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he was being facetious. He's one of the best writers on the board.
jason terry is far superior to Ginobili? get the fudge out of here, i think we'd have to have a vote on that, obviously my vote would go to this being untrue...
he was being facetious. He's one of the best writers on the board.
Got it in one. Sentence.
AND also i dont think terry owns parker, what the ? and josh howard might be underrated but ...the most underrated playier in the game?... and i voted for dirk, lol. i seriously would have.
That's wrong!! Ginobli is a far superior flopper!! That man flops all over the court, I watched Dan Crawford laugh when Dirk touched the man with his forearm and he went flying across the floor. Then Dirk in shock took a wide open jumper that he missed..........
Ginobli is the best flopper in the freaking league, Divac would be proud. If they ever wanted to bring back the 3 stooges Ginobli could easily be the best "Moe" ever.
Terry is a better shooter than Ginobli and that's about it. I'd take Manu in every other category. Ginobli does seem to turn the ball over quite a bit but that assessment is from someone who doesn't see all their games.
Josh Howard is easily the most under-rated player in series as far as what most fans know. The players & coaches certainly don't under-rate him.
Not normally. That's a fairly recent development. Until the last 20 or so games of the season and into the playoffs, it usually takes an act of Congress to get the ball out of Ginobili's hands until he aims it for the basket.
Mavs fans thinking Game 2 will be entirely different is one of the smartest observations I've seen any of them make. It will be entirely different in that the Spurs will dominate the entire game instead of the 4th quarter. Spurs by 12.
That might be the case. My point is that each playoff game is usually totally different than the last one. Coaches will make adjustments to slow down one area/player which usually opens up opportunities for other areas/players.
I don't really want to get into the whole flopping thing, because I think it's a cop-out. But I will say that if Manu has won the Oscar for flopping, Dirk is among those nominated every year. Breathe on Dirk and the dude starts flailing his arms.
I thought the Spurs played quite poorly, up until the end of the third, and even when they got their together in the fourth, they were shooting poorly and unable to convert off of the stops, and their rebounding was (no reason for three guys in white to get beat out for a rebound by one guy in blue - too many second chance points allowed). Not having watched lots of Dallas games, I'm unsure whether their poor play in the fourth was our defense kicking in, unlucky shots or just general suckiness/failure to execute in crunch time.
However, Dallas dominated three quarters of the game, rebounded better, converted better. Our starting guards did not play well (for them, anyway) and we had no answer for Stackhouse.
All in all, I don't see much room for improvement by Dallas, but plenty of room for improvement by San Antonio. They change two things - say, better shot selection and rebounding (defensive boards especially), while keeping Tim at a high level (or barring that, subs uting more production from either Tony or Manu), and I think we control the entire game and Mavs collapse in the third. I'm not even saying that San Antonio needs to play a perfect game, mind you, just keep high production from one of the top three, with mediocre production from the other two, and fix two of the five or six problems we had and it's a totally different game in the Spurs favor. I honestly don't know where the Mavs can improve (clearly, Dirk can get more involved, but that is predicated on a drop in Bowen's production, which I think somewhat unlikely, but sure it could happen), short of getting more shots to go in, which . . . you don't always control.
I'd be scared if I was a Mavs fan. . . That game was the one I thought they'd win. The Spurs were tired, clearly, ill prepared (outside of their general knowledge of the divison opponet they played four times), and coming off a hard fought series. That was the Mavs game for the taking, and they had it for three quarters. What happened in the fourth, Mavs fans? Was our defense suddenly THAT much better? Were our shots just happening to fall? Did we suddenly want it more? It's clear that in the last two, the Spurs played it cool, while at least two of the Mavs panicked on the floor. Yeah, I'd be at least a little worried as a Mavs fan. I don't see how you can expect that the Spurs will get any worse than that game 1.
To you, because you're a Spurs fan.
Probably the most hilarious thing about sports is when people don't/won't even recognize their own biases.
