Playoffs Game Blog: Grizzlies @ Spurs - Game I - April 17

[Spursmania]

Pop won't play Splitter unless the Spurs go down 1-3 in the series and there is 10 minutes left

Exactly.


ing Pop...

[DPG21920]

Being down 2 without Manu and with Tony and George playing poorly? THAT is extremely disturbing? I think the Spurs are in a fine position. No reason to expect Tony to continue to play poorly.

Not to mention that without OJ's career shot the Spurs would actually be up 1.

Spurs are the number one seed, at home, in game one while being rested and they are down.

Call it what you will, but that isn't good.

Not only isn't the score what is important, but it's about how the half went. MEM imposed their will. They did what they did all year long. Spurs did not. Memphis is dictating what goes on.

The no Manu argument is moot, because he isn't suiting up this game. How about flipping the logic on you and saying "Tim playing the best he has all year and they are still down 2!".

See how that works.

[tdunk21]

tony and hill gotta step up in 2nd half

[objective]

Pop won't play Splitter unless the Spurs go down 1-3 in the series and there is 10 minutes left

These playoffs aren't for Tiago, but maybe by your scenario he will have gotten over himself.

[Splits]

I expect the Spurs to come out with a fire lit under their ass after a poor first half. Pop will make the adjustments and we'll smoke em in the 3rd quarter, maybe even put the game away.

[Fireball]

Spurs are the number one seed, at home, in game one while being rested and they are down.

Call it what you will, but that isn't good.

Not only isn't the score what is important, but it's about how the half went. MEM imposed their will. They did what they did all year long. Spurs did not. Memphis is dictating what goes on.

The no Manu argument is moot, because he isn't suiting up this game. How about flipping the logic on you and saying "Tim playing the best he has all year and they are still down 2!".

See how that works.

Today I am with u ...

[NewJerSpur]

Chuck is on a roll today, lol.

[MannyIsGod]

You can think its extremely disturbing if you want but I don't see it that way.

[spursbird]

Pop won't play Splitter unless the Spurs go down 1-3 in the series and there is 10 minutes left

Or Spurs lead 20+ pts and there is 2 minutes left

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Pop won't play Splitter unless the Spurs go down 1-3 in the series and there is 10 minutes left

Sadly, I was hoping that when Bonner went down in a heap after getting hit on the shoulder that he'd be out a couple of games.

[biskvito]

Spurs only 1-4 from 3pt... The 3pt was a big part of Spurs season... better start getting hot from there...

[4>0rings]

I hope they keep that whistle going on anything the Grizz do.

[BillMc]

Third quarter is going to be good. I can feel it...

[VBM]

I'm diggin' that T-Mobile girl

[Muser]

I'm not saying I liked what I saw by any means, I just find it funny how most people in here are having a meltdown when we're down 1 at the half. Spurs have done this all season, watch them pull away late in the game.

[MannyIsGod]

Zero assists in the 2nd quarter for the Spurs is complete proof that they need to find open shooters.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

These playoffs aren't for Tiago, but maybe by your scenario he will have gotten over himself.

Pop will never get over himself.

If you're talking about Tiago, I don't know why. All the guy does is produce when we put him on the floor, but he's glued to the bench so Bonner can haul his sorry excuse for a vagina up and down the court for 20 minutes a game while Pop hopes in futility that he'll turn into a poor man's Robert Horry.

[Mugen]

It's concerning that the Spurs are letting Memphis dictate the tempo and style of the game. That should not be the case with a 8th seed.

Still, if Tony/Dice wake up they should win this one. RJ needs to not let Shane Battier be a difference maker in this game.

[DPG21920]

This isn't cliff jumping. It's giving credit to a MEM team that is playing very well. It is discussing the points that many of us made BEFORE the series started.

The Spurs can obviously do much better, but this start, this half, highlighted almost everything that people were worried about going into the series.

All I am doing is looking at what happened in the first half and commenting on it. That doesn't mean it's over or that it's all bad, but I don't just type "yahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" over and over because to me that is stupid.

[objective]

Spurs are the number one seed, at home, in game one while being rested and they are down.

Call it what you will, but that isn't good.

Not only isn't the score what is important, but it's about how the half went. MEM imposed their will. They did what they did all year long. Spurs did not. Memphis is dictating what goes on.

The no Manu argument is moot, because he isn't suiting up this game. How about flipping the logic on you and saying "Tim playing the best he has all year and they are still down 2!".

See how that works.

Exactly.

Maybe Hill and Parker played so poorly because of Memphis. Conley was all over Parker.

And how about all of the dumb fouls and bailouts by Memphis plus foul trouble plus Allen going out with injury and they're still up on the road against the #1 seed, even though the franchise has never won a playoff game and this is the first playoffs for a good chunk of their players.

[boutons_deux]

Where the is the famous "playoff intensity"?

Grizz out-hustling on both ends, esp defense.

[DPG21920]

It's also disturbing that Pop went with the Blair/Bonner combo so long. Even though it didn't hurt the Spurs, it didn't help and long term that spells disaster.

[peskypesky]

Spurs are 1-4 from the 3 point line. I never thought I'd have to say this, but they will need to shoot more from the line.

[objective]

Pop will never get over himself.

If you're talking about Tiago, I don't know why. All the guy does is produce when we put him on the floor, but he's glued to the bench so Bonner can haul his sorry excuse for a vagina up and down the court for 20 minutes a game while Pop hopes in futility that he'll turn into a poor man's Robert Horry.

it was two jokes in one, Pop's quote on Hill in 2008, and Pop's quotes about players "getting over themselves".

I have been fiercely pro-Tiago before Bonner ever choked away his first playoff game.

[TE]

It's concerning that the Spurs are letting Memphis dictate the tempo and style of the game. That should not be the case with a 8th seed.

Still, if Tony/Dice wake up they should win this one. RJ needs to not let Shane Battier be a difference maker in this game.

TBH, Memphis is not eighth seed. They're actually a decent team that plays hard. Just sucks that all these fluke shots are going in.