Bottom line... this one wasn't about Parker vs. Leonard; this was about the bench foreign legion tonight. Manu of course the catalyst as per par. GSG!
Wow..what was diferent in the third? Lineup change?
Manu and Mills making it rain with the 3333333's
So you didn't watch the game,?
never change.
I think this is the ultimate solution. I expected to see quite a bit of high-low game between TD and LMA, but we have seen none. They both cannot play low on the left side of the lane...
Porker ate bench and Manu and his krew shined thats what happened.
Great run, was at the game tbh
The first team just doesn't have spacing and can't seem to create separation from even mediocre teams.
Portland managed to create consistently one of the best offenses in the league with LMA in the post and getting space through that. Kawhi on top of that should simply be a great a thing but of course the real problem is what someone like Lillard is capable of vs all the shortcomings of Parker.
Patty is a mini-version of Lillard
yep..no real le contender has a business starting a PG in Parker current shape unless you have peak Lebron to cover you (Chalmers)...Kawhi isn't that good..the only hope is Pop's leash at this point barbecue Tony name/ego is just too big to be benched...
I hate watching the starters, they stink so far. they get in big holes, and the 2nd unit bails the team out.
and Green can't hit the ocean now.
15-2 Spurs run when the Hornets ran Lin and Walker together in the backcourt before Walker was taken out. Walker didn't come back in for about 6:30 in game time and by then they were down by 22.
That helped. Also helped that we had a good floor general on the court.
Dude i'm sorry, but you're a in honestly. It's one thing to not like a player, its another thing to completely obsess about your disdain for that player and to post thread after thread bashing someone. Do you think it's new information to anyone on here that Tony has fallen off? No. But we dont' in bash him every waking second of our lives like you do because a) he has done great things for this franchise and is still trying his best to do so (while becoming far more of a team player and leader in the process) and b) because he is a spur, as spurs fans, we should root for our starting PG to play well and to help lead us to a championship.
By constantly ing about him, it's pretty obvious to me that you aren't a Spurs fan in the slightest, and rather just some dude who jerks off to Kawhi every second you get. Just enjoy the ing team for what it is man, if we lose at the end of the year and it's clearly Tony's fault then sure, some ing is allowed. But Tony wasn't the reason we lost last year, and so far he hasn't been the reason we've lost any games this year.
Nobody mentioned the opposing lineup at all.
Not once.
Some real pro analysts here.
Posters like OP and the many other "player fans" have destroyed this site tbh it's literally impossible to talk basketball anymore. I joined this site initially cuz I love the spurs and I love talking basketball. That has almost become impossible thanks to this of an OP and all the other player threads turning every spurs game into "notice how much the lead has grown without Tony.." "notice Kawhi only has 1 assist..." etc.
Parker is down to 27 mpg, 8.8 fga on 52.8 FGA. That's reasonable to non player fans.
Scoring 5 straight threes is not sustainable and any opponent would wilt under such barrage at that point in the game. What I liked was the ball movement the team showed when it was obvious that they were brimming with confidence after the run. Just like Tim said, when they're not overthinking the offense works, shots going in or not.
I'm not a fan of the player bashing either, in fact I always said that Bonner got allot more than he deserved, but very few ran to his defense. That said, I think it's still possible to have the basketball discussions y'all crave while also discussing the game to game flaws and deficiencies of even our most beloved players, as well as their positive contributions. I have a parker jersey, hanging next to my duncan and ginobili, my kid likes to throw on the Kawhi when we go to the games. But, last year's playoff loss had allot to do with parkers performance and that should be obvious to all of us. I'm still rooting for him and the team, but we can have these discussions objectively, I think. P.s. manu is my favorite, but yeah, I realize he occasionally turns into "turnobili", it's just the truth, but I love the guy cuz no one has his heart, except maybe for patty, just sayin.........objectivity. GO SPURS
Spencer Hawes was terrible for them. Had TO of his own and low BBIQ plays. Other than Lin trying to make stuff happen in that stretch, they had nothing, and Lin was guilty of leaving Patty unconvered for 3 pt shots. Their second unit was atrocious truth be told.
That said, it coincided with a barrage of 3s from Manu and Patty.
Moral of the story, you can't count on a barrage of 3s to win a game. Sure it will happen occasionally, but when it doesn't you are in trouble and in close game situations that could go either way like the Knicks (until Porzingis got hurt), the Celtics, and the Wiz.
Still it was good to see Lamarcus hit some shots and had some offense run through him in a short stretch and he did very well. There were some encouraging signs from everyone, but Tony. I am not a Tony hater, but he missed Lamarcus on mismatches and called his own number twice on the 3rd Q, when Kaminsky was on Anderson in transition, and Lamarcus was guarded by a SF. That should not happen. One of those times, he drew a foul, but the other one was a TO on a moving screen by TD. It is things like that which make me angry at Tony. He doesn't run the offense for others as much as he should, even at this point.
17 assists between Manu, Diaw, Mills, and West. That second unit is going to be fun to watch.
That unit is the key to blowing teams out, tbh.
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