Saturday, May 8th, 2010...9:58 am
San Antonio Spurs 96, Phoenix Suns 110: A Dragic death from 15 feet
AT&T CENTER-The night belonged to Goran Dragic, but the story of his momentous fourth quarter started long before he hit his first three-pointer. It began in the first half when working with an 18-point lead, the San Antonio Spurs needed only 15 feet of rope to hang themselves.
Mirroring Game 2, the San Antonio Spurs gave a dominant first quarter performance that they failed to sustain. The moment Manu Ginobili’s step back jumper ended the first half to give the Spurs a fragile six-point lead instead of the large double-digit advantage they once held, the game was over.
From that point on, there were any number of inevitable story lines the Phoenix Suns could have written in taking a commanding 3-0 lead in the series, Dragic was merely the vessel through which they were carried out.
But honestly, it could have been any number of Phoenix Suns players. Unfortunately for the San Antonio Spurs there is no forthcoming regression to the mean this series. Because when you allow a team to hang around long enough in a game in which they had been thoroughly dominated, these are exactly the kind of performances you enable from fringe players.
“I just kept telling our guys that we needed to hang around because I think we’re good enough offensively that somewhere along the line we’ll get to run and score some baskets,” Phoenix Suns head coach Alvin Gentry said. “As long as we’re close enough, I told them we couldn’t let them get enough separation that we had to work so hard to get even that we can’t get over the hump.”
As he has been for almost the entirety of these playoffs during his Godfather-like rise up the coaching ranks, Alvin Gentry was absolutely right.
The San Antonio Spurs did everything conceivable to set the tone early. Gregg Popovich reinserted Tony Parker as the starting point guard to generate offense from the outset. And the defense appeared to be locked in from the first possession when Amare Stoudemire, driving baseline, was smothered by the long arms of the Tim Duncan.
Between Duncan’s defense and either of his front court partners peppering the Phoenix Suns with jump shots (Antonio McDyess 3-4, six points, Matt Bonner 2-2, six points) on feeds from the new starting backcourt (Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker combined for six assists in the first quarter) the San Antonio Spurs built a 28-19 lead.
With the change of venue to the AT&T Center came an early change of mindset for the reserves. Matt Bonner regained his steady jump shot, scoring 11 points on six shots, while each of Channing Frye’s three-pointers appeared rushed.
Jared Dudley was nowhere to be found while DeJuan Blair, on a pair of post moves to start the second quarter, ignited the home crowd into a frenzy. And when Tony Parker followed those with a nifty baseline spin for a 39-21 lead, the San Antonio Spurs appeared to be in control for quite possibly the last time this series.
After a missed free throw on an and-one opportunity from Leandro Barbosa, Tony Parker was undercut by Amare Stoudemire in an odd sequence in which Parker jumped off two feet as if to meet Stoudemire at the rim, as opposed to any number of his usual bag of tricks. Parker landed hard on his right shoulder, resulting in an injury that will require an MRI today, and was never the same.
Parker missed both free throws (in what was, other than Dragic, the theme of the night) and the San Antonio scored a total of three points on their next 10 possessions. On the night the Spurs missed 12 free throws, dying a slow death, 15 feet at a time.
“Well, missing seven free-throws in a row is not a good thing. We were playing very well defensively and offensively, but we gave up a great opportunity by leaving nine points at the free-throw line in the first half,” San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich said. “I thought we lost a little bit of aggressiveness with that. We made a couple of defensive errors and they got back in the ball game.”
Many of those defensive errors included leaving Jason Richardson open behind the three-point line. Richardson (21 points) continued his scorching hot playoff run, keeping the Phoenix Suns within reach by hitting 5-7 from three.
“They’re the best three-point shooting team in the history of the league, that has a lot to do with it,” Popovich said. “We did have some breakdowns and we made some mistakes, we had too many people that didn’t have good games.”
Again, that last statement can probably pointed at Richard Jefferson, who struggled through a 1-9 shooting night-even blowing an open dunk.
Throughout the season much has been made of Gregg Popovich’s predilection for small ball lineups, but the problem has not been with the theories of small ball itself-as the Phoenix Suns have shown so far-but the fact that the San Antonio Spurs small ball options are simply terrible.
