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What adjustments, if any, do the spurs need to make in order to win game 3?
Sorry, jjust saw this thread after putting up this one!!!!!!
New refs
Agressive
No pussy small ball
Clog the lane
Someone should powerslam Howard, Terry and Harris to let them know they ain't getting to the rim like that anymore
TP must be TP
Manu must be Manu
Feed Timmy
REBOUND, O
Ball movement, no more TP trying to be the hero
Score more points than the Mavs
no one is power slamming anyone, grow up.
Tony has been covering terry pretty well.
Manu need to cover Harris and make him shoot the ball from the outside..Do not get up close.
Bowen needs to stay on Dirk as he has played him well.
Duncan can occasionally help whoever is covering howard if he is down low cause the big men for dallas suck.
Horry/oberto/whoever are not going to be able to cover howard. This is the man we need to double with manu or duncan.
Howard and Harris are the two players who the spurs either have no answers or have not found a method to slow down on the offensive end. What to do on these guys??
i think that the spurs can make it no more because they r so confident about the championship so thats y i think that the spurs r playing the way they r playing like game 2 was just a blow out because they werent playing right
you see im a lakers fan but i admit it lakers were playing confident too so thats y they lost.
We let them control the pace of the game yesterday. Clog the lane and that doesn't happen, but as long as Avery can bait Pop into playing small ball, they'll get away with that. Duncan and Rasho in the middle would cut down on that a little.
I agree J.T.!! The spurs need to make Harris shoot the ball, whoever is defending him need to lay off so he cannot drive. Howard is going to have to be double teamed, probaly by who is covering Harris or even Duncan if howard is down low..I am not sure but did the spurs play any zone last night??
how about setting some fruity picks on them, a la prince's crew on the chappelle show. it would probably throw them off more than our scheme on tuesday.
Here's what you do. You force Nowitzki to defend like a 4 for the entire game. Then Bruce gets Howard and TP or Manu gets Harris. The Spurs ed themselves from the get go by going small. You go "big" or, as was the case for the entire season, "normal" and start off with TD at the 4 and either Nazr or Rasho at the 5. Then you pound it inside and run your offense like you did all season long. You play this as a war of attrition. Maybe you put up with a couple of Mavs jumpers due to their small lineup versus your big lineup in exchange for owning the paint and wearing them out inside on the defensive end.
I'm sure Pop is debating switching Bowen on Howard, but that leaves no one that can slow down Dirk. Spurs just don't match up with the Mavs that well just like the Mavs have no one that can slow down Duncan. It's gonna be very interesting to see the adjustments made each game. The Spurs are going to have to slow the game down somehow or they won't win this series. Game 3 should be great game. As much as I'd like to give my Mavs full credit for last night's ass-kicking, the Spurs looked tired to me and they won't be for game #3. Home court doesn't mean sh@t in this series except maybe in a game #7.
If the spurs put in Rasho than Duncan would have less space to operate. There are pros and cons for each lineup change. I say the spurs keep the same lineup and put Horry on Dirk and Bowen on Howard.
It's a flip flop kinda situation.
The Mavs:
If they double Duncan then they have to worry about the 3 shooters and getting killed that way. Not doubling Duncan allows him to dominate the interior.
The SPurs:
they can have Bowen guard Dirk and allow the guards to drive to the hoop, or let Bowen guard Howard and let Dirk light it up.
Both teams have alot of thinking to do before game 3.
Hope they catch the bird flu?
Unfortunately, we have to move Bowen off Dirk and have him start off guarding Howard. None of the Spurs bigs can guard Howard when Bowen is on the Mavs big (Dirk).
So the Spurs will have to have Bowen guard Howard and then Duncan/Horry take their shot at Dirk.
As for Harris, when Tony's healthy by Saturday, I think he should be able to guard him good enough.
I agree with all of this. Harris is fast but he's not as fast as the Spurs made him look last night. At the same time, Parker really isn't that great of a defender in the first place but he'll be better after a few days rest.
I'd rather see Bowen lock down Howard and keep him from turning in a 27 point performance than keeping Dirk at 22 instead of 32. In addition, if you go "big" or "normal" as I like to call it, then you have your interior defense again and you can actually return to preventing easy drives to the rim. I'd take the trade off of a few more looks for Nowitzki in exchange for putting the clamps down on the rest of his supporting cast.
Tony can guard Harris decently if healthy but Manu seemed to have trouble guarding Terry at the beginning of the game forcing Parker to take Terry. This small ball idea was a great idea. Dallas is really big at SF, PF, and C so it's not really small ball and more teams should use the 2 PG in the lineup if they are big everywhere else.
Proof again that there's just not enough Bowen to go around.
It's frustrating to see teams constantly double off on guys who don't deserve such treatment. IMO, the only Mavs that should command a double team are Dirk and maybe Stack (when he's in the game and in the post). The rest of the guys should be played straight up.
Obviously, neither of the two Mavs centers are a threat to score. So, TD or Nazr can roam with caution.
The key is to keep Devin and Howard out of the lane and try an neutralize Dirk on the perminter and when he tried to post up.
The dude can "D" up, that's for sure. He can mix in a big 3 from time to time as well. I don't think he bothers Dirk as much as he has in past years, I just think that Dirk knows that he can pass to a teammate with a much better shot than he's gonna get off Bowen. Last night was the perfect example of that as Dirk shot 7 for 11. I can't remember the last time that Dirk only took 11 shots. He didn't try to force anything vs. Bowen since Howard & co. were in a good offensive groove.
Moving Bowen to Howard would be a good move for Spurs IMO. I think Howard would get really frustrated and he tends to get in foul trouble and not play as well when that happens. I'm actually hoping that Bowen stays on Dirk.
I think the Spurs should stop with the WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WAAAAAAAAAAA Already, that might help, so annoying!!
I think the Spurs should stop with the WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WAAAAAAAAAAA Already, that might help, so annoying!!
^^^ that is just wrong!
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