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one game and the series is over lol
Sweep the leg?
one game and the series is over lol
Tony, Green, Kawhi, Bertans, Aldridge.
Mills, Manu, Simmons, Anderson, Pau/Dedmon.
There you have a rotation that can keep its own on this matchup. Depending how each guy is playing on any given night you can shuffle around the minutes and shorten the rotation, or even give Murray and Forbes some spot up minutes here and there to see what they can do.
you can't teach quickness.
spurs offense will be better but it has to be better than the rockets' and they shot 50 3s.
rockets will shoot worse at some point but they can move the ball, have harden as a shot creator.
harden has to believe in his passing. he had 14 assists and only 13 FGAthat is team basketball.
Start Parker and mills, green is useless
start bertans/dedmon not lee
lma has to be aggressive, tell him to look to score or tony will his girl, actually tony may his girl regardless
OKC kept it close in 4 out of their 5 games vs. Houston because the Rockets made 11 3s or less, tbh, mostly missing wide open shots..they only shot lights out in 1 of the games IIRC..contested or not, going cold is a reality when you're extremely reliant on 3-point shooting without the defense or interior scoring to back it up(assuming Spurs keep them off the FT line)..
Even after making obvious adjustments(like benching avid Lee), their only chance in the series will still be Houston going cold..pounding them inside isn't going to work with unreliable bigs like Aldridge and Gasol, and obviously Houston has a major advantage in the backcourt..
It would also help if Pop didn't call a timeout and overreact every 30 seconds..
What's the point of the regular season if Pop doesn't learn from it? The Spurs need to go small/more mobile (either Anderson or Bertans at the 4). The Spurs bigs are not going to "impose their will" so it becomes a disadvantage to play with 2 bigs on both offense and defense.
Sit Lee and Pau the rest of the series.
Start LA, Kawhi, Green, Simmons, Parker.
Subs: Dedmon, Anderson, Bertans, Manu, Mills.
That's the only chance the Spurs have.
So the Spurs are finished, basically.
we still have no answer for Harden
I agree but I'd probably swap Bertans with Anderson in the SL.
I agree more small ball with simmons getting minutes is a key. If Pop is going to play two bigs one of them has to be Dedmon on the floor. The only one who can hold his own defensively out on the perimeter. I don't mind Pau getting spot minutes at the five with Capela opposite of him and Leonard at 4.
Gotta switch up P&R defense. Might want to look at going under on screeens and letting Harden jack them up. Avoids the cheap fouls he creates as well as the wide open threes elsewhere. Even if he goes like 5/12 or something it might be worth it.
Rockets sign Nene, we sign washed up Pau Gasol
Rockets pick up Lou Williams for peanuts, Spurs stand pat
This season was lost in the offseason
i agree with the first part more than the second.
the rockets will get easy looks all series. spurs didn't even have to think about dealing with a lob when they played against memphis.
Mills can't guard anyone on the Rockets, that's a problem
I do agree with you in one thing... Lamarcus is likely a center against teams like this and he maybe doesn't want to accept it.. or Pop simply refuses ... but he can't punish small ball. It sounds ridiculous to say it, but it's not. I can't believe how low Lamarcus has fallen. I would say well maybe he had a bad game but we have seen this b4.
Lamarcus will need to be better and they may need to get away from posting him up. I don't know what to tell you. They won't win with this version of Lamarcus but maybe Pop finds a group that gives more space for Kiwi and Tony and that gives better effort. Maybe the younger guys grow up with this experience and you get film for next season's team and it helps Pop decide who to keep.
I am not sure if I am delusional thinking Pop would consider things like that.^
I wonder what cartoon Manu will tweet about tonight. SMH.
Ugh, I can never fault that man. He was finished a couple of years ago but he still competes as hard as he can. The body just won't do what the mind asks of it at a certain point.
This is on Aldridge and Green.
He should've retired, would've forced PATFO to actually do something for once
No. I think the Rockets choking is a probable reality.
That would make a lot sense if Houston and Golden State didn't also play a "soft, finesse" style as well, but the actual difference is those teams shot three-point shots at a much higher volume than SA.
Knowing him, Pop won't make the necessary changes (go small, re-insert Dedmon to the starting rotation, bench either Lee or Gasol, etc.) until the team is on the brink of elimination.
The lack of a quality 3rd or 4th guard/wing is going to become more and more apparent the longer this series goes, sadly.
The Spurs can survive 30 pts-13 asts-game from Harden but they can't win if their role players shoot over .50 FG% and .50 3P% like tonight.
We already saw that. Harden wasnt that good in some games vs OKC but Rockets had Nene scoring 28 pts in an elimination game.
If their role players will outscore our role guys that badly...Spurs dont have a chance in the series.
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When people are literally afraid to defend behind the three-point line with his constant baiting of the refs - who consistently give him that bogus "rip through" or offensive player initiated "body contact" - it puts the defense at an even bigger disadvantage.
I wish the NBA would clean a lot the flopping offensive players do (Kawhi included at times), but this apart of the "entertainment" package.
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