Change the Lineup Game 3: Manu - Green - Leonard - Diaw - Splitter

[Gino-Step]

You gotta start Manu - Green - Leonard - Diaw - Splitter. 6'6, 6'6', 6'7 ,6'8, 6'11

For the Bench, have Tony for the 1-2, T-Mac for the 3-4, and Duncan for the 5 spot

The best thing for the spurs against a team that attacks mismatches every play like Golden State is to play 5 guys that are all as close to the same quickness, length, strength as possible.

If you have a immobile big like Duncan, Curry / Thompson will mismatch you on pick and rolls all day.

If you have a small guard like Parker, Thompson / Barnes will mismatch you with post-ups all day.

With Manu, Green, Leonard, you switch all perimeter screens and none of them can be posted.
With Diaw and Splitter, both can move to cover all pick and rolls to get out on Curry's shot. Together, they will hold the boards well, and they both are great mobile bigs on offense who can roll, pass, motion offense.

Parker can come in against Jack who he can actually guard (or at least won't be posted up on or be on Curry). He'll also be fresh and can provide a bigger scoring spark with energy than Manu.

Manu in the starting lineup will utilize Leonard better.

[benstanfield]

If TMAC can put the fucking ball through the hoop then I would gladly feed him Neal chili.

[it's me]

LOL Brickobili starting.... dude should retire already... he's killing us.

[Blake]

lol Duncan off the bench.

[raybies]

The theory makes sense. Switch Duncan for splitter and Tony for manu and pop might actually do it.

[Brunodf]

No way Pop will bench Tony and Timmy

[kaji157]

GS plays their starters close to 40 minutes a game, it doesn´t care which lineup "starts" because no player on the Spurs other than Leonard can play 40 mins.

[Stabula]

LOL Brickobili starting.... dude should retire already... he's killing us.

[Paulie]

You gotta start Manu - Green - Leonard - Diaw - Splitter. 6'6, 6'6', 6'7 ,6'8, 6'11

For the Bench, have Tony for the 1-2, T-Mac for the 3-4, and Duncan for the 5 spot

The best thing for the spurs against a team that attacks mismatches every play like Golden State is to play 5 guys that are all as close to the same quickness, length, strength as possible.

If you have a immobile big like Duncan, Curry / Thompson will mismatch you on pick and rolls all day.

If you have a small guard like Parker, Thompson / Barnes will mismatch you with post-ups all day.

With Manu, Green, Leonard, you switch all perimeter screens and none of them can be posted.
With Diaw and Splitter, both can move to cover all pick and rolls to get out on Curry's shot. Together, they will hold the boards well, and they both are great mobile bigs on offense who can roll, pass, motion offense.

Parker can come in against Jack who he can actually guard (or at least won't be posted up on or be on Curry). He'll also be fresh and can provide a bigger scoring spark with energy than Manu.

Manu in the starting lineup will utilize Leonard better.


:tu Op makes sense, tbh

Unfortunately Pop is a moron and so are many of his suckers

[ace3g]

Can't even consider a line up like that till we find out if Diaw is injured. If he plays limited minutes in game 3, we know something is up.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Get Bonner's ass off the starting list and replace with Diaw

[Obstructed_View]

Wow, and I get criticized for suggesting the Spurs start the guys who started for most of the season??

[Pentagruel]

I didn't read anything aside from the OP but I just wanted to say that this would be utter lunacy. Play your best players for as long as you can. Screw match ups and start imposing your own game. Let them adjust.

[Dunc n Dave]

You gotta start Manu - Green - Leonard - Diaw - Splitter. 6'6, 6'6', 6'7 ,6'8, 6'11

For the Bench, have Tony for the 1-2, T-Mac for the 3-4, and Duncan for the 5 spot

The best thing for the spurs against a team that attacks mismatches every play like Golden State is to play 5 guys that are all as close to the same quickness, length, strength as possible.

If you have a immobile big like Duncan, Curry / Thompson will mismatch you on pick and rolls all day.

If you have a small guard like Parker, Thompson / Barnes will mismatch you with post-ups all day.

With Manu, Green, Leonard, you switch all perimeter screens and none of them can be posted.
With Diaw and Splitter, both can move to cover all pick and rolls to get out on Curry's shot. Together, they will hold the boards well, and they both are great mobile bigs on offense who can roll, pass, motion offense.

Parker can come in against Jack who he can actually guard (or at least won't be posted up on or be on Curry). He'll also be fresh and can provide a bigger scoring spark with energy than Manu.

Manu in the starting lineup will utilize Leonard better.

LOL Parker with 30 and Duncan with 23 tonight, but they could come off the bench? :lol

[Cry Havoc]

Parker completely destroys the Warriors in the first half.

Yeah. Let's bring that guy (our best player) off the bench. Kay.

[ChumpDumper]

:tu Op makes sense, tbh

Unfortunately Pop is a moron and so are many of his suckerslol good thing you posted it under that screen name.

[ballhog]

Make THEM adjust. Spurs have to play good D, hit open shots, limit turnovers. Easy stuff.

[Paulie]

lol good thing you posted it under that screen name.


ya don't know me bum. so quit pretendin dat ya do

[anakha]

Thank God you aren't running this team.

[ChumpDumper]

ya don't know me bum. so quit pretendin dat ya doTry another screen name.