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I don't understand why the team with the best ball movement in the league isn't exploiting Ibaka's overcommitting all the time.
The Spurs need to grow some testicles before game 5
It def looked like it woke up our guys. We'll see if that worked. I think Corey after the dunk, should've yelled while looking at our bench.
The Spurs need to grow some testicles before game 5
Splitter.
Coach Pop tells the players to stay away from Ibaka because a block is like a turnover. That makes them non aggressive. It's Pop's toys and he can take them and go home if you don't play how he wants.
Good point.
Don't see it happening though
Manu's face after the Ibaka facial:
They've got to play like they did in games 1-2. To avoid the paint is stupid. Just jump into his body or pass to the man he's cheating off. But just staying and shooting jumpers isn't going to get it done. OKC will take the paint points and all the jumpers they want. Meanwhile the Spurs will be taking only jumpers. They've got to win the battle in the paint.
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/to...nk-night.nba//
This is bs tbqh.
So they have to play like Ibaka is not in the game. That's stupid. Pop talked about passing around a photo of Ibaka to let them know he blocks shots. I don't know if he was challenging them to attack Ibaka or saying they should avoid the rim.
I got the impression he was saying they should be aware of Ibaka and pass to the open man. Presumably either the open man on the perimeter or someone else cutting to the basket after Ibaka commits to go for a shot block.
When guys drive or cut, the others guys need to seal their guys off to prevent the help / weakside defense from slidi g over to contest the shots. The others guys have to be engaged in their individual battles.
I agreed with coach Nick. I think the games are weird. The Spurs did that same thing in game 4 against Portland, and it just made no sense at all that people could not hold on to the ball, couldn't even bring it up the court without stepping out of bounds. It's not well orchestrated.
That's all fine and good except when every contact from a Spur results in a foul call, eventually teams start sagging off and then the Thunder just run right to the rim. On offense they aren't going to get the foul call so they cannot rely on that, and the Thunder can just molest the shooter. It's not a fair fight that way but teams accept it.
Yes of course that's a given. Weve all ed about the fouls being called throughout the threads. I shouldnt have to preface every post with the "now none of this matters if it's not called fairly but..." That should be understood.
This video has expired. Wtf?
I think its less Splitter and more Duncan-Splitter pairing. That 4-5 pairing has no spacing. In the final regular season meeting Ibaka was shutting down the paint. Duncan was tossing it to Splitter and Splitter was pinned under the backboard. Splitter was passing it back to Duncan who would throw up a wild shot.
Duncan should play with Diaw only.
Splitter should play with Bonner or Diaw
In retrospect, CoJo's dunk is probably the third-most important playoff dunk in Spurs' history, and the weirdest because it was in a loss.
3. Corey Joseph, 2014 WCF Game 4
2. Robert Horry, 2005 Finals Game 5
1. Malik Rose, 2003 Finals Game 3
Duncan: .......(shocked)
Manu: Oh Cory... I didn't know he can do that
Maybe I'm reading too much into this. But can you recall a game in Spurs playoff history where the inspired play of our 3rd stringers coming in garbage time of a blowout loss meant so much in galvanizing our team, that Cojo dunk being the standout play of that run? This TEAM, so proud of them.
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