Simmons mins were about the same until Kawhi went out, I guess that's what I was saying. Anderson played, but in garbage time, and in the last game with Kawhi out.
The Dedmon thing is weird , but he hasn't gone DeJuan Blair yet complaining and seems into the game.
I wasn't talking about his in game adjustments, mostly curious on those saying he was forced to play guys. I feel like Murray was the only guy forced to play with TP out, and even he had a DNP in there. Anderson played his most minutes in game 4 which was a blowout, and last game with Kawhi out.
Lee's minutes went down once he started going small. I think he was always ready to go small, but it's not something you want to do all the time, but in spurts.
He's definitely shown he can adjust throughout a series tho, I wasn't surprised to see him trying new things. The regular season was about seeing what worked to prepare for these moments.
We could go over X's and O's all day long. The Spurs obviously will need to shoot well, play good defense, take care of the ball, and try to utilize the size advantage. That is pretty much a given.
That said, if we really want a chance in this series...we just have to hope the Warriors miss shots.
If they are on point and focused...could be a very short series. If we can get a few games where they are a little off, especially from downtown...I give the Spurs a puncher's chance.
I know one thing, outside of the casuals and media, all real NBA fans will be rooting for the Spurs to win.
No Pop has given minutes to Anderson... 20 this game... he was part of a run in the 2nd Q that put the game out of reach.. he was as much to give credit to for the Spurs win as any other Spur to come off the bench IMO.
He played 7 minutes in game 5... he's played a few minutes here and there. obviously more in garbage time, but he's not benched per se.
Pop has played more small ball which already meant Simmons minutes were increased soon as Tony was out. He's eaten into the bigs minutes too, as has Anderson.
Anyways, I don't want to discuss this bc you tend to see things as you want to see them, but the facts you can check out.
I tend to think he will go back to playing big a lot of the game but I think a strict big approach will work less against GSW than it did against the Rockets specially if Pop insists on keeping an athletic big like Dedmon benched (which is unknown)
Hopefully making Draymond do work on defense will throw his shot off because him not shooting well is almost certainly what our defensive plan will be relying on. Perhaps refs will find their whistle and put him in foul trouble.
I said Anderson played, but he played more cause Kawhi was out. It's not how I see it, but those are facts. I never said he was benched (?) Anderson played very well, no doubt. But Game 1 he played 12 mins (blowout loss), game 2 and 3 he played 4 and 6 mins respectively, Game 4, 15 mins, another blowout loss, and Game 5 he only saw 6 mins.
Simmons mins too were pretty consistent until Kawhi went out too. So Kawhi being out opened up more for those guys. Murray benefited from TP going out, and KA benefited from Kawhi being out last game. He might play Anderson more than Murray next series, who knows. I think the only definite is Simmons getting his minutes. Everyone else is kind of a ? Still.. he'll throw em out there and see how they do likely against GS's 2nd unit
I agree tho, he probably goes big again, while sprinkling in some small ball. And honestly, it's not a bad idea if our big guys show up. It's our only advantage, and he should try to exploit it.
He played 7 minutes in hte first half of game 5.. a close game throughout and key to win at home... in the fisrt half... b4 Kawhi had his injury.
Here is where I part ways: colored views. As I said you will see what you want to see and I prefer to let you to it.
Alrighty. I know you'll see things the way you want to as well, so it is what it is.
Regardless, I'm sure we both can agree on wanting to take down the Dubs regardless of who plays however many minutes.
Anderson was the only topic I bothered to answer about... a lot of things in your previous post were very colored by your point of view, like the bigs being a big asset. Pop actually had to go away from 2 bigs and use them only strategically, in limited minutes and depending how things were going. There is more that could be said, but TBQH chatting with you sometimes tires me out, you do tend to have very colored and unchangeable view and I don't care about it to argue. I do agree many changes were forced upon Pop but I did see more willingness to explore different things/guys/lineups/rotations/strategies regardless of player injury situation.
Still a fan and you too. so we cool.
Control the damn tempo, limit the mistakes & turn overs, very difficult against their D (whether legally or illegally out of being NBA's darling), but gotta try to have any slight of chance in this series.
Or to screw a stripper and have a few sleepless nights on the fold out couch tbh
#OperationPostUp against Curry
Beat them up as much as possible down low. That's what we did the first game of the season. Pound, pound, pound. If it gets to a long series, the toll will tell. LMA is the key here, unfortunately.
Concentrate. Keep focus at every moment and until the end of quarters. They hit little gaps in concentration and rip games open.
Simmons may be a big boost. I don't see Murray doing much here, but see Simmons and Anderson getting play. Anderson may be important on Durant; if he has success that could be huge.
Open the game with a montage of Trump and the NRA and curry will wet his panties
Have one player whose sole job it is to annoy/enrage Gaymon
Nobody should be able to stop LMA, I say feed him and play Spurs style basketball and no isolation.
I also think we should play big and grab those rebounds and execute to prevent them running any fast breaks.
Play transition D, and try not to foul.
We gotta play with a lot of heart and energy and keep the crowd away from the game.
Bertans playing a few minutes of aggressive defense on him . Throw in some rude sounding euro trash talk where donkey doesnt know what he is saying and it might make him go postal.
David lee would be the other candidate. Some rough elbows and constant phrases like you "will always be my backup, " might set him off.
Games One and Two are really a different series than the rest due to the three-day lull between them. I honestly think the Spurs have to take at least one to have any chance, because GS will likely win Game Three. My hope (assuming a split) would be to win One and lose Two. That way, the Spurs would have all that time to analyze the Warriors' first adjustments and make a new plan. If they win Two and lost One, then GS will likely have a strong gameplan against SA that will take another game or two for SA to figure out.
Anyway, the strategy is to drag them into deep water. The Warriors outside of Draymond are not really clutch, so if the Spurs can keep it close, they can pull some games out. GS plays a four-big rotation, and that means the Spurs should not force small-ball even though they will be decently equipped to play in that style if Simmons and Murray remain contributors. The path to beating GS revolves around the front court still. Similar to Houston, don't overreact to drives. Stay with your man and force the Dubs to shoot over length. A two-man game between Curry and Zaza may put Gasol in a bad place. But so long as that place is Zaza getting the pass and having to score, that's fine. I don't think switching is a problem in this series, since no one besides Durant maybe wants to play the drive game. The Warriors are also inclined to look for the extra pass, so hard-closes should be more successful, as the will likely move the ball rather than resetting. However, if they play by the gameplan, they actually won't have to close.
I have a feeling Kyle will see a slight increase in minutes this series. His length will be useful against Draymond/Durant.
Team ball
Put Kawhi on Green, Danny on Steph, and hide patty (or use Simmons) on Klay and live with it. I think if Leonard can handle Green, their offensive fluidity will be greatly reduced.
Game 1 is Sunday, game 2 is Tuesday, game 3 is Saturday, games 4 is Monday.
Sure. But there are some lineups that can kill the Spurs and others more favorable
Pop will try to stay big playing Pau many minutes...IDK if the Spurs can survive with him in this series.
gasol's defense in game 6 vs houston was outstanding... a few of the examples above were him just being zoned out or not aggressive
No double teaming and Kawhi has to fight through the high screens, the switch.
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