Just play Patty on Curry whenever Patty is on the Court.
He will have to harass him full court.
Exhaust Curry and the rest of GSW team ain't that hard to guard.
It is not that easy but over a 6-7 game series, it is very tiring for even Curry to keep up his production.
Duncan being too slow is a huge concern. When you look at 2013 Duncan, he looks so quick compared to now yet he still had to get benched in that 2013 series. Spurs need his defensive presence on the floor and he can probably do some damage in the post when he's not matched up with Bogut.
Other than that, Green is probably my next biggest concern (Curry will get his, he's too good). I'm not sold on LMA being able to dominate Green when the chips are stacked. Hopefully he does.
From this video, it seems Green cannot cover LMA.
The Spurs that concern me are Kawhi Leonard(defense and offense), Boris Diaw and maybe Tony Parker if he's healthy.
Tim Duncan is the GOAT PF and 2nd best of his generation, but I don't think he can play in this matchup. Lamarcus Aldridge is really talented and can get scary when he's hot, but everybody knows he doesn't do well in big games. Ginobili is a HOFer, but we have Klay, Iggy and Barnes to throw at him.
Tim Duncan is the best of his generation and in some important ways the GOAT. Dont sleep on him now either!
Tim isn't going to be much a factor when Curry is on the floor (it's actually best to have either Tim or LMA on the floor when Bogut or Ezeli are on the floor). Besides, if Bogut is going to guard LMA then LMA is going to get open mid-range looks b/c Bogut likes to camp in the paint.
LMA/Diaw vs Bogut/Draymond
Tim/West vs. Ezeli/Speights
Barnes guarding perimeter players
Put Kyle/Manu/Simmons on Livingston & Patty on Barbosa. Let Barnes gun all he wants as long as he's taking away shots from Curry. Ezeli might be a problem on the offensive glass if Pop trots out the Diaw/West frontline.
LMA had a historic postseason series feasting on an undersized defender & he gave Blake the business during the last match-up. LMA struggles when he's matched up against someone his own size who is defensively competent/mobile.
Aldridge has had 1 good playoff series in his whole career buddy. He was a mockery in last year's playoffs.
You're comparing a bad defender in Terrence Jones to the best all-around defensive player in today's league in Draymond. You keep calling him an "undersized defender" but you're ignoring that he's the anchor of a championship team that plays high level defense.
only now are emerging all these "lakers ... gsw fans"..
Shut up got. You don't know .Aldridge has had 1 good playoff series in his whole career buddy
You're comparing a bad defender in Terrence Jones to the best all-around defensive player in today's league in Draymond. You keep calling him an "undersized defender" but you're ignoring that he's the anchor of a championship team that plays high level defense.
Yes. There is even video proof.
Bruh, all the matters to LMA is that he can shoot OVER a shorter defender otherwise he pump fakes trying to create space & if the defenders don't bite he ends up taking bailout shots. When he's in rhythm then it doesn't matter who's guarding him b/c he going to start shooting fadeaways (just like he did against Dwight Howard).Aldridge has had 1 good playoff series in his whole career buddy
You're comparing a bad defender in Terrence Jones to the best all-around defensive player in today's league in Draymond. You keep calling him an "undersized defender" but you're ignoring that he's the anchor of a championship team that plays high level defense.
Besides, he neutralized Amare in 2010 & played well against Tyson Chandler in 2011. He was actually injured last season (just like Batum) when Z-Bo punked him along w/ Gasol (Draymond isn't going to beat him up in the post). It was Lillard that wet the bed after running his mouth about being snubbed.
Agree with you!That's Carlisle game plan against Kawhi: make him pick up his dribble & be a playmaker.
In any case, the Worriers switch when guarding the PnR like the Mavs but they actually don't double post-up players at the elbow (only deep in the paint).
I also think the offense will run through LMA b/c Kawhi has to expend a lot of energy on defense & LMA also has the matchup advantage.
As far as guarding Curry, the Spurs have had success against him by meeting him at half court & pressuring him away from the top of the key where he like to do most of his work. He usually commits most of his turnover when he's about to get trapped by the sideline (or driving into a crowd & kicking) thus it's also best to funnel him towards the sideline & use it as an additional defender. Also, when it comes to guarding his high PnP the Cavs had success switching it in the Finals & making him take contested 3s or running him off the line since Tristan is a mobile big but got torched when they tried to trap him using Mozgov (he has slow feet thus can't switch). Whoever is guarding Bogut should also camp in the paint (unless he's the one setting the screen for Curry) thus if Draymond tries to postup on the switches or if Curry tries to go to the rim when he's run off the 3 point line there will be someone protecting the rim (if he completes a lob, oh well).
They are probably going to try & exploit Tim's slow feet so I don't think he'll play more than 20 minutes or in the 4th quarter when they have their "Death" line-up. West/Diaw are going to be vital & I wouldn't be surprised if Fathead plays to combat Livingston (Fathead needs to ball out against the Suns/Lakers if he wants minutes).
Also, Tony resting. I do expect to see Anderson get a run against the Suns, and Ray Mac.
Anderson has some x-factor potential bc he's positionless. He may not do one thing great right now (his midrange shot has been on fire lately though), but he does several things well enough. I agree he must see the opportunity against the Suns and come out balling.
And you know he will. I would LOVE for the Spurs to beat the Warriors or at least make it a close game, but the Warriors are one of those teams that I could totally see an unexpected player having a big night against us, and it's going to be annoying as .
The only player that has random 20+ games is Iggy when he's knocking down 3s. You can combat Livingston by not putting a midget on him & Barnes simply takes shots away from Curry (3>2).
if you put a wing on livingston instead of mills, who guards the 2-spot?
Barbosa is the other guard, Patty can match his speed & try to draw charges when he tries his patented drives to the hoop w/ his head down.
The thing I liked about the Warriors tonight is that they were relentless in attacking the rim. I know Noah is out but the Spurs at times can get jumpshot happy which can be very frustrating. Hopefully Parker gets right by Monday. Loving the strides he's made defensively this year too.
LMAOOOOO!!!
NBA's official twitter account just retweeted this:
The tweet "Here's @LaVanguardia highlighting another big @mundodeportivo's news. Prestige" was CLEARLY written sarcastically, as the caption from the news paper read as follow:
"Steph Curry's wife rejects offer to have a threesome."
Dubs are trash. Spurs own those gots. Spurs by 10+ imo.
One other thing worth pointing out is that the Spurs will not be able to exploit Steph on defense as Poop has done in the past. Not only has he improved tremendously, but our rotational defense his also improved significantly and Steph is no longer a liability. And we no longer have DLee for them to abuse any more.Although right now the Spurs D is #1, I think that we can match them there and I also think that our offense is substantially more potent.
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