Infuriating game. Pop disgusted me with his coaching. Weakside defense was nowhere to be found. Duncan played 26 minutes in a really important game. He never entered the game after midway through the 3rd. That was disgusting. Gino was struggling on the offense by himself. Vaughn was a joke on offense. A literal joke. He would drive to the top of the key, pick up his dribble, and not know what to do. Pop threw in the towel waaay too early. Spurs were down by 6 towards the end of the third. Pop leaves subs in with Gino. Spurs get down by 13 with 11 minutes in the 4th. A good idea would be to put Duncan and Parker back in and let them help out. Instead he pulls Ginobili and leaves a horrible team out there that looks like a D league team. Those GUYS ARE ROLE PLAYERS!!! They assist your stars and play off of your stars. They are not PLAYMAKERS! That is when the Spurs lost the game. Complete meltdown. Pop was probably trying to make a point, but it is getting a bit too late for this. Honestly, I think Pop is being too stubborn here with his bench and expecting too much from the role players. He can't possibly expect the role players to make a comeback against DERON, BOOZER, AK47, MEHMET, and Korver. 3 FRICKIN former ALL STARS, and their BEST player isn't even one of them. And you expect to have Damon, Vaugh, Bonner, Bobby Jones, and Ime to make a run against them?
Pop just took a stab at the Spurs confidence and JET FUELED the Jazz's confidence.
That was a beat down at it's finest.
