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Dirk is one of the top ten most talented scorers ever. You let him "get his" and he drops 50 on you without breaking a sweat.
No, I think you have to leave Bruce on Dirk and let Horry/Finley guard Howard. During the season when the Spurs moved Bruce off of Dirk in the 2nd half of a game (because Howard was going wild) then Dirk went off completely.
I think you have to stick with Bruce on Dirk.
Dirk is one of the top ten most talented scorers ever. You let him "get his" and he drops 50 on you without breaking a sweat.
Tha's one of the Spurs ploys. Did it with Amre. Did it with Kobe. Did it with Nash this year.
Shank - where did you hear that the Mavs were going with Harris/Terry?
People close to the team.
Manu will own them tonight
The Spurs do that when the team has explosive offensive talent around their main guy. Outside of Dirk, there aren't many players on the Mavs that can blow up. Terry, Howard and Stackhouse can have big games but you can recover and still guard them even when rotating after sending a double team.
I hope Terry guards Bowen, that will leave him stuck in the corner a lot and may just slow down the break long enough for everyone to get back.
Hopefully AJ starts Griffin again. The matchups are so much better that way
Can Manu stay with Terry on D, though? Or does he take Harris?
Does Dallas try to gamble with Howard on Manu?
It would be nice if we had some post-up plays for Ginobili.
Is he's healthy, Griff has been starting for most of the season. But I'm not sure where he would fit with Harris starting. You'd have to bump Howard out of the lineup if so.Hopefully AJ starts Griffin again. The matchups are so much better that way
Not sure what I think of this move. Seems a little too soon to be trying new things.
One of the things that drives me nuts about Pop is that sometimes he overdoes trying to match up with the other team instead of exploiting that THEY have to match up against HIS team.
With Bowen on Dirk that leaves Horry on Howard which is not so hot. That puts Duncan at risk for foul problems covering the basket on penetration.
Howard is one of their 2 best defenders but he tends to get in foul trouble easily. I'm guessing Howard will draw Manu, Terry will be on Bowen and Harris on Parker. The key will be if Howard can stay out of foul trouble guarding Manu. This is assuming this switch is true. I'm here in Dallas and haven't heard about it yet.
Harris is too fast for Manu. Even though Terry's nickname is "Jet" or whatever, he's not really that fast. Manu should be able to stick with him as he's more of a spot shooter.
I'd say Dallas has to put Howard on Manu if they start that lineup. If they try Terry on him, Manu might go for 30 in the first half. Howard poses some problems with his length, but there's a reason he started off on Bowen in Game 1.
If you're listening to the Ticket, you'll never get it. ESPN broke it about 50 minutes ago.
Why would Dallas let it be known before game time that they were making a lineup change?
Why would San Antonio say their starting PG isn't 100%?
The Ticket is usually on top of stuff like this...had it on all day and haven't heard anything about it...
They always get scooped.
This news once again proves it.
Hahahaha, give me a break. The Ticket breaks in at any time with big news. Not that this is really "huge" news but I would've thought they'd have mentioned it if it was verified with the Mavs...
Who reported it on ESPN Radio?
Uh just so you know, Josh Howard can stop Manu pretty easily, he's done it everytime he's played him this season.
You really think they consider Howard to be their weakest defender? I thought he was better than Terry, who seems to be about as good a defender as Nash.
Howard is one of the Mavs best defenders...
Howard is a gambling defender and gambling on a healthy Manu can get you in trouble real quick.
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