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I bet Pop did that on purpose by leaving Barry in the game so long.
Nothing hurts more than a close loss after a monster comeback in a game that was supposed to be over. Remember the way we dropped LA by 28 in their building to send them to Cancun after they missed coming back from 25 down by one shot? Then, the Spurs were done in 2k4 after they fought from 16 down in the late third to lose to the luckiest ing shot ever. Watch, the Spurs know they have to come out hard to take Cleveland in game 3, and they will. There will be no underestimation of the Cavs after that fourth quarter rally they put up. This was the perfect win tonight. I so badly wanted the Cavs to cut it to 10.
I bet Pop did that on purpose by leaving Barry in the game so long.
Spurs were lucky to get outta this one alive, they were on the verge of an epic collapse.
Good win though
The Spurs left no doubt as to who was the better team, while at the same time they now know in their gut that they won't get a win just for showing up in game 3.
Too little, too late again for the Cavs. 2-0.
I think the team plays with the appropriate fear when it's still a game.
The problem is when your coach signals game over by putting in a lineup to start the fourth, and then using that lineup and running plays for everyone BUT the one guy on the court who could actually score or create his own shot (Manu).
That lineup has never worked out.
Holy , Pop, just admitted in the post-game PC that he had some bad subs utions and called bad plays in the fourth to contribute to the comeback.
The Spurs nutted up when they had to and finished the game. Still.....I don't see a problem with playing the big three longer. Its the Finals....they can rest this summer.
Dude. please... please... when they are connected there's no beating on the spurs. When the 1st unit was making stops at the end of the quarter you have a sense they can't be beaten at all. It doens't matter if they run on the supporting cast. This game was never close, not even when they made the run. That run was almost "self-induced". I don't think Pop wants team to blow out others. The comeback was just cosmetic.
i think not having horry in the court for elson in that stretch hurt as much as anything. dude was everywhere, even taking pop out!
everybody notice that anyway
i think not having horry in the court for elson in that stretch hurt as much as anything. dude was everywhere, even taking pop out!True.....Horry wants that 7th ring so bad, he will take anyone out!
I'm glad we won this way... had we won by 25 the guys would have gotten blown out in game 3 ala Detroit in 2005.
Only way Cleveland does anything in this series begins when the Spurs start coasting. Sack it up and take Game 3.
I hope you're right. It's concerning that the Cavs did well with four shooters around Lebron. The Spurs didn't exactly play good defense. We dominated the whole game before that though, despite Cleveland hitting almost EVERYTHING in the fourth, they still only shot about 40% from the field. That's how good our D was before the fourth.
It is a natural tendency to let down when you are so dominating early. The lineup Pop tried certainly helped Cleveland, but it is like any other sport. Tennis for example, if you are up 6-0 - 6-0 in the first two sets, you can bet that third set will be the toughest to close out.
Spurs ed around and won by 11 or whatever. You can fake that at the end, Bron.
It'll take more than Bennett.
.. and Barry sucked too.
Notice that Pop didn't put Bruce Bowen back into the game until 3:38 was left.
A little part of me thinks it was by design.
If the shoe was on the other foot, and the Spurs had made the big comeback, you'd be saying the exact opposite of what you just wrote. It's all spin one way or the other. The best team will win the series. Period.
Agree 110%.
Also, I wanted the Cavs to get it going because I wanted something a little more enjoyable to watch, sure it was fun seeing Spur after Spur making basket after basket, but it was getting dull after the 1000th time. So, it kind of got me off my seat with excitement as well.
I hope you're right, but I remember a Spurs-Lakers game a few years back where Kobe and Shaq combined for about 50 FTs and Salvatore had whistled DRob out of the game in 10 minutes.
Ok what was the horrible lineup that Pop put in that started the Cavs run?
Budkin -
Vaughn
Manu
Bowen
Elson
Oberto
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