Spurs are going to Memphis to try split games, I have no doubt about that. You cant sweep Memphis, they are good. From what I saw in game 2, Spurs were unstoppable as long as Parker was fresh. Alse we saw how good was Duncan, when he had fresh legs for OT. I was wondering, which game should Spurs, Parker and Duncan especially play more minutes. Saturday game or game 4 ? What`s your opinion on that matter ? I just asume that overplaying those guys in next games, could affect whole series in negative way.
Most definitely Game 3.
The team will have been well-rested.
No team has ever come back from an 0-3 deficit.
If there were ever a game in which to absolutely push the gas pedal, this would be it. Go for the 3-0 lead. Play as aggressively as possible. Give the Big Three lots of minutes.
Just play the best players(no Neal/Bonner/small ball) and don't double
In fact, if the Spurs gained a 3-0 series lead, they could compensate by resting the Big Three for most of Game 4.
A 3-0 series lead opens up all kinds of flexibility.
3 days off this far into the playoffs is rare. Swing for the fences Saturday.
I'm going to have to agree with the Mavericks fan here. Not his life choices, just his post.
Technically, the Spurs will have had nearly 4 days of rest, since Saturday's game is a night game.
If the Spurs lose game 3 this series will go the distance. I hope they go for the kill in game 3.
A 3-0 series lead gives far more peace of mind than a 2-1 lead.
My first though was - go for 3-0, and get it done with 2 next games at most. But Spurs could "swing for fences" and still lose game. And this could affect whole series.
If the Spurs had only 2 days of rest, that would make sense, but they'll be going into Game 3 with nearly four days of rest.
I think the benefits of swinging for the fences far outweigh the drawbacks. I understand there's a risk of overtiring the Big Three, but there's a risk to everything.
go for a sweep. imagine how much rest the Spurs will get if Indiana wins a couple.
lol what? We are winning this series in big part thanks to all the doubling we're doing to their bigs.
3-0 silences the media and puts a big dampener on the Grizz's comeback narrative of these playoffs (although obviously it wouldn't kill it). Also means the Spurs would probably be more relaxed playing in game 4. Now that may itself be problematic, but it could also help ensure better shooting by the Spur's role-players while in Memphis. Either way pretty sure the Spurs want to get game 3, its just going to depend on how the first 5 shots or so go and how the game is being called.
The same amount they would get if the Pacers got swept. Finals start June 6th regardless of how long either series goes.
Game 3. A memphis win in game 3 will allow them to grow more comfortable and may even make a game 4 victory all the more possible.
We'll be rested, they still wont know what a victory feels like, so 3 would be better.
If I were Pop I wouldnt play to lose like in the fourth quarter of Game 2.
ok so take the rest now or in preparation for the finals? a week of rest and practice sounds ideal.
If we take game 3, we sweep, if not, I can see memphis tying it 2-2 and this series going to 7 (maybe 6), and I want no part in this. Come out all cylinders firing after 3 days rest tbqhimho
play every game to win.
Pop saved enough minutes during the season, and Spurs STILL get tired, so that strategy.
Reckoning is the only one with any sense so far.
What?? So Pop is going into Memphis to try to lose one game. Is that his gameplan? If you were to ask him that in the postgame, he wouldn't laugh at you, he'd make all the other journalists laugh at you.
Why not? Because they're "good"?You cant sweep Memphis, they are good.
They have 3 days off, that's rest. Don't tell me that if game 3 or 4 is close that Pop is gonna sit Parker or Duncan or Ginobili in the late 4th quarter just to rest their legs. The Spurs are in Memphis to win BOTH games!From what I saw in game 2, Spurs were unstoppable as long as Parker was fresh. Alse we saw how good was Duncan, when he had fresh legs for OT. I was wondering, which game should Spurs, Parker and Duncan especially play more minutes. Saturday game or game 4 ? What`s your opinion on that matter ? I just asume that overplaying those guys in next games, could affect whole series in negative way.
I think what Mal means is something like this: Every team will tell you that their goal is to win every game, but realistically no team can win every game. Therefore, a very realistic goal would be to go into Memphis with a split, thus returning home to San Antonio with a commanding 3-1 series lead.
If the Spurs sweep 4-0, wonderful. But I think almost everyone would be grateful for a 3-1 series lead as the Spurs headed back to the AT&T Center.
No, Pop is going to Memphis to try to win one game...
smh, Not sitting them in crucial time.... You can set rotation like in regular season close games with couple minutes more. I`m worried about Parker and Duncan being forced to play close to 40 minutes. That what I meant by overplaying them..
I'd put Blair in street clothes and put Baynes in a uniform.
Spurs barely doubled in those games, and if Bayless/Pondexter start game 3(like was rumored) doubling isn't a good idea...
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