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Manu being Manu
Blair should do better against this front-court, but his productivity is impossible to gauge sometimes.
I wanna see Tiago get reps, and good ball movement should get the job done if the shooting goes our way.
San Antonio Spurs @ Phoenix Suns: The chicken or the egg?
by Jesse Blanchard
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In finally breaking through the San Antonio Spurs in last year’s playoffs, the Phoenix Suns exposed Tim Duncan in numerous pick and rolls.
Obviously some of that success had to do with age and its effects on Duncan, but tonight should offer an interesting case study on the impact of each component of the pick an roll between the ball handler and the dive man–the chicken or the egg?
When Tim Duncan and company return to the site of one of their biggest playoff failures they will find a much different Suns team. Steve Nash is still there, as is much of the depth that finally undid the years of torment suffered at the hands of the Spurs.
But Amare Stoudemire is gone, and with him left the best roll man since Karl Malone retired. In his place Nash stands to see waht he can do with an army of small forwards, trading a cannon for infantry.
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Manu being Manu
Blair should do better against this front-court, but his productivity is impossible to gauge sometimes.
I wanna see Tiago get reps, and good ball movement should get the job done if the shooting goes our way.
keep em coming 228!!
i wish we knew how many minutes tiago would be getting!
The Spurs need to play through Duncan early and often. Theoretically, the only Sun with a chance at adequately guarding him is Lopez. Should Duncan saddle him with two quick fouls, it will spell trouble for the Suns. They'll likely be forced to double regularly and that will eventuate in the Spurs getting numerous good outside looks.
The Suns "smalls" are bigger and better "small ball" options than are the Spurs "smalls". Conversely, they're obviously weak in the interior. So if the Spurs stay big, they probably win. If they go small, they probably lose.
Unfortunately, I have little confidence in Pop staying big. He'll probably end up playing right into the Suns hands by going small, playing too much of a Blair-Simmons big combo and not enough of Splitter and McDyess.
so why in the does your account say spurs fan? is this a statement or a fan jab?
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