The Spurs Can Never Get A Stop

[SequSpur]

This lineup couldn't win 40 games.

[strangeweather]

If we play Mohammed and Nesterovic, who do they defend? They just can't stand under the basket and wait...

They can if they're guarding Damp and Diop.

[picnroll]

They can if they're guarding Damp and Diop.

And who does Duncan guard? Howard? Stackhouse? Please don't say Dirk for 48 minutes who will simply take Duncan out of the paint and when Duncan breathes on him the refs will call a foul. If Duncan is on anyone but Damp or Diop you lose his defensive rebounding and post protection.

Pop is doing the best he can with the horses he has. He's doing a masterful job given the flaws of this team. The Spurs would be up three to one if the bad calls were even throughout this series which is a testament to his coaching brilliance.

Fact is this team has some major flaws. Bad draft luck and bad personell aqcquisiton decisions dating back to the Kidd fiasco have eroded the team. Presti, Buford and Pop will have to work some magic in the off season to correct these flaws.

[ducks]

I am still in awe of the box score and still can not believe they lost

[Jimcs50]

They got stops...the refs put Dirk on the line. Nuff said

[greensborohill]

We can win this series with Offense. Just need to finish, plus I never complain about the refs ever but for the first time in my life I think the spurs got robbed.

neverthess, I will be shocked if the spurs don't win this series.

What in holly makes you say that? Have you not seen enough evidence to know that if the game gets up into the 100's you will lose?

[strangeweather]

And who does Duncan guard? Howard? Stackhouse? Please don't say Dirk for 48 minutes who will simply take Duncan out of the paint and when Duncan breathes on him the refs will call a foul. If Duncan is on anyone but Damp or Diop you lose his defensive rebounding and post protection.

Duncan on Howard. And sag off him into the lane. If Howard can beat us with outside shots, so be it.

Pop is doing the best he can with the horses he has. He's doing a masterful job given the flaws of this team.

I'm not second guessing Pop. I've been behind him the whole way. But it's time to admit that what we've been doing hasn't been good enough and go another way.

Fact is this team has some major flaws. Bad draft luck and bad personell aqcquisiton decisions dating back to the Kidd fiasco have eroded the team. Presti, Buford and Pop will have to work some magic in the off season to correct these flaws.

Maybe so. But we still have one more chance to get back in this thing, and I want to do the best we can with it. There will be plenty of time for the offseason later.

[picnroll]

What in holly makes you say that? Have you not seen enough evidence to know that if the game gets up into the 100's you will lose?

I've seen enough evidence that unless the Spurs are winning by a blowout in the fourth that the Mavericks will win it at the FT line.