Getting Ready for the Spurs

[Errntknght]

Ouchie-Z-Clown,

will parker and floppy wear down? not likely. but you make the elsons, obertos, duncans, barrys, horrys, and finleys run, run, run, and i'll bet you some of 'em are gassed by the end of games and certainly at the end of a long series. if horry and finley lose their legs it makes 'em much easier to defend. so run suns, run. not always with the purpose of getting the quick or easy basket, but with the ulterior motive of setting the opponent up for the end.

I don't disagree with the idea of running the max because its the Suns style and we play better when we're able to force the pace.

Unfortunately, of all the players you mentioned only Duncan plays enough minutes to be bothered by that strategy. Finley, Oberto and Elson log the most minutes among the others and they average under 25 minutes/game. There's also a 4 day interval after the first two games so there isn't likely to be a 'series' effect until game 6 or 7.

 

[Cheesebeef]

cheesebeef,

I don't disagree with the idea of running the max because its the Suns style and we play better when we're able to force the pace.

Unfortunately, of all the players you mentioned only Duncan plays enough minutes to be bothered by that strategy. Finley, Oberto and Elson log the most minutes among the others and they average under 25 minutes/game. There's also a 4 day interval after the first two games so there isn't likely to be a 'series' effect until game 6 or 7.

uh, I didn't write what you responded to.

 

[Errntknght]

cheesebeef,

uh, I didn't write what you responded to.

Sorry about the mistaken attribution... I'll fix it forthwith.