Who sits @ Utah?

[Paranoid Pop]

My guess is that the league has send a memo to teams asking them to hide until the last minute when a player wont play for rest reasons.

The league doesn't like when teams tank games. It's bad for TV ratings and attendances. The hiding strategy help both.

Ok that would actually make sense.

[Mal]

My guess is that the league has send a memo to teams asking them to hide until the last minute when a player wont play for rest reasons.

The league doesn't like when teams tank games. It's bad for TV ratings and attendances. The hiding strategy help both.

Basicly you are saying that Charlotte should hide their starting 5 up until 5 minutes before the game

[Mel_13]

Because that's ridiculous to me, usually TP has no filter and on his radio show a few hours earlier I could tell that he made a conscious effort not to tell anything. Manu as I said was embarassed because Pop asked them to keep it secret.

Looks like a pointless CIA Pop power trip to me. In the PO I understand information control but for this game...

Where are you getting this about Manu.

And you succeed with information control for the PO as you would any other aspect of the operation; by practicing in the regular season.

[TampaDude]

Basicly you are saying that Charlotte should hide their starting 5 up until 5 minutes before the game

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Pop has been LOL'ing his way though this whole damn season so far and I'm LOVING it.

[benefactor]

Love watching games like this.

[Spurtacus]

Duncan
Parker
Ginobili
Green

All 4 will rest. Green should rest his shoulders.

well 3 out of 4 aint bad

[DMC]

I think the big 3 sit tomorrow and Patty Mills and Neal run the show.

3 out of 3 ain't bad either.

[YoMamaIsCallin]

Doesn't McDonald travel with the Spurs? He probably knows who is not there.

I bet the Spurs asked him not to reveal it.

I think no big 3 tonite.

told ya

[timtonymanurich]

My synopsis after having BEEN at the Jazz vs. Spurs game last night:

Spurs 2nd and 3rd stringers put up a decent fight. We SHOULD HAVE won the game, but we lost a 10-pt. lead due to a few untimely missed shots and Tiago Splitter broadcasting where each shot was going just to make it easier to get blocked by which ever Jazz big man happened to be defending him.

Captain Jack was a disdainful 2-13 from the field. There were a few drives to the hoop that Stephen has that he was fouled pretty obvious on, and the stripes swallowed the whistle on. S-JAX did his typical stare-the-official-down for NOT making the painfully obvious call, all three no-calls resulted in Jazz transition buckets.

Devin Harris, can't take anything away from a guy who 'Gary Neals' - Gary Neal (Meaning he pulls up for a random 3 that the defense cannot react soon enough to defend) 2x; BOTH threes at the waning 2 minutes left in the game were the momentum killers for the Spurs and the momentum boosters for the Jazz players/fans. Rightly so. Buckets in transition; ESPECIALLY transition 3's are CRITICAL. They are the shots that if you take them and MISS them you're a frrriggin idiot, but if you MAKE them you're a MAD GENIOUS (Interesting how often those two traits coincide...)

All in all, the refs missed calls on BOTH sides as to be expected in Utah, and We missed/had shots blocked that turned into scoring opportunities for the Jazz. Spurs SHOULD have won the game, but the Jazz caught a few lucky breaks and had the shots fall that they needed.

I don't know what's MORE embarrassing for the Jazz however, the FACT that the Spurs 2nd and 3rd stringers nearly (and SHOULD HAVE) beat the Jazz starters, OR that the Jazz fans were cheering and celebrating their hollow victory over the Spurs as if they JUST won the FINALS.

You decide.

I had some friends gimme crap about the Spurs loss last night, and the ONLY thing I could think to say was, "Well, I'll tell you how it feels to be in the playoffs already..."

ALWAYS shuts them up.

[Mel_13]

I had some friends gimme crap about the Spurs loss last night, and the ONLY thing I could think to say was, "Well, I'll tell you how it feels to be in the playoffs already..."

ALWAYS shuts them up.

[JR3]

Glad I sold my tickets and got cheaper ones. Got some one on one time with RC yesterday. That was cool.

[therealtruth]

Devin Harris, can't take anything away from a guy who 'Gary Neals' - Gary Neal (Meaning he pulls up for a random 3 that the defense cannot react soon enough to defend) 2x; BOTH threes at the waning 2 minutes left in the game were the momentum killers for the Spurs and the momentum boosters for the Jazz players/fans. Rightly so. Buckets in transition; ESPECIALLY transition 3's are CRITICAL. They are the shots that if you take them and MISS them you're a frrriggin idiot, but if you MAKE them you're a MAD GENIOUS (Interesting how often those two traits coincide...)

So Pop put one of the slowest Spurs on the fastest Jazz player and was surprised when he took advantage? Harris used to give Parker trouble.