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You can't quit on a team when they already quit on themselves tbh
All through Game 1 I felt it was just Denver missing wide open shots. And then Game 2 was pretty much the same thing until Murray went supernova in the fourth. I don't know if it was nerves or what the first couple of games but now the Nuggets seem to be the team they were in the regular season. Aside from White's monster Game 3 this series has really been about what Denver has done, which is to be expected with the Spurs being a lower tier playoff team.
You can't quit on a team when they already quit on themselves tbh
But what about the 19 point leads? Spurs can still win game 6 and force a game 7.
This should be been a sweep, Pop cost them the series
They also led the league in 3PT%, but I do agree they take too many midrange shots. Main issue has been Pop and the two losers masquerading as All Stars falling apart when the going gets tough.It's really this simple. Spurs aren't going to be a legit contender shooting 18 threes per game. They were last in three-point-attempts this season and first in attempts from 10-16 feet/16-21 feet (midrange). They're way behind trend, basically trying to play smashmouth football in an era of coddled QBs and pass happy offenses. It's not a talent issue, really, it's a systemic one. Chuck or die is the winning formula intoday's NBA.
He should've killed that Mills-Belli duo after they lost the first 19 point lead. But he trotted it out again and lost another 19 point lead. Then the mother er does the same thing in Game 3 and almost lost that game if White didn't go wild. We're now in Game 5 and he's still trotting it out. Who the does that? For what reason other than arrogance and a belief that his rotations are never wrong?
Houston's TS% was higher and their o-rating was 2.6 points higher, while only being .5 points better defensively. 2.6 points might not sound like much, but it is.
You want volume today.
Please return Kawhi
Without Tim, Tony and Manu, Pop ain't . Retire Pop, retire. Spend your twilight years running for some political office. Put your dog house from to good use....run for city dog catcher. Seriously, Pop just continues to get out coached. The NBA has moved on from Pop. He is like Hillary and crazy uncle Joe, as all 3 think they are still relevant.
Dude, give it up. This series isn't about that. Trust me, there's nobody advocating for some more 3pt shooting and less midrange shooting than me. But on this series, volume 3pt shooting has had nothing to do with losing.
There's also no way they thought White would be as good defensively as he is tbh....
So the front office went into this season after losing Kawhi, Danny, and Fathead on the perimeter by bringing in Beli, Derozan, and giving Forbes a bigger role
Exactly.
Denver ing sucks. Just about any other coach in the league would've stepped on their throat in Game 2.
I hear that the Lakers need fans.
Can't win jack with a midget backcourt. The Mills/Forbes combo is trash.
Eh, they don't need to chuck 40 threes a game when they play at such a slow pace. The offense this year was way too stagnant with players standing around watching LMA and DeRozan ISO and chuck fadeaway jumpers. Spurs need to dump DeRozan and LMA too (though I can live with keeping LMA), go back to a motion-offense, and add defenders. If they double down on Mills/Beli/Forbes whIle keeping both LMA/DeRozan and hoping Murray alone fixes the defense then the organization is content to be mediocre.
I thought you didn't want him to pull the plug too early?I truly don’t understand Pop. LMa and White are in down 29
Top two teams in the West are 1st and 2nd in 3 pointers made per game in the playoffs. Top two teams in the East are 4th and 5th. Spurs are dead last.
Playing LMa and White together in garbage time may have been one of the more sensible things Pop did.I truly don’t understand Pop. LMa and White are in down 29
I don't know why he did it, but it may have allowed White to work though his problems and get White
and Aldridge back in sync with each other before game 6. Maybe ?
I find it really hard to believe the Spurs should be in control of this series after how ugly Games 4 & 5 were. And Mills and Bellinelli are awful to watch but Lonnie Walker would be even worse. That guy does not look like an NBA player yet even in garbage time. If there is one bench player who has really pissed me off it's Rudy Gay. But then again that was Gay's reputation for years in Memphis and Toronto too so I probably shouldn't be surprised. This team is so lacking in talent with Murray injured and I'm still kind of in shock they won 48 games with that roster.
Because you're seeing what you want to see, being results oriented with micro-decisions. You don't lose a game in which you're leading by 19 by 9 just because Pop chose to go with a suspect line-up for a bit. Let's look at the 3 point stats from that game: Spurs: 5-18, Denver: 10-24. 15 point difference. Game 4 home loss: Spurs: 5-17, Denver: 15-31. Tonight: Spurs: 7-24, Denver: 14-33. Absolutely slaughtered from 3 in the losses, but yeah, this series isn't about the Spurs lacking 3 point shooting vs. Denver
I get it, it's easier and more cathartic to "blame" individuals after a loss rather than just admitting we're bringing a mid-range knife to a three point gun fight.
Top two teams in the West are 1st and 2nd in 3 pointers made per game in the playoffs. Top two teams in the East are 4th and 5th. Spurs are dead last.
"It's not about 3 point shooting, though!" Some of the takes here
3PA is even worse than 3PM.Top two teams in the West are 1st and 2nd in 3 pointers made per game in the playoffs. Top two teams in the East are 4th and 5th. Spurs are dead last.
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