Small ball, switch and STAY WITH THE SHOOTERS

[Slippy]

With that said, I agree with the premise of starting Spliter and Duncan toghether to give us the chance of seeing if the team that played toghether for most of the year can do well but if things start going downhill you have to press the small ball buton very early in the game.

we both on the same page then.

[Brunodf]

We defend them better by playing small ball.

[DAF86]

They missed A LOT of open jumpers, tbh. At the end of the 4th they couldn't buy a basket and we were playing small. Or did you miss that part? I think this had more to do with GS shooting than Spurs' defense, tbh.

But, FWIW:

With that said, I agree with the premise of starting Spliter and Duncan toghether to give us the chance of seeing if the team that played toghether for most of the year can do well but if things start going downhill you have to press the small ball buton very early in the game.

[Obstructed_View]

Once again, any lineup with Matt Bonner is not smallball, it's slowterribledefensenoreboundingnoshotblockingball, but it is NOT smallball. Bonner is not quick in any way and doesn't change matchups aside from giving the guys he checks a boner as they post him up or shoot over him.

[Obstructed_View]

He wanted Splitter and Duncan together. EDIT: he already said it.

[Brunodf]

They missed A LOT of open jumpers, tbh. At the end of the 4th they couldn't buy a basket and we were playing small. Or did you miss that part? I think this had more to do with GS shooting than Spurs' defense, tbh.

Exactly, that small ball D was fluke, the big ball D was for real.

[Brunodf]

He wanted Splitter and Duncan together. EDIT: he already said it.

......

Open your eyes son, Golden state will run circles around Duncan, Splitter, Diaw, Bonner, Blair and Baynes if we play two of them at the same time.

[TheGoldStandard]

Staying home is what won the game.. if we just rebounded the ball we'd have won a lot bigger too.

[DAF86]

......

Note how the other quote is after this one. I gave it a better thought and realized that the line-up that played the whole year should be given a chance and go small if that hadn't work or before giving time to Bonner, tbh.

[DAF86]

Staying home is what won the game.. if we just rebounded the ball we'd have won a lot bigger too.

That and they switched too, if I heard right I think Pop acknowledged that at the end of the third.

[TheGoldStandard]

We shot well but we didn't rebound well so we gave up second chance shots, we didn't hit FT's at a high enough clip. We continue to play this kind of D which we are capable of and hit our FTs and box out and we win the next one by 17

[Obstructed_View]

Note how the other quote is after this one. I gave it a better thought and realized that the line-up that played the whole year should be given a chance and go small if that hadn't work or before giving time to Bonner, tbh.

Yeah you lucked out on that one, because I'd have messed with you about the previous quote.

[Brunodf]

Our offense looked like playing small, our guards just stand in the corner, there is no movement, just isoball.
And our defense looked like playing small. There is no advantage.

Bigs set screens, bigs move without the ball, bigs know how to play help defense, OUR bigs are quick enough to stay in front of guards.

[Brunodf]

Note how the other quote is after this one. I gave it a better thought and realized that the line-up that played the whole year should be given a chance and go small if that hadn't work or before giving time to Bonner, tbh.

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