Spurs @ Mavs - Nov. 15 Game Blog

[angel_luv]

Feel better, Angel

Thank you.

I went to sleep right after my last post. Apparently, I did not miss much.

And the Bulls let me down as well.

Oh well. Next!

[Jimcs50]

Was wine involved?

No, it was a farm, not a winery.

[travis2]

Well, no wonder! In that case you should have been betting with tlong...

[ctpsb]

am definitely concerned now. I know all the usual pla udes apply somewhat here. "It's early, it's one game." All of that is true but......

A 19 point deficit at half when we should've known to be prepared for them? There is just no excuse for that.

Losing 4 out of 5 and the one win when they were starting off slow last year and of course the 06 series.

As much as Dallas takes knocks (and deservedly so) for their pattern of failure the last few years this is becoming a pattern now as well and I think this article hits the nail on the head.

I'm disappointed Pop really did nothing about this matchup problem even before last year after this became obvious. No one is going to convince me that we couldn't sign an Udonis Haslem type that would join this Spurs team in a heartbeat solely to slow Dirk down. Maybe Udoke / Mahinmi is this player but since they weren't signed till this summer we won't know until later this year.

It just seems this team is in our heads.

I don't care that Devin Harris is one of the few fast players that is even close to TP's speed. If TP is the fastest player in the league then he should still win the race just not by as much. Also Harris isn't considered (is he?) a top 15 PG in the league so Tony needs to find other ways to play at an All-Star level when we play the Mavs.

Also other big men try to size up on Duncan (Yao for example) yet it seems only Sagana's size seems to bother Duncan.

This is what I mean, it just seems for whatever reason the Mavs are truly in the Spurs' heads (because of Avery?) and this article just reinforces that and I'm not really sure what we can do to rectify it.

I know I'm really going off here but this pattern of losing to the Mavs while crushing every other team in the league is really starting to be a problem.

[TampaDude]

am definitely concerned now. I know all the usual pla udes apply somewhat here. "It's early, it's one game." All of that is true but......

A 19 point deficit at half when we should've known to be prepared for them? There is just no excuse for that.

Losing 4 out of 5 and the one win when they were starting off slow last year and of course the 06 series.

As much as Dallas takes knocks (and deservedly so) for their pattern of failure the last few years this is becoming a pattern now as well and I think this article hits the nail on the head.

I'm disappointed Pop really did nothing about this matchup problem even before last year after this became obvious. No one is going to convince me that we couldn't sign an Udonis Haslem type that would join this Spurs team in a heartbeat solely to slow Dirk down. Maybe Udoke / Mahinmi is this player but since they weren't signed till this summer we won't know until later this year.

It just seems this team is in our heads.

I don't care that Devin Harris is one of the few fast players that is even close to TP's speed. If TP is the fastest player in the league then he should still win the race just not by as much. Also Harris isn't considered (is he?) a top 15 PG in the league so Tony needs to find other ways to play at an All-Star level when we play the Mavs.

Also other big men try to size up on Duncan (Yao for example) yet it seems only Sagana's size seems to bother Duncan.

This is what I mean, it just seems for whatever reason the Mavs are truly in the Spurs' heads (because of Avery?) and this article just reinforces that and I'm not really sure what we can do to rectify it.

I know I'm really going off here but this pattern of losing to the Mavs while crushing every other team in the league is really starting to be a problem.

The Spurs looked lazy and uncoordinated last night...like they didn't really care...even Pop was yawning like it was no big deal. If the Spurs are still playing that way in the second half of the season, then I'll be concerned...but I really don't expect that to happen. The Spurs should win 60+ games this season. They will repeat as NBA Champions, don't worry.

[ctpsb]

The Spurs looked lazy and uncoordinated last night...like they didn't really care...even Pop was yawning like it was no big deal. If the Spurs are still playing that way in the second half of the season, then I'll be concerned...but I really don't expect that to happen. The Spurs should win 60+ games this season. They will repeat as NBA Champions, don't worry.

I hope you're right. It just seems to be the same problem whenever we play the Mavs be it in November or May.