KokoTheMonkey

April 24th, 2005 - 7:00 PM (Central Time)


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We've waited for this all season long, and it's finally here - The playoffs. Denver has scored 100+ points in 20 out of their last 26 games, but averaged only 89.5 points against the Spurs in the 4 regular season matchups. Denver moves the ball around as well as anyone, and they run the floor as well as anyone also. For San Antonio, they feature the half-court game that relies on Duncan for offense. San Antonio can move the balll around pretty good as well, but it's more often that Duncan gets touches and the rest of the guys have to move around without the ball. Both teams have deep benches and rely on them pretty heavily, but the Spurs will be without Devin Brown in this series and Rasho Nesterovic might miss a few games as well, leaving the Spurs a little short-handed. This first game is huge for SA because they cannot afford to lose any home games, especially the first one. The Spurs level of play has fluctuated over the last 2 months, while Denver has been playing high level basketball steadily, so it will be interesting to see which Spurs team shows up.






Koko's Key's to Victory:



- Jumpers. We knock down jumpers, and Denver will have a tough time defending us. If Denver collapses in on Duncan like expected, our shooters have to be ready to knock down the open looks. If not, our offense will die.


- Transition defense. We have to get back after missed shots and TO's, because Denver can seriously push the ball. I expect the half-court defense to be fantastic, so we have to stop Denver from running up 20 points on the break.


- Take care of the ball. This one is closely related to the "key" above, but it definitely deserves it's own attention. Turning the ball over just means more fastbreak opportunities for Denver, and it means for running for Duncan. We have to limit the TO's in the 10-12 range.



Prediction: San Antonio 99, Denver 94



I like our chances mostly because of the 3 days in between games, giving the Spurs' coaching staff plenty of time to prepare, and giving Duncan more time to rest that ankle. Denver is a high-energy team that will be pumped up to play this game, but it's hard to go against the Spurs' 38-3 record at home this year.

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Southwest is best (Combined records):

Southwest: 125-84
Central: 118-85
Pacific: 108-96
Northwest: 96-112
Atlantic: 87-119
Southeast: 83-121

TheRoc5

if you look at the match ups you see we match up very well against them.
bowen i think will help contain melo and duncan will get the best of kmart, should be very intresting i think we will beat them b/c we are the better team and we have a delay wich prob will favor us b/c of duncans ankle and some other injuries that have occurd. pray that duncan or any of the spurs dont get injured and play basketball. simple as that.

THe Rocs SoIld pLan

- control tempo need to do this, they are a fast breaking team and a young run and gun, we will sufficate them if we play half court basketball

-take care of the Roc, we must not turn the ball over, if we do it will lead to ast breaks wich they are great at, wich brings up transition deffense

-play smart

Key player(s) duncan/parker- duncan cause of injury and parker b/c he can take advantage of miller

key match up- bowen vs melo- we contain melo around 15 pts wich would help take them out of there gm

score
Spurs 110
nuggets 99

leading scorer- duncan 30
leading assits- parker 8

!Go Spurs Go!

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Guth

If the guys are as fired up about this game as I am right now, then we will win by 400...I am so ready for this...

I feel good about this one...I think our boys will come out with that "whole nother level" that means that it is the playoffs...I think we can keep them out of their transition game and cause them to start taking bad shots, especially Melo...If we can get him to go for one of his patented 3-16 games against the Spurs, we will do fine...


Prediction:

Spurs 100
Nuggets 93

TheRoc5

yep your having the same feelings about this yrs playoffs as me im so excited and pumped up for this, reminds me of 2003 with out the lakers

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FreeMason Jr.

Only 400? Let's hope they're as fired up as me then .

Spurs: 98
Denver: 93

Leading Scorer: Parker with 21

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Personally, I think Parker and Miller will be a wash and the key matchup for us will be Manu vs whoever Denver throws out. Manu HAS to take advantage of their lack of a good 2 guard and try to take over the game with Parker and Miller canceling each other out and Duncan and all of Denver's big men canceling each other out. I really feel that Manu will have an awesome game 1 and duncan will do alright. GO SPURS!

Cloud's Keys to the Gold:

Penetration by Manu and Tony - We have to attack and kick when the defense collapses in the paint. Brent and Bruce and Glenn all have to knock down the open jumpers.

Get Duncan Involved - Start the game by giving Duncan the rock in the post and let him go to work and see how his ankle is. If they double him, immediatly pass it back out and either repost for a quick move or swing the ball.

Transition Defense - Obvious

Defensive Rebounding - Nazr and Tim and Horry all have to box out on the defensive end because I feel that Denver is not a very good outside shooting team. Carmelo might start chucking up shots at times and we need to capitalize and grab the boards.

My Prediction:
Spurs 97
Nuggets 91

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So we have another expert? And this one thinks he's clever j/k.

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Cloud786

Are my keys really that bad? I was thinking stuff up on the fly randomly and typing so if its bad, sorry.

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I didn't say they were bad. I said you think you're clever cause you're said "keys to the gold" instead of "keys to victory" like everyone else's said.

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yea i was gonna put that, but then thought that since everyone else uses victory, id use something different :P

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But the trophy isn't made of gold, is it?

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