In Pictures: The Anatomy of the Game 3 Defeat

[DMC]

Really good analysis by timvp. It is glaring that OKC doesn't respect Bonner and, perhaps, his teammates don't trust him. Diaw needs to take his shot without hesitation. There is opportunity for Loanard and Green to attack the rim from the baseline. Also, lol at asking Gary Neal to make an extra pass. Once it gets to Neal, it ain't coming back out -- reminds me of Terry mings.

That's on Pop. He tells Neal over and over "if you don't shoot, you're coming out of the game". He doesn't get fat money like the others (relatively speaking) so he's a worker. He wants another contract, wants to stay in the game, so he shoots. That why he was acquired. That's one of his very few NBA level skills, and he's a dead eye, cold blooded shooter.

[OZWIN]

Going to be interesting to see if Pop and the Spurs can turn things back around in game four.

[jag]

Incredible work. Good stuff, LJ

[Obstructed_View]

no bonner. he sits. Sjax takes his minutes from now on.

[therealtruth]

So according to Express News Pop still hasn't done a film review. I can understand that they didn't bring the effort but there were some legitimate changes that SB made that they need to adjust to. If they don't they're making it much harder for themselves. Not adjusting is how you end up losing playoff series. It's not just all about effort at this level. It's as much about matchups and strategies.

[Spurs9]

I'll wait for this post to be on ESPN.com

[wut]

would running a double pick and roll work
by double i mean 2 guys coming to set a pick

it could be either duncan/diaw
duncan/splitter
duncan/blair
splitter/diaw

where one guy rolls and one pops
it could give parker more room to operate since its less predictable where hes going and id imagine its harder to switch/keep up with 3 guys who could all do 3 different things
it would also create more mismatches

Yes. In fact I would shockingly say that it's a weakness of the Spurs coaches that don't recognize that this is EXACTLY what the Spurs need to do in games where Parker is having troubles penetrating.

Let's face it, if Parker is unable to penetrate our offense breaks down into isolation plays. Sometimes Manu will step up and run pick-n-rolls when Parker can't penetrate but outside of that, we're pretty much hosed if Parker isn't able to beat his man on a dribble.

In fact if you watch Orlando Magic's version of the double pick-n-roll...it could also be effective:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eje1caq2_HA

Also another form of double pick-n-roll which could be used with Manu and Parker (Manu would be the 1, Parker the 3.... I'd add one more optional wrinkle in this play which is to bring the number 2 to the basket and the number 1 swinging right where number 2 left his spot...allowing the 3 to pass to an open shooter or attempt a drive to the basket):



Seriously it just surprises me that the Spurs coaches don't have plays like this in their pocket for times when Parker is unable to beat his defender.

[tlongII]

tl;dr

[ElNono]

Seriously it just surprises me that the Spurs coaches don't have plays like this in their pocket for times when Parker is unable to beat his defender.

They probably do, it just doesn't matter when your guys are playing like and can't even execute their own plays properly.

[DarrinS]

They probably do, it just doesn't matter when your guys are playing like and can't even execute their own plays properly.

This.

And no 4 down (sorry Timmy).