What do the Spurs do with James?

Let Jax wear him down for 25mins a game, then leave it to Leonard... :oops

1) Put a bigman (say Bonner) on him to prevent postups.
2) Let this bigman (say Bonner) pressure him to avoid easy long range shots and make him penetrate.
3) Place Gary Neal near the basket to take offense foul after offense foul.
4) After Bron fouled out in like four minutes, bench Bonner and Neal on the bench to focus on the first few minutes of game #2.

Or just let KL play him 90% of the time with Diaw on him the other 10%. Don't double a lot. Make him a scorer and take out Bosh, Allen and Wade.

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Originally Posted by MannyIsGod

The thing with the Heat is that people need to realize their losses are due to a lack of effort. What has happened everytime they've been beat? They come back and slaughter the team the next game. I do believe the Spurs have a chance, but the fact is that the Heat are a much better team at defending the PnR than Memphis and they are obviously far more talented.

The Spurs will have to play efficient low turnover basketball to have a shot. The two meetings this year tell us nothing so we'll see. We have a huge advantadge in the coaching department so hopefully that makes a difference.

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The Grizzlies series should have given the Spurs plenty of practice in not turning over the ball. The Grizzlies are one of the best in forcing turnovers and points of turnovers and the Spurs pretty much starved them and forced them to win in the half-court. The formula for the Spurs is to take care of the ball and outexecute the other team in the half court while also looking for easy baskets in transition.

The Spurs have to give Lebron multiple looks and keep the defense fresh. The Mavs in '11 tried to rotate 3 different defenders on him.

I think you let Kawhi defend him man to man and don't help. Stay at home on the others and limit their opportunities. Make it harder for LeBron's teammates to score.

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Originally Posted by CosmicCowboy

:lol @ all the doom and gloom. Miami is not invincible and Spurs can take them.

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THIS!!

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Originally Posted by SA210

Damn people have fallen for Miami's hype. Was there a Spurstalk GTG neutering party that I don't know about?

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AND THIS!!!!

I have an idea. How about we do our best to keep LeBron out of his sweet spots, and focus on limiting the contributions of their other players.

Meanwhile, I would also focus on playing the Spurs system and make Miami beat us. All we can do people.

Buy him a ticket to watch Game 1 in San Antonio against the Pacers...

First off Duncan/Splitter/Diaw >> Bosh/Bird Man/Haslem due to huge advantages in size and BB IQ

We also play exceptional team defense, so I expect Green/Leonard to largely alternate on Lebron to mix it up and keep him off balance. Sometimes we will double, sometimes not but the help will be coming in the form of a big guarding the lane. Usually this big help will be perfectly positioned with hands up making James' shots difficult.

Haslem and Battier will get some shots but those guys are past due to go cold against us. Allen is the guy we can't leave open but that guy is pretty slow these days. Chalmers and their other PG with the high fade cut against Parker should be a mismatch.

If we get anything from Manu this is a route, unless Miami is shooting lights out.