Key to beating the mavs?

[dbreiden83080]

the biggest thing to focus on when playing against the mavs is easy


REBOUNDING


we got rebounded pretty much every game in the last series


without rebounding we'll be screwed as they'll be pullin down offensive boards and getting 2nd chance points all over the place

Yes rebounding is a big key against the Mavs. If the Spurs are going to beat the Mavs in the playoffs they need a lot of thing to go right. The big 3 all have to play at a very high level. They need to play out of this world defense. They need to crash the boards. They need to limit the Mavs bench production. they need big production from their own bench. Mavs are so good this year any of those things go wrong and they probably lose.

[Kent_in_Atlanta]

Yes rebounding is a big key against the Mavs. If the Spurs are going to beat the Mavs in the playoffs they need a lot of thing to go right. The big 3 all have to play at a very high level. They need to play out of this world defense. They need to crash the boards. They need to limit the Mavs bench production. they need big production from their own bench. Mavs are so good this year any of those things go wrong and they probably lose.

Agreed. But I would say the exact same thing the other way as well. The Mavs need a lot of things to go right to beat the Spurs. They've got to find a way to contain Tony and especially Manu. They've got to find a way to compensate for significantly diminished production from Josh Howard (Bowen will be on him). They've got to do the best they can with Tim Duncan. They have to provide help defense on Duncan in the paint as well as Manu and Tony when they penetrate... but they've got to do it without leaving the Spurs shooters open outside...

You get the point. These are two fairly evenly matched teams. It's going to be tough as for either team to scratch out a series win. Some one will, obviously, but both teams will have a healthy fear and respect for the other.

[BUMP]

here's what i saw last night

1) im not blaming it all on injuries but Howard was out when they made their run and George was about 30% and eventually left the game, so during that stretch we had no small forward
2) Golden State attacked all night defensively and offensively. they would post up Harris/Terry and then bang in to the basket. if help came they kicked it out for a three.
3) crowd was really into it
4)they would back off of Dirk, then run to him quickly and crowd him trying to confuse him
5) Dirk sucked
6) Dirk sucked

b2b is no excuse as both teams were on a b2b

[ArgSpursFan]

Agreed. But I would say the exact same thing the other way as well. The Mavs need a lot of things to go right to beat the Spurs. They've got to find a way to contain Tony and especially Manu. They've got to find a way to compensate for significantly diminished production from Josh Howard (Bowen will be on him). They've got to do the best they can with Tim Duncan. They have to provide help defense on Duncan in the paint as well as Manu and Tony when they penetrate... but they've got to do it without leaving the Spurs shooters open outside...

You get the point. These are two fairly evenly matched teams. It's going to be tough as for either team to scratch out a series win. Some one will, obviously, but both teams will have a healthy fear and respect for the other.

it´s gonna be a of a playoff muchup anyways.
the 2 out of the 3 best teams in the league.
I hope the spurs keep on being focus on D,as they are right now.

[mabber]

it´s gonna be a of a playoff muchup anyways.
the 2 out of the 3 best teams in the league.
I hope the spurs keep on being focus on D,as they are right now.

I guess the Suns shouldn't even bother showing up for that 2nd round matchup with San Antonio.

[td4mvp21]

Rebound and mix a zone with man-to-man, sticking with a zone in the fourth. Dallas thrives off of offensive rebounds, and switching defenses will confuse them. The zone in the fourth will throw Dallas out of rhythm.

[ArgSpursFan]

Rebound and mix a zone with man-to-man, sticking with a zone in the fourth. Dallas thrives off of offensive rebounds, and switching defenses will confuse them. The zone in the fourth will throw Dallas out of rhythm.

Agreed.that´s exacly what I said a few posts ago.That´s the best way to ¨team guard¨such an all around good player like Dirk.

[ArgSpursFan]

I guess the Suns shouldn't even bother showing up for that 2nd round matchup with San Antonio.

That was asuming that the 2 of them got to the finals.
Of course we´ll see if the Mavs make it to the finals though.