Amar'e Stoudemire's performance made Gregg Popovich's supposedly perfect targeted strategy a joke.
It also made his pre-game sarcasm, "I haven't watched the Warriors game tapes," a joke.
In the NBA, there's often a thin line between being pretentious and being a clown.
Unfortunately, Popovich made himself a clown.
He knew that Stoudemire's mid-range shot was pretty good this season; during the regular season, Stoudemire also showed excellent mid-range shooting.
But there's a huge gap between "pretty good" and "deadly."
Normally, if a player can maintain his regular season performance in the playoffs, it's already praiseworthy.
And when a player performs better in the playoffs than in the regular season, he is definitely a dangerous person!
Amar'e Stoudemire's performance today was better than any game in his regular season.
The Spurs' relatively traditional twin towers were helpless against Stoudemire's mid-range.
