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We all saw Paul make Kidd look like he doesn't even blong in the NBA. The Spurs have in Bruce Bowen one of the nastiest (this is definitely a good thing, and anyone who says otherwise is just jealous) defenders in the league. If Bruce is capable of giving Kobe fits than, in my opinion, he should be even more effective against Paul. PIt seems to me that Paul's lack of size and short wing span, would allow Bowen to smother him more effectively htan someone like Kobe. Thoughts?
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I think it will be like Kobe. No one can truly contain him, but hopefully Bowen can slow him down and get him unnerved.
If Paul keeps his cool, shuts his mouth and plays ball, he will have no problem. If he lets Bowen get into his head, he is done.
Paul is going to get his. He's probably the sickest point guard the league has seen since Magic Johnson. I'm more worried about the Spurs limiting David West, and going off the Dallas series, Jannero Pargo.
if he can make Paul throw the ball away more and not get into a rhythm where he's scoring 30 points a night on us, I think we're good.
Bowen is a great defensive stopper. CP3 is now a legitimate superstar.
I love Bowen's game to the hilt but CP3 will be a tough cover, if only because Bowen has not played much against CP3.
But then, Bowen is known to prepare well for his opponent. I won't discount Bowen.
The Spurs will probably use both Parker and Bowen on CP3 (using Bowen on Peja too).
No one is going to stop Paul, but hopefully Bowen can deny him the ball as much as possible. They need to get the ball out of his hands.
It will be interesting to see if the Spurs are trailing in a close game in the 4th if Bruce will be on the floor. We all know what Bruce brings on defense but if we're struggling to score and are behind late, Bruce might not even be out there.
How about KT on another Hornets's monster David West?
David West is where the Hornets have a huge mismatch on the Spurs. I'm not sure anyone on the Spurs roster will be able to guard him. The wings are too slight and the bigs are too slow.
Yes, David West scares me. And we cant double him because NO has great shooters.
Make it hard for him to make plays for others, make him work hard for his shots and make him take a lot of shots for his points and Bowen will be doing his job. Throw in a couple of threes from the corners and it's gravy.
Paul is going to get his numbers but overall this is a heat check for the Hornets franchise. Now we see if they are for real.
And uh... I mean for real, real.
This is what I think Bowen will be able to do with Paul. Keep him from having huge scoring nights in the thirtys, because when Paul is scoring like this it makes him so much more dangerous. When he's having a 30+ night and he drives the lane it makes defenders whether they are ordered to, or they do it subconsciously and t hen Paul does what he does best and find the open man. when he's not scoring at will when just being guarded one on one, it makes those assists allot harder to come by.If he can make Paul throw the ball away more and not get into a rhythm where he's scoring 30 points a night on us, I think we're good.
except for the Jannero Pargo part....
Y'all give too much credit to the hornets. Yes, Bowen will be able to slow Paul down. That said, the rest of the hornets will be limited by the sole fact that Paul is limited. Paul is not Kobe - Kobe has length and that is where the Spurs have a hard time. Do y'all not remember the year Williams had last year and when he faced the Spurs we slowed him down? He had great numbers, but he was limited in what he could do with getting the rest of his team involved. I think the same thing applies in this series. Paul is going to get his, but we'll keep him from getting his teamates involved. That is the key.
Yes we remember. But Deron does not have Peja, Tyson and David who can create havoc just as much.
Let's hope Pop comes up with a good plan...
Bruce will slow him down, frustrate him a little bit, and make him work for his shots, but he'll get some buckets.
WOW Kori, very surprised to see this comment coming from you.
We got a guy called Bruce on our squad!
He'll be the one defending West the most part of this series with Ime as his back-up. This is how we gonna win it.
pretty good prediction
It's highly unlikely that Pop will use Bowen straight up on Paul. Short of a few quick double teams to get the ball out of Paul's hands on occasion, Bowen is EXCELLENT at chasing Peja through screens and make things difficult. That's a great matchup for us.
I'd like to see one of our more versatile defenders like Horry on West (if we had to play him 1 on 1), I think he'd do as well as anyone on the Spurs. West needs someone quick enough (i.e. Horry/Bowen/Udoka) to make him put the ball on the floor and flash a quick double to have the ball taken out of his hands. He's devastating if he faces up and is able to shoot over the top. Tim is NOT the answer. That's foul trouble waiting to happen. West is a versatile big at his finest...why? Because he's not that big. AT ALL. If he guards Tim on the other hand he'll have his lunch fed to him through a straw.
Paul just needs to feel "THE SPURS PRESSURE" to force him into young mistakes. We don't need to focus on him OR West OR Peja, we just need to play real Spurs defense and keep them off balance like we did to the Suns. They were the so-called offensive juggernaut. The difference is that NOH knows how to defend (at least better than PHX).
Contain? no..maybe frustrate and slow him down ..
I don't know about y'all but I still can't believe any team in the NBA is afraid of the Hornets.
I guess I can't get their lottery bound years off my mind.
The Spurs defense has historically been predicated on disrupting the passing attacks of opposing team...the Spurs haven't just been good at doing this, they've been arguably the best team in history at doing this.
The reason the Mavs beat us is they virtually eliminated their passing game so there was nothing for our D to disrupt.
Well the Hornets are heavily reliant on the pass and Peja and David West are heavily reliant on the passing of Chris Paul...and I just don't think Paul is ready for a full series of Bruce Bowen.it's going to be an emotional journey for him, and I do think Bowen's size is going to be a factor. I could definitely see the Spurs trying to turn Paul into a scorer and letting him try to score on Bruce.
The Spurs haven't been as good at disrupting the passing of opposing teams this year but I'm thinking they still know how to do it better than any team in the playoffs.
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