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Hill needs to be moved from 10 to like 5. He is crucial in this series on both ends of the court.
If Bonner isn't hitting his shots, Pop better be playing Mcdyess extended mins. This is the reason why we got Mcdyess.
And RJ, you better show up. Show some pride and play aggressive.
Hill needs to be moved from 10 to like 5. He is crucial in this series on both ends of the court.
It's easy to get a defensive rebound when you have 4 players in the lane when the shot goes up. Dirk pretty much collapses to the lane any time he is off the ball.
Game 2:
10. George Hill's Health
Pass. He was definitely healthier than Game 1.
9. Tony Parker vs. Jason Terry
Push. TP and JT basically canceled each other out.
8. Tim Duncan and Foul Trouble
Push. TD got in foul trouble early but he stayed out of foul trouble the rest of the way.
7. Shooters Stepping Up
Pass. The Spurs got big shots from a number of players.
6. Transition Defense
Fail. The Mavs scored 18 points in transition.
5. Limiting Turnovers
Pass. The Spurs only had nine turnovers.
4. Make Dirk Work
Pass. McDyess and Bonner did their jobs.
3. Pop and Common Sense
Pass. Pop did what we all wanted.
2. Rebounding
Pass. For only the second time in the last 14 Spurs vs. Mavs playoff games, the Spurs outrebounded the Mavs. Both wins, by the way.
1. Manu Ginobili
Pass. Ginobili continues his stellar play.
7-1-2 equaled a Spurs victory to tie the series.
Yeah, the transition defense in Game 2 was nothing to write home about. I just hope the Spurs come out of the gates with the same kind of intensity they showed in that game tonight.
I don't see why the big three shouldn't continue to play well. They certainly look healthy enough to do so. Dice continuing to do good work against Nowitzki and rebounding well would be huge.
RJ probably won't be playing as well as he did in Game 2, but if he could give us around 15 PPG and not revert to his passive ways, I for one would be pleased.
Now I see why Timvp was so confident with our chances against Dallas. A really healthy Big Three means we only need any other player (Hill, Dice, RJ are more than capable of doing so) to step up for us to get a win.
Considering last two months I guess we expected Manu playing like he's playing, TP is playing well enough and will get better and better, Tim is the surprise, I didn't expect to see him THAT sharp. It's not that he had a good game, I don't even remember last time I saw him totally healthy come playoff time. Even on bad nights he'll make a great impact for us.
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in the end they will cancel each other out9. Tony Parker vs. Jason Terry
8. Tim Duncan and Foul Trouble
don't think this will be a major issue
7. Shooters Stepping Up
this is the huge questionmark
6. Transition Defense
it will be fine
5. Limiting Turnovers
need to continue doing this
4. Make Dirk Work
done
non issue3. Pop and Common Sense
we should be ok2. Rebounding
not worried about this1. Manu Ginobili
looking good so far so good
now that it's over, let's check timvp's key points:
10. George Hill's Health
OK. he was healthy and very good.
9. Tony Parker vs. Jason Terry
OK. without being the best PO TP he can be, he won that matchup quite easily. he averaged almost 16 ppg at 50 % and 5.7 apg versus almost 13 ppg at 40 % FG and 2 apg for Terry. He, as terry often does for the mavs out of the bench, made many clutch shots. Still, i didn't see it as a matchup between those two as timvp did since, even coming from the bench, they don't have the same role in their respective team.
8. Tim Duncan and Foul Trouble
OK for foul trouble. Even if Tim wasn't dominating, he was here on the court for many minutes helping in a lot of areas.
7. Shooters Stepping Up
no. a game won without any 3 pts shot made, mason and bonner horrible in that aspect. Only hill and Manu really helped in that area.
6. Transition Defense
well, good enough to win four games. We lost when it wasn't here in those 2 games.
5. Limiting Turnovers
As transition defense, you see when we succeed in that aspect by looking at the final result of the games. Manu and Tim didn't do so well in that aspect.
4. Make Dirk Work
Dice made a good job, as good as it can be, and even Bonner and Bogans, in their limited time, weren't too bad. dirk was the best player of the serie but still, he wasn't too unstoppable except in game 1.
3. Pop and Common Sense
OK. Pop was quiet and poised.
2. Rebounding
OK.
1. Manu Ginobili
Not really. as expected we needed our big three playing well and help from the supporting cast to win the serie and not to rely only of a super manu like many and timvp implied. Actually, manu was far from being super manu even if he could have been arguably the best spur (very close call since a lot of players stepped up). We were able to win with him playing poorly in some game (game 4 mainly), which is kind of the story of this serie where some players stepped up in some games to make for their teamate quiet night.
Still, manu delivered, as he should like each of the big 3 in order for the spurs to compete in the PO.
I think manu should feel better as his nose improves, he was on an absolute tear before the injury. And we need him @ elite level to compete in these PO.
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