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actually, I probably should've thrown Stackhouse into that mix as well
Assuming we leave a majority of the defense on Dirk in the hands of Elson (and yes, I cringed as much as you did) with Bowen probably not guarding Dirk till crunch time, is it more important to keep Bowen on Howard or Terry?
I actually think Terry is much more clutch than Howard (I believe Howard only averages 3 ppg in 4th quarters) and whie JHo is an excellent rebounder, I actually think at the end of the day, based on offense, Terry is our bigger threat, even if Howard is the more versatile player.
Anyways, would you guys rather keep Bowen on Howard or Terry if you had to pick between the two?
actually, I probably should've thrown Stackhouse into that mix as well
Howard-who else can guard him on the Spurs? Parker/Ginobili can guard Terry but neither can guard Howard. Howard is the fuel for the Mavs, if we want to win, we need to stop him and our best bet is Bowen.
Jason Terry is a streaky shooting, smallish SG. JoHo is an All Star SF. Do the math.
Too bad Bowen can't guard Nowitzki, Howard, and Terry. lol
Chokehouse? No one needs to guard him in the 4th. He'll throw up a clunker, or drive for a dunk and get rimchecked.
Terry hit several clutch shots in crunch time over Duncan in game 4 I think it was (the one that went to OT in Dallas). As a matter of fact, had terry played game 6, I don't think the Spurs would have ever seen a game 7. I think Howard means more to the team than Terry does, but if Bowen's job is to shut down an offensive threat, and he's not on Dirk, then it needs to be Terry.
Terry also is much better at driving to the basket and hitting the floater than people give him credit for
Beno is Pop's secret weapon against Terry. Terry will shoot 12% in the series with Beno on him. Bank on it.
Spurs strategy should be: Stop everyone else, and let Dirk throw up all the jumpers he wants.
Not hard.
Why? So he can go off for 50 points like he did against Phoenix last year?
Yes, when Terry does his patented ball-grab on Beno, Beno will wink and ask for his phone number. Terry won't be the same the rest of the series.
Mother er, do you THINK before you write some of these things?
go on Howard. I trust TP and Manu on Terry.
Thread like this really sucks because the first round hasn't even been played.. eat your eggs after they had been laid..
Jason Terry is the most purely overrated scoring guard in the entire National Basketball Association, and he's pulling an aggie and playing on sheer 100% confidence.....he's playing the exact same way he has his entire career, yet all of a sudden, instead of a detriment-to-the-team scorer, he's a team player. BS. If we could shut Terry down brutally one game, it would make him take bad shots and play 1on1 ball the rest of the series. So maybe Bowen on Terry then back to Howard.
Yeah. Let Dirk go off for 50 while stopping the rest of the stoppable Mavericks team. Dirk is the toughest to guard. Everyone else, not so much if focus is off guarding Dirk.
It's like the Pistons in '04. Let Shaq do everything, but stop everyone else. They won.
Dirk can't win games alone. So sure. Let him score all he wants. Worry about stopping everyone else.
they both suck ass, so i don't think it really matters.
I think it's stupid how people refer to Josh Howard as JHo.
me too. its an idiotic reference.
SpursDynasty actually has a point. Dirk should be their only threat in the series and the Spurs should shut the lane down and guard Terry and Howard with Bowen and Manu. Make Dirk shoot everything, like Amare in 2005 or like Kobe when he goes off for 50. A one man team can't win.
Dirk can actually score 100+ points in a game if you let him.
I think they'll start out with Bowen on Howard for sure, but Bowen switches matchups in-game all the time depending on who has the "hot hand". If Terry starts knocking down a ton of shots, Bowen will get his turn.
As far as pure matchups are concerned, I think Jason Terry is too quick for Bowen...so Howard would be the better matchup. Put Tony on Terry....
You think Terry is is too quick for Bowen? I think not...
I think Finley will be starting at SG in that series if Manu is on the bench so Finley will probably guard Terry and Parker will guard Harris (if he is starting, that is).
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