I hear you. I was saying go for Dice that had the hot hand too.Look at the first play of OT, the screens for Hill who drives. Then 4 down, 4 down, 4 down.
But you can't fault them for going to Duncan when Dirk was guarding him.
You also want to make Dirk work on D.
TD got us that far anyways, so I can't complain really. I'm putting this loss and all that wasted effort on Pop for playing Mason even after he sucked ass.
Dude, the Knicks offense is potent if all shots are going... wtf?
Get the out of here with this . The play calling in the game sucked and it sucked even more in the OT.
2 on 8 basketball thats fun
Somebody just tell me..who was going to create if we didn't go 4-down?..
When Duncan was double-teamed, he passed the ball out..when he wasn't, he went at them..unfortunately in OT, he missed the 2/3 shots that he took in 4-down(1 of them a clear foul)..
Richard Jefferson has little ability to create on the perimeter, he feeds off others..Hill is way too passive..Finley has absolutely no slashing ability at all, and McDyess can't create for himself either..
*NEWSFLASH* PARKER AND GINOBILI WEREN'T PLAYING
You mix it up with Dice, and prevent them from triple teaming...
But we need to move on. This is not the reason we lost this game.
Had Richard Jefferson played more agressively and hill a little smarter I'd agree 100.
I wouldve liked a couple more pick and pops for dyess but no complaints here. Duncan looks off nothing physically that worse than normal.
Possibly but in OT dyess looked a tad gassed.
Agree,
For as long as i can remember, Spurs running Four Down always leads to static play, no ball movement, and losses. Its the same , every time I see Tim Post up and shooters spot up on teh arch, i know Tim is either gonna get blocked, stripped, or miss a heavily contested hook shot because every defender and their mothers swarm him.
Spurs are at their best with the high pick and roll using Duncan as the pick. i.e. Hills first play in OT. Penetrate and dish = Championship basketball Spurs have just gotten away from it.
Exactly.
The Mavs had a frontline of Dirk, Humphries and Terry yet Spurs fans are complaining about giving Duncan the ball too much.
Unbelievable.
Why should it he suprisin?
Pop didn't play small ball so they have to drop to the next safe .
There's a reason the Spurs played so well without Duncan. We need Duncan to win it all but we also need Duncan (and Pop) to adjust the offense to fit the more athletic and younger players we have now.
If that means Tim takes a hit statistically, so be it.
that 1-2 play mcdyness throws into duncan and then trolls to ft line corner to receive it back, thats money shot for him...should run more plays for him....
Duncan comes within a two foot chippy from leading the Spurs to victory on the road against a top rival with minimal help but instead he's the problem and holding the team back.
Classic.
Awesome. Who gets the ball, Jefferson or hill taking turns standing at the three point line looking befuddled.
Don't forget pop.
So you're calling the Mavs frontline pathetic (which I agree with) but only illustrated how bad Duncan was in the OT. Again, this isn't the first time Duncan has gone late in the close game against ty frontlines and done the same thing. It isn't.
How anyone can defend Pop calling 4 down and Tim throwing up prayers and looking for foul calls is confusing as .
I'd rather lose by missing good shots created by running a good motion offense then by losing the way, we always seem to, with that ugly offense like tonight.
Four down was not the problem. Giving up second chance points throughout the game, horrible mental errors at the worst possible moment, Jefferson having an NBA Jam Clutch rating equivalent of three, and Hill picking up that fourth foul forcing Pop to play RMJ at point really really ed us over. Then when it became a 5 minute game, that missed Duncan tip-in, combined with the no-call on Duncan's strong move just nailed it in the coffin.
Painful loss.
And Tim didn't? I thought they all looked gassed, including the Mavs.
Oh god, yes, I also want to kill him and skin his body. Seriously now, that two foot chippy miss was a prime example of why they shouldn't have run 4 down every time in OT.
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