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M-I-G:
It is just the teams that we lost to. How can you have a team that wiped the floor against Seattle and Golden State on the road and yet lose to three lottery bound teams. These losses were all mental and they need to get on the stick.
I'll wait to see how the Spurs play against Phoenix this week to determine if they are ready for the playoffs.
They aren't going to meet Boston, Milwaukee or Indiana in the postseason
(But I do not get why they went so small tonight.)
M-I-G:
It is just the teams that we lost to. How can you have a team that wiped the floor against Seattle and Golden State on the road and yet lose to three lottery bound teams. These losses were all mental and they need to get on the stick.
yeah, I'm sure I'll cool off by tomorrow as will most other fansI'll wait to see how the Spurs play against Phoenix this week to determine if they are ready for the playoffs.
They aren't going to meet Boston, Milwaukee or Indiana in the postseason
(But I do not get why they went so small tonight.)
A win against phoenix would be a good indicator of where we're at
I'm also a little bit more ticked off at losing ground on the two seed since a first rd matchup with the lakers would be somewhat tough to begin the playoffs with along with having no HCA for the rest of the playoffs after that
I'm convinced Pop would go small against a last-place AA high school team.
For some reason he equates playing defense with playing defensive.
The Spurs have the 3rd best team in the Western Conference. That's not so bad.
Do you want to know what the Pacers' record over their last 19 games was before tonight?
2-17.
It's not so much the fact that they have the 3rd best record in the league, etc. It's the fact that they are often forced to go for small ball down the stretch of close game when they clearly don't have the personell to do it. I mean...if small ball can't get a stop against an undermanned Pacers team, how does Pop expect it to work against the Mavs, Lakers, Suns, etc. in the playoffs?
The most dangerous games for a top team are the ones played against a desperate team.Do you want to know what the Pacers' record over their last 19 games was before tonight?
2-17.
Dallas was pounded by Golden State in March (117-100).
Nothing to worry about ; we'll be fine
Golden State wasn't missing their best player.
That means what exactly in the big scheme of things?Do you want to know what the Pacers' record over their last 19 games was before tonight?
2-17.
Worked against Utah.how does Pop expect it to work against the Mavs, Lakers, Suns, etc. in the playoffs?
What kills me is that the Spurs are running gadget lineups in order to match up with ing horrid teams. Good teams say, "Here we are, try and stop us". When the Spurs do that, they beat the crap out of their opponents. I can forgive lack of effort games or gutless performances, but you tell a defensive team to win with their defense, and you put them in a position to win that way. How the do we find ourselves with ten games to go in the regular season running four guards and Timmy in crunch time? The biggest laugh is that Pop put Elson in for the offensive possession with 1.1 seconds left.
On another note, What's with Parker scoring ten points in the first quarter and six for the rest of the game? He's done that a few times here lately. Some people were ing about the number of shots he was taking, but I'd rather have him taking layups than shooting 25 three pointers.
It means in the big scheme of things, the Spurs don't seem to have the mental focus to win it all.
Oh, but they'll just turn the switch against the Mavs, right?
No it didn't. They hit three pointers and still got outscored.
Win and its a jerk off fest.
Lose and its razors to the wrist, swords to the stomach, gun to the temple, rope to the neck, body to the ledge.
in tinsley took duncan to the in hole... wtf is that? duncan is a puss.
"From our point of view, I thought it was a pathetic performance for a team that's trying to prepare to go into the playoffs," he said. "In the fourth quarter, I thought we played embarrassing basketball. It was a very disappointing loss. A pathetic, pathetic performance."
- Pop.
Finley as his power forward, and he's STILL surprised when they can't hold a lead.
what is wrong with this lineup in crunch time...
C Elson
PF Duncan
SF Finley
SG Manu
PG Parker
I mean seriously
The coaching staff obviously doesn't believe in Elson. Because they go small more and more and more often.
It's a weird phenomenon. They got Elson so that they wouldn't have to go small. Now, they go even smaller than ever - using Parker and Vaughn in the backcourt and Ginobili and Finley (or Ginobili and Bowen) as the forwards.
Elson might not be awesome, but he can at least "out tall" some people.
I am so sick of like this.
Pop tried small ball last year in the playoffs. It didn't work then, and it's not going to work this year either.
It's not about us mindlessly blaming our losses on small ball. Small ball gets called out because this team doesn't shoot FTs well enough or rebound well enough to win a le without great defense.
And that defense gets gutted when you only have one guy over 6'7" (Duncan) in the game. So yeah, small ball is going to get called out on nights like tonight where all Indy did was run pick and roll the last 3 minutes (hmm, where have I seen that before - oh yeah, Dallas last year), and we got caught in mismatches and rotation problems the whole time.
Take Indy's last play, they get Tinsley going to the rack on Tim. Manu was on the weak side down low (LMAO, We are running a zone on the weak side with our ing two guard down there to 'defend' the paint). You expect a two guard to help protect the paint? Are you ing kidding me?
Pop has widely been regarded as a defensive genius for the twin towers model of defense he used to employ. Well, he's gone away from it, and it has cannabilized the interior of our defense to the point that 1) teams go to the rack with impunity at the end of games knowing all they have to do is deal with one guy - Duncan - and then they have a layup or foul because there is no weak side shot blocker coming and 2) with a bunch of small ass guards out there, we can't get a rebound to save our lives.
Anyone defending Pop and small ball must have vacation plans for June and don't want to be inconvenienced by having to worry about catching any NBA Finals games involving the Spurs, because they won't be there with this ing lame ass small ball .
Duncan got used...
I'm sorry but David Robinson is/was better than Tim Duncan... Bull ranking.
Utah sucks. Damn, it's not rocket science. Tell me you're not trying to equate Utah with Dallas or Phoenix. We won't have to get through Utah to win it all. We'll have to get through Dallas and Phoenix.
Oh well, another year, another playoff exit due to small ball, and you'll still be there kissing Pop's ass because he figured out a way to win it in '99 (ironically with THREE seven footers in the lineup at times).
As long as he includes himself in that assessment.
duncan 7 turnovers and missed free throws lost the game
NOT SMALL BALL
once in a blue moon your team will blow a lead late in the game
relax
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