If you had to blame one player for the WCF series loss, who would it be?

[DeadlyDynasty]

Can't be a referee or a coach, either. What player receives all of or most of the blame for the series loss?

[Spurs4#5]

Thabo

[DPG21920]

Durant.

[silverblk mystix]

Team game.

Everyone on the team and coaching staff lost. Fans lost. Franchise lost.

Spurs lost.

[watertorture]

Harden

[silverblk mystix]

...or Kobe

because when he choked away a couple of games-it allowed OKC to advance.

[spursfan1000]

Pop and its no question he had some of most ridiculous lineups , and he got out coached

[timtonymanu]

Hard to choose,

Tony Parker being invisible

Danny Green going cold

Tiago Splitter being soft

Matt Bonner for wearing a Spurs uniform

[tesseractive]

Most of the guys played their best and just got outplayed by a better team. I mean, it seems silly to blame Tim for not being 2005 Tim Duncan, because there's no way he could be.

Matt Bonner was the biggest failure at executing things he should have been able to execute, but even if he went out there and played like February Matt Bonner, I don't think that it turns the series around.

I guess if I had to pick someone, it would have to be Tony -- if he had been able to find another level, he's the one who could have carried us through two more wins. Having said that, I'm not anti-Tony or anything. He is what he is, which is an All-Star level player, and he could easily be the second-best player on a le team. Just not the best player.

[baseline bum]

Durant

[ElNono]

Both teams played hard. They were just the better team.

[Mel_13]

Both teams played hard. They were just the better team.

thanks, Sheed

[CGD]

Is this another stupid Bonner thread? If it is, how many ways can you recycle the same garbage over and over again? Lord.

[thispego]

Can't be a referee or a coach, either. What player receives all of or most of the blame for the series loss?

Durant, for being so popular that sterne couldn't have him not playing in the finals

[G-Dawgg]

Danny Green sucking allowed Thabo to switch over to Parker on defense.....'Nuff said..

[temujin]

Lots of people.
All in the G6 fatal second half.

Jackson, for staring too hard at the OKC bench, thus getting a well deserved T.
Manu, for setting a pick miles from the ball, that led to the inevitable cancellation of a 3 pointer.
Parker, for watching and not touching Westbtook score and get an obvious And1.
Duncan, for blocking a Durant's shot, hence sending him to yet another trip at the foul line.
Leonard, for getting clubbed in the head, thus losing the ball out of bounds. And for doing this a good 5 feet from the "Referee".

It has been a real team debacle.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

Manu
Had an overall average playoffs, and very sub average okc series. After Green cratered and Manu got starting minutes he literally did nothing with them, especially in the game 6.

after starting the season as our best player, he failed the team by being incapable of stepping up his game, while Parker and Duncan were playing great, they needed Manu to play great too, and he did not.

[Keepin' it real]

Danny Green /thread

[BatManu20]

Manu
Had an overall average playoffs, and very sub average okc series. After Green cratered and Manu got starting minutes he literally did nothing with them, especially in the game 6.

after starting the season as our best player, he failed the team by being incapable of stepping up his game, while Parker and Duncan were playing great, they needed Manu to play great too, and he did not.

Uhh are you kidding? You and I must not have been watching the same playoffs then cause Manu was one of the few players that stepped up big for us.

He had 26 points in game 1 and he was the spark plug that won us that game after we were trailing by 10 in case you forgot, and he dropped 34 in the game 5 loss where no one else wanted to step up.

He was our best 3 point threat that series when Danny Green and Gary Neal decided to fall off the face of the earth. It's a team game and no single players causes you to lose a 7 game sereis, but if you really want to point fingers, then point them at Durant, Thebo, and Green. Blaming Manu for that series loss is beyond stupid. Enough said.

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Lots of people.
All in the G6 fatal second half.

Jackson, for staring too hard at the OKC bench, thus getting a well deserved T.
Manu, for setting a pick miles from the ball, that led to the inevitable cancellation of a 3 pointer.
Parker, for watching and not touching Westbtook score and get an obvious And1.
Duncan, for blocking a Durant's shot, hence sending him to yet another trip at the foul line.
Leonard, for getting clubbed in the head, thus losing the ball out of bounds. And for doing this a good 5 feet from the "Referee".

It has been a real team debacle.

[Mel_13]

BatManu20 mad that someone said something bad about Manu.

[CitizenDwayne]

Green, Durant, and Stern all deserve a share of the blame.

[Hoops Czar]

Manu
Had an overall average playoffs, and very sub average okc series. After Green cratered and Manu got starting minutes he literally did nothing with them, especially in the game 6.

after starting the season as our best player, he failed the team by being incapable of stepping up his game, while Parker and Duncan were playing great, they needed Manu to play great too, and he did not.

The series came down to game 5. Parker left Manu standing on an island all by himself. Had he bothered to show up, the Spurs most likely win the series. Parker was clearly the best player on the team and he needed to lead them if they were going to win and he chocked when it mattered most. Relying on consistency from an injury-plagued 34 year old is probably what caused the train to jump the tracks in the first place.

[Darkwaters]

When something in life goes wrong I still just always blame Beno Udrih

[Mel_13]

Can't be a referee or a coach, either. What player receives all of or most of the blame for the series loss?

Another successful troll job.

Care to answer the same question wrt the Lakers' loss to OKC?