Why wasn't Splitter in the game in the fourth?!

[Ice009]

So true - if the play wasn't there he could have simply tossed a bounce pass or soft lob towards the basket. Worse case scenario would be that the Blazers have to make a 3-quarter court length shot. We take our chances in overtime.

Jeez, it was harder to that play up than it was to do the right thing.
Such a massive fail by all involved that pretty much destroyed my faith in this season.

That truly was an epic up from Novak now that I think about it. For all the good he's done that pass was a huge unforced turnover.

[Strategic]

I think Pop also said something along these lines about Splitter about a month or two ago "It's not fair to the other players"

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I remember two years ago Popovich said "these playoffs aren't for George(Hill)". I hope he doesn't have the same use for Splitter this year. I don't think there is any going back on giving him some PT. For Tiago's sake, the Spurs need to win starting with the Memphis game. If they don't I'm afraid Duncan will try to come back sooner than necessary. If that happens Splitter will probably be the odd man out again.

[DrSteffo]

lol the "so you know better than the coach" response. Way to channel your inner TPark.

They were getting raped...it's just that the Blazers didn't do it enough. They could have gone to the rim whenever they wanted they just settled for too many jumpers. It had much more to do with lack of taking advantage of matchups than it did with the Spurs defense.

I'm not sure where you get the idea that Aldridge couldn't do anything against Blair. They barely went to him. One of the few passes they tried to make to him was bad and Blair would up stealing it. I'm guessing this is what you consider Blair shutting him down. How many shots did Aldridge take against Blair in the 4th? Perhaps you should check the play by play and get back to me on that.

As I said before...the Spurs were lucky and it ran out as the 4th went on.

Completely agree. Of course Splitter should have played in the 4th. I hoped Pop had learned his lesson from the last game but he is so stubborn he simply refuses to learn from his mistakes and do the right thing. Blair had a bad game and for some reason thought his own mistakes were amusing. I hated that.

[Ice009]

I remember two years ago Popovich said "these playoffs aren't for George(Hill)". I hope he doesn't have the same use for Splitter this year. I don't think there is any going back on giving him some PT. For Tiago's sake, the Spurs need to win starting with the Memphis game. If they don't I'm afraid Duncan will try to come back sooner than necessary. If that happens Splitter will probably be the odd man out again.

It's also up to Splitter now to keep playing good. He cannot give Pop any excuse to bench him. He's gotta bring it and keep playing his ass off for the Spurs.

[wunderkindepiphany]

'Cause Pop chose not to put him in.

[benefactor]

Lol, watch the game instead of looking at the play-by-play. Blair wasn't letting Aldridge get position and was all around being a pest. San Antonio was hardly lucky. They were up comfortably, playing excellent defense and then wet the bed. Give up the silly agenda.

I watched the game. I've only missed a handful in the past three years.

If they really wanted to iso Aldridge against Blair they could have. They didn't even try to get him the ball. They settled for jumpers for the most part instead. Saying that Blair would have had a snowballs chance in of stopping him is just dumb.

And stop saying I have an agenda. It's not about Splitter...it's about matchups. Are you seriously going to sit here and tell me that Blair guarding Aldridge down the stretch is something you would like to see in the playoffs if we were to play the Blazers?

[Strategic]

And stop saying I have an agenda. It's not about Splitter...it's about matchups. Are you seriously going to sit here and tell me that Blair guarding Aldridge down the stretch is something you would like to see in the playoffs if we were to play the Blazers?

Why would someone say that wanting Splitter to get steady PT is akin to having an agenda? I think Weez is the one with the agenda. I think Memphis is too tall inside not for the Spurs to have one of the true inside post men in the game at crunch time.

[Josepatches_]

Same story today while Randolph scores in the 4th

[Capt Bringdown]

Same story today while Randolph scores in the 4th

Randolph scored 8 straight points at one point. Not sure what his total for the 4th was, but he was simply unmatched out there.

[John Basedow]

don't forget Bonner on Gasol for the basket that iced the game

[Chomag]

Defence be the old , this fun ball is the new .

[Proxy]

Defence be the old , this fun ball is the new .

[MaNu4Tres]

He can't ever play the 4th quarter guys. Like Pop said, " It's not fair".

The coaches obviously don't want to hurt Bonner and Blair's feelings.

[Buddy Holly]

Deja ing Vu.

[SA210]

Stubborn asshole coaches

[Ice009]

SPLITTER WILL NOT PLAY IN THE 4TH QUARTER.

lol. It's not fair to the team to keep winning.