how should pop have handled that?AJ had plays specifically for when Beno set foot in the game and those worked to perfection. Pop reacted by going with a third string point guard seeing his first real minutes of the year.
By signing a real point guard last summer.
But actually, if you are going to go with Beno as your backup PG, you have to know his defense sucks to begin with. Jump on him even more at halftime and pray that he tries harder in the second half. Going with a guy who was inactive the last couple games is just a panic move and was unfair to Vaughn.
The zone that pop went to in the 2nd really really really irritated the out of me. The Spurs had been coming back and had it down to 3 or 4, then Pop suddenly switches to a ing zone. Dallas gets 3 open 3s in a row, and hits 2 of them. It drives me nuts when he does something like that.
At least he didn't revert to small ball, but god damn if he doesn't make really stupid decisions against the Mavs.
By signing a real point guard last summer.
But actually, if you are going to go with Beno as your backup PG, you have to know his defense sucks to begin with. Jump on him even more at halftime and pray that he tries harder in the second half. Going with a guy who was inactive the last couple games is just a panic move and was unfair to Vaughn.
So was it lack of defense that got Beno pulled from the game? I saw Beno score then next time I was free to watch, he was getting benched.
Dude- he was only in the game for 1:31!!!!
Vaughn played well in the 2nd quarter but I think that he did force some things in the fourth. I think Pop tried to ride the good play of the 2nd.
BTW, no one has brought up the buzzer beater they waived off. How nice would those 2 points have been late in the game?
i think in the NFL that would have been inconclusive - from each angle it looked different.
But that was a good call, the shot was late.
Yeah, I was wonder where the the angle from the top of the backboard on that play? I know it was super close and I didn't expect us to get the call but I thought it could go either way. Just sucks.
Good job Manny, way to pick up the slack for me
In all honesty, I don't think it was all about Horry. We lost this game in the first quarter. It was a two point game, then Pop subbed out Tim, and rapidly followed with several other subs.
Two minutes later, Dallas was running with four of their five starters for the game and had subbed in Howard (who really is their starting SF). We had Tony out there with four bench guys, and the game went from a two point game to a 15 point game, and we were playing catch up the rest of the night.
Stupid ass subs utions. I don't know what the Pop's problem is with AJ, maybe he feels like if he keeps letting AJ undress him in the head to head matchups by doing stupid on his own, that when he retires he can convince the Little (Whiny) General to come back and coach here.
At any rate, if Pop is going to go mental against Dallas, they need to put his ass in a padded room if we meet Dallas in the playoffs this year, because I am sick of Pop coaching us out of wins because he feels the need to get creative.
Beno got burned by the same play twice in a row with a timeout inbetween where Pop went off on him.So was it lack of defense that got Beno pulled from the game? I saw Beno score then next time I was free to watch, he was getting benched.
Dude- he was only in the game for 1:31!!!!
The two calls that should have gone to the Spurs were Dirk's foot shuffle and then obviously the foul on Finley at the end.
But I'm not ing .. it should have never come to that.
The Spurs need to stop getting down by 15-20 points early.
I was so mad about that!!!
And I had fun taking it out on the Mavs fans.
There was busloads of them at the game tonight. As we left the arena they were chanting "let's go Mavericks" so a whole bunch of us Spurs fans drowned them out with " go home mavericks."
I was super proud of the way Timmy stepped up and hit those final three free shows. I was most sorry for him that we lost.
Game 7 all over again.
Ah, I see. Thanks for explaning.
I'm sorry the game didn't allow Beno the chance to redeem himself.
Hopefully everyone does better against Seattle.
In Seattle, he's likely to get destroyed by Earl Watson who is about 20 times stronger than him. So I don't know how much time he'll see.
The Dirk travel KILLED me because of the ing call on Tony just a minute earlier. If you're going to call that travel on Tony, you better ing call the one on Dirk. There was also a play where Buckner went up and down and they didn't call it.
I don't know how Dirk gets away with those late fouls. But he ran over Finley and they didn't even think to call it. Give me a ing break.
That didn't kill me as much as that BS foul where Barry blocked I think it was Josh Howard, or Stackhouse.The Dirk travel KILLED me because of the ing call on Tony just a minute earlier
Him and I think Oberto or Horry double teamed him on that block.
That was just horrible.
Im hoping Pop is in his right mind and plays Jacque Vaughn.In Seattle, he's likely to get destroyed by Earl Watson who is about 20 times stronger than him. So I don't know how much time he'll see
The lack of a call when Dirk dragged his feet at the end was pretty bad, but at best it would have bought the Spurs two more seconds of clock time. Even with the blindness on the part of the refs, I loved that possession. Duncan had him intimidated enough to travel like that in the first place, and then forced a rare Dirk Nowitzki airball. On that possession, Ducan's defense was impeccable.
The buzzer beater, Horry's missed dunk, the ball that Duncan tipped in for the Mavs . . .
I think that happened twice tonight.the ball that Duncan tipped in for the Mavs . . .
Duncan also tipped in a basket for the Rockets in the T-Mac game. WTF, is he on the take?
Wasn't even that.Horry's missed dunk
It was a total Rasho turn around hook off the glass.
I coulda sworn Robert's lips turned blue after that...
BTW, Vaughn played like ass in the second half. Dude shouldn't have been in there.
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