It starts with Jefferson. Theoretically the lineup allows the Spurs to space the floor for Tim Duncan. But Jefferson as a shooter has regressed so much that he no longer even attempts to spot up from the three-point line. Instead Jefferson now finds himself spotting up for inefficient 15-foot baseline jumpers, territory that the Spurs used to get away with way back with Avery Johnson because, you now, he would occasionally hit a few.
With the Spurs small forward eschewing the corner three in favor of the corner two, Tim Duncan no longer has the spacing needed to mitigate the Phoenix Suns small ball tactics.
“If you have success with something you’re going to stay with it so in that sense, it really didn’t surprise me,” Richard Jefferson said when asked if he was surprised the Suns went small for so long. “I couldn’t hit a shot, I needed to play better tonight in order to help the guys.
“I made some defensive mistakes that you can’t make against them, especially when you have a guy like Dragic, who along with Richarson, hit some really tough threes.”
Instead the Suns are finally using their smaller, quicker lineups to their advantage, using the pick-and-roll to repeatedly generate favorable matchups to attack Tim Duncan defensively.
“It was a very effective thing for them,” Tim Duncan said. “They used their pick-and-rolls to get the match-up they wanted and I tried to do my best to contest the shots, they just didn’t miss any.”
Which brings us back to Goran Dragic. All these events helped set the stage for a moment Dragic should have never had, but given the opportunity he played out of his mind.
There were the five three-pointers, both spotting up and off the dribble. The midrange jumpers with Duncan covering. And even without these shots he will not likely be repeating ever again (at least not in such volume), there were the dream shake layups which are certainly reproducible.
“When we put him in the game we told him he had to be aggressive, even at the risk of making some mistakes,” Alvin Gentry said. “I think everyone forgets what a great athlete he is, he’s as fast with the ball as anyone on our team. When he’s playing with confidence, he’s got a lot of little tricks and he shoots the ball exceptionally well.”
So when Dragic lined up his final three-pointer, it fittingly found the bottom of the net. The night, deservedly, was Dragic’s. The spotlight was provided by the San Antonio Spurs.
26 Comments
May 8th, 2010 at 10:48 am
Awesome… This is why I love basketball, and think it’s the best sport in the world.
May 8th, 2010 at 11:16 am
Again, WE NEED TO PLAY ATHLETES. NOT OLD PLAYERS WHO SHOOT JUMPERS AND GET KILLED IN TRANSITION GAMES AND CANNOT PROPERLY SWITCH AND CONTEST SHOTS…….
Its the same thing that leaves me scratching my head with Blair on the bench. HONESTLY I would rather him out there before Tim and definately Mcdyess.
Until our ignorant coach MAKES ADJUSTMENTS, ones that work, WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE.
POP = ALONG FOR THE RIDE.
Stated here first by myself.
May 8th, 2010 at 11:18 am
didn’t the spurs draft Dragic?
May 8th, 2010 at 11:28 am
I have to agree with tradeTP here to an extent…
Pop is so afraid of giving key minutes (esp in the playoffs) to young hungry talented performers… remember when the spurs were getting swept by the lakers in ‘01 and the rookie Tony Parker was so hungry to get in and contribute, and Pop was going with “veteran savvy” despite the fact that the rest of the spurs were afraid to shoot and had given up… at this point, he might as well play DB…
DB has so much heart and hustle, he’s definitely capable of generating a win for the Spurs, but is benched instead! At this point there’s really no reason to be conservative!
to belabor another point: RJ is an effing catastrophe.
May 8th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Wow - what a pleasant surprise in game 3- you Spurs fans are finally feeling the pain we have felt the last 4 series, but I like this site because you guys don’t whine. Instead have some good takes
Next years team is going to need some re-tooling
1. Richard Jefferson- what a bust- probably stuck with him. If not unload
2. Need to Trade Parker and his $18 million and get some more role players. Possibly another big man to help with Duncan and his minutes, another 3 point shooter.
3. Hill and Blair need to play full time minutes and develop.
4. I am sure you will pull another great late first round pick out of nowhere.
Good luck next year - look forward to what I think it is a true rivarly now for both sides.
May 8th, 2010 at 11:52 am
@Shawn,
I’m not sure it’s the same kind of pain, but the series has been extremely disappointing from this side of the fence to say the least.
