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Maybe a help defender can meet CP3 on the side of the screen where he leaks out.
They've used it for most of the series and the Spurs still don't seem to have a great answer for it.
Maybe a help defender can meet CP3 on the side of the screen where he leaks out.
Crap...was really hoping for Joey on the road.
Oh, well...Clips by 12. Spurs are going fishing tonight.
True, but the problem then is that you're giving Jordan and/or Griffin clean rolls to the rim and easy lobs.
The answer Pop seems to have chosen is to offer a token hedge from a big as Paul clears the screen to try to flatten him out a bit, with Paul's principal defender trailing the play and trying to regain position with the potential to switch it Paul pulls up and threatens a shot. The problem is that Paul is an exceptional shooter in that mid-range, but if you contest the shot too aggressively with a big, he can find the lob opportunity that exists when the big brings help. It's a killer play for them and the way Paul has used it in Games 4 and 6 have opened my eyes to just how dangerous he can be.
They also seemed willing in Game 6 to switch everything and bring help to the mismatch. Parker/Mills ended up isolated with Griffin a few times in Game 6, and the Spurs had help coming - though generally only from a wing - as soon as an entry pass was threatened.
Maybe just a simple matter of the Spurs communicating better and not letting that develop. Or, go under it early and gamble with Cp3 hitting long 3's. At least they won't be running it with Big Baby.
Well, at least the Spurs will be playing at a more normal time tonight. I was getting sick of all the late games.
She misses dancing so much, let's go Spurs.. For Melissa!!
Agreed, my friend!
In a dilemma deciding to wear my Duncan jersey or my Ginobili t-shirt for Game 7. Will it be Manu's last game? Timmy's? Both? Neither? I dunno. Might wear the Manu t-shirt and my Duncan socks so I can honour both. Lets hope this isn't the last game for 2 of our mightiest heroes.
The only one of the big 3 that looks like he could play a few more years is TD.
Can't believe I'm saying but was hoping for crawford
Joey is a good road ref. He's not intimidated by the crowd. He's been much better since Stern left, too. Do the math.
The Spurs are shooting something like less than 60% on FREE THROW shooting. If we could just make our free throws tonight, we can keep it compe ive till the end. If we are in it at the end, I think we keep our composure better and pull off a win.
Pressure is on Pop to come up with something to mitigate the effectiveness of the double screen that Paul has used so well. He might as well figure it out now...it has been so effective that even if we pull out a win tonight, every team we play is going to employ it against us. So figure it out now and don't let them think they can do anything about it.
Not sure if agree. It is at 5pm West coast time. Early game.
Is he a free agent this summer, tbh?
Since Pop didn't mention anything about defense after Game 6, do you think he's settled with the mindset that in order to beat the Clips, we'll just have to focus on improving the offense because he simply doesn't have an answer for that double-screen for Paul or anything for Griffin? In other words, is he going into this with a D'Antoni mindset?
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Pop has no idea what he's doing, he's just waiting for his players to actually play a full 48 minutes. If they win tonight it'll be because they gave maximum effort and Pop will be there to reap the benefits.
I refuse to believe, that will be the end...
Go Spurs Go!
Don't know why Pop didn't try the zone that was so effective in game4? when Paul and Griffin were dissecting them in the second half of game 6. Play the hot hand whoever that is. Why didn't he use hack a Jordan in the second half of game 6? That pick and pop with Paul is killing them. Better Jordan at the free throw line than Paul and Griffin in a groove.
I was worried before Game 7 against the Mavs last year. I'm far less concerned this year for some reason. Maybe my expectations are just lower and the hunger that was still there last year has been satisfied. At this point, I'm just hoping for a good effort. If they give a good effort and don't win, that happens and I can live with that.
If the Clippers win this series, they will have earned it. You can complain about the Spurs in Game 4 and Game 6, but I thought the Clippers (and, most specifically, Paul) were just exceptional when they needed to be in big spots on the road of must-have games. They might not win a le, but those were championship level efforts by that team and they should be credited for that, even if the result is a disappointment for Spurs fans.
With that said:
1.
The Clippers are a very good team. There would be no shame in losing the series to them. Nobody is getting past the Warriors, anyway.
5 > 0
I'm still not convinced the Dubs are an unbeatable force.
Same here. As long as they go out fighting, I'm okay with that -- because 5.
Exactly...last summer was the sweetest time to be a Spurs fan. That Finals against Miami was something straight out of Hollywood. Best championship ever. 5.
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