Maybe Memphis is the better team

[Fireball]

Memphis is a bad matchup for the Spurs.

some of the badest matchups I've ever seen ... really would have liked to play the Lakers in the first round instead and just get it over with ... no sarcasm here

still SA is the better team !!!

[guzmangm]

Exactly. Memphis is the team no one wanted them and OKC, which would be next.

[guzmangm]

When you have people declaring the season over after one game..and even people calling for Pop to be fired - its hard not to do anything but laugh at some of the bull on here. Ive been around Spurs message boards for over a decade - the Spurs fanbase has gone soft and cries now like es and the first thing that goes wrong. Now even in a year the Spurs had the best record in the west and the #1 seed Pop is old, garbage, and needs to go after one playoff game where Manu didnt play. If one were to read this forum since even before the playoffs they would think the Spurs had one of the worst teams in the NBA. People have become spoiled and have too much feeling of en lement with past success

Fire Pop? no. But this isn't the same Spurs team. It's basically last year's playoff team with a better three point shooter, Neal. And a quicker offense led by the guards, one of which is missing or might be gimpy.

[Fireball]

OKC is a way better matchup ... somehow the Spurs are able to defend them in a way that not Durant and Westbrook go wild, just one of them. OKC is larger now, but Perkins/Mohammed are nothing offensively compared to Gasol/Randolph

[guzmangm]

some of the badest matchups I've ever seen ... really would have liked to play the Lakers in the first round instead and just get it over with ... no sarcasm here

still SA is the better team !!!

They lost game 1 to a short handed Hornets team after skidding the last few games.

[guzmangm]

OKC is a way better matchup ... somehow the Spurs are able to defend them in a way that not Durant and Westbrook go wild, just one of them. OKC is larger now, but Perkins/Mohammed are nothing offensively compared to Gasol/Randolph

Perkins/Mohammed/Ibaka provide defense in the interior. The same thing Gasol/Randolph are doing and giving Parker fits in the interior. Maybe Parker can change his drives in the paint to compensate. Only Parker knows what he can and can't do.

[Fireball]

They lost game 1 to a short handed Hornets team after skidding the last few games.

thats what I meant ... the Lakers are most vulnerable in the first round

[Fireball]

Perkins/Mohammed/Ibaka provide defense in the interior. The same thing Gasol/Randolph are doing and giving Parker fits in the interior. Maybe Parker can change his drives in the paint to compensate. Only Parker knows what he can and can't do.

Perkins/Ibaka are superior on defense vs Randolph/Gasol ... but not offensively ... we haven't played this Thunder team yet to find out ... but hopefully we will in the second round !

[Reck]

Might as well had said the cavs are a better team then the Spurs.

[Beanzamillion21]

OP is a Pussy

[Fireball]

Might as well had said the cavs are a better team then the Spurs.

thats a little disrespectful to Memphis ...








these tanking es

[703 Spurz]

Gay > Manu

You're gay? Alright

[hater]

I don't know why spursfan is getting all emotional. It's a fair question given the pounding Memphis has given us in 4 of the 5 games we had this season and the fact that Manu is still injured.

[Obstructed_View]

There's no doubt that the Grizzlies are the better team. They won game 1.

[Dex]

[JonNOKC]

you must have not seen game 1.

It is always a good idea to form opinions of players based on 1 game - same guy TP scored 37 on this season - read the whole post - Conley may become a player on the same level of TP but to say there even right now is stupid - its not even an argument.

[realtimmyfan]

It is always a good idea to form opinions of players based on 1 game - same guy TP scored 37 on this season - read the whole post - Conley may become a player on the same level of TP but to say there even right now is stupid - its not even an argument.

Conley is a very efficient player and a solid playmaker.

I know TP has a final MVP under his belt, but past performance may not be very relevant.

[Sii]

Conley is a decent player who had a nice game but he isnt Tony Parker. To think they are even is laughable

[rascal]

True, but in that last few minutes situation the Spurs of old would of made a stop, closed out Battier and the two threes by Bonner would of been enough to seal the victory. We have seen way too many close games being lost/blown by the Spurs this season. A troubling trend. Didn't think Phoenix would sweep the Spurs last year either. And Manu was hobbled then too.

The spurs have won just about every close game outside of that 6 game losing streak.

[SpurSpurSpurs]

RJ = Gay

This. Literally!

[rascal]

When you have people declaring the season over after one game..and even people calling for Pop to be fired - its hard not to do anything but laugh at some of the bull on here. Ive been around Spurs message boards for over a decade - the Spurs fanbase has gone soft and cries now like es and the first thing that goes wrong. Now even in a year the Spurs had the best record in the west and the #1 seed Pop is old, garbage, and needs to go after one playoff game where Manu didnt play. If one were to read this forum since even before the playoffs they would think the Spurs had one of the worst teams in the NBA. People have become spoiled and have too much feeling of en lement with past success

I declared the season over when the trade deadline passed and the Spurs did nothing to improve the front line.

[DesignatedT]

lol Tony and Conley even out?

[Brazil]

Spurs shot 40% from the field while giving up 55% (and MEM got plenty of favorable bounces) and lost by 3 points? Why would he completely change what his plan is with that outcome? Of course there are going to be adjustments, but what he was saying is that he's not going to restructure his entire plan of attack based on a three point loss.

The only real adjustment that need to be made...keep them out of the paint. Easier said than done.

The game was not as close as the box score indicate tbh. I don't remember but the Grizz missed 12 or 16 FTs shooting an awful 63% meanwhile you shot 47 FTs at a good rate.

Their 55% is no fluke because they earned it in the paint, Rand and Gasol shot 70% ! The fact Mem got plenty of favorable bounces just show they were more agressive than us, they put themselves in a good situation to take advantage of that.

I'm not saying that Mem is the better team but I'm not buying the idea of a fluke win, its no fluke because its a win earned in the paint. The Manu come back won't change that domination. They built their lead on their bigs (49 pts) we have to respect that and to respect Mem.

This loss is a caricature of our weaknesses: perimeter D sucks (Manu presence will help though) and weak interior presence is lacking (Dice playing at his level would help too). The only good news of the loss was the fact our rebounding effort was good.

[easy7]

What does that mean? I know like the new users have grey tints on their user name, but how does one get bolded or whatever?

i always wondered that too. I have seen people with over 4,000 posts and still grey...

[DesignatedT]

There's no doubt that the Grizzlies are the better team. They won game 1.

So you think we lose the series? jw