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dude1394 · 12-31-2011, 01:36 PM

That pops is one smart dude. I would expect most older teams to take the third game in four nights pretty lightly until they really start to matter. There will probably be some nice surprises this year with the young guys getting a lot more minutes.

"“Down 18, third game in four nights, on the road,” Popovich said. “We weren’t playing well. I’m not sure how many times I want to be down 18 in this shortened season and work Timmy, Manu (Ginobili) and Tony (Parker) to work us out of that hole. Not this early in the season.

“Later on, depending on our situation, it might make more sense. But at this point, it was a great opportunity to treat it like training camp and get a lot of the younger kids out there and treat it like a practice.”"

12-31-2011, 01:36 PM	#65
dude1394 Guru Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 40,410	That pops is one smart dude. I would expect most older teams to take the third game in four nights pretty lightly until they really start to matter. There will probably be some nice surprises this year with the young guys getting a lot more minutes. "“Down 18, third game in four nights, on the road,” Popovich said. “We weren’t playing well. I’m not sure how many times I want to be down 18 in this shortened season and work Timmy, Manu (Ginobili) and Tony (Parker) to work us out of that hole. Not this early in the season. “Later on, depending on our situation, it might make more sense. But at this point, it was a great opportunity to treat it like training camp and get a lot of the younger kids out there and treat it like a practice.”" __________________ "Yankees fans who say “flags fly forever’’ are right, you never lose that. It reinforces all the good things about being a fan. ... It’s black and white. You (the Mavs) won a title. That’s it and no one can say s--- about it.’’