quote:Tiago played pretty decently tonight. He set some beautiful screens that got Marco open for his threes, grabbed a lot of rounds and even dunked once.
Danny and Tiago continued to be worthless tonight like they have all series. Not sure why Pop keeps giving them so many minutes.
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Damn Saturday is unreal for sports. Premier league, match play in golf, nhl playoffs, derby, Spurs, & Money v Pac
I'm still curious why they didn't try feeding Marco the ball more. He was on fire most of the night.
quote:quote:Tiago played pretty decently tonight. He set some beautiful screens that got Marco open for his threes, grabbed a lot of rounds and even dunked once.
Danny and Tiago continued to be worthless tonight like they have all series. Not sure why Pop keeps giving them so many minutes.
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Damn Saturday is unreal for sports. Premier league, match play in golf, nhl playoffs, derby, Spurs, & Money v Pac
And the draft
And I'm hoping tonight was just a freaky bad night for Kawhi and he bounces back Saturday
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I'm still curious why they didn't try feeding Marco the ball more. He was on fire most of the night.
And Duncan. Duncan was 6-9 shooting. Marco did take 12 shots.
We had 40 points in the paint and Duncan was 6-9 and Boris was 8-12 and Tiago was 3-6. We needed to pound it more.
Don't underestimate the loss or limitation of Davis. I know a bunch of ya'll think Pop's hackaJordan is terrible, but wait until he is forced to miss 2/3 of his FT in front of a deflated home crowd with no legit back-up. KL had an awful game tonight, most of the Spurs had a bad shooting night, and the Clips were playing for their lives. If you want to jump ship, go for it. We'll have 50+ people at our house Saturday for the fight, but guess what they get to see instead... HaHaHaHaHa... Rocket fans will be stuck watching the Spurs win Game 7 on the road as a preview to their own demise.
AKA 13-0
Kawhi sucked a fatty tonight. He only had a dozen points.
quote:And to top it all off, LA only had 30 points in the paint. Limiting that is crucial for us.quote:quote:Tiago played pretty decently tonight. He set some beautiful screens that got Marco open for his threes, grabbed a lot of rounds and even dunked once.
Danny and Tiago continued to be worthless tonight like they have all series. Not sure why Pop keeps giving them so many minutes.
quote:I'll give you a few rebounds Guitarsoup. I saw Tiago screen once for a Belli three. But let me ask you. How many times did he pump fake and get blocked. Or miss an easy layup? Way more than his one dunk.quote:Tiago played pretty decently tonight. He set some beautiful screens that got Marco open for his threes, grabbed a lot of rounds and even dunked once.
Danny and Tiago continued to be worthless tonight like they have all series. Not sure why Pop keeps giving them so many minutes.
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Don't underestimate the loss or limitation of Davis. I know a bunch of ya'll think Pop's hackaJordan is terrible, but wait until he is forced to miss 2/3 of his FT in front of a deflated home crowd with no legit back-up. KL had an awful game tonight, most of the Spurs had a bad shooting night, and the Clips were playing for their lives. If you want to jump ship, go for it. We'll have 50+ people at our house Saturday for the fight, but guess what they get to see instead... HaHaHaHaHa... Rocket fans will be stuck watching the Spurs win Game 7 on the road as a preview to their own demise.
quote:He was 3-6 shooting. I'll take that all day long from him.quote:I'll give you a few rebounds Guitarsoup. I saw Tiago screen once for a Belli three. But let me ask you. How many times did he pump fake and get blocked. Or miss an easy layup? Way more than his one dunk.quote:Tiago played pretty decently tonight. He set some beautiful screens that got Marco open for his threes, grabbed a lot of rounds and even dunked once.
Danny and Tiago continued to be worthless tonight like they have all series. Not sure why Pop keeps giving them so many minutes.
Good you saw one screen. He had many. Watch the game on TNT Overdrive sometime and you can watch all the little things happening away from the ball. The Spurs create space for guys like Patty and Marco mostly through back screens by Tiago and Tim. And Tiago is one of the best in the business. These guys get open looks all day long because Tim+Tiago are two of the best at screening that have ever played the game.
I'd love nothing more than to see mental midget Howard getting trolled by Duncan again
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I'd love nothing more than to see mental midget Howard getting trolled by Duncan again
I love football, but I can check my phone to see who the Texans drafted and only take 10 seconds of my life
No cigar, chain, and sunglasses for Timmy?
I've never seen a team get away with that many moving screens. Griffin wasn't even pretending to get set, he was plain laying people out. Pathetic. If anyone is wondering why the Spurs always try to go over the double screen way out top, it's because they know good and well that the Clippers use that double screen to conceal grabbing the defender.
However, Kawhi and Manu both played like absolute trash. Combined 4 of 21. Parker was bad, but not as bad as he has been most of the series. We should have won this game even with the Clippers setting moving screens every time down the floor. The defense was there, but the offense was broken because Kawhi took a crapload of bad shots and Manu crumpled up and threw away 14 minutes of game time. Kawhi is trying to face up from the wing every time instead of doing what he's really good at and taking smaller guys into the post on the baseline. He can hit the pullup jumper, but not when the defense knows that's what's coming because he's not trying to do anything else. He's good, but he's not Kobe. When Manu is this bad and Pop insists on playing him, at least hide him off in the corner somewhere he can't f*** up the whole possession for everyone.
