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hornets...AGAIN.
the southwest division has the best win/loss in the nba, makes all of those teams' schedules harder
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Sunday: New Orleans Hornets (13-6) at San Antonio Spurs (16-3)
Game Preview: http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=167575
Time: 07:00 PM ET/01:00 AM CET
Location: AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
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hornets...AGAIN.
the southwest division has the best win/loss in the nba, makes all of those teams' schedules harder
I wouldn't count on a break out vicious performance by TP
I will gonna leave him on the bench.
Tough game to play right now as Hornets actually gave their last game. So they are going to be max.
Also good measure of and oldness for the spurs. Another game at home with one day off.
If the spurs gonna have the sync it means they are doing good.
Ok - I'm gonna eat some mandarins
Don't know why I have a bad feeling about this one.
Hornets have been playing like crap recently, too. Should be interesting.
Hornets look terrible right now. This one is going to be good folks!
This would be a really big win. Obviously winning against any division opponent is huge, but keeping a serious threat down when they are playing poorly is very important. Not to mention losing to a division opponent twice at home would be alarming.
I don't know what the Spurs do to answer David West.
I think West is one of those players that, generally speaking, the Spurs will let get his so they can focus on other aspects, especially as long as he is getting it off of that mid-range jumper. You can't stop all of New Orleans' weapons, but containing Paul and getting to their shooters on the arc is arguably more important.
You certainly don't want West getting in the paint or wreaking havoc on the boards, but if he is going to stand back and shoot that jumper all night, that's probably his best case scenario. If he makes them, well...you tip your hat and get back on defense.
Problem is the Spurs find themselves tipping their hats to West's shooting almost every game.
After a while, you have to do something to stop it. You have to make others beat you. But that is what makes guys like CP3 so tough; you know what they want to do and still can't stop it.
Spurs never really shut down Paul, but now more than ever they need to make him a scorer. He has been somewhat reluctant to shoot, especially in the fourth. He is still playing well, but that is what I would roll with.
It's pretty much a lock we will see small allot of small ball this game as it was very effective on NO last game, but I wonder how early and how many minutes we will see of it this game.
couldn't I wrote my previous post worse?
Google Translation?
U kiddin me right now huh?
I'm kinda chaotic in my writing style that's why i want to say too much in short, and esp in english plus the typos and you have a weak product of polandprzem ...
ok, I am gonna catch some sleep now ... see you in a few hours when the game starts
Every dam game some one has a bad feeling.Don't know why I have a bad feeling about this one.
Its a trap!
SpursTalk ting all over SpursTalk.
Be interesting to see how Pop plays this game. Our 3 guard lineup won the game for us last time we played these guys and RJ really guarded West well, better than any of our bigs.
Well I am most interested in the start. The Spurs have openly talked about digging themselves out of early holes. You know they are focused on it. It will be interesting to see if they actually start out strong.
I know sometimes seasons just have a way of going in certain directions, but I really hope these slow starts aren't something we see all year.
It makes it much harder to manage minutes when you are always playing from behind.
GO SPURS GO!!!
Go Spurs Go!! Win by 10
Statement game for the Spurs, as much as a 16-3 team can make.
We've come out flat against two cellar-dwellers.
I've love to see this team blow out the Hornets right from the start to show we were just playing down to our level of compe ion the last two games.
I'd still like to see Tiago on West. Get that youngster as many minutes as possible vs. skilled big men.
Hornets games are always really tough..Spurs have to come out strong, they won't come back from a big deficit again, they won't have the energy, it has already happened in 3 of the last 6 games..
The defensive keys will be to limit the 3-point shots..the Spurs are one of the worst teams in the NBA at defending the 3 and allowing open looks on the perimeter..Hornets are a top 10 team from spot-up shooting..they're inconsistent, but they have some players that can get hot..
The other is to obviously defend the p&r, particularly West and Okafor..the West strategy will be interesting..he has been struggling vs. smaller defenders, as we saw with Jefferson last week..it'll be interesting to see if Monty Williams and West have planned for this..
Offensively, obviously the 3s are key, as usual..the Hornets are a top 5 team in the NBA at defending in the post, so Duncan's post game won't be key, it'll be a luxury if he has a good game..so the other key will be to keep running pick and rolls, as the Hornets are poor at defending it, especially the ballhandler(so Parker, Manu and Hill)..
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