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There's nothing like a recap and coffee to start the morning.
I know who pooh is, thanks. He's been around since his team was decent. His takes haven't gotten any better.
Timvp, any other players you want to see attacking the basket offensively?
Any chance of using Oberto like last year. There were times when Oberto would score in double digits because teams forgot about him.
I'm tired of seeing an alley-up between Paul and Chandler in every single quarter, what do you think 'bout switching in the PnR?
pooh, it's been a couple of years, but you're still as clueless as ever. Stick to writing books.
That's how the Spurs are going to win this series. Make Paul score 50 a game on jumpers to beat you.
The Spurs can beat NO with him going off and shutting everyone else down. They can't win when Peja's going for 25, MoPete for 12, etc. like what was happening in games 1-2.
Um, we were switching the pick and roll on the plays Chandler gets the oop. Parker gets switched onto Chandler, Tim or Thomas ends up on Paul, and he just throws it over the top.
Paul gets to the paint every time he lobs it for Tyson, we need to switch hard or before to avoid Paul getting to the paint, maybe even trap him.
I heard through a friend that Tim was still not 100%, and it showed. Manu's ankle is clearly bothering him. I guess they'll have to play through it.
Spurs had excellent ball movement in that game. Tim made the Hornets pay for their double-teams, but I don't think the Hornets are going away from that strategy anytime soon.
Bruce Lee Bowen on Peja was huge.
Trapping CP3 implies double teaming (in most cases) and that = a shooter being open.
Not sure that would be the ideal game plan.
No by all means don't do that, then we are back to the games 1 & 2 problems. I was just trying to think of a way to at least slow him down where everytime he attempts a shot it's not going to be two points. All this without altering our game 3 defensive gameplan much. I wonder what Scott is telling his team now.
Agreed..
Making CP3 a shooter instead of a distributer worked last night. Who cares if he gets 35 points? What I don't want to see is a scrub like Peja getting 25 points.
Great writeup about a great win. Three more to go!
CP3 and West got theirs, but no one else on the Hornets was really that effective except for maybe Chandler, but only because everyone on the team threw him a lob. Other than that, no one else went off. Bowen made it very hard for Peja and took him out of the game from the start.
Props to Pop and the team for making adjustments. Finley was great off the bench. He put a huge smile on my face in the first half with all them threes.
The Spurs did as best as they could on the pick and roll. That team has it down. I expect them (Spurs) to improve as the series goes on.
I wanted to see more of Barry last night, but Finley was on so I guess Pop decided to go with more minutes for Finley instead of Barry.
I'm just hoping that letting Paul completley go won't come back to bite us in a close game because he is so freakin hot. Like I said I wouldn't change a thing from last nights gameplan. I thought it worked out great. I just would like to maybe see us at least slow him down a little. That one move he faked Duncan on was freakin sick.
I also prefer Paul as a shooter, but I'd like to see him taking more jumpers instead of getting to the paint.
Observations from Game 3:
1.) Parker and Ginobli had very good games and should be commended for keeping SA in the game and this series....for now.
2.) However, Chris Paul took his game to an entirely different level last night. He is without a doubt the best point guard in the league and he showed it with every dazzling play. At one point, ESPN cameras showed Tony Parker dribbling downcourt after one of Paul's baskets. He couldn't help but to shake his head is disbelief. CP3 is amazing.
3.) Hornets will make the adjustments and come out guns blazing in game 4. I think you'll see increased defensive pressure and better ball movement compared to game 3. CP3 is at his best when he's a facilitator, not a scorer. Coach Scott knows that and he'll do what's necessary to get this team ready to take this series back to N.O. with a 3-1 lead.
4.) Bowen played good defense on Peja last night. If he can continue to stick to Peja like that, that will change the series since Peja's shooting is key for us.
In conclusion, as a Hornets fan I can't honestly say I woke up this morning worried at all. Spurs are a great team, they're the champs, and deserve as much respect as the Bulls teams from the 90's. However, everyone expected the spurs to show more tenacity in game 3 and that's what we saw. Winning game 3 for the Hornets would've been "a cherry on top" so to speak. It was in essence a game 7 for them.
But the Hornets showed alot of tenacity and were in this game from beginning to end. I would be worried if we would've lost by 15+ pts but that wasn't the case. San Antonio is not a team built to win games with their offense and that's exactly what they did last night. They won't continue to make shots that are continuously contested the rest of this series. That's not the way this team was built.
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timvp did not mention that the Spurs essentially went to a 7-man rotation: the big 3, Bowen, Thomas, Oberto, and Finley. Other players just got spot or garbage minutes. I'm wondering if the big 3 can continue 40+ minutes/game for the rest of this series.
You mentioned the key thing right there. If Peja can't get off on Bowen that really limits CP's distributing ability. And not to take anything away from Paul, but alot of those shots he were making were circus shots. Thats why Parker was shaking his head.
He has a ing mullet and looks like anyway.. why bother..
are you sure he was not crying and calling his mum ?Observations from Game 3:
1.) Parker and Ginobli had very good games and should be commended for keeping SA in the game and this series....for now.
2.) However, Chris Paul took his game to an entirely different level last night. He is without a doubt the best point guard in the league and he showed it with every dazzling play. At one point, ESPN cameras showed Tony Parker dribbling downcourt after one of Paul's baskets. He couldn't help but to shake his head is disbelief. CP3 is amazing.
BTW, I do not expect CP3 to shoot 15/25 every night - way above his average FG%
What a fantastic game of basketball!
Parker, OMG, and how Ginobili can tear a team up on one leg I will never know. Penetrating offense, crisp passing, knocking down shots; tough, harrassing, uncompromising defense. Great win.
More in game 4 please.
PS Paul is one of the three best players to enter the league since Duncan (with LeBron and ?).
I don't understand what you mean?
But the Hornets showed alot of tenacity and were in this game from beginning to end. I would be worried if we would've lost by 15+ pts but that wasn't the case. San Antonio is not a team built to win games with their offense and that's exactly what they did last night. They won't continue to make shots that are continuously contested the rest of this series. That's not the way this team was built.
Uh there were no contested open jumpers.
The Spurs have always made clutch shots.
Just keep thinking the Spurs will choke
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