I think our interior D will be there once the playoffs begin and Spurs know to step it up. Rebounding and swtiches on the pick and roll defense seem to be their biggest problem. FT's I'll live with because I know Spurs will lose at least one or two games in the playoffs because of missed FT's. FT attempts could be a problem...they don't seem to have been going to the line as much this season, especially with Manu and Tim being so injured. Manu especially doesn't seem to be getting to the line as much, probably because he's shooting a lot more jumpers than driving to the hoop like he did often last season.
I'm surprised a pessimistic fan didn't answer "All of the Above."
Last edited by 1Parker1; 04-11-2006 at 06:53 PM.
or NONE OF THE ABOVE
it's gonna be irrelevant. THe only thing that's could stop the Spurs from winning the championship is Tim Duncan's play
but if I had to pick one, it would be sinking jumpers. If all our guys consistently sink their jumpers, we'd be ok
For someone with all those 1's in your SN, you sure have difficulty with the concept of PICK ONE, sweetie.
Although you are the only one perceptive enough so far to correctly note the Spurs' problems getting to the line this year.
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PS. For someone with the SN of Shoogarbear...you sure don't give off vibes of being all sweet and cuddly.
That's because I know you're not into sweet and cuddly.PS. For someone with the SN of Shoogarbear...you sure don't give off vibes of being all sweet and cuddly.
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Surpised at the number of people who are worried about the Spurs hitting jumpers. They've been near the top of the league in FG% all year.
People are probably just having flashbacks of 04'. It was a huge problem then.
I voted Rebounding but I agree the Pick and Roll D could be a problem as well.
Rasho was a monster on D in the lane last night against the sonics. He and Bruce and Tim had awesome help rotations and Tim and Rasho just collapsed on anyone with the ball under the hoop. Interior D lapses seem to occur when the Spurs have to switch on a pick on the perimeter and have a mismatch (i.e. Tony on Dirk in the Mavs game) and the opposing team exploits that mismatch with a backdown on the small mismatch or a drive on the big mismatch (i.e.Duncan on Nash). When the smalls drive, the help should come first from the perimeter to force the ball to the baseline. Those rotations don't happen very much when Finley is in (yes -- Barry is much better at perimeter D rotations.) When the perimeter help fails the opposing guard drives into the middle of the lane (used to be cardinal sin numero uno for Pop) and the big underneath needs to help clog the lane. When Nazr is in, that rotation is inconsistent at best. Rasho is consistently there to help, though he will get caught sleeping if he is gaurding an atheletic big like KG or somebody. When Rasho is gaurding a more traditional post player, the lane is usually shut down for enough time by Rasho and either Bruce or Robert to allow Tim to rotate to the mismatched big (if the opposing gaurd is a pass-first) or double the ball carrier (for a shoot first gaurd.)
The point is -- interior D is still a huge strength of the spurs. [I]The liabilty falls in the lap of Pop with his bench subs utions.[/I] In the playoffs -- Horry is smart enough to compensate for Nazr's lapses when they are teamed together. But as long as Rasho is in the paint against a traditional big, the Spurs interior D as tight as a 16 year old gymnast.
Rasho did play well against the Sonics.
Repeat, it was against the Sonics.
You gotta be kidding if you think the solution is to just play Rasho more and Nazr less. Rasho started both Piston games and was worse than useless. There are times for him (against Shaq), and there are times for Nazr, and unfortunately there are times when neither one is the answer.
That's what I voted for as well. If they play Nazr too much or Tim's PF bothers him, the interior D will suffer. Tim is looking spry lately though. And I'm sure we'll see a lot of Duncan/Horry in the playoffs. So some of my worries about him are subsiding.
I was thinking more along the lines of playing Brent more and Finley less when both Rasho and Nazr are liabilities. -- It wouldn't be a perfect solution and I agree that "there are times when neither one is the answer." I do think Rasho's D will be more valuable to us than Nazr's O, at least in the early rounds. I also think that Nazr will be valuable in the right situation. My main point though was supposed to be about the perimeter help. And I think Barry is MUCH more valuable than Finley there. Offense I might give Finley a slight edge.
Last edited by Lebowski Brickowski; 04-12-2006 at 01:49 PM.
Gotta go with free throw %.
When games are being decided by 2 or 3 points those misses mean a lot. We need to concentrate on those freebies in quarters 1, 2 and 3 and not just get serious about 'em in the 4th.
Tim Duncan is it. We go as he goes. His FTs, his shot going in, getting in foul trouble, his turn-overs. Eliminate these things from happening, and we repeat as champs. If he is on, he opens it up for everyone else.
Hands down, it'sTD. We are very good ay most everything else, so we can expect to at least hold our own everywhere else.
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