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The are you smokin brudda?
He played well in his first stint. Then, Pop starts him in place of Dice in the 2nd half, MEM goes on a 12-0 run, and the game is lost. It isn't on him, but to the 18699 posters on this board begging for Splitter minutes, this should be a wakeup call. Dude SUCKED to start the 2nd half and had a hand in costing us this game. At least the first 2 losses were close, with Splitter in the rotation, we get blown out with his -14 performance. Discuss.
The are you smokin brudda?
lol......your an idiot.....what game were u watching
Stupid Post. Your kidding right?
He committed the one non-stupid foul during that stretch, which cons uted the best defense played on Gasol in four games.
ing idiot. Ignore every member of the team fumbling passes and acting as if the ball were a goddamn hot potato
What is up with people on here putting losses on one player?
You guys look at minutes and the final score, and from there, form your conclusion. I want to say you're idiot, but maybe you're just misled by the number of posters here who do the same.
Yeah cause Splitter caused the 5 fouls in the first 2 minutes of the second half right.
wow
you should log in under Splittman4evah and get somebody to agree with you in this thread.
exactly......and throughout a steady bombardment of whistles being blown, there wasnt really any time for anybody to get any rhythm during that stint. i was pissed to see pop bring bonner right back in when things calmed down..... ing let your best players PLAY!!!!!
Understand this - Pop playing Splitter today wasn't an adjustment, it was a panic move, plain and simple.
If Pop really wanted Splitter to contribute in the playoffs, he would have given him time with the starters during the regular season. Instead he keeps him nailed to the bench the whole season and out of his playoff rotation. And finally brings him in when he is down 1-2, looking down the barrel of a 1-3 hole.
In playing Splitter, Pop basically admitted that his original plan regarding the Spurs playoff rotation and minutes distribution was a failure. He threw Splitter to the wolves as a last-ditch panic move. No surprise that it failed miserably.
This season wasn't lost in the last 4 games. it was lost in the first 82.
Splitter was the best frontcourt player we had this game...it's a shame Pop waited until the series was over to allow him on the court.
Splitter wasn't on the floor for all of that Memphis run, but let's look at the play by play:
Sam Young makes jumper
Jefferson misses shot
Splitter good foul on Gasol, 2 FTs
Splitter miss
Gasol Miss
Parker turnover
Jefferson foul
Parker 3 pointer miss
Splitter foul on Conley drive, 2 FTs
Hill, Hill personal foul, Allen 2 FTs
Splitter replaced by Dice
Clearly Splitter caused two turnovers and a missed three pointer by Tony, while at the other end Splitter was the last line of defense when Conley and Allen were getting to the rim.
This.
And the more damning thing is it's the same he did two years ago with Hill, and last year with Blair. And what we all called happening throughout the season when Splitter couldn't get any run.
The game has passed Pop by.
Spurs in seven.
Bingo.
It took Pop 85 games to realize that Spurs were too small. In the end, his arrogance made him look as stupid as ever.
Correlation without causation.
It is quite difficult to ignore though the absolutely pathetic performances turned in by the backcourt. And the knee jerk coaching moves by Pop.
I've watched 4 games. The first three we got 1 win and the other 2 losses were decided by 3 points or less. This game, Spurs got blown out.
Umm, he had 2 of them.
I never said it was his fault. Just pointing to the facts of the first 4 games. In fact, I said "It isn't on him, but to the 18699 posters on this board begging for Splitter minutes, this should be a wakeup call". i.e. he is not the savior that 90% of the posters on this board think he is
It was perplexing to see the Spurs perimeter defense take a nose dive when Splitter entered the game. Did the guards think he was going to play it for them?
Yep, it's Splitters fault that the Memphis guards were blowing by Parker, Jefferson, and Hill on the perimeter.
I think the guards thought that he was going to just clean everything up for them.
Def no excuses, the guards played poor. Tony may have shot well, but 7 TOs just killed us. As did the first 3 minutes of the 2nd half when Pop inexplicably started Tiago instead of Dice. That decision cost us the game. Splitter was great when only one of Gasol & Randolph were on the floor, when they were both out there he was sodomized, hence the -14 plus causing us to get in the penalty with 9:00 to go in the 3rd.
All 14 from the FT line, IIRC... if Splitter committed only 2 of those fouls, how is anything over -4 on him?
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