The reason you lost agaisnt the Mavs last season

[Louis]

No it wasn't "small ball"

It was the stupidity of your coach...

Nowitzki can not be guarded one on one, he demands to get double teamed...

From what I saw, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one and that was what cost the Spurs the series...

Bowen lovers need a reality check
.

Can you believe this??

[exstatic]

Where were the Rockettes again? Oh yea. Golfing. Fuck off. Call us when your team makes the playoffs.

[Louis]

Where were the Rockettes again? Oh yea. Golfing. Fuck off. Call us when your team makes the playoffs.

Huh?

We're talking about the Mavs and Spurs...

Nice comeback..

Spurs fans are in denial...

[Eric Dampier]

No it wasn't "small ball"

It was the stupidity of your coach...

Nowitzki can not be guarded one on one, he demands to get double teamed...

From what I saw, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one and that was what cost the Spurs the series...

Bowen lovers need a reality check
.

Can you believe this??

your right but your also wrong. unless your team has one three rings or have beaten San Antonio and gone on to win the championship, then you will always be wrong here. remember that. just join the trolls!

[Solid D]

From what I saw, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one and that was what cost the Spurs the series...

How often did you watch the series? The Spurs doubled Dirk and they didn't always defend him with Bruce. They tried lots of different looks on Dirk. Finley probably did the best job but he still couldn't contain Dirk by himself.

[td4mvp21]

He has a point. Pop should have ran a zone. Miami did in Games 3-6 and look what happened.

[Louis]

your right but your also wrong. unless your team has one three rings or have beaten San Antonio and gone on to win the championship, then you will always be wrong here. remember that. just join the trolls!

Mavs fans need to shut the fuck up when talking about rings and championships...

[baseline bum]

I think the #1 factor in the Spurs demise was how badly they were outrebounded by Dallas. They got plenty of stops, but usually ended up giving up the offensive board from the way they had to collapse to cut off Dallas' penetration. Devin Harris' play pretty much turned that series in the Mavs favor. The team didn't get much from the backup PG spot or from their bigs outside of Duncan, but the rebounding was killer.

[Matt Bonner]

:lol a houston fan....

I'll be waiting for my first championship ring next season.

[polandprzem]

No it wasn't "small ball"

It was the stupidity of your coach...

Nowitzki can not be guarded one on one, he demands to get double teamed...

From what I saw, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one and that was what cost the Spurs the series...

Bowen lovers need a reality check
.

Can you believe this??

At last we have an original opinion
























Rollfrickineyes

[Rip-Hamilton32]

i can't believe people are still talking about this..shut up its over..this isn't news this is just a waste of time. talk about next season and how your gonna improve not how your gonna improve on something that has passed

[Extra Stout]

No it wasn't "small ball"

It was the stupidity of your coach...

Nowitzki can not be guarded one on one, he demands to get double teamed...

From what I saw, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one and that was what cost the Spurs the series...

Bowen lovers need a reality check
.

Can you believe this??
You seem to have it out for Bruce Bowen for whatever reason. In this case your prejudice is shading your opinion towards faulty conclusions.

What killed the Spurs was that nobody on their team over 6'7", including Duncan or Horry, could stay in front of Nowitzki or Howard.

This forced the Spurs into "small ball" lineups that compromised their entire defensive scheme. It's a testament to their latent offensive potency and their championship heart that they made the series so tight.

You are right that nobody can stop Nowitzki one-on-one. Bowen does as good a job as a 6'7" swingman can do on the 7'1" Nowitzki. But with a six-inch height advantage, Nowitzki is going to be able to shoot over the top of him if he gets any room at all.

Typically the Spurs would use a big man as a help defender on Nowitzki. However, since Duncan was the only frontcourt player who could get on the floor, the Spurs dared not send him over as a help defender very often, lest he get in foul trouble, especially since the series was being called so close.

[Eric Dampier]

:lol a houston fan....

I'll be waiting for my first championship ring next season.

:lol

itll be fun dominating your ass next season

[THE SIXTH MAN]

Is this bitch a mavs troll? Who gives a shit about why the spurs lost to the mavs. This shit has been disscused in numerous threds. Seeing most of your post one can assum you are troll. That or your a moron that cant put together a clever argumant to support your own bullshit. Or you have a tremendous amount of sand in your vagina. Either or its not the fact that your hate for the spurs is what has people here say you're an idiot. Its the FACT that you suck at it.

[THE SIXTH MAN]

No it wasn't "small ball"

It was the stupidity of your coach...

Nowitzki can not be guarded one on one, he demands to get double teamed...

From what I saw, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one and that was what cost the Spurs the series...

Bowen lovers need a reality check
.

Can you believe this??
No one here gives a shit if you hate the spurs or not. But if your going to talk shit you can at least try to sound like you know what your talking about.

[A Man of Few Words]

:elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant :elephant

[phxspurfan]

go spurs go

[jaffies]

Mavs fans need to shut the fuck up when talking about rings and championships...


