Flashback: The Rebounding Problem

[Holt's Cat]

Spurs need that rebounding big next to TD pulling down 8 to 10 boards a night. We haven't had that since DRob left.

[yavozerb]

Thought it was pretty funny watching Dikembe and Yao on the floor together against TD and Elson..Cant rememeber that happening in a while with 4 seven footers going at it..

[SenorSpur]

Thought it was pretty funny watching Dikembe and Yao on the floor together against TD and Elson..Cant rememeber that happening in a while with 4 seven footers going at it..

That was as funny as it was awkward-looking.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Maybe Horry could've made a difference last night - not that he's a prolific rebounder, but he's smart so he'll put a body on a guy like Bonzi, and maybe even try to rough him up a bit.

Also, people mention the 3, we only shot 5 up until a few minutes to go, and ended up 3/8. That is not like the Spurs at all.

Finally, I didn't watch last night, but did watch the Grizzlies game and the Sacto game, and certainly against the Grizz Timmy was bringing weaksauce. Pau and Darko are decent defenders, but Tim was being out-muscled and out-positioned all night. As I commented last playoffs, strangely Tim isn't playing very smart - sometimes he drives against quicker guys and tries to out-muscle bigger guys, rather than the opposite. He has also totally lost his left hand (when he was younger he had a great left hand), doesn't use spin moves and power drop-steps enough, and hasn't pulled the banker out yet. All in all, WTF Timmy? I love the guy, and maybe he's waiting for later in the season to open up his bag of tricks, but sometimes I wonder whether he's finding it harder and harder to care now that he has 4 rings..? Nah, that's harsh, he cares, he just does some odd things for a very smart player.

[2centsworth]

#1 by a long shot. Spurs will give just enough effort to stay healthy and fresh, but still put themselves in good playoff position. They will not give you much more than that because they know it's all about the playoffs.

Spurs have been like this for the past 4 years and it's why I don't stress or watch a lot of the regular season.

Come playoff time this team is hardcore.

[remingtonbo2001]

Definitely #1. Really, if Timmy's shot had been falling, we win that game. It's not a big deal. This is only the 4th game of the year, playing a quality division rival. This loss doesn't bother me one bit.

[Quasar]

Bucks (41.5% FG / 15 OFF / 27 Def / 39 Tot Reb)
vs
Spurs (55.7% FG / 05 OFF / 37 Def / 42 Tot Reb)

While they out rebounded the bucks overall, the spurs again gave away a lot of offensive rebounds...

Is this really just a question of energy? Or did the differential come into play only after the bench (whose defense is less Spur-like) was cleared out?