One More Card: Tmac on Deron I can't think of many strategies to slow down the Jazz. This could be effective. Tmac did a great job on Nash in the last home regular season game. His length may be able to trouble Williams' shooting a bit, and we can put Rafer on Fisher. However, this could really wear Tmac down. Our supporting cast have too make their shots. Otherwise, the Jazz defence will again collapse on him, and take him out of the game.
Not a bad idea though. We need the refs more than any time before to win game 4. Watching the game photos, all you can see are Jazz players' hands on our players arms and faces and I doubt how many calls we got from those fouls. Yao hasn't learned from previous games and he simply could not avoid the steals and strips from Okur. Coach Tim must work with him on how to protect the ball, pump fake to get fouls and send the Osuckur to bench as soon as possible. TMac's jumpers are way too unreliable (and I do not believe Coach JVG is going to stop him and demand him to drive to the basket instead of shooting jumpers even that would cost our series). Our perimeter shooters are off for 4 games now. I can just expect very low scoring from our team till the end of this series. As such, either we lock them down on defence, or we got help from the Refs (at least fair whistles), or else, I can only see another disappointing playoff season with first round exit.
I wrote that earlier too. This would be a great idea. I remember when Tracy was guarding nash. He is really a good defender, but you know the fu*king refs call every fouls on us. I would like to see T-Mac on Deron. JVG DO THAT!
It's not a bad idea but i think the Rockets did a decent job as you can do on Deron in the first 3 games. That last one was just terrible defense on part of the team. He kept breaking in whenever he wanted to.
In game 1 Tmac was on Williams for a couple of minutes while Rafer was on the bench and he did pretty well, I dont think Deron scored. However, since we put Battier on Wade, who is even quicker then Williams, why dont we put Battier on Deron, since Utah dosnt have another premier perimiter scorer that could really burn us?
No way I'd want TMac trying to stick with Deron through all of those Utah picks. He'd be dead tired and useless on offense. I'd like to see how Span or Snyder guard Deron though.
As an add on, say we throw this line up out there: Rafer Snyder T-Mac Battier Yao Put Snyder on Deron, Rafer on Fisher, Yao on Boozer, and Battier on Okur (seriously, he'd defend him every bit as good as Hayes). T-Mac guards Harpring/Kirilenko. I wouldn't mind this at all.
Hahah I think you've been preaching this 4-5 times already. Sounds interesting, but good luck convincing Jeff. I don't know about putting Tmac on DWill.. maybe it'll work. Just don't do it when they're in Utah because the refs will destroy Tmac.
Tmac did a pretty good job on Dirk in the 2005 playoffs. Not only did he defend him well he also played well on offense. I would say Dirk is just as exhausting to defend as Williams. The problem with taking out Hayes is you don't have anybody to get those "hustle rebounds." Battier may get a few but he not nearly the rebounder that Hayes is. Rafer - Fisher Tmac- Williams Battier - Harpring/Kirilenko Hayes - Okur (but bring help if he starts to post up Hayes) Yao - Boozer
You know, it's funny because I'm not really trying to advocate this lineup so much as it just keeps coming up. I mean, right here I was just throwing it out as a hypotetical for how we defend Deron better without tiring out TMac. I can't help it that the same 5 players keep coming up as the anwer to our problems (more mobile defense, more offensive options, more dribbllers/drivers on the floor). It's just the lineup that keeps on giving.
I know Juwan has played really bad, but why not start with him instead of Hayes? Chuck will bring a good effort either as a starter or coming from the bench. For Juwan, starting from the bench seems to have an enormous psychological impact. Well, do not expect any changes though. With zero JVG changes the Rockets will still win in six.
Williams is the focal point of the Jazz offense. They run a million PnRs with him a game. And he runs cuts around the floor for the entire shot clock. Dirk simply posts up or recieves the ball on a wing and you have to get a hand in his face on the shot. There's no chasing, no defending him off the pick or dribble (doesn't drive against smaller guys). He's much easier to guard than Williams. That's why even Ryan Bowen could do it. Hayes hasn't gotten a lot of rebounds since game 2, and though he's getting about 8 a game in the series, his PnRs have been rendered useless, he's only scoring 5 points, and isn't drawing his defender out of the paint to free up Yao's post ups or Tracy's drives. I would hope the addition of better offense, more mobile defense, would offset the 2-3 or three rebounds he might get over Shane. Plus, Snyder rebounds well as a guard.
Normally, but in the series, that has meant that Juwan is matched up against Milsap, whis has been horrible. I'd like to see how he does against Okur while our hustle guy (Chuck) matches up with theirs.
