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No . I just saw this. How in the f..?
This is when you know there are at least kinks to be worked out. Next thing you know the Knicks come in here and own us.
I just got home from dinner and hanging out at Barnes and Noble with the wife, and I see that Boston beat SA. WTF happened?
How in the name of God did this happen?
No . I just saw this. How in the f..?
This is when you know there are at least kinks to be worked out. Next thing you know the Knicks come in here and own us.
The universe must be out of alignment or something.
This is akin, I guess, to discovering that the world is flat, or spiral-shaped, instead of round. Or waking up and hearing that scientists have discovered a square circle. Or witnessing God do something that is against His nature --lie, steal, not be loving, not be good, not be just, etc.
Weird.
What's next? Britney's going to shave her head and go into rehab?
wtf?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
My recap:
1-for-17 or something from 3 and bad rebounding led to their demise.
It was kind of a cool game to watch because of all the streaks in it. The Spurs fought from 19 down with less than a minute left in the third and took the lead with 5 minutes left in the fourth.
Parker and Duncan played awesome. But in the end it wasn't enough. The Spurs only scored one basket in the final five+ minutes of the game. They had some costly turnovers (I believe travels on Duncan and Parker and an O foul on Manu) in the closing minutes.
Sometimes when you have to fight so hard to get back in, you don't have enough to finish.
And the Spurs are going to be stuck playing small ball for the postseason, because Oberto/Elson really aren't going to cut it, so I think Pop is going to go small.
The small lineup tonight was awesome defensively in the second half to get them back into the game, but I know that lineup will get killed on the glass in the postseason.
I wish that somehow Bonner or Ely would emerge as a possibility at starting PF and Duncan could slide to C.
But how...why would you get down 19 points on the Celtics......at home!?
I could understand on the road or on a back to back or even if they were on a winning streak and took an off night. But they jsut lost to the Bucks had time to re group, this was a home game where they knew they were struggling.......and it's the Frickin Celtics who are in LAST place right now.
1-for-17 from 3 and bad rebounding
Did Bonner/Ely get playing time tonight? How was he?And the Spurs are going to be stuck playing small ball for the postseason, because Oberto/Elson really aren't going to cut it, so I think Pop is going to go small.
The small lineup tonight was awesome defensively in the second half to get them back into the game, but I know that lineup will get killed on the glass in the postseason.
I wish that somehow Bonner or Ely would emerge as a possibility at starting PF and Duncan could slide to C.
But I mean...it's the Celtics!Especially on a night when you have 20 points, 16 rebounds, 7 blocks from TD and 30 points from Parker!
Bonner played late. Not enough to do anything.
Mostly the mini-lineup played to get the Spurs back in it. (TD + 4 smalls).
Oh and I want Manu back. He's shooting ~33% and averaging 12 points over the last four games.
I don't get it...why doesn't Pop player Bonner more for small ball? He didn't get much playing time last game either against the Bucks...
Man, the worst part is, with the Suns about to lose again tonight...Spurs could have pulled to within ONE game of them!
I don't know why he isn't playing much lately. It's odd. Horry+Oberto+Elson aren't playing well at all, at least give Bonner a chance.
Spurs are definitely erasing a lot of their streaks against the lesser teams this year. Is this the first time Boston Beat the Spurs with Tim now??
Its not a big deal. Just one (or a couple games in a row now) game in a long season where the team did not put out a strong effort and got caught. It happens to every team in the league from time to time.
The team is probably ready to start the playoffs mentally and just playing out the string (coasting) and got caught by a couple of weaker teams.
Either put Manu back in the starting lineup
or tell him to take more than 8-10 shots?? Hasn't he been the third option now in the last few games? He needs to be the first !
Since before Tim, even.
I believe the streak was 18 wins in a row (17 since Tim).
He's barely shooting the ball. He's not getting enough attempts. Pop's not calling any plays for him. He played 9 mins in the first without a shot. Pop might like playing smallball, but one guy it hurts on offense is Manu. He depends on that second big to set that screen for him up top.
When the other big can set the screen the lane opens up for him because the defense still has to stay with Duncan. When Duncan is the screen setter what happens when people sag on Manu in the lane is that he has to throw a bail out pass to the opposite corner where it most often goes to Bowen and that's a brick.
I've said this a billion times. Either play smallball with no Bowen or just play a regular lineup. Otherwise we're going to get the worst of both worlds. No rebounding with smallball plus a guy they can constantly double off of in Bruce.
Well he's not shooting well. I'm not sure shooting more is the answer, but maybe so if he just needs to get in rhythm. His last four games were 4-for-12, 5-for-8, 2-for-10, 2-for-8.
(And by the way, Tim should always be the first option)
Not all star numbers. This is why Manu is not an all star caliber player and wasn't on the all star team this year or last. He is a very inconsistent player.
Yeah I realize. He's averaged 9.5 attempts, which is far less than normal.
Weirdly tonight in the small ball lineup, Finley was in Bowen's spot in the corner and Bowen was more up top and involved as a ballhandler
When the other big can set the screen the lane opens up for him because the defense still has to stay with Duncan. When Duncan is the screen setter what happens when people sag on Manu in the lane is that he has to throw a bail out pass to the opposite corner where it most often goes to Bowen and that's a brick.
I've said this a billion times. Either play smallball with no Bowen or just play a regular lineup. Otherwise we're going to get the worst of both worlds. No rebounding with smallball plus a guy they can constantly double off of in Bruce.
I actually hate small ball with Finley/Barry more than I do with Bowen.
But I am ready to see more Bonner/Ely and less small ball.
I can feel it coming on that there's going to be a lot of small ball in the postseason.
I wish Elson/Oberto didn't suck.
I was just joking. I do miss his supermanu performances already. I think Pop should greenlight him for at least a few more shots. as the alternate scorer for half the game.
The spurs need Manu to be decent if they want to keep a good team tempo. Tim and Tony played great and we still lost cuz Manu's X-factor wasn't there. Which has an effect on how the team plays to win.
Instead tonight we got a Bowen, a Tony, and a Manu turnover in crunch time
It appears truer than ever...the Spurs don't have the personnel to really contend for a championship this year. I doubt they can all-of-a-sudden get hot and remain that way for 4 series.
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