Jazz Fan: What are the Spurs Weaknesses?

[GSH]

At the risk of sounding too y:

If you want to beat the Spurs, your best bet is to play them before the All-Star break. This year they were 23-5 after the break. (35-19 before the break.) That's not going to help in the post-season, though.

Next, make sure and play them on the second night of a back-to-back. ("Experienced" players need a day of rest.) Of their 24 losses this season, 7 came on second nights - almost a third of their losses. That's not going to help in the post-season either.

Next up...pray for a night when they aren't focused, come after Tony and Manu hard all game, and get them to commit 14 or more turnovers. (If they commit 13 or less, they don't lose very often.) Unfortunately, the loss of focus usually happens when they have opened up a very big lead early in the game, and start coasting. Still, the Jazz force a lot of turnovers against opponents, and we have seen it happen in the first two games.

Finally, pray for a night when the Spurs can't hit perimeter jumpers to save their asses. Then clog the paint, and dominate them on the glass. Probably a good idea to pick up a decent number of transition baskets on those missed shots too. The Jazz dominate the glass better than anyone else, which is a start. Clogging the paint speaks for itself. The part about them not being able to hit perimeter shots is more of a leap of faith.

When any two of Bowen, Barry, Horry, Finley, and Ginobili are hitting from outside with any respectable percentage... I don't know how anyone is going to beat them in a 7-game series. When you look at what they have done since the All-Star break, it is a pretty bleak prospect for the other teams. I know I'm a Spurs fan, and biased. But the record speaks for itself.

[TampaDude]

probably barbacoa tacos with cilantro, cebolla and limon... you know the works, and some dos equis.

Damn...stop it...you're making me hungry!

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Complacency.




There's a reason why the Spurs don't have back-to-back championships.

[ForeignFan]

making passes sometimes to people sitting in the fifth row

[CubanMustGo]

Cheap-ass owner who stays out of the limelight.



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