SPURS Need to find their MOJO?!...Fans reply?

Easy there. The Spurs always start slow. Part of Pops philosophy is to give his new players and the bench guys a lot of court time and run a lot of plays for them early in the season. It keeps the vets fresh for the second half of the season and the playoffs, and gives the new guys a crash course in playing things the Spurs way.

Look at the box score from tonights game. Allen had 40 minutes, Pierce 37, Rondo 36, Garnett 35. On the Spurs, Parker had 36, Jefferson 35, Duncan 32, Ginoboli 18. The Spurs played 11 guys, and all of them got at least 10 minutes. Boston played 9 guys. Look at the Spurs game stats for the season so far, and you'll see that almost every player on their roster is averaging under 30 minutes a game.

Dang, DeJuan Blair, the rookie, played 22 minutes for the Spurs and went 9-11. 11 rebounds too. That's pretty impressive.

Point is, if this game was played in April, you'd see a lot more time for the vets. The team would be more diciplined and focused, and the game would have been a lot closer. It's a long season. Pop knows how to manage a team to have them playing their best when it's money time.

the spurs arent a bad team but their just not good enough to beat the celtics and other elite teams

Theyer playing ok against Celtics (who are one of the best teams) keeping it close. Dont know if they can win it.

as i write this celtics are up by 6, and there is 3 minutes left in the 4th. hopefully they can keep their lead.