I want to give Josh Howard wide open perimeter shots all night long.
I can’t believe people are still trying to defend this small ball BS. I mean I get all the “Mavs” fans supporting it but I don’t get it from the Spurs fans. Since when is turning into the Phoenix Suns in the playoffs a good idea? How about we put another big in there, make the Mavs change their style of play to match up with us and stop this small-nut crap.
I think the greatest problem with small ball is all the players who don't have as much familiarity playing together and in their respective roles. I look back at game 1- a close game we pulled out- and who was on the floor late in the game- the same 5 guys we have expected for three years- Tim, Rob, Manu, Bruce, and Tony.
Flash forward to game 3- Tim fouls out- Tony sits on the bench- and we run a small ball line-up with Horry as the lone big-- Horry- a perimeter guy. 2 of the 5 are missing.
Game 4- Manu fouls out and you end up playing both Brent and Finley together in crunch time and they combine for the key turnover. Again 2 of the 5 are missing.
Small ball has been OK with 4 of the 5 guys-- Tim, Manu, Bruce, and Tony-- and even OK with Rasho against Sacramento- but when you replace Tim with Nazr , Horry or Oberto-- and/or you replace 2 of the other 3 guys, it just doesn't seem to work so well.
u have to put nazr in the lineup and give him more min....small ball is not the way to go if they want to win 3 games in a row.....he will help the defense and clog the middle...and itll put dirk in the paint cause he will be forced to guard nazr..and that allows the spurs swingmen to drive and possibly attack dirk and get him in foul trouble for once in this seriies...duncan has to guard howard in this situation...make him shoot over tim and make sure tim doesnt play howard to tight so he wont get burned on penetration....if spurs dont make a change..they may survive in game 5 but will be done in game 6
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I think the Spurs should go with two bigs for stretches in the game. Assuming the refs continue to call the series as it has been in Games 2-4, putting TD on Nowitzki won't fly (TD couldn't even get repect from the refs against Diop). So TD would have to take on Howard. At least one big would be there at all times to protect the rim and hit the boards. Nesterovic makes more sense than Mohammed in this role. My guess is that Pop goes back to Oberto some.
Oh Sure Kori...Now you believe what I was saying....
Oh, I still don't believe in using Nazr for any reason other than to hand out gatorade and towels. I was just noting that they were used in the regular season wins.
A few words from Steve Kerr:
The Spurs are two defensive stops away from being up 3-1 in this series, but a couple of late lapses cost them Games 3 and 4 in Dallas. Still, there's no doubt that the Mavericks have dictated the terms, forcing San Antonio into many unfavorable matchups that have compromised its defense. Dallas has scored a combined 340 points in the last three games by attacking the rim with its speed and athleticism. The Spurs have gone small in an effort to combat the Mavs' quickness, but in the process, they've gotten away from the type of defense that won them three les in the last seven seasons. Will Gregg Popovich play it the same way Wednesday, or will he go big by putting Rasho Nesterovic in the lineup to protect the rim and risk defending Dirk Nowitzki with Tim Duncan? Those are tough calls to make for San Antonio's coach, but consider this: The Spurs couldn't win Game 4 despite getting huge contributions from all three of their stars – Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili – and a great effort by Michael Finley. Dallas is on the verge of finally getting past its nemesis, but Avery Johnson's team can't let up now. A loss in Game 5 puts a lot of pressure on the Mavericks to win at home in Game 6. This is the one Dallas wants.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slu...yhoo&type=lgns
OK tell me where I'm wrong here (seriously). Maybe I don't know what I'm talking about.
Start the other 7 footer (Nazr/Rasho, your choice). Have Duncan guard Howard. He hasn't been as offensively killing as other Mavs. And when Duncan guards Dirk, so be it. Tim is a how many time All-Star, 3 time Finals MVP, All-Defense, etc. At some point he has to be a big boy too. We can't be protecting him all the time. He is a top player in the league and should be able to defend Dirk at least some of the time.
And besides what good has been keeping him from guarding Dirk done? He still has 4-6 fouls at the end of every game anyway.
It was fine to experiment with small ball to see if it would work (Phoenix last year) and if it did, fine stick with it. Nothing wrong with trying. It's obvious it's not working this series. Some one else in this thread mentioned Nazr's/Rasho's stats in two wins over Mavs this season.
IT'S TIME TO PLAY SPURS BALL!!!
i don't undestand that we change the way we got success,
juste because pop don't want Duncan guards Dirk,
almost all Duncan fools is when is come to help when the Dallas do theirs penetration, second big=less penetrations
If Dallas as to win let's their all start beat us, not Terry,Howard,Harris,etc..
When the score is low, we can't give more rest to Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili too able to finish strong (not the case right now).
We are The Champions, the seed 1, 63 Win; and it's us to adapt to Dallas (soo Wrong).
Do you think Detroit will Change their line ups because they scare to put R Wallace guards Dirk.
Their success is our success= Defense ( force Jumps shoot) & Rebound
I'm not sure about the gatorade. He might drop it.
Pop is just being stubborn. For years he has preached defense, and now he states on the radio interview yesterday that the Spurs are scoring a lot of points with small ball.
They might still win game 5 with small ball but I think they would win it easier by playing D with their regular starters and Rasho. Dirk is playing on one good leg!
The difference here is Dirk is a 90% FT. shooter, one of the bets in the league, he is pretty much automatic from the stripe, while Duncan struggles mightly.Those two guys are 12 fouls we can use on Dirk.
Dallas has no problem using those 12 fouls with Damp/Diop on Timmy
AND we dont need our centers for anything that rebounding an defensive purposes, so if they foul out we dont lose our offense, you dont lose offense with nazr and rasho either, but if you put duncan on dirk like i just read some people say, he will foul out like he did in game 3. YOUR CENTERS CANNOT KEEP DIRK IN FRONT OF THEM!!, simple as that really.
It's true about both, Remember those open looks Josh got in game 2 because of Harris's penetration ?, josh is a VERY good shooter, more of a slasher yes, but he an still shoot the ball VERY good. Not for anythig is he our 2nd best player.It is true about Dirk but Duncan can stay inside against Josh Howard because Josh Howard is not a good outside shooter like Dirk.
And I dont think pop wants to leave him open all night long, considering he went for 27 points and 9 rebounds. Even so, that he was willing to switch bowen on josh instead of dirk so he wouldnt go off like that again.
Sad you dont even know Dallas's players and what they are capable of doing...good thing they're no coaches in this forum
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