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The worst part is that it worked which will only enable Pop to pull this in the playoffs.
it's only on derozan ? what we do on defense at the end of the game against Murray was not derozan fault. Yesterday he had a good game, also some mistakes but he is far away from the main problem in that late game.
The worst part is that it worked which will only enable Pop to pull this in the playoffs.
Fabrication saying DeRozan is too sensitive for that. If anything it is Popovich's plan. He is putting the responsibility on DeRozan despite DeRozan being a new member this year. Whote is too which makes a lottle sense but White has his own share of growing pains. Derozan is an excellent teammate and is supportive of White.
No one wants any part of the Warriors in the playoffs. Certainly not the Spurs. This year has been so unusual and the Spurs have been so maniac with their efforts, anything can happen and nothing would surprise me. I take that back. IF the Spurs beat the Warriors, that would surprise me. I could see the Spurs beating Denver or OKC in a playoff series and could see the Clippers and Kings sweeping the Spurs too. Just weird.
If Drew Eubanks develops a killer 3, we have a new mamba. Frost Mamba?
It absolutely didn't work. Like, at all. But Denver still managed to not pry the game away from our cold and limp hands, so you're right. Expect this bs to continue for the time being. After all, we're on a winning streak.
Bertans could absolutely help with his shooting. It does look like that's not the plan, however. I mean, what was working for the team in December, let's do the opposite. Pop has his projects he's working on, a hole to bore in the ship's hull if you will.
Denver would roll the Spurs in 5 games in a playoff series, so yeah I guess that is technically better than a sweep from Golden State.
Among the players who have gone to Austin, including Metu and Walker, Eubanks has been the most consistent.
Yeah because of everything we've seen between the 3 matchups shows that that the Nuggets are far and away the better team. And plus they are a savy veteran playoff team that will know when to turn it on when it counts. Yup i can see where you got Nuggets in 5.
19 points in the 4th quarter, 4 points in the last 6 minutes...Again, 4 points in the last 6 minutes.
And the problem was Murray defense????
no.The problem was not Murray defense.That dude is capable going for 40 and he has caught fire multiple games this season.
He had a terrible 1st half shooting and at some point he was bound to make his shots.
The problem was every time he made a 3 in the 4th we were going the other way on offense and gave the ball to DDR with no ball movement.
I get your sentiment, but we don't have any real savy playoff veterans on the team anymore. LMA and DD are known to fade in the playoffs year after year, and you can't tell me you expect to anchor our game in the only championship caliber savy veterans in Patty and Marco?
It's very likely that would be a long series, but I'm weary of putting us ahead of a more athletic team with as clear a homecourt advantage as we have.
As bad as we have played, outside of the Warriors, I don't think there is anyone in the west that we couldn't be in a 7 game series.
That's exactly my point. According to Duncan2150 Derozan had a good game and the problem was defense....Sometimes I wonder if basketball is too difficult to understand....
Even ignoring the fact that apparently we can't win an away game, a series is completely different than a regular season single game: there are very sophisticated adjustments, each game. Which makes it almost impossible for this Spurs to be successful. We simply don't have enough talent to keep up with the adjustments: we will be painfully exposed on our weaknesses.
Just think about last 6 minutes against Denver. In a playoff series, we'll have at least 10 minutes like that in 4-6 games.
What's up Chinook.
Just about what I figured.
So is the diaper half full... or half empty?This is as locked in as we've witnessed DeRozan on the defensive end.
I love White, so I don't think I'm grading him harshly at all. I like Bertans, but the Valanciunas comparison seems fair to me. I think Bertans is midway between a legit starter and a net positive bench guy like Matt Bonner... better than Bonner for sure, but not quite starter level for a team thinking about a championship.
I kept waiting for an athletic big, but Eubanks tbh has the NBA ready skills now, and can cleanup for Aldridge to manage minutes. I hope he can fathom his game with Lee, energy guy and can cleanup around the basket.
it is so easy for me to hate DDR and love Mr. White. nice first half D by DDR but in crunch time White has to be the primary ballhandler. Pop surely knows this wtf Pop.
Hopefully we see pop stomping up and down demanding for ddr to give up the ball to white. Similar to when pop got after parker and told him to give it to kawhi.
Another ing dumb comment. GTFO Nothing you have seen in the match ups these teams have had shows this.
I'm not even factoring in Denver's playoff experience or overall quality as a team even though they've got much more talent in general.....I'm just looking at the Spurs product and how any competent coach should be able to tear them apart with actual preparation/scouting during the playoffs.
Spurs have a bunch of one-dimensional to zero-dimensional players that get meaningful minutes, are a horrible road team, have choked away a ton of games...not to mention one of their "stars" is known for completely disappearing in April/May......
But yeah they're just waiting to flip the switch and take down a top 4 seed in the West. I mean they did beat a Nuggs team missing 3/5 of their starting lineup that one game and they managed to not completely choke away last night, i definitely love their chances.
Great game and almost great comeback for Denver. It was good to see a game won by defense. Those three stops in the end were huge. The fact that we kept missing perfectly good shots was tough to take. Glad they finally missed a few.
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