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That means we have to go 82-0 for you not to .
I'm starting to understand how Tpark feels
It's something they need to correct before playoff time. THey've backed down in a potential repeating years in the past whenever teams get extra physical. Their self-satisfaction coupled with the added aggression of a challenger equals a loss for the Spurs. They've yet to prove they can defend the le with that killer instinct.
That means we have to go 82-0 for you not to .
I'm starting to understand how Tpark feels
Then don't watch anymore
Um, no, I'm talking about the games where teams get physical with us and we turn to the refs to bail us out and go into the fetal position.That means we have to go 82-0 for you not to .
We had other losses that didn't involve that at all.
Stupid and lonely?I'm starting to understand how Tpark feels
Look, other people have made the same point I have made on this thread, why don't you take pot shots at them to?
Either you disagree with all of us criticizing this team for being soft, or you're a hypocrit.
HAHAHA!!! Look at all these Spurs fans sooooooo concerned with HCA!!! What's wrong, worried about playing on the road? Talk all you want because IF, and that's a BIG *IF* your Spurs happen to make it to the finals and see the pistons, no home cooking for you guys. And against the Pistons? Game over.
ing doesn't help. But I don't see anything wrong with noticing mistakes in their game. Spurs always give up when they think the win isn't crucial. I don't like the blind optimism at ude in this team where B2b's are an excuse. Sometimes you wanna see your team really kill the opposition.That means we have to go 82-0 for you not to .
I'm starting to understand how Tpark feels
Still...I agree that some fans get annoying when they start panicking over one stupid loss as if it were a playoff loss.
spurs are a good team at home, who wouldn't rather host a series?
Sorry guys, but no matter what you all think, I refuse to be upset about today's game. Maybe if it happened in midseason, I'd be more upset, but right now, it was almost a given we lose this game.
1) B2B
2) Tim had flu
3) Tim has PF
4) Det has HCA locked up. They pretty much locked it up beating Phx. They know it. We know it.
5) We have West HCA locked up. No way _allas is passing us. They know it, we know it.
6) Pop playing mind games with Kings. Our intensity level will be about 8 notches higher when we face them in the playoffs. We'll seem like a completely different team to them. Anybody who wants to bet against us is throwing their money away.
7) Most importantly--- we won last year and 3 of 7. We don't have to win it every year. Have some perspective.
You wish...Stupid and lonely?
See That is WHat I think is wrong with some Spurs fans. THey get behind their team TOO much that they taint their view on things. THere is NO REASON to be satisfied with being Just GOOD enough to win. If you're in a sport to compete you'd want to keep upping your level. That is what separates Contenders and true Champions. The Pete Sampras' from the Agassis, the Michael Jordans and Tiger Woods from the Malones, Paytons and Vijay Singhs and Mickelsons. There is no reason for the Spurs the 1=of 2 Best teams in the League to be satisfied with going home this year. There is no doubt in my mind that Tim Duncan wanted to be sitting on a possible 4 peat this year had it not been for that hard to swallow Flukey .04. True compe ors do not want sympathy or to be coddled. It's an insult to Tim's fire. To Manu who wants to give every minute to win. To Popovich's hard earned les. If Spurs are fine with not winning it every year. They might as well have just rested Timmy and Manu this whole year just to come mirading in for 2007. That is a ridiculous at ude.
How about sometimes you just lose?
Yeah, they played bad against Detroit, but a lot of other games, sometimes you just lose because the other team plays good.
I root for them to win every year, I always will. I'm just saying it's not life or death for me. I happen to think when your team wins, the team gets a 3-5 year grace period, where you can't and moan at the players and FO.
Sorry if I'm not a crazy Yankee fan. I can accept the concept that other teams have professional players who are trying to win too. Maybe I'm just rational that way.
It's just April
What are you talking about? When the Spurs lose it's guaransheed you'll be crying about something in here.
Sorry. sometimes you get caught in the moment. if you're a passionate fan like me you want that win Today. I guess you're better as seeing the big picture which is it's not the end of the world even with a lost championship.
