Love the analysis...but I disagree about Parker's shot. Parker's shot is up at 6.1 seconds but that's when the foul was called. Had he driven without getting fouled, he would have either released it later, or found a shooter which would have left less time on the clock.
If I had to choose between:
1- Trying to score a 2 and let the best 3 point team in the League have 6 seconds to score and end the quarter strong or
2- Shooting a 3 with 0.1 seconds left and see what happens
I go with 2. And in fact, they did hit a 3, it didnt count, but they did it.
At the end, I think Parker sees that he can penetrate and he does it.
Unless it was the last month, that we all could have missed and not lost any sleep
How much of that was Tony, and how much was Pop. We all know that you don't want to give an extra possession to the opponent at the end of a quarter, but Pop has probably drilled into the team that if you get an open look with a few seconds left, go ahead and take it. When an opponent has to go the length of the floor in <5 seconds, their efficiency has to plunge, so getting the extra EV by getting a better look might be worth giving up the free shot to the opponent.
That, and Parker probably knew as soon as he got hit that he was fouled. What was he supposed to do, not shoot the ball?
I think Parker said that it was either Bogut or Jack that got him. It was Parker's left leg that was injured anyway. The picture, showing Thompson's arm hook on Tony's left elbow, is still a great example of GSH's point, that not only are the Warriors setting many illegal screens on offense, they're using illegal means to fight through screens on defense. They're just daring the refs to call that, knowing that if the refs did actually call every offense, the whole Warriors team would foul out by halftime.
Pop never seems to call out the refs, so does the team pursue this with Stern or Stu Jackson, sending tapes of the illegal , or do they just accept it without saying anything?
Believe me when I say that I'm not calling GS out. They aren't playing dirty. Not only that, but Marc Jackson is totally sincere about doing things the right way. (Meaning not playing dirty and taking cheap shots.) I guess we're all hypocrites about something, but Marc Jackson is one of the good guys. The Warriors are just playing basketball, and fighting to move on.
Every time somebody gets called for a foul, it means they did something "illegal", if that's the way you want to look at things. The refs have been pretty good in the games I've watched. And by that I mean that they are letting both teams play, and not being especially inconsistent on either end of the floor. There's nothing to report to the league, and I really, really never meant it that way. After the Spurs loss in Game 2, after the near-loss in Game 1, there were a lot of people talking about the Warriors just being the better team, and things like that. Parker has lost a step, Manu has lost two steps, and Tim is actually getting shorter. I just wanted to point out that what GS has done is just execute a strategy designed to slow down Parker, and disrupt the PnR. If the refs decided to start making that call, they would have to try something else. But then again, if the refs decide to stop letting Tim take 3-4 stutter-steps while he's "gathering the ball", we would be in a world of hurt, too.
The way the Spurs react is just what they have done - make adjustments. Look, on the night that the Spurs lost Game 2, I posted that I thought they could still close this out in 5 games, as long as they played with more aggression and physicality. I still believe that. The Warriors are a good, young team. But the Spurs are substantially better. On a night when a player is making every 3-pointer he looks at, that team probably can't be beaten. If Danny Green made 8-9 3-pointers, or whatever it was Thompson did, the Spurs would be absolutely unstoppable - at least on that particular night. But as long as the Spurs don't play soft, they aren't going to get knocked out of a 7-game series with Golden State, no matter how they defend the PnR. I guarantee you, you won't hear any of the Spurs players griping about Jackson's game plan against them. It's just basketball.
Forget Curry. Jared Jack carries with just about every dribble.
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