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Sic Leonard on CP. Shut the down.
Sic Leonard on CP. Shut the down.
Hit more shots.
That is all.
Oh and it's good to see you back and in playoff form, DPG.
Spurs just in a shooting slump. They out-played the Clips on the court but shots didn't fall. It happens. They'll win out because stats and law of averages says so.
This almost feels like Ibaka syndrome again with DJ in the paint.
They missed a number of freebies, many free throws and overall played horrible. The clippers made some tough shots all night, reverse that a bit with some effort and we might not be in that bad of shape.
My game 2 adjustment is to hire a hitman and...
Ok that was dark. Don't call the FBI on me, NBA.
This!!!
Pop knows what he needs to do.
It would only take five minutes.
The adjustment i would do is a combination of what pop did against Miami last year to avoid turnovers and what he did against the thunder.
Against the thunder he inserted booner to take ibaka out of the paint, that has already been pointed out. And against Miami he inserted diaw to have a second playmaker on the floor because Miami was throwing a double team at the ballhandler starting the pick n roll.
Kawhi is still a layer that cannot pass the ball, it showed the whole year and it was evident yesterday, by inserting boris on the lineup you give Kawhi a first option pass for when he is doubled that is smart enough to start a play, just as Tony and Manu did during the Miami finals last years. If rivers chooses to adjust then he will need to send Jordan out of the paint to cover diaw or someone else will be open.
We waxed a Heat team last season that would hammer this Clippers team.
We are much, much better than the way we played last night.
What about a starting lineup of mills, Parker, Green, Leonard, and Duncan. As mentioned this would allow Manu to play with splitter in the second unit. and I think mills will be able to stay in front of Chris Paul better. We would have to see how Leonard would handle Griffin in the post. If that didn't work we could have a line up of mills, Parker, Leonard, Duncan, and Diaw. Duncan and Diaw would guard Griffin interchangeably.
Some of these probably already been said, but:
1) Pressure the Clip's inbounds- don't just let them freely and quickly inbound the ball and get the ball up court. Make them use more of the shot clock (slow the game down a tad). They win in a high scoring affair.
2)Get physical with Paul- i.e put Green on him. We can afford Green in foul trouble more so than Leonard.
3)Set harder screens and use them more effectively. Our guys weren't setting tough screens, coming off tight or rolling off quickly.
4)Stick'em- need better hands. Too many of our bigs, even guards, were fumbling the ball around and couldn't get a grip on it.
5)Shoot better
6)Make FT's (can't miss FT's in playoffs).
7)Overall better/more physical defense. Establish it early and the ref's let you play it. Spurs way too soft. Let Clips dictate everything.
MAKE OPEN SHOTS AND HIT FREE THROWS. LIMIT TURNOVERS. IF WE WOULD'VE DONE THAT LAST NIGHT, WE WOULD'VE WON.
keep the game close wait on choke paul to bring it home.
Kyle Morgan @SpursFanatic2 11h11 hours ago
@danmccarneySAEN Quick math: LAC (26/78) 33% uncontested shots, made (16/26) 61.5%Spurs (36/93) 39% uncontested shots, made (12/36) 33.3%
Maybe the Clippers will adjust the rims: they were extremely tight in game 1. Numerous shots from both teams rattled in or rattled out.
I wish. Some loud mouth college frat bro behind me shouted, "Tony Parker, what has he done that was so great?" I turned around and said he only won 4 rings during his career.
How about we stop being pussies whenever we go against a team with a shot blocker and attack the paint. I really thought we got over this after the OKC series last year but I guess not. I'll never understand how a team as battle tested as this spurs team is gets rattled so easily.
Gutless worms..
Ok with a night to really think it over
1) Stop missing. We can talk all we want about other X factors and what we saw and didn't see, but the reality of it is that they made a lot of their shots, and we missed a lot of ours. If we miss that many free throws and wide open shots, we're going to lose the series. That's the reality of basketball. At the same token, the Clippers played as well as they are going to. I maintain that this was one of, if not the best, game I've seen CP3 and Blake play simultaneously.
2) Better rotations. Kawhi was out waaaaay too long between the 3rd and 4th quarter, Patty should regain his standing as the definite back up point guard, and one of Danny or Kawhi should always be on the floor if Crawford or Paul is.
3) Composure. We really looked like a team that was new to the playoffs during some stretches there, and we were playing really frantically and out of control. Hopefully this next game we calm ourselves and move the ball as we always have.
I really just think this was a bad game and not indicative of any series long problems, but I will say that playing them was the worst case scenario possible as of the last night of the regular season. They are a top 3 team in the conference, and won't be easy to beat. That being said, I'm still thinking Spurs in 6.
and holy do i hate watching jamal crawford, I respect his handles and his whole and-1 game, but the dude flops on literally every shot. i can't stand watching players who, instead of going up for a normal jump shot, start kicking their legs out and ing their head back. There's literally not a single jumper this dude takes without flopping a little.
Trapped!
First look at this picture (below). This is a really bad situation being caught in the corner, hemmed in by both sidelines. Don't let yourself get caught in a corner. Don't ever stop your dribble in the corner or along the baseline... if you've dribbled baseline and find that you've got nowhere to go, just back-dribble back out, but never stop the dribble there.
Avoid the Trap
Avoid getting caught by dribbling into one of the "trapping zones" (colored areas) seen below.
Escaping a Trap
Once in a trap, get in triple threat position and get low with the ball protected on the hip. The common mistake is to stand upright and pivot away from the defenders. This allows the defenders to "squeeze" into your backside. Now you can neither see the floor, nor can you pivot. See position below
"Take an Outside Leg"
If you have a little room along the sideline, from triple-threat position, if you can't find someone to pass to... "take an outside leg". Get your leg around the outside leg of one of the defenders and bust out of there with a dribble. In the diagram, the left foot is your pivot foot. Get low and take a long step with your right foot around the defender's outside foot, while pushing the ball forward, protecting it with your body.
"Split the Trap"
If the trappers are not "knee-to-knee", then "split the trap". From triple-threat position, stay low and aggressively step thru, between the two defenders, and dribble out of there. This is a little like a "football move", like a running back getting low and running thru the line.
In either case, you've got to be tough and strong. Don't be afraid to make contact with the defenders.
I think the Spurs will be okay. They looked caught off guard by the intensity the Clippers brought. They had a lot of good looks that didn't go in. Jordan really got in their heads (hopefully that doesn't continue) I believe one person likened it to the OKC series when Ibaka completely shut down the paint for a few games until adjustments were made. In general the offense was a cluster . The Clippers seemed to do things the Spurs weren't equipped to handle. Kawhi didn't handle double teams well either. I just feel like with the Spurs shooting regressing to the average the game will look different going forward. Spurs in 7.
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