http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2004-02-11/0624766152.shtml Yao mentioned he had to keep eyes on Duncan and Hory. When he found out that Ginobli meant to shoot it himself, he went up and it was a second late. Folks please be rational when blame Yao on his defense for this play. Or again it is "Yao's fault" to not defend them all ? Yes, Yao has conditioning problem. But among all the guys, I have seen he ran the floor most, consuming a lot of energy by doing that.
It's called HELP-SIDE Defense... Step up, and at least get in front of him...you're 7' freakin 6" for f*ck sake... IT WASN'T ONE ISOLATED INCIDENT...Gino & Parker drove to the hole for several easy layups...
are u a fu#cking idoit. Ginobili layup was real high up off the glass. Yao jumped for it but couldnt get it. Is yao suppose to gurad everyone or something.
its called...stay on your man so you dont put your bigman in a situation like that. How many times was yao chasing around guards because of the lack of our perimeter defense
Yao said he couldn't leave Duncan open, and he had to keep an eye on Horry. When Yao found out that Manu was going to shoot, he already threw the ball up. Who was reaponsible for guarding Manu at first place?
no, that's called: switching or if not a complete switch, "showing" on a pick and roll. That's the way the play is designed. Earlier in the season, Yao and Cato wouldn't do this and would let SF or CM or Moochie or whoever get creamed by the picker. Yao has gotten much better at this throughout the course of this season.
Yao was late to help on that play. In fact, Yao gets dunked on a lot for someone his size because he's often late to rotate over. His lack of lateral quickness is his biggest weakness on defense. For a man his size, he just can't move his feet quick enough to cover athletic swing men like Ginobili. That's why teams often run pick n roll against us and try to exploit Yao's weakness. To be fair to Yao he has made big improvements on his lateral quickness since last season, but he needs to continue to work on it. However, Yao is not the only one to blame on that play. Ginobili just drove right to the basket. That was TOO EASY. Someone was supposed to at least put a body on him.
Chances are if Manu missed the layin, the man he was guarding TD would of been open for an offensive putback. That was a play by design where even if Manu missed the help defender would of had to leave Duncan open for a layin.That's how it worked when Yao got a block on Horry in the paint. Yao had to leave Duncan to help on defense that time and Duncan in turn got the offensive put back for a layup.
Spare us your Yao-excuses. Yao didn't make anymore trips up and down the court than any of his teammates.
Did you see Shark move the same distance as Kobe when they placyed? Even though Shark is damn strong, his physical condition is way much better than Yao. The reason Rox could not play well is that they could not play smart basketball. We need better IQ players, that's for sure.
They do that to Shaq too, Yao will always be too slow to defend a pick and roll because it always involves guard-forward and a player Yao is guarding. Stuart
Yao set 80% of the picks and constantly defend 2-3 guys when he has a big assignment: TD. He gives a lot more than you give him credit.
Yao has to clean up for a lot of the screwups by the perimeter defense which is arguably a key weakness on this team. Perimeter defense is the main reason why this team loses to teams like the Sonics, Grizzlies, Kings, and Mavs.
yeah right, it is like containing TD is not a accomplishment yet. TD shot 10/23, and got 10 boards only. If you have guy that can do it to TD, leave him to TD all night and hope the rest of your team beat the rest of Spurs.
Manu gets to the basket on almost everyone. It's not walking he just has very long strides, great change of direction stride to stride on the drive, sees and takes the angles to penetrate, makes very sharp quick cuts. When he gets to the basket he doesn't always finish though. Those were tough lay-ups but they fell.
