Yes, I agree here. Nuggets in the last game scored 58 points in the first half. Letting your opponent shoot 58 points in a half is not playing defense.
It could be entirely possible that the Spurs are just 'practicing' in defense and playing the team generically. Meaning, not really forcing the opponent to play uncomfortable shots.
I watched the game and think Butler can be an adequate replacement of Marco.
Butler is not as good as Marco offensively, however Marco's offense doesn't seem to work in post season with stingier defenses.
However, Butler is much better defensively, he has a lot of length that helps really eat up space. He also has a confident 3 point attempt, so he's useful in spacing the floor. Spurs may have just lucked out again with an old aging player that just gives enough of the right things.
This is definitely true, especially if Rasual continues to shoot a good percentage and KA continues his growth as a player.
Other than some mental lapses when leading big, the defense passes the eye test as well. Kawhi has been historically good in man-to-man coverage and Timmy cleans up everything in the paint too. If we can limit offensive rebounding and Manu and Tony keep defending like they do now, this is going to be a Top 3 defense at the end of the season.
Could you be any lamer?
Belinoma
Who the have you pussies played?
2-9 against the 6th easiest schedule in the league
Whats our biggest issue?
I think we have one of the best front courts in the nba.
We have Kawhi and Green on the perimeter.. Maybe our PG defense because we like 6ft PGs, and someone like Westbrook can waltz past them 11 times out of 10.
The Miami Heat are an amazingly good defensive team so far. At the moment, they have the best defensive Opp FG% at .405 (Bulls 2nd .408, Spurs 3rd .417) Hassan Whiteside (who knew?) is blowing it up from the weak side defending center leading the league in blocks by a wide margin. The guy was a D-leaguer/Euro/China guy for several years there and now he's playing to the max (as in... toward a max contract).
What is also amazing is that Golden State is so good offensively AND defensively, they rain 3s at a high rate while nobody is able to shoot 3s on them (.278), to the point that they have a +15.4 point diff. San Antonio is balanced but the Warriors, well, they have it all going right now. These are the two most balanced teams offensively and defensively.
It makes you wonder what will happen to them when the 3s are not falling at that rate. If they are falling, no one will defeat them, you are in for a long night basically, but if they go cold for a stretch they will struggle like the hawks last season when korver cooled down a bit.
Sounds like a question for yourself. You must ask it daily. "How can I be lamer today?"Could you be any lamer?
Draymond Green is the type of guy that could go cold in a series if he's being worked over on defense. There is a possibility that he has to face Z-Bo/Blake/LMA for 3 straight series & that might ware him out defensively. Battier couldn't hit the side of the barn in 2013 (until Gm 7 of the Finals) & he recently stated that playing small-ball 4 took a toll on him in his second season w/ the Heat after having a decent run in 2012. The Spurs have Tim/Diaw/LMA/West & even Kawhi to throw at him so he won't be getting any breaks.
You just confirmed to me that you can be lamer than lame w/ that statement; no further questions your honor.Sounds like a question for yourself. You must ask it daily. "How can I be lamer today?"
Who can Tony hide behind on D against the Dubs?
Noone. Just let curry do this thing. Curry will score thirty against parker or against the most elite point guards indiscriminately
You just put him on Harrison Barnes & bait the Warriors into running their offense through him instead of Curry
Harrison 21 points tonight. Contract year for him. Nope, I don't think you hide Tony. If anything, you do a switch scheme or something, but there won't be any hiding against GSW. ONly for closing out the game or a possession here or there, I don't think you hide Tony.
I didn't say HIDE him, I just said BAIT the Warriors into running their offense through Barnes. Pop did the same thing back in the 2013 postseason when Barnes was on a roll; rather have Barnes beat you w/ post-ups than Curry torching Tony. It's similar to how Carlisle baited the 2014 Spurs into running their offense through Kawhi post-ups by putting Monta Ellis on him which stalled the offense. You can even go back to the days when Pop let Amare do whatever he wished in the paint to prevent 3 point attempts.
"Switching schemes" only work when teams have TWO competent defenders otherwise the offense will just force a switch back to the weaklink by running multiple PnRs in the same possession.
Much like Kawhi is not the same as he was in 2014, I don't think Barnes is the same as 2013, and Curry plays a lot off the ball too at times. I understand your point, but I don't think it will be very successful other than as you say for maybe taking someone by surprise. I do think Barnes is bound to figure it out. He almost killed us in 2013 too, he went off. Its a gamble with GSW at this point. Curry will get his regardless. I actually think the best strategy is keeping everyone else under control, somewhat like the Heat in 2014. Lebron worked hard for his shots, but he still got his points. Others were shut down however, and we went off.
Harrison Barnes
The point production was primarily due to 15 2nd chance points in the 1st half. Denver shot under 40% for the half.
pretty obvious it's barnes.
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