Hey everyone. Long time lurker here, and finally decided to sign up the other day. Looking forward to getting to know my fellow Spurs fans.
I know we’ve got some issues this series. We’ve had poor play from Mills, Belenelli and Gay, and we’ve suffered from questionable coaching and rotation. Then there’s the lack of 3-point shooting.
But if you’d known prior to the start of the series that the Spurs would be 2-2 heading into Game 5, isn’t that a win?
And now that we’ve had time to identify the issues, maybe the Spurs can start dealing with them and improving. All in all, I’m actually kind of optimistic.
What about you?
Welcome to the forum. Agreed big picture; the concerns get heightened due to what is on the line, but speaking results only being 2-2 is a fine spot.
Hard to keep things in perspective when some of the things are self inflicted and we know SA could have another win, but all in all, Pop has to tighten that rotation up and good things should happen. Team is playing hard and looks hungry.
That's about all we can do. Spurs can do it. Denver knew that was absolutely it for them so they responded. Now we have to.
We're tied but i don't see how we're gonna win this series. I said it before and i'll say it again, this team as presently constructed is overachieving imo. We have to be completely realistic and assess the situation properly.
When your most trusted player was a G-league player last season, you can't expect much in the post season.
Yes, realistically this is Derrick's rookie season in the NBA and he will have his ups and downs just like any other rookie. Also, he doesn't get so-called superstar calls that Harden and other get. , even DDR gets abused by the refs. It's the Spurs being small market team combined with playoff inexperience and there you have it.
I agree, this team is overachieving! And to think if not for a 21 point quarter from Murray we would be up 3-1 now. All things considered we are doing well.
Some of you are so desperate to normalize with mediocrity..
"Tied 2-2 with the juggernaut that is 2019 Denver Nuggets led by pudgy boy Jokic"
The real narrative: Spurs-- as flawed as they are-- are about to let a very winnable series slip through their fingers..
Some of you are just miserable tbh...Denver is a good team. They are the second seed. No one is saying they are a juggernaut; but only one series so far in the first round is a sweep so what do you expect?Some of you are so desperate to normalize with mediocrity..
"Tied 2-2 with the juggernaut that is 2019 Denver Nuggets led by pudgy boy Jokic"
The real narrative: Spurs-- as flawed as they are-- are about to let a very winnable series slip through their fingers..
we are getting swept by either the rockets or warriors. but it'd be nice if we made it to the wcf considering how soft our bracket is.
Both teams are flawed.
Denver is "supposed" to win due to seeding.
Spurs have shown flashes but lack consistency.
They are capable of winning game 5 but there's always uncertainty regarding this team.
This series is over. And the sad part is that Denver really isn't the better team. Pop has built a choking culture in SA tbh. It's pathetic.
Well, any time a series is tied 2-2, it’s because one team blew a chance at going up 3-1, or even 3-0. So it’s understandable that the fanbase of said team would be a little(a lot) disappointed.
It’s best of 3 now, just gotta hope for the best.
Our best player is Derrick White.
cuckold mentality
A big reason why it is soft is because the Spurs are in it.
Optimistic the starters can prevail over Denver's starting 5.
After Pops Pets get involved, not optimistic at all.
Yep! And even though this isn’t the same Spurs, the big 3 era did this same kinda crap. Play dominant and then all of a sudden just play passive. Now they were so good they got away with it, but we’re acting like this rendition is the only team that’s ever played soft and lost.
The Spurs of old were frequently in these type of situations and they almost always responded well. Different team but same coach. All I ask in this game 5 is that they go hard. Win or lose, just go hard Spurs. If they give it everything they have, I have a feeling they’ll whoop the Nuggets. But even if not, that’s all us Spurs should realistically ask
Hola! I wouldn't say optimistic. i would need a win on Tuesday to feel optimistic, but 2-2 is not a bad spot or anything to be panicking about. It's our time to respond and I don't think we could play much worse than our 3rd quarter last night. I do expect our team to respond and we will see better play from Gay, Beli, Bertans , and Mills.
Some people here better check the dictionairy what realism means. Jokic outplayed both our bigs. His bball IQ is higher than both LMA and Poetl and most importantly, can shoot the three, space the floor for them when they need to. Denver moves the ball particularly well and can shoot the three with multiple players. Our best player in this series, White, can't shoot the three as much as we want and need him to, Murray can shoot it any which way, of the dribble, catch and shoot, contested, you name it. Denver has a better and deeper roster. If we somehow manage to beat them i will consider it a big success.You can call it whatever mentality you want, i call it realistic approach.
This reminds me of Game 6 of the Clippers series. We had our chance to deliver the mortal blow and Beli was like the one guy who showed up each time.
Granted, Beli's abilities were diminished this time around.
Spurs bench is a disaster. Can they play better? Perhaps, but only marginally. An all-bench lineup cannot work - they're are simply too many weak non-producers, too much dead weight on the court.
Pop must figure out a way to stagger his lineups. Even then, I think it's become apparent that Denver is the better team.
The Spurs are not configured to go much deeper into the playoffs. There should be major moves if possible in the off season.
So you’re saying, not you specifically but in general, one of the greatest coaches of all time STILL has not figured out how to stagger minutes?How Manu years is it going to take the same things happening for people to realize he doesn’t stagger minutes, not because he doesn’t know how, but because he just doesn’t f’ing want to. He has no regard for what’s happening during the game. The only in-game coaching Pop does these days is the ridiculous meaningless quick timeouts when the score is 4-0, or sticking to the pregame strategy he wrote on the notecards in his pocket. He doesn’t adjust to nuffin.
Barring a collapse by the Blazers, we will be the only series tied 2-2. And all the higher seeds minus Denver are in full control. So there's that.
Yup. Only the Spurs are putting up a major fight. OKC has been great in 4th quarters so it’s not over, but SA is the only lower seed for sure in the series at the moment.
It's frustrating because some of the damage to the Spurs is self-inflicted (using Mills-Belinelli); I don't even mind Gay even if he's struggling as he's the only serviceable "big" in the bench, but the Mills-Belinelli lineup to start the second quarter needs to go. That's the only adjustment left
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