Popdamnit Finley Cannot Guard Diaw You Idiot

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

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[Aggie Hoopsfan]

20-8 Phoenix in the third so far, all thanks to this shitty ass matchup move by Pop.

[Dim Tuncan]

sry 2 bother u, who is pop?

[duncan2k5]

its not pop...no one is playing with heart...tim duncan is playing soft, and we have gone away from the parker/duncan pick and roll...

[Dim Tuncan]

ps if u r an aggies fan go 2 the aggie bbs, this is a SPURS bbs, for SPURS fans ok, dont come here and rag on the spurs, bcuz ur bitter, go to the aggies bbs and talk about how much u like ur team ok, why do ppl act like this :flag::hat:king:downspin::married::lobt::bking:bki ng

[baseline bum]

Neither can Rob!

[baseline bum]

Fuck, Rob is 10x worse than Fin guarding Diaw. Frenchy looks like Wilt out there against Horry.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Our best defensive lineup against the three Phoenix bigs was:

Parker on Bell
Udoka on Nash
Bowen on Amare
Duncan on Diaw
Thomas on Shaq

You go from down one to up nine at the end of the second quarter, but don't bring that lineup out to start the third. Pop is a stubborn and stupid SOB.

[duncan2k5]

we need to wipe that cocky smirk off diaw's face. we need to get mad. play with heart and hustle...thats what will win this game. no soft layups. go up like a man

[Dim Tuncan]

we need to wipe that cocky smirk off diaw's face. we need to get mad. play with heart and hustle...thats what will win this game. no soft layups. go up like a man

we?

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

[loveforthegame]

Finley did better tonight than in game 4. I mean Ginobli did a bang up job tonight right?

[Borosai]

Neither Finley nor Manu could defend Diaw. Horry didn't do well either. Udoka actually did the best job out of the smalls, which I expected. Why? Because he holds his ground well, just like Kurt does against bigger players. Udoka was solid tonight.

[san antonio spurs]

that strategy of letting Diaw get his was incredible. Nash never got any rythm neither did Amaré. Pop knew Diaw was going to break under pressure in a tight game and make mistakes. When Nash and Amaré needed to take over they couldn't.
I loved the strategy.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Neither Finley nor Manu could defend Diaw. Horry didn't do well either. Udoka actually did the best job out of the smalls, which I expected. Why? Because he holds his ground well, just like Kurt does against bigger players. Udoka was solid tonight.

Manu actually did a good job on Diaw in three possessions in the 4th. Granted he got saved by help-defense, but if Manu didn't have the foul trouble, he would have done a hell of a better job than Finley in that third quarter.

[Borosai]

Manu actually did a good job on Diaw in three possessions in the 4th. Granted he got saved by help-defense, but if Manu didn't have the foul trouble, he would have done a hell of a better job than Finley in that third quarter.

Well, Manu did better than Finley (he was atrocious), but he didn't do a good job either (that's just my opinion, of course). Diaw backed him up easily, and foul trouble made it worse, but Manu couldn't hold his ground either (the same thing happened in game 4).

[timvp]

Popdamnit Finley Cannot Guard Diaw You IdiotROFL. You scoffed at my idea of starting a bigman on Diaw before the game. Now that Pop followed through with your line of thinking, you scoff him.

Classic.

[T Park]

Pop is an idiot...

[jmard5]

that strategy of letting Diaw get his was incredible. Nash never got any rythm neither did Amaré. Pop knew Diaw was going to break under pressure in a tight game and make mistakes. When Nash and Amaré needed to take over they couldn't.
I loved the strategy.

I think it was part of Pop's strategy as well. Get the ball out of Stoudemire's and Nash's hands and get them out of rhythm.

[loveforthegame]

I think it was part of Pop's strategy as well. Get the ball out of Stoudemire's and Nash's hands and get them out of rhythm.

I think so too. Pop doesn't care if Diaw abuses Finley, Ginobli, and Udoka as long as Stoudamire, Nash, and Shaq are not doing the damage.

Doug Collins commented on it tonight. He said it's a nice option but don't let Stoudamire and Shaq lose rhythm. You can always go back to the Diaw mismatch at any time.

While most of us are complaining about it (and I don't know why Finley is taking so much heat for it either) but Pop is probably laughing about how the Suns fell for that strategy.

[T Park]

IT did work in the fact that it totally took Stoudamire out of the game.

I don't think he took a shot the whole 4th quarter

I was astounded at that.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Pop gets credit for the strategy because we won and it was a good gamble. I wouldn't be gloating about it though, if the Suns played smarter we would have been looking at OT.

Finley really sucked on Diaw and I doubt Pop wanted the Suns to take the lead in the 3rd because of it.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

IT did work in the fact that it totally took Stoudamire out of the game.

I don't think he took a shot the whole 4th quarter

I was astounded at that.

Stoudamire got into foul trouble. It was like a potential repeat of game 1. :lol

[T Park]

Stoudamire got into foul trouble. It was like a potential repeat of game 1. :lol

Yeah he did, but that still doesn't explain not running a play, posting up, ANYTHING for him.

I mean Diaw went from option 4 to option 1

[MannyIsGod]

Letting the run the offense through Diaw is fine. Even if he scores some points. Its really not a bad thing - he makes a TON more mistakes than Nash.

[T Park]

Letting the run the offense through Diaw is fine. Even if he scores some points. Its really not a bad thing - he makes a TON more mistakes than Nash.

As evidenced by that absolutely back breaking turnover witha minute left.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Yeah he did, but that still doesn't explain not running a play, posting up, ANYTHING for him.

I mean Diaw went from option 4 to option 1
True true.
D'antoni is a moron. He doesn't know how to make game plans that aren't one-dimensional. He made Pop's coaching job a lot easier this series, by playing into his hands every time. :lol

He should have mixed it up a lot better with Diaw's matchup problem.

[jmard5]

IT did work in the fact that it totally took Stoudamire out of the game.

I don't think he took a shot the whole 4th quarter

I was astounded at that.

Agree. Remember the series when Pop used to let Nash score as long as he does not pass the ball to Amare, Marion and their spot up shooters.

Kind of a similar strategy... sort of.

[SenorSpur]

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Neither can Ginobili