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Manu's back next game. Book it.
Manu will be back when needed. If the Suns find a way to defend on TP and TD Manu will come huge and win the game.
Manu's back next game. Book it.
Yes it would be nice to see Manu contributing. His tendency to press himself and force plays usually results in lost possessions and careless turnovers.
However even if he is struggling, I believe he can and should have an impact on the game. With crisp passing, rebounding, defense and his overall aggressive hustle.
To be fair, I must say that he find in Bell a tough matchup.
no his so bad we need the real manu
Ginobili's playing fine; he's not a player that needs to score to affect the outcome of a game. And Barry hasn't played nearly enough to get into a rhythm
manu needs to go to the basket, and stop trying to get fouled, and concentrate on finishing. nowadays he goes to the basket and just throws the shot up there expecting to get a foul called. just go back to finishing strong. that goes to duncan too
It seems to me Manu's not getting his legs under him well on his long jump shots. The ones where he's squared up, he hits more often. He needs to concentrate on his form more. But mostly he needs to drive more and stop throwing up 3s.
Manu has had a great regular season, let's hope he will be back at his regular season level soon.
The only thing that worried me is if he loses his confidence because Manu is an emotional player.
The main knock on him for these playoffs is that he can't score : 12.5 ppg with a FG% of 32.4 is quite awful.
Need to have a manu gtg to fire him up......either that or more amare push ups
I just want to see him be more aggresive. He hasn't been driving to the rim. It seems all he wants to do lately is take one step inside the arc, then step back and fire his 3.
His Offense was dirkering () all the game, but 8 rb 4 ast and "0"turnovers isn't bad
Dirkering hahahahah I LOVE IT!!!
The thing that worries me the most is Manu isn't playing well with Duncan.
Plus/Minus when paired with Duncan in the playoffs
Parker +43
Finley +41
Oberto +24
Horry +13
Barry +6
Ginobili -2
what if manu never snaps out of it this postseason?
if mike finely keeps it up will they still go all the way
He will, and plus with Finley being so money, Manu isnt playing as much as he used too, either that or im not noticing him. DOnt worry Manu will be there when we need him.
Not worried.
Manu will shut the naysayers up.
Manu has been sucking. main problem is that this year, teams have decided not to let him in the paint. he is no Kobe,Tmac to still go through the paint, when it is closed down.
he must find a way to still try to penetrate and get a foul call somehow. eventhough the refs in game 1 swallowed their whistles. and he must also start to shoot the long 2s when open.(something he never does)
Maybe Manu finally pays for his flopper reputation
That's basically it in a nuts . He thrives when he slashes. Teams have learned his tendencies and are sliding over help at the right moments to close him out. He needs to find a counter.
He is still getting to the rim (albeit less frequently) but then throwing up prayers instead of finishing, as someone above commented.
Manu's minutes are not up in the playoffs like I thought they would be. I expected at least 35 minutes a game. Some games he only got 15-17 minutes. Is the lack of minutes causing him to struggle to find a rhythm?
As long as Manu keeps coming up with a quick 7-10 points off the bench to swing critical moments in the game back to the spurs I am happy. That is what he did against Denver in Game 4 and it looked he was on his way yesterday until he picked up the 2 fouls.
Also He does not play with duncan as much as all the other guys mentioned above in the +- analysis so he does not have as good of a chance to capitalize on having duncan on the floor as say, parker, and Finley(he is really playing well with Duncan)
So all in all I am not worried. Maybe he won't every have a 30-40 point game in the playoffs this year, but Like I said if he can have the 7-10 points in 5 minutes off the bench to swing momentum, that would be fine with me.
I don't know if Barry is still bothered by back problems, but I've been missing his game too. I would like to see more of Barry in this series.
yea he needs to get some more minutes. Although he missed his shot yesterday he was ready to take the shot with confidence, and with Barry that is most of the Battle. If he takes confient shots he will knock more down than he misses.
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