Rockets seal their season with the 5th in West Conference. That's the best score they've obtain since the past 10 years! And another good news is they won't bother to fly to Seattle where there rains 9 months a year. But who's going to be sent on Notwizki? The big guy is big trouble for Rockets to move further.
My best bet would be Ryan Bowen, he's an above average defender, he's faster than Scott Padgett and Clarence would just be too short for Dirk, Bowen wouldn't be able to completely shut down Dirk, no one can, but he'd beone of the best matchups. T-Mac wouldn't do a bad job either, he's listed as 6'8 but he seems taller, T-Mac would be able to keep up with him, the only problem is he's not known as a great defender, if he really puts his heart into defence, I think he'd do a good job, he should be playing really hard especially in the first round as well since he's never been past it (came close but overconfident) when he first came to Toronto he was new and played great defence, lets hope he'll show that in the playoffs...
I think to try to match up dallas offense with our defense is crazy. because we have mismatch in almost every position. Wesley is surely a lot shorter than Finley. I dont thikn Sura also can hold onto Jet Terry. The best strategy for us now i think is to keep up our offense also. Even though since avery took control of mavs, their defense become stronger but it still quite vulnerable for yao and t-mac to exploit. Even though we can't guard Dirk, we must make sure we get the rebound and minimize their second chance points.
I can recall in two games this season against Dallas, we tried to play their style by running and gunning and giving McGrady most touches. We've come out 1-1 on those two games. However, I would think that's the most effective way to play the Mavericks. If we're going to play Bowen at the power forward, we would need him to hit his open shots as Avery Johnson is probably not afraid to leave him alone, as many others have done this season. If Bowen can hit his mid range jumpers, it would free up a lot of space for McGrady and Yao.
I just remembered the game a whiel back when we played they and we finished with 127 points I think, in that game Juwan basically every shot he took, he really pumped up his team mates whenever he made a shot by fisting his hand and raising it to his chest. It's really a shame we won't get to see this during the playoffs. With Sura guarding Terry and Wesley guarding Finley wouldn't it be better to have those two switch on defense? I mean Wesley could probably keep up with Terry for most of the game and Sura isn't that much shorter then Finley..But i'm not really good with working our matchups and such...
I think the Rockets are going to give Dirk a lot of different looks in the series. Jeff Van Gundy knows, one player is not going to beat his team. The Rockets need to shutdown the rest of Dirk's teammates and everything else will fall into place. Also the Rockets can benefit from playing a lot of Zone, when Mutombo comes in the game. They can trap Dirk with double teams and force him to give up the ball because Mutombo is going to contest anyone who tries to go to the basket. The Rockets should be able to live with Dirk taking jumpers all game. Dirk does most of his damage when he's able to get to the hoop and to the free throw line. If they can keep Dirk off the charity stripe the Rockets defense has been successful. I think this series is going to be determined by bench play. The starters are pretty evenly matched, but will Houston have the players off the bench to match Jerry Stackhouse, Marquis Daniels, and Keith Van Horn.
I think Sura and Wesley should switch on defense. Sura is bigger than Wesley at 6-5 and isn't that bad of a defender. It'll be wiser to have Wesley chase Terry around as well because Wesley has more stamina and is speedier. Off the bench we'll also have Mike James who can do a good job chasing Terry around as well.
For Nowitski, I think either McGrady or Ryan Bowen will be guarding him. I mean, Bowen did a decent job against Marion who is a similar play while McGrady has the speed and wing span to contend Nowitski's shots. Obviously, Wesley and Sura are going to switch on defense so that Wesley will guard Terry while Sura will guard Finley. For one, Wesley is much faster and smaller player. Sura on the other hand has the height to guard Finley and otherwise is a pretty good defender.
Bowen is the best person to start the 4 for us. I dont think he will be much of a help offensively for us though. Teams are gonna leave him so it will be easier to hold tmac or yao. He has to make shots, i remember in pheonix, he held the ball wide open 15 feet from the basket and just stood there. The whole arena was like shoot! I think Gundy will just experiment and then see what works for the best.
I think Ryan Bowen is the best hope for the Rockets. The only problem with that is Ryan Bowen will not cause Dirk to exert any kind of energy on the defensive end, allowing him to conserve his energy for offense. To make things worse, every minute Ryan Bowen is on the court, that's an extra minute that Dallas can double Yao or Tracy, with basically no consequences to speak of. Weatherspoon can stretch the defense a little more than Bowen, and Padgett can stretch the defense considerably more than 'Spoon, but neither can even dream of guarding or even bothering Dirk. So, on the defensive end Ryan Bowen is the best choice, but he might cause more problems on the offensive end than would be worth living with. Spoon and Padgett are the exact opposite. Pick your posion, Jeff Van Gundy.
what about torraye braggs? all ive seen him play is garbage minutes, ive heard all teh hype about him but i havent even seen him play an actual game yet.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting chineseafro:</div><div class="quote_post">Yeah but the Mavs dont have anyone to match Tmac and Yao. Its all about our 2 to their 1.</div> If we are going to play the numbers game it is our two (Yao and McGrady) vs. their 4 (Dirk, Terry, Finley, Stackhouse). If they only had the one start like you said, then I would feel a helluva a lot better about our chances than I do right now.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting QbanBalla15:</div><div class="quote_post">wont make a difference who guards him mavs win series 4sho</div> Get out, this is a rockets forum, in fact not only a rockets forum, we'd welcome Mavs fans to come here and discuss with us but not members who are just trying to increase their post count. This thread has nothing to do with your nets, and if you think Mavs will win at the very least post a reason instead of just posting your opinion and making it out as a fact.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Dan Le:</div><div class="quote_post">My best bet would be Ryan Bowen, he's an above average defender, he's faster than Scott Padgett and Clarence would just be too short for Dirk, Bowen wouldn't be able to completely shut down Dirk, no one can, but he'd beone of the best matchups. T-Mac wouldn't do a bad job either, he's listed as 6'8 but he seems taller, T-Mac would be able to keep up with him, the only problem is he's not known as a great defender, if he really puts his heart into defence, I think he'd do a good job, he should be playing really hard especially in the first round as well since he's never been past it (came close but overconfident) when he first came to Toronto he was new and played great defence, lets hope he'll show that in the playoffs...</div> Bowen may be doing a better job on the defense end than offense, but still far from good enough for the German. Judging on the one-on-one defending ability, Howard on injury list would be jeff's favorite option. When Tmac concentrates too much on defense, there must be miner impact on his behavior, which will be fatal to the number one scorer of the team. Hard to make a choice isn't it? Now we know what Rockets lack of as "the best defending team in the league". As for Bob Sura, he seems still in lack of confidence in Yao as sometimes Yao gets his position and ready for a big round but Bob just doesn't confident to pass the ball onto the Chinese hands.
As for Bob Sura, he seems still in lack of confidence in Yao as sometimes Yao gets his position and ready for a big round but Bob just doesn't confident to pass the ball onto the Chinese hands.
Finley struggled against us this year......Wesley can hold his own there.......I think Sura will be okay on Terry.......and most likely we'll start Ryan Bowen
I think TMac should be the matchup for Nowitzki...he'll make Dirk work defensively, and while Dirk will make TMac do the same, I have more confidence in TMac's sidekick Yao and his shooters, Sura and Wesley...if not TMac, I think Bowen should be used, as he brings a lot of hustle and energy and has the height to also contest Nowitzki's jumper...
