(below is assuming that Pop doesn't coach like he took the Thunder +5.5 tonight)
- Kawhi/LMA getting more minutes is a given
- Diaw/West shouldn't ever be on the court together (given even before the series started)
- I thought the Spurs did a poor job with transition D in the 1st half. OKC was running on every rebound and inbounds, and generated great looks.
- Offense looked disjointed (as Pop alluded to). Spurs need to make up their mind and decide are they going to ride Kawhi/LMA this series or are they going to keep running this BS TP/TD or Green/TD 2-man games....
- Ibaka will be an issue but switching Aldridg onto Russ isn't the answer IMO. I'll have to go back and watch the game but I'll be interested to see if Roberson/Waiter's defenders wasn't able to show on Ibaka instead of giving him wide open looks. I'd trap hard on Westbrook and send a hard close to Serge, make him a driver...
- Adams hurt us with the alley oop, needs to be cleaned up as well.....
All things considered, I'm hesitant for the Spurs to make any sweeping changes. They didn't execute very well tonight and still had a shot at winning it. The biggest concern is that OKC role players will play better at home and they'll obviously get favorable whistles......
Sign a competent PG........... it. Get Marbury out of China.
More minutes for Boban and if Patty struggles early, give Miller a shot. Would also be fine with Simmons getting a look.
*Get back on defense
Westbrook was getting a coast to coast layup everytime the spurs missed it seemed like
Really good points tbh
The spurs offense looking bad had a lot do with OKC, they played great tonight defensively. Didnt look like an average - poor defensive team theyve been all year. Ibaka and Adams were dominant in the paint
Give the ball to Aldridge in second half. There were stretches in second half where he never touched the ball.
I saw the le, and I didn't know what you might say. But my first thought was that Pop probably doesn't change much of anything. The Spurs only had 19 AST's, after something like 39 in the first game, but they STILL had more AST's than OKC. And they would have had a LOT more if they had just made some damn wide-open shots and layups. I don't think that any adjustments could have helped their shooting.
The Spurs got out-worked for some 50-50 balls, and Pop should kick their asses over that. But that's also not an adjustment. Oh, jeez, remember deep in the 4th, when the Spurs had the momentum, they got a stop and rebound, and Tim stood there and got his pocket picked? And they scored a damn 3 off of it? That's enough to win the ball game right there.
Execute and hustle.
Tell Patty not to go Enrique and Chuck hero shots
Transition D of any kind and making layups (looking at you, Timmy) would be a great place to start
Also, that whole "let's switch our PG onto their best scorer on the PnR" doesn't work. It didn't work against Dirk in 2006, and it won't work against a prime KD now. Just an awful defensive strategy.
B-b-b-but the beautiful game ...
I don't even think the Thunder played that great defensively
Spurs missed great looks (timmy's layups, Kawhi with some great shots that he usually drills) and could have easily hung 104-108 points tonight. You easily take that especially with the defense.
LMA will play more minutes, but Kawhi? Good luck with it. Pop is resting him for next season.
Kawhi in the two games played 28 mpg, KD 37.5 mpg
Pop started the 4th quarter with both on the court in a close-playoffs-game...Can't believe it.Diaw/West shouldn't ever be on the court together (given even before the series started)
LMA was amazing on offense. AMAZING.
- Offense looked disjointed (as Pop alluded to). Spurs need to make up their mind and decide are they going to ride Kawhi/LMA this series or are they going to keep running this BS TP/TD or Green/TD 2-man games....
But when Kawhi was starting to feel it, making shots in the 3r quarter, in the next 4 possessions they didn't give him the ball, not looking for LMA either, and missed shots in every one of those possessions
Switching killed the Spurs against Cavs in Cleveland and tonight. Everytime Kawhi and LMA switched, Westbrook scored.
- Ibaka will be an issue but switching Aldridg onto Russ isn't the answer IMO. I'll have to go back and watch the game but I'll be interested to see if Roberson/Waiter's defenders wasn't able to show on Ibaka instead of giving him wide open looks. I'd trap hard on Westbrook and send a hard close to Serge, make him a driver...
Spurs lost by just one point so Pop won't make any adjustment in game 3.All things considered, I'm hesitant for the Spurs to make any sweeping changes. They didn't execute very well tonight and still had a shot at winning it. The biggest concern is that OKC role players will play better at home and they'll obviously get favorable whistles......
Lock Duncan in the gym and tell him to practise layups over and over.
More minutes for Kawhi. He only played 35 minutes tonight while Durant logged 42.
Adams had 17 rebounds, try Boban instead of West and Diaw.
Keep Duncan locked in the gym practising layups over and over.
Just about everyone except for LMA sucked and we only lost by 1. Sucks to not get the W but it's not all bad.
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Yep. Just better execution. Pop coaching like he gives a damn and Kawhi not folding makes a difference. Would be nice if Patty could find his shot on the road, but he's been awful on the road anyways.
Pop's an arrogant ass. No changes for game 3, he'll play the soft card somewhere and tell them to nut up.
don't adjust when you just won by 400 points?
Get a new starting PG.
The Problem the Spurs have, and have had all year, is the STARTING BACK COURT. Not the backup point guard...the ing STARTING PG. You don't go far in playoffs...if your STARTING BACK COURT can't score.
Dunno how much you can adjust, jus make more shots.
Wish Kawhi's hands were more active when hes guardin 1 on 1!
How about not having Kawhi switch off onto Cameron Payne, leaving Mills on an island against Durant? I wanted to smash my TV when I saw Kawhi make this switch three possessions in a row in the fourth.
for kawhi to show up and mills
Oh, , we were screaming at the TV about that, and you were ranting in the game thread. I was just ing speechless.
Parker switched to Durant one play and he practically made a lay up because of that. The switching isn't necessary, and it ed us over in the Warriors game that we lost at home.
I felt like I was watching the 2001 series with Dallas when Avery Johnson kept getting hung out to dry on Nowitzki in the post. But , at least that was justified since Pop would give up anything but center lane penetration to Nash, that was the entire foundation of the twin towers defense to deny middle penetration. But tonight was a head scratcher, I don't know why Pop didn't call timeout and start chewing Leonard's ass out for those switches. Cameron Payne isn't a threat in the lane.
Pop and Messina: "But but why Durant scored on Patty?? KD sucks against small defenders, look Felton/Wes/Harris D
OKC won the series 4-1 for some good reasons, Mavs's D was one of them.
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