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Next year. He didn't lead the team in scoring this year, and I don't expect him to in the post-season. Any 25 point game would be huge.
Timmy didnt look so good tonight with single coverage from Abdur Rahim.... Im starting to worry, if he plays like this against the Piston, or even the Mavericks for that matter, the Spurs will not repeat.
Here's hoping he had enough in the tank to bring another championship to the river walk.
Next year. He didn't lead the team in scoring this year, and I don't expect him to in the post-season. Any 25 point game would be huge.
his switch is flipped...he just takes a while to warm up...like a west side nova!!
If Tim can't score and opposing teams decide not to double him and let Tim get his....we're in trouble.
I hope Tim can carry this team, but if not we are going to need his rebounding in a major way.
If Tim can't draw double teams and not take advantage, then we are ed and wont' get past Dallas.
dude spurs are averagin 125 points a game in the playoffs and duncan is averaging 12
he will score more when needed
Anyone want to also mention Duncan's poor defense tonight?
We need Duncan to do his part! Parker and Ginobli are great but they won't take us to the finals without Tim.
I realize the Spurs are owning the horrible defensive team they are playing right now, but the fact is when the Spurs gave Tim the ball down the stretch, where Tim has always dominated in the playoffs, he was thoroughly handled by Sharif "I'm over-rated" Abdur-Rhaim.
There was total ownage there, I hope it was just a fluke.
Wonder what brand of tranquilizers Tim uses?
spurs can get to the finals without 100% duncan
beating the pistons is another story though
but this tp is >>>>>>>>last year
this year barry >>>>>>>then last year
Tim still commands the double team. We're just spoiled because he can't score against/over/thru 2 people this year. He can still pass, and we have a ton of shooters. His minutes have been limited, first in the blowout, then by fouls. Any team other than Detroit/'Sheed that try to play him singly will get rung up.
Don't expect that switch flipped until next year.
If we win the le again this year, it's going to be on the backs of Manu, Parker, and our role players.
Not so. Tim looked horrid in this game. I think he flips his switch whenever his foot feels better. I'll give him credit for going out there and giving his effort, and I think he still helps the team run efficiently, but to insinuate he is just letting the other players take the scoring load is wrong. Duncan does not have it right now.
The best post player and defender tonight was actually Rasho. The guy looked tough to shoot over and like he knew what he was doing around the basket (I think Manu's golden passes may have helped.).
Give SAR his due. Damn. Almost every shot he took was a hook and they were all going in. That's one of the most difficult shots to defend. TD looked spry in most of his post of plays. TD got to the line and played good D. He'll be fine.
^ Except he wasn't playing good defense, Bonzi Wells and Abdur Rahim were owning Tim last night, which really bothers me.
If that's the case then there wont be a Parade on the River Walk this year.Don't expect that switch flipped until next year.
If we win the le again this year, it's going to be on the backs of Manu, Parker, and our role players.
I don't understand people acting like Duncan is playing disasterously. There's a reason why when Duncan was in for the first half of the 3rd quarter, we were playing well and up by 10. It wasn't until Duncan picked up his 5th foul that we were in trouble, and DUncan didn't return until the middle of the 4th quarter, at which point we were down by 1-3 points.
Duncan is not going to dominate many games offensively this year. But he still commands so much attention when he's in, and is so critical as our best rebounder and shotblocker, that he will still be a leading candidate for MVP if we go on to win the championship, which I think we can do. He doesn't NEED to be the leading scorer because he has Manu, Parker, and on any given night Barry, Horry, Van Exel, etc to pick up the scoring load.
tim wasn't playing bad defense, SAR was just making his shots and Tim was in a little bit of foul trouble in the 2nd half, if you didn't notice - he couldn't be as aggressive on d as he wanted. SAR was torching everyone.
Tim couldn't operate effectively in the second half because he was in foul trouble the whole time. SAR took advantage of that, as he should've, it was funny that Reggie Miller kept saying that SAR was dominating Duncan.
I like how there's a good ratio of females on here. They really know how to talk some sense into us gloom and doom whining males.
Duncan will have a good game when he's needed. The Kings are just the type of team that play more to Manu and Tony's offensive game I think since there's a lack of Big Defenders that clog up the paint. Despite the fact that Tim on paper could have has his way with the pseudo-defense. The Bench + Manu + Tony are more than enough for Tim to settle for 10 10...I think if things go our way, and this series is a quick one, we'll be glad Tim pulled his punches for the Tougher Defensive Matchups down the road.
It was probably the whole Duncan watching Bonzi and Martin go to the rack for bucket after bucket thing while Tim couldn't even jump off the ground to contest thing that lead them to think that way.I don't understand people acting like Duncan is playing disasterously.
Duncan had 13 or 14 boards and was in foul trouble a lot of the game. I'm not really worried about Duncan. He looked so fresh, agile and aggressive in the last couple weeks, I don't really think his PF is bothering him that much anymore.
I wouldn't be surprised if has big games in ARCO.
If that's the case then we got a whole new bag of problems.... massive decline?
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