Spurs' bigs are not agile.
Spurs' bigs are not outside shooters.
Spurs' bigs are not that athletic.
The Spurs won 63 games last year with one lineup, and then suddenly abandoned it in favor of a smaller one for the playoffs against an inferior team and they lost because their defense dried up.
Golden State has been running small ball all year, as has Nellie.
AJ won 67 games with one lineup, and then suddenly abandoned it in favor of a smaller one for the playoffs against an inferior team and it predictably bit him in the ass when his defense dried up.
This series is over in 4 if AJ goes back to his regular lineup.
not a chance, but the warriors still may win. we shall see...
Yeah it will be, GS will run circles around AJ's bigs.
Yeah, maybe the Mavs luck out and win one.
I think GS' current small ball lineup has only been together for like 10 games. I believe Biedrens had been starting for a good chunk of the year. Could be wrong...
Seems funny how few people equate the value of shot blockers to a good defensive team, or don't question how teams score so much in the paint once they are gone. I will never understand why the better team would ever feel the need to make adjustments to its opponent rather than forcing the opponent to adjust to them.
When you can play a 5 man who is excellent 20 feet from the rim the value of those shotblockers is greatly diminished.
Except that teams don't win against smallball with 20 foot jumpers, they win with layups. A jumper is a lower percentage shot than a layup or a free throw. Jump shooting teams can win a couple of games, but they don't typically win a series, let alone championships.
Thats why they will keep having Baron drive or post up, if they put George on him he can beat him to the basket, and he can post up Devin or Terry. Dallas will prolly find a way to win this series, but they are gonna come out of it beat the up.
Their small ball players can rebound.
I have no idea what Avery was thinking by putting George on Baron for most of the game. Why not let Howard have that assignment?
Bingo...when the Spurs went to small ball last year vs. Dallas, we got killed on the boards. We'd get some stops but give it right back after a Dallas ORB.
Spurs smalls would get killed by the Denver smalls. X-factor is Duncan. Spurs need to get NeNe in early foul trouble. Camby won't be able to keep up physically.
They are also one of the top shot blocking teams in the league.
Exactly. That and they can defend the tall SFs/small PFs they are matched up against. I think Finley plays that role to the best of his ability. He's simply miscast. That's why I couldn't understand why guys like Sharrod Ford or Jamar Smith weren't kept -- with all their faults and rawness -- for the simple reason we had no other player on the team that fit their description.
To paraphrase Clint: A team has to know its limitations.
And you have to play within them. Right now our problem isn't so much our lineup match against Denver, but the fact that they are beating us up to beat us.
We played hard but most of the bodies on the floor all night were Spurs. Duncan was flat inTIMidated.
It might have helped Dallas if house, I mean Stackhouse, had shown up to play.
In 20 minutes of play he was 0 for 8.
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