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Spurs had a 13 points lead in the 4th, wtf are u smoking? Micro ball killed us.
It is sad that the only reason we lost is because we didnt trade Blair/Bonner/Neal. It appears to me that Bonner had about the same stat line as the Absolutely the Greatest Boris Diaw.
We lost because we didnt score enough points in the 1st half to matter. Yes D was there but the O was horrible. TP woith 3 assists total is a disgrace. Somebody just anybody making a couple of shots in the 1st half would have been nice. The big 3 were 21 of 51 for the night. Not exactly what you look for in a game from them. Pitch in Neal and Diaw at 0-8 and you got disaster.
There never should have been an overtime. We should have been out of the game before 1st half ended.
Spurs had a 13 points lead in the 4th, wtf are u smoking? Micro ball killed us.
It is hard for me to be convinced that we still have a "big three" when we lose when Parker is taken out of the game for whatever reason: exhaustion, worn out shoulders from having carried the team for so much of this season and last season as well, bruised arms (recent press release), whatever. Tony took almost no shots in the fourth quarter. If we can't count on Tim and Manu to carry us even a little bit every once in a while, this is going to be a short post season.
More proof that Tony is really the MVP of this team. When he is shut down, we can't win. No one else stepping up.
Duncan looked absolutely terrible, tbh..
Biedrins is a pretty decent defensive player, but Tim even had problems against Lee and Landry, 2 of the worst defensive players in the NBA..granted it was a back-to-back, but it looked like the robotic and indecisive Duncan of the past few years, rather then the resurgent Duncan from the first half of the year..
Hopefully it's just a rhythm issue and not age catching up quickly..
This was their superbowl let them enjoy it. While we're trying to win a championship they'll just be happy they finally beat us.
Judging from the angst-riddled posts, I'm almost sad the Spurs don't lose more.
I don't think it's just that the Spurs are dependent on Parker. I think it's also that Parker is going to keep trying, even when it's not there. I think had Parker missed the game, the Spurs would have been able to still put together good offense. It's just like with Duncan: The Spurs can win without him, but it's hard to them to win if he can't get anything going but keeps trying.
Didn't he only try two shots in the entire fourth quarter? How is that 'still trying, even when it's not there'?
I meant the whole game, first off. Secondly, the fact that he took only two shots doesn't mean that he wasn't driving and getting stopped. As I said earlier, I can't speak much for this particular game, as I didn't watch a lot of it. But it's typically been the case that whenever Parker is out there and not playing well, the Spurs struggle more than they do if he just misses the game.
Preemptively, I'll say that I don't believe the Spurs are a better team without Parker. They wouldn't get passed the second round without him. Their championship hopes rest on his shoulders more than anyone else's. I'm talking about individual games here. When they know Parker is going to be out, the other players can adjust. When Parker's playing but is ineffective, it's harder.
The recipe is quite simple: if the other team's whole game plan is to make Parker "ineffective" (i.e. more to the tune of 18 & 6 than 31 & 12) then the other players have to step up: one way is via post moves, but sadly Duncan cant always perform, Splitter isn't quite assertive enough and Kawhi not considered enough; or via jump shots, which means Neal isn't supposed to go 0-for-6, Green and Bonner aren't supposed to shrivel, etc.
All in all it's exactly like any other team: sometimes role players have to step up, and when they don't it's really hard to win. The Spurs role players mostly do, to be fair, but most of them aren't consistent enough for the Spurs to feel so well about their chances to go deep in the playoffs.
He's still shooting 82% from the charity stripe, which isn't bad, but it's definitely down from the last few years. It's more on par with his FT numbers early in his career.
You're forgetting Diaw. He's cruising most of the time but he proved a couple times this season he knows how to step up his game when it's needed.
I had flashes of when they do that there is a mismatch somewhere else on the court. They weren't calling in the post. Lee and co were using both hands and nary a forearm. Shoves were hardly called. Lee scores off of pnr, putbacks and jumpshots so that was a definite disavantage. They had Thompson on Parker but they were doubling on him too. How many times did that double team force Parker into the corner.
Kawhi sat on the weakside with a midget sagging into the paint the entire second half. They would get it out to Neal on the wing and he passed up shots a la Matt Bonner. That last 6 minutes was frustrating as to watch.
Pop knows teams are going to do this but still hasn't come up with a good counter.
Dude good question. Troubles me too.
Yeah, f the warriors! Haha
Ha, Curry trying to take out Hiibbert
Punk ass Warriors...
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