Game 3 Adjustments

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Originally Posted by Malik Hairston

Belinelli's actually giving good minutes, so far, surprisingly..I wouldn't mind him on the floor, at all, but only if he's covering Matt Barnes..although Crawford missed a few against him, he really shouldn't be covering him..

He misses rotations, but you can live with Barnes shooting, all day..

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i was in the minority during the game saying similar things. Marco was playing fine (except when he somehow got stuck defending CP3 and was put on skates), but everytime the spurs made a mistake, the comments were all "fuck pop for not playing green" even though the play at the 2 position wasn't really having a negative impact.

of course his turnover at the end was fucking horrible, but luckily blake gave it right back. im fine with marco getting minutes in this series, but green should obviously still get the lions share... that didn't happen in the 4th. then green started OT and hit a 3 on his first offensive possession

Oh ya, obviously more Tiago would be great on both ends. He's such a crafty finisher and passer, that if he's the screener and they try that heavy trap crap, Tiago is so good at setting screens and then making great decisions (that bounce pass to Tim for the slam) that he can really wreck shop (that's assuming he can breath tbh..)

Start Mills/cojo and we win comfortably.

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Originally Posted by apalisoc_9

tony prigioni :lol

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so far this serie, solid comparaison tbh

We gonna play at home, shooters will show up and we hurt them bad with this OT win. I think game 3 will be the easiest game of the serie for the Spurs imo fwiw

Did I miss a bus somewhere? Green was 3/4 from three last night. What more do you want from him? He should have gotten more looks, which would have come with more minutes. The dude led the team in plus-minus in Game Two, and it was pretty obvious why. I'm almost certain that Paul hasn't scored a point with Danny checking him. He may not even have an assist.

Also, Kawhi was on Redick in Game One as well. I think he's doing a great job on JJ outside of a few mistakes, but that wasn't a Game Two adjustment.

Less Diaw/Kawhi on Griffin.

No Tony/Marco Lineups

No Hack-a-Jordan when the Spurs have the momentum...

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Did I miss a bus somewhere? Green was 3/4 from three last night. What more do you want from him? He should have gotten more looks, which would have come with more minutes. The dude led the team in plus-minus in Game Two, and it was pretty obvious why. I'm almost certain that Paul hasn't scored a point with Danny checking him. He may not even have an assist.

Also, Kawhi was on Redick in Game One as well. I think he's doing a great job on JJ outside of a few mistakes, but that wasn't a Game Two adjustment.

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Danny is 4-11 on 3's through the first two games (with some great looks) and shooting under 30% overall to start the series. Definitely better in GM2 and I am campaigning for more minutes as I said in the OP. Also, I don't think I said that Kawhi on JJ was an adjustment. Said it was interesting because CP has been going off and Pop elected to stay with Kawhi on JJ.

Also, I know CP3 at least hit that big 3 when Danny was guarding him. Great defense, but CP3 hit at least that one.

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Originally Posted by Cry Havoc

Did you record it or do you need a link?

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Nah but thanks, I already know the outcome so no need.

We can sit here and discuss adjustments all we want, but at the end of the day, the biggest thing is Danny and Boris finding their shots in front of the home crowd. If they shoot well and space the floor, it will be really tough for the clippers. They have shot about as well as they are going to from outside, and we're 1-1. I'm pretty ok with that, and I look for better shooting in game 3 to ultimately be the reason we win. We do need to work a little on those pick in rolls involving griffin where he gets the pocket pass, an empty lane in front of him, and a head of steam to throw it down. I don't like how easy the looks he's been getting have been, and I'm not sure anyone but Splitter can really correct that.

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Did I miss a bus somewhere? Green was 3/4 from three last night. What more do you want from him? He should have gotten more looks, which would have come with more minutes. The dude led the team in plus-minus in Game Two, and it was pretty obvious why. I'm almost certain that Paul hasn't scored a point with Danny checking him. He may not even have an assist.

Also, Kawhi was on Redick in Game One as well. I think he's doing a great job on JJ outside of a few mistakes, but that wasn't a Game Two adjustment.

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Don't bring up game 2 +/- around these parts: Parker was +7 and Bonner was +8 (the KANG) but neither of them played all that well.

Green was great when he was actually on the floor.


If Pop can get away with a no-PG lineup for 10-15 minutes, Parker's ineffectiveness can be mitigated. I don't quite trust Patty to play 30 good minutes and Joseph is very inconsistent.

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Originally Posted by SpurSwag

We can sit here and discuss adjustments all we want, but at the end of the day, the biggest thing is Danny and Boris finding their shots in front of the home crowd. If they shoot well and space the floor, it will be really tough for the clippers. They have shot about as well as they are going to from outside, and we're 1-1. I'm pretty ok with that, and I look for better shooting in game 3 to ultimately be the reason we win. We do need to work a little on those pick in rolls involving griffin where he gets the pocket pass, an empty lane in front of him, and a head of steam to throw it down. I don't like how easy the looks he's been getting have been, and I'm not sure anyone but Splitter can really correct that.

