yeah, i think that's what happened. but since they never executed the entire play, we'd never know what was actually called by adelman.
AB is really not getting it. He has already created lots of chances with his penetration. All he needs to do is to pass to the corner to setup a 3. He does not need to do layup all the time. I am also puzzled why AB does not pull up and shoot after he drives to the basket. In the past, it is always TMac and YaoMing doing the PNR. TMac can drive and TMac can shoot. Unfortunately, no one other than AB can dribble and create shots. You can also see Spurs are playing their 4th qtr sets. They always go thru Duncan and Parker. Duncan can play low and play high post. For Rox, in the 4th qtr, they do not have consistent sets of plays. Everyone can take a shot.
I don't know evenyou know basketball! How stupid you are! Aron played such a terrible game, you give credit to him? Yao played not perfect tonight, but he didn't make mistakes as much as AB. But Yao stillplayed OK tonight. His defense on Tim Duncan was absolutly a success! Damn it!
adelman should let wafer play... let him take 13 shots a game U can tell wafer was nervouse everytime he touched the ball. When wafer plays how he wants to we usually win and he usually gets many points. yao and wafer should be our 2 main superstars. artest shoudl be a spark off the bench
I guess its too much to admit another team just out executed at the end? It was a good game and the Rox had their chances, but came up short. The spurs did what a team like Utah or even portland will do and that is single Yao. When teams do that, the only guys that will be effective is brooks,artest,lowry, and wafer? Why? Because theyre the only players that can get a shot without Yao's help. Thats what Utah has done. Thats what SA will do. Thats what teams will do to eliminate or come close to scola,battier,barry and guys like that. I've read countless threads on brooks with no assist, but the spurs were dead set on turning him inot a scorer by their defensive alignment. He played ok, couldve been better, but the spurs are a good team. Yao played ok because he rebounded and played duncan mano on mano. On one of those last possession, he got his ass down, bent his back,spread his legs, arms up, and forced duncan into a poor shot. Like i've said before, yao can play defense like that all the time if he wants. I also thought or wish artest was in the post more against finley or udoka. I liked the way shane was diving and creating motion in the first half, but in the 2nd half, he turned back into the shane i'm bithing about.
Spurs plays very neat.. They waste no effort in any plays And Rockets still has the game close... If you watch the game execution, you kant even expect this is a close game. We can blame on Adelman and Brooks..but this season..just take it...
I really worry about Adelman. Really down by 1 and Brooks is driving into the lane? What about this..."Post the ball into Yao." Just do that Adelman. Just do that. Did you see what the Spurs did when they needed a score? Gave it to Parker or Duncan. It's really that simple. Saw what the Lakers did...give it to Kobe. You see what the Jazz do...Give it to Deron. Adelman doesn't need to make it difficult. No fronting this time, Timmy played behind Yao all night. Yao HAS TO get the ball. Post up Duncan and either go for the score or look to pass on a double. How many shots did Yao have in the 4th, i'm curious to know. Yao has to be the goto guy in the fourth and Artest has to be the 2nd goto guy. It really is that simple, no screens, motion...just post him up get him the ball. If they are fronting then reverse it around and post him up. It's like in close situations we do EVERYTHING but give it to Yao.
it's like the last time we lost to the spurs, missed layup in the end by brooks cost the game,damn, can we learn something from our loses.
when yao gets a single coverage, which is a rarity, he should get the ball more than tonight. and we ran ron on finley post-ups right out of the gate in the 1st quarter, it didn't work quite as well. we pretty much abandoned that after pop made the adjustment quickly and put udoka on him. aaron is much better suited as a scorer. by now, i think it's pretty obvious that lwory plays better with yao and aaron would be better with the reserves.
What essentially lost us the game was bad free throw shooting. If we stayed true to our 80% FT shooting then that would have been the difference. Other factors include: -Ron's r****ded full court foul with 1.6 seconds left that sent TP to the line for 2 points. -Roger Mason's lucky as sht half court shot. -Aaron's rejection by the bottom of the backboard. -Ron's fully open gym shot that would've forced OT.
You seriously encourage Aron keeps going and do the GREAT job AS USUAL??? I sense you are actually a Spur fan lurking here
adelman is an idiot. i think we should stop taking timeouts on last second possessions and just play.
