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Works on offense. Doesn't work on D.
working? We've lost three in a row. Would we have lost those with some big men?
Works on offense. Doesn't work on D.
Yep, i'm tired of seeing our guys struggling for rebounds over taller Mavs.
Bring in Mohammed, he will turn the ball over and continue the bad D.
Bring in Rasho, the D improves, but not the rebounding, and the offense gets worse.
Forced to play small ball.
Only one way to find out in Game 5.
Dirk Nowitzki by himself made the spurs change their lineup just like Tony Parker did to the mavs. Small ball is something the spurs have to do and it is their best chance of winning.
If it's not working, why are we forced to do it?
During the season, Nazr/Rasho combined for 40+mpg in the 2 wins over the Mavs.
Great point
We should definilty use Rasho more, it's not like Horry is lighting it up or anything.
If the Spurs don't go small-ball, then Duncan has to guard Nowitzki, plays only 25 minutes due to foul trouble, and the Spurs lose 111-91 in regulation rather than 123-118 in OT.
Even if the Spurs did play another big, Rasho doesn't solve the rebounding problem, Nazr is an instant 10-2 Dallas run every time he enters the game, and Oberto is a scrub.
I guess Rasho at least could help close down the lane.
I hope Rasho sees the floor next game. I can deal with him guarding somenoe and possibly getting burnt. Everyone else has given up points, whats the damn difference really?
I think they should at least try it, with small ball the Mavs get to 100 points fairly easily. W/O I think we can hold them below and have a better chance of winning.
True... if the Spurs are going to allow 50% shooting with a dozen offensive rebounds and at least 30 free throws with small ball, how much worse could the defense be?
YOu hit the nail on the head. Why not use Rasho, it's not like our plan is working anyway, we've lost three games in a row.
Which is exactly what kept us winning in the past.
Put Duncan on Howard.
That could work.
In the regular season, Howard went for 20 on Duncan in just one half. (Then Pop switched Bowen on him).
Rasho is only good on defense in the half court. The mavs have too much foot speed and Rasho would find it hard to keep up. On offense the mavs would finally be able to double team Duncan and force Rasho to hit jumpers. Duncan would have to guard Josh Howard or Dirk Nowitzki also. Like I said before the series the spurs don't matchup well to the mavs. This series it got exploited.
Rasho shoud be used 3 games before. Now is too late. It could work but...
I think that Pop will play small ball in game 5 ... so it will be hard, hard,hard.......
Then did Duncan guard Nowitzki?
I know. And Howard might beat us.
But we can't leave Tim on Dirk the whole game, or he'll be on the bench with fouls. So for at least a good chunk of time, I think we're going to have to take our chances with Howard.
Do you think Tim covering Dirk all game long is realistic?
What I don't get is, Pop addressed this issue just a few days ago, before the game. He said, and I quote, "If teams score 100+ points on us, more than likely we are going to lose that game. That's been our MO for years." Pop knows that defense has been our biggest problem, not offense. Yet, he continued to play small ball in Game 4...even worse he put out Tim Duncan and 4 guards in his starting lineup. How does he expect to address defense with that?
Tim, Tony, and Manu combined to score 90 points all by themselves last night. If Pop had inserted, Rasho/Oberto/even Nazr for a few rebounds/defense guarding the paint against Devin Harris drives, that could have made a huge difference. And as you've pointed out, in the two regular season wins against Dallas, Rasho/Nazr combined for 40 minutes.
Now, I think it's too late for Pop to insert Nazr/Rasho. After being practically inactive for this series, they're going to be rusty, and it's going to be a huge adjustment for the rest of the Spurs. Irregular minutes, constant/different subs utions I think have contributed greatly to the Spurs inconsistencies on defense this series.
did not spurs outrebound mavs last night
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