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Agreed, BG only scored 2 buckets against Splitter...If Diaw isnt playing well, Pop should play Splitter as much as possible...

Also would be good if Splitter could score some easy baskets next game...

At home we will beast. I'm not worried about the next 2 games at all.

3-1 series here we come.

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Originally Posted by Brunodf

Agreed, BG only scored 2 buckets against Splitter...If Diaw isnt playing well, Pop should play Splitter as much as possible...

Also would be good if Splitter could score some easy baskets next game...

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I feel like the injury is more concerning than they're letting on, I'm personally going to expect the worst with him and assume he can only give about 10-15 minute nights throughout the playoffs, and a below his peak level of Splitter at that. It's really unfortunate because him and tim as the front line is incredibly tough for Blake.

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

Danny is 4-11 on 3's through the first two games (with some great looks) and shooting under 30% overall to start the series.

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Yeah, but he was 1-7 in Game One. For all we know, he's already out of his slump. He DOESN'T have to shoot better in Game Three than he did last night. If he shoots 75 percent from three for the rest of the series, no one would think he was still slumping.

Missed a ton of open looks and easy layups that should be better at home. Game 3 I think is gonna be the Spurs blowout win of the series.

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Yeah, but he was 1-7 in Game One. For all we know, he's already out of his slump. He DOESN'T have to shoot better in Game Three than he did last night. If he shoots 75 percent from three for the rest of the series, no one would think he was still slumping.

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Oh ya - I would agree with that. As I said, I obviously said Danny was my number one adjustment as far as playing him more.

Maybe some downscreens for Kawhi at the elbows? He needs some of those FT-area jumpers like that Grizzlies game when he scored 15 in a row. Get him some looks in his sweet spots without having to post him up. Then if his man overplays it, he can go backdoor for a dunk/layup.

They should post Jordan more. DeAndre had one great block, but other wise, he's pretty much negated if he has to defend a guy who's throwing his body into him.

Rotation/match-up wise . . .

If he's going to stick to a three big rotation, then he needs to be judicious finding Duncan and Diaw enough rest. The second one of Griffin or Jordan is off the floor, Diaw needs to come out, even though it's during a period he normally wouldn't. That has to be a one of Duncan or Splitter next to either Bonner (or small ball, if Turkoglu makes a cameo at the four again) stretch.

Unless he catches fire in his initial stint, Belinelli needs to only play spot minutes and should only defend Barnes or Rivers (though that puts him on the ball more). Having him on Redick is insane. He's too slow to stay with him through screens and not long enough to bother him with a late contest.

Every precious second Leonard has Redick/Crawford defending him, the offense needs to be ran through him in the post. Inexplicably, they isolated a gassed Duncan at the elbow against Jordan in overtime (on the possession Jordan blocked him) and let them off the hook for having Crawford on Leonard.

If Parker plays, give him the first 5-6 minutes and if it's clear he doesn't have it again, pull the plug. If he miraculously does have it, ride him the entire 1st, because once he stiffens up, it's unlikely he'll be able to get going again.

I have a feeling Verde is going to go off in game 3.

Green will hit 3 three pointers in the first quarter tomorrow.

Book it

Only resort to hack-a-jordan if someone on the clips offense is going off or we are way behind. If you know you are going to hack jordan for an extended stretch, bring in Ayres or Baynes or Bonner in to take the fouls. I know that means losing something on offense, but I'd hate to lose Duncan or Kawhi's defensive agression at the end of the close game because they're worried about fouling out, especially with a notorious foul hunters like CP3 and JCrawford.

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Originally Posted by DMC

Nah but thanks, I already know the outcome so no need.

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No man, you gotta watch this game.
It was really bizarre.

And we really need people to watch this to determine the efficacy of the hacking strategy.
Just for this, watch it.


OP

Thanks for the effort on the write up.

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Did I miss a bus somewhere? Green was 3/4 from three last night. What more do you want from him? He should have gotten more looks, which would have come with more minutes. The dude led the team in plus-minus in Game Two, and it was pretty obvious why. I'm almost certain that Paul hasn't scored a point with Danny checking him. He may not even have an assist.

Also, Kawhi was on Redick in Game One as well. I think he's doing a great job on JJ outside of a few mistakes, but that wasn't a Game Two adjustment.

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Oh I got a more. I need Danny, after he is run off the 3 point line and dared to drive, to Fckn go straight at Jordan and run him the fck over. I will take the TO. This wimpy floater wishful crap is over.