What can we change?

[mook]

It was me that said it and in game 1 it was the truth. Game 3 we should go too far away from the gameplan, since we have HCA; which usually helps to motivate our bench. If we lose game 3, then do anything.

Sorry, I forgot it was you. It was a pretty prescient observation.

A week or so ago I mentioned that this year I find myself asking myself, "Now what the hell is Nate supposed to do?!?!" instead of my old, "What the hell is Nate doing!?!?"

I'm yet again asking myself the former and not really coming up with much that I'm confident in.

 

[mook]

Start Roy over Matthews and give him more cowbell!!!!!

I'm tellin' ya....I got a fever, and the only cure....is more Brandon Roy!

 

[Minstrel]

Sounds like a good plan. Somebody pointed out to me in another thread the Miller/Batum/Wallace/Aldridge/Camby lineup sucked in game 1, though. *shrug* Maybe it'd work better if we went in with the plan to use it a lot more.

Yeah, but a one-game sample of a particular five-man unit seems rather small to make any conclusions. Even the best five-man unit could have a bad stretch. It's not like I expect a Miller/Batum/Wallace/Aldridge/Camby group to dominate every minute they play...but I think it would be worth trying to see if it could neutralize Kidd to some extent while really not weakening anything else the team does.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

I don't think any other lineup combo would help.

A huge problem is letting opposing PG's get into the paint at will.

This should be addressed during the off-season.

 

[RoyToy]

End the Roy at PG experiment. It's a dumb idea and won't work.

Perhaps try playing Dirk 1 on 1 and let him score 40. Don't let Peja/Kidd/Terry/etc beat you.

Stop trying so hard to take advantage of their smaller guards. We know we're trying to, they know we're trying to. It leads to bad entry passes/angles.

 

[UKRAINEFAN]

My idea for game 4: stop posting up Aldridge. I don't think he has been particularly successful at it for one. And they haven't needed to double team him so it hasn't helped the rest of the team much. I think for this series he could go back to the old Aldridge, shooting jump shots; this would pull Chandler/Haywood out and let us attack the middle with guys like Wallace and Matthews. If the defender loses his focus on Aldridge it might set him up for more alley oops, or if the defender slides back to the post to stop drivers, they could dish off to Aldridge. This strategy would also prevent Aldridge from becoming fatigued and maybe he could play better defense. He could still fake posting up some but pass or hand off sooner just so Dallas didn't realize what was happening. And then in the second half surprise them by driving to the basket a couple times.