Keys for game 7

[SA Gunslinger]

As long as the Spurs play the way they have the last two games, I think they win. The two days off is HUGE.

[Mavs<Spurs]

I was making a joke...and my team is great!! Tim Duncan is a great player...but seeing it happen to us time and time again is getting old. If we were allowed to get a little more aggresive on him with getting the whistle blown, he might not make those shots....any comments on ginobili??

Not easy to see what is a joke and what isn't. In terms of the fouls, that goes against us, but also against you. There are ways in which the calls have helped us and hurt you all, but there are also ways in which the calls have hurt us and helped you all. A lot of Spurs fans have serious questions about the Mavs shooting 50 fts in a single game. Mavs went to the line more than us ( ulatively). When Tim, Manu, Bruce and Robert all have 3 fouls at half time and you all only have one good player in serious foul trouble, it looks unfair from our perspective. Tim fouling out (I believe it was game 4) certainly did not help matters. The timing of the fouls and who gets the fouls and when they get the fouls greatly influences how significant the calls are as well. From our perspective, it certainly appears that Dirk gets a lot more calls than Tim and Tim lives in the paint. Dampier and Diop are there to beat Tim up physically not because they are great defensive players. They are 6 fouls each.

Lots of comments on Manu. I just figured you watched the last game and might be tired of hearing how great he is.

Let's see: all star guard, scored 20 points a game for Argentina leading them to the gold medal (US got the bronze if you remember), 2 world championships.

Just keep telling yourself that he can't go right (as did whatever Maverick apparently did and watched him drive to the right and leave him behind , as he did to Ron Artest, ...).

One of the best players in the league at drawing fouls, both on offense while driving to the basket and on defense drawing a charge.

2 steals in the last 2 minutes of game 5 and a key offensive rebound.

Terrific defender, can shoot the 3, drive to the hoop, one of best passers in the NBA.

[Mavs<Spurs]

I might have a better opinion of your team than you do because if I were a Mavs fan, I could make several points about why I think that the Mavs are a terrific team. However, it appeared that you thought that you were reduced to trying to criticize Tim's ability and the Spurs as a team in order to say how good your team is.

How do I know which part is a joke when all of it criticizes the Spurs?

[Typhoon]

Everything starts with Manu.

if he good, Spurs will crush the Mavs.

salud.

[SA Gunslinger]

Everything starts with Manu.

if he good, Spurs will crush the Mavs.

salud.

I'm thinking a similar performance like he had in game five against Seattle from last year. But even a repeat of game six would be awesome.

[Texas_Ranger]

1. Defense, just play the best defense you can, don`t let them make easy shots.
2. Attack, we need to move the ball quicker, specially TP
3. Rebounds, If we are going to rebound like in the last game we will win
4. Bench
5. Just think on win (allways)
6. Pass the ball to Duncan

GO SPURS GO

[zeleni]

1.Get Rasho for a change-up of the system. When Terry will get back, he wouldn't know in what team did he stepped in. Harris will be stopped and Nowitzki or Stackhouse will be pressured in the inside game.

2. Good rebounding

3. Parker needs to attack the rim, likewise Ginobili

4. Duncan has to go outside for his bankshot.

5. Good 3pt plays early in the game. Mavs are calling to be crushed early.

[thekingrobert]

get a blowout we are due

[picnroll]

Duncan stay away from stupid fouls. If there's a chance of a foul early let the play go. Go into the fourth with three fouls or less.

[WalterBenitez]

1) Play well, avoid stupid turnoevers ...

2) TP:

a) Trying to involve those guys in white next to you (team mates you know)
b) Good penetrations, follow your instincs baby

3) TD, just do what you were doing ... Superstar caliber performance

4) MANU:

a) Show the way Manu, do whatever it takes to win ...
b) Capture the momentum doing those plays you know...

5) Bruce: take care of the blondy

6) Finley: Man, play like it were the latest game in your life, show Cuban he was wrong.

7) POP ... Mix defense, zone, avoid screens, pic and rolls

[ploto]

--Limit the turnovers

--Transition defense

--Box out

--Push the ball up the court on offense

--At some point in the game, it will be time to get the ball to Tim and get out of his way-- recognize when that time comes

--At some point in the game, it will be time to get the ball to Manu and get out of HIS way-- recognize when that time comes, too

[conqueso]

After thinking some more about it, I want to add a few more keys to victory:

1. Duncan has to get going early (see above)

2. Spurs must hold the Mavs under 100 points

3. Finley will be getting 40+ minutes again. He must continue to play solid defense and take good shots in the flow of the offense. He's not much of a playmaker anymore, but the one or two plays where he creates something out of nothing will also be crucial.

4. Tony must play well enough so that Pop cannot afford to leave him on the bench for the first half of the second and fourth quarters. NVE is still a cancer, despite his better-than-usual performance in Game 6, so he needs to be given just enough minutes to give Tony a rest and no more.

5. Spurs must not let Harris go off in the first half. As we saw in Game 6, when he starts off ty, he ends ty. But as we saw in Games 2-4, when he gets going early, he is a monster. Tony has a tough assignment here, and he needs to answer the call.

6. Duncan and Manu must stay out of foul trouble, especially in the second half.

7. This game is going to be called even by the refs...same number of free throws for each team, plus or minus one. Spurs don't have to beat the Mavs at the line, but they have to stay close, within 3 or 4 makes.

8. Terry will be fired up. There's nothing you can realistically do about this. Just weather the storm and shut him down in the fourth.

9. Everyone seems to have forgotten about Howard. He's a beast. Spurs must contain him to have continued success. If Bowen can keep frustrating him, Spurs have a good chance.

10. San Antonio must limit Dallas' offensive rebounding as much as possible. While the Spurs don't have to outrebound Dallas to win, they can't be giving up easy put-backs to Dirk, Diop, and Dampier.

[Slomo]

--Limit the turnovers

--Transition defense

--Box out

--Push the ball up the court on offense

--At some point in the game, it will be time to get the ball to Tim and get out of his way-- recognize when that time comes

--At some point in the game, it will be time to get the ball to Manu and get out of HIS way-- recognize when that time comes, too