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Spurs Win But Popovich Not Pleased
LAST UPDATE: 12/3/2006 4:56:02 AM
http://www.woai.com/spurs/story.aspx...1-9C0F08339ACA
By Kori Ellis
SpursZONE.com
Though the San Antonio Spurs came away from the AT&T Center with a 100-98 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night, head coach Gregg Popovich was less than pleased. In fact, he thought the performance of the Spurs was "pathetic."
"Sacramento came in and did a great job. They played a back-to-back. They got beat to death in Dallas last night ... and then came in and played us the way they did," said Popovich. "And I thought our performance was pathetic."
And with that, Popovich exited, taking no questions from the media.
Spurs small forward Bruce Bowen hit six 3-pointers to lead the Spurs with 23 points. Tony Parker had 20 points and eight assists, however 18 of his points came in the first half. Tim Duncan finished the night with 18 points and 11 boards.
San Antonio built a 17-point lead midway through the third quarter, but the Kings weren't ready to quit. Sacramento went on a 10-0 run to close the gap to seven points with just under two minutes left in the period.
In the fourth quarter, it was more of the same as Sacramento opened up the stanza by scoring eight straight points to cut the lead to one at 80-79. The Kings hung close from there and with just over two minutes remaining in the game, Parker turned the ball over leading to a fast break dunk for Martin, tying the game at 90.
After a traveling call on Duncan, the Kings took the lead with a basket from Brad Miller, taking a 92-90 advantage with 1:36 left on the clock.
Duncan nearly turned over the ball on the next possession, but recovered and got the ball to Bowen in the corner, who nailed the three-pointer to give the Spurs the lead for good.
Martin had 25 of his 30 points in the second half for Sacramento. All five Kings starters were in double figures.
"Our defense has not been to the level that we want it and that's the biggest part of it right now," said Duncan after the game. "We can't be giving up close to 100 points."
On the night, the Spurs hit 11-for-22 from beyond the 3-point arc as a team. They also committed 18 turnovers, which Sacramento turned into 30 points.
Williams Steps Up
Popovich went deep into his bench early, utilizing seldom-used Eric Williams midway through the first quarter.
The move paid dividends for San Antonio when the 34-year-old Williams hit 3-of-5 shots from the field in the half, including two 3-pointers.
"Eric played great tonight," Duncan said. "He came in and was ready to go. He hit the two corner threes and defensively he was pretty solid. He gave us a big boost."
Brent Barry missed all six of his field goal attempts, while Michael Finley continues to struggle, missing six of his eight shot attempts in the game. On the season, Finley is shooting 32%.
Ginobili and Artest Out
Both San Antonio's Manu Ginobili and Sacramento's Ron Artest were sidelined with back problems. It was the fourth straight game that Ginobili has missed for the Spurs.
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Last edited by Kori Ellis; 12-03-2006 at 01:04 PM.
how much did the bench scored
Spurs bench scored 29.
Bench got 29 PTs, 13 RB
pops callin the team out, his lucky the players and fans are not calling out his lame rotations
this years experiments is lame as compared to the previous year.....
I won't but I will say this...
If your leading scorer is Kevin Martin, You won't go very far... IF you make the playoffs.
, POP
Too bad Pop doesn't read the experts here. Otherwise, he would know:
"A win is a win."
"Championships aren't won in December."
"People just need to chill."
"Spurs will be fine."
How come he didn't use any of these ST.com pearls?
he did not play the soft card though
I'm telling you, there needs to be a vBookie.
LINK TO TP"S is broken you forgot to put the 3 at the end kori
http://www.centralmediaserver.com/wo...rker120206.mp3
and bowen
http://www.centralmediaserver.com/woai/bowen120206.mp3
Last edited by ducks; 12-03-2006 at 09:44 AM.
"Pathetic" is sooooo this year's "soft."
where did tony go in the second half?
That game felt more like a tie than a win...I was frustrated as watching us fall apart. If it weren't for some timely poor play by Bibby and Miller we would have lost. Is it just me or does it seem like Mike Bibby is trying to keep the ball out of KMart's hands?
He got tired because Pop's hard-headedness prevented him from putting Beno in the game to relieve TP. Beno would've given Tony some much needed rest and would have provided at least more than what Vaughn and Barry did...which was nothing.
Pop trying to prove another point at the expense of his team...
All the talk about Bibby getting the shaft year in and year out for the all-star team is junk, and it was proved last night. Put some pressure, mental and/or physical, on this kid and he folds like oragami.
He saved the Spurs from a loss last night. Martin, Salmons, and Thomas played to win and came up just short. I almost feel bad for them....almost.
That's a load of crap.He got tired because Pop's hard-headedness prevented him from putting Beno in the game to relieve TP. Beno would've given Tony some much needed rest and would have provided at least more than what Vaughn and Barry did...which was nothing.
Pop trying to prove another point at the expense of his team...
Beno had his chance in the third quarter. He did a horrendous job of initiating the offense; in particular, Beno's last offensive play was one in which he dribbled from behind the three point line to a point that was on a diagonal from the elbow. Duncan, who was having all sorts of problems getting the ball in any offensive set, flashed to the middle of the free throw line and stood there with nobody around him for at least 2 full counts. Beno didn't even look to Timmy, sending the ball cross-court to a covered shooter. During the time out that came after that play, Timmy appeared to rip into Beno for missing him and Pop sat Beno after that. Beno deserved to be ripped for that.
Parker sat out the rest of the third and started the 4th, I think, because Pop realized that he couldn't go with the Rodney Dangerfield "No Offense" 5 that have been starting 4th Quarters of late and because Duncan had played most of the 3rd Quarter. It had to be either Parker or Duncan to start, and Pop chose Tony. Tony never got to sit in the 4th because Pop understandably didn't trust Beno to run the offense in a tight game.
I post the question before the game, the way the team was playing they were not going to win the next championship.
What would Pop said if someone had the chance to ask him that same question after the game.
Pop summed it up perfectly. It was absolutely pathetic.
Too bad the way you play in December doesn't really have much to do with winning a Championship...
And with that, Popovich exited, taking no questions from the media.My exact thought when I saw him leave as I did.
Not really "too bad" in our case since we would clearly be watching the finals on tv if that were the case.
Yes it is early in the season, but if Pop or any NBA coach do not call out players or react when his team is playing bad, he is the problem. When your team is not playing with any energy or not executing plays, it is the coach job to be upset.
This is the time of the season to work on your execution of plays, to see how and who works or does not work. And how can you determine this if players do not come to play.
Start good end strong. That’s how great teams win Championships
On the bright side, we played badly against a pretty decent team and still won.
And we have the 4th best record--.706--in the league.
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