Here's the majority of excuses/comments from spurs fans on this thread:
- officials (shocker)
- every bounce going other teams way
- not our night
- pop didn't try
- starters didn't try
when in actuality, the nuggets were severely outgunned, and showed exactly how to beat the spurs. penetrate the lane, as parker is surpgisingly a sub-par defender for someone of his quickness, and make quick cuts to the basket with your forwards, as duncan can no longer keep up, splitter is terrible, and blair is undersized.
keep manu from creating shots, and the spurs falter.
not a single spurs fan has mentioned the biggest problem with the spurs now vs the spurs of old. Duncan. and i'm not talking about his age.
Duncan reminds me of Andrew Bynum now. when you throw him the ball, he can score almost on any given play. But the offense no longer runs through Duncan. he's more of an option now, whereas before the offense didn't start until he touched the ball.
maybe this is to do with his age, but the spurs go as parker and ginobili go, pop's offense resolves around them creating shots, or giving matt bonner the green light to shoot (seriously, he shoots way too much).
there are glaring weaknesses in the spurs that have been supremely evident as of late that no spurs fan has mentioned.
and the other important thing no one has mentioned about Jefferson is that he has probably the single worst tattoo in the league. who drew that, a 5 year old?