bless1187
04-25-2009, 06:08 PM
well, our back are against the wall, and its desperation time. i knew alot of the fans here called for the insertion of bowen into the lineup, but i could see pop's decision in not starting him, its true he has lost quite a bit on defense, so with him no longer that AMAZING on defense, it's a bit of a liability to have him on the court. Even though we were up going into the half, i had a feeling that this game would get blown open anytime, since the 1st half, the ball was in the hand of Tony and Tim 90% of the time, and it just completely frozen out the role player, and once they have trouble scoring, Dallas are just going to blow the lead open. We still have a chance, team has came back from 3-1 before, we definitely need to do something about the lineup.
TP
RM or GH (today's game have proven that Bowen is no longer the defender that he once was, though still a decent defender, he just is a big liability on offense. Roger Mason obviously provides us with the offense we are lacking, and he just completely blows when he comes off the bench; or the bold move would be George Hill, he provides us with Defense, while not being a huge offensive liability.)
MF (he always gets bitched out by the poster here, but Finley has proven time and time again, as a decent contributor for the Spurs in the playoff. He's made plenty of big shot, and in some stretches without Ginobili, he seems to be our third best offensive player. Yes, he'll have a hard time guarding Howard, but with Bowen, we may be able to contain Howard a bit better, but we just be losing way too much on Offense)
TD
DG (I really believe that its desperation time, and we really need to insert Gooden into the starting lineup. The problem with Bonner is that Dallas is closing out on all the shooter very quickly, and with that HORRIBLE form of his, it is becoming increasingly difficult for him to get his shot off. While some may argue that both Bonner and Finley or Mason had bad games, but Finley has actually a history of performing in the playoff, while Bonner had just sucked. Game 1: 0 pts, Game 3: 2 pts, Game 4: 0 pts. This is just unacceptable, yes he plays hard on defense, but the key word is playing HARD, it doesn't matter how hard you play, you still have to get stops in the end and get rebound. Though Gooden had a terrible game 3 & game 4, but its harder for him to get into rhythm when he comes in for like 10 mpg. With Gooden in the starting lineup, we will get OFFENSIVE & REBOUNDING contribution, since the only thing going for Bonner is that he HUSTLES.
TP
RM or GH (today's game have proven that Bowen is no longer the defender that he once was, though still a decent defender, he just is a big liability on offense. Roger Mason obviously provides us with the offense we are lacking, and he just completely blows when he comes off the bench; or the bold move would be George Hill, he provides us with Defense, while not being a huge offensive liability.)
MF (he always gets bitched out by the poster here, but Finley has proven time and time again, as a decent contributor for the Spurs in the playoff. He's made plenty of big shot, and in some stretches without Ginobili, he seems to be our third best offensive player. Yes, he'll have a hard time guarding Howard, but with Bowen, we may be able to contain Howard a bit better, but we just be losing way too much on Offense)
TD
DG (I really believe that its desperation time, and we really need to insert Gooden into the starting lineup. The problem with Bonner is that Dallas is closing out on all the shooter very quickly, and with that HORRIBLE form of his, it is becoming increasingly difficult for him to get his shot off. While some may argue that both Bonner and Finley or Mason had bad games, but Finley has actually a history of performing in the playoff, while Bonner had just sucked. Game 1: 0 pts, Game 3: 2 pts, Game 4: 0 pts. This is just unacceptable, yes he plays hard on defense, but the key word is playing HARD, it doesn't matter how hard you play, you still have to get stops in the end and get rebound. Though Gooden had a terrible game 3 & game 4, but its harder for him to get into rhythm when he comes in for like 10 mpg. With Gooden in the starting lineup, we will get OFFENSIVE & REBOUNDING contribution, since the only thing going for Bonner is that he HUSTLES.