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It just seemed like we couldn't stop Ellis. Particularly in the 4th quarter.
this mavs team isn't that good. the thing is, dirk isn't even killing us. that's the most embarassing thing. i could accept it more if dirk was averaging like 30 a game, but it's guys like ellis, carter, and marion that are killing us and that's what i can't accept. leonard is acting like he's forgotten how to play defense. playing like he' doesn't even want to be out there. there was a play in which he was guarding dirk and dirk just flew past him off the dribble and got fouled at the time for a dunk. at no point should a slow ass, non dribbling, past his prime, 16 year 7 footer blow past your best perimeter defender. it should NEVER happen.
It just seemed like we couldn't stop Ellis. Particularly in the 4th quarter.
Dirk + Ellis out-produced Duncan + Parker last two games, it is your 1-2 punch vs theirs vast majority of the times, as simple as that.
Specifically, Ellis saved Mavs's season when Spurs was up 5, two consecutive baskets at a critical time, that is what top 1-2 punches do. Spurs just doesn't have that anymore, a reliable go-to player.
Heck you can compare GDP vs Dirk + Ellis + Calderon too, we lost that battle as well. Parker is supposed to win his match-up against Calderon, when he is a wash against him it is extremely hard for Spurs to win.
I don't know why pop took Tiago off the last few minutes. He scored 6 points and one assist to Matt Bonner within the dunk at 7:12 and being subbed off at 4:06 not to mention the rebounds. He looked sure to score more.
Duncan's been outplaying Dirk all series though. The real problem is Tony hasn't stepped up while Ellis has.
It's a shame. Tony started the game on fire. Don't know what happened to that...
The reason we are loosing is because the following players have played like :
Green - The dude can't dribble the ball to save his life he had the first two turnover in the second game
Mills - Yeah he is a second unit guy but he is getting killed on defense and giving nothing on offense
Diaw - Someone please help him find his nut sack
Kawhi - He is playing like this is his first year
Bi--What ever his name is has given nothing
He hit 2 clutch shots tbh...
Made up for being blocked by Dalembert on what should have been a wide open dunk.
Like others have said I dont think this is a Pop problem but will end up being blamed for it nonthless. You can coach all you want but if your players dont produce then game over.
So it's not the coaches job to get the players focused and ready to play? They're professionals. They should figure it out?
Our bench will wake up in game 4.
Hopefully in time to get to the game.
Ginobili stepped up big time, but I think you can see why I think Spurs has by far the weakest 1-2 punch now.
Dirk > Duncan and Ellis > Parker at this stage of their careers.
Bumping this, game 6 was lost when Dirk/Ellis outplayed Duncan/Parker again, and this time Manu couldn't put together a huge game to save them.
Hard to see the team beating the likes of MIA/OKC in its current state, outside of a third player dropping 20 points a game.
Dirk has been pretty mediocre for most of this series.
It's Parker that's really dragging the Spurs down right now. Efficiency is among the worst on the team(.486 TS% is horrible) yet he's taken 20 more field goal attempts than our next scoring option. Isn't playmaking, isn't scoring. Frenchie's just about given up and this is probably the worst team we'll see in the playoffs(if we make it out of the first round).
Tony deserves most of the blame, especially since he carved up Dallas in the regular season but seems unable to do so right now. Meanwhile, Ellis is one of the most notorious chuckers in the NBA yet he's scoring at a higher volume and better efficiency than TP. When your first option is worse than Monta, you don't deserve to advance in the playoffs.
Bumping this, full strength OKC is just too much.
A great coach and system can frustrated a more talented team momentarily, but Thunder's peak is simply higher than Spurs when they have the best two maybe even three players in this series. If they play the way they play today they have an excellent chance to beat the Heat if Durant/Westbrook can outplay James/Wade.
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