1.) RJ will hopefully be better in year 2, he can’t get much worse than last night, right? That being said, expiring contracts are valuable on the trade market.
2.) Trading Tony Parker is not, and never will be, the answer. Unless it returns something like a Chris Bosh. Parker will return next year in good form, he started to return at the end of this year…he had his jets last night until he got clipped by Amare (not a dirty play, just an unfortunate one). But the Spurs are not going to find a point guard better than him. He’s a stud.
3.) Like Hill before him, Blair needs to develop a jump shot so that he can play next to the man whose spot he replaces (Tim Duncan) and open up his minutes. He also needs to stop the dumb fouls.
4.) We have some options at 20
May 8th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Wow - what a pleasant surprise in game 3- you Spurs fans are finally feeling the pain we have felt the last 4 series, but I like this site because you guys don’t whine. Instead have some good takes
Next years team is going to need some re-tooling
1. Richard Jefferson- what a bust- probably stuck with him. If not unload
2. Need to Trade Parker and his $18 million and get some more role players. Possibly another big man to help with Duncan and his minutes, another 3 point shooter.
3. Hill and Blair need to play full time minutes and develop.
4. I am sure you will pull another great late first round pick out of nowhere.
Good luck next year - look forward to what I think it is a true rivalry now for both sides.
May 8th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
I guess my biggest complaint with Pop is that the train-wreck that has been Richard Jefferson has been apparent all season. There was really no measurable, consistent improvement in his play on either end of the court throughout the year. I’m not sure it’s even a knock on him. He seems like a nice, hard-working, committed guy. He just can’t seem to fit into our system. One would have thought that, with the huge warning signs, Pop might have experimented with plan B, namely Malik Hairston, a guy with some of the same physical attributes as RJ. But Pop just wouldn’t do it. So we are left with no idea whether he might have filled the hole that RJ left. Somehow, I don’t think he’d be any worse at missing wide open 15 footers.
Same with TD. Pop seemed to think that the problem with TD was minutes, not a diminution of skill caused by age. So he thought that with TD’s pretty damned good numbers throughout the year (although there did seem to be discernible diminution later in the year), more minutes in the playoffs would simply mean bigger, dominating numbers. But TD can no longer dominate a game on both ends of the floor like he used to. He can no longer impose his will like he used to. That also was evident throughout the season (even with the occasional dominant game). But instead of preparing for that possibility by giving our other bigs (particularly Ian) decent game-time minutes, he stuck with his original plan … a plan that is now exposed as delusional.
But I suppose that few could have predicted the complete bust that would be RJ, Keith Bogans, Matt Bonner, Roger Mason and to a significant degree, Antonio McDyess. Having said that, however, that reality has been evident for quite some time.
May 8th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Unfortunately the Spurs might not get to wear their Los Spurs uniforms in game 5. I’ve been really impressed with the way the Suns are playing and their coaching. It’s interesting that a depleted Portland squad was able to beat the Suns 2 games and now the Suns look unstoppable against the Spurs. The one thing Portland did that the Spurs need to do to win is control the pace. The Suns weren’t scoring 110 every game in their last series. We have to do a better job of controlling the pace. They are not going to win if the score is over 100. They need to hold the Suns to low 90’s like they did against the Mavericks. The problem has been the Suns are much better than the Mavs at executing in the half-court. The Mavs have 5 offensive weapsons whereas the Mavs only mainly had 2 (Nowiztki and Butler). The Spurs simply haven’t figured a defensive approach that works. They need to crowd Nash on the pick and roll and run the shooters of the 3pt line. It’s what the Suns are doing against Ginobili on the pick and roll. They’re forcing him to make a difficult pass or a difficult shot. As Jon Barry brought out the Suns were literally creating a wall of defenders in that situation. They were not going to let Ginobili beat them by driving.
