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As much as we dislike him, we are going to need RJ in the playoffs. As good as Green and Leonard may be now, playoff experience is def. gonna have an impact when the time comes. Hopefully they can continue to bring that energy.
Tiago's going to need post-up reps to get back into a decent groove. He sometimes rushes his offense or forces the issue in the post, probably because he doesn't think he'll get the ball back. He hasn't looked very good, but he still needs attempts down there.
I don't know if that's going to happend though because the post entry passes are becoming fewer and fewer. The offense is really getting away from that, as opposed to early in the season when he was getting almost half of all his attempts while posting up.
As much as we dislike him, we are going to need RJ in the playoffs. As good as Green and Leonard may be now, playoff experience is def. gonna have an impact when the time comes. Hopefully they can continue to bring that energy.
Expectations. Parker is an All-Star and has been playing some of his best basketball of his career, while Ginobili is returning from another injury plus also adjusting to having a plate in his hand. Not an even playing field for the time being.
From just a month ago to now, he doesn't seem to be the same to me. A lack of confidence appears to be once again glazed over his demeanor on the court. I suspect this has to do with the daily mind he gets from Pop finally taking its toll. I still think Pop was wrong to think disparaging him publically was healthy for his mental outlook. Along with getting no confidence from his coach, it's rare that he has any set plays run for him. Unless I'm just missing them. Seems all he does is endless P&R with little interruption, almost like a robot. And he doesn't even look confident doing that anymore. He's basically on his own island out there. Pretty sad that's all we're getting out of him after the potential he has shown and revealed (courtesy Timvp's advanced stats) so far this season.
Arrreeee Jayyyy gonna beast fo' us in da play uffs!
He came out of the gates not playing sharp at all. I gave him credit for his play in the final 2.5 quarters but the Spurs needed him for four quarters.
That's a good point. Blair owned Faried in Denver last game. A couple times he just bodied him out of bounds.
Blair had one three-second violation and an offensive foul when Faried ran into him on the fast break that was an unusual call, to the say the least. That's it.I lost count of how many 3 second violation turnovers he was the cause of. Bunch of stupid offensive fouls added to that as well.
Blair played all of three minutes and 34 seconds.
Last edited by timvp; 03-05-2012 at 10:00 AM.
The Spurs came out lazy and overconfident....
when they saw that Denver was not the same team as last time...the Spurs tried to turn it on...but it was too late.
I did enjoy Duncan smacking tat boy in the head and then dunking on him though...
Denver deserved this win because they played hard for 48 minutes. Spurs starting lineup really hurt them. This is a good example of what will happen in the playoffs...Pop will trot out a bull starting five thinking that he has time to around--and the deficit will have them working hard all game to catch up...when he finally inserts "playoff" players...it will be too late.
See the Memphis series....
That was pretty funny and almost cartoonish watching him see stars for a second then taking off and trying to block Duncan's dunk attempt.
Although tat-boy got the last laugh I thought with his very fine all around game from the bench. People claiming this guy is washed up need to get some new glasses, he is still a solid defender who can really use his length and hops to bother shots which is something the spurs could defenitely use.
He was indeed 0-for-4 in the first quarter, as was anybody not named Bonner, basically.
I'd say he went into game looking to set up the offense and make passes (probably on instructions from Pop) and he did just that. He could have had 4-5 assists in the first quarter alone, except nobody (again, except Bonner) could hit the broad side of a barn at that time.
Seeing that, he went " that ", dropped 12 or 14 points in one quarter, and shot 83% the rest of the way
In short, he got a B- because he tried to run the offense for offensive luminaries such as Green (0%), RJ (28%) or Neal (28%), instead of taking 25 shots.
Parker's D also left a lot to be desired but he's not much of a positive impact on that end anyway
I thought Manu did a terrific job on Afflalo after he was torching us in the 1st quarter. And that was individual defense.
All in all just a terrible game by the Spurs. A home game, after a night of rest, against a short handed team. This was a game we should have won. It really looked like the Spurs didn't care in this game. Especially the opening quarter. They expected to win without playing. There were stretches in the game when we would play with intensity for a few possessions, then we would lolligag. The Nuggets wanted to win and they earned a it.
Saw that too. A fresh Manu come playoff time should be a big advantage for the spurs. Just another reason I think Pop should keep Manu's minute limited off the bench. Plus it's not like he has to carry it like in year's past, this year he has plenty of help.
Well you can clearly see the extended layoff plus the flippin' nutso blazer blowout totally derailed and discombobulated the players and halted all the momentum and chemistry the team was riding. It's gonna take weeks to get that back if not a full month. And that's a big "if".
Lol having TP shoot a technical FT when Neal was on the floor
Lol at keeping Green on the bench while Harrington was lighting up Bonner
Pop gets a Z
Splitter could have played better for sure but he had the highest plus-minus and he was part of the unit that got them back into the game. His ability to set picks makes TP/Manu more effective. They need to develop that chemistry. Maybe without him this is a blowout.
I thought Splitter protected the rim very well and seems to have learned a thing or two from Duncan on how to secure rebounds in traffic, which used to be one of his weaknesses (last season IIRC).
I'll tell you what. I want nothing to do with Denver in the postseason. That team is that good, without their two best players, Nene and Galo, and three if you count Wilson Chandler coming back from China. They're gonna be a tough tough out
These Spurs, with RJ and Matty getting any minutes, will be lucky to make it to the 2nd round, but no further.
I can not understand why Pop is misusing Splitter so badly. I dont want to second guess him since he obviously knows more about the situation than we do, but what the ?
Did he forget the twin towers completely?
and who was the 3rd big behind Tim and David? Malik?
What grade would you give the refs?
Yeah Malik
Already tried that twin tower lineup thingy already, and it didn't yield us Matty's superior +/- or Dejuan's superior .. uh.. umm... whatever he does.
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