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cajunhornetsbayou, do you think it makes any sense to start Wright and bring Peja off the bench? Wright has played well and I don't get the impression he's the kind of player Bowen would have much effect on. He'd also help a lot more on defense.
If all of the Spurs 3 point shooting in the last game was actually 2 point FGs, Hornets still would have lost by double digits.
cajunhornetsbayou, do you think it makes any sense to start Wright and bring Peja off the bench? Wright has played well and I don't get the impression he's the kind of player Bowen would have much effect on. He'd also help a lot more on defense.
Keep up the bad work, Jim.
I love it! After game 1 and 2 NOH fans were saying "we'll give them open 3's all day long!" Now that we hit a few they are saying "take away the 3, guard Tim one on one." Yeah, please leave Tim one on one.
Julian who?
Take it from a Spurs fan. You're better off letting our shooters beat you than letting Tim Duncan beat you.
As you have seen, it's not always guaranteed to work. But you're playing the better percentages. Our shooting is more likely to go cold than the Big Fundamental.
If you quit doubling Duncan, Chandler will foul out before the end of the 3rd qtr and Duncan will score 40+ pts on an easy win.
The only possible defensive adjustment I see is to delay the double team until Duncan puts the ball down in hopes of being able to better defend the shooters.
On the offensive end, the Hornets can try to to push the tempo. But that can easily backfire against Parker & Ginobili.
Peja has to make the open looks that he's missing, but I don't see how more successful he can be against Bowen.
I also think that doubling TD is only helping us, Chandler can guard him pretty well if TD isn't getting all the calls.
Wright is a risk to go off at home, but I wouldn't want to be counting on him in order to win.
no one chases players around screens better than Bowen, peja isn't going to get many open looks
the fast break for sure will be a problem for us, especially with the long rebounds off of our missed 3s, and the way manu has been turning the ball over recently
David west is done, we got that boy figured out
(a) don't play the homer card "THE REFS ARE UNFAIR!!!" it's sooooo lame. In reality, if anything Duncan is getting fewer calls than he usually does.
(b) Chandler will be on the bench with fouls if he tries to play Duncan straight up. Everyone knows this, even your "COY" Byron Scott. Chandler is simply not quick enough to play Duncan straight up. He's a lumbering 7-footer.
I think at MOST the Hornets will double on the bounce rather than on the catch. If they do this, well, this is what Duncan sees all the time. He will score 30+ and get Chandler, West, and Ely in foul trouble.
Tough call. First who do you take minutes away from... Peterson? Peja? They are both way better than Wright. Second, what game are you watching? Ginobili has embarassed Wright again and again. Wright is not a good enough defender to keep up with Ginobili's junk. Third... I do understand where you are coming from, he's young and athletic and energetic, and the Hornets do need a spark. But you lose something too when you play him... experience and defense.- Play Julian Wright more - He was a spark plug in the first 3 games. He didnt play well last night, but get him in the game early and put him on Ginobili. He has given ginobili fits.
yeah... um... what? Pick and roll and running off screens are two different things. Also, Peja is not a good enough screener to run a pick and roll. That's why they run off the ball screens for Peja. But it's not working with Bowen because he fights around and over them well, and also locates Peja on transition quickly.- Run Peja off more screens. Peja can usually get open from the pick and roll, but Bowen is playing no help. Run more sets where Peja runs off a series of screens.
This is like saying "score more and allow fewer points". Right.. but how? The Spurs are playing excellent transition D, and they are also not allowing drive-and-dish by CP3. They are doing to CP3 exactly what they did to Nash... severely limit his assists and his drive-and-dish, make him into a scorer.- Push the ball more. We are very effective in transition. It would allow Peja to get more open looks.
First, Duncan guards Chandler, not West. However, West has been successful getting Thomas in foul trouble... but the Spurs have been running help at West when Oberto's guarding him, and it's been working very well.- Attack the goal more. David West has the best mid range jumper in the league. I would like to see him go at Duncan more and try to get him in foul trouble. Now that we are at home, we may be able to get some calls.
Second, quit the "we aren't getting any calls" whining. That is not what winning vs. losing is about.
I think they should let Chandler guard Duncan straight up and see how that works. It's by no means a guarantee that Duncan will explode on him like he did in Game 4. I've seen Duncan put up several performances on the road where he has repeatedly missed those same chippies, jump hooks, and baseline jumpers. Chandler is actually less apt to get into foul trouble guarding Duncan than trying to stop penetration from Tony and Manu.
If you double Duncan all the time, the shooters will find a groove.
I think Byron Scott has to mix it up like Phil Jackson has done in the past.
The Hornets are basically playing a gambling defense. They gambled in Games 1-4 that the Spurs couldn't hit their outside shots, and it failed miserably in Games 3/4. The Spurs have adjusted well to that strategy, it's time for NOH to throw something new at the Spurs they haven't seen this series.
I'm not saying playing Duncan single coverage is a sound strategy by any means, but they don't really have any other options at this point. And they still have to worry about their offense......things are not looking good for the Hornets. This could be over quickly.
Thank you for acknowledging the current fate of the Hornets.
Ball screens and down screens are 2 completely different things. I am saying run more sets where peja runs off a series of down screens, and less pick and roll sets.
Michael Finley is in a damn groove right now, and if they double again, Finley will go for 20 in game 5.
West has the best midrange jumper in the game? Doubt it. He has not shown the ability to hit it when faced with immense pressure.. and the frustration gets to his head quickly. Amazing how a few misses (like the one that went in and out early in the game) dictated his entire game.
Tim does get his fair share of respect calls.. no doubt about that.
But, no, Duncan was being Duncan. That's it, end of story.
It's basically pick your poison. Duncan is a good enough passer that he can pick apart even timely doubles with ease. Hornets need better closeout d.. That, and they need to keep Tony and Manu out of the paint. Which they haven't had a lot of success at.
David West has gone fishing. And he's tried to attack, but the defense has been there in the paint for the Spurs.
I think the Spurs would take that in a heartbeat, since it would mean that the focus of the offense would be less on Paul's penetration creating shots and more on ball movement and screening to create shots. Anything that makes Paul more one-dimensional is a plus for the Spurs, I think. I don't think that the Hornets can simultaneously have Paul attacking the rim and Peja running over screens above the arc.
Who has a better mid range jumper than him?
I agree with the rest of your points. We are getting lost when trying to rotate out of double teams and getting burned
Yeah, hornets' rotation d has been dreadful. And this is where playoff inexperience will show; a young team would just be in shambles mentally after a loss like Game 4.
I can think of a particular SOFT WHITE EURO. ;/
This is like asking that chokejob named Gasol to guard Duncan straight up. Knowing PJ, he will never do that.
No that was because of the refs love of everything Spurs!
I think they should run the offense through Boris Di... oh wait, no, that was the Suns. Nevermind.
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