One thing I am really impressed with is the coaching job Gentry is doing. It illuminates what Popovich is not doing now and has not being doing through the year. This is not a Popovich rant just a stating of facts. I don’t think the argument holds up that the Suns are simply more talented. They’re simply playing better as a team. I think Popovich has gotten more stubborn over the years and hasn’t evolved as much as needed this season. This is not a Popovich rant but just a statement of the facts. The Spurs have more star players in the Big 3 plus Jefferson and makings of star players in Blair and Hill. The Suns have more role players and only two stars in Nash and Stoudemire and a potential in Richardson. So I think the Spurs are more talented as everybody else did before the season. Yet Gentry has gotten more out of his players and has instilled enough confidence in them. Dragic going for 26 was only cause Gentry gave confidence in him to play his game. He said so after the game. To be fair Popovich did this with George Hill in the Mavs series. He told him to get his name in the paper in the closeout game 6. Although right now Hill’s confidence is in shreds. The job of the coach is to maximize the talent of his players and minimize their weaknesses. Gentry has done that with the Suns. Gentry has developed a bench. Alot of these guys on the bench weren’t playing under D’Antonio or Porter. The Suns used to use a 7 or 8 rotation in the playoffs like the Spurs are doing. The Spurs could have talent hidden on their bench but we wouldn’t know it because they’re not given enough playing time or confidence. It’s tough to play when you know after you first mistake you’re going to be yanked or coach simply doesn’t trust you. Gentry has given each of the guys on the bench a role and allowed them to just focus on that. He doesn’t have players play out of their capabilites. The Spurs however have been doing that with Jefferson. He can’t play power forward, his 3pt shooting and outside shooting is supplementary to his game of penetrating and finishing around the basket. Jefferson didn’t simply lose his talent (strengths) when he became a Spur. He’s just being forced to do things (weaknesses) he’s really not good at. The Spurs have refused for the most part of the season to evolve their offense to accomodate him. So you have Jefferson firing up blanks from on long 2’s in game 4. The Suns wanted Jefferson taking those shots. It was in their defensive game plan. This is another area Gentry is doing a good job.
Gentry’s attention to detail on offense/defense and instilling appropriate fear of the Spurs is huge. The Suns have have looked prepared in each game and won in 3 different ways. Gentry has his team convinced the Spurs can win 4 straight even though they have the 3-0 lead. The Spurs look unprepared and confused. As Ginobili said game 1 it was transition points and then game 2 offensive rebounding, free-throws, and 3’s. In game 3 the Spurs finally took care of almost everything. They limited fast-break points (8), shot more free throws/fouled less, and rebounded better. However, they failed to defend the 3pt line better. Despite shooting 50% Phoenix shot almost double the makes and a higher percentage. The Spurs have been preparing on the fly and it’s cost them some games. If they had came into the series prepared to make even one of these adjustments they would have probably won a game by now. On offense Gentry has the Suns picking apart the Spurs. It’s like Ginobili said the Spurs “need to play perfect” or pay more attention to details. JRich is shooting above 50% on 3’s in the playoffs. He’s dialed in and he’s hitting contested and open 3’s. You simply can’t allow him to get an open look. Force him off the 3 pt line. His 3’s kept them in the game as much as the Spurs missed free throws.
May 8th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
I would trade Tony for Bosch in a heartbeat. Time for Tim to play the same role that David did back when Tim joined the team.
May 8th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
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May 8th, 2010 at 1:47 pm
Interestingly, when Tony and George drive the lane the first half, they both get laid out, and end up perhaps changed for the rest of the game. Just tough minded ball as in “no free layups.”
And I thought of that during the Suns layup drills they were running, unabated and unchallenged, in the 4th quarter of the most important Spurs game all season.
Sometimes you need a little Robert Horry hip check to let ‘em know.
If I were Pop, I’d consider starting all second stringers for game 4. I’d tell everyone to fight through every pick, even if it meant hard fouls on the picker or ball handler. Make the refs call the fouls and the Suns earn all their points for the first quarter from the free throw line.
Then bring in our starters. Our bench would’ve set a tone of ugly, slow, tough ball, without regard for hard fouls. From then on, Maybe the Suns start setting weaker picks, or maybe the refs don’t call it as tight. But, we have to do something.
Does anyone really think Nash will have it as easy going in the lane against Fisher, Artest and the Lakers?
