szkorhetz
04-24-2014, 03:35 PM
After a miserable loss in Game 2, I think every non-delusional fan is pressing the panic button and they are right doing so.
1. This team wouldn't even beat the Lakers going just 1-on-1, just because they are not capable of doing that and they weren't forced to it since the Thunder series in 2012. While Parker and Duncan had success in Game 1, and Manu in Game 2, you just can't count on 3 players, at an average age of more than 35 years to win you 4 games against an extremely well coached, hungry, and well prepared Mavs team, even if they are the Big Three. Every team we faced always tried to limit the Big Three, and let role players to beat them, while Mavs do the exact opposite. They took away our outside game, so our bench is struggling, just like our three role players in the starting unit. In Game 1 Pop brought in Bonner, and even though he is a very limited player in almost every aspect of his game, he could provide some spark for our team, mainly with the first unit. I know I won't be too popular with this idea, but playing Bonner with Parker, Duncan and Leonard could hide mask our lack of ball movement and would force Dalambert or Nowitzki outside the paint, which could ease up the job for Parker and Leonard.
2. Start Bellinelli. While he is struggling just like Green and Leonard, the Italian is the only player in the trio who could eventually put the ball on the floor and could be counted as a primarily ball handler, which could free up Parker from ball handling duties. This would be extremely important when Harris is on Parker, as Devin's length were responsible for a ton of our TO's. Setting up some off-ball screens for Parker could give us some well needed easy buckets.
3. Either Duncan or Splitter MUST be on the floor. Splitter doing an amazing job on Nowitzki, Diaw is doing an above-average job on the German. So we have to Dirk slower, but when neither one of the Twin Towers played, Dallas went on a run and they had almost every of their fast break point when neither of them was on the court. We must avoid playing the Diaw and Ayers together, as that unit are providing no rim protection.
4. Every time Blair is on the court we have to punish him. He provided them great energy and boards, while still using his active hands, but his defense is still bad and he is still short as a SG. Every time he is in the game, we must post-iso him up. Both Duncan, Diaw and Splitter should be able to do this, and because DB is that bad defensively, Mavs will have to draw some double on his man, which will eventually make their perimeter D suffer.
5. Never let Calderon heat up. After every made shot by Calderon switch a bigger defender on him for the next couple of possessions as he is a true Microwave, we just can't let him heat up.
6. If Duncan is not in the play, switch every screen where Ellis is the ball handler, and never let him in the paint.
1. This team wouldn't even beat the Lakers going just 1-on-1, just because they are not capable of doing that and they weren't forced to it since the Thunder series in 2012. While Parker and Duncan had success in Game 1, and Manu in Game 2, you just can't count on 3 players, at an average age of more than 35 years to win you 4 games against an extremely well coached, hungry, and well prepared Mavs team, even if they are the Big Three. Every team we faced always tried to limit the Big Three, and let role players to beat them, while Mavs do the exact opposite. They took away our outside game, so our bench is struggling, just like our three role players in the starting unit. In Game 1 Pop brought in Bonner, and even though he is a very limited player in almost every aspect of his game, he could provide some spark for our team, mainly with the first unit. I know I won't be too popular with this idea, but playing Bonner with Parker, Duncan and Leonard could hide mask our lack of ball movement and would force Dalambert or Nowitzki outside the paint, which could ease up the job for Parker and Leonard.
2. Start Bellinelli. While he is struggling just like Green and Leonard, the Italian is the only player in the trio who could eventually put the ball on the floor and could be counted as a primarily ball handler, which could free up Parker from ball handling duties. This would be extremely important when Harris is on Parker, as Devin's length were responsible for a ton of our TO's. Setting up some off-ball screens for Parker could give us some well needed easy buckets.
3. Either Duncan or Splitter MUST be on the floor. Splitter doing an amazing job on Nowitzki, Diaw is doing an above-average job on the German. So we have to Dirk slower, but when neither one of the Twin Towers played, Dallas went on a run and they had almost every of their fast break point when neither of them was on the court. We must avoid playing the Diaw and Ayers together, as that unit are providing no rim protection.
4. Every time Blair is on the court we have to punish him. He provided them great energy and boards, while still using his active hands, but his defense is still bad and he is still short as a SG. Every time he is in the game, we must post-iso him up. Both Duncan, Diaw and Splitter should be able to do this, and because DB is that bad defensively, Mavs will have to draw some double on his man, which will eventually make their perimeter D suffer.
5. Never let Calderon heat up. After every made shot by Calderon switch a bigger defender on him for the next couple of possessions as he is a true Microwave, we just can't let him heat up.
6. If Duncan is not in the play, switch every screen where Ellis is the ball handler, and never let him in the paint.