...............Im sure Pop has told them to save their last gear......to go all out now is pointless. Pop has always said to win the championship you have to win the best of 7 against all opponents and it doesnt matter if its at home or on the road.
Spurs have been there and done that. Everyone please calm down. Most of the teams the Spurs have played in the last two weeks are going BALLS OUT on the court. The Spurs.......meh??
lebombhere, here!...............Im sure Pop has told them to save their last gear......to go all out now is pointless. Pop has always said to win the championship you have to win the best of 7 against all opponents and it doesnt matter if its at home or on the road.
i still believe!
i have the same feeling... not laying it all out until it matters...
The Spurs get behind by double digits and Pop throws in the towel.......why injure yourselves or get wornout trying to have a huge come back that does not matter at all right now.
i agree completely. if they're not then oh well, at least i fooled myself into not getting really pissed off and worried the last few weeks of the season
That in itself is the problem and why the Spurs probably will not do much damage in the playoffs. I'm hoping for the best but expect the worst...
Listen.......the Spurs were down by double digits in lots of playoff games last year......only to come back and win it.
Do you remember the Pistons.....game 7? The Spurs were getting smoked in the 3rd, then hit 6th gear and went right by the Pistons.
Pop is a very smart coach. He is trying to conserve his players energy and keeping them healthy for the playoffs. At this point he is looking at the big picture.
Still believe, but the Spurs seemed to have dropped all the "big" regular season games (if such a thing exists) this year. Any time there is a quality opponent, the Spurs lost. They kept beating on inferior opponents that they won't meet in the playoffs.
I am definitely worried.
Be damn grateful for 4 ...some teams PHO/DAL have none trust me ...enjoy it while it is here ...because after Magic left i waited 12 years for another le ...so dont take tim for granted ...
Last year they showed me alot more resiliency to come back from big deficits, including games in the regular season. I just don't see it this time, I think the reason Pop is pulling the plug on some of these lopsided blowouts against good teams (which will be the same one's we see in the playoffs) is because he isn't seeing any sense of urgency from the players to get back in the game. That is the most dissapointing thing of all about this stretch, it reminds of the mid 90's Robinson led playoff teams...
Listen.......the Spurs were down by double digits in lots of playoff games last year......only to come back and win it.
Do you remember the Pistons.....game 7? The Spurs were getting smoked in the 3rd, then hit 6th gear and went right by the Pistons.
Pop is a very smart coach. He is trying to conserve his players energy and keeping them healthy for the playoffs. At this point he is looking at the big picture.
gotta agree with my main man right here....knows his spurs very well...
I never do. And I believe he's got more Championships in him.
The Spurs are OLDER.......that is why he is pulling the plug quicker. Once in the playoffs....its a 16 game season. Pop wants everyone to be in the best shape and health as possible, so they can give 110%.
GO SPURS!!!
If they aged that much in the span of 10 months to where they can't even stay competive in a game for 4 quarters against good teams...we are in alot of trouble...
........that is why they should take it easy till the playoffs start
There is a difference between "taking it easy" and being so whipped in games that you are not even compe ive going into the 4th quarter. If they really were "taking it easy" during this important stretch of games, why not just sit the big 3 entirely and mail it in till the playoffs start? I have a hard time believing Pop was not concerned about losing playoff seeding and HCA in the playoffs to the point where he would purposely have his team play like crap against other good teams to the point where he has to pull the plug on their pitiful performance. If you think they are trying to lay in the weeds and blow games on purpose, you are truly fooling yourself............that is why they should take it easy till the playoffs start
Uhhh...I don't know if we're helping them by talking about this, but what the . Nobody ain't seen yet. Tune into game 1 and see the real dynasty in action. This is like summer league, especially right now. Pop even said it publicly. He could care less what seed we have cause it's so evenly matched. And besides, the REAL Spurs fans know we play better on the road in the playoffs. I just wish the season was a bit longer so all those bandwagon hoppers would jump off the fricken ledge already so the true fans could stop listening to this cheesy whimpering. Y'all really sound like pathetic souls.
LOL...what do you expect him to say? That his team sucked and has sucked against decent teams for the past month? He has to put some kind of spin on it for his player's confidence sake...
then you obviously dont know Pop...hes the kind of coach to call out his guys if they are playing poorly....hes done it in past years, last year he said "This is the worst team defense since ive been here" remember now?
Popovich is not known to lie, when he says "it doesnt matter where we are" im pretty sure he means it.....
I wouldn't normally believe anything like that, but seeing Pop's indifference to his team's play in certain instances makes me believe that he's either: (1) completely convinced that this team is going nowhere and has decided that it's not worth the time or energy to get all over them as he has in the past; or (2) got something else going on with this team and we're not privy to it.
Of late, they play almost as if they're in training camp -- like they're having brutal workouts between games (or even on game days) and that they just run out of steam late in games and get overpowered by strong teams for that reason. As good as this team has been, the consistent second half scoring droughts are basically inexplicable.
My sense is to not expect much from this bunch, but I'm hopeful that they'll surprise me.
He usually saves the "calling out" for the middle part of the season and going into the stretch run, not on the eve of the playoffs, where he knows he will do nothing but damage their confidence by calling out this bunch...
He may mean the "it doesnt matter where we are" line but I think it's more because he knows, no matter where they finish, if they continue to play like this, they will be fishing in a few weeks...
I really wish it was option #2 but #1 seems like the correct choice...
I hope he proves you wrong mexican...
Me too...believe me...I hate having to resort to Tivo watching with 9 minutes to go in the 4th quarter because contiuning to watch is twisting my stomach. The dramamine will need to be in full force if they don't turn things around...
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