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Turnabout is fair play. Game 1 was ridiculous, too.
I also thought Blair picked up an unnecessary flagrant on Kidd, and Terry got away with several non-calls. It was a chippy game, no question.
Very very worried about Duncan.
We might be seeing him wear down super fast to close out the season.
Sucks.
Turnabout is fair play. Game 1 was ridiculous, too.
I also thought Blair picked up an unnecessary flagrant on Kidd, and Terry got away with several non-calls. It was a chippy game, no question.
drama queen.
Also huge props to RJ in that third quarter when he got switched onto Dirk.
Fronted him, forced turnovers, I think got a block. Dude was studly in the 3rd and 4th quarter.
Was definitely a tale of two halfs, and the game balls go to the supporting cast. RJ may be invisible at times, but he's had some timely blocks/rebounds/buckets around the basket which the Mavs AREN'T getting from their supporting cast....only the usual Spur-killers.
Nah, he'll be fine. 11 rebounds tonight. He was just missing some easy shots that should have gone down.
Duncan didn't have his legs tonight. Looked sluggish. Looking forward I think it's very important the spurs put this away on Tuesday so the spurs can rest up and prepare for Portland/Phoenix.
LJ, your comment about Parker's D being "solid" was accurate until the last 3 minutes when he inexplicably wandered a few steps off Terry, neither doubling nor helping anyone else while simultaneously giving JET just enough room to hit two 3s when the Mavs needed them most. I really hope TP got a serve from Pop about that... just overwhelmingly stupid D.
As for Dice, after campaigning so strongly for him during the off-season, watching him stumble his way through the regular season was painful for me, but it's all paying dividends now! This is the Dice I expected to see as a Spur.
And yeah, George is a whirlwind. Awesome, clutch performance at both ends tonight.
Same can be said of Manu's ballsy 3 to effectively win the game. That mofo is so freakin clutch his picture is in the dictionary defining the word.
I'm worried about Duncan too, tonight looked like the stretch he went through in the second half of the year.
I think you can play Bogans for 5-10 minutes AS LONG AS he's out there with four other scorers. You can't put him out there with Bonner or Mason (and preferably not McDyess or RJ) or he's a liability.
We've already discussed in another thread that with Bonner you throw him out there and if he doesn't hit on any of his first 2-3 shots you banish him to the bench for the rest of the game.
But if Tim is gassed then we've got to get a good 25-30 minutes from Bonner and Blair. Hopefully tonight's game will have DeJuan turning the corner.
As for Timmy, didn't he play big minutes in the first few games of the series? He's probably just tired. He'll come back strong.
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I'd hate to think Duncan is already tired.. Guess we'll know in game 5 but to me he looked like he was not feeling it early and then just didn't press much in the 2nd half. I bet he has one more really great game in the next 2. We all expect this to go 6 anyway..
Dirk took 10 shots and went to the free thow line 5 times; Duncan took 9 shots and went to the line 2 times. Guess which of these guys gets more contact putting up a shot.... the guy taking jumpers and driving or the guy posting up and driving?
Duncan took 7 shots in the paint, Dirk took 2.
I could continue to dive into the stats but I'm pretty sure you're just wrong.
Maybe Duncan got really ed up last night for his birthday and was just hung over?
I really really hope so.
Everyone was getting mauled tonight start of the 2nd half.
Duncan did look gassed. Part off night part fatigue due to the small roatation since game 2. Probably why we saw some bogans tonight also. A to give the man a chance to redeem his pathetic game 1 but also to rest out 2 and 3s some for the 2nd half.
Blair played some terrific 3rd quarter minutes that proved to be huge and game changing for the team. If we can get that type of trim from the man on forward this can help out the starters a bunch.
Timvp pretty much spelled out the rest. I'm loving the amount of determination and poise of this playoff spurs team to keep their heads in a rough n tough game like these home games.
On one of them, he was doubling and all the way over. He wasn't just a few steps off. The other one, I don't know WTF he was doing.LJ, your comment about Parker's D being "solid" was accurate until the last 3 minutes when he inexplicably wandered a few steps off Terry, neither doubling nor helping anyone else while simultaneously giving JET just enough room to hit two 3s when the Mavs needed them most. I really hope TP got a serve from Pop about that... just overwhelmingly stupid D.
That's my theory.
Ha! That's what I woulda done.
I didn't know fouls have to be called based on the style of ball you play and how many shots you take
I don't know, i was there and Pop was on Duncan's ass.
Usually when Duncan looks tired Pop usually doesn't get on him.
If Pop thought he was tired I don't know if he would've ripped his ass as much as he did...
Duncan looked off mentally more than anything TBH..
He was taking some BAD shots in this game..a lot of contested fadeaways..he didn't even look to attack once, which was something we didn't see in the other games..he was also fumbling some easy rebounds and he had that mental block at the end of the game..
He also missed that chip shot in clutch time, point blank..he just looked off on his shot and mentally IMO..I agree he looked slow, but he could have overcame that IMO..
If he takes good shots, he'll be fine IMO..or at least I hope..Spurs need to close out the series ASAP..
No, its just plain logic....
If he you shoot jumpers your gonna get less or create less contact...
Duncan had a bad game and that's all I'm gonna chalk it up to, and the same goes for Manu.
Win Game 5 and get some rest. Hope Port/Phx goes 7.
Dude, just look at the game. Tim looked really bad physically.
Pop probably ripped into him for taking those fadeaways....even if he was fatigued, it was basically the same as turning the ball over given how they were rebounding in the 1st half.
Yeah exactly. This was a game you'd see from Duncan in December. Not into it. fumbling stumbling just out of it.
Luckily he got some boards and a nice tip in in the second half.
I look for Duncan to be Duncan in game 5.
Manu I can almost guarantee will be Manu. Especially since he smells blood in the water.
Manu was VERY un aggressive, understandable with the nose, but still, if its ok to play, go to the damn hole.
The positive is that if the Spurs advance, Portland/Phoenix aren't nearly as physical as Dallas..
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