Rockets fans need to shut the fuck up when talking about playoffs...

[confined]

No one here gives a shit if you hate the spurs or not. But if your going to talk shit you can at least try to sound like you know what your talking about.

im sure he doesnt HATE the spurs... i mean come on ...lets keep it real...

[bdictjames]

Dallas had too many big men.. Dampier, Dioop and Nowitzki could all get offensive rebounds. ANd they're all like 7 footers. And what do the Spurs have on the court? One 7 footer. That's pretty much shows everything there. Next year we'll have Elson grabbing boards and we'll see how you Mavs fans react

[sanman53]

He has a point. Pop should have ran a zone. Miami did in Games 3-6 and look what happened.

Didn't Jim Boeheim go to the Islands last summer to work with the Spurs' zone defense? I didn't get to watch many games (only internet radio and yahoo) last season, so I was wondering if they played zone often in the playoffs?

[spurs=bling]

against

[ALVAREZ6]

:lmao


what a fucking retard this Louis guy

[RapeSauce]

Its just the fact that no one can guard dirk nowitzki, only way to beat him is if he has a bad night... o yea and heat blow

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

You're tellin us about why we didn't win the west finals, you can't even say why you lost a playoff series. And plus we all know that it was Pop has a little blame for us losing ONLY ABOUT SINCE THE MINUTE WE LOST THAT GAME and you're barely telling us now? Are you in a different time zone where it goes by months instead of hours or something? What are you gonna tell us next? The reason the West the 04 all star game?

[exstatic]

Its just the fact that no one can guard dirk nowitzki, only way to beat him is if he has a bad night... o yea and heat blow the Mavs off the floor.
Fixed it.

[confined]

omg...its not pops fault that the spurs lost that series...well it is to some degree....he wanted bowen on dirk...knowing duncan couldnt guard him and bruce is ur best defender anway...on the other hand in a conventional defensive scheme, bowen shoulda been gaurding howard...and dunacn shoulda been guarding dirk...but pop wanted tim to guard diop/dampier knowing that they arent much of an offensive threat....it was actually a good ajustment by pop...but the flaw in this scheme is that the spurs have very very little rebounding on the floor...
....so to answer the houston guy yes the reason the mavs took down the spurs is cuz bowen couldnt stop dirk...and the spurs just didnt have the personel to match up with the mavs

all of this has probably been said before but whatever

[dallasmavsnfuego214]

i know im just gonna get blasted or get the

"Spurs 3

Mavs 0"

remark. but IMO, the shouldve put Horry on Dirk or Oberto. hustle player that could frustrate him. i remember one playoff series, against the Kings, that Webber was dominating our ass and we put Najera on him and that worked magic. he got technicals and his scoring really dropped.

[confined]

yeah i dont kno why horry didnt play more

[exstatic]

Horry wasn't in shape for big minutes. He's not a kid any more. He admitted as much in the aftermath, and vowed to come to camp in shape this year.

[JamStone]

Did the playoffs just end???

[spurs=bling]

:lmao


what a fucking retard this Louis guy
Alvarez don't we have a word for this in spanish?

[SpursWillOwn]

Guess We Have To Figure Out How To Score Another Point Or More To Stfu With Small Ball Critics

[T-Pain]

No it wasn't "small ball"

It was the stupidity of your coach...

Nowitzki can not be guarded one on one, he demands to get double teamed...

From what I saw, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one and that was what cost the Spurs the series...

Bowen lovers need a reality check
.

Can you believe this??
hey my dads name is louis

[Louis]

your right but your also wrong. unless your team has one three rings or have beaten San Antonio and gone on to win the championship, then you will always be wrong here. remember that. just join the trolls!


I finally got the sarcasm...

Yes you are right...

[Louis]

How often did you watch the series? The Spurs doubled Dirk and they didn't always defend him with Bruce. They tried lots of different looks on Dirk. Finley probably did the best job but he still couldn't contain Dirk by himself.

Yeah..

Game 7:

Game on the line, Bowen was guarding Nowitzki one on one before Ginobili comitted the foul that cost them the entire series...

[ChumpDumper]

Right, so that's Bowen's fault. :rolleyes

I'm impressed you watched SportsCenter that night.

[Mavs_man_41]

Right, so that's Bowen's fault. :rolleyes

I'm impressed you watched SportsCenter that night.

On his behalf, hes not saying its Bowen's fault, hes saying Popovich is dumb for having Bowen guard Dirk 1 on 1.

[Doug Collins]

Spurs 3
Mavs 0






Rockets 2...I had to do it.

[Dre_7]

I didnt read the replies, but the reason SA lost was because they didnt make the plays they needed to down the stretch of game 7. Thats it. If Manu doesnt foul, or if he hits the runner, or if Tim gets the putback, SA would have one. They didnt make the plays, plain and simple.