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I love the return of the pre-2013 "hope the other team misses" defense.
Duncan and Splitter don't work together in this series, unfortunately. We'd be far too slow and Splitter isn't good enough to make it a mismatch in our favor. Barnes can handle splitter down low because he is just as strong if not stronger and splitter doesn't have great moves. This is a great oppurtunity for splitter to get back into game shape, however, as he isn't needed and should just play spot minutes for Duncan. There shouldn't be a moment in the game where one of either splitter, duncan, or diaw is in the game though
I love the return of the pre-2013 "hope the other team misses" defense.
is there another option? the defense on thompson today at times was shaky, but looking at Curry in game 1 there was really nothing you could do. If these 2 are gonna continue to make every shot they take, kudos to them. They deserve to win the series if thats the case, and quite frankly the spurs don't really stand a chance if Curry shoots like he did in game 1 3 more times or if Thompson replicates his performance tonight
Never in Klay Thompsons life will he ever shoot 8/9 on threes again. That was the biggest fluke I've ever seen since 0.4. Anyhoo, aside from a rookies career game, just wasn't going our way, Spurs should have never allowed themselves to be down especially with Curry shooting for 7/20. A combination of badly managing PT and random bull happening is why Spurs lost. I expect Spurs split the next two games and win in 6.
make the goddamn wide open threes
That's all it takes. Ibaka goes 10-10 and that series was over.
Warriors biggest advantage is coaching (so far)
Well, you could send Timmy out to where Bogut was steamrolling the out of Parker or Joseph so Curry wasn't standing there shooting uncontested jumpers. Exhibit A: They did it tonight and Curry didn't go ape . Go back and watch game 1 and see how many times it was a Spurs defender with Curry and a screener with nobody else in sight. Every time the Spurs had two guys up there the pass went back to Bogut, who either stood there praying someone would come back for him to pass the ball to, or he'd take a dribble toward the basket and try a shot. Problem with that is that every time he'd do that Timmy would go after him and someone else would get a layup or dunk because they had a guard failing to block them out. Yet another downside of the small lineup.
However, if you go back and watch game 1 you will also see Curry was shooting 30 footers and rolling the ball to himself and shooting anyways. No doubt the defense has to get better, but Curry is about the only player in the league who makes those types of shots consistently. Playing bigger definitely isn't the solution, especially with Tim and Tiago. Boris would work potentially and Tiago is surprisingly good on switches, but I still think going small is our best bet. I do want to go back and watch game 1 though to see what the issue is, you may be right.
Splitter has to go at Barnes on the pnr he's got 3 inches on him. got no reason to worry about getting blocked he's not playing against 2 seven foshers anymore
The thing is: We don't know how to play small ball, our D is /our O is , playing small definitely isn't the solution.
Tiago and Boris are above average PnR defenders.
Kawhi/TD/Splitter frontcourt is really good defensively.
Also no Bonner/no Neal should help
this is a hard series to analyze because you really can make a case for going big or small. I personally like the idea of going small more just so we can switch better, but now that I think about it I do see the perks of having another big out there. If we had two of Tim I'd be all for it, the problem is I just don't think Tiago is good enough to impose his will and the mismatch will be more in favor of GSW.
They showed, in 2nd half, that their offense have flaws. Curry wasnt that effective. Thompson wasnt wide open. Jack hit some impossible jumpers, but defense could live with that. Barnes, Green, Bogut, Landry - they arent that dangerous.
Spurs rebounded better than in game 1. Better offensive efficiency, will help defense to go back, set and defend. Warriors had too many fast breaks. Long rebound, run, 2 passes = wide open 3.
Spurs are capable of taking HCA in Oakland, I dont doubt it.
..............You know that our problem is D right?
Right, well a lot of people are saying we should go big to impose our will offensively and force them to adjust to us. I don't think Tiago is capable of that, and I don't see how he next to Tim helps us defensively. It might make scoring down low harder, but we would be so much slower on the perimeter which is GSW's strength
Tiago is a pussy and couldn't even score on guys he has 3 to 4 inches on. Should of gone after big al. At least he holds his own on offense.
Diaw/Splitter always step up when our guards get beat off the dribble and they are quick enough to defend PGs/SGs/SFs.
Small ball = if our guards get beat off the dribble, that's it, guaranteed basket.
Small ball = We double scrubs because our players can't hold their own.
On offense, bigs set screens/move without the ball, guards just stand in the corner, our Offense is isoball
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Spurs shot 39% from the field and 23% from 3 point land... A case of good Warrior D or Spurs going cold?
I guess, but how does that solve the issue of Tony having to guard Barnes which seems to cause a lot of problems? I'm not even being antagonizing, I'm curious as to what you think
Spurs getting cold
Barnes isn't good offensively, just let him shot jumpers, i wouldn't front him or double...
But he's been posting Tony pretty deep, which causes our whole defense to collapse. Idk the whole series is a matchup problem for us, I wish David Lee was back
Me too, Lee is a cancer.But he's been posting Tony pretty deep, which causes our whole defense to collapse. Idk the whole series is a matchup problem for us, I wish David Lee was back
Spurs shouldn't overreact to Barnes posting Tony/TP shouldn't allow him to post, most of Barnes points are from attacking the basket/wide open 3s. Give him space and let him take 18-footers
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