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How do you hold a ball when you are dribbling?
That's simply a bad take.
WTH was his problem yelling at every player near the end of the game? He cussed out Manu and benched him. He was yelling at Parker, Rose and even Duncan for a botched inbounds play. Then he yelled at Devin for passing the ball to Duncan.
Then Devin holds the ball because Pop had just yelled at him and trips ... game over. If Pop wasn't being such a hard ass, Devin would have passed the ball to Duncan and it would have been fine.
There's a difference between yelling at your players to help them improve and yelling at them to the point where they are playing scared.
How do you hold a ball when you are dribbling?
That's simply a bad take.
Hold the ball as in not passing.
LJ, why'd Devin have to dribble? The onus was on the Rockets to come back, not the Spurs. Why did Devin have to try to make anything happen?
And Manu KNEW he f'ed up. Why do you think it was every other Spur that went to defend themselves but Manu?
This one's on the players for trying to make too much happen. Plain and simple.
My big beef is that there has been times in recent years where a player gets hot like Tmac at the end of the game, and our solution is to just stick Bowen on him. Bowen has never been known for blocking jump shots, he plays D by keeping good position.
Tmac just came down and elevated on his shots, Bowen stood there with his hands up. You've got to double Tmac and get the ball out of his hands. You've got Ryan freakin' Bowen out there, you had Sura airballing a three with a minute and a half left, and you let TMac come down and pull up for 3 straight threes with the game winding down.
Oh, and I agree with the fest at the end by Pop, you're up ten, quit being suck a .
Hold the ball means don't dribble. Don't dribble, don't fall down.
My only gripe is Not Enough Rasho.
But that aside, I have a strange feeling that we could have been up 20 in the last minute and we would have lost. The stars were not aligned tonight.
Devin should not have tried to go baseline. He just needed to stand there and get fouled. Houston had no timeouts, it was stupid to try to dribble away from the trap...he tripped, and that was reason why we lost.
Manu and Tim our studs are executing like crap down the stretch.
Oh please, they're players, he's the coach.
They didn't run the play they were supposed to, what would you do all knowing coach?
Devin tripped or was tripped. Who cares, he tripped and lost the ball.
This is a game were no one gets the blame for the loss. Tracy just gets the blame for the win.
If we're going to about turnovers, I think the lazy inbounds by Parker that Padgett stole for an easy dunk is what ignited this whole damn thing.
The Rockets had their Game Over faces on until that play.
Live by the Devin, die by the Devin. This guy is a borderline NBA player, good shooter, but has issues, like dribbling.
We had a historic FT shooting night otherwise we would have lost this game in our usual style...
Pop doesn't know how to utilize the talent on this team...he's got too much to handle.
He's using a short bench in the second night of a back to back after most of our starters played 35-40 mins last night. What's the point of having a bench if you don't use it?
And yes he was a at the end...and he scared the out of those players.
And he's being a to guys like Barry and Horry as well.
Oh please Tek, if it wasn't for Devin the Spurs wouldn't even have been in this game at end.
I agree that Devin shouldn't have dribbled. It was a dumb move on his part.
The problem I have is Pop ripping him for not passing the ball. Devin also couldn't have just stood there ... because the Rockets would have tried to go for the jump ball.
The answer was passing the ball, which is what Pop told Devin not to do.
Pop's fault. If you don't want a player like Duncan shooting free throws, take him out of the gam.e
Devin's move to the baseline was brainless. The play was designed for Devin to get the ball. I seriously doubt Pop coached the ridiculous move to the baseline. He was not fouled...he fell all by himself because he was trying to force the matter. Hold it and get fouled. The Spurs were horribly sloppy the last 54 seconds.
Parker's inbounds turnover to give Padgett the dunk gave them life.
the catalyst for sure. Then Tim fouling TMAC at the 3pt line made it possible.If we're going to about turnovers, I think the lazy inbounds by Parker that Padgett stole for an easy dunk is what ignited this whole damn thing.
There was some strange slipping going on all game. I wouldn't be surprised if he hit a puddle.
I understand that Devin's mistake was major. But how about Tony's lazy inbounds pass and Tim fouling TMac on the 3. Those plays were as "bonehead" as Devin's. This is a team loss.
Yes.
How many times did Manu fall tonight? Double digits?
Kori it is the last bonehead play that gets the blame in a loss....remember CWeb's timeout?
Oh, come off of it. You probably had a damn orgasm with his 24 point night recently.
*Ahh-ahh-DEVINNNNN*
He's not a borderline NBA player. He IS a NBA player - and a rising one at that.
Devin made a mistake. Had the Spurs won this game, we'd all be saying it was a lucky game they got out of.
Devin's problem with his mistake is that it happened with a bunch of mistakes by a bunch of players. All those mistakes added up to one of the most embarrasing moments in this franchise's history.
But don't give me that "borderline NBA" player ! Not for one damn minute!
I'll take the jump ball at that point. Devin is strong enough that the odds are he can draw the foul instead of a jump ball.
I am supposed to believe Pop caused all of the stupid mistakes at the end of the came.
That was a ing meltdown of epic proportions. They should be yelled at for the next three days.
Devin is hardly "borderline". In fact, if he keeps it up, he'll be a contender for 6th MOY.
That said, his trying to go baseline was dumb.
^ agreed.
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