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What happens when they close the lane?Key #2: Keep Parker driving the lane and forget about his jumper.
Need that Parker jumper to fall.
It can and it will
Key #1: Defense
That is all.
What happens when they close the lane?Key #2: Keep Parker driving the lane and forget about his jumper.
Need that Parker jumper to fall.
It can and it will
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Is it just me or do the Spurs tend to have their "worst defensive game I've ever seen" in the playoffs? Last year I believe Pop said the same thing during the Denver series for game 1 and in the first blowout in Detroit I think he said the exact same thing..... do you really think he means it or is it just something for him to say at this point?
I think he means it
The transition defense, was the worst hes ever seen and I agree, Its been a long time since Ive seen the team get beat back that bad.
Ripped into Duncan pretty damn hard too.
6. Bench NVE in a tight game and let Beno play.
So he can turn the ball over and lose us the lead like against Houston?Bench NVE in a tight game and let Beno play.
No thanks.
At least he does not jack up shots at the 20 sec mark on the shot clock leading to fast breaks the other way, like your buddy Nick does.
Look at Beno's stats, he does not turn the ball over any more than Nick the Quick(shot) does.
I'd agree with that. I think Beno's a little better distributor, and isn't going to take a dumb shot.
I also think we'll see the Spurs make some adjustments to try to stop Shareef. If I'm Sacramento I've noted the success Rahim, Wells and even Martin had penetrating and I think my gameplan would be to have much more of that with Artest going hard to the rack too. I've noticed the Kings do a much better job of being aggressive in the paint at home, which could be a bad thing considering how successful they were in the lane in game 2.
I think T Park is right in that the Spurs are likely going to need to get Duncan much more involved in this one, and I'll bet we'll probably see a more typical sort of Spurs score tonight.
As I've said many times before, Nick's wild-ass, badly selected bricks plus Spurs' ty offensive rebouding add up to way more TOs than Beno's TOs under pressure.
He can't get the ball past half court, so there is no shot for anyone.At least he does not jack up shots at the 20 sec mark on the shot clock leading to fast breaks the other way, like your buddy Nick does.
All points are moot if you can't bring the ball up against a tough D, wich, Sacramento can bring.I think Beno's a little better distributor, and isn't going to take a dumb shot.
Van Exel will play, get over it.
Where were you after game 1 Jim when he was bagging 3s and was the reason they had such a huge lead at the half?
You've said it before, and your still wrong.Nick's wild-ass, badly selected bricks plus Spurs' ty offensive rebouding add up to way more TOs than Beno's TOs under pressure.
Sit back down.
Beno would only come in if there's a defensive matchup problem for Nick. A younger cover or whatever... Kings are pretty soft, and not too deep, so I don't think Beno's gonna see much playing time unless the Spurs feel like killing their team that night for a garbage 4th.
Answer for everything:Beno can't get the ball past half-court.
What is the question again?
I'd pick the Van Exel from 3 years ago over Beno any day of the week. I'm not convinced yet that VanEx can flip the playoff switch like Horry can anymore, but we'll see.
I agree, though, that it looks like Pop is committing to using Nick the Used to Be Quick as the first point option off the bench.
Last edited by Ed Helicopter Jones; 04-28-2006 at 12:27 PM.
The key is to get Duncan started early in the game. Feed him down low, but also run some pick and rolls with Duncan going to the basket for some feeds if the defense collapses on TP or Manu. The key for Duncan is to work quickly with the ball, not just stand there and hold it so the Kings can bring a completely weak side player to double. That forces TD to make a tough cross court pass out of the double that gives the D time to recover. If he makes his moves quickly with the ball the Kings will either double hard on the move, which will leave open shooters, or not double at all. If they don't double TD has to punish his man with a hard physical move to the basket. If TD starts to score or draws fouls then the hard doubles will come. And the shooters + Manu + TP will be available to catch and shoot or catch and drive against an out of position defense. Offensively speaking, this is what the Spurs need to do to give themselves consistent scoring chances. After that they have, I mean HAVE to make the wide open shots they will get.
I agree. Timmy has a tendency to get into funks where he sits there and waits for doubles instead of initiating the first move. Somebody will have pointed that out to him by now.
The key to the game for me is just going out there and doing what you are paid to do being on a team like San Antonio. They don't need a pep talk or anything because this game has to be the knockout blow to send a message to the far East that the Spurs came to play in the playoffs.
"Be silent, be swift."
If they close the lane by using a zone or defensive help from someone else, then one of our other players will be open and Parker should try for an assist. I'm not 100% sure of his jumper being there when needed.What happens when they close the lane?
Need that Parker jumper to fall.
It can and it will
Well I think I have nothing new to say but IMO the Kings will give Timmy a little bit more freedome and he will take adventage of that.
Slow the tempo, I mean take care of Transition defense please, and do not let the Kings get going cause when they are on a row and with this crowd they can take the lead and never give it back.
Ofcouse vs the Kings the key will be shooting, the shots must go down.
Try the streaches with defending the 3-pt lane they have got shooters.
The iportant thing in spurs ofense is moving. Even when it is 4-down players must switch places make screens and so on.
Till now the motion ofense was efficient
What else?
GO SPURS GO
I'm glad you have chosen to finally see the light about Rasho, TPark. Of course he's a better defender than Nazr. Always has been. The Kings don't get nearly the easy looks with him in there that they get with Nazr. So I'm all for 'Sho playing a lot.
Another thing I would do is get the ball to Manu early and test Artest's mental state. You know the refs will be watching him closely, and the slightest little thing might set Ron-Ron off.
But yeah, generally, better transition defense and a big game from Tim would be nice.
As for the backup PG spot, I vote for Barry, but that's just me.
If they play NVE and he shoots anything besides a wide open 3, Pop has to pull him right away. And I'm really tired of this Beno bashing where everyone is saying he can't get the ball past the half-court line. You people act like this is the case every single time. It's like saying Tim misses every FT or Nazr mishandles every pass. Does he have occasional problems against pressure? Sure. But it's not a chronic thing that should chain him to the bench, I don't think. The Kings don't even pressure full court, from what I've seen. Plus, Manu and Barry could both help him advance the ball. Once the offense is in half-court, there is no question he is a more productive player than NVE.
Transition D? pffttt. Timmy just needs to pull the back of Kenny Thomas' shorts when KT starts to run upcourt...until Tim can pull even with him. Problem solved.
Put Duncan on the blocks and tell him to stop being a pussy, get aggressive, work his butt off. Put a hurting on the Kings bigs.
It's not that simple cause the shorts may slip down or... so I would rather not see the result of that solusionTransition D? pffttt. Timmy just needs to pull the back of Kenny Thomas' shorts when KT starts to run upcourt...until Tim can pull even with him. Problem solved.
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