I know Mavs fans think Spurs fans are very flippant on this subject, but most Spurs fans are trying not to count their chickens. If the Spurs get past the Kings, I'm sure tons of fans will be willing to talk strategy. Right now, it's very premature.
the spurs are very capable of holding the mavs under 90 points. sacramento is a tougher matchup defensively for SA. that is not a slight to dallas in the least, SA is just a little more familiar with how dallas operates on offense and have shown they can limit the mavs offensive production. i really hope SA can end this series on friday, and i imagine mavs fans are itching for the mavs to play again too. rest is good, but fans get antsy.
Parker can't guard Terry and Ginobili/Duncan can't guard Howard. If Dirk figures out how to attack Bowen than there are 3 matchups the spurs will have trouble with.
Parker can't guard Terry
That's the beauty of being a fan. As as fan you CAN look at other things and compare yourself to other teams and not have any effect on the game. As a Player or Coach you cannot. The Kings got the Spurs' attention and the Spurs should come to play in the next game. It will be fun to watch. But as fans we can look ahead without recourse. Thank God.
The only place that fans can have an effect on the outcome of the game is at home arena. I wish our fans would raise in the ATT, but sadly most of them do not.
horry guards howard
Horry can't guard Howard. Horry isn't quick enough.
terry averaged 15 ppg vs sa this year - 4,18,23,14. parker averaged over 20. terry can get hot but the spurs have contained him this year.
The Spurs' team defensive strategy makes it impossible to say whether or not parker can guard terry or TD and gino can guard howard. It becomes whether the Spurs can guard the Mavs. i think you are also being one-sided. If the Mavs dont employ this team defense concept then how does anyone on the Mavs guard TP, TD, and Manu without leaving the shooters open? If the Mavs do play team defense then will the Mavs be able to defend all of the Spurs' weapons well enough to win??
Stackhouse will be the MVP of the series.
For the Spurs.
Not if Keith Van Horn has anything to say about that.Stackhouse will be the MVP of the series.
For the Spurs.
To add to that, our team defensive rotations against the Kings were HORRIBLE in games 2 through 4. We picked it up again in game 5 and won by 11. The Kings are hard to rotate on because they are better at attacking the rim from the guard position using post moves than anyone else in the league. Somehow I don't see terry, stack, or even dirk posting up as successfully.
Ok now that the kings series is over how do the spurs beat the mavs?
So from your logic, none of the Mavericks can be guarded. If that's so, how come you guys are the fourth seed and not number one seed?
I dislike how people try to do the whole:
This guy>>>>>>>>this guy
that guy<<<<>>><<><>that guy
him = him
it's about 1 thing and 1 thing alone:
Team A > Team B... and that's all it should be about.
If the Spurs lost to every team that had more talent than them or that presented us with a huge mismatch at a given position, the Spurs would have 0 les and probably be a 2nd tier team in the league as opposed to one of the elites. The Spurs don't guard as individuals, they guard as a team and that always has to be taken into account.
The Spurs will beat the Mavs by doing what they have done all season long..... but better. Inside-out, with lots of screens up top to get the guards loose and giving Tim the green light early to force double teams to hopefully open up the perimeter. Bruce will play Dirk very physically and hopefully draw him within the 3 point line where he doesn't do as much damage. Hopefully our defenders can stay on their man beyond the arc and not give up too many 3 pointers.... I may be mistaken but I believe that the Mavs had one of the higher percentage of offense coming from beyond the 3 point line. I honestly believe that if both teams bring their A games for every game in the series that the Spurs wil come out on top. So it should take an extraordinary effort by the Mavs to win or a flat performance by the Spurs to lose this series.
Spurs in 6
The spurs are used to getting offense easy against the Kings. The mavs won't allow that though. Diop and Dampier will shut down the paint for Parker and whoever decides to drive. The mavs are for real and the spurs will soon find out.
If they're going to double team Duncan, how do you figure there won't be open shots?
True, but the fact that Bonzi > Bowen Artest > Manu
and this isn't in opinion, but LITERALLY in size...gave TEAM SPURS post up problems...
It's the reason we went in 6, cuz we had no answer for their size...so it's not that irrelevant to consider One on One matchups. I think the fact that Bonzi and Artest pushed us might help us against the Mavs. If not toughen us up...
But who knows, I remember the Spurs were saying "Hey! maybe we can do the run and gun thing we picked up against the Suns to use against Detroit? " They dropped that approach by the 10 minute mark of Game 1.
This is going to be a simple series, probably end in 5. Tim is playing like Tim and Dallas has no answer for that. Also, Manu and Tony are going to tear Dallas a new one.
Dallas has to pray every jump shot goes in.
This is incredibly laughable. The only effective way to guard Tony and Manu is with someone like Wells and Artest. Tony and Manu thrive in getting their's in the paint against bigs, and they should; they got most of their practice doing it against Shaq and Ben Wallace.
A-frickin'-men.
There was a thread about how the Sacramento starting five was better than the Spurs starting five. Look where it got them.
parker has been unreal in the playoffs this year compared to years past
if he does not slow down it will be what you call a sweep
parker is averging more points now then in the regular season
that is bad news if you like the mavs
terry is a fa this offseason he better shut down tp if he plans on getting a big payday
The Spurs are also used to playing D in the Post against two legit scoring options against Sacto, which would be two more post options than Dallas can throw at them. Sacto fans also thought THEIR PG was better than ours. Parker proved different. Terry isn't exactly a stopper, and all Parker has to do is get past him to force the defense to rotate. That creates opportunities, both for the bigs, and the other perimeter shooters.
You Mavs fans still don't get it. Championship basketball isn't a matter of individual matchups. It's a matter of our 5 guys playing as a unit against your 5 guys playing as a unit. The more cohesive unit WINS. Mavs are improving, but they're not there yet. Once you implement such a system, you still get your teeth kicked in for a few years until you figure it out completely and get comfortable with it. SA's teeth swallowing period was from 95-96 to 99. You still have some deadwood like Terry and Stack and KVH to get rid of, possbly Dampier as well. They won't play a part in any hypothetical Mavs championships. Terry and Stack get tunnel vision when they get the ball, and KVH is a pussy. Mavs will play a respectable series, but AJ will still have to get his own people over the next few years. He's already starting that with Devin H, Josh, and Marquis. As Sean Connery said in The Untouchables, "If you're afraid of a rotten apple, don't go to the barrel, get it off the tree."
I can see you bagging on Stackhouse and Van Horn but Terry is a big part of Dallas's offense. If Parker decides to help out a little bit on defense than Terry will burn him. San Antonio has no answer for Josh Howard. Bowen is forced to guard Dirk which if Dirk post's him up will be a mismatch and Ginobili and Horry don't don't play small forward and Howard would have an advantage. Diop and Dampier will be the key to this series. They are the reason for Gasol disappearing. They play very physical and they'll do the same with Duncan.
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