Gregg Popovich

[Mugen]

Lost in the shuffle of that last play, is just an absolutely fest by Pop tonight.

That lineup to start the 4th, going away from Aldridge from most of the 3rd, the switching on defense, playing DWest when he was struggling....bunch more.

Just a shockingly bad performance from Pop tonight.

[HarlemHeat37]

What the happened in the 4th?

1. That lineup for the first few minutes of the 4th when the Spurs had finally cut the lead down to 1

2. They can't stop Aldridge, nor are they doubling him, yet the Spurs didn't run the ball through him until the end of the 4th

3. He stubbornly played Parker over Mills in last year's Clippers series when TP was at rock bottom and Patty was hot, but he let Patty stay on the floor for way too long in the 4th while he was killing the team with his poor shot selection and bricks

[Budkin]

Could not agree more. Embarrassing display by Pop tonight.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Not shocking anymore. After watching him suck it up last year

[SpursFan86]

I was legitimately yelling at the TV when he trotted out that lineup...and then he even doubled down on the ridiculousness and subbed out Manu for Kyle Anderson ing unbelievable.

[Spur|n|Austin]

And all those minutes for patty brick mills.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

That line up to start the 4th though. Ugh

[loveforthegame]

Not really. This is on Leonard and Leonard alone.

[MI21]

Pop is becoming a bit feast or famine at the moment.

He has some absolutely amazing moments mixed in with some absolute wtf moments. Where is the middle ground Pop?

[spurraider21]

to be fair his all-bench lineup in the first probably saved the game

[midnightpulp]

Mills probably had some dough on the Thunder, as well.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

I never would've thought I would wanted Tony to come in for Patty

[313]

Imagine anyone thinking Pop is a top 3 coach of all time

Phil would've played LMA 49 minutes and got him 40 shots

[Mnky]

Wasn't Pop. We got looks for Kawhi who couldn't convert. Parker tried to establish himself against double teams foolishly. The extra pass was not there by the role players. Lots of horrible shots by them.Duncan missed a ton of gimmies. Kawhi missed his free throws. That last call doesn't matter spurs PLAYERS played to lose. It's a good lesson. Spurs win one in okc not hard to imagine and we are back to square one.

I trust spurs more than OK right now.

[timtonymanu]

Reminded me of the opening lineup to start the 4th quarter of Game 6 in 2013 and Pop pulling the same BS last year in Game 4 (hacking Jordan when we were up by double digits). It's ing mind boggling how Pop is sometimes.

[noles1983]

that crater face, couldn't even answer sideline questions tonight. dumb

[dabom]

Pop running sets for Duncan and Green early in the game and that cost us the big lead.

[vander]

Lost in the shuffle of that last play, is just an absolutely fest by Pop tonight.

That lineup to start the 4th, going away from Aldridge from most of the 3rd, the switching on defense, playing DWest when he was struggling....bunch more.

Just a shockingly bad performance from Pop tonight.

surely things like this don't actually surprise spurs fans anymore do they? this is like being shocked that TP's game hasn't aged well

[Mugen]

It's mind boggling how much he babies Leonard and Aldridge. Literally a 4 day break between Games 2 and 3 and he's managing minutes?

[808]

Is his full name Greggory?

[DMC]

You should have known when Frankenspur was in the game early that Pop was playing around. He's in his "Hey look, I'm Bobby Fischer" cosplay. Bet Pop is much happier at the podium now than he was a couple nights ago. He loves it when everyone's looking to him for the answer.

[keeferob25]

Pop's great historically but he's overrated at the same time (in certain aspects). It's actually hard to say he was even outcoached...it was just THAT BAD of a coaching job that it made Donovan's bad coaching look superior. Total job!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Pop always starts the 4th with a terrible line-up; I think the idea is for the starters being full strength for the last 8 minutes. I want to blame Pop for that but the bench (mostly Manu, West, and Patty) deserve blame as well for being so awful.

[LaMarcus Bryant]

Pop ed us royally tonight.

Switching on Westbrook picks
The 4 th Q lineup
Mills
Not going LaMarcus

06, 08, 12, 13, now 16
Pop does this all the time

[spursistan]

It is probably still controversial to say it at this point, but i frankly don't believe he is best coach in nba anymore..his 2014 coaching run seems like it has taken something out of him...this resting bull has become an utter joke with him..knew it was going to cost us down the road..