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Show up tbh.
1 - Feed Tim in the post
2 - Get Bogut in foul trouble
3 - Profit
Show up tbh.
I think the key to this series will be the play of our star big-man inside.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...712110GSW.html
Gonna be tougher than in paper, because of the total contrast of styles with the previous series we had with LA.
It comes to certain matchups for me. One thing that worries me is the last time TP played them in February, they put Thompson and Barnes on him and they Sefolosha'd him basically. Other than that, they have no answer for Manu and Kawhi but the latter needs to step up his game for this series and if so, it'll be a short one no matter what.
1. Win the Rebounding Game.
2. Let Duncan punish those "bigs" tbh.
3. Don't let any player aside Curry get 20+.
4. Take care of the ball.
I say you let TP defend Curry.
I think we'll see a lot of: Parker, Ginobilli, Green, Leonard, Duncan vs Curry, Jack, Thompson, Barnes, Bogut
Last edited by AusSpur; 05-03-2013 at 02:04 AM.
This too.
Curry is a poor defender and his ankle injury limits his current ability, I'd be surprised if he covers Parker for long, tbh..
I'm expecting them to use Thompson on Parker, he's their best perimeter defender and he's given Tony trouble in the past..
Everybody has already covered the basics in this thread..the Warriors are a fundamentally flawed team, tbh..they're a streaky team that relies on gimmicky sets on both ends of the floor, tbh..they even ran zone for a large portion of the Nuggets series..
Jarrett Jack is hit or miss..his style of play often neglects the rest of his teammates and he promotes hero ball, as Dubs fans have been complaining about all year..
Thompson, Barnes and Landry are all streaky..they don't have an impressive bench, tbh..Draymond Green had a good series vs. Denver, but he's been terrible all year..Ezeli is a decent player, but nothing special..
Spurs have the talent advantage, a massive coaching advance, an experience advantage and more depth..
True, but that woulde also have been the case if we met Denver. Pop had plenty of time to prepare the team for the much faster pace in this upcoming series.
1- Gather Underpants
2-
3- Profit
Not exactly, LA couldn't shoot so we packed the paint. Denver can't shoot either so we could have used a bit of the same defensive strategy, although this time to stop the penetrations instead of the post ups.
Golden State on the other han is the best shooting team in the league.
Make Curry work on D, that might slow him down offensively.
Control the pace, slow the game down.
They are thin at the frontcourt, try to get them in foul trouble.
IMHO, keys to the game are at the PF slot (Diaw, Bonner, Blair).
Get physical and muscle them around. The win they had over us where Jack hit that 3 they went all out defensively and spent it all, and I can't see them doing that 4 games. Wear them down with precision and size and expose their inexperience. They've never been anywhere close to this stage before so time to raise it to a level they don't know how to reach.
Not sure about conference semifinals, but they did face an 8th seed in the NBA finals once upon a time
This is a series where Green/Neal need to shine. Against the Lakers, open 3 point shots for players not named Bonner were few in far between. Slowed down games, clogged lanes, etc. didnt generate tons of open shots for wing players. Danny's gotta step up and nail his looks in this series
If we play like we did against LA, we got it in 5.
If we play like we did against LA, the Warriors will start raining threes at historical rates on us.
Let's Go!
Cinco de Mayo coming up as well!
'13 Dubs > '07 Dubs /blue
You doubt Tony and Danny. We got that D son, no worries.
1. Offense: Just do your thing! It's true, that we should make Curry work on that end of the court, but if he defends e.g. Green, TP and Timmy have to do their thing nontheless with Green spotting up...Our offense will be great if we stick to what is working! And when we move the ball like we can, Curry has to do a lot of running, without just going through his defensive assignment.
2. Defense: Focus on Curry and maybe Thompson (Green, Leonard) and try to make Jack going heroball.
3. Tempo: Try to keep it high. That may seem weird with us having the inside advantage, but I think our bench is a lot deeper and come second half, guys like Curry should be tired especially with less rest before game1.
4. Intangibles: Bully them inside whenever possible! They don't have a lot to throw against our bigs. Go hard after rebounds, post up Timmy again and again, make them tick out!
5. Lineups: Don't go small even with Barnes playing strech4! We need Leonard against Curry and Thompson, not as a strech4 (I like him in that role but not against GS). I thing this could be a good series for Blair (yes, Blair!) as he is the guy to get those quick baskets down low rather than giving a fast team time to double and tripple. Also against Zone he seems to be the right choice (aside from Bonner to stretch it out). If Neal gets a lot of time, I hope he doesn't go into a heroball-battle with Jack. Or do I hope he does? I'm not sure. What do you think?
This should be an offensive battle with games in the 100s for both teams. Just deal with it and try to score 120! (and as a coach I'm more like a Tom Tib, than a Mike D'A :O)
Tim Duncan was Andrew Bogut's favorite player growing up. Just sayinWould be fun for him playing against his idol. Let's hope Tim shows him he is still The Boss
I like the idea of running Curry through tons of screens when he is defending, to tire him out. He's already a bit injured, adding fatigue to that and his shooting % will drop.
The warriors are underrated defensively, it's gonna be a tough series for sure, winning in golden state is gonna be hard so the spurs have got to take care of business the first 2 home games
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