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Same thing we've been doing. TP and Manu penetrating, feeding Tim... if he is double-teamed kick out to open player and he makes his shot... then get back on d...
What in your opinion, is the best way to beat the Pistons.
What do the Spurs have to do.
Please, lets have serious replys, thanks.
Same thing we've been doing. TP and Manu penetrating, feeding Tim... if he is double-teamed kick out to open player and he makes his shot... then get back on d...
do what has been winning games for the Spurs all playoffs. Great defense as the basis for FB/transition points, attacking the paint with Tim, Nazr from the inside, Tony, Manu from the outside, and hit the outside shots, and excellent crunch time execution.
My biggest worry is the Pistons defense. The Spurs have struggled, and often lost, or won ugly, all year against any defense that is played seriously, aggressively.
You're not going to beat us in a half court game.
Run on us, get quick pull up shots, easy transition buckets and hurt our confidence. if you try to feed the ball into Duncan everytime, or depend on Ginob to drive and get to the FT Line, you're going to lose.
who is gonna defend Duncan??if you try to feed the ball into Duncan everytime, or depend on Ginob to drive and get to the FT Line, you're going to lose.
Ive yet to hear.
If its Rasheed, hes easy to play against.
Ben Wallace is a joke one on one defensively.
Run. The can't defend the transition game.
I say run and then when in half court, go to Duncan as much as possible until they begin to double and triple team.
Then pass it out for a 3bomb.
If none of that works, we can just throw beer at them or something.
do not let carlos arroyo or antonio mcdyess score at all
As long as bruce can slow down rip, we'll be okay. Detroit will have at least two games where they'll be non-existant offensively. It will be up to SA to pull out the other two with defense of their own. As rip goes, so does the rest of the team. Tony must make billups work. Just like nash. Pressure him full court. Make him make quick passes and by all means do not leave him open on the perimeter. Detroit has seven guys they rotate in and out which benefits the spurs and their deep bench. Spurs cannot let up one time penetrating when detroit is tired. SA should get their share of free throws when that happens. Just stay focused and go for the throat as often as possible to keep doubt in their minds.
Drive to the SBC, put their uniforms on and the tough part is over.
Spurs in four.
* Help on the screens for Rip. Spurs did a great job of flashing on the perimeter until Bowen could recover against Ray Ray, we'll have to see it again.
* Tony needs to come out as a wash against Chauncey, or close to it.
* Set lots of screens to free up Manu from Prince
* Give Big Dog some run
* Manu - Horry pick and roll. No explanation needed.
* Get Tim some easy looks - cross screens set by guys like Nazr, Manu, etc.
Lame take Tpark. Outside of Karl Malone no one has done a better job of defending Tim Duncan in his time in the league than Rasheed Wallace.If its Rasheed, hes easy to play against.
* Make Ben Wallace guard his man. He's going to try to help off of Nazr, we've got to look for big Mo when he does.
* Attack the hoop, get their big men in foul trouble.
* Bring some creativity to the offense. Larry will be expecting same ol' Pop, change it up on him.
TD needs to be efficient. TP and Manu must attack the basket and draw fouls. Nazr needs to battle like we know he can. Horry needs to hit some shots. Barry needs to do whatever he can to help the team. I'm not too worried about Bruce. He's gonna hound Rip Hamilton like Michael Jackson does Boy Scouts around a campfire.
-Tony Parker is the Rasheed Wallace of his team in that when they both play well and score over 20 for their team, its almost guaranteed a victory so look out for that.
-Manu and Tim must continue to do what they've done and I have the utmost confidence in them coming through.
-Like people have been saying, I think we can run on them. Detroit will be clanking up a bad jump shot or two, guaranteed, so Tony and Manu need to push the ball as much as possible.
-Defensively, Bruce won't shut down Rip but if it takes him 20 shots to get to 20 points, he's done his job.
ROFL.
You should've side noted the name of the thread " to the pistons fans"
3 Pointers...
Horry for 3
same as always. Tony and Manu must be aggressive to the hole...Get Tim the ball...And hit the open jumpers that both create..
On D they have to stay with the jump shooters. Stay in front and don't foul. No running game to worry about, so they need to just man up and stay tight.
i think in the half court, you half to defend them like you did Seattle and Denver all in one.
