Some of that is on lma, he's not coming up to contest off the screen
Murray is more athletic than White. Our bigs didn't help matters either. Austrian bball player was a joke out there and LMA disappeared down the stretch. Our bigs need to step up at home and play better defense to help White who can't keep up with Murray.
I could see the Spurs winning another game in Denver as much as Denver winning another game in SA. Denver is young and inexperienced along with being a very streaky team. They could drop a game 5 or 7 at home. Obviously going up 3-1 would be ideal but if it's tied 2-2 I still give the Spurs a 50-50 chance of winning the series.
Agree. This isn't on Pop imo. Our bigs were terrible defensively, non existent.
I for 1 am not turning on our team I still say we'll win the series but certain players have to be better especially defensively
Why even care? Does it suck that we lost? Sure. But should we lose our mind? no. This team is not a championship team. Losing in first round or in the second is pretty much the same.
Our guys are leaving ing Nuggets guys wide open on threes all the time. What do you think the Warriors or the Rockets would do to this team?
Theres just way too many losers on the team and lets hope we will be able to get better players in the future.
I was thinking the same thing. Get on his ass. Bertons especially! Let him find his shot. That nightmare really shows the inexperience of these guys. Your inexperience is showing
I thought one of the game changers was Forbes jacking up that three right away when they were making their run
Big picture, we did the job, took one in there. Time to step up at home(LMA, Gay) and show if we can protect it.
To be ing honest.they are who we thought they were
White's growing before our eyes but he still has limitations and alot is being placed on him this early into his career. He's doing what he can. That said, DJ is the higher ceiling player and his athleticism is superior to White's and he would've been able to consistently stop Murray if we had him healthy.
STFU bro. Seriously.
Bad news is that Walker will stay on the bench the rest of the playoffs.
Even as a rookie, it is obvious to me that the team will have a higher ceiling with him in the rotation over Forbes and Mills and Marco
Just like it was obvious last year that White was better than Mills, Forbes and Parker
But does Pop learn his lesson? No. Never will.
Napalm all over.
Aldridge, Gay, DeRozan the softest performance i have ever seen
White terrible on defense
ing atrocious coaching letting Murray get every shot he wanted
absolutely no balls on this team. ing 19 point lead and not enough heart to close the door?
There is a reason we have the worst road record of all the western conference playoff teams and so, to ask them to win another game in Denver after giving this one away is not a likely possibility. Winning the next two games are still very much possible, though.
The current draft class is pretty crappy. Outside of Zion and Ja Morant the rest of these guys are not great prospects. This is a draft where after the first 2 picks the rest of the field is on an ever playing field. Last year would have been the year to get a good lotto pick.
There is a reason we have the worst road record of all the western conference playoff teams and so, to ask them to win another game in Denver after giving this one away is not a likely possibility. Winning the next two games are still very much possible, though.
The Spurs missed a golden opportunity tonight. Not saying they can't win the series because they still have a great chance to win the series, but they easily could've (actually should've) won tonight taking a 2-0 lead back home. To me that kills any confidence Denver has and pretty much wins you the series. Instead you gave the Nuggets their confidence back and come home tied 1-1.
Denver isn't as good as their regular season record indicates, but it's a shame that the Spurs didn't go for the kill tonight by stealing the first two games on Denver's home court.
-Oberto in 2006
-Tiago in 2011
-Boban in 2016
-White in 2018
-Lonnie in 2019
"B-B-But they can't contribute, they are just rookies...they are always a year away"......
Bottom line, we had a real shot to take 2 in Denver. This team should be riding high with confidence at this point.
Spurs are in firm control of this series imo. I expect game 3 to be taken by the Spurs in blowout fashion and game 4 to be a close affair where Spurs pull away late. This denver team has shown me absolutely nothing to make me feel like this isnt Mavs vs Golden State 2007 or Spurs vs Mavs 2010 all over again.
Oh...let me ing reiterate, mother er:
White's growing before our eyes but he still has limitations and alot is being placed on him this early into his career. He's doing what he can. That said, DJ is the higher ceiling player and his athleticism is superior to White's and he would've been able to consistently stop Murray if we had him healthy.
Thinking back on the game. Denver really didn't cook anything especially different that the Spurs couldn't handle. Murray got hot.
You can always find plays to blame the refs on. NBA officiating has just gotten worse overall. No point complaining about it.
Gay, Mills, Beli, Bertans just need to play better ball. I am not typically a huge fan at times with Pop playing a number of them together off the bench but this team is going nowhere if they don't produce.
Demar, LMA and White doing a decent enough job. I could nit pick a couple of decisions DeMar an LMA take but you just have to live with them.
How are you calling out Derozan and White?
It took the 2nd coming of Harden, taking TERRIBLE pull up 2s, contested 3s, fade-away, etc for them to steal a game at home. We’re fine. Murray ain’t hitting those in SA
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