Pop: "We Ran Out of Gas"

[koriwhat]

i was there, they might've been gassed but pop needs to leave the players who got you back into the game on the floor and stop taking them out for god knows what reason. dude is consistently pulling players that are on fire and then our team ends up giving up their lead, happens every in' time. all i'm glad for is the fact that bonner has been mia and that's what i wanna see all season long!

[TheDoctor]

They ran out of gas against OKC in the WCF also. Pop has to figure out how to solve that problem or it will be the same results. It's ironic the Spurs average less minutes than almost all starters in the league and still have fatigue issues.

Still applies today tbh.

[Hoops Czar]

Still applies today tbh.

Move over Cleveland! That's what happens when you're the oldest team the league.

[DAF86]

They ran out of gas against OKC in the WCF also. Pop has to figure out how to solve that problem or it will be the same results. It's ironic the Spurs average less minutes than almost all starters in the league and still have fatigue issues.

It's not ironic at all. It's actually very logical. You are used to playing no more than 30 minutes per game all season long and suddenly you are asked to start playing 35+ with increased pressure and intensity. You need to work on that endurance during the season too.

[Ice009]

It's not ironic at all. It's actually very logical. You are used to playing no more than 30 minutes per game all season long and suddenly you are asked to start playing 35+ with increased pressure and intensity. You need to work on that endurance during the season too.

Anyone with a brain and some knowledge on sports/fitness should be able to understand this, yet the Spurs FO doesn't seem to have a clue about it. Do the trainers even bother to explain this stuff to Pop, or are they bigger "yes" men than the SA media?