I don't see making any radical personnel changes with the exception of giving Devin Brown some of Barrys minutes if Brents shot is not falling...
so far this series the Spurs have been slow to react and take advantage of what Seattle does give them...Sunday the Sonics concentrated on keeping Tony and Manu from driving the lanes...Ridnour especially (knowing he can't stop Parker off the dribble if he plays him close) backed off of Tony about 5 feet and challenged him to shoot...but instead of shooting Tony stuck to the game plan and kept forcing it in to Tim...this allowed Seattle to keep running their tag teams wearing away on Tim and clog the paint shutting down our backcourt cuts and making entry passes to Tim more difficult...
Parker especially but Manu, Barry, and Beno need to take the open shots when they are offered and the other Spurs need to know it is coming (even early in the shot clock) so they can crash the glass for rebounds...even a miss could result in an easy putback...Spurs need to make Seattle adapt and spread the floor instead of playing right into their defensive scheme...
Sonics big men are making it tough on Tim and hammering him on and off the ball...the refs are letting it go and I don't see this changing...the Evans/James tag team especially has caused problems...Pop might want to try going smaller when that duo is on the floor...Maybe using Tim/Horry in the front court and draw Evans away from the basket with Horry givung Tim more room to operate...
Obviously turnovers were a problem...easier said than done but Spurs just need to take care of the ball...just taking open shots when they are presented to them instead of making the extra pass just for the sake of the pass could help this some...
All in all I am not that worried about Tuesday...the Sonics can't shut down the paint AND the perimeter...Spurs just need to take advantage of whatever they give us...
1. play agressive basketball, show some emotion out there!
2. Dont be afraid to introduce the sonics to the floor, we are already getting called for touch fouls, might as well make them count.
3. More Manu and less Barry. Barry has proven yet again that he cant seem to get his shot dialed in if it was ever there. Everyone knows he is, at best, a liability on defense.
4. More bigdog and Horry, we need someone out there who can hit from midrange and outside.
Starting Ginobili will help the Spurs establish an agressive tone earlier in games--the matchups no longer dictate bringing him off the bench. Second, the Spurs need to take advantage of the fact that the refs are allowing very physical post play; Duncan, Nazr, Nesterovic and Horry need to stop penetration rather than trying to draw charges (Massenburg's 6 fouls would come in handy in this respect). Lastly, go back to defending the pick and roll like we did in the first three games--it worked well in games one and two, the Spurs would've won game three comfortably if they'd hit their free throws.
Vaughn Grisham aka bigbendbruisebrother
1. guard Luke Ridnour. his only skill is jumpshooting, stop him from making jumpshots
2. do not let a lineup with no Duncan and no Ginobili be on the floor for more than one minute
you can print that
Get their heads out of their asses
On a serious note
Stop forcing the ball, they should let the game come to them. Both games Seattle started off with a quick pace and it looked like the Spurs tried to match that pace the entire game. Let the game evolve into a Spurs' type of game. Game four they forced alot and had too many turnovers, many from bad passes.
Anthony Herrera
Last edited by Experiment2100; 05-16-2005 at 03:30 PM.
Start Ginobili and Rasho.
Play physical basketball---don't treat the Sonics as if they have AIDS.
Play with the passion and intensity that was so evident in the late third qtr and fourth qtr of 2003 playoff game 6 vs the Mavericks.
Beirmeistr
This is all based upon Duncan "manning" up for the remaining games in the series (ala game 4): Pop needs to out-coach Nate, Manu needs to start, Bowen needs to sit (Allen is scoring big and Bowen is not scoring--Bruce is worthless right now--doesn't matter if spineless officials are sucking up to Barbie or not).
The Spurs need to want it, the past two games they did not seem like they took the Sonics seriously. They need to get back to their hard-nose defense. I also think pop should consider playing Tony Massenburg to give the Spurs a more physical presence, Mohammed, Rasho, and even Timmy look afraid to commit a tough foul. Massenburg is someone who is not afraid to bang! and... START MANU!!!!!
Mark Bell
balls, they must find. underestimate the sonics, they have.
bounce back, they better, or the biggest tankjob in spurs history, this will be.
Jump on the Sonics early. At SBC especially, they will be vulnerable to the crowd and the crowd needs to get into it from the beginning.
Penetration is not working. Pass more, intelligent passes and not fancy ones.
Play Rasho more. Play Massenburg to set a tone.
Susan Buentello
Play Spurs basketball: Keep the game under 90 points, make the "other" players on thier team beat you, know that nobody on thier team can stop Tim, Tony, or Manu. And most importantly PLAY WITH EMOTION.
Hey James Michner, Kori said 4 sentences.
Damn, you can never just be succinct in your stories and points can you?
fine ...Hey James Michner, Kori said 4 sentences.
Damn, you can never just be succinct in your stories and points can you?
Take the open perimeter shots that Sonics give you, even if they are early in the shot clock. If you make them they have to honor the threat and man up on the perimeter spreading the floor and opening up the paint. Then kick and slash. Go hard after any sonics bigs in foul trouble.
happy now?
Ecstatic
start ginobili, maybe barry can get going again.hard foul luke just like they did tony parker and ginobili in first 2 games. I like antonio daniels, don't hard foul him. give devin more minutes if he is okay.he has a lot heart, noticed he did not drive to the line on one instance,still recuping???. he's a got a great jumper. have pop call me if he needs any more help. haha
The Spurs need to start Manu Ginobili and jump on the Sonics from the first tip. Let Bowen take Allen one on one with no help. Let the rest of the Sonics beat you. Tony and Manu need to drive the lane hard and early. Odds are the calls will favor the Spurs tomorrow.
BigVee, I liked your reply.
Thanks. I'll put together everyone's responses.
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