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spurs are nothing but pretenders and fodder team
teams come and rock up wanting to beat the spurs, while the spurs every match look to coasts to easy wins, happens when it doesnt go as planned....
I think the game went about how Pop wanted it to go. It got too close at the end and he had Timmy, Manu and Parker in control but they couldn't execute in the last couple of minutes to save their asses. It's a win!!!I'm usually not emo about regular season wins but that was a terrible win
I guess we can say that the Lakers will always play the Spurs tough but, damn, that was ugly as sin.
To beat the Grizzlies, the Spurs are going to have to play a LOT better.
spurs are nothing but pretenders and fodder team
teams come and rock up wanting to beat the spurs, while the spurs every match look to coasts to easy wins, happens when it doesnt go as planned....
Looks to me like the Spurs downfall has been careless turnovers. They gave the ball away too easily. Just look at our last offensive possession. Spurs need to take care of the ball.
What are you people talking about. This win was beautiful. I get to go to work, and watch my laker fan friends get excited about their moral victory, only to get their hopes crushed in a few more days. I am personally thrilled.
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ter McGee
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Manu: "There are some games, even if you lose you get better. The last two games we got worse."
I agree and thats why I am not a fan of that dude! Some had the nerve to say he can run backup PG, on what planet is that? He sucks if he is not hitting his long shots, he can't drive nor set up plays. He is a volume scorer, nothing more or less.
It has been this way for a while now, this cot damn TO crap started in the playoffs last year late (Yes even when we won) and has not stopped since!
spurs can be easily figured out, that is their greatest weakness. pop has done a great job hiding the team's deficiencies, most notably not have an elite player capable of scoring or making a play no matter what.
it was most evident with the thunder last year. once the thunder got a feel for the spurs, they start shutting everyone down. and everyone can be shut down because the spurs don't have a lebron, prime dirk, durant, melo to a lesser extent, or a prime duncan anymore. everyone on the team is predictable so opposing players start figuring out that diaw/neal/green are terrible penetrators and will most likely pass the ball whenever they drive. against smart teams or familiar foes like nash, kobe, and artest that have figured out the spurs, the spurs' weaknesses are heavily exposed.
the spurs got past the jazz because they were more talented. they managed to blitz the clippers in the second round and because del negro was such a bad coach, he was too late in figuring out the spurs. clippers players learned from their mistakes and have owned the spurs in the meetings so far this year. the spurs tried to blitz the thunder too in the playoffs but the thunder were talented and smart enough to stop them in the end. figure out the spurs' system and the spurs are just a group of mediocre players with an all star point guard that can never reach the elite level needed.
good post, but isn't it on Pop that we don't have an elite playmaker, or is it more of a matter none want to sign here, too much money tied to big 3 etc...?
From possibly the sharpest guy out there on the NBA:
Haralabos Voulgaris @haralabob SPurs are running the same offense they ran last year, but without the benefit of a spacing 4, its ugly
@haralabob have you looked at their offensive efficiency numbers?
@theonlycrow Yes I have, I've also watched how teams have played them of late.
@haralabob think they know that but isn't improved D worth it
@mattmo28 yes could be worth it, didn't work last year when they played OKC games 3-6 though.
I found myself giving surprisingly little s about watching this game, I'm not surprised the players felt the same way. Win is a win.
hindsight is always 20/20 but the spurs should have rebuild/moved one of the big 3 a long time ago, most notably after failing to repeat in 2008. getting jefferson also certainly set the spurs back 2.5 years. spurs were slow and patient building up their bench, always waiting for good values or for the perfect trade to come along. but were patient to a fault. by the time they assembled a decent bench, duncan is already too old. the spurs kept thinking they could "reload" but were really just dying a slow death.
why does the spurs always play bull bball every time they pull out good +10pt leads...cant these clowns ever hold onto a lead?
it is a tough call, I almost feel Pop became too attached to the big 3, and I don't necessarily blame him. If we had to move one of them, I would have tried to get some pieces for TP. That's why last season's loss was so painful. Hopefully if we do a full rebuild, Kawhi is better and a big part of the team.
I don't think you know what that phrase means.
it, I'm with the 'a win's a win' crowd. Sure, I would have preferred to have my Lakers hate quelled with a beat down. Then again I'll just take it another way, that tonight the Spurs ed with them on a deeper level, giving them hope that this close loss could be a turning point for their season, when I have little doubt that they'll continue ting the bed until May. Give em a little false hope, and then laugh when it comes to nothing. That's how I'll enjoy this WIN.
The spurs scored 103, 103 & 99 points in the last 3 games vs OKC in the playoffs. The problem was the defense !
There are no moral defeats in bball. The game in Miami was lost and this one was won.
No doubt the Spurs had some mental mistakes in the game, especially late. But Kobe hit some ing amazing shots, and Duncan was dragging pretty bad.
S of a Laker team. It will not be a surprise if the Spurs get beat by a healthy Laker team in the first round if they match up that way. The Spurs frontline is still weak.
Manu should have been moved years ago. With all the injuries and inconsistent play he is the weak link of the big 3.
Take back your blasphemous comments you scoundrel!
the mental mistakes appear in each game, yet when the white flag is wave in those heavy defeats where neither of the big3 get going...the bench gets exposed big time....
Was a major trap game, but thankfully the Lakers are so ty they couldn't capitalize on all the ridiculous turnovers and bad shots at the end. I was dying laughing at how there was no way LA was winning even with the Spurs bringing their F- game then.
If everybody knew it was a trap game, is it still one?
I was pissed that the Spurs bench lost in Miami and thats why the only silver lining of this game is, that the Lakers were close to win the game - they gave everything they had despite their injured players and it still was not enough. While verybody talked about how this was a win-win-situation for the Lakers, I think with this outcome it was not. The Lakers try and try and try and do not succeed ... that must hurt and this I can enjoy quite a bit.
But really, why is it Spurs players are not prepared for teams playing their scrubs? Is Coach Pop not interested in such compe ion because it does not reflect the playoffs in any kind of way?
Yah hard to feel good about this win. Spurs almost choked it away. Certain bad trends showed again tonight. If you didn't know any better you would think the Spurs are a jump shooting team with the big three being Tony , Manu and Gary neal. Get's worse when you-got the chief playmakers looking for a their jumper, realizing on the last moment the shot not there then trying to make a pass in mid-air.
Predicatble offense leading to bad turnovers and other teammates standing around watching.
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