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It's time for him to spread his wings and fly, tbh. Time for him to make the most of his freedom.
Earn your money, , tbh..
Miami's great at defending pick&roll ball-handlers, but they can't defend bigs once they catch the ball..
Splitter needs to dominate the pick&roll and he needs to score on every possible opportunity when/if Miami goes small..defensively, he will guard Bosh and he cannot allow him to get in a rhythm, tbh..
It's time for him to spread his wings and fly, tbh. Time for him to make the most of his freedom.
No soft hook shots in this series, Tiago.
Damn! I was just thinking about that! Our le hopes will rest on Splitter's willingness to not be as soft as Bosh!
If he plays hard, aggressive, and to his potential we can win this in five.
Most pivotal player in the series. Him playing well forces Miami to play big and puts them at a real disadvantage. I'm interested to see how he handles doubles, though. I hope they throw the ball high to the big to keep the ball away from the smaller defenders.
This is one of the little areas that the Spurs hold an advantage. The Spurs bigs are better than Miami's frontline. If Tiago wants to guarantee his $10 million a year, here's his chance.
Agreed. A very productive Splitter can cover many other flaws.
I trust Tiago. Sure, he throws up soft shots, but he's not afraid to mix it up on D. I can live it tbh.
I also expect Pop to pull him as soon as he struggles, so it's imperative that he starts off well, tbh..
I hope Splitter takes advantage of this verticality bull .
I doubt Pop will play him many minutes. I see him using a lot of small-ball, hope I'm wrong, tbh.
He's a tremendous passer, something Indys bigs are not. Tiago's also a great screener (and roller) something Indys bigs are not. Play your way, Tiago.
Tim has to punish MIA like Hibbert as well, especially offensively. My only question is can Tim give SA the minutes that Hibbert did? MIA is certainly capable and their 2-7 players showed a great glimpse tonight, but MIA will have to play significantly better than they did against Indy to beat SA.
Spurs must rebound, not turn it over and the fact they have a competent ball handler/scorer for a pg will be a world of difference.
TP will be huge this series for SA. He has to play at the MEM level. MIA can't play SA like they did INDY in game 7 (which is how SA played MEM). Spurs actually have shooters. Here's to them making the good looks they do see.
this is where Popo coaching mistakes will come back to haunt him
reluctance to play Splitter and give him any offensive responsibilties and basically the same with Leonard mostly regarding post up opportunities
they will be putting a smaller guard like Allen on Leonard and they will want to go small with their main guys
I actually think Diaw can be more important then Splitter in this type of series
Splitter defensively and his rebounding has been solid vs Miami
but Diaw posting up Battier in the bench matchup and his ability to run offense in a 4v3 situation after Parker gets trapped will be huge
it basically won the Clipper series last year tbh..
6'8 Haslen is either going to guard Duncan or Splitter. Whoever Haslem guards needs to take maximum advantage.
Heat will trap TP on pnr's so tiago's gotta be ready at the freethrow line looking for the pass than drive and kick out to an open shooter or take the layup. And please no soft layups gotta be strong my nig.
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Agreed . . . except for the part about the doubles. There's not going to be any; not against him, at least. But still, if he can punish them on the roll and on the occasional post up/put back and keep them from thinking they can hide Battier on him for extended minutes (preferably at all; but that's not going to happen) and his rebounding progresses to his mean, he'll have done his job.
Pop has to resist the urge to rely too heavily on the Parker-Ginobili-Green-Leonard-Duncan, lineup. For obvious reasons, I know he likes it and I know they'll be plenty of opportunity to use it in this match-up, but extensive use of it is, as you alluded to, playing right into their hands.
In Tiago we trust. He needs to help clog the middle and don't let Birdman get offensive rebounds. He guarded tougher bigmen in Dwight/Gasol and Zbo/Marc. If Spurs control the boards and prevent fastbreaks, the Spurs have a very good chance to win in 4 or 5. Go Spurs Go!
diaw/splitter cant let bosh hit that mid range js
bonner will obviously leave him wide open, thats a given
Miami will take the PnR away from SA, and we'll struggle, just like OKC did with us last year. Unless they find a way to combat it, it could get ugly.
Indy barely ran PnR and still were in most games. If you defend, rebound and take care of the ball you can be in it. Spurs, even without PnR, still have more shooters, better ball handlers and more clutch players than Indy. PnR will be huge, but TP has to be a stud regardless for SA to have a great shot.
Disagree that Splitter is key. The Heat will try to rotate and swarm the big man when he receives the pass. The most key player for the Spurs this series is going to be our Whi-Whi Leonard.
Leonard will be tasked with stopping Lebron or atleast slowing him down and to take shots when they are going to present themselves as Duncan/ Splitter hit the open man on being doubled up.
That will be the key. If Manu starts throwing the ball away left and right, it will be lay up lines for miami. If we really cut down on the TO's and rebound, we'll keep ourselves in it.
Put Kawhi on Wade. If Wade is not 100%, you have a chance to really make life tough on him. Put Kawhi on Wade and limit him as much as possible. Rotate Manu/Green/Boris on Lebron and hope that Tiago/Tim do enough to discourage him from driving so the size difference is not prevalent.
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