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For some reason Cleveland is starting to remind me of Dallas. But is it Dallas of 3-4 years ago or Dallas of last year?
Looks like thats the Finals opponent.
How do you beat the Cleveland Cavaliers?
Do you double Lebron and hope Daniel Gibson, Big Z, and others, don't hit their shots?
For some reason Cleveland is starting to remind me of Dallas. But is it Dallas of 3-4 years ago or Dallas of last year?
You outscore them.
Good question. I don't think that our normal "let him get his and shut down the rest of the team" concept will work as well as it has against other teams, because we have never faced as dynamic an individual over a 7-game series. And quite frankly, Bowen will have an issue with "contain", much less shut down.
This series will be an interesting strategy. Guess the Pop haters will have much to about if he can't outcoach a guy who seemingly has one play: get the ball to Bron-Bron.
Close out on the shooters and rebound. In addition, pick apart their defense ala the last round. Their transition defense looks ok, but is not that great. They have some length and size on the frontline to deal with. But the Spurs should be able to do a much better job shutting down the supporting cast than the Pistons did. I'm feeling the Spurs in 6, with the Cavs getting their 2 at home.
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No idea, they actually look pretty scary. It definitely won't be a sweep or 5 game series IMO. They are capable of beating us.
I think rebounding will be the key to winning this series.
But if we could beat the Kobe-Shaq Lakers, we can beat the Lebron Cavaliers. Not saying we will for sure, we can though.
Seeing how Lebron has given Bruce a lot of trouble, it might not be a bad idea to throw him on Gibson, and throw all kinda of looks at Lebron. They still have no answer for Manu, tony, and especially Tim.
Umm, Just add Spurs.
or
Just show up
Looks like a SA cake walk to me.
This goes 5 games max
There's no way they are more talented/scary than the Suns
put bowen on gibson
let james get his
or put finely on james
I wish i supported an eastern conference team
spurs as a team play d
pistons do not
Exactly.
Also people are forgetting how truly bad all the teams in the East are.
Oh, it is obvious that the Cavs have much more to prepare for against the Spurs than they had to throughout the Eastern Conference playoffs. The question is mainly how many games can/will LBJ steal based on his singular talent and how do we minimize that risk. The Spurs need to make sure that they don't put themselves in a position to get upset.
Uh no!!!!!Bowen on james, tp on gibson, finley on pavlovic (not sure last name), and TD on gooden, elson on Z..The spurs will try and go straight up at first but need to occasionaly bring over finley or manu help on double team of james.
Not have Chris Webber on your team.
The Cavs are good. They beat the Pistons 4 in a row. Not even sure the Spurs could do that.
Let Lebron work for his points, miss his FTs!
Control the rebounds, play Spurs team basketball!
Hope Tim won't get into foul trouble with Varejo's flops!
This was not the 2005 Pistons
Team D
Not letting his teammates go off.
You still try to guard him, but don't waste Bowen on him all game if Bowen can't be effective - put Bowen on the hot guy (whoever that might be) and shut them down.
I think a strategy that's been successful in the past that could be beneficial here is letting and asking LeBron get off in the first three while concentrating on shutting down his team and then concentrating on him in the fourth, since his team will most likely be cold.
Our experience in the Finals should help.
Rebounding and protecting the ball will be crucial. Pistons gave up too many layups and too many second chance points.
These aren't the same Pistons as 2005. It's not just the absence of Big Ben, but they don't seem to have the same chemistry as the 2005 team. This year and last year, you could see the team fragment the further they advanced, last year Flip isolated Ben, this year, Rasheed seemed to turn on Rip. If a team doesn't play for each other, they will loose regardless of the "talent on paper" (see Shaq/Kobe 2004).
I pin this on Flip Saunders. The Pistons pre-Flip had a history of success. Flip has a history of failure. Would Joe re-hire Carlisle?
1) Rebound
2) Sag off of James. Make him take jumpers. Close the lane if he penetrates anyway.
3) Stay at home on other players
Basically, solid basketball.
I also think not underestimating the Cavs will help. 'Appropriate fear' and all that. I think Pop and co will do a good job of that, but still. I don't think the Pistons were ever as worried as they should be.
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