Sup ashraf
averaging 91 ppg at home against the worst defensive team in the playoffs
we just tanked the game last night. We already had 14 turnovers with half a quarter to be played in the first half, which was atrocious even by a scrub team's standard. We're still in the coasting mode and we haven't waken up from it yet, but things will get better and we will win this series in 5 or 6.
the spurs better not this up if the grizz actually proceed to beat OKC
Agreed. This series will be just like Spurs-Dubs last year. I had you guys in 5 but now I'll say 6.
People aren't giving Carlisle enough credit. Now, the Spurs can make adjustments and should so the question is are there any other adjustments Carlisle can make after that. But for now, his strategy is perfect for the Spurs. It wouldn't work against other teams, but against the Spurs, for now, it's perfect.
It's all centered around the fact the Spurs stars can't play the playoff minutes (or Pop won't play them those minutes).
Lord,
I don't ask for much, but the Spurs, Rockets and Seattle SloppySeconds all going fishing after being upset in the first round will cause me to ejaculate.
I do.
RC is an amazing coach.
He doesnt have equal talent this series but you could not tell.
If I could not have Pop, Phil or Riles RC would be in the discussion for my first pick as coach.
Carlisle should learn how to give funny interviews or learn African philosophy, that's how you get credit as a coach in the NBA, tbh..
he needs to go pull some faces like the real jim carey....
I am a Spurs fan but that is ING Pathetic.... I can't even laugh but I can.averaging 91 ppg at home against the worst defensive team in the playoffs
Dirk Nowitzki has come a long way in his career in many areas, including that sometimes-bothersome area of dealing with the media.On Friday, the Pro Basketball Writers Association honored Nowitzki with its Magic Johnson Award, given annually to the player who has been the most media-friendly through the season.
It’s a major leap from when Nowitzki sometimes went out of his way to duck out of practice without having to hold court for the media.
And it could not be more well-deserved. Nowitzki is as accommodating as any superstar — any player, really — in the league and always has a second to talk if you need him.
Nowitzki will be presented with the trophy at halftime of Saturday’s Game 3 against the Spurs.
In addition, Nowitzki’s tepid start to the first round series might have had something to do with his mentor Holger Geschwindner returning from a quick stop in Germany. Geschwindner arrived on Thursday and that usually means a pick-me-up to Nowitzki’s game.
So far, he has averaged 13.5 points in the first two games of the series, eight below his regular-season average and 12 below his playoff career average.
Congrats to Dirk for winning the Magic Johnson award, tbh...
How about our Red Wings...
Dirk got AIDS? Sorry to hear that
Grantland gave RC props: http://grantland.com/features/nba-pl...kend-two-2014/
Highlights:
The most shocking series so far. The Mavs have junked things up on defense, slotting Shawn Marion on Tony Parker, hiding Jose Calderon on Danny Green, and switching a lot of pick-and-rolls. Those switches carry a cost — Parker dribbling around against big men — but they have gummed up the Spurs’ beautiful game.
The Spurs are actually averaging about the same number of total passes and drives per game as they did in the regular season, per SportVU data provided to Grantland, but those actions aren’t really going anywhere. The Mavs are walling off the paint, sticking to San Antonio’s spot-up shooters, and inviting Parker midrangers and mismatched post-ups. About 21 percent of the Spurs’ possessions in this series have ended via post-ups and isolations, up from 13.7 percent in the regular season, per Synergy. They’re taking nearly four more shots per game within the last four seconds of the shot clock than they did in the regular season, despite averaging six fewer overall possessions. They’ve jacked just six corner 3s (shots that indicate good ball movement), below their single-game average in the regular season.
What Dallas is doing to the Spurs is similar to what San Antonio did to Miami in the first part of the Finals: Drop everyone back, concede midrange jumpers, and do other unconventional things to kind of spook the other team. The Spurs’ machine has stalled.
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Devin Harris, long a Spurs killer, has been on fire. It will be interesting to see if the Spurs extend their big guys a bit higher, something they experimented with late in Game 2 — to largely bad results.
Get into this series if you’re not already. Rick Carlisle is a warlock.
with the way people talk I would have though that we were down 1-3
Dallas is going to get slapped, and there is no way around it
Had a good feeling about this one until I saw Tony Brothers was officiating...
Not a good start...
Good to see an active Splitter at the start.
ugh CWebb...
Dirk looks dialed in....and another Parker turnover.
Looks like Dirk woke up...
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