It doesnt matter if he shut down nowitzki when T-mac is too tired to attack the basket on the other end. Because unlike Dallas, T-mac is the heart of the offense. If hes not on, game over. Now i wouldnt mind if bowen guards Dirk and we give him nother 5 or 6 points to pad his stats. Because in the end, that would help us get the win. T-Mac is too tired and he cant do everything. Since he is more important to our offense than our defense than we have to sacrifice and give dirk a few more points so we can win. So we dont have these stretches where we dont score at all.
In regular season, Sura's biggest contribution was his hustle. But in playoffs, everyone hustles, his ball handling problem and lacking of court vision and passing skills really hurt us. On top of that, if he can't hit open jumpers, we are really in trouble. That's how you get TMac tired on the end, coz he had to bring the ball up and set the offense. That's how you can't get ball into Yao's hands. In some of the moments, when the big man is running the floor, good things usually happens. But if your PG is not able to pass, it's not helping. MJ was terrible tonight as well, his decision making is worse than SF3. I just hope JVG could get them cool down a little bit. I was uncomfortable with those signs and interviews, we just lost focus.
T-mac won the battle but not the War Shutting down Dirk means Finley and Terry are left open And yea. . T-mac had 36 but HOW MANY DID HE HAVE AT CRUNCH TIME when we NEEDED it most? As with everything it is about TIME better to hit 12 pts in the 4th than in the 1st yea they count the same but they effect momentum better in the 4th because it is CRUNCH TIME Rocket River
Yeah, imagine how this series would look right now if Cato was playing the 4 beside Yao. The rebounding would definitely be better that's for sure. And their interior defense would be light years better.
I think bowen needs to be relegated back to his normal minutes. He was great the first 2 games but Dallas has adjusted to his defense. He gets the occassional hustle play still but he's such a liability on offense that we lose our flow on that end. If we have to work extra hard to score because bowen is an offensive liability it takes away from our energy for defense as well. Our offense is looking a bit forced out there right now because we're pretty much passing amongst 4 offensive weapons and even less when we have bowen and mutombo out on the floor. JVG at halftime put padgett in and we got off some quick offense and it seemed to work. JVG will fine tune this strategy and we'll see a different team in Dallas. This has been a great series and although it hasn't gone the way we hoped, at least we know this is the best series out of all the match-ups so far.
I wouldnt mind if T-mac didnt guard Dirk until the second half. Hopefully that will give him more energy when it comes to crunch time in the 4th quarter. Bowen seems to be doing a good job on Dirk so far this series. Lets leave him on Dirk more often and see what happens.
I never thought I would say this...But imagine if we included in that package Mo Taylor and kept Cato...ooh the possibilities
Right now I'd love to have a guy like Terry, Stackhouse, or Finley on the Rockets. Somehow obtain Bobby Simmons? We need defensive dude like Josh Howard but a guy who's not a jerk like him. A guy who can guard all 5 positions but who can also shoot..Mike Miller Posey..the Mavs one of their guys. Then power forward. I like Chandler and Swift. And wow you see Ginobili? He's really good. He can slash. He's quick. He can dribble..he can pass and shoot. Tmac is not as quick as him. Maybe cuz soreness and injuries and fatigue. But look at the energy Ginobili has..but Ginobili has guys with him who can keep up..man he's amazing. It'd be nice if we had a guy like Manu with Tmac..but someone more tough with defense and like strength. I don't know maybe get rid of Sura?
He doesn't get those 17 points in the 3rd, you wouldn't have needed a "crunch time", because Dallas would have been blowing us out by 20. Let me borrow a few words from JVG: What you do at teh beginning of the game, and throughout the game, is JUST AS IMPORTANT as what you do at the end. The quarters are not isolated from one another, what you do in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th quarter impact the outcome equally as much as what you do in the last 2 minutes. go ask JVG and he will tell you how it works
Dirk is the heart of their offense. He was shut down and his role players stepped up. Our guy was tired (maybe), our role players cratered/didn't step up. Were they tired? Maybe. Was it mental or physical fatigue? Maybe a little of both.
Well, Les Alexander said on SR610 that he would rather "win than make money", those words will be seriously tested in the off-season. Dallas has a $90 million payroll, ours is $58 million. You want Terry, Finely, Stackhouse and others you will need to pay up money. The guy I am dying for is Joe Johnson, but he won't be cheap, probably will get at least $8 million next season. We need a player like that to be able to score and make teams pay for doubling on Yao/Mcgrady. Considering how talented teams are in the league right now, nothing less than a good backcourt player, and a good PF will do this off season.
I understand that but I think the point is. . . . T-mac ran out at the end Role Players need to help keep us in the game so T-mac can finish it .. . because he is our best finisher Rocket River
Yeah but there are things like salary cap. Resign Mutombo and Barry. But I hope we go after some young athletic skilled players or we'll just be the same team.. Joe Johnson is good.. Idon't like him because he is on the Suns . But he would be good..he is similar to Stackhouse but smaller and younger. Either would fit well with us..but I don't know if we can get them. HOPEFULLY! Joe Johnson, Tmac, and Yao sounds good. Howard returns..Sura and James..Barry Padgett Bowen Mutombo. But 8 million a year? That's a lot..I don't know I'd rather go after Mobley..biased preference..but not likely either!
How can we get either Mobley or Joe Johnson?? We only have the mid-level exception and nither one of those guys is going to take that kind of discount. No way that Les wants to pay the luxury tax and I dont blame him for that either. Our best best is praying that Swift/Chandler/Marshall some how decide to come here for the mid level and then draft an athletic swingman to back up T-Mac.
come on guys.....lets not worry about the offseason. there are 2 more games to be won. now, a couple of bad bounces that went dallas's way, i think, won this game. i mean. if the refs opened up their eyes and saw the hack job that yao got at the end of the game, and we could have went up by two. but then the mavs come down and hit a JT 3 pointer.....from a broken up play. now, if we came away with that loose ball, then no one here would be thinking about who could help us next year. keep on believing.
Let me tell you why. The referrees or league officials have seen how RyBo neutralized dirk in the first 2 games and decided to foul him out by 2nd Quarter plus giving the floppy floper all the free throws to help out. JVG saw the tighter treatment RyBo got and realized only TMac won't get such a bad treatment, therefore he's the only hope to guard Dirk. I feel for JVG.