May 8th, 2010 at 1:58 pm
it is so frustrating to see this unfold. i do not have the answers for why we are getting smoked or what line up changes will produce wins against the Suns. i do know that many of the Spurs players looked defeated out there. when Dragic was torching us, neither Parker nor Hill was playing close defense on him. Hill would just stand next to him as Dragic leaned to the lane for shots.
even if the game is out of reach, there needs to be effort. they can’t control the outcome, but the effort they can. RJ may not be producing, but i do believe he’s putting the effort in. as is Blair. heck, even McDyess looked like a beast out there.
maybe the Spurs are too old and don’t have the athleticism to keep up with Suns, but if they show the effort then the losses were inevitable. but i feel sick b/c strongly believe those games could have been won.
there are a lot of fingers that to point the blame, i just hope the leader(s) on the team stand up and rally the team one game at a time.
May 8th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
Firstly a clarification. Tony Parker is not due $18 million. He is up for if memory serves around $13 million and has not been the problem this series.
Secondly the whole theory that if Pop had played this or that role player we would have won is bunk.
Dejaun needs a jumpshot. If a team like the Suns doesn’t have to defend him at 15 feet than congratulations its now clog the lane time.
Same goes for Ian.
This summer Dejaun has an opportunity to add that to his game. If he does that then he’ll get all the minutes his body can handle.
Thirdly. Missed free throws.
This is crazy. How can you yell and rant about role players and completely miss the continuing free throw phobia our guys have. It’s just terrible. We hit free throws we maintain leads and pressure opponents. We keep missing them we give no deterrent whatsoever to playing physical slap Defense.
Finally….Matt Bonner has been horrific throughout this series. He should be playing 10 minutes a night no more as a spot role player. Pops stuck between a rock and a hard place with a team like the suns. He needs a power forward that can hit open shots but his choice is McDyess or Bonner. No one else on the entire freaking team is capable of shooting a mid range jump shot right now.
If the suns don’t have to guard RJ (and they don’t) and they don’t have to guard the Power forward then it becomes ridiculous.
At some point we need to man up and admit that this Suns team is bloody talented. Nash and Amare didn’t even play in the fourth and we got hammered by 12 points. Thats with the big three on the court.
So in summation.
Learn to shoot frigging free throws and pray Dejaun works as hard as George did and adds that mid range jump shot, it will improve our bench exponentially and give him minutes all season long.
May 8th, 2010 at 2:10 pm
“Tony Parker was undercut by Amare Stoudemire”
Looked to me like Amare was trying to get out of his way and Parker went into him.
May 8th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
I saw this coming when the season began. The big surprise was that the Spurs got by the Mavericks. The Spurs are getting too old and slow on defense and teams with speed and penetrating guards wreak havoc on a team that no longer can dominate defensively in the paint. In my last input I said Phoenix in five…now I actually see the possibility of a Suns sweep. This year is over, the big question is what will the front office do for next season. Tiago Splitter is NOT the end all answer and the odds are still heavily against him donning a Spurs uniform. Duncan is on his last legs and I don’t seem him matching this season’s numbers. He is one injury away from packing it in. That knee has done him in. He has no lift, and doesn’t command double teams anymore. That means other defenders can stay at home and defend against the three. The Spurs are in dire need of some young long athletic players. I said at the beginning of the season that POP was making a big mistake by not giving Mahinmi more floor time and trying to develop him. Now as a free agent there is a strong chance some team will offer more $$$ and he will be gone. Hard times ahead folks. Hope I’m wrong, but no playoffs next year.
May 8th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Shawn, thanks for stopping by. Great points, except for suggesting trading Tony for role players is not high yield. This series tells me Bonner and Mason didnt learn anything last year. And we are doing an aging Duncan a disservice by not pairing him with a shotblocker.
May 8th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Chipp, Spurs have not been a strong defensive team all year, so I’m not sure that “getting tough” would even make a difference-the Suns are killing us with 3s. Hats off to them.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
Bob
May 8th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Bob, EXCELLENT post! There’s a few passages that bear repeating:
“The one thing Portland did that the Spurs need to do to win is control the pace.”
Way to go Bob! One of the few on this blog that seems to truly understand the Spurs most important problem in this series: controlling the tempo for 48 MINUTES OF HELL!
“They are not going to win if the score is over 100. They need to hold the Suns to low 90’s like they did against the Mavericks.”
Even holding them to the upper 90’s would probably work!
