looks to me like Duncan will have a monster series against the Suns. how will they stop him? i didn't watch the Suns-Blazers series, so who do they have that can defend Tim?
I don't think the suns can stop Duncan or the three headed guard monster of Hill, Parker, and Hill. Also Blair should have a lot better series against the suns than he did the mavs.
That being said the spurs have no answer for Amare. The Key is going to be transition Defense like usual in a Spurs-Suns series.
Didn't the Lopez kid do a pretty good job on him during one of the regular season games?
I'm hoping that after dealing with Haywood's height and length, everyone else guarding Tim will seem short.
isn't lopez out for the playoffs? or was that just the first round?
Robin Lopez has yet to play in the playoffs and his status is still up in the air. On Injury updates on espn it says Lopez has been practicing.
Lopez is injured.
PORTLAND -- Robin Lopez worked out at the Suns’ Game 6 shootaround Thursday, but don’t expect any Brandon Roy-style dramatic returns anytime soon. The bulging disk in his back pinched a nerve and caused a loss of strength in his right leg, and working his way back into playing shape from that setback is a much more arduous process than Roy's return from torn meniscus surgery.
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...for-suns-lopez
Chase him off the three point line.
to me, the Suns look very weak when it comes to post players. aside from Amare, of course. IMO, they were very lucky to go against a team in the first round that just happened to be missing BOTH of its centers.
now, the Suns will be facing a team that has all of its big men healthy. to me, that will be the series-decider. Spurs win in 6.
I hope he s all over them just like every other year but what do we do about Amare??
Good call
Both of suns center were quick to their feet. Meaning, as tim extends to take a running hook they can jump faster to try and block. But then again, I saw that from dampier in the reg season but no in the POs.
Amare's real threat is that he tends to get "and ones" as he rolls to the rim. Tim going out early with two fouls would be deadly.
as Kenny said on the TNT broadcast last night, if the Suns had to double Lamarcus Aldridge in the first round...what the f*!k are they going to do with Duncan? Double him, our backcourt will feast, play him straight up, Timmy will get 25 a game. Phoenix is in trouble IMO
I bet Duncan does a little better against the Suns than the Mavs, but not by much. Hopefully Manu returns to a 20pt per game player this series as he will have a few days to rest and maybe his nose will heal a little. I feel good about playing the Suns, I'm not going to make any predictions, but I feel good playing them.
If Lopez is hurt I would see Suns doubling Duncan the whole series, if so Mcdyess Manu Parker and everyone else on the court would be getting open shots. Mavericks really have no length without Lopez like Mavericks did with Haywood and Dampier.
I don't think they will double Tim. I do believe that they will send him to the line 20 times a game and make him earn his points from the foul line.
I'm Sure by doing that Amare will get in foul trouble.
It will not be Amare guarding him when they do the hack a Duncan. More likely Frye, Amundson, Collins, Jones and Clark.
By playing against him every 48 hours.
From Yesterday on Sun's website:
... Suns C Robin Lopez, who has a bulging disc in his back, participated in the Suns' shootaround but is not close to returning. It was unclear if he'd be available for the second round.
So, clearly not Lopez. The rest of those dudes can't do guarding duncan. Unfortunately, just fouling him before he has a chance to get it up is a good strategy until he starts hitting more than 48% from the line for a series.
Also, Duncan is not built to be the main scorer for us anymore. What we do need is aggressive post scoring out of duncan/blair in combination. That would really help.
yeah, this is the only strategy i can see for them. foul tim whenever he tries to get a shot off.
Totally! I mean, remember when the Suns didnt do that and Duncan went off for 41 points in that Spurs Suns game this year?
Oh wait...that was Amare.
Do your best to make him a jump shooter from the perimeter. Frye did a decent job of keeping Aldridge off the block, and a good job contesting Aldridge's shots when on the block. HOWEVER, much of this is likely Aldridge not having the smarts/heart to fully exploit the defensive tactic. I figure Duncan will. However, I still believe the best defense against Duncan will be a swarming zone when in with the ball in the post, a fronting-technique when attempting to get position in the post, and instant doubles if Duncan tries to do anything with the ball besides shoot while on the perimeter.
Or, they can go -for-tat and play him straight up the way SA used to defend Amare. Make Duncan himself beat you and do your best to defend/disallow the others from getting shots, specifically open threes.
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