I pretty much keep the same strategy against CP and West. I might throw an occassional double team at West. But if I'm Pop I'm doing what TimVp mentioned and put Bowen on Peja and completely take him out of this series. I bring in Udoka to counter the Bonzi factor. Paul and West can't beat our team alone with their scoring. You are not going to rattle Paul with Bowen sticking him imo. I just think that would be a waste of a defender doing that. I would rather have Bowen sticking Peja that Manu because like TimVp mentioned Manu like to cheat inside where the action is too much and ends up leaving Peja wide open in route to scoring 20+ again. We can;t have that if West and Paul are getting theirs all night too.
- Focus on completely shutting down Peja with Bowen
- Use Duncan on West to eliminate his interior game (make him a jumpshooter)
- Udoka should guard Wells every second he's on the court
- Let Parker on Paul
Horry should just hip-check CP3 into the scorer's table...half the Hornets get suspended for coming off the bench...DING...series over!
Here is how I would defend D-Dub if I were you:
1. Play Zone and double down on him in the post. Force him to kick the ball out to Peja and Mo-Pete. While good shooters they can be spotty at times, especially Mo-Pete.
2. Face guard CP3 when D-Dub has the ball, keep him from getting the ball when two defenders on are on West. You don't want CP3 with the ball when he knows there is an open man. He will find him.
3. Put Duncan on D-Dub at least part of the time and hope Chandler doesn't get 20 rebounds and gets too many big-easy's from CP3.
4. Prevent D-dub from getting the ball too deep in the post. If you can push him out and he has the ball with his turned to goal at 17ft. You are doing a good job and might prevent the need to bring the double team.
But all this is easier said than done. These are not new concepts and I am sure your Poppovich has thought of these before.
Here is to a good game 2. The first one was fun, lots of drama.
Just remember, STOP THE FLOP!!!
David West isn't a dumbass like Amare is. And Byron Scott has more control of his team than Mike D'antoni does(he's also less of a dumbass than D'antoni).
QFT.
Also, West is better at creating his own shot.
Besides Duncan on West, isn't this what we saw in game 1?
That's easier said than done, Hornets players are really good at flopping.
Nah. It would be much better if Duncan shows up this time both on O and D.
Did you watch the same game than me? Let's see in the game that I saw:
- Bowen didn't focus on shutting down Peja. He spent a lot of time chasing Paul.
- Udoka only played garbage time
Pop still doesn't trust Udoka all that much. At least that's what I'm inferring from Ime's lack of playing time.
Ginobili is the queen of flopping. And Bowen and Parker laid on court till the refs felt sorry for them in game 1.
You know it...Just listen to the chants tonight. We will be yelling:
STOP THE FLOP! STOP THE FLOP! STOP THE FLOP!
That's all you had in game 1...
Yep! I HOPE the Spurs double him and "let" Chris Paul run free. Cause then if that happens, then CP will open up the floor for our shooters (Peja, Mopete, etc.)
On the other hand, putting Bowen on West might be yalls best option. If you put Tim on him West will shoot perimeter jumpers to force Tim from under the rim to take away his rebounding ability.
Pop won't try anything to "solve the West problem". Instead he will solve the "lack of energy/hustle problem" we had on the 2nd haft of Game 1 and (hopefully) that should be enough to win Game 2 and steal HCA.
I'm sorry but Hornet fan(as well as E20) must think I was saying we should double off Chandler...at no point did I say that. You guys have a very limited definition of double team and one that really isn't used that often. I didn't say double off Chandler. I never said it one time...Usually the only time the PF and C are used together in a double team is in a...well in a triple team, and not in a double team. After you guys watch some more basketball you won't own yourselves like this as much...
Let DW go 1on1 against kt and the crew for 3 quarters, without doubling, so the shooters cannot get in a rhythm. I think our defense has proven good enough to at least contain Paul.
Come 4th, stick tim on DW, and start doubling. The shooters are cold and only CP3 should be warm, besides west. thats when we make the other people beat you, and if west can somehow make it work -- props.
Theres only so much you can do. The hornets have weapons and part of this game is luck.
That's West's shooting percentages from the regular season. He's a good midrange shooter but he's not as automatic as he looked in Game 1. This is even more reason to defend him the same way as the Spurs did in Game 1. If he hits those shots again, then maybe you then bring the double-team. However, there's a chance that he won't keep up his hot shooting touch, especially seeing as he was pretty average when it came to hitting those shots in the regular season.
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