Any lineup that includes KA is a "What the F are you doing?" lineup.
Good job, Pop.
Agreed.I maintain that the lineup to start the 4th was the biggest reason for the loss IMO..
The Spurs had the "momentum" and had cut it down to 1, OKC was deflated, yet Pop goes with a Mills-Green-Anderson-Diaw-West lineup in a round 2 playoff game..confusing and puzzling, I don't understand the logic that was used for that decision..
Anytime Pop try's to play that Diaw/West combo against Kanter, and especially Kanter/Adams, it's not gonna go well for us.
He played Boban early and I thought maybe he knew better... But then he was gonna do it late in the 3rd, sent Boris to the table, but ended up pulling him back when we started running. I thought we had avoided it after that, and then he brings it out to start the 4th, kills our momentum, and digs another hole.
Tons of reasons why we lost, but that was an easily avoidable, obvious mistake that really hurt. No excuse for it.
yup there we have it. What a disaster.
Good job, Pop.
I really do think it was the open Durant 3 with 6+ minutes left in the first that made Pop overreact grossly and from there he never recovered his handle on the game.
He subbed everyone but LMA when he should also have left Kawhi in there not least because Kawhi's replacement was Kyle.
That meant Kawhi only playing 14 minutes in the first half and then in the second playing more Pop in his mind still had to try to find some rest which came at the worst time after the run we just made and the disaster lineup starting the 4th that everyone else have already mentioned.
To be fair, Spurs lost this game in the first minutes of the games and this has nothing to do with Pop... Players were ing lazy all over the floor in first quarter... We missed 5 easy buckets in the first mn by pure laziness.
He had the merit to manage his roster and enable us to cut the lead at half time. This loss is on the players
LMAAAAOOOOOOI couldn't believe it. I think Adams or KD was at the line and I heard the subs ution whistle and I figured Leonard or LMA was checking back in, but there was Fathead with his shorts wrapped around his chest entering the game for Manu
^this
Spurs started something like 2 of 16 from the field. That's just atrocious. The game was lost in the first quarter. Just one of those nights and we still had a chance to win at the end.
Spurs in 5. Book it.
Yeah.
He was clearly happy after the game. Seems to be basking in it all... Wtf?
Duncan could not get a Fckn grip on the ball. If his hands fail him, it's definitely over.
Don't get me wrong tho... I also believe Pop had a crap 2nd half but all in all I'm more mad about those first 10 mn that were atrocious than Pop... those easy missed lay ups were absolutely pure laziness and iness... Players were not dialed up, for a team that professional it was painful to see
I guess we won't see much anymore of Anderson tbh unless blow out. He had 5 mn on a close game and delivered a totally empty statline except for 2 fouls,Eh, yes, Kawhi was horrible down the stretch, Tim was painfully bad on offense, all game, Mills was terrible, we saw a blown call, etc..however, I maintain that the lineup to start the 4th was the biggest reason for the loss IMO..
The Spurs had the "momentum" and had cut it down to 1, OKC was deflated, yet Pop goes with a Mills-Green-Anderson-Diaw-West lineup in a round 2 playoff game@ the folks thinking he can guard KD.
Pop was terrible. Like others mentioned, that start of the fourth quarter lineup was bad. He seemed as if he wanted to match Donovan's resting of Westbrook by resting Kawhi. Donovan recognized this and kept Westbrook on the bench. Did you see Westbrook fuming about not being in the game? Finally, Pop put Kawhi back in the game and then Donovan put Westbrook back in.
Outside of the offensive fouls drawn, Mills has had a terrible series so far. Offensively, Kawhi just wasn't aggressive enough. Did anyone else notice that Kawhi seemed to be having issues with his footing, particularly at the beginning of the game. Our bigs need to finish stronger at the rim, particularly Tim. No finesse flip shots. Gather and go strong and draw some fouls.
Not too worried about the series. I expect a "family meeting" with Kawhi, and him to come out super aggressive for game 3.
Pretty much.
Yup...waaay too many missed bunnies...it's a killer, to be sure. Oh, well...Spurs still got this , no worries.
The game was lost in the first quarter because Duncan is unable to finish around any more. He was atrocious.
That doesn't excuse the momentum-killing 4th quarter line-up, though. That one is on Pop for sure.
He the bed...
Duncan was terrible...we didn't even drive to the paint....WTF....also was that Hot Potato passing......
Pop was just looking for a spark. Nobody but LA was consistent all night..
ing joke
no where was the Defense
so i just checked the box score and I saw Kawhi ended the game with 3 fouls..Poop giving momentum to Thunder when they looked all deflated at the end of first half..
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Is it me, or is there no reason for Diaw to only be playing 8 minutes (especially with Duncan struggling like he is)? I know he's struggled a bit this year, but again, it's not like Duncan is out there killing it. I'd like to see more of the Diaw/Aldridge pairing going forward.
He's gone senile for a while now.
It hapoens
to be fair it was not just Duncan... Green missed 3 lay ups + 1 tov, Leonard 1 lay up, 1 pull up and 1 3, parker 1 3... we went scoreless except for an early aldridge pull up for 5 mn
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