Monday 27 May 2013

NBA 12/13 WALKTHROUGH G3 Spurs vs Grizzlies


  • Coaches have to do exelent job to put their players in situation where they can be successful, create environment and let them win.
  • The players are extension of what coach teach them.
  • Coaches  have to prepare their teams for all possible scenarios they may face.
But if you play your opponent with conviction you have great chance to win.You have to explane players why you play it, that gives them bit of ownership and they will understand it better and of course you have to repet those plays over and over in practice. 
Somtimes your game plan from some reasons, dosn't work. Good example is   Game 3, where after sloppy begining, the Spurs cauht up rhitm and sturted to execute game plan.
As usual, the Spurs haven't panicked and started to bounce back from behind in a major way, cutting the big deficit and force overtime. From there, Tim Duncan took over, leading the Spurs to a decisive win.
First,  let's check stats:

                    
                                  Shot Selection - 1stQ


See belowe how Spurs beat Grizzlies on the floor. They simple make adjustments on the fly and exploited an advantages such as:

                                         Transitionn Offense




The Grizzlies weren't able to counter the Spurs in transition because of their tall unit was slow in defensive transition

                                          Spacing and Read 





The Spurs spacing and reading the defense was tremendous.Every time the Grizzlies high hedge Spurs players read it and punished  either scoring from perimeter or under basket.
                                            Pick and Roll




The same situation was when we talk about Grizzlies pick and roll defense.They send to high their bigs far from the basket.The defense that they employed was unadequate to counter the Spurs.