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If the object is to avoid the Lakers, why would you do that? Beating them pushes them towards #4 and us towards #1. We essentially have a two game lead on OKC now with the tiebreaker.
Pop is a huge troll so we'll probably see no big 3 tonight and then 35+ minutes of Parker and Duncan tomorrow.
If the object is to avoid the Lakers, why would you do that? Beating them pushes them towards #4 and us towards #1. We essentially have a two game lead on OKC now with the tiebreaker.
Because the more we win right now, the more control we could have on our seeding at the final few games...we could choose to tank games at the end according to certain outcome. U can control losing but u can't control winning.
That's one way of looking at it. How about if we beat the lakers twice making them slip to 4th, while OKC lose another couple of games - that'd leave the Spurs locked for 1st and even if they wanted to tank, it'd depend on whether OKC want the 2nd or 1st seed, so basically it would depend on them as well. Worst case scenario would be the Spurs locking up 1st while Lakers slip to 4th and Dallas slip to 8th, in this case there's no way whatsoever OKC pushes for 1st.
The smart thing to do is to be within a single game of OKC until the very last day of the season.
timvp starting to sound like Mike Monroe...
Two days ago: Spurs should tank the GSW game!!!!!
Today: "Pop knew the Clippers had a shot at beating OKC, so going full blast against the Warriors turned out to be another genius move by the legendary coach"
I still don't know why Pop didn't sit the Big 3 completely against the Warriors. If you can't beat a team that is starting four rookies who desperately needs to tank to keep their first round pick, you don't deserve homecourt advantage. IMO, Pop should have forfeited Warriors game (probably still would have gotten a W), go all out for Lakers game and then limited Big 3 vs. Kings.
But for whatever reason, I think Pop doesn't want to the Big 3 to play the Lakers. It makes no sense to me. The only way it could make sense in Pop's mind is if: 1) He is okay with a loss because it could help move the Lakers to the other side of the bracket, or 2) Pop thinks the Kings are going to be more difficult than they appear on paper, or 3) Pop doesn't want to risk a confidence killer by losing against the Lakers again.
Beating the Lakers ups the chance of a 1-4 rematch.
Losing to the Lakers ups the chance of a 2-3 rematch.
I'd rather treat this as the middle of a back to back to back.
OTOH, I'd like to see a repeat of the playing time against the Warriors.
??? We're IN the last few games.
I feel like Pop can get away with poo pooing on Portland and Utah, If he benches the Big3 on this scale the Media will have a field day about it.
As Herm Edwards said "We play to win the game!!" The goal is to win a NBA championship and we need home court advantage throughout the playoffs to achieve that, It will be very difficult to beat Heat/Bulls without HCA
I said it earlier, but this game will be treated like a playoff prep. We go all out to win.
I think that in order to stay atop the Western Conf. we need to stay in attack mode. The Spurs have been playing some of their best ball that I've seen in a while this entire shortened season. Before Pop pulled the Big 3 for Utah, we were rolling. Because of that pull though, we suffered physically and mentally for LAL. Not good IMO.
So Pop, play the Big 3, but not big minutes and see where the chips may fall tonight.
For the love of God I hope Dejuan is not starting. And if he is, I really hope Pop doesn't put him on Bynum again. That's a nightmare waiting to happen.
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Pop is a pimp
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Pop is a in' coward!
LOL mad
...there are 6-7 games left
Clippers are 1 game behind Lakers
We are currently tie with OKC
There are still lots to pan out
a 1-1 split in our remaining 2 games may be the best odds of keeping the Spurs as the 1st seed and Lakers as the 2nd seed.. that means losing tonight and beating them at home in a few days.. However if I'm Pop I still go all out to win tonight's game and if they win, rest the Tim and Manu against Sacramento..
I actually support the move. Playing the big 3 normal to heavy minutes and losing anyway is the worst-case scenario; then the big 3 are tired going into Sacto on top of thr loss.
Is it possible that Pop would sit Tim and Manu, but let Parker play 30-35 min to shake the demons of the last Lakers game? Pop could tell Tony "look, you are THE MAN tonight, and you have to be aggressive all night." Then Pop could limit Parker's minutes against the Kings, or just sit him altogether.
The thing is, if there's a set of players on the Spurs whose confidence shouldn't be burned by a mere regular season game or two, it's the big 3.
I think, if anything, is that he knows Lakers-Spurs games are played balls out, and wants to avoid one of the big 3 getting hurt by going all out on a meaningless game. It's scared, coward stuff, IMO, but it's the only semi-rational argument I can come up with.
This makes no sense. Why not play them tonight and sit them versus the Queens? Could this be CIA Pop in action again?
1 loss > 2 losses
It has been stated many times but that game tomorrow @SAC has trap written all over it if we go balls out tonight in a tough game.
If I was Pop I would go "all in" tonight BUT, in the case the Big 3 struggle in the first half, I just sit them the rest of the game and start enjoying cheerleader asses.
I'm not sure SAC is going to put up that much of a fight. They beat Portland the other night, but they're 2-8 in their last 10 games and they have to be thinking about their lottery position at this point.
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