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Why did this need a new thread?
o All, I dont post much, but felt the need this morning after seeing so many cliff jumpers. Have faith people!
After watching all 4 games of the regular season, heres how, in my opinion, we beat the Warriors:
The reason why our offense sucks is no activity in the paint. It has happened all season since we got LMA - the posters who were worried about combining LMA's mid range with Kawhi's mid range were correct - it's too much in one area. We got away with it/made it work against the other 28 wasteland teams of the NBA, combined with great defense.
The other posters saying none of this (Free agent signings) matter if Parker isnt himself were also correct. This giant Spurs offense engine has no spark plugs without Tony's penetration. Patty is very quick, but for some odd reason he loves to run around the 3 pt line instead of towards the basket. Very annoying.
Keep in mind last night - we didnt have TD or Boris, arguably 2 of our best low-post bangers.
Here's how we beat the Warrriors:
1) Feed Boris, TD, LMA down low, and back them the down into the paint.
2) Kawhi, Tony, and whoever else need to PENETRATE. Trying to out-shoot the Warriors at mid-range is a formula for complete disaster. 1000% more pics and running straight to the basket. Use the physicality, especially Kawhi. Luckily, Spurs penetrated much more the second half of last nights game. Why it took this long I dont know.
3) And of course, fiery defense like our first home game against them.
#3 is a given. The point is that if Pop is the God-coach that everyone says he is, he will get these guys to PENETRATE and LOW POST ALL GAME LONG against the Warriors. I saw blips of it, but it has to be absolutely relentless, every possession.
Thanks for reading - thoughts?
Last edited by Dave_ET; 04-11-2016 at 10:29 AM.
Why did this need a new thread?
My thoughts are(after 4 games), that the Spurs offense isn't good enough to keep up with the Warriors.
you.o All, I dont post much, but felt the need this morning after seeing so many cliff jumpers. Have faith people!
After watching all 4 games of the regular season, heres how, in my opinion, we beat the Warriors:
The reason why our offense sucks is no activity in the paint. It has happened all season since we got LMA - the posters who were worried about combining LMA's mid range with Kawhi's mid range were correct - it's too much in one area.
The other posters saying none of this (Free agent signings) matter if Parker isnt himself were also correct. This giant Spurs offense engine has no spark plugs without Tony's penetration. Patty is very fast, but for some odd reason he loves to run around the 3 pt line instead of towards the basket. Very annoying.
Keep in mind last night - we didnt have TD or Boris, arguably 2 of our best low-post bangers (booty banger for Boris).
Here's how we take it to the Warriors:
1) Feed Boris, TD, LMA down low, and take them inside-out circa 2005 play.
2) Kawhi, Tony, and whoever else need to PENETRATE. Trying to out-shoot the Warriors at mid-range is a formula for COMPLETE disaster. Need to see 1000% more pics and running straight to the basket. Use the physicality and take it to them! Especially Kawhi. Luckily, I saw a lot of penetration the second half of last nights game. Why it took Pop and the team this long to figure it out I dont know.
3) And of course, fiery defense like our first home game against them.
#3 is a given. The point of this post is that if Pop is the God-coach that everyone says he is (I am one), he will get these guys to PENETRATE and LOW POST ALL GAME LONG against the Warriors. I saw blips of it, but it has to be absolutely relentless, every possession.
Thanks for reading - thoughts?
Who's "WE"
1. Motion offense needs to happen without Danny Green touching the ball.
2. The team, particularly Danny Green, needs to hit open shots.
3. The team, particularly Kawhi Leonard, needs to sacrifice getting shots off for drawing fouls.
4. Stop ing with lineups and just play your best players, get out of the way and let them go.
5. 4 down still sucks.
Gotta hope by WCF time the warriors are pretty worn out and hopefully a little more vulnerable and maybe they wont be playing at such a high energy as they are right now. Pop understands it a marathon not a race and pace is key when making a playoff push. It may not be the case for these Warriors but its still a possibility.
As it stands right now the Warriors are the obvious better team all things considered but that doesnt mean the Spurs have no chance. Ive seen my Spurs steal Game 1 on the road many times and tip the scales in their favor. Boris Diaw is a major x factor. He will be relied upon alot to carry the Spurs thru slumps and I can see the offense running thru him alot. Lineups is also going to be interesting. Will Pop bring Duncan off the bench? Seemed to work pretty well last time. I also think Patty Mills should be given less minutes due to the horrible matchup with Livingston. Run Manu at point IMO.
Those of you that are feeling down, I need you to answer a question:
When's the last time the Spurs' offense was clicking?
Agreed. What goes up must come down...Curry and Co are playing out of their minds lately, hopefully we have great timing by WCF.
Also, this team is still finding its max effectiveness with LMA, West, KMart, Boban with less than 1 year under their belt in a Spurs uniform. Throw KA in there as well. If we make it to WCF that is 2 playoff rounds of experience added to the mix, which isnt huge but still something to take into account. Im betting our offense has a stronger and more defined iden y by then.
Diaw, Manu, Anderson are key
2014, we've looked uncomfortable all year but have been able to set a franchise record for wins due to very poor rest of the league play (except the top 5-6) and good defense. Pop has to figure this out and get the ball in Kawhi's hands so he can make plays. We need heavy dribble penetration against this team so Manu and Kahwi are going to have to come up big here. Get to the line. I disagree with you that 4 down isn't a good strategy. If it is only used in moderation and LMA is clicking.
Diaw was missed last night, almost think Pop kept him out on purpose. Boban got minutes at a very pivotal time in the game which leads me to believe Pop was going uber vanilla so he didn't show Kerr his hand...For some reason I think Pop still has a strategy he is holding back...
"we" ...
I actually watched that episode recently
I can change it if yall really want..
But my real name is Boban
If we beat gs, then there is no question that Coach Pop is the greatest coach of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The fact is that the Spurs realistically don't match up well with the Warriors and don't have much chance of beating them, but we'll all still watch and /moan/celebrate/meltdown per par because we love dem Spurs.
I think their offense had clicked this year in stretches. Hasn't been any good in at least a month. The good news is that it can come back.
Hope you are right. TP looks like a 34 year old point guard with more miles on his legs than any other PG in the league and Danny looks awful...
Parker looked like he was going to be a pass-first guy there for a bit, but that's gone out the window. Danny has honestly been on both sides of the ball. I guess he was reading all the Bowen comparisons earlier this year.
Well one way to beat them in the WCF would be to not play your bench 10-12 players the majority of the fourth quarter. It's a crazy thought I know.
Time to take it to them down low. I dont understand why the Spurs keep running around the 3pt line handing off the basketball like some NCAA team. It's like Dikembe Mutombo is down there instead of meathead Bogut and undersized Raymond.
When teams burn you via outside shooting, dont try to outshoot in return. Get physical and penetrate.
This. Pop was still experimenting last night. Only guy in the building who realized that game was meaningless with the seeds set.
We have beaten the Warriors and we saw how.
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