Guard Rip like you did Allen.
Guard Billups like you guarded Andre Miller, force him to drive, hes not a quick pg, force him to pass off to guys like Prince or Ben Wallace for off balance shots.
also, like i made a point before, get out in transisiton, thats how New Jersey almost beat em, thats how Indiana was beating them, thats how Miami was beating them.
Also, pick and roll, Ginobili and Duncan, Ginobili and Horry.
Dont be afraid Tim Duncan when you get the ball, go right at the hole.
Getting Ben or Rasheed in foul trouble gets you against guys like McDyss or Elden Cambell.
you do that, you dominate.
Tim Duncan stay aggressive on both ends.
Tony and Manu keep penetrating.
Barry hit some shots and run the floor.
GRob and Devin get some playing time.
Bruce do what you do when you do it.
Attack and get their bigs in foul trouble. Manu needs to go "superstar" on them.
Spurs in Five.
i dont know about Devin Brown, Brent Barry would be nice, but who really expects it.
Agree with Duncan, when you get the ball, GO!!!!!
Manu yes, Tony?? Master the tear drop, they wont give up layups.
According to all reports, Devin is going to get playing time in this series. We'll see how much he can go -- he's perfect to use against this team if he can go.
I'm not sure how Barry will fare against Detroit. He needs to hit shots very early (or do something else positive) to warrant playing time because he won't be able to matchup well with anyone defensively.
To beat the Pistons...
On O...
I'd try move Sheed or Ben out of the paint as much as possible to soften up that middle for Duncan Manu and Parker...that's something Nazr can't do...something that Rasho(he can do it better than Nazr) and Horry can...
Any time Sheed is out of the paint you take it right at Big Ben...especially with Duncan..and try to get him into foul trouble...Duncan's ability to get the Pistons bigs in foul trouble is a huge advantage for us that the Pistons bigs can't match. When Ben is out of the game the Pistons are just another team...
On D...
The guys you need to stop are Billups and Prince...not Billups and Hamilton or Prince and Hamilton...
Billups and Prince are the guys that can break down our D...Not Rip...Rip is a jump shooter...he scores off other guys breaking down our D. He should not be the defensive focus...he should be the guy we force to beat us and the focus should be on Billups and Prince.
Rip is going to get his because he uses his teamates to get open...he's the guy we're are least likely to be able to stop because of the nature of his game...
Parker will do ok against Billups...but Billups is clutch in the 4th...
That leaves the X factor as Prince...Manu is not good at denying penetration...Prince is the most talented penetrator on their team IMO..put Bruce on him and turn him into a shooter...a frustrated shooter.
That is how you beat the Pistons...they want us to put our best defender on Rip...because when it's all said and done Rip will still get his...and he'll turn Prince into a monster while we are trying to stop him.
It's a huge error IMO to waste Bruce on Hamilton...I hope it's not the main thing that the Spurs do with Bruce.
Good points but you still don't know what you are gonna get from both ends..
Remember this is the finals...
I say stick with what we've done for the last 3 games against them.
Horry should get more minutes than Mohammad. Rasho is not the answer and would fit well against Miami because of Shaq but you need more outside threats. Putting Duncan at center would force Ben to guard him and Rasheed to guard Horry. This is the best option over Mohammad at center. Stick with the same lineup but have Horry come in earlier for Mohammad.
The last time we played them they beat us..
The last time we beat them we nearly choked a huge lead because we tried to play half court inside out with them in the 4th...
And because Billups went off on us and Prince killed us with garbage...
The Pistons are built to destroy our typical half court offense...when TimVP said they were built to beat the Spurs...he was talking about the Spurs team that did that...the old Spurs
They most definitely are not built to beat us with Manu, Barry and Parker playing their dizzying perimeter game they played early in the season and when Duncan was injured late.
I don't want to see Duncan getting the ball in the 4th if the Pistons are running their set D, I want it going through Manu, Parker, and Barry on the perimeter...running it through Duncan with Sheed and Wallace in the paint...that's a disaster in the making if you ask me. Tim is going to turn it over...
The only reason we beat them that one time this season was because Barry came in ice cold off the bench and nailed two clutch FT's when the rest of the team was choking them...
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