Trapping Paul; TD on West; Hack-a-Tyson in the 3rd—

Yes, yes, and yes.

From PtR to Pop’s ear.

great recap, as always. i actually got goosebumps toward the end.

Game 7 “notes” from MySA.com … looks like Fab is going to start again (same Game 6 lineup) and Udoka might be the 1st off the bench !

Yay!

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/basketball/nba/spurs/stories/MYSA051808.Spurs.en.37bc346.html

This is what Buck Harvey’s articles would be like, if he could write.

Seriously outstanding article. Thanks for writing and sharing.

Very clean. Nice work. You know what they say. “If they aren’t hating, then you must be doing something wrong.”

Do NOT attempt to trap CFlop.

He is too strong and too athletic, two atributes we lack…there were be an avalanche of open jump shots..they missed them in SA, but they won’t on the delta.

Do let him go one on one with the Wee Frenchman.

The Owleans offense breaks down when Paul is the primary scorer…other players start losing their focus cause they ain’t getting their looks…they stop playing D because their O feeds their D.

Keep Potato Head on Stoyjack…the male porn star is a notorious choker..putting BB on him will lock out probably one of the most dangerous outside shooters in the association.

Bruce should only shoot spot up threes from the corners….there should be no shooting off the dribble under any circumstances.

Manu needs to wire his head and ass together…the multiple turnovers are killing us..on several occasions he has commited back to back to back horrible turnovers…we can’t have it..we just can’t have it.

Frenchy needs to go to the hole every time he sees a crack of daylight….his jumper is a secondary weapon only.

Everyone either needs to hit three point shots when there is nobody with 10 feet of them and they are standing alone and have time to setup or they get horse whipped.

Timmeh needs to establish deep low post position..this is the key to his success..yes it takes effort, but he should already know that…he needs to have part of his foot in the paint area when he recieves the post entry pass…this squaring up near the free throw line or on the baseline 10 feet from the basket is weak ass…take the bloody nose and bruises and start acting like a man.

Horry should foul and get under peoples skin, he should not be shooting the ball.

Start passing the rock around on every possession…this bullshit where Manu or Tone just holds the ball at the top of the circle and watches the shot clock tick down is nuts and bad basketball.

Fin dog needs to chug water from the fountain of youth for this one game.

The insects have a couple of players that are mentally unstable (Bonzi Wells, etc…)..they are going to be really amped up for game 7, so use it against them…poke at them..jump in front of them and try to draw charges…try the old bump and grind with them…chances are they either get pysched out of their game or they might even pick up some technical fouls.

Bones and Udoke needs some playing time.

Pop needs to call time outs when things start getting shakey and the Spurs are making consecutive turnovers…he needs to rip some peoples asses..get them to work for low position position…not to give up offensive rebounds…play interior defense..fight, scrap and dive for every loose ball.

This is game 7, time to stand up…man up..put these babys back in their cribs…show them why we are the champions..make them go to be every night of their life knowing that we are the best thing going to day.

Except two things: First, how do you suggest we guard Paul if we don’t trap ol’ Scrappy Doo or let Parker go 1-on-1 against him? Put Duncan on him? Ginobili? Then we end up with Parker on a taller player (like Mo Pete) and bad things happen in that situation.

Second, I think TD should occassionally get the ball at the ft line extended or on the baseline. He has the agility and quickness to get by Chandler and to the rim AND with proper spacing it creates an open shot after one pass (usually to the opposite corner or elbow) instead of having to make 2 or 3 passes to get to the open man).

AAAHHH-OOOOOOO! whoops… that was 300 although the 300:1,000,000 ratio may still apply to the number of true Spurs fans to the the number of fuckers rooting against us tommorow night

not yet indeed. not just yet.

for what this is worth, i have still not forgiven rod strickland for his ill-advised no look pass intended for terry cummings in that seventh game at portland. happened with just a shade more than 2 mintues to go. the tide of that game turned right then and there.

First time to post on this site, usually a casual observer who is amused by some of the outright idiocy and ocasional brilliance of some of the posters here.
What has prompted me to post, is part of the blog written by AaronStampler, regarding Horry’s foul committed last week…..

“I think it’s important – vitally so – to separate the actions of the man from the reaction of the fans. Cheering any player’s injury, even West’s, is an unforgivable sin. I know West has been a prick all series. I know he’s taken a lot of cheap shots at Fab. Still, that’s no excuse. You just don’t taunt a man who’s hurt. That’s bush league stuff. It’s another example of why the Spurs themselves are a far better team than most of their fans deserve. “

I would like to add my two cents, from the perspective of a fan who was in those stands, and who, yes, dare I say it, did chant Horry’s name along with a good many others. From where I sit, it was next to impossible to understand what was actually happening on the court, who had been injured, or why. I guess you good fans who are at home, or in other cities (?) have the benefit of seeing the play with a birds eye view, over and over again. If we are lucky, they replay it once on the jumboscreen.
The only thing the fans in attendance understood at that point was that Horry had fouled and stopped the play. How many times have the Hornets players flopped? That’s beside the point. The fact is we were not cheering that West had been injured, but that Robert Horry, playing in possibly the last home game for the Spurs, had made a significant contribution. Why on earth would the fans want to cheer that a player had been injured? Does that make sense to you? Do you think that if you were in the stands and saw a favorite player, playing limited minutes, make a contribution for perhaps the last time in front of the home crowd, you would not cheer?
I think that perhaps the fans at home have a skewed view of things, exactly as the media would prefer. Let the hype prevail…....
I have said what must be said, and please, if you must continue to think the Spurs fan in the arena, who pay a lot for a chance to be there for the team, are undeserving of the team, why don’t you get yourself a season ticket? Then you can blog away about your opinion of the fans with no complaint from me.