Pop adjustments for Game 2...

[HarlemHeat37]

Harden is going to put up numbers, regardless, he's one of the best offensive players of all-time..like YG said, Spurs need to limit the role players..

I'd also consider giving up more Harden 3s as opposed to playing the drive, honestly..he went through long-ass shooting droughts during the RS, he isn't consistent in that facet of his game..

[BackHome]

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[BG_Spurs_Fan]

There are a lot of things that can be fixed from this horror show. It's only one game, they've shown they can win in Houston.

- start Dedmon and let him chase Ryan Anderson on the PnR instead of LaMarcus,
- keep LMA on Capela,
- if this doesn't work play small with Anderson at the 4, he'd match up well defensively, but they'll be leaving him wide open on offense, like Simmons, and double Kawhi, he'd have to hit shots too,
- see if Bertans can keep up with Ryan Anderson,
- if not put Kawhi on Ryan Anderson, prevent PnR with him, switching would be easy,
- limit Lee and Gasol minutes, when they're in they should not be paired with another big and should be on Capela or Nene,
- don't switch on the PnR, stick to the shooters and let Harden score - he usually starts with the mindset to distribute and not to shoot, also their shooters will not gain confidence,
- self explanatory, but limit turnovers and don't let them run as much,
- slow the game down by running plays on the low block, even if it's not working perfectly, Houston's offense is much worse in the half court and they can just as like go 5-for-35 on 3s for a game,
- more Kawhi on the PnR with whoever their big is guarding, crash the offensive glass,
- no line-ups with 2 non-shooters ( and I'm generously counting Parker as a shooter here )

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[MaNu4Tres]

Harden is going to put up numbers, regardless, he's one of the best offensive players of all-time..like YG said, Spurs need to limit the role players..

I'd also consider giving up more Harden 3s as opposed to playing the drive, honestly..he went through long-ass shooting droughts during the RS, he isn't consistent in that facet of his game..

I'd go under on his PnRs. Kawhi and Green were going over constantly and Harden had them locked on his back hip inducing help which opened up the weakside.

It's not just Harden though, all of HOU wings can create off hard close outs or are more competent in PnRs than the Spurs wings/guards ( outside of Kawhi). It hurts the 2nd best initiator or creator on the Spurs is being defended by the best defensive PG in the league. He held TP in check.. TP is a net negative this series.

[apalisoc_9]

There are a lot of things that can be fixed from this horror show. It's only one game, they've shown they can win in Houston.

- start Dedmon and let him chase Ryan Anderson on the PnR instead of LaMarcus,
- keep LMA on Ariza,
- if this doesn't work play small with Anderson at the 4, he'd match up well defensively, but they'll be leaving him wide open on offense, like Simmons, and double Kawhi, he'd have to hit shots too,
- see if Bertans can keep up with Ryan Anderson,
- if not put Kawhi on Ryan Anderson, prevent PnR with him, switching would be easy,
- limit Lee and Gasol minutes, when they're in they should not be paired with another big and should be on Capela or Nene,
- don't switch on the PnR, stick to the shooters and let Harden score - he usually starts with the mindset to distribute and not to shoot, also their shooters will not gain confidence,
- self explanatory, but limit turnovers and don't let them run as much,
- slow the game down by running plays on the low block, even if it's not working perfectly, Houston's offense is much worse in the half court and they can just as like go 5-for-35 on 3s for a game,
- more Kawhi on the PnR with whoever their big is guarding, crash the offensive glass,
- no line-ups with 2 non-shooters ( and I'm generously counting Parker as a shooter here )

Not fair to david lee..

[cd021]

lma has to be aggressive, tell him to look to score or tony will his girl, actually tony may his girl regardless

[cd021]

There are a lot of things that can be fixed from this horror show. It's only one game, they've shown they can win in Houston.

