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You don't know that Dyess plays better D on Dirk than Bonner, so it's understandable.
P.S. You can play physical without fouling.
Well, now you do.
As if someone really needed to explain why shooting jumpers involves less contact than a post move.......
You don't know that Dyess plays better D on Dirk than Bonner, so it's understandable.
P.S. You can play physical without fouling.
Indeed, and Pop is again having a brain fart not to playing Blair more than 12 minutes, especially with Timmy playing as bad as he was. Blair might not be a great defender (great at steals though), but he more than evens it out with his extremely physical style, man boards on both ends (getting the D board is part of defense, technically), and drawing fouls, techs, you name it.
Bonner otoh, should be in a suit next game, so Hairston can possibly get time in a blowout. I know he supposedly needs a 3pt shot to get PT, but if they treated him like RJ (get him involved), or just force him to take mid-range jays if at all possible (like TP and Dice), I think he'd fit in just fine. Play him with Manu and Hill as well, so there are already to 3pt shooters on the floor.
And speaking of Bonner, his misses were HORRIBLE. One hit some part of the backboard, and the other barely hit the front of the rim. He is showing why the last time he didn't get any PT in the playoffs the Spurs got the LOB. Not putting it all on him, but he is still a negative.
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Spurs turn it on when it really matters. lol @ Spursfans ragging on their own team after a win.
True.Pop sat him after that
Major props to George Hill, with an assist from Chip Engelland and Chad Forcier.
Hill's corner threes and jump shots in general are awesome. Notice the hold on his follow through on all his jump shots, very impressive!
Dirk does a lot of "little" bumping and pushing, and the Spurs defenders are reacting/acting as it happens. The refs are less likely to blow a whistle when Dirk gets one back. I also don't think the refs are impressed with Dirk's flailing.
Wonder if this could have anything to do with Pop "saving" him during the reg season? Now after three games of going all out, come the fourth game conditioning might be catching up to him. Maybe that's why Pop rested him so much last night, so he'll be ready to go in game 5. The chess match continues, and right now, Pop is winning the match.
Maybe, but I just looked at it as Tim was getting plenty of opportunities to score and he was failing big-time. Lots of empty trips feeding transition opportunities for Dallas.
The Spurs really needed Blair at that moment and, boy, did he and George deliver!
I am surprised no-one has seen what Tim's deal was---and there have been various theories throughout this thread...
Don't underestimate Dallas---they are a really good team---
and the prior win (Friday night) was a HUGE win for the spurs---and a highly emotional one for the whole team---but especially for the big three---
they were just tired---it takes a LOT of energy and adrenaline to defeat a good team in the playoffs---and Timmy especially used up a lot of energy---
Sunday's game was just a result of all this---nothing more---
Timmy,Manu & Tony will recoup in time and hopefully close out the mavs and restore energy for a continued run...
it is good to see that the spurs have become a true team---in the sense that --whenever someone is off---someone else is trying to step-up and help...
Timmy was just running on fumes but he will be there.
Of course it was only the meaningless last game of the season, but remember that Blair had a 20+/20+ game against the same Maverick bigs. He'll get his shot blocked a lot under the basket, but his positioning for rebounds is so instinctive he can work against taller opponents.
Yup, Blair really just has a way to find the ball, it's amazing..
He's one of the best "loose ball" players I've seen in a long time..that tip out to RJ where it was Blair vs. like 4 Mavs near the out of bounds line was such a great player..
I agree that TD must face up more next game.
Indeed. That was after the score on Haywood, no? Both were impressive, but I believe the bucket more so, because if Blair incorporates real post moves into his game (contorting in the air does not count), he'll have a much easier time getting off shots. Blair getting the steal was almost a normal play for him. When someone that out hustles every opponent he faces, and outweighs most of them to boot, he'll end up with a bunch of spectacular plays.
this is why closing out tuesday is big
for manu and duncan
to heal up
tp needs a real great game
lets do it tp
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