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We are going to crush them.
The key to winning any championship is still:
Rebounding
Defense.
Honestly, the ECF was about the Pistons not showing up as much as it was about the Cavs steppng up. James/Gibson heroics need to be viewed in that light.
i think it's the cavs' year. i thinkl they surprise everyone and win game one and then win in 6.
:lol
So just rebound, and put your hands up.
thats it Spur fans?
:lol
Cocky mfers.
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Originally Posted by T Park
Well even though you were invited on the round table for absolutely no reason, I still think Larry Brown knows more about basketball than you. So I say, crash the boards every possession like your life depends on it, play that good old fashion disciplined spurs defense, and good things shall come.
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Originally Posted by td4mvp3
If they win game 1, the Cavs will lose in 5 games. But like someone else said, I think it was more Detroit toying around with them too long and when LeBron went postal in game 5 Detroit was still shell-shocked tonight. I mean focus on James, but don't leave everybody else WIDE open. Sheeesh!!
Now as to the specifics of said defense, I have no idea but really hope Pop does :pctoss
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Originally Posted by td4mvp3
are you kidding me? Spurs don't win this year, how the hell will they ever win with an aging duncan and an ever competitive west conf. in the future. This is their year.
Sick Bowen on James, put the non-Duncan centers on Z, have Duncan on Gooden/Sideshow and Ginobli/Parker on Hughes/Gibby.
You use your reserves when necessary. You defend vigorously, and you give the ball to Duncan and Ginobli down the stretch...
In essence, you do what you would have done anyways.
Oh, and make sure not to double James too much, if at all, and NEVER EVER tipple him. Play him like Shaq, because the closest thing he has to Kobe is Gibson, and he is still young enough to single-team.
Hope Parker continues his emergence as a SuperStar in this series.
Hope Finley has the series of his life.
Hope Horry gets court time.
Hope Elson plays up to about 1/10th of his potential in this series
Hope that the assistant wasn't paying attention when the Magician was showing him the tricks...
Hope the Cavs are just happy to be there and the Spurs maximize their experience edge.
Sorry folks...but they match up with us better than we match up with them.
Big Z has had some good games against us, he's been very similar to Okur(hope for a repeat of the Utah choke), as has Marshall, and LeBron has whupped us...and Gibson looks to be a problem.
Hit our fucking FT's. We're better at it than they are.
And besides that no one on the Pistons seemed to want to drive the lane like TP.Quote:
Originally Posted by ducks
They were settling for jump shots all night. I look for Tony and Manu to put some of them in foul trouble early.
As for Gibson, this was probably the game of his life tonight. And besides the Spurs won't leave 3 point shooters wide open.
I look for the Spurs to close them out in 5.
What part of Bowen can't guard LeBron aren't people getting?
Go find someone that outweighs you by 50lbs, is more athletic, go pick a fight with them...fight them straight up with no special tactics, and see if you get it then.
Cavs aren't a deep team, so we should attack the basket as much as possible to get their scrubs on the floor.
Perimeter defense will be key, for if we double the rook or Larry Hughes can knock down threes.
i think lebron gets the d-wade treatment, manu and finley's inconsistencies show back up, the confidence bred by the two reg season wins carries over, and rebounds go their way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Roxsfan
We should be able to utilize our deep bench against them too. Don't be surprised though if they steal one of the first two games in SA though.
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Originally Posted by T Park
No one here is predicting a sweep.
You're just trying to pick a fight. It's hardly the end of the fucking world to play the Cavs.
But just like with Utah - rebounds and the advantage will be huge. If the Pistons had taken care of the boards, they would have been in a much better position.
No, whottt, Bowen can't guard LeBron by himself, but the beauty of the system is that he doesn't have to. I can't count how many times in the last two games I watched people near the basket watch LeBron instead of guard him or attempt to block his shot. That won't happen with the Spurs.
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Originally Posted by whottt
The thing that comforts me right now is that we didn't have anyone who could guard Amare either. And Phx has waaaay more weapons on their side of the ball then Cleveland does. I mean we found a way to beat Melo, and Iverson on the same freakin team for goodness sakes. Beating those two teams weren't an easy task, but we still manged to do so. And you have got to remember, this is a Detroit team that layed down really. It's like they got caught up in all the James hype. Other than James, their team is mediocre at best. And thats including their coach.
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Originally Posted by easjer
Yeah, in game 5 Prince ran for cover on one of Lebron's many dunks. (literally ran) :lol
The Spurs defense will like vs. Carmelo. Lebron is better than Carmelo, to be sure, but the Cavs don't have a second player at the level of Iverson.
I say we come at them scoring on all cylinders, basically playing the way we have played and let Lebron have his. We just can't have him dishing out assist, rebounding and scoring.
Amare can't pass...if you could combine Amare and Nash into one player...you'd have a similar problem to what LeBron is going to bring...he's not as good as combination of Nash and Amare would be...but he's better than Amare. They aren't even in the same league in skills.Quote:
Originally Posted by florige
And the Cav's are 50 times the defensive team the Suns are.
They play our D.
your are doomed san antonio :lol
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If we get into a basket for basket situation(a likely occurrence with the style of hoops they play and we play), LeBron is going to be able to score on us more easily than we will be able to score on him. And he can pass....and you can't really foul him.
We need a freaking true SF with some defensive skill....Pop is going to have to cover up this mismatch with smoke and mirrors...I just hope Brown doesn't see through them.
I'd promise TPark will stop posting for a year to get James Posey right about now.
He's had three big games out of eight played against the Spurs since he was drafted, the rest have been average.Quote:
Originally Posted by whottt
Doesn't sound or look like Bowen can't guard Lebron.
Also, has Bowen ever guarded Lebron in the playoffs? No.