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I read that he and Diaw shared a cigarette and glass of wine in the locker room and spoke French to each other making crazy hand gestures and nodding.
I don't mind his missed shots from the floor... I do mind his missed layups (and Green's too, but Green is a rook). He got scared. He stopped attacking and turned it over. Missed freethrows. He had a wide open shot and went for a contested (missed) floater.
I'm glad Tim was around to bail him out.
I read that he and Diaw shared a cigarette and glass of wine in the locker room and spoke French to each other making crazy hand gestures and nodding.
Not super confident about the win with Pop not playing Splitter much despite his effectiveness, but he learned his lesson with Blair. Diaw had a positive effect guarding Zbo, which is good to see. Timmy also continues to lock down Marc. Leonard/SJax made Rudy a chucker (or kept him as one). Bonner played like a man for the second half. Ship isn't righted yet but it was a massive step in the right direction. Also would like to add the boards were even at 42-all. Seems to me the Spurs don't have problems with massive frontlines, but merely with the Lakers.
No one seems to think the bad games have anything to do with the Brian McKnight concert at TP's club last night?
TP tore a hole in Westbrook's ass that one game this year, he can take it personal for sure. There was a stretch where he was also not shy about ripping apart the T-Wolves for god knows what reason, but he was always angry against them. He carried us a lot earlier in the season, so I won't kick dirt on him now, but I can see how his effort might concern some folks.
If not for the Laker game last night, this would have just been a hard-fought win against a playoff team. The only real trouble spot would have been Parker's play. Everything else? We would have just said, "Hey... it's Memphis. Good win."
It's clear that the teams that stocked up on big men are going to give this Spurs team trouble.
And THAT is dead on. He got in Parker's kitchen.
Not running loose for you tonight
Duncan and Ginobili
-Ginobili was pretty consistent through-out the game. Came out really aggressive on the boards and ended aggresive on the boards. He devstated Memphis in the 2nd half and contributed to closing out this game.
-Duncan was a little slow out of the gates but had another one of his monster 3rd quarters.
Bonner got 3 great looks and took 1 rushed shot in the 1st. When he's off like this, I think we should go a different direction However, like last night against the lakers, Bonner and Splitter were more effective than Duncan and Blair in the 1st half. And Bonner redeemed himself in the 2nd half.
Splitter's defense on Randolph was spectacular to watch. Not much of a surprise though, his defensive performance was an encore from opening night. However, unlike opening night where he played 32 minutes, he only played 13 tonight.
I think this Grizzles team is more talented than last years team (with Gay healthly). We'll have to see if that translates to results though... cause Gay and Randolph, while talented, are both high volume shooters. I haven't seen any Grizzles games except for the ones against the Spurs but they're statistically on fire.
-8-2 in their last 10 games (including wins over the Heat, Thunder, Mavericks, Clippers, Suns, Lakers)
- 8th in defensive effiency and rebounding effciency.
Still a pretty formidable team to go up against.
At least TP picked a better spot for his unexplainable struggles this year. With Nash coming to town, that should be a good opportunity for Tony to get his groove back.
This game and the Laker games are getting them ready for playoff basketball.
I'm glad they responded better tonight after the ass pounding from last night.
you better knock on wood dude
+10000000
It's explainable. Cowardly play.
Sure I can...the Spurs needed Tim Duncan to turn back the clock to hold off the Grizzlies at home, in a game that was MUCH more important to the Spurs and their psyche--and the Grizz were without one of the best perimeter defenders, and got meh performances from their bigsNot running loose for you tonight
Good luck having that formula work in the playoffs
1.) TP has GOT to be gassed, or some sort of lingering injury is bothering him because he looked horrible out there when it mattered the most.
2.) HOPEFULLY we have seen the end of Blair, as he had his ass glued to the bench the entire 2nd half.
3.) When the Manu-Splitter pick-n-roll game was killing the Grizzlies, Pop pulled them in favor of Tony and Tim, which then killed the offense. Why? Why not milk those two for at least 3-4 more minutes? I was at a loss for words there...
4.) TD was the ing MAN tonight, enough said....
5.) Gotta love the hustle and intensity from Leonard, Green, and Jax. At least 2 out of these 3 bring it every night, and you gotta love it..
6.) I was pretty surprised at Bonner's D on Randolph when he was matched up against him. Bonner > Blair at anything and everything pretty much at this point...
Right bout dem Lakers but wrong bout dem grizz, tbh.Sure I can...the Spurs needed Tim Duncan to turn back the clock to hold off the Grizzlies at home, in a game that was MUCH more important to the Spurs and their psyche--and the Grizz were without one of the best perimeter defenders, and got meh performances from their bigs
Good luck having that formula work in the playoffs
How many minutes did Splitter get?
Sure I can...the Spurs needed Tim Duncan to turn back the clock to hold off the Grizzlies at home, in a game that was MUCH more important to the Spurs and their psyche--and the Grizz were without one of the best perimeter defenders, and got meh performances from their bigs
Good luck having that formula work in the playoffs
Pop is handling Splitter and the front-court situation like a dumbass.
I'm sick of this , tbh.
It's true, Bonner hit his shots but wasn't very helpful otherwise. But like you said, Pop's rotation is set and he intends on playing him 20+ mpg. If he's going to play, then he has to hit his shots.. and if he hits his shots, then that has to be good enough.
As poorly as he ended up playing, no one came out with more intensity than Parker. He was going all out on both ends. I'm still not really concerned with him.
I'm actually more annoyed with Ginobili, who refuses to attack the basket, for the most part. I don't know if he's just being extra cautious until the playoffs (annoying as it is now, that would be understandable) or if he's flat out pacing himself. But he's got to be more assertive, especially when Parker's not in. Simply being a pick-and-roll maestro and shooting spot up threes isn't enough. That being said, its time to move him back into the starting lineup in perpetuity.
This might be overstating it, but I'd go so far as to say that Duncan's third quarter performance might have saved the season. Seriously. They were teetering, confidence wise and another loss to a team with an imposing front line may have completely sapped them of their confidence and sent them into a tailspin that they may not have recovered from. I'm still not convinced that they're out of the woods in that respect, though. I think a lot of that will depend on the next Lakers game.
And I don't know that Diaw won the starting gig, so much as Blair lost it. Or, to be even more precise, he never earned it and simply had it handed to him for balance purposes. Either way, its time to be who they're going to be.
Who won the rebounding battle?
Nono loves him some fool's gold, can't deny det
splitter
spurs aren't getting past the lakers and grizzlies without his help.
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