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Ripping your asses off and handing them to you on a platter.
Assuming you get by the kings what matchups/rotations would you use against the mavs and how could you exploit Dallas?
Ripping your asses off and handing them to you on a platter.
Show up.
I tried asking a legitimate question a couple of days ago on this forum and got similar responses. It's a waste of time. Although the "show up" response was kinda funny
Lets just finish with Kings and then talk about Mavs.
Ditto. It's bad form and tempting fate to talk about the next series before you finish the one you are in.
I'm sure the spurs are totally focused on the kings but the fans don't have to play the game. I am wasting my time putting out logical threads without stupid responses.
Spurs can beat Mavs by just playing their bench and Eva Longoria at PG.
i'll give you a response as soon as the spurs beat the kings. but i understand where you are coming from and any frustration you might have in an attempt to start a formidable discussion.
...you must also understand that the spurs have dismissed the mavs, on the court, in pretty much every important game they have ever played against each other. and b/c of that it is obvious that most spurs fans feel this dallas team will present no other challenge. their personel is somewhat different than in the past but their style is the really the same when you get down to it. even though AJ has improved the team on the defensive end i don't think the players are in that mindset where defense comes first. which will be required to compete with the spurs, if they make it to the next round.
...hence, the jokes.
Lets see... P&R will work nicely.
Diop cant stop TD in playoff mode. You will double. Our shooters will kill you.
Close games in a close series. If Mavs play perfect basketball they will win. Anything else the Spurs will win. Probably in 6.
I disagree with that statement that Diop or Dampier can't stop Duncan. I think they will mix up double teams and single teams but will play Duncan very similar to how they played Gasol. There won't be a lot of open shots. The spurs will be forced to go small and start Horry like they did last game. I expect to see at times a lineup of Parker, Ginobili, Finley, Bowen, and Duncan since they won't be able to stop Dallas so instead try to outscore them. That is what they did last game to Sacramento and it worked. Hopefully Dallas plays better defense which I think they will.
See "Spurs vs Suns WCF '05." Applied to a Spurs vs Mavs series, that translates to "Let Dirk do his and take everyone else out of the game."
That's just the thing, I don't believe you can take everyone else out of their game, but hopefully you get past the Kings so we can find out.
All of this is academic if the Spurs don't beat SAC.
But, the notion that defending Pau Gasol in a playoff series is anything like defending Tim Duncan in a playoff series is utterly laughable. Once the playoff logos go down on the floor, Pau becomes fearful of his own shadow and painfully soft in the post. It's fairly easy to defend that.
I guarantee you that you'll realize that this statement is not correct anymore before the series is over. I barely recognize them most games their style is so different than in the past. The players have totally committed to the defensive mindset. They still haven't learned it as well as the Spurs do at this point though.
Sac and Dallas have completely different lineups. You dont have guards and small forwards like artest and wells that can attack the rim with ferocity. SA's big lineup will fare nicely and they wont have to go small too often due to the matchups. Dirks is a hard matchup, but his game relies too heavily on jump shots and especially fade away jump shots. If you contest him, he will shoot an average % and you will get stops. This would be a much more classic matchup than with the kings. What is killing SA with the kings is that the bigs are too slow for wells and artest but the guards and small forwards are too small. Our defensive rotation had been poor, but stepped it up in game 5. Look for SA to be able to fare better against a more orthodox lineup in Dallas.
why should we assume this? let's get past the Kings first.
Sorry I jumped the gun. I'll wait until after game 6 to respond again to this thread.
AJ would have to coach the best series a coach ever coached to beat the Spurs. The Mavs are good but the Kings are a much tougher matchup on paper.
Decent analysis. Josh Howard will be a tough matchup for the Spurs if they continue to let Duncan try to guard him like they did this season. Josh abused that matchup in that last game. I think how well the big guys play will determine this series. The Mavs big guys (Dampier & Diop) will have to continue to play well for the Mavs to win.
simply amazing.
First, the Spurs have at least one, maybe two, very tough games vs Kings to escape from first round.
wow that is coming from a aj lover to
Well I seem to recall a lot of people pissing their pants about Marion owning us and Richardson/Johnson raining threes on us. What the happened to them? Answer: The Spurs. Amare averaged 42ppg and Nash scored in the 20s each game, the rest of the team must have stayed at home. The point is two people cannot win a playoff series agains the Spurs. I think the player to isolate is Howard, he has a pretty explosive game and can score big. If we D up on Harris and Stack, then you are counting on Terry and Dirk to win the series and I don't see that happening. A lot of people are dogging the Spurs because of this series against Sacramento and totally ingoring the fact that the Kings are a matchup nightmare. The Spurs will have a much better time matchup up with Dallas and I think after having no answer for Bonzi for the entire series, we'll be ready to take someone out of their game for once. Dallas will also have to shake off the rust, so I think this longer series will help the Spurs in the long run. Duncan has been improving with each game.
Josh Howard will be a tough matchup. There are definitely enough tough matchups to go around for both teams, so that is why I tend to give the edge to the HCA and to the team with the championship caliber. Will be a good series, but I think the Spurs won't have to adjust as much to Dallas as they have to the Kings. I give the Kings credit - they have 5's that shoot threes and 2's and 3's that post. That is hard to deal with if you arent used to it and dont have to personnel to match. It's like having to play that mike leach offense at T.Tech for the first time. is hard to adjust to, but once a great team sees it a few times they will adjust accordingly.
I know. That is if we advance...
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