SQUEEZE the ORANGE PLAYBOOK.....what POPS and the ALAMO City Boyz have to do to win Game 4 in THUNDER Alley Tonight......

Ok the Streak is over some 50+ Days where the Spurs haven't lost and now its back to BIZ as the Big Fundamental Duncan said yesterday, " Losing was good for us and now we know where we stand because Pops has been telling us all along that we were Winning but doing a lot of things not right".

Now the Games have begun and the Thunder and their Lead man Scott Brooks took Westbrook off of Spurs TP9 and put Thabo Sefolosha on him and it worked big time in the Thunder favor. Now what do the Spurs do to counter that...do they take TP9 off the ball or do they try to get out in the Open Floor more?

The Spurs did counter what the Thunder were doing and now the Spurs will leave Dunc in the Post and have one of their Shooters screen TP9. Then you force the Thunder to show hard on TP9 or Hedge and let TP9 get around that screen. If the Shooters are the Screeners you also leave them out their for Screen and Pops.

Another Scenario for the Spurs is to move the Screener higher above the Arc so that you force the Thunder player to pick up TP9 or Manu in Space and they are very dangerous with space.

For a Good Offense to work you need Spacing and you need Money Ball Sharks. This is why the Triangle was so Dominant when the Zen Master and the Architect of the Triangle...Coach Tex Winter ran it for 11 Chips on West Madison Street Chi-City and on Figueroa Street....Downtown L.A.. Unpredictable but predicated on Spacing with Lanes for Drivers and Penetration and enough Spacing for Shooters.

Spurs also need to be aggressive at getting out on the Primary, Delayed, or Secondary Breaks to get their Guys Open looks or High Percentage Shots. TP9 doesn't have to be the primary Ball-Handler on these Breaks as they have a few guys capable of leading a break into a Positive play.

The Thunder Staff knows the Spurs and Pops have made the Adjustments from Thursday Night. Now they have to be ready to counter the Spurs moves in Game 4 or they will go back to the Alamo City down 3-1 in a Close out game for the Spurs.

Look for Thabo to stay on TP9 until it doesn't work anymore. Also look for the Spurs to do a better job of keeping Westbrook out of the Lane and force him to kick the Orange. With Thabo on TP9 that let Westbrook stay fresher on the Offensive End and Uncle Russ could now just be the Facilitator on the Offensive End and not run through all them screens chasing Parker on the Defensive End.

High Stake Drama will unfold Tonight in Thunder Alley as it will be Lead Man POPS vs Lead man BROOKS to see how the