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raspsa
11-19-2009, 04:43 AM
Contain him and half the battle is won. Haislip was acquired supposedly because he was familiar with guarding Euro-Bigs..
Rynospursfan
11-19-2009, 04:46 AM
I say play him just as they did tonight. This was a good game, he was just on fire.
HarlemHeat37
11-19-2009, 04:49 AM
Dirk had a great game, but even with his big plays, we still could have easily won had there been a cleaner game..

Poor rebounding in big moments, way too many turnovers, a lot of bad decisions..
Rynospursfan
11-19-2009, 04:51 AM
Turnovers were a killer. Too much Finley too, but overall I thought the plan of going at Dirk one on one really limited their other players. Spurs just have to find a way to deny him the ball more.
eisfeld
11-19-2009, 04:52 AM
Contain him and half the battle is won. Haislip was acquired supposedly because he was familiar with guarding Euro-Bigs..

Dirk is an Euro-Big, but certainly does not play like one anymore.
sabar
11-19-2009, 04:54 AM
Make him beat us alone IMO. Other guys get less involved. The problem was us passing to the Mavs instead of ourselves.
Rynospursfan
11-19-2009, 04:55 AM
How about play Bogens on him more, how ya like that?
kobyz
11-19-2009, 05:31 AM
i think Dise was doing solid job on him, i still think Duncan should guard him in the fouth
sonic21
11-19-2009, 05:47 AM
dirk for manu and tony
TDMVPDPOY
11-19-2009, 05:59 AM
make him beat you while shuttin down the other 4 on the court
ThaiFanofSpurs
11-19-2009, 06:27 AM
make him beat you while shuttin down the other 4 on the court

Agree! Also, if we could get Stephen Jackson that will give us the best matchup against the Mavs.
benefactor
11-19-2009, 06:39 AM
Haislip is garbage.

I think we did a decent job on him. Dyess and Bonner both made him work for his shots.
VivaPopovich
11-19-2009, 06:42 AM
Contain him and half the battle is won. Haislip was acquired supposedly because he was familiar with guarding Euro-Bigs..

I'll tell you what not to do: stick Matt Bonner on him while he goes off for 10-12 points and say "oh well at least Matt hits 3s"

I like McDyess on Nowitzki. He just had a hell of a game. i would trust McDyess on dirk 1on1 for long stretches

but if it gets too out-of-control you have to double team him. i'd also throw different defenders at him, like bogans and duncan
raspsa
11-19-2009, 07:06 AM
It looks like fans have gotten over Bowen.. would have expected some "bring back Bruce" comments at least..