Spurs Brazil, I don't think Pop will change his starting line up and take Diaw our for Blair, tbh. He's pretty stubborn. I would like to see that though. At minimum, he will definitely play Blair more.
I am not jumping off a cliff like so many ridiculous fans because most of us know this is a great team and great teams do not go down easy.
Spurs did play much better tonight. Our role players like Green and Bonner sucked balls, but at home Green and Neal are usually pretty good. Bonner always sucks and hopefully he has now found his place on the bench for good.
Big Picture: Coming into this season, if someone said the Spurs would be in the WCF with the series tied 2-2 with Game 5 at home, every single person in this forum would have been thrilled with that proposition.
The Spurs are experiencing some turbulence after one of the greatest runs ever seen in sport. Thankfully there is still plenty of time to straighten everything out.
We've been battling from behind in games 1, 3 and 4. Spurs are in trouble. OKC has figured out how to stop Tony Parker. We know how that ends.
Like the way we battled back in this game, but speaking of elephants in the room, we can't get stops.
I bet that Ginger is not out of the lineup... Pop just loves that piece of .
Took Pop 12 playoff games to figure out who's dead weight.
He now knows who has the balls to win this thing. And none of them have bright red hair.
Believe.
Ill take the poison where ibaka takes 11 shots please!
There are brights spots and besides, we all expected a tough series and this series just got tough. We can't say we didn't see this coming (I can because the Spurs did play horrible in game three). Now it's time to readjust, not completely. Bonner CANNOT PLAY AGAIN. Usually he fails us once the playoffs start. It took him until the WCF to lose it which was really just the occasional three. Game 5 will be a turnaround game for the Spurs.
i like blair at home
Big 3 needs to step up... Tony was just pathetic, looked like he played for himself.
Let me get this straight. You think Manu should shoot LESS? He took 12 shots combined these last two games.
Strange series:
First two games OKC has a lot of statistical positive flukes go their way and they drop 2 games. Game 3, their big 3 doesn't do all that much and they win. Game 4 22-25 from their bigs and they barely win.
Just a really fluky series by looking at the boxscores and predicting who likely wins based on the stats.
The one thing that is extremely alarming is the rebounding and energy. That has nothing to do with flukes and the Spurs are struggling. Spurs also hit 11 3's on almost 50% shooting from deep and without that it's not a close game. Can they do that again?
Do you mean the Spurs have the higher floor?
pop just said if you had a shooting drill they would not be that good
I am the last person to defend Bonner, but the way the Spurs played in the 2 minutes he was on the court was not all on him. He did not cause Manu to make stupid passes.
Thanks for the catch.
Another side of the big picture: Westbrook, Harden, and Fisher go 6-27 and they still win.
That last 3 by Green gives me hope about his shooting. Hopefully something like can give him confidence and it can carry over into the next game.
tp gettin shut down as usual in the playoffs is not news to me, seen this all his career yet the clown never adjusts...
our backs against the wall, yet play like chicken s
Senor Spur, those are my sentiments concerning Manu. I'm pretty taken aback with his careless turnovers. Since he's Manu, I know he can turn it up and he does so many little things that win games for us. But his to's did kill us tonight and give me cause for concern. I have much less confidence in his abilities than ever before.
I can pretty much bet on one thing though. He will kick some ass at home in game 5. He's got to be pissed at his performance tonight.
Early thanks to the Lakers for coming back from down 18 in the RS against the Thunder.
Going to be huge this series.
No, but picture, they can't guard this team and the rare occasions they look like they can, it's undone by the officials, them turning it over or a combination of both. Also, their confidence/swagger is out the window and the Thunder's is through the roof.
It's not their style to do so publicly, but privately the Spurs need to go off on the officiating. I don't care how cliche it is, this series is too close to not pull out all the stops and to leave anything to chance. Speaking of which, it's time to start Ginobili and play him at least 35 mpg. If he can't handle that, then fine. But they're not winning this series if he continues to play in the 20's.
You got it wrong. Where did I say he should shoot less?
He needs to stop making careless turnovers and forcing passes into traffic. This team is too quick, too long and they're anticipating his efforts on the pick and roll.
It comes down to making better basketball decisions. Manu is a champion and a smart player. That's why these dumb decisions are so frustrating from a player of his caliber.
If someone said 50 yrs ago that San Antonio will have it's own NBA team you would be thrilled
if ibaka and perk keep hitting those long outside jumpers than more power to them...keep the same game plan...something tells me ibaka won't go ham again
Classic.
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