Dwight Howard says he'll guard Aldridge for "most of the game" tomorrow.

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  1. KingSpeed

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    KingSpeed, Apr 22, 2014
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    Correction. He'll TRY to guard aldridge. Sounds like a great game for aldridge to drills 3s while wes posts up harden and lopez cleans the offensive glass.
     
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    Man that'd be sweet. Lopez and Batum run the pick and roll... No wait the flops would foul out Lopez. Wes posting up... No wait the flops will foul out Wes. Lillard on the drive. Nope, flops in the key will foul out Lillard.

    It's going to suck. The rockets will adjust by flopping more.
     
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    I wonder if they'll start Asik instead of Jones, and put him on Lopez.
     
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    The goal won't be to effectively guard LA, but rather to get him into foul trouble.
     
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    In other words Howard will be elbowing Aldridge in the ribs and stomach all game.
     
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    With offensive fouls? There's no reason Aldridge would have to take Howard on the other side of the floor...
     
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    The Blazers should be ecstatic about this idea...

    The only way to stop Wes in the post when guarded by Harden is for Dwight to come help side defense and intimidate the shot. If he wants to guard LaMarcus 15-18 feet away from the basket that totally clears out the lane for both Dame and Wes. If Dwight doesn't come out in an effort to guard the rim, Aldridge has a big game with his strength, the medium range jumpshot.

    If I was Stotts, I'd be begging for Houston to give that a try!
     
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    Aldridge is quicker than Howard, could be interesting....
     
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    LA should go right at Howard early and get him in foul trouble.

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    Aldridge should take it to him. Elbow him in the chest under the basket, run out to 18 feet, catch and shoot. Lillard can rebound.
     
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    This would be great because it will allow LA to bring Dwight out of the lain and create driving lanes for all our guards/wings. Its going to mean LA is going to need to pass the ball and not shoot 20 times this game but he should be okay with that.
     
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    Howard will flop the minute LA puts his back to him.
     
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    This. My distaste for LMA's jump-shooting game is well known, but if Howard is guarding him then I want LMA to take one step back and shoot the 3, or pass into Wes in the post.
    Pick/pop, Dame doubled passes to LMA, Wes cuts to low block and LMA either sticks the 3 or quickly dumps to Wes for a lay-up.
     
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    By driving into him and flopping like a fish. The Howard guarding Aldridge part is to beat the shit out of him.
     
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    Definitely.
     
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    This.

    I was a bit surprised Howard was suspended for the elbows.
     
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    Yeah, because that big brutus LaMarcus is so much stronger and more powerful than Dwight Howard. LaMarcus will be knocking Howard back five feet, like he's made of cardboard. And the refs will buy it.
     
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    That's adorable. You haven't yet read the script for this series? Any contact between LA and Howard will be whistled on LaMarcus. It's already been decided.
     
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