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Bertans is a decent defender...but I'm not sure he can guard harden when they switch the pick and roll...I dont even know why we switch...go under...allow harden to shoot over his big man...he isn't Stephen curry
The good news
- The Spurs were embarrassed and are completely aware they played out of character. Maybe pride sets in for a much better showing for Game 2.
-Dedmon and Simmons still competed despite the score. Obviously that won't win them the series. But when you're at a talent disadvantage you at least need some tough guys to come in and ruffle the feathers. It might energize the more passive players on the team.
- Houston won't make 22 3's for the rest of the series
The bad news
-This series might end being about x's o's adjustments, it could be personnel then Spurs are at the mercy of the Rockets.
-Houston could've made half those 3's and still won the game
-LaMarcus has lost all confindence
-No idea what Parker will contribute in this series with Beverly watching him.
Probably a lot more that I'm missing tbh
Bertans is a decent defender...but I'm not sure he can guard harden when they switch the pick and roll...I dont even know why we switch...go under...allow harden to shoot over his big man...he isn't Stephen curry
Spurs only lost by 1. The rest of the points were useless.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
Easy. Make shots including layups so Rockets don't get to play uptempo and get fast break 3s.
Forget everything that it took to beat the Griz.
The problem is that if Pop plays the "fluke" game card and doesn't make any adjustments, we're looking at a 0-2 hole...
Break Hardons knee
Thats the only chance we got
It was not a fluke game, although they may not shoot that well again in the series. That's exactly the way they play and the way they've played the whole season, they have no plan B, but Pop pushed all the wrong buttons in game one. They got all the shots and all the mismatches they wanted. He'll adjust but if Spurs shoot 30% on wide open 3s, while they shoot 50% then no adjustments would matter anyway.
Trade for Westbrook tonight in a covert operation on the westside behind HEB.
He's such a great teammate. <3Watching 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...
Hopefully his teammates don't let him down!
When in a playoff series have you ever seen Pop adjust, outside of changing the starting line up one game too late?
I mean the team shot 36% for the game. You can't expect to win if the team can't hit a damn shot.
Houston's D was swarming the Spurs on the perimeter, taking away the passing lanes.
The Spurs weren't just afraid to shoot, they were afraid to even pass -- a frightening development.
The Spurs were simply were being destroyed confidence-wise by the Rockets' quickness on both ends of the floor.
That quickness, however, was somewhat illusory -- they still have Ariza, Anderson, Capella, etc. and those guys haven't suddenly become sprinters.
The problem was scheming -- Houston overplayed the Spurs on the perimeter and the Spurs couldn't make them pay down low with their bigs.
I think Pop should start Gasol or sub him in quick if Aldridge doesn't amp things up. If the Spurs can't go inside out on the Rockets, a cascade of bad things happen, including jumped passes and fast breaks the other way.
The last time I saw the Spurs getting jumped this bad on their perimeter passing was last year's OKC series -- not a pleasant memory.
I have only seen what you said. In that case he might be too inflexible for post TD-era coaching..
You have not seen Pop make adjustments and coach his ass off in the 2014 le run?
I did but in reality his adjustments were Diaw... then Kawhi was balling.... it was a simple change in the starting lineup... though he did it timely. I give credit to the players for that series. These guys are not those guys... that's why I said he might be too inflexible. I hope to be wrong of course.
Totally disagree, he made a lot of adjustments in all series, except for Portland, which was easy and fairly straight-forward. Other than that he coached amazingly and beat two teams that were better than the Spurs on the way to a championship. The past two seasons, I agree he's been bad in the playoffs, not counting this season yet though, I think he did very well against Memphis.
Spurs had plenty of open looks, just gotta hit those shots. It will do wonders for their confidence on defense and for all the other parts of the game.
The first 3 minutes of game 2 are going to be critical in my opinion. This Spurs team looked rattled and they need some kind of confidence back. If they go down early once again then its probably game over. But if we're able to maintain a lead in the first, then our guys should be able to play Spurs ball and hopefully find a way to win.
And I think of last year, we beat up on OKC in game one but somehow the Thunder found a way to win game 2.
I'm hoping the spurs can do the same.
Third year in a row the Spurs look old as . It's obvious this team needs athleticism and it's there on the roster, unfortunately the worst adjuster of all time is running this team. He will die with his tired old bags.
Dedmon/Aldridge
Bertans/Anderson
Leonard/Simmons
Green/Mills
Murray/Parker
This would be my lineup. It's nearly identical to Houston's tbh. Dedmon matches up with Capela, Bertans with Anderson, Green with Ariza, Murray with Beverley, and Kawhi with Harden. Tony and Patty have shown to be a great offensive burst and having them coming off the bench can match what Houston gets from Lou and Gordon. Aldridge can go to the bench and get his touches there without taking any from Kawhi. Finally, I inserted Kyle and Simmons in there because I like what they brought yesterday (turned a 40pt blowout into only a 27pt blowout)
Of course the Spurs can generate open shots all game, Houston's defense is very mediocre..obviously getting in a shootout with them is a stupid game, though, the Spurs only have 2 or 3 shooters that could potentially get hot, while Houston has at least 6..I don't care how many open shots the Spurs generate, they aren't beating Houston if they make more than 12-13ish 3s per game..
Yeah I'm curious to know how many of those uncontested looks were long 2 jumpers tbh. Even if they go in at a 60% clip one game that's not going to win games considering HOU never shoots them and optimizes the 3 ball.
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