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He mentioned it on another thread before the series started (or after game 2)
David Lee -- DNP
He mentioned it on another thread before the series started (or after game 2)
Spurs passing isn't crisp. They're very lazy. The Rockets have forced so many TO's it's ridiculous. Clean it up.
The beautiful game is dead and gone
Not sure about Pau. But Pop kept Kawhi and LMA, both on the bench many minutes to start the 2nd and 4th quarters of OKC series..It didn't look well
So he already knows that...But it's Pop. He has a plan and wont change his mind.
In the last adjustment thread, I said there's nothing the Spurs can really do to "adjust." Rockets made 19 of 43 from downtown tonight. When they're shooting like that, they're almost unbeatable.
The "adjustment" is to just keep keep challenging their shots and hope they miss, which they are more than capable of. That's it.
In game 3 the Spurs were able to hold the Rockets to 22 three point attempts. Huge difference from tonight.
Seems we went away from what worked in game three.
Stop switching bigs onto Harden, stick to shooters, especially in the corner, etc etc
Rockets are 1-5 when Harden has 6 assists or less, he had 5 in game three. We can't win with Eric Gordon, Lou Will, and Co going off.
Too many times this series Harden has been in the game, and BOTH Kawhi and Danny are on the bench. Does not make sense. If Harden is out there, Kawhi should be out there.
Hou is going small the rest of the way, and unfortunately, I don't think we can expect Pop to go small unless we lose game 5. Spurs will have to dominate the offensive glass.
Good thoughts.
I think Pop has asked Simmons to be aggressive and compensate and he's played well but the fallout of lineup changes is all over. Spurs losing Tony and he was the team's second leading scorer and playmaker (and he was at times playing with the bench) and sadly IMO Dedmon becoming unplayable and falling out of the rotation has further altered things. As you said the bench is depleted a bit and Manu has looked just done most of the time and Lee can't do anything on either end. He's neither a true center/shotblocker nor is he scoring or providing spacing in the bench. I would play Davis instead and see what happens but Pop would need to bench Lee and he doesn't want to go there.
Make free throws, stop shooting fadeaway jumpers on guys smaller than you (although LMA got two offensive fouls in a row which hopefully is home cooking), dominant on the boards, get back on defense, and don't let them akaGordon) shoot a 3 every time he touches the #%<ing ball!
I need to to take my pills now....
Needs to stop treating Green like a rookie.
Having Kawhi on the crt for 40+ minutes would be a good start.
Bench Lee
Make free throws, stop shooting fadeaway jumpers on guys smaller than you (although LMA got two offensive fouls in a row which hopefully is home cooking), dominant on the boards, get back on defense, and don't let them akaGordon) shoot a 3 every time he touches the #%<ing ball!
I need to to take my pills now....
"danny played too well last game, had to remind him who he is (my )"
Either Gasol or LMA should be on the floor for the whole game. I mean, David Lee is a non-factor, and the fourth quarter was all about houston getting easy layups.
The third quarter rotation was a piece of , Poop sticked with the same lineup, even though they went on a 17-4 run, and that made Gasol and LMA completely gassed.
This. A huge amount of threes the Rockets made would be considered bad shots. I can also think of several mid ranged contested shots that fell for the Rockets. On the other hand, the Spurs missed a ton of wide open looks. Everything that could've gone right for the Rockets did minus the Nene injury.
What's worse, should the Spurs win this series, the Warriors are going to be the same exact type of game but with more shots falling. Simmons looked good at the end when the game was lost but missed crucial shots when the game was tight. Kawhi didn't get enough touches and was off when he did. Danny was awful on offense too. I don't think the Spurs learned anything that game other than Bev's grand father's ghost is no Spurs fan.
Remove Lee from the rotation and give all his minutes to Dedmon, TBH.
Pop looks like he deliberately set himself to lose this game.
He's not going to play the guys who have length and speed ( dedmon and bertans ).
Look at Houston, their starting center is like just a couple year (same as KA) in the league. But look how effective he is given his length and speed.
Another problem is you can see that Spurs players are afraid to shoot. Rockets players, there is never a bad shot!
The Spurs setup doesn't look its designed to succeed. Everyone always looks tentative in taking their shots. Spurs play like "not to make mistakes", while Rockets play like "nothing to lose". It is a bad mindset.
Totally agree, there was a possession where Pau had the ball at the three point line with all the time and space in the world and didn't even look to shoot. Pau was knocking that shot down in the RS and he won't even look at the basket now. That fear of missing has spread through the locker room like AIDS at a 1980's truck stop just outside of San Francisco.
This is such and underrated truth bomb. I've said the same thing to some buddies.
Spurs players think twice before shooting, even if they're wide open, because they have to worry "is this the best shot? Should I be looking for a cutter? How many seconds are on the shot clock? How many shots have I already missed tonight?"
There is no such thing as a bad shot (from 3) for the Rockets. It's completely pressure free chuck horrible 3s because that's their game plan. There is a freedom they are allowed to play without always looking over their shoulder for fear of getting yanked. It's easier to make those shots.
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