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probably barbacoa tacos with cilantro, cebolla and limon... you know the works, and some dos equis.
I'd have to say that among the most frustrating things as a Spurs fan is our tendancy to overpass. Which means that SOMEBODY didn't take a shot, which speaks directly to a fear of the big shot which scares me...
probably barbacoa tacos with cilantro, cebolla and limon... you know the works, and some dos equis.
reliance on Duncan -- sometimes, guys just stand around and watch Timmy do his thing. Offense gets stagnant and there's no movement. Usually ends up with a one-and-out.
A few more:
-Terrible stadium music
-PA Announcer
-parking fees
Rebounding and FTs.
jazz will be favored in utah so Spurs are weaker on the road maybe. or it could be easy money in Nevada
You let Duncan score 50, but don't let Parker, Gino, Horry, Bowen and Finley go off on you. It's not rocket science.
The stat-geeks did a study on all the teams and I think it was Dean Oliver(Stat guy for Seattle) who said the Spurs give their opponents a fair amount of open mid-range jumpers and when they played in the 2005 semis. Then Seattle started to make a whole bunch of those shots. Spurs D finally clamped down and they started to miss those shots(live by the J, die by the J)
FT's and lately Gino's crazy passes to the front row.
I actually think we play better on the road.
Weaknesses ? Falling in love with the 3 and not driving to the hoop enough. Getting too comfortable with leads.
being human
Weaknesses:
-- No free T-shirts
-- No discount hot dogs
Bad shot selection when other teams are cutting into our lead. We tend to fall in love with three pointers when the other team makes a run. I wish we would drive more instead of taking jumpshots.
Also poor defense with the lead...however that wasnt much of a problem last night.
Turnovers are also a weakness....we tend to keep teams in the game that way.
I guess you can sum that all up by saying we get sloppy with the lead.
From all the opinions in this thread this is the most important. He wasn't looking at who is struggling more or whatever. He was looking at real weaknesses, something about game plan, a weak point in the structure. I agree with this statement, midrange consistent shooters give us serious trouble and take us out of our game. That's probably the only time we need to do something different and lose something else from our game.
One needs only watch Game 1 and Game 2 video of these two guys' help defense to realize those numbers don't lie. One ball reversal or extra pass and Okur and Boozer get lost and forget about anyone cutting to the basket.
Duncan is the Spurs' single point of failure stop him and you have a chance.
Send all your slashers to rim and hope to get him in foul trouble.
Maybe have expendable big start a fight with Tony and get Tim to run off the bench, but don't start a fight with Manu because he'll end it.
Hey! Don't give them any ideas....
one weakness could get sweeping teams out of the West Finals so that we can't get any revenue from our other 2 home games we will be missing, but then again, people will probably not show up anyway
I agree. I saw TWO passes (one by Parker and another by him or someone else) in the last few minutes of the game that just sailed by the recepient. I just kept my fingers crossed they wouldn't come back to haunt us at the end of the game.
At this point, overconfidence.
Actually, I don't think the Spurs have a single point of failure. This is their most notable structural feature. They have three dangerous, independent threads of offense in TD, TP and Manu. Trying to stop TD just frees up opportunities for TP and Manu to run the offense and explode either as scorers or as facilitators. And it is highly unlikely that all 3 threads are off on one night.
If there is a team with an obvious single point of failure, it would be the Suns' Steve Nash. The Suns offense always starts with him. Boris Diaw is like a secondary point guard in the block but not quite as effective as Nash.
The Spurs have 3 main weaknesses
Vaughn
Elson
Boredom
Failure to put their foot on the neck and close it out early.
Rebounding at times can become a problem.
Getting too quick and losing some control which results in turnovers.
But in the overall picture, the weaknesses that come thru are few and far between.
The spurs only weakness is kryptonite
jazz lacks hatred
Yup...that's their biggest weakness...they tend to around and coast when they have a big lead, and that often lets the other team get back in the game. Fortunately, the Spurs usually wake up when the other team gets close again, and they put the hammer down. It's still a bothersome trait the Spurs have...maybe they're just being nice...who knows?
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