Still..This loss is Small potatoes...but Whenever the Spurs lose in the general sense. I can't help but get mixed feelings. They're not exactly the most mentally tough team, so there's this uncertainty they carry that other champions don't carry like the Pistons right now, and 2000's Lakers. Last year there was little doubt the Spurs would win the west because it seemed like they had an answer for everything in a seven game series. They weren't gonna make the same mistakes like in 04' but this year, it might be a repeat of 04' , not necessarily with the Western Conference but with the East. Even in 05' they had their predictable, "we can afford to lose these games" at ude and had not Horry saved the day in game 5. We wouldn't be in such a sweet position with our key pieces. Just another Good Enough Team without that championship confidence. The Spurs complacency is their biggest weakness. I don't doubt they'll deliver in playoff time. But if they make it to Finals. There's no chance to relax in that series.
I coulda sworn that first game against Detroit, wich, BTW, was a pretty close game going into the 4th and they pulled away in the end with scrubs V scrubs.
AND, no Ginobili.
The second one, they just played bad, and there wasn't enough Mohammed IMo.
Honestly, am not worried about this team one bit.
this team is way better than it was last year.
People just expect this team I guess to blow out every team by about 15.
Its the NBA, it aint happening.
No but if they won by 8 on the score above 186 I would be happyPeople just expect this team I guess to blow out every team by about 15.
SAC needed this game more than we did. They outplayed us. So what? You want to jump off the bandwagon? It happens. We are about to break the franchise record for most wins in a season and yet we don't play with heart. Riiiiiiight.
We know that we won't catch Detroit for HCA. We also know that we are 2 games (three with the tiebreaker) ahead of _allas for the Western Conference le, and we WILL beat them friday. So why risk injury to our players by pushing them for a game that means absolutely nothing in the long run?
A playoff SERIES has more planning involved than a regular season game. Preparation is one thing that our veteran team knows how to do. They will look at plenty of film on tendencies, come up with game plans and strategies that will make the difference.
Have you ever had an off day? Are you always 100% every day you go to work? Do you give 100% every day that you work? Are you always in control at work? None of this has to do with heart.
I know losses are painful to watch, but it's over. Let's move on.
How much better are the Pistons this year than the Spurs? I think rebounding is the result of lack of aggression and that's all mental in the Spurs case.
Laker game, back to back, coming back from Phoenix, under 17 hours like tonight, getting into town at about 5 am, AND, starting earlier than normal, thanks to ESPN, like tonight.the Lakers game, both Detroit games, Seattle, Denver, etc. Teams get physical and we crater
Sonic game? No excuse, Seattle just played better, it happens.
Denver, second of a back to back, came into Denver late after a hard fought game the night before.
I just love the arrogance people are showing tonight regarding how a team coming into a back to back under 17 hours from playing the night before isn't an excuse.
How much better?How much better are the Pistons this year than the Spurs? I think rebounding is the result of lack of aggression and that's all mental in the Spurs case.
Percentage wise?
Id say 5%
If the Spurs gang rebound like they have been lately, they will be ok, their defense has been good lately, when they give up the offensive board thats when they get in trouble.
Id say the Spurs and Pistons are as even as they were last year.
The difference will be if Ginobili can replicate his performance, Mohammed can rebound, Horry can replicate his clutch shots, and Duncan to just be 90% Duncan.
Thats it.
That's a stupid, stupid thing to say. We can't go into the season thinking, ok we don't have to try this season because we won it last year. What would it be like if the players had that at ude? Any team that's contending for the le should consider it a complete and utter dissapointment if and when they fall short of winning it all.
Same every year. I"m not worried about it.
yeah I think now that we know Mohammed can step it up as starting center over Rasho. I hope he upgrades his playoff performance boards wise. He just needs to be more aggressive than last year and we'll match up well against Detroit. I think so far with these losses, the rebounds are the glaring weakness that needs to be fixed coming into the playoffs.
I think that's the main reason Detroit beat the Lakers in 04'.
Is it just me or TPark is making an excuses?
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