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We're playing OKC without KD/Westbrook/Ibaka...should be able to win this game with 0 FTA tbh
Like it's getting pathetic how we can't get a call..
We're playing OKC without KD/Westbrook/Ibaka...should be able to win this game with 0 FTA tbh
I'm not only referring to this game...
Has always been an issue for the Spurs, but it has a lot to do with how they play.
Other than Manu, prime Manu, how many Spurs can you name that took it to the heart of a defense and imposed their will to finish or draw a foul, regardless of contact?
They play Chess and try to execute like surgeons, offensively. Very white-collar - Manu brought the blue- collar to this team, and they miss the out of it.
What's pathetic is how old and ineffective Tim looks tonight.
Exactly. We're a primarily jumpshooting team...that's not going to net you many FTs. The only two guys we have who consistently drive and get into the lane are Parker and Manu. Kawhi has started doing it a little more but he still depends primarily on jumpshots/post-ups.
Even Golden State, the darlings of the media/NBA, don't get a lot of FTs for this same reason. They're 25th in the league when it comes to FT rate; the Spurs are 27th.
I remember Pop speaking out against the ref union way back in November. I wonder if the refs have held a grudge against the spurs due to Pop criticizing the ref union.
Even with the Sprus being a jump shooting team, there are still plenty of times they don't get the calls they do draw.
complaining about refs n this game
Leonard had to scream and beg to get proper calls (while getting the crap beaten out of him), and OKC gets a 2 and a half step and 1. Putrid. BS.
They're exceptionally terrible tonight
ING TERRIBLE CALL
Jesus ing Christ had grape fruit sized hail
Yeah I'm in Odessa but hearing SA is getting killed by a random dangerous storm...
The Spurs punked themselves. Missing their first 4 FT's to open the game. Getting the beaten out of them on the glass. Getting just 15 AST on 37 made FG's - and not even getting as many AST's as OKC's bench. OKC commits 21 TO's and the Spurs can only stretch that into 9 fast break points. Duncan and West a combined 8-25 shooting (including a bricked dunk by West that would have let the game end without OT).
The refs made some bad calls, and one REALLY bad jump-ball toss. But the Spurs punked themselves.
Damn I really hate hearing that. It just tears the out of everything. I don't care if you're insured, it just sucks seeing that happen to your stuff. Hope it quits soon.
Not to mention Golden State is a jump shooting team too. They seem to get plenty of calls.
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In general tho the last couple of games it's been inconsistent..not isolating this game
They probably got some calls due to being shorthanded, tbh..that tends to happen with teams that are essentially throwing the game, 50/50 calls generally go their way..
That Anthony Morrow kickout
Not denying some ref problems. Maybe some calls affected the scores, but the Spurs still looked like - especially on offense, and the glass. Better calls wouldn't have made their play any less . Even if they had somehow won the GSW game, and not gone to OT tonight - they still played like . When you play like that, you can't overcome a few bad calls.
Agreed. But still all you can ask is an even playing field when it comes to officiating. I feel that hasn't been the case..not saying it's caused our poor play but it can with a players head..surprised Pop hasn't gotten tossed tbh
LOL... oh holy , I thought he was gonna get tossed with 20 seconds left in the Warriors' game, or at least a T. Earlier in the game, too - it reminded me of that scene from Bull Durham where Costner is just begging the umpire to boot him.
Oh he was begging to be tossed for sure
I don't remember Pop's getting tossed this season. Has he? He usually gets about one a year. Maybe he's saving it for the playoffs this season.
Didn't he get tossed early in one, and leave Messina at the helm? Or am I just remembering a game or two when he was taking care of family business?
Seems like I remember him heading for the locker room in the first half.
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