- start Dedmon and let him chase Ryan Anderson on the PnR instead of LaMarcus,
- keep LMA on Ariza,
- if this doesn't work play small with Anderson at the 4, he'd match up well defensively, but they'll be leaving him wide open on offense, like Simmons, and double Kawhi, he'd have to hit shots too,
- see if Bertans can keep up with Ryan Anderson,
- if not put Kawhi on Ryan Anderson, prevent PnR with him, switching would be easy,
- limit Lee and Gasol minutes, when they're in they should not be paired with another big and should be on Capela or Nene,
- don't switch on the PnR, stick to the shooters and let Harden score - he usually starts with the mindset to distribute and not to shoot, also their shooters will not gain confidence,
- self explanatory, but limit turnovers and don't let them run as much,
- slow the game down by running plays on the low block, even if it's not working perfectly, Houston's offense is much worse in the half court and they can just as like go 5-for-35 on 3s for a game,
- more Kawhi on the PnR with whoever their big is guarding, crash the offensive glass,
- no line-ups with 2 non-shooters ( and I'm generously counting Parker as a shooter here )

Didn't watch the game yet (probably won't now). Wouldn't it make more sense to just start Anderson or Bertans at the 4 and have LMA play the majority of his minutes at the 5 with Dedmon as his backup?

[HarlemHeat37]

Pop needs to think long-term, too..don't give Pau a single minute, make sure he's disgruntled and will opt out during the off-season, tbh..

[BillMc]

We are not as bad as we looked today and they are not as good as they looked today

[objective]

Pop needs to think long-term, too..don't give Pau a single minute, make sure he's disgruntled and will opt out during the off-season, tbh..

Best case scenario​, imho

Pau is a lazy mess. No hustle.

He's basically what 2016 playoffs broken down Duncan was if Duncan was a lazy, no spirit waste.

[DAF86]

Pop needs to think long-term, too..don't give Pau a single minute, make sure he's disgruntled and will opt out during the off-season, tbh..

Good idea, tbh.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Didn't watch the game yet (probably won't now). Wouldn't it make more sense to just start Anderson or Bertans at the 4 and have LMA play the majority of his minutes at the 5 with Dedmon as his backup?

It does make sense to me, but I find it unlikely that he'd go with such a radical change - from Lee and Gasol being his 2nd and 3rd bigs to no minutes at all. They were struggling with rebounding anyway and offensive rebounding should become a priority and a weapon for the Spurs in this series, in which neither Anderson, nor Bertans help. This is more of a desperation elimination game strategy, I think, although Bertans and Anderson don't need to start to make a difference and if only one of them shows he can give them 20 good minutes, this would be very important.

[Dingle Barry]

- More Lee, less Dedmon
- don't get mad at Aldridge or he will cry
- leave their shooters open
- ride or die with Tony and Manu

Funny and sad because it's true as .

[Darius Bieber]

Only real adjustment for Game 2 is to bring lube this time.

[Budkin]

We played them just fine in the regular season, this game was an absolute fluke. We may still lose the series, but the games will be close.

[99 Problems]

The Grizz knocked down shot all series long and I thought they must have had Beal & Booker shooting. Now Rockets going off on perimeter. Fundamentals need adjusting and we have now 6 games to adjust tbh.

[HarlemHeat37]

Since the 3-point era began, home teams that lost a playoff game by 25+ ultimately lost 26 out of the 32 series' where this occurred

OTOH, though, if you narrow it down to the semis, it's only 5 out of 8 series

[siraulo23]

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.

Yep gotta go small, play Bertans heavy minutes, play Kawhi at the 4. Hope Simmons, Bertans to play well and Aldridge to play with toughness

[siraulo23]

Only real adjustment for Game 2 is to bring lube this time.

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[YGWHI]

Since the 3-point era began, home teams that lost a playoff game by 25+ ultimately lost 26 out of the 32 series' where this occurred

OTOH, though, if you narrow it down to the semis, it's only 5 out of 8 series

I wonder what's Pop's record in playoffs series after losing the 1st home game...

They won the series vs CP3-Hornets after losing game 1 and 2 but those games were on the road

[siraulo23]

This game actually reminds me of games 1 and 2 vs GSW years ago. Except the Spurs dont exactly have Duncan, Splitter. They stuck with Aldridge, Gasol Lee and Dedmon. The spurs have 2 problems, personnel and gameplan. One of them is unfixable, its over

[SAGirl]

Been thinking about this. The Spurs entered the second half down 30. They weren't going to win this. Pop wasn't going to show any adjustments in a losing effort so one can hope

[horsielove]

Only real adjustment for Game 2 is to bring lube this time.

[YGWHI]

Been thinking about this. The Spurs entered the second half down 30. They weren't going to win this. Pop wasn't going to show any adjustments in a losing effort so one can hope

Watching Pop, LMA and Kawhi postgame interviews...It seems like Pop's plan gonna be the same...Slow the pace, stay big, play Lee/Gasol over Dedmon, and feed LMA for missed shots.

Kawhi literally said they need to give LMA more shots...