Thunder Should Go Small Ball

[mavsfan1000]

Start Harden and bench Perkins. Make Dirk or Chandler guard Durant or a guard. Thus opening up the lane. Ibaka doesn't match up well with Dirk and needs to protect the paint with his shotblocking.

[badfish22]

You were wrong about the Mavs, mavsfan1000

[mavsfan1000]

You were wrong about the Mavs, mavsfan1000

Yep. It looks that way again. Not that I'm not happy I'm wrong. I win both ways though. If I'm wrong, my team wins. If I'm right, then I can gloat on here.

[erikuff]

sefolosha is pretty much useless. he's a defensive specialist, but there isn't really anyone for him to guard on the mavs. Harden has tremendous talent and they need to play him much more

[IronMexican]

Yep. It looks that way again. Not that I'm not happy I'm wrong. I win both ways though. If I'm wrong, my team wins. If I'm right, then I can gloat on here.

What a ot. Gloating your team lost. Go kill yourself, or make sure you never recreate by going the route of Jacob1983.

[Kyle Orton]

mavsfan1000 and Jacob1983 sound like more or less the same person. The other day mavsfan1000 was talking about how abstinence is the best option.

[Isitjustme?]

mavsfan1000 and Jacob1983 sound like more or less the same person. The other day mavsfan1000 was talking about how abstinence is the best option.

Who doesn't at least pretend like they get laid on the internet?

[Kyle Orton]

It's not about getting laid as much as it's about those two being the only people who thinking abstinence is practical

[lefty]

Uhoh


OP is winning

[lefty]

Its working

[Fabbs]

Start Harden and bench Perkins. Make Dirk or Chandler guard Durant or a guard. Thus opening up the lane. Ibaka doesn't match up well with Dirk and needs to protect the paint with his shotblocking.

Good call on Harden. He had a very good game.

[mavsfan1000]

You were wrong about the Mavs, mavsfan1000

I was right afterall.

[dirk4mvp]

You've been so right, they've lost 1 game in nearly a month.

[mavsfan1000]

You've been so right, they've lost 1 game in nearly a month.

And 3 more to go with that one. They ain't winning in OKC.

[dirk4mvp]

Much to you delight.

[mavsfan1000]

Much to you delight.

You wish

[Ghazi]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177945

and at DAF reaching... Manu > Dirk

yea I see u lurkin this thread got

[frodo]

time for the mavs to adjust their tactics imho. westbrook sucked pretty bad in game 1 and cost them dat game, the OKC nigs changed their tactic playin dat bearded as the real PG which worked great and won em da game. westbrook only played 28min tonight imho. need to give some special attention to dat bearded nig harden imo, hoping to see stevenson matchin up wit him tbh. beard vs. beard

[mavsfan1000]

They waited too long to go small ball. It cost them as Dallas owns them when they go big. You gotta cause chaos to Dallas and with a normal lineup plays to the Mavs strengths. Perkins is useless in this series.

[DMC]

trolol

[Giuseppe]

[small ball] has never won diddly. It's a gimmick. Gimmicks will not win NBA les.

Whistlin' past the graveyard won't save OKC.

[mavsfan1000]

[small ball] has never won diddly. It's a gimmick. Gimmicks will not win NBA les.

Whistlin' past the graveyard won't save OKC.

Warriors 07 made it work against the Mavs. OKC has the same sort of team that the Warriors do when going small. It won't win a le but it will give you a great chance against the Mavs who struggle to slow down a game when small ball goes wild.

[stretch]

Warriors 07 made it work against the Mavs. OKC has the same sort of team that the Warriors do when going small. It won't win a le but it will give you a great chance against the Mavs who struggle to slow down a game when small ball goes wild.

you clearly have no clue what the you are talking about

all year the mavs have done great against small ball lineups. they have perhaps the most versatile team in the league, and deal with all different kinds of lineups well. about the only thing i see them struggle against on a regular basis is when a team sends damn near all 5 guys to crash for offensive boards, because the mavs often like to send a guy or two out on the break for kidd to find downcourt.

[Giuseppe]

This isn't about Dallas. This is about OKC and their inability to succeed. What, you're going to play 100 games one way and then when the going gets tough you're going to mash the panic button & have any sort of chance?

They're giving in to failure. Because it's easier than resisting.

[mavsfan1000]

you clearly have no clue what the you are talking about

all year the mavs have done great against small ball lineups. they have perhaps the most versatile team in the league, and deal with all different kinds of lineups well. about the only thing i see them struggle against on a regular basis is when a team sends damn near all 5 guys to crash for offensive boards, because the mavs often like to send a guy or two out on the break for kidd to find downcourt.

Dirk has never reacted well to legit small ball. Mainly because he has a hard time guarding the perimeter. It also means Dallas has one less 7 footer under the basket. Legit small ball are teams that gain an athletic and shooting advantage forcing a team relying on bigs for interior defense away from the basket. Dallas is the perfect team if you got the right lineup to go small ball against. OKC is very athletic and even more athletic when Perkins is out of the game. They seem to be the perfect storm if they chose going small with Durant and Ibaka (or Collison) as their bigs.