However, Kawhi and Manu both played like absolute trash. Combined 4 of 21. Parker was bad, but not as bad as he has been most of the series. We should have won this game even with the Clippers setting moving screens every time down the floor. The defense was there, but the offense was broken because Kawhi took a crapload of bad shots and Manu crumpled up and threw away 14 minutes of game time. Kawhi is trying to face up from the wing every time instead of doing what he's really good at and taking smaller guys into the post on the baseline. He can hit the pullup jumper, but not when the defense knows that's what's coming because he's not trying to do anything else. He's good, but he's not Kobe. When Manu is this bad and Pop insists on playing him, at least hide him off in the corner somewhere he can't f*** up the whole possession for everyone.
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No cigar, chain, and sunglasses for Timmy?
quote:It wasn't just shooting, or even offense. He really wasn't a major factor defensively. He didn't pick up the pressure on Paul until very late in the game, and really hasn't figured out how to defend Paul (not that it's an easy task). And he really didn't make much a huge impact in his other matchups, either.
Kawhi sucked a fatty tonight. He only had a dozen points.
The Spurs can thank an epic bench performance for keeping this game from being a blow out. Disappointing performance (but give LA credit, too) that has the Spurs facing elimination or the prospect of no rest and a quick turnaround for Houston.
quote:Yea losing Davis hurts them a lot. He wasn't great but he was giving them 10-15 passable minutes per game. Now Griffin + Jordan have to take them or Doc has to play Spencer Hawes.
Don't underestimate the loss or limitation of Davis. I know a bunch of ya'll think Pop's hackaJordan is terrible, but wait until he is forced to miss 2/3 of his FT in front of a deflated home crowd with no legit back-up. KL had an awful game tonight, most of the Spurs had a bad shooting night, and the Clips were playing for their lives. If you want to jump ship, go for it. We'll have 50+ people at our house Saturday for the fight, but guess what they get to see instead... HaHaHaHaHa... Rocket fans will be stuck watching the Spurs win Game 7 on the road as a preview to their own demise.
The Clips are coming into this game with 5 starters (Griffin, Jordan, Paul, Reddick, Barnes), and then Crawford and Rivers (and Rivers is awful on O). So they can go 6 deep before their play really starts to suffer. That's not good after they left it all on the floor tonight. If the refs are fair-ish and Kawhi isn't awful on O again, we should be able to beat them, especially as Splitter's starting to play okay again.
quote:Honestly, you will probably see more small ball than Hawes.quote:Yea losing Davis hurts them a lot. He wasn't great but he was giving them 10-15 passable minutes per game. Now Griffin + Jordan have to take them or Doc has to play Spencer Hawes.
Don't underestimate the loss or limitation of Davis. I know a bunch of ya'll think Pop's hackaJordan is terrible, but wait until he is forced to miss 2/3 of his FT in front of a deflated home crowd with no legit back-up. KL had an awful game tonight, most of the Spurs had a bad shooting night, and the Clips were playing for their lives. If you want to jump ship, go for it. We'll have 50+ people at our house Saturday for the fight, but guess what they get to see instead... HaHaHaHaHa... Rocket fans will be stuck watching the Spurs win Game 7 on the road as a preview to their own demise.
The Clips are coming into this game with 5 starters (Griffin, Jordan, Paul, Reddick, Barnes), and then Crawford and Rivers (and Rivers is awful on O). So they can go 6 deep before their play really starts to suffer. That's not good after they left it all on the floor tonight. If the refs are fair-ish and Kawhi isn't awful on O again, we should be able to beat them, especially as Splitter's starting to play okay again.
DJ or Blake
Barnes
Reddick
Crawford or Junior
Paul
i think Doc finally stops being retarded and plays spencer hawes. The guy is good
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Honestly, you will probably see more small ball than Hawes.
DJ or Blake
Barnes
Reddick
Crawford or Junior
Paul
If they do that, Kawhi better take whoever is covering him in the post every time.
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No cigar, chain, and sunglasses for Timmy?
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quote:No. He is not.
i think Doc finally stops being retarded and plays spencer hawes. The guy is good
Complete black hole on offense. He's so bad, Dennis Rodman makes fun of his offense.
He's 7 feet tall and shot 39% from the field this year. So about half what DeAndre shot.
His Per36 numbers are 12 and 7 with 5 fouls. His PER was 9.8.
quote:When they did it tonight, We took Boris straight at Barnes and made them pay.quote:
Honestly, you will probably see more small ball than Hawes.
DJ or Blake
Barnes
Reddick
Crawford or Junior
Paul
If they do that, Kawhi better take whoever is covering him in the post every time.
