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Imagine how much better it will be when Duncan gives a crap, Manu isn't sick and James Anderson is reintroduced...
His off-season plan was on display tonight..
While this "new" style of play for these "new look" Spurs is obviously meant to maximize the strengths of the personnel on this team, let's be real..this change was obviously meant to counter the Lakers' advantages, more than anything, at least IMO..
As everybody should know by now, if you have followed them, the Lakers are very slow and unathletic, they have very few quick/athletic players left on their roster..their advantage is obviously in their size, which was on display at times tonight..they are methodical, they are slow footed, especially on the perimeter..
Pop obviously knows this, as a few of us pointed out during the off-season..his plan was clearly on display tonight..the Spurs looked LEVELS more athletic than the Lakers, they looked much quicker, much more athletic, much more alive..while the Spurs looked physically overmatched, they also looked much younger and explosive..
For one of the few times we've seen in years, the Spurs were SWARMING on D..they sent quick double teams, they played the passing lanes extremely well..the athletic and quickness advantage was on display tonight, and I kind of believe that Pop was saving this kind of display, tbh..
The Spurs forced 16 turnovers and had 17 fast break points tonight..
Let's all hope this is a preview of the playoffs..the best way to make up for the lack of a secondary interior defender is to swarm and play with the energy the Spurs did tonight..
Imagine how much better it will be when Duncan gives a crap, Manu isn't sick and James Anderson is reintroduced...
Defense was great tonight. Manu and Hill were outstanding against Kobe and TP played the passing lanes well.
The help on the bigs were good too
"Swarming" is spot on
Damn, they were harassing the Lakers in the second halfq
A masterpiece/work of art for Pop
Ya, hopefully Anderson can get back into rhythm quickly, it just adds another young player with energy, especially for this matchup..
Still too many treys and still got to improve on interior D as well as on moving the ball better
Absolute TEAM EFFORT. The defense was contagious all night
Exactly.
The size/length disadvantage was made up by a skill advantage. George Hill was simply awesome tonight. Guarding Kobe for large stretches of the game and harassing him throughout was a majestic performance. In a way he anchored the defense brilliantly. But for a small stretch in mid 4Q, when Kobe tried to launch a spree, Hill overpowered Kobe.
And 6-7 Blair was defensively great as well. Fronting Bynum off and on, closing down the passing lanes and gaining steal after steal besides rebounding brilliantly. His offense was an add-on, nice tear drop once, and good post play.
Blair and Hill showed that skill matters more than size overall.
Impressive show.
But it is fool's gold to expect that the Lakers will be in this disarray when the playoffs come and the Spurs' coach and thinktank already know that.
scary team
Its the only way to beat them. they have 3 7 footers, we cant put 4 seven footers out there.
When you play D like that and with energy throughout the game like that....
plus outscore a "long team" 42-28 in points in the paint....
you get yourself a well-earned W.
duncan should work on his bank shot and low post hook shots, none of that driving to the lane weak ass layups
same can be said about spliiter and his inside floaters....fkn weak ass
It's only too many threes if you miss them.
d'uh! The lakers got butt hurt
Spurs D was great, but Kobe deserves some of the credit tonight for the Spurs win.
be intersting jan 5 rematch
I credit manu blair and hill
Yea but 32 and so many better opportunities and they jacked up a three ...
Still we know LA allows spurs to shoot them. Maybe this year is a year they will pay for it ?
Dallas lost so thhey gonna be supermotovated 2morrow
Spurs D was good, not superb
lol lets get this winning streak going again
lol at the clown who thought we go 2-3 this stretch of games
Yeah maybe Duncan could possibly work a bank shot into his game one year.....
Of course, couldn't have been the Spurs....
tonight i saw guys who knew their roles and knew how to gel. that'll win with this system.
credit manu?????? really....... ho because it's on Defense lol
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