Maybe a Flopper but also a winner... post anything when Dirk or Jason Terry won something... oh! and Dirk isnīt an angel too... look out for his elbows... Karl Malone can be proud too...
and you feel that way because you are a Mavs fan. Bias works both ways.To you, because you're a Spurs fan.
Probably the most hilarious thing about sports is when people don't/won't even recognize their own biases.
The people here, for the most part, give serious props to the Mavs in general and Dirk in particular. I see who is not recognizing their own biases.
Thank you for reiterating my own point?
I don't claim to not have biases. Of course I do. But this isn't about that.
This is simply me calling bull on someone saying it's "more logical to think that the Spurs players will play better next game". The word "logic" implies objectivity and sound thinking, and her use of it implicates that she believes her opinion, which is no more factually-grounded than mine or any Mavs fan's, is closer to truth. It's not. They're both equally subjective.
two words: reggie evans. he drew a flagrant after grabbing someone's nuts.
I thought both teams played well defensively and a couple of Spurs players along with a couple Mavs players didn't have good offensive games. I think the teams are about as equal as two teams can be in regards to talent but that the Spurs have that intangible advantage of having, not only been in tight playoff situations many more times, but having success in those situations. In the end, 1-2 of the Mav players are going to have to be very clutch at the end of a couple of these games for them to win the series. The Spurs aren't going to give it away...that's for sure. I'd be shocked if this series doesn't go at least 6 games although anything can happen.
If I was a Mavs fan I would be pissed at Stackhouse for not taking the ball to the basket in the last few seconds of the game. He had the lane wide open and decides to go back to the 3 pt line to take the shot. It could have gone to OT and then who knows what happens. Oh well we now have the lead and I hope the Spurs really start to push it. I would be worried if I was a mavs fan b/c my PG was off for an entire week, resting and watching game tape of nothing but the Spurs, and he couldn't shoot better then 35%. Same for Dirk you know.
I just wish Stack would tell us what he was thinking. I haven't heard him talk yet. Didn't make a lot of sense that he did that but the Mavs wouldn't have even had a chance to tie or win if he hadn't had the game he had.
True Stack was on fire. Duncan was being boxed out and Ginobili was out of position so Stack could have dunked it really. It happens though because Ginobili did kind of the same thing when playing SAC turning it over in the last few seconds instead of just holding the ball. Well on to tues.
That shot will probably Stack up for the rest of the series like the TO did to Manu in the Kings series.
You know Tony Parker shot 54.8% over an 82 game season, right? That he's carried this Spurs team to 63 wins this season?
I'd say it's pretty logical to assume that he's not going to be stuck at 39% shooting once he actually has some rest and time for his hip & leg to recover. You're not thinking logically if you don't think the same way...unless you also believe Diop >= Ben Wallace.
I'm pretty sure Dallas' coaching staff hasn't written him off yet.
Stack kept the Mavs in the game and figured he had to take charge since Dirk was puckerboy the entire second half. He got caught looking at Ginobili after the two Gino tips and didn't see the open lane to his left. Between the disruption of Dirk stumbling and Gino tipping the ball he lost track of time. So he backed away to try and get some space, was hounded, and threw up a desperation shot. And it wasn't all THAT far off from being the game winner all things considered.
happens, Bowen and Gino made some plays and Stackhouse just panicked a bit. Gino threw away game 3 against the Kings and we all jumped all over his ass that day, too.
I'm pretty sure you missed the poster's point, but no worries as I'm pretty sure it wouldn't matter.You know Tony Parker shot 54.8% over an 82 game season, right? That he's carried this Spurs team to 63 wins this season?
I'd say it's pretty logical to assume that he's not going to be stuck at 39% shooting once he actually has some rest and time for his hip & leg to recover. You're not thinking logically if you don't think the same way...unless you also believe Diop >= Ben Wallace.
I'm pretty sure Dallas' coaching staff hasn't written him off yet.
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