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Fine by me their bench will be awful and the little fire power they had off the bench will be non existent
Fine by me their bench will be awful and the little fire power they had off the bench will be non existent
Meh...pulling Allen and Prince from the starting lineup only makes their defense worse. By starting Pondexter and Bayless, they would lose firepower off the bench as well...
Well, it's an obvious adjustment as HH said (not staring them, but more minutes). However, this places a ton of pressure on that starting 5 to score all the points as they would now have absolutely 0 bench (meaning expectations, of course, someone could randomly go off).
They would need 80 points from that starting 5. I don't think their defense can suffer too much at this point with how the Spurs have shredded them overall, but there is definitely potential now for the Spurs to continue having big quarters. Key is, as I said before Bayless became a starter, is not leaving him. He should command the same attention Klay Thompson/Curry did in the context of this MEM team.
I was going to vote for Green to guard Conley in game 3 since he handled Curry so well, and Parker to swtich to Allen, but if he does this, parker has to stay on Conley and Green check Bayless.
Really kills their bench and would almost make Hollins overplay Conley or Bayless and put alot of scoring pressure on Arthur and whoever else.
There's a good chance that Hollins goes ahead with this move. Unlike the Spurs with Manu/Bonner/Diaw/Neal/CJ, the Grizz don't have a full 5-man bench unit. They mainly play 3 bench guys in Pondexter, Bayless and Arthur mixed in with the starters. With 3 days off, Hollins will probably decide to play his starters 40+ minutes each, and reduce playing time for Prince and Arthur.
C: Gasol 40 / Zbo 8
PF: Zbo 32 / Arthur 16
SF: Pondexter 38 / Prince 10
SG: Bayless 24 / Allen 24
PG: Conley 38 / Bayless 10
Just don't double and we will be fine. Memphis bigs are limited and can't take advantage of Splitter/Duncan
I remember when Bayless dropped 40 something on the Spurs when he was with Portland. Little dude can ball.
Maybe Allen has to sit with a concussion?
The little bench they had goes to no bench now......
If I'm Hollins I only bench Prince and start Pondexter
If they start Bayless: Green will defend on Conley and Parker on Bayless => Less fatigue for TP and better D on their PG
Plus Bayless is more a playmaker than Pondexter so he would be more missed in the 2nd unit
Bayless and Pondexter are like Jack and Barnes but not at all as good.
Bayless is a chucker. pls do
that would be cool...leonard checks pondexter and green on bayless, downside is you cant sag off of pondexter to double...upside they have no bench scoring
The more that I think about the more I think it benefits the Spurs. If the Spurs were struggling to guard Gasol and Randolph, I'd be scared of this. However,since Splitter and Duncan are guarding those two so well, It would be ok to stay with those guys, that said, Randolph is struggling to get anything done, offense or passing, that and Leonard is very quick to recover with his length, so I think it could work out OK.
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A good bench is crucial in the playoffs
They guarded them so well thanks to the double team especially on Randolph
With good 3pts shooter around it will be another story
Pop's strategy has been to leave Allen unguarded since he is such a bad shooter. (28% from over 5 ft according to ESPN blog) or force the ball into his hands. That frees up one of our guys to double team their post players. Prince isn't much better.
Hollins almost has to do this since we've exposed the Allen weakness.
So who's the Grizzlies' #1 scorer off the bench? lol, anybody?
Maybe they bringing Allen off the bench because he really hurt himself in that nasty spill from game yesterday. I'm no doctor but that look like a severe case of shaken baby syndrome the way his head rattled around when he was rolling around on the floor.
Wrong. Spurs have guarded them well straight up with guys coming in at the last minute to attempt to strip. Not straight double team.
Duncan and Splitter have held their own just fine against the two.
Before this Bayless, after this? Darrell Arthur?
You sure? Isn't it Duncan or Splitter being helped on Randolph or Gasol early in the possetion?
The images were not that hard to find tbh. Just the page before
Not sure if serious...
Yah? And then what happens when the "good 3pts shooter" needs a blow? Is Hollins just going to play those "good 3pts shooter" the entire game?
Anyway, point is mostly moot. Splitter and Duncan can handle Gasol and Randolph in the post. Foul trouble is the only thing that could cause a problem for the spurs as it did last night because Pop is too stupid to use Baynes in the one series where he obviously might need size.
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