You have to break a few eggs

[thecampster]

To make an Omelot you have to break a few eggs. That means you need to miss a few shots and you need to get a few blocked.

If the Hawks want any chance of winning game 2 they need to relentlessly drive the ball to the hole off of pick and roll ala the Utah Jazz of the 90's. Bibby and JJ at the top....Horford and Josh setting the picks...Marvin spotting up in the corner. Run pick and roll relentlessly and challenge Dwight Howard on every trip down until he gets 2 fouls. This has to be the 1st quarter plan in game 2. Pick and roll to the basket is the best way not let Dwight get his feet set for the leap.

Will you miss a few shots? YEP...Will Howard block a few shots? YEP. But what I saw in the first 21 minutes of that game last night was nothing more than a mind game. Howard convinced the Hawks they couldn't drive on him. They have to or this series is over. Joe and Horf, Bibby and Josh....run at Howard every play no matter the outcome. Make the defense collapse to help him down low or you'll never get a clean look.

Defensively. Same basic approach, dare them to drive to the basket. Man on the wings, 2 deep on the blocks on either side. Get right up in the guards faces and dare them to drive. Make Orlando put the ball on the floor. When they are allowed to isolate and pass, dumping it in down low...they are dangerous. Do not let the guards help on Dwight...Josh and Al need to help each other and no one else. Give him his points...do not let him pass. Let Howard break some eggs by scoring over you but by no means let him dictate by getting you in foul trouble or by drawing you in to set up the 3.

[CrawDaddy]

Amen. Nail on the head.

[NoJumpshotsNumber5]

Exactly, who care if you get your shot blocked. The refs might see it as a foul or goaltend.

[thecampster]

Exactly, who care if you get your shot blocked. The refs might see it as a foul or goaltend.

Just looking at what Gerald Wallace was able to do getting Dwight in trouble. There is a difference between getting you shot blocked when you pull up at 8 feet and he jumps out and gets a piece and when you go strong to the hole and he blocks it off the backboard. Yes he'll get those but the floor gets bigger for dish, drive, kick out, rotation when you first drive to the front of the rim.

[dakast]

Yes, i'd love to see the Hawks attack the basket........but I know they want. For some reason they insist on taking jump shots.