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Hopefully Pop sends everyone to Memphis tomorrow night. Need that win now.
What a disgraceful performance tonight by everyone not named Kawhi Leonard. Tim had a great matchup for most of the game but was not aggressive calling for the ball. Danny Green was weak sauce on defense all game long, Matt Bonner should never have been in there at all just a waste of space. Tony the bed, kept shooting 3 point shots instead of attacking and creating or at least coming off with a jump shot in his range.
I never see Pop coach anyone up at all, he just argues with refs now and sits there with his arms folded.
Hopefully Pop sends everyone to Memphis tomorrow night. Need that win now.
I rarely play the "Pop was outcoached" card, tbh, I'm not one of those idiots that blames everything on Pop..
I probably won't blame him if they lose to Memphis or OKC, either..
Losing to a team that ran half it's offense through Norris Cole/Ray Allen penetration and simple pin down screens for 3s is horrible, tbh..virtually Miami's entire roster tonight consisted of 3-point specialists, yet it didn't appear that the Spurs had a gameplan against them..
What a ing re .
IDK why this is such a shock to the regulars. This is not about Spoelstra or Scott Brooks coming up with some novel scheme to fool Pop. The Spurs' achilles heel is an active defense that can occasionally trap the ball handler, rotate quickly, close out on the shooters, etc. Sometimes the 3 ball bails us out, but won't fall often enough to win 4 games out of 7 against Miami/OKC.
Out of all the leading players on contending team, Tony Parker is probably the easiest to scheme against defensively as an opposing coach. It's not his fault that PG-led pick-n-roll teams are easier to stop.
Yup, it doesn't help when you have point guards who can't get the ball into the post.. Tiago was very passive but didn't get enough touches. Tony Parker kept shooting 3's for some reason and didn't attack which was mind boggling. Danny Green played defense always in the paint for some reason when his man is sitting at the 3 point line waiting for the pass.
tiago was pure embarrassment tonight
Probably the worst loss of the season.
This tough stretch of games was supposed to sharpen the Spurs up. The players have said prior to tonight that these games have been good for them, I disagree. It looks like to me, that all the Spurs have learned in these games is that they are playing a mediocre, substandard brand of Basketball. Sloppy play, mediocre effort and lack of attention to detail will get you bounced in the playoffs very quickly. Spurs players better realize that this is how they have played in this stretch of games. They certainly haven't been playing great basketball as a whole.
tim duncan tho, being double teamed at 36, fukin badass
To be fair, Green kept packing the paint and leaving Mike Miller open... short of benching Green (not an option), I don't know what Pop could've done... some stuff was boneheaded, and I hope Verde gets a long ass tape session after this game
This. The Heat got way too many open looks from beyond the arc for a team with no play makers.
You must be confusing the tall white guys on the team.
The Spurs didn't learn from Michael Finley doing it, I don't see how they're going to learn from Green doing it.
Tbh, inserting Bonner was a good move. The Spurs went on a run with his floor spacing and Tony was able to actually penetrate to the basket for once. Then CIA Pop took Bonner out with 30 seconds left and the Spurs blatantly blew a three-point lead.
Bonner didn't really do anything positive, but the fact that he was out there meant that Miami had to cover him, which created shots for others.
...and just like that all that bull about defense goes out the window. I knew The Spirit of Nellie would show up eventually.
Yeah, the Spurs' dribble penetration in the fourth was pretty much a direct result of Bonner being in the game.
Tbh, Bonner may have some use in the NBA Finals as a floor spacer for a few minutes each game. He's a good matchup against the Heat's weak inside game.
uh? Tony was 0-4 the last 2-3 mins getting his pushed in the paint... the scoring came from Kawhi back cuts and TD shooting a jumpshot... not saying Tiago would've made a huge difference, but he only got 4 shots all night...
Pop...how the are you going to say you need more scoring when you are trying to beat Mike Miller and Norris ing Cole? That's an unbelievable statement.
Outcoached, outplayed, a Bonner sighting. Pretty disappointing night.
He said that without Manu, Tony was the only guy that could create offense for us except for TD, and they shut him down with the aggressive screens and doubles...
He definitely is right on that assessment, the question is what are we going to do when that happens again?
:facepalm
Please don't, Pop. Your coaching has been better this year. Don't revert back to Bonner ball.
splitter was tonight, he never got into scoring position.
It was just a horrible game all around. Good thing we won't see Mike Miller in the playoffs, gawd. Is Tony scared of contact in the paint? Just a piss poor defensive game for us too.. Danny Green needs to get smacked wandering into the paint for who knows what reason.
Pop looked like he didn't give a , all game
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