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I can somewhat see that. But choking usually happens when one gets plenty open looks and bricks. Spurs just defended well
Well I think the Spurs are too good of a road team even without Ginobili to lose all three in Dallas. But that's just my opinion.
I can somewhat see that. But choking usually happens when one gets plenty open looks and bricks. Spurs just defended well
By the way Timvp, I am surprised you did not mention how good of a job Pop did buying Tim and Tony rest. It was really well thought out and maximized. To go from 37 minutes for Duncan and 41 minutes from Parker in game 1 to 28 and 33 respectively in game 2 was amazing.
He did it at perfect spots in the game, mostly at the end of quarters where there were extra timeouts in order to extend the break. He used the TV timeouts and breaks to his advantage and bought Tim and Tony lots of time to breathe
Drew Gooden needs to be consistently better than decent to achieve the same success as I anticipate an drop off in efficiency from TP. Hopefully nothing is seriously wrong with him.
Tony had a masterpiece of a game... but he seems not to be able to keep me from being pissed at him.
When he took those back to back 3 pointers which led to Mav fast breaks, I wanted to choke him. He can't be stopped on the drive, and his mid range J was automatic and he wants to throw up 2 straight 3's? wtf?
Neither one led to fast breaks. The first one, which was close to the shot clock buzzer, the Mavs got the rebound and walked up the court ... then Parker stole it and went the other way for a layup. The second three-pointer, which was a set play called by Pop that resulted in a wide open look, hit the rim and went out of bounds.
If those plays made you mad then for your own health you should probably switch hobbies.
You're an idiot as usual. Gooden was pretty good, and I loved his hustle, but Bonner had the better game. His defense was excellent and he played far better defense on Dirk than Gooden did. Not to mention the fact that the starting unit built the lead, and Gooden didn't come in until the Spurs had a double digit lead. One thing you also fail to mention is that the lineup that pushed the lead to 20 had Bonner and Gooden in it. They played very well together. Give Gooden credit for playing well, but don't make it at Bonner's expense, especially when you have to make up ing lies to do it.
To reiterate, they played together and Gooden finished the game, so you're just making up again.
I happen to agree with you, though not as rabidly, that Hill should have gotten some more time as the game wore on. I think the hangover story from the other thread is the most likely explanation. At least it's the best one I've heard to this point, because Hill should be getting more work when the game's out of reach. Even when Hill went in, Vaughn was running the point. That drove me nuts.
verdammen.
You'll see Dallas in a lot more 2-3 zone, maybe even to start the game.
If they do that I'd like to see some Oberto
The stars and planets were perfectly aligned for the Spurs in Game 2. Offensively and defensively, the guys played their most consistent game of the season. They have the momentum and the condfidence going into Dallas and hopefully they don't become complacent. Sure they're experienced and all that but how many times have we seen it in the past that after a great game the team comes out flat. Hoping they continue where they left off.. right now, the Spurs are mentally tougher than the mavs and another strong performance could really do significant damage.
Defense won the game, the efficient offense was just the icing on the cake. Our weak big-man rotation is clearly going to hinge on the ability of Bonner to play good defense, especially considering KTs continued lack of production. Failing this, we just need Gooden to not have an off-night and the big men are fine, otherwise we are weak there.
It is also important that Finley didn't get burned on the defensive end. This entire game was about Spurs defense, and going into Dallas, we are going to need Spurs defense to win, especially since the Mavs will want to adjust to Parker's dominance with their fans roaring for vengeance.
Get Bonner his looks, make sure Finley/Bonner/Udoka can play defense, and we should be pretty well off. When Bonner and Finley get lazy on the defesive end, our defense leaks like cheap bathroom tissue.
Aside from the almost miraculous offensive play by Tony Parker, you had to love the way the entire Team hustled on defense. Even when comfortably ahead they continued to move on D.
Spurs basketball rules!
duncan really stepped up his defense from game 1. he totally changed what the mavs could get away with in the lane. it was like night and day in comparison with game 1.
I really disagree with that..Duncan's D looked a lot worse than it was due to our perimeter D being horrible..he had to step up and go after Barea every time..
the difference was that Duncan had Bowen in front of him, instead of having bad defenders allowing Barea to get a straight line to the basket, making Duncan come out, and allowing Dampier and others to get easy put backs..
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