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Yeah, can't beat good teams, health deteriorating as the schedule progresses. The defensive stats are also misleading. Opponent's ball movement kills this team. I think this version of the Spurs would get close to swept by lebron's heat team. Hopefully I'm wrong. Maybe they'll improve.
That's what I've heard.
Muh robz calling it like it is.
The Clippers are the Spurs worst matchup (besides GSW who is just better). Worse than OKC, worse than Memphis in 2011. When Crawford is on the floor there is no one you can hide TP on, and it doesn't help that the TP/TD combo has become practically unplayable against elite teams.
Dyess was more of a pick and pop type. Duncan is probably playing much of the same in he did in '11. He wasn't a great mid range shooter (that changed in '12 and '13) that team ran on Parker and Ginobili while Duncan got easy buckets by hanging around the rim and finishing off of dump offs.
Spurs fans are such emo s ugh
Crawford is just as likely to go 2-12 as he is to 7-12. He was largely a dumpster fire in last years series. I still much rather play LAC than OKC. OKC can't defend but they have two players that can score 25 a night and a dominant rim protector in Ibaka and a good defensive big in Adams and an excellent offensive big in Kantor. They can be much more of a threat.
The Clippers are the Spurs worst matchup (besides GSW who is just better). Worse than OKC, worse than Memphis in 2011. When Crawford is on the floor there is no one you can hide TP on, and it doesn't help that the TP/TD combo has become practically unplayable against elite teams.
The fact that it was still a game at halftime and even into the 4th proves you wrong. I've never seen a team so uninspired no Kawhi and the zebras.
The Clippers are the Spurs worst matchup (besides GSW who is just better). Worse than OKC, worse than Memphis in 2011. When Crawford is on the floor there is no one you can hide TP on, and it doesn't help that the TP/TD combo has become practically unplayable against elite teams.
And Richard Jefferson and George Hill.
Popa wanted to guarantee we lost no matter what. When we got within striking distance for awhile (5-6 points down early in the 4th) he made sure to put in the worst lineups possible to ensure we went back down double digits.
You know, except for the fact that Tim is like a top 5 defensive player and McDyess was merely a top 5 defensive Spur.
Tony had just an abysmal game. As much criticism as our defense gets and a few breakdowns aside, it was a low scoring game at the half and we had a punchers chance in the 4th. With Tony playing that poorly the offense never clicked though. LMA didn't play well either but it's not like Tony was doing a good job setting others up. TD also struggled and he's a concern. On defense he was zoning in the paint which left 4-5 several possessions as he really wasn't guarding anyone. Danny had a cold shooting game. He had been scorching so it was bound to happen. KA was efficient and shooting well but he didn't get shots until the 3rd after hitting his initial jump shot. In general, Tony looked overmatched and didn't move the ball well.
All that said, Manu helps tremendously setting up the big men and he's missing. Kawhi can get his own shots and push the tempo when no one has it going on.
If anything I do share the concern the team is too old, specially all your most important players other than Kawhi who was absent here, Danny who is a roleplayer and Patty who may inherit the sixth man role from Manu, but he's not the same quality defensively. Diaw was owned by Aldrich and could not get a good shot as Aldrich is tall/long. It might have been wiser to give a chance to Boban against Aldrich, but he's still a project and had Pop done that more would be saying experiment.
I think one of the misnomers of that series is that their bigs dominated ours. Duncan and Gasol were pretty much even. ZBo was dominant in that series but the perimeter defense was disruptive to our perimeter oriented game. Hill and Neal weren't nearly as good and RJ came up super small. Parker was ok and Manu played surprisingly well but our offense was predicated on up tempo play and 3pt shooting. The Spurs turned ball over at high rate and didn't shoot the ball well.
Conley was a nobody in 2011 & Porker was at the peak of his prime but he looked pretty ordinary in that series.
Last I checked the Spurs beat MVP Durant & WestBrick along w/ Reggie Jackson @ OKC without Porker & Bonner startingb/c Tiago was scared less of Ibaka. Replace Bonner w/ LMA & factor in Kawhi's improvement to the point where he could neutralize KD along w/ Reggie Jackson not being there to torment Patty. If they want to put in Kanter for Adams then it works in the Spurs favor b/c Adams give Tim trouble in the paint. Ever since they traded Harden, OKC has been crap on road playoff games too & they most likely won't have homecourt against the Spurs. Meanwhile the Cripples no longer fear the Spurs & have won multiple playoff game in SA but then I'm arguing with the same fools that claimed the Spurs would sweep the Cripples last season.
Keep blabbering about the boogie man b/c of 2012.
Maybe Conley was nobody because Memphis had been ignored nationally. Parker did average 17ppg on 45% if i can recall. It wasn't a massive drop off from his regular season numbers.
One thing that stood out was Memphis would tip passes even if they didn't come up with a steal they forced the Spurs to retrieve the ball and essentially restart the play, more often than not the spurs couldn't score because they had to take bail out shots in those possessions.
Hill was decent in that series but Neal and RJ weren't. The bulk of the offense were split between Parker, Manu and Hill. Duncan was really the only effective front court player in that series and Gasol played him to a stalemate.
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