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It will mostly stay the same considering how this game went. They will just hope for better performance.
Obviously Aldridge has been unstoppable, but what does he do with the others?
Duncan has been painful to watch an offense, a complete liability, tbh..West has been routinely dominated by OKC's bigs, all year..Diaw doesn't really have any exploitable mismatches against them, too..
Try Boban again? More small-ball/Kawhi at the 4? Or do you expect the minute allocation and roles to remain the same, just hoping for better performance from guys like Tim and West?
It will mostly stay the same considering how this game went. They will just hope for better performance.
I'd give Tim another shot at it. Nice adjustment by Scotty Donovan to let Timmy try and beat you but I think he can finish better.
You're basically saying, would you give up the Spurs being solid on the defensive boards for better offense on the other end....and my answer is no. Thunder didn't anything defensively that the Spurs can't counter and have success with IMO.
There is a reason I love Boban to play vs the Thunder. Kanter couldn't even help on Steven Adams on that one play because Boban was giving him the business. Little things that don't show up on the boxscore. All season too. Not just a one off.
keep west and boban off the floor
Enough Tim, seriously. Hate when they run their offense thru him to start the game. Adams put up a Prime Dwight stat line today
I'll keep Tim on Adams, tbh... he's the only guy that can really wrestle with him for rebounds...
Tim is the only viable option
There's no excuse for him missing so many bunnies
What's the alternative, though? Tim missing layups is probably still a better option than West
I think just playing Duncan/Aldridge more is fine. Even though Duncan was really bad offensively, I don't think he's gonna miss easy layups often. So just hoping Tim plays better and Kawhi makes more shots; the defense has been solid and the OKC bigs aren't killing the Spurs that badly.
Durant threw the ball out of bounds when he saw Boban in the paintWhat's the alternative, though? Tim missing layups is probably still a better option than West
There's enough proof in the regular season of him torching Anus Kancer
Pop just has to hope Duncan's fresher with the days off before Game 3. I couldn't believe all the layups he missed tonight, but I'll go down with the ship with Duncan rather than hope Marjanovic can play big minutes over him. Or worse get murdered on the glass with smallball.
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Tim's rebounding tonight is being undervalued. He was battling in there. And, as many said, he makes some of those bunnies on another night.
Gotta have lamarcus or Kawhi on the floor at all times
Yep, big part of why Spurs aren't up 2-0 right now.
Gotta play Boban when Kanter is in. I haven't seen one minute this season where Boban has not destroyed him.
I'm sure he'll play it the same way. He said they lost it 3 times and he was happy that they still fought back
Was Aldridge worth it?
Play it the same. wasn't the reason they lost.
Aldridge carried the ing team, if Tim wants #6 he has to quit the soft and DUNK it
Change nothing yet. If Tim is this done then the Spurs are in deep regardless of what changes Pop makes.
The past 3 years I've never seen a big miss more bunnies than Timmy . I almost expect him brick layups now
Yes, why the didn't Pop play Kawhi extended minutes (38 - 40) with 3 days off of rest? Kawhi is a young study and needs to play big minutes just like James and Durant. the babying his minutes it's ing playoff time, damn it!
Diaw needs to ride the pine during this series and Pop needs to go with LaMarcus (38 - 40), Tim (24 - 26), West (18 - 20) and Boban (whatever is leftover) as his big man rotation. Can't afford to have Diaw not boxing out or being lazy on the glass against one of the best rebounding teams.
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Gotta keep going with Timmy and hope he gives them something, but I'd go with Diaw over West as the backup. At least Diaw can handle the basketball and make things happen offensively. West just looks lost out there.
In that time period Duncan was 37, 38, 39 and just turned 40 years old with one (possibly two) bad knees. He has no lift so a lot of his shots have no arc or he can't get up enough vertically to make a good attempt. That happens at this late stage of a career and especially against three athletic big men like Kanter, Ibaka and Adams.
Timmy had THREE dunks all season, so expecting him to finish strong even like last season is out the window. He has very little lift left in his legs even if he somehow is still a good defender. It really shows on shot attempts inside with a lot congestion around him.
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