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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 20, 2024 12:27:57 GMT -8
Gotta imagine it's Tucker who starts and will be on Luka first. Harden and George gonna need to be the good versions of themselves.
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 20, 2024 12:40:53 GMT -8
Gotta imagine it's Tucker who starts and will be on Luka first. Harden and George gonna need to be the good versions of themselves. Probably. Though I would rather see Russ start and be on Kyrie with PG on Luka and Harden off the bench. But that won't happen.
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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 20, 2024 12:49:51 GMT -8
Gotta imagine it's Tucker who starts and will be on Luka first. Harden and George gonna need to be the good versions of themselves. Probably. Though I would rather see Russ start and be on Kyrie with PG on Luka and Harden off the bench. But that won't happen. PG is gonna have such a big load that they're probably going to limit him guarding Luka. Plus from what I remember, it's only an ok match up for him since Luka can use his body to create space on George who isn't quite as strong as Tucker/Kawhi. Tucker actually is a decent prototype to guard Luka. Just gotta hope he doesn't kill us offensively. Russ and Zu together can cause some spacing issues offensively too.
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 20, 2024 13:02:02 GMT -8
Probably. Though I would rather see Russ start and be on Kyrie with PG on Luka and Harden off the bench. But that won't happen. PG is gonna have such a big load that they're probably going to limit him guarding Luka. Plus from what I remember, it's only an ok match up for him since Luka can use his body to create space on George who isn't quite as strong as Tucker/Kawhi. Tucker actually is a decent prototype to guard Luka. Just gotta hope he doesn't kill us offensively. Russ and Zu together can cause some spacing issues offensively too. Yes, that would be the down side of that strategy. But I'm not as concerned about us scoring on the Mavs as I am them scoring on us, especially with Harden and Powell coming off the bench. But again, moot point, that's not happening.
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Post by babyradar01 on Apr 20, 2024 18:37:29 GMT -8
Kawhi should take a long hard look at Embiid....a true warrior.
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Post by v-ice on Apr 20, 2024 19:07:35 GMT -8
Lue Plz Don’t start Powell or Westbrook. Keep them coming off the bench. Start Coffey.
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Post by mistwell on Apr 20, 2024 19:55:58 GMT -8
Gotta imagine it's Tucker who starts and will be on Luka first. Harden and George gonna need to be the good versions of themselves. I think it's Amir
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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 20, 2024 20:17:12 GMT -8
Gotta imagine it's Tucker who starts and will be on Luka first. Harden and George gonna need to be the good versions of themselves. I think it's Amir Who guards Luka? Amir is too wiry. The only other thing I can think of is we might just blitz Luka, force the ball out of his hands and live with their other guys trying to beat us. It would make us susceptible to give up more 3s, but I can see us possibly gambling in this one. Allows us to keep Zu in the game and play better offensive players. We'll need the Harden-Zu pick and roll on the other end too.
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Post by mistwell on Apr 20, 2024 21:57:35 GMT -8
Who guards Luka? Amir is too wiry. The only other thing I can think of is we might just blitz Luka, force the ball out of his hands and live with their other guys trying to beat us. It would make us susceptible to give up more 3s, but I can see us possibly gambling in this one. Allows us to keep Zu in the game and play better offensive players. We'll need the Harden-Zu pick and roll on the other end too. For what it is worth, Luka has not shot well for about 8 straight games now. It's Kyrie and others who brought a lot of scoring. No idea if that holds for this game of course.
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Post by dane on Apr 21, 2024 3:11:10 GMT -8
Kawhi should take a long hard look at Embiid....a true warrior. He obviously knows what anyone can see watching Phily--without him, they have no chance. So he risks it all. Hard to believe he put himself back in the game after the first half injury.
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Post by v-ice on Apr 21, 2024 7:22:49 GMT -8
Who guards Luka? Amir is too wiry. The only other thing I can think of is we might just blitz Luka, force the ball out of his hands and live with their other guys trying to beat us. It would make us susceptible to give up more 3s, but I can see us possibly gambling in this one. Allows us to keep Zu in the game and play better offensive players. We'll need the Harden-Zu pick and roll on the other end too. You can’t blitz Luka especially when Kyrie is on the court w him.
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Post by corkscrew on Apr 21, 2024 8:39:40 GMT -8
Lue Plz Don’t start Powell or Westbrook.Keep them coming off the bench. Start Coffey. Don't worry v-ice, Lue doesn't listen to me, he's very stubborn like that.
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Post by v-ice on Apr 21, 2024 9:57:47 GMT -8
Lue Plz Don’t start Powell or Westbrook.Keep them coming off the bench. Start Coffey. Don't worry v-ice, Lue doesn't listen to me, he's very stubborn like that. Lol
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Post by hitnrun24 on Apr 21, 2024 10:27:05 GMT -8
Who guards Luka? Amir is too wiry. The only other thing I can think of is we might just blitz Luka, force the ball out of his hands and live with their other guys trying to beat us. It would make us susceptible to give up more 3s, but I can see us possibly gambling in this one. Allows us to keep Zu in the game and play better offensive players. We'll need the Harden-Zu pick and roll on the other end too. You can’t blitz Luka especially when Kyrie is on the court w him. Agree it's not a great option. But you also can't leave Zu on him in drop. And if you take Zu out then we don't have the Harden-Zu pnr for offense. Zu may get benched this series at some point when Kawhi returns, but losing him and Kawhi would be tough.
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Post by nuraman00 on Apr 21, 2024 11:54:01 GMT -8
We can still beat the Mavs w/o Kawhi. Harden is the key. This is why we traded for him in case one of 213 couldn’t play. Plus Mann needs to contribute… So we don't need defense against the Mavs? They need rebounding, which only comes as a result of defense.
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