That Game 1 is getting more and more expensive
Nevertheless, this team is able to won at least two in the row, Game 7 will happened!
Spurs will win this series; NBA, where impossible happens
Good job LJ. The only part of your post that I would take issue with would be the part where you said Finley played "shockingly bad."
What exactly was shocking about it? He's been our worst player or at least tied for worst with Horry, the whole year. He's been terrible. The only aspect he can help a team is shooting, and he can't shoot! Even Horry can play defense, occasionally.
Manu is definitely not himself. Going down 3 three one made it easy to forget for some Spurs fans who were highly critical of him yesterday - including me. I made the wrong call.
Manu bouncing back is this team's best chance of resurrecting this series and winning it. I feel good that his compe ive fire is going to be at it's scorching best for game 5 even if his body isn't. That's good enough for me.
Time for them to show some championship heart in LA and let their fans see them at least one more time at home!!!
I wanna see less of Orberto and more of Horry and Udoka. Orberto's play in Game four was horrible. Dude needs to grab a rebound, not slap it.
I think Pop needs to tell Manu to shoot 20 times tonight - if he misses them, he misses them and it was a great effort, we'll see you at training camp, etc.
Manu shooting 5 times isn't going to cut it if the shots arent going down. He needs to shoot, shoot the ball all he can so he can regain confidence unless the spurs have another players shooting lights out.
He needs to draw more plays for Manu from the get-go. Manu is just not feeling confident now in his shot as Horry so they pass the ball first. There's just no way to win if Manu isn't giving you at least 20 pts. The team is designed for that to happen.
I think more than shooting Manu (and Tony) should attack the rim more. If they are not attacking, then move the ball untill they find the open man. No more isolation plays where the slayer crashes to the Lakers packed defense. No more individual efforts or soft jump shots.
Spurs can't win if they don't make the extra pass.
And for the love of all that is dear in this good earth, CRASH THE BOARDS!
Lakers did a good job of adjusting. The Lakers just zoned up all the cuts through the lane and the motion didn't do much other than bring more defenders toward the ball. That's what Phil Jackson does and why he's the best coach I've ever seen in any sport.
To beat a Jackson coached team, it takes amazing individual performances. You aren't going to beat him with a specific scheme. He'll figure it out.
To win the Spurs, the Spurs will need their Big Four to step up and the role players to hit the open shots. Perhaps Barry will get to start and the Spurs can then have five players playing at a high level.
Damn with all the worthless ass Laker troll threads I didn't even know you posted Game Thoughts.
wow, me neither, and I have been refreshing this page all day while at work.
I think there are almost as many Laker fans posting as Spur fans.
After looking over player combos in this series, the Spurs have done a really good job in just about any lineup ... as long as Finley isn't playing.
It's not a coincidence that the Spurs have started the last three games off poorly with Finley in the starting lineup. It's not a coincidence that the Game 1 comeback by the Lakers happened with Finley in the lineup.
Pop MUST keep Finley off the floor tonight. He's too unathletic at this point. Start Barry or Manu but don't start Finley .... don't even play Finley.
Stick to the gameplan, subtract Finley and the Spurs should be fine.
While that would be fine, I don't think Pop benches Finley.
Its like the manager in baseball benchin the 220 "former" power hitter thinking that he has one last multi home run game or multi run homer left in him.
That's probably true. But if Pop starts Finley, the wives might as well start planning the vacations cuz the season is over.
But he won't...and everyone here knows it. Whether it's out of loyalty or hoping to catch lightning in a bottle one more time or whatever, Fin will play a minimum of 15-18 minutes tonite.
But my God, his +/- numbers are just shocking...
Tim Duncan's +/- with and without Finley off the floor:
Game 1: +17 without Finley, -13 with Finley
Game 3: +11 without Finley, +1 with Finley
Game 4: +16 without Finley, -10 with Finley
It really is pretty damn simple, Pop. Even a few moments to "see if he's hot" is too much for Finley. Last game he only played nine minutes and was still able to produce a -18.
If Pop would go with the formula that hack a shack works, you would think he would see the damn plus minuses your showing...
I always read the forum and enjoy very much the posts, the people and, especially, the Timvp's "Game thoughts".
Have a fan "believe" in their team? Even now? Of course they MUST believe and support it!!! A muerte as we use to say.
A real fan is the one who support their team even when it lose, and is proud when their players left everything they have in the court, even when they play awful.
Go Spurs Go!!!
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