“Yet Gentry has gotten more out of his players and has instilled enough confidence in them. Dragic going for 26 was only cause Gentry gave confidence in him to play his game. He said so after the game. To be fair Popovich did this with George Hill in the Mavs series. He told him to get his name in the paper in the closeout game 6. Although right now Hill’s confidence is in shreds. The job of the coach is to maximize the talent of his players and minimize their weaknesses. Gentry has done that with the Suns. Gentry has developed a bench. Alot of these guys on the bench weren’t playing under D’Antonio or Porter. The Suns used to use a 7 or 8 rotation in the playoffs like the Spurs are doing. The Spurs could have talent hidden on their bench but we wouldn’t know it because they’re not given enough playing time or confidence. It’s tough to play when you know after you first mistake you’re going to be yanked or coach simply doesn’t trust you.”
Entirely valid critique of Pop, and praise for Gentry. Your points are especially true in the case of Hairston & Blair. Limiting Blair to 9 minutes per game in the playoffs was ridiculous, and shows no real confidence or appreciation for Blair’s game. Pop better clean this up for next year, playing him for at least 25 mpg., or we could eventually lose this kid. And if that ever happens, I’ll be pissed. This kid’s got Boozer potential written all over him. And Hairston should have been given a shot Bogans role (20 mpg.) soon after the all-star break. Instead, he just gets in for spot minutes, and ends up with NO role in a series (the Suns) in which he would have helped us match-up better, and now we’re down 0-3.
BigWhit
May 8th, 2010 at 1:17 pm
“I would trade Tony for Bosch in a heartbeat. Time for Tim to play the same role that David did back when Tim joined the team.”
Lets drop the delusions. NOBODY would give us Bosh for Parker straight up!
Bushka
May 8th, 2010 at 2:04 pm
“Secondly the whole theory that if Pop had played this or that role player we would have won is bunk.
Dejaun needs a jumpshot. If a team like the Suns doesn’t have to defend him at 15 feet than congratulations its now clog the lane time.
Same goes for Ian.
This summer Dejaun has an opportunity to add that to his game. If he does that then he’ll get all the minutes his body can handle.”
Bushka, many of us understand Pops rationale for not playing Blair more. However, I don’t think it’s sufficient reason to not give him closer to 20 mpg. in this series, instead of 9. It undervalues what he brings to the table, even when acknowledging his weaknesses. I agree he must develop that mid-range jumper. But with that in place, he’d deserve 30 mpg., not 20. He would become an absolute beast to cover, and only bouts of foul trouble could possibly justify limiting his minutes at that point.
Jim Miller (jimjule)
May 8th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Fair points, and your concerns are legitimate.
May 8th, 2010 at 6:58 pm
Embarrassing is what it was…
I certainly hope that Coach Pops actions this season do not carry over to next.
His actions and coaching this season have been extremely alarming and horribly disappointing….
Spur Nation deserves better….
May 9th, 2010 at 3:37 am
Hang in there Ballhog. The season isn’t over yet. I STILL BELIEVE!!!!! 2010 THE YEAR OF THE SPURS!!!!! GO SPURS GO!!!!!
May 9th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
i completely agree that pop has coached his young players poorly.
alvin gentry presented a very calming mood when inserting goran dragic into the game. i believe he said something to the effect of “you are going to make mistakes, and that is fine. just be agressive”. even though dragic may be a somewhat unproven playoff performer, gentry sees the value in his role and is willing to sacrafice a defensive laps or turnover for the skae of developing this player as well as giving nash some rest?
can the same be said for gregg popovich? absolutely not. garret temple and malik hairston have proved themselves to be more productive players that rmj and keith yet they have not seen floortime. pop would sooner limit our rotations badly than allow these young cats to earn some experience as well as give our starters some rest. unlike gentry, pop doesn’t value the role these players must fill to be successful. his only concern is limiting mistakes.
dejuan blair deserved more minutes in these playoffs and play mahinmi in certain situations throughout the regular season (like, let say, when pick and roll where mahinmi has shown promise and we have been getting torched)
this series and this season is over, whether we win tonight.
hopefully pop lets some of these guys roam. what is the worst that can happen at this point?
May 9th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
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May 9th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
Good job guys, flog that dead horse. If we had a different coach we’d have won.
Infreakingsane.
May 9th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Nash just hit a 3 in game 4…and Pop totally didn’t tell anyone that shot had to be blocked…disgusting…
May 9th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
TIM missed another free throw..crap coaching strikes again….
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