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do you trust td/splitter/bonner/blair to contain curry on the perimeter?
okc had ibaka and their team had better length overall that bothered the spurs a lot
TP has problems with long players. We know that. Curry isnt long.
So it comes down to speed. TP is possibly the fastest guy in the nba.
This is promising
do you trust td/splitter/bonner/blair to contain curry on the perimeter?
okc had ibaka and their team had better length overall that bothered the spurs a lot
i'd rather have Tony spend his energy in offense mostly, rather than chasing Curry around. Green & Manu/CoJo should do a decent job if Curry's on ball, while Kawhi would be the guy if he's playing off the ball with Jack as the ball handler.
Who guards Parker?
Curry and his gimpy ankle?
Especially when you have TP Manu and kawhi in together
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The Thunder get some credit for Thabo on Parker, but they also needed their own guys to shoot ungodly percentages while the Spurs just forgot how to hit anything. This isn't even close to the same kind of matchup. What the Spurs really need to do is rebound and take care of the ball. If they do that and contest every shot, Golden State has no chance because they won't get up enough shot attempts to compete.
Not only is Denver's defense bad, but their offense is nothing to write home about. The Spurs are going to score points.
Thompson will guard Parker for stretches, which is good news for the Spurs, from a defensive standpoint(Thompson is streaky and erratic to begin with, fatigue won't help his cause)..
It'll be an interesting development, as if they go with their preferred Curry-Jack-Thompson trio, Leonard could easily post Jack if they have Thompson covering TP..
So, about 25 ppg for Leonard sound about right?
I just saw your addendum.
Also, IIRC, haven't the Warriors been playing some zone vs. Denver?..
That's fine against a team with no shooters and halfcourt offense like Denver, but the Spurs would tear it to shreds, tbh..
Also I complete agree in that other post of yours that Spurs won't be double teaming this series so they just got to focus on their man. If some of them still ,somehow for whatever the the reason is, leave their man wide open continually then Pop shouldn't let them see important minutes.
Stay on your man, rebound, take care of the ball. Game. Spurs in 5.
Sigh....
Parker is a very underrated defender. He shut down Chris Paul in the playoffs last year, so I know he can shut down Curry. And we can sic Joseph on him off the bench. I don't think Kawhi should guard him; because curry might be too quick. I really think we match up well with Golden State. At least a lot better than we do with Denver. Everything seems to keep falling into place. I don't think its ironic that the Spurs and the Heat are the only undefeated teams left in the playoffs. Were destined to meet in the finals, just as we should have last year. I cant wait!
Who gives a let him score 50 shut down everyone else done deal!
Let Curry get his 30+ pts.
The real danger is Jack going for 20+ pts.
Who is going to guard Richard Jefferson!!! I kid I kid. If Steph Curry is the only match up problem, we have no real problems.
This. He should carve them up into tiny pieces.
I guarantee you that his looks will be a LOT easier than Curry's.
Another thing is that one of the best ways to slow a shooter down is to ATTACK him on offense. I don't think Mark Jackson is stupid enough to guard Parker with Curry, but whoever he is guarding needs touches, even if it's Green. Burn those legs making him run through screens, more screens, and double and triple screens.
^ I'm with you. Make Curry work. I can see him tiring chasing Green and Neal off the three point line.
First game, whenever it starts, I would run at every opportunity. Test those ankles.
The ankles are a different issue. They'll hold up or they won't. If you run his ass, even if he's healthy, those legs are going to burn, and he'll start leaving the jumpers short.
Last edited by Legacy; 04-30-2013 at 03:35 PM.
Jack has been more dangerous than Curry,even when he played in New Orleans. Curry most probably will show up but if Jack's contribution can be diminished this will pressure Curry to take more shots.
They need to keep the ball out of his hands. That would be a good start. If or when he gets it, try and trap hard like teams do to Tony and make him give it up. It wears players down physically to work this hard before even getting to shoot. Just my opinion.
GS has other options that have hurt us this year. We've done a decent job on Curry if I'm not mistaken but Jack has gone off and exceeded his averages.
Curry will usually get his points but you have to judge that against how many shot it takes him to get there. His best game against us was when we benched Tim, Manu and Tony.
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