Masterful timeout.

[Marcus Bryant]

I thought Pop did a good job with the timeout early in the second down 3. He seemed to focus the team and they responded well (9-0 run IIRC).

[J.T.]

Yeah, that was the point of the game when I knew the Spurs were about to turn it on. I was telling the friends I was watching it with that the Spurs would get out of the shooting funk they were in and bust off a big run. Cleveland got back in it, but the Spurs made a lot of good hustle plays. Most impressive being Parker getting the rebound off his own FT miss and making it a 4 point play. I think the run got up to 13-3 before things started to level off, but you're right, it was 9-0.

The Ginobili 3 right before half was also a great statement to make going into half. A big shot right before the halftime buzzer is always good motivation.

[T Park]

Pop is the master of the perfectly timed time out.

If the Spurs can somehow win this Finals, maybe he will start to get his due.

[Guajalote]

I could almost see the rust break off at that point. Spurs never played poorly for the rest of the game. Sweet call.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

...while Coach Brown's time outs were weird.

[Avitus1]

...while Coach Brown's time outs were weird.

They weren't weird. They were trying to stop the bleeding...

[Solid D]

Yes, and it didn't hurt that Tony got a 4-point trip out of their first possession by missing his and-1 FT and getting his own rebound for the teardrop. Those 4 quick points started the sweet 9-0 run. Complete momentum change out of that timeout.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Yup, good call.

We got to see what he said in that timeout too, and it was a very calm (paraphrasing):
"settle down, this isn't a race, it's a long road...
settle down, execute, move the ball
and play for the long haul..."