Watching the Rockets respond to being without Yao...

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So a team with two of the top three point shooters in the regular season just suddenly lost all their talent? Give me a break. Thanks to Pop the Spurs were halfway to Cancun before the playoffs even started, and shriveled completely up once they faced the mighty Mavericks. They didn't give any effort on either side of the ball, and were out of position much of the time as a result.

[Jace]

I'm not saying they gave a great effort but at the same time in the playoffs the defensive intensity ratchets up and Bonnar/Mason didn't have the same looks they got during the regular season Mason hit about the same percentage of threes in the playoffs as he did in the regular season against the Mavs..roughly 36% Bonnar dropped his average from 37% to 23% but I think a lot of that has to be credit towards the Mavs improving their defensive effort It isn't fair to assume a guys decreased performance in the playoffs is a result of a lack of effort or a lack of desire..Derek Fisher shot 40% in the regular season and is shooting 12% against the Rockets.. He isn't afraid of the Playoffs, he isn't playing without effort but he is shooting awful

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Spurs bigs couldn't defend or grab a rebound. Spurs swingmen couldn't hit a shot, grab a rebound or keep anyone in front of them. They actually played hard for one game, and it's no coincidence that they won that game handily IMHO.

[Jace]

I disagree, one big game means little. Perhaps in that game the difference wasn't the Spurs showing up it was the Mavericks forgetting to do so

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I disagree, one big game means little. Perhaps in that game the difference wasn't the Spurs showing up it was the Mavericks forgetting to do so

I'd actually be more inclined to believe that. Regardless, even if you give them the benefit of the doubt, they weren't able to do it more than once, and that spells gutless.

[1Parker1]

Barkley said it a few nights ago on TNT, how the Rockets signed players around Yao that are Pittbulls. Artest, Scola, Landry, Lowry, Battier, etc..

Our kennel is comprised of meeker breeds, outside of the big 3.

Basically in a nuts . Not only meeker breeds, but very old breeds that are probably past their end date.

[1Parker1]

How Kurt Thomas got a free pass from criticism this year is way beyond me. He was a bigger disappointment than Bonner. I never expected much from Bonner to begin with so you can actually say that his 3 pt shooting during the regular season was a nice surprise.

KT, on the other hand. I really expected him to have a good year with us but he just never contributed as much. He was just OK and we needed more from him.

What a sorry year for the team. You can count the good games we played on 1 hand.

Beating Lakers
Beating the Hornets at Home (both games)
Beating Boston on the road
Beating Atlanta on the road (when Atlanta had been playing really well)

Am I missing one ? I didn't count any of the Suns games because the Suns suck and I didn't count the Houston games we won either. I felt we should have won those games and anything less would have been a let down.

All those important games you site have one common theme...Tony Parker basically had to play at an incredibly high, super-star level to get those wins. The Lakers win, Spurs got lucky with a buzzer beater by Mason Jr. But all those other games, it was basically Parker carrying the Spurs. The regular season and the 3rd seed was very misleading...Spurs played very badly in the 2nd half of the season and basically Parker willed them to that 3rd seed.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

I would kill for the Spurs to have a team of pitbulls around Tim, Tony, and Manu.

[DaDakota]

You guys have 4 rings.....

I just want some fricken HEALTH !

DD