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I don't see how that helps them at all. Green on Pondexter, Leonard on Bayless. Spurs also win the matchups on offense.
This is the latest word from Memphis. This will definitely spread the floor more for Memphis. Bayless only shot 7-18 in Game 2, though he did have some big buckets in the fourth quarter.
On the upside, this should hurt the Grizz more defensively, no?
I don't see how that helps them at all. Green on Pondexter, Leonard on Bayless. Spurs also win the matchups on offense.
I don't believe this solves much for Memphis. Their bench production could very well suck.
I'd be surprised if they both start, but I expect them both to play a lot more..it was the obvious adjustment that most of us expected following game 1..
Pondexter is a better player than Prince, he's a decent defender, that move won't hurt them in either facet, tbh..
Bayless over Allen is obviously a defensive subtraction, but Tony Allen's off-ball defense hasn't been good in this series, so there won't be a substantial difference IMO..Danny Green can't create, but he will receive the same looks, he just has to make them..
Prince will play more point forward and he'll be able to cover Bonner, that may be a concern for the Spurs, along with Allen guarding Manu..overall, it's an obvious adjustment for Memphis, and it will help them IMO..
Spurs should benefit on the boards without Allen and Prince, though..
Spurs simply need to keep exploiting Randolph, make their 3s, and Parker needs to continue dicing up Memphis's defense..
That's my thought, too. I didn't see too much Green on Pondexter last night, and I wondered if that's because Pop was keeping that assignment in his back pocket anticipating this potential lineup change. Probably giving Pop too much CIA credit, but you almost wonder if the Spurs are baiting the Grizz into this a little bit. Pop was either thoroughly confused last night when the Grizz switched things up, or he wanted that little run to happen to fool Hollins into thinking he figured something out.
Starting Pon over Prince makes sense. Starting Bayless over Allen as well does not.
The Spurs bench was atrocious in Game 2. Having them matchup with Allen/Prince only helps the bench unit tbh as Neal's garbage ass can hide on Allen or Prince.
Also, it's imperative that the Spurs stop leaving Pondexter..I don't know if it's strategical, but they keep doubling off him and giving him the open shot, it's going to burn them, tbh..
Desperate move starting Bayless over Allen, imo.
Please do.
so much for memphis' defensive iden y. pondexter is a very average defender, as is bayless. offensively, bayless is sort of like what Neal used to be for us. while he can make shots in a hurry, they're usually not within the rhythm of the offense and he's just going to take opportunities out of the post. even though they've been struggling, i'm fine with zach/marc getting more frustrated
Bayless is a chucker... any time he takes a shot away from Conley, the Spurs should be ok with it. He's a career 35% 3pt shooter, currently only hitting 15% from downtown in the last two games.
Neal made him look like an All-Star, but against Verde or Kawhi, he should be close to a non-issue.
Even with QPon and Bayless, Memphis was only able to come up with 21pts in that 'great' 4th quarter.
The Spurs just needs to keep moving the ball and putting it in the basket. We stopped scoring when we went away from that. Get back to it, and it really doesn't matter who they play. They can't keep up with the scoring.
Spurs for game3: no bonner, no neal
Strange to completely change the lineup that you've had all season to get you here. Desperation move.
That being said, if Hollins was smart, you start the normal lineup and bring in Pondexter and Bayless earlier and play them heavy min against our bench. As stated above, Green and Leonard are the best two defenders so putting your best scorers against them isn't going to help that much
Tony Allen coming off the bench allows him to match-up with Manu. Plus, it's really the only way Memphis will be able to score at this point.
It's definitely the right adjustment for Lionel Hollins.
So basically they are taking their best hope at offense and concentrating their minutes against our best defenders ... I might have to change my prediction of spurs in 5 to spurs sweep.
Lol. As if Manu's 35% shooting and 8 points a game is his biggest problem...
He's the only other guy that can create for others.You take that away and the bench is fcked
The first team to make changes to their starting line-up (not due to injury) is the team that has hits the panic button.
I HATED it when we did it last year against OKC in game 5, I HATED it when we did against the Warriors in Game 2.
It reeks of desperation and lets the opponent know that they are in your head. Bad move on their part but I do hope they do it.
memphis trolling fools tbh
They wont pull Allen out of the SL. Maybe Prince.
Seriously doubt they do that.
...But I hope they do. There's no lineup that Memphis can put on the floor that is "good" offensively*. But they can certainly weaken their defense (the team's core strength) and make their bench unit unbelievably bad offensively by moving pieces around.
* That doesn't mean they can't play well offensively - especially for stretches, but they don't have a lineup that it makes it likely that they will.
Prince is a pro, but I'm not sure how Allen would react to being demoted to the bench, tbh... I suspect he might actually not be, at least until game 4... Hollins might just try QPon for Prince first, then go from there...
Memphis badly needs perimeter scoring. If Bayless shoots 7-18, like he did, then that's a net plus - much better than most of the team is shooting, tbh.
Related article on the Spurs defense with Prince & Allen on the floor: http://www.sbnation.com/2013/5/22/43...incy-pondexter
the "Tayshaun defense"
So when they come out along with Randolph, their offense will go to trash, however, the Spurs bench will be in and isn't that high powered either.
This does open things up for Conley and others.
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