OK, I give up.

[SPURSX3]

After game 2 there was nothing to say for the single sorriest playoff performance the Spurs could have put together, then I figured ok, maybe some home cooking can help, game 3 came a long and we won.  I figured ok I will keep thinking positive and hopefully we should pull even in game 4.  nope, the game is not over, but it IS over.  what can you do when stuper-manu is playing so badly???  Barry is having a great game, but he is no Manu, he can't disrupt the way manu is suppossed to be able to.  <<<<sigh>>>>  Oh well, what can you do, here hoping that some new blood this summer can help our team get another shot at it next year. 


 

[WayOutWest]

After game 2 there was nothing to say for the single sorriest playoff performance the Spurs could have put together, then I figured ok, maybe some home cooking can help, game 3 came a long and we won.  I figured ok I will keep thinking positive and hopefully we should pull even in game 4.  nope, the game is not over, but it IS over.  what can you do when stuper-manu is playing so badly???  Barry is having a great game, but he is no Manu, he can't disrupt the way manu is suppossed to be able to.  <<<<sigh>>>>  Oh well, what can you do, here hoping that some new blood this summer can help our team get another shot at it next year. 


 

Uhhhmmmm.... 2.1 seconds left down by 2 and the Spurs have the ball.

Do you go for the win or the tie?  At home I say you go for the tie.

STUPID STUPID LAKERS!!!!  This game was in the bag and they totally blow it!

[WayOutWest]

If I was a Spurs fan I would be screaming my head off! 

Barry should have gone to the FT line for 2 on that play.

[westkoast]

If I was a Spurs fan I would be screaming my head off! 

Barry should have gone to the FT line for 2 on that play.

I disagree.  If he would have jumped in the air when he saw Fisher go up instead of try to go around him then no brainer.

[WayOutWest]

If I was a Spurs fan I would be screaming my head off! 

Barry should have gone to the FT line for 2 on that play.

I disagree.  If he would have jumped in the air when he saw Fisher go up instead of try to go around him then no brainer.

Barry should have flopped ala Manu.

[westkoast]

After game 2 there was nothing to say for the single sorriest playoff performance the Spurs could have put together, then I figured ok, maybe some home cooking can help, game 3 came a long and we won.  I figured ok I will keep thinking positive and hopefully we should pull even in game 4.  nope, the game is not over, but it IS over.  what can you do when stuper-manu is playing so badly???  Barry is having a great game, but he is no Manu, he can't disrupt the way manu is suppossed to be able to.  <<<<sigh>>>>  Oh well, what can you do, here hoping that some new blood this summer can help our team get another shot at it next year. 


 

Defense comes to mind first.  They did not get the stops they needed when they got close.  They would brick a shot to take the lead then give up an easy one on the other side right away letting the Lakers once again mantain that mental edge of being ahead.

I think it has a lot to do with the 3 point line as well.  In all the Spurs wins in the playoffs they have shot 42%.  In their losses they shot 36%.  You normally don't see Michael Finley and Robert Horry not even scratch from 3.  You also see a lot more corner 3s from Bruce Bowen over the course of 4 games.  He has been pretty quiet from that  corner he likes so much, even at home.