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calm down guys you were with us up until the end....we are the best team in b-ball right now (even though we didn't play the best game and the refs were on your side)...but still you were in it
That's the problem, there was no "hot hand." You think Mavs were going to let Ginobili get a wide open shot from the perimeter like that?
calm down guys you were with us up until the end....we are the best team in b-ball right now (even though we didn't play the best game and the refs were on your side)...but still you were in it
AHF the play call was good, but overall you are right Pop coached a horrible horrible horrible HORRIBLE game
They could have run the exact same play with Tony doing the penetration and Manu cutting baseline on the far side off a double screen by Tim and Horry.
Pop is a dumbass.
he even got the post-up after a timeout, much to Walton and Barry's amazementI also didn't like how for like 3-4 plays they gave it to Finley to post up, but held it for the whole time then tried a fadeaway over the defender.
That was the best play call of the fourth quarter.
Which tells you what an abortion the fourth quarter was.
Yeah that was the ideal play and I thought thats' what he would have called.
Why is it every team we play can get their best player in position to shoot those shots, but we can't?
Some of you are in denial. Pop is a re when it comes to offense.
Who is the next end of game play going to be run for? Beno? Oberto? Eric Williams? Give me a ing break.
Bowen was two for January, he had no business being in the game at that point, let alone our one and only option on the play.
Pop hasn't coached a good game since 2005
I think it's time for a serious overhaul from the coach throgh players 1-12
Or we can simply face facts that the declining era of the Spurs has set in and be content with the pending 2nd rd exit
When people told us to enjoy the time we had during our championship rings I don't think I fully grasped it until now
I think we're much further away from competing than a simple Maggette trade
Yes, we lost by just a 3 ball, but that was easily a game we shoulda won by 25 with the momentum we had in the first half. There wasn't a single excuse in the whole world for us to lose that game.
On the last play..IMO I think quick two then foul right away.
it was an excellently run play, bowen should have knocked it down. they should have put manu or horry where bowen was and let them hit it.
It seems like I've seen this post before?
By the way, small ball strikes again. Pop gets caught up in AJ's game with Finley playing powerless forward, and the Mavs outrebound us again. Now where did I see that rebounding discrepancy? Oh yeah, our series last year
PJ should coach these games against Dallas. Pop is either on the take against his lil' buddy or AJ's so in his head Pop can't think straight.
What teams are you talking about? Spurs have exactly three players, AHF, THREE PLAYERS, that the opposing team needs to guard on offense. Parker penetrating, kicking out to a Ginobili would still have been a hugely contested shot. That's what happens when you have ONE guy on the team making outside shots. Teams can afford to easily defend them. You can't get a more wide open look than Bruce did, also, it helped that it was his spot, his shot. He has got to make those, but he hasn't been. No one on the Spurs team outside Ginobili has made an outside shot in about 4 games.
lol, Josh Howard had just as many rebounds as Manu, Bowen, Barry and Finley did COMBINEDPop gets caught up in AJ's game with Finley playing powerless forward, and the Mavs outrebound us again. Now where did I see that rebounding discrepancy? Oh yeah, our series last year
maybe pop is working alphabetically...first bonner takes the last second shot, now bowen...LOL
it's unbelievable how bad has been outcoached lately by everyone. 1/2 good, the other . we can't string together 2 solid halves. furthermore, pop has no ap ude for making in game adjustments. he's a creature of habit with his rotations and it's killing us. statement games we have to win and we just lost another one.
Bowen has been the worst shooter on the Spurs for the past 3 games so it made no sense to run a play for him. Maybe it's a January thing...
tell me about it...manu actually hit his 3 and had the hot hand...and pop didn't ride it and didn't call the last play for him. there is no way i would call a play for bowen if i'm the coach if he hadn't hit at least 1 three all game.
Win or Lose, last night Kobe got all the shots. Not Walton or bonner.... WTF is that?
The team isn't in THAT much of a decline as people have been saying though. Yes, Tim looks a step slower this season. Yes bowen is old. YEs hte team is old. But what we really have to realize is that the trades we made a while ago to get aging cheap players is biting us in the ass in a league that favors fast slashing players.
Its that simple. Leaving a worthless player like Michael Finley on the floor makes the game 4 vs 5.
, did you watch? Dallas got it to Dirk. Kobe? He's got less good players than us on LA. Ray Allen, KG, TMac, wake the up.What teams are you talking about?
There's other teams with one great player on their team, two at most, and they find a way. Admit it - Pop sucks as a coach at the offensive end.Spurs have exactly three players, AHF, THREE PLAYERS, that the opposing team needs to guard on offense. Parker penetrating, kicking out to a Ginobili would still have been a hugely contested shot. That's what happens when you have ONE guy on the team making outside shots.
Here's what a real offensive coach does - runs his guy through as many picks as necessary to get his man open. We had 5 players on the court. Did you even watch the play unfold?
We ran a double staggered screen for Bowen using Tim and Horry. We could have run the exact same staggered screen for Manu and would have had the exact same wide ass open shot for him.
Look, I'm sorry you've obviously never played basketball and don't understand about how an offensive play develops, but it could have and would have worked. I'm not saying Manu would have made it for sure, but I like his odds a lot better than Mr. two for January Bruce Bowen.
I disagree. It's hard to do anything when you don't get the ball. Some plays that swayed the momentum: Duncan blocking Nowitzki's shot (+) Ginobili throwing up a poor 3 in transition, getting blocked at the rim and throwing it to a Maverick in the final quarter (-)
After a quick timeout, they gave it Duncan and boom, he scored. It's that simple. Duncan is the franchise player and needs to demand the ball
He's a dumass for getting a wide open three to tie the game? Getting your ONE hot player open against a good defensive team isn't easy. That was a damn good play and you know it.
the play was outstanding...just the wrong person taking the shot. if you're a head coach with a good staff, they should have let you know that the only person that hit a 3 for the spurs was manu. i would have let rob horry take that shot before bruce... even bonner
Sorry but once again, if all the other teams as AHF said can get kobe, t mac, anthony, and dirk shots off at the end of games then pop should do the same thing
Bowen is 2-17 in the new year
I doubt he hasn't missed at least 6 of them wide open
THis is like the crappy bonner play all over again
I can live with manu, tp, or tim missing the game winning shot
at least we had it in the hands of the players who deserve the last shot
but evne if bowen was the only guy in the court, I don't even want him shooting to begin with at 2-17, let alone the game tying shot at the end of regulation to a team that has made us their all season along and will probably make us look worse come playoff time
I don't care if it's just january, we're getting worse and worse by the month and at this point I'm all for blowing the team up save the big 3 and starting over with a whole new cast of role players
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