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Popovich did, though, in a sense -- Horry started both Game 5 and Game 6 against Sacramento. If the Mavs weren't prepared for him to start -- or if Mavs' fans were expecting something different -- they weren't watching very closely.
Yeah I agree, Ginobili needs to nut up and show up.
Tired of this pansy bull like he was pulling the other day.
Popovich did, though, in a sense -- Horry started both Game 5 and Game 6 against Sacramento. If the Mavs weren't prepared for him to start -- or if Mavs' fans were expecting something different -- they weren't watching very closely.
His nickname is JET because those are his initials.
this is not manu's early but it is all tp's fault
played bad against mavs
church of manu to small sample
played bad on the road this year in playoffs
to small of sample
church of manu
I EXPECT a 30 point outing from manu tonight
tp is hurt STEP UP
you step up tonight like tp has all season you might get more plays called for you
I also heard that Mohammad would be starting again from somewhere which ended up being false. I say Dallas should be deceptive on their plans or not mention anything. The worst thing to do is be predictable and give the other coach time to adjust to that strategy.
Did AJ announce it or it was leaked by someone near the team?
espn radio
I suspect the latter is true. I guess AJ could have told the media of his plans during the Mavs shoot around or something like that, but that would surprise me.
I don't think an announcement early in the day is much different than an announcement when the starters are introduced. If Pop wanted to change his lineup, he could do it -- and even if he didn't do it before tip, he could make a change at the first dead ball without any real difference to his team.
I know it was on espn radio. But AJ didn't announce it on ESPN radio.
I know there are rules that you have to tell the other team who starts and who can play
I thought it was like 2 hours before game time now 7
Howard is a tough matchup for Manu. He is a little quirky but damn.. Dude is big, long armed and relatively fast. Kind of a TAYSHAUN PRINCE-like player. I think the reason Howard started on Bruce in Game 1 was AJ's plan to let him rest on D so he could have energy and try to get going on the offensive end. The spotlight is on JOSH HOWARD to step it up on both ends of the court. All i know is Manu can out-think and has the anticipation of a clarivoyant at times and will have to do it tonight.
AJ is a POP Clone so we will see changes throughout the series from both sides. Devin Harris is about as fast as Tony when healthy..so I hope that rest in practice did TP some good, cause he may end up in foul trouble himself if Harris really attacks him.
On a side note:Lets do it again TIMMY! Before Game 1 , I hadnt seen the REAL TIM DUNCAN since Game 7 of last years finals...
Dirk and HIS Mavs are feeling pretty good right now...
Spurs are OLD...
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it makes sense now. i don't think harris ended up playing too many minutes either. nice move by aj.
Well this subs ution of Avery's made me look brilliant. I posted on mavtalk a couple months ago that the Harris/Terry combo is the best way to go against the spurs. It helps the mavs offensively by having Terry play off the ball and it forces a couple bad matchups for the spurs. Also Harris can guard Parker a lot better than Terry. Manu is not the Manu of last year and so Dallas can get away with Terry on Manu. The main thing though is it speeded up the tempo to where the mavs like it.
I hope the layup drill ends Saturday. Does Devin Harris even have a jumper?
Not much of one...
Harris is about where Parker was 2 years ago in regards to his jumper (i.e. he has a lot of room for improvement). If he works hard on it like Parker did he will have the chance to be as good or better than Parker.
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