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The thing is you can't go under as it's basically a reverse elevator play. If you try going under, Jordan and Griffin close off the gap and the defender is essentially forced to go over, leaving cp3 one-on-one with the big.
Go under the screens. They are being set at 30 feet from the basket. Of Paul makes 30 feet jumpers it's better than him one on one with duncan or an injuried splitter in the midrange area which is amazing at
The thing is you can't go under as it's basically a reverse elevator play. If you try going under, Jordan and Griffin close off the gap and the defender is essentially forced to go over, leaving cp3 one-on-one with the big.
Switching isn't helping, it creates more problems then it does solutions and gambles that they will settle for jump shots and miss even though we do not close out on the shooter. I've seen Boris and Tiago both follow the wrong man on the switch which leaves someone wide open or they simply sag off way too much on the switch and someone drills a jumper or they get forced out too far and get beat off dribble. Nono's idea of actually trailing the ball handler and sealing that side of the court could help at least force Paul to make one decision which in theory if you rotate fast enough would slow down the PnR.
Another strategy is to have the bigs hedge hard and keep Paul on the perimeter... obviously, the problem here is that if Paul can make the pass (and we're talking about a great passer here) to his screeners running the middle, it's an open lane. Although, getting the ball out of Paul's hands should be first priority.
Yep, I was thinking the same thing during the last game. Preferably left too since he's been mainly going right and hitting those midrange shots at a high clip all series long. Also why the don't they just go under the screens when they're set like 5-10 feet behind the three-point line?
Also not related to the screens, but I'd double Griffin in the post a lot more often. He's a good passer but I actually don't think he's reacted all that well to double teams this series. Every time there is a mismatch on switches and the Spurs are forced to double it seems like he always panics (similar to Kawhi in Game 1) and the Clips end up with a bad shot tbh.
I got a solution. Situational Hack-a-Jordan. Once u see the double screen, Hack him. Keep doing that until they stop the double screen or take out Jordan. Since Jordan and Griffin is the one doing the hamburger play, we can just foul him all the time, even at the end of the game tbh
The problem is one Paul's defender gets picked he's attacking the basket at full speed which makes it difficult for the bigs to keep up.
How about pick him up as soon as he passes mid court instead of giving him time to make a decision about what he's going to do. When they double screen comes, I would space the out of it. Just space it. Don't let them set the screen and back off.
Good point about the trap. It could make it easy to get steals. Regardless of what we try we have try something because it's working for them and they're sticking with it. It would be ridiculous to get beat by the same playcall over and over.
2-3 zone. They did it a few games ago.
I like these ideas. If we became more aggressive, I think it would force Paul to run a different offense. Whether its picking him up at half court or even full court press.
Now if they do the double screen, if you back off all the time or go under, that obviously leaves an open 3 for Paul. But if the screen is set really far out then it won't be a problem.
Another thing, if they're gonna keep doing the screens, don't start with green or kawhi on paul, they're just gonna switch anyways. Keep parker on him or patty on him. And maybe just have kawhi or green guard jordan and so when the switch comes, they can be the ones to switch off of jordan on to paul.
I agree pick up CP3 fullcourt. He's playing 40+ minutes. Keep the pressure on him.
Have baynes set up a moving screen on cp3
The Spurs' halfcourt defense has actually been good as a whole. Those live ball turnovers are why the Clippers score so well.
I don't get why you need to pick him up at the half court anyhow. With those two up there, they aren't in the paint, just switch to a zone.
The Spurs suffer from poor decision making during the inbounds after a basket or during the defensive rebound. They seem to allow almost anyone to bring the ball up the court instead of finding the PG most of the time. When Danny brings it up, he's apt to turn it over. Then you'll see guys stand in the back court with the ball and wait for someone to come back and get it. It's like they don't practice that aspect of their offense. Only a couple guys need to bring the ball up, and none of the bigs need to unless it's a chaotic situation like a turnover or something where there's no better option.
The problem with that is it puts the ball in Tony's hands on every possession, and he just runs around dribbling. Why doesn't anyone say the ball stops moving because Tony stops moving it? Tony seems to think that him moving with the ball is the same as moving the ball.
Why don't the Spurs try the same technique. It's working for Paul. It could work for Parker.
Last edited by therealtruth; 05-02-2015 at 12:49 PM.
You have to pass the ball in order for it to be effective
Send Paul to the side of the court where he's not comfortable. He seems to be with the ball in the same spot most of game 6.
Or, you have to be a scoring threat from mid-range.
- Let CP3 to shoot 3s instead of driving into the paint.
- Attack on Cp3 on offensive end, keep him moving.
- Try zone defence when LA in rythym.
- Shoot 3's on offence instead of long 2's(Especially Tony is killing us with long 2's)
Have Ayres hipcheck Paul into the scorer's table.
yes.Have Ayres hipcheck Paul into the scorer's table.
Can he hip check Parker while he is at itHave Ayres hipcheck Paul into the scorer's table.
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