Where did Small Ball come from?

[Obstructed_View]

Since Dirk Nowitzki became lethal

Rumors of Nowitzki's lethality have been greatly exaggerated. The sad reality is the mul udes of other NBA players that have become lethal since that rumor got a foothold in Spurtown.

[DDS4]

Too many dinners with Don Nelson.

[ShoogarBear]

What got me about the 2006 series was the Spurs went all season long without worryng about small ball matchups, including against the Mavs, then all of a sudden in the playofss it became this crippling concern that they needed to go small.

Here are the regular season results against Dallas in the 05-06 season:

L 84-103 @Dallas, Rasho/Nazr = 21 min
W 92-90 @ Dallas, Rasho/Nazr = 42 min
W 98-89 home, Rasho/Nazr = 37 min
L 86-92 home, Rasho/Nazr = 20 min

Obviously not an in-depth analysis, but how the do you conclude from that that the Spurs can't match up with the Mavs playing big?

Nelson had just finished watching film of Popovich's Spurs team, running offensive schemes that looked more than vaguely familiar.

“A lot of it he stole from me,” Nelson said with a wink...

Great, cause nothing spells playoff success and championships like Don Nelson coaching.

Classic Nellie. The pompous once against pandering for his genius stripes in the press and not on the court.

[OldSilentHill]

I was the love child between Michael Finley and Gregg Popovich.

I just realize this nickname here in the forum

Please, play your script and make us all laugh a lot, we need it. It´s better than cry