If there's a surer thing than Boris Diaw mowing down a small forward in the post after a switch, I don't know what it is.
quote:I wish he would.....
i think Doc finally stops being retarded and plays spencer hawes. The guy is good
Has any team without HCA won 3 on the road to win a series?
I don't think LA can beat them two games in a row, but I don't have a lot of confidence in the Spurs, the way they have played lately.
I don't think LA can beat them two games in a row, but I don't have a lot of confidence in the Spurs, the way they have played lately.
Anything can happen in game 7. It's one game. Either team could catch fire and bum rape the other team. It could go down to the last shot. Who knows.
Go Spurs go.
Go Spurs go.
And pop needs to go straight at Jordan and Blake from tipoff. Need one or both in foul trouble.
I don't know if any team has won 3 games on the road in a 7 game series, but I bet it doesn't happen often. With that said if any team can do it, it is the never say die Spurs.
I think the hack a Jordan experiment has largely failed this series. For any slight advantage we gain on points per possession, we seem to lose by not rebounding the miss, getting in foul trouble or taking ourselves out of offensive rhythm. It also lets the short rotation of the Clips rest up and catch their breath. Stop this strategy except in possibly one or two isolated possessions.
We also need to go offense first. Paul and Griffin get what they want regardless of who is guarding them. We need to focus on taking away the scoring of guys like Jordan, Redick, Barnes and Crawford. We need to ensure we have a squad on the floor with the offensive firepower to match the Clips. Guys like Splitter, Green (if he misses his 1st couple 3s), and Tony Parker need to sit the majority of the minutes. Leonard if he is off like game 6, needs to be an offensive rebounder and only shoot in the post.
Starters need to be Mills, Diaw, Leonard (with an aggressiveness and dedication to getting in the paint/post or he sits), Green (with a quick leash if he misses early) and Duncan. I would actually use Bonner more than Splitter. Give Manu and Beli some early minutes to see who has the hot hand. I would be fine starting either of them over Green. Parker needs to sit on the bench for at least 2 full quarters. I wouldn't even start him. We need to push the pace as fast as we possibly can. Mills and the hot hand of Green, Manu or Beli need to bomb away with even a sliver of daylight, Diaw or Bonner have to shoot the wide open 3 every time. I want Mills to shoot 15 shots and Diaw another 15-20. Diaw and Leonard need to get the ball in the post against smaller defenders. Duncan has to play 40+ minutes. Finally, run the Clips out of the gym relentlessly and tire them out so that mid range jumper fails in the 4th for Paul and Griffin and they have to use their weak bench (especially minus Big Baby).
Finally, we have to hit FTs. Parker and Splitter have killed us there. We are a much better team when we have at least 2 legitimate 3 point shooters on the floor. The starting lineup of Parker, Splitter, Green, Leonard and Duncan is the absolute worst lineup we can put on the floor, especially with green struggling from 3. Why we insist on them getting so many minutes is beyond me.
I think the hack a Jordan experiment has largely failed this series. For any slight advantage we gain on points per possession, we seem to lose by not rebounding the miss, getting in foul trouble or taking ourselves out of offensive rhythm. It also lets the short rotation of the Clips rest up and catch their breath. Stop this strategy except in possibly one or two isolated possessions.
We also need to go offense first. Paul and Griffin get what they want regardless of who is guarding them. We need to focus on taking away the scoring of guys like Jordan, Redick, Barnes and Crawford. We need to ensure we have a squad on the floor with the offensive firepower to match the Clips. Guys like Splitter, Green (if he misses his 1st couple 3s), and Tony Parker need to sit the majority of the minutes. Leonard if he is off like game 6, needs to be an offensive rebounder and only shoot in the post.
Starters need to be Mills, Diaw, Leonard (with an aggressiveness and dedication to getting in the paint/post or he sits), Green (with a quick leash if he misses early) and Duncan. I would actually use Bonner more than Splitter. Give Manu and Beli some early minutes to see who has the hot hand. I would be fine starting either of them over Green. Parker needs to sit on the bench for at least 2 full quarters. I wouldn't even start him. We need to push the pace as fast as we possibly can. Mills and the hot hand of Green, Manu or Beli need to bomb away with even a sliver of daylight, Diaw or Bonner have to shoot the wide open 3 every time. I want Mills to shoot 15 shots and Diaw another 15-20. Diaw and Leonard need to get the ball in the post against smaller defenders. Duncan has to play 40+ minutes. Finally, run the Clips out of the gym relentlessly and tire them out so that mid range jumper fails in the 4th for Paul and Griffin and they have to use their weak bench (especially minus Big Baby).
Finally, we have to hit FTs. Parker and Splitter have killed us there. We are a much better team when we have at least 2 legitimate 3 point shooters on the floor. The starting lineup of Parker, Splitter, Green, Leonard and Duncan is the absolute worst lineup we can put on the floor, especially with green struggling from 3. Why we insist on them getting so many minutes is beyond me.
What a devastating loss. Team came out flat and lackadaisical. Really no excuse for that. Not sure they really want it this year and Game 7 is going to be really hard to win. Really a bad bad loss.
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