I disagree, Danny has been very good feeding of Mills playmaking, and Mills has gotten Danny going many times.
The problem is that as long as Parker countinues to play awfull on both ends you cannot put him on Westbrook.
This is a move i would like but for game 6 in case we win game 5.
Even though Bonner isn't the best he does exactly what we need which is make their bigs guard him out of the paint. They were giving diaw the 3 to keep the bugs in the paint. I highly doubt they'd do that with bonnerNever thought I'd hear a fan want Bonner to play much anymore.
I liked what I saw from Cojo last night, but Im not convinced hes the savior just yet. Parker needs to not shrivel up in a ball and piss all over himself anymore.
Start Diaw instead of Splitter. Split minutes between Cojo and Mills. No more Marco.
True that. We need some guys that aren't afraid to make love to pressure.
Good post. Belinelli is not a good matchup against OKC. For once I agree with going small and being as aggressive and explosive as possible. Mills and Joseph should be assigned to Westbrook, along with Leonard for certain stretches. I'd rotate fresh legs to guard Westbrook throughout the game and make it the players mission to hound the sh!t of him up and down the floor.
Parker needs to follow the ball movement philosophy and not hold onto the ball too long. It's not working against Ibaka and company.
Pop is going to have to pull a couple of rabbits out of his hat. Last night, rather than throw in the towel I'd of mixed up some lineups in the 3rd quarter to find some combos that worked. Rolling the bench out and turning it into extended garbage time was not productive in my mind. A moral victory doesn't show us how to actually win the game.
I don't know about Bonner. He's so slow-footed on defense that I think we'll give back on the defensive end everything that we gained on offensive side with him.
That being said, the Spurs will still win the series.
The obvious move would be to move Tiago to the bench. Is Popovich too stubborn to do it?
Spurs' offensive/defensive ratings with/without Splitter:
On the court (80 minutes): Offensive Rating: 101.1 per 100 possessions | Defensive Rating: 103.5 per 100 possessions | Net Rating: -2.4
Off the court (112 minutes): Offensive Rating: 115.2 per 100 possessions | Defensive Rating: 102.0 per 100 possessions | Net Rating: +13.2
I had the same reaction to Pop's comment about going to the rim….I mean he was bemoaning our lack of aggression in the previous game and saying that was why we didn't get to the line as much, and then he says that!?
Parker did show up and was fearless going in among the trees.
As someone else mentioned, out bigs have wretched spacing of late. Notice when the third string was in there how Diaw was able to take Ibaka on the post because the spacing was so good. That has to happen.
Splitter has to sit.
This series reminds me of our 05 team's series against Detroit. Blowouts every game by home team. I'm hoping that we get great close win in game 5, just as we did then, then win again in game 7.
DATE OPPONENT RESULT HI POINTS HI REBOUNDS HI ASSISTS
Thu, Jun 9 vsDetroit W84-69 M. Ginobili 26 T. Duncan 17 C. Billups 6
Sun, Jun 12 vsDetroit W97-76 M. Ginobili 27 T. Duncan 11 M. Ginobili 7
Tue, Jun 14 DETroit L96-79 R. Hamilton 24 B. Wallace 11 C. Billups 7
Thu, Jun 16 DETroit L102-71 C. Billups 17 T. Duncan 16 C. Billups 7
Sun, Jun 19 DETroit W96-95 OT C. Billups 34 T. Duncan 19 M. Ginobili 9
Tue, Jun 21 vsDetroit L95-86 R. Hamilton 23 T. Duncan 15 C. Billups 6
Thu, Jun 23 vsDetroit W81-74 T. Duncan 25 T. Duncan 11 C. Billups 8
Run the loop. Westbrook is a strong on the ball defender, but not a strong off the ball defender (he is notorious for losing his man). Running the loop for Tony has a good chance of freeing him up.
If the big men remember how to set screens. Right now they're just letting Russell run through everyone without any resistance.
Good points but why kawhi on westbrook? I don't see the advantage of that. I think WB will burn him every time
This series reminds me of 2012.
"Make some shots"
not even close. Only 1 blowout in that series.
I say keep both Marco and Mills on the bench, their defense is not meant for this series. They might be better suited against Miami, but they do no damage against OKC. Also, let the starters know that if Cory Joseph isn't afraid to drive at Ibaka, then they shouldn't be either.
From an execution standpoint, we need to see the bigs pass much better, that's how you make Ibaka and Adams pay for cheating on defense. If the passing improves, then Ibaka and Adams will stay more disciplined and this will allow Duncan and Diaw more post 1 on 1 play.
i want to see baynes go in to spell a big in the 2nd q when ibaka is in and play really physical on him
The Spurs can probably get away with playing Bonner if Perkins is on the floor (and Duncan isn't). Pretty risky though.
Diaw hasn't been able to guard a scrub like Caron Butler, how the is he going to guard Durant, tbh?..
And Westbrook was shooting 37% in the series prior to game 4, where he did most of his damage against Spurs' PGs and in transition..he has been horrible against Danny Green, I don't know why Pop decided to change that matchup..I'd much rather have Parker guarding Lamb and hoping OKC tries to exploit it..
The biggest issue with the Spurs' defense has been their own offense, tbh..too many transition opportunities off turnovers and bad shots..
. Belinelli's time in this series should probably be over. Green, Manu, and even Joseph should take the minutes Belinelli was getting. If Brooks continues to run the Westbrook-Jackson lineup Pop should counter with Parker-Joseph or Mills-Joseph. Last night Pop went away from Green on Westbrook? Why? He used Parker on Westbrook more and look what happened. Use Green on Westbrook and put Parker on a hobbled Jackson.
The adjustments I would make:
- Go back to Green on Westbrook, stupid decision to have Parker guarding him..have Tony check Lamb
- More off-ball action from Parker against Westbrook's poor off-ball defense
- Make Ibaka's man move off the ball, either Diaw or Leonard, as it can't be Duncan or Splitter
- Less Duncan and Splitter together
- Interior touches for Leonard with Splitter/Duncan off the floor..Kawhi is settling for bad shots because there's no spacing..opening it up and allowing him to work inside takes pressure off Parker and Ginobili
- Stop being indecisive..way too many passed up shots, way too many extra passes, it's leading to transition opportunities, which is where OKC is doing a ton of damage
- Play with more energy, obviously
- Belinelli shouldn't see another second of playing time, he's one of the worst big-game players I have ever seen, tbh
I just posted that as well. Why the did he change the matchup and primarily use Parker on Westbrook last night? Green had done a great job so far and then Pop went away from it last night and Westbrook went off ..Diaw hasn't been able to guard a scrub like Caron Butler, how the is he going to guard Durant, tbh?
And Westbrook was shooting 37% in the series prior to game 4, where he did most of his damage against Spurs' PGs and in transition..he has been horrible against Danny Green, I don't know why Pop decided to change that matchup..I'd much rather have Parker guarding Lamb and hoping OKC tries to exploit it..
The biggest issue with the Spurs' defense has been their own offense, tbh..too many transition opportunities off turnovers and bad shots..
Hipcheck Westbrook into the scorer's table, hope every Thunder player but Perkins runs off the bench.
1. Start Diaw
2. Actually take some hard fouls on Westbrook
3. Hope that the refs start calling reaching fouls on Thursday.
Yeah, the screen setting's been awful.
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