. Hopefully this series won't be a repeat of 2013 finals blowing away game 6 & 7.

[Mikeanaro]

He was so comfortable there, letting things go wrong playing at home, that stupid hack a lionface while holding a 9/10 point lead was the beginning of the end.
Betting on Parker when you can make the Mills-Cory combo which is like a scoring guard and a passing guard that you can regulate at will.
At this point Pop handled the game like a total , not even Spoelstra could be that bad and no, Im no coach but seeing so many playoff series through the years I can safely say he was pure utter .

[spurraider21]

I don't get the reluctance to play Patty more.... just let him chuck his heart out... gotta be better than dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble, dribble rushed shot...

me neither. i know he's not a good defender, but neither is the guy he'd be replacing

[UZER]

and the play call out of the timeout late in the fourth. Diaw with a one legged fade away from 14 feet?

[TD 21]

-Hack a DJ when Spurs are rolling, Clippers tie it up
-No Timmy on Blake after Tim holds him down in Game 5
-No Beli until way too late
-No Patty until way too late
-Zero adjustment to the CP3 high screen n roll
-No Danny on CP3 after holding him without a FG in the 1st half
-Kawhi on CP3, absolutely taking him out of the game as a help defender
-Too much ing Manu tonight

And worst of all. Tony ing Parker still seeing big minutes when he's been an absolute pussy piece of the entire series.

you Pop. Just literally cost the Spurs a series.

I agree with the vast majority of this, but I wouldn't go so far as to say he's cost them the series. More like, he's cost them their best possible chance to win the series. But the reality is, this is a five game series disguised as a seven game one.

I wouldn't be surprised if game 7 plays out like game 5 of the Finals last year. Great team, at the end of their run, too prideful to go quietly, makes one final push to stave off the inevitable, before the Clippers wake up, restore order and blow them away.

[rasuo214]

I hate the hack a Jordan strategy. It only works when the Clippers offense is rolling (like when CP3 and Blake were making everything). I have no idea why Pop thought it was a good idea to implement it when the Spurs offense was rolling and the Clippers were struggling. Say Jordan hits half his fts that's basically like limiting the Clippers to 50% shooting and you're getting key guys into foul trouble. We lost momentum in the 2nd, then guys had to get benched because of foul trouble, making things worse, and of course the Clippers were in the bonus so any other foul ended up in FTs (CP3).

Also there's been no adjustment to the screens, no idea why he switched Kawhi and Danny's defensive roles when they were doing fine as is, and he insists on playing Parker. Playing Parker wouldn't be as bad if he was playing well on offense or Danny was hitting his 3s but neither is happening so we need another shooter/scorer out there. Patty is the obvious choice but I'd even go with no PG lineups as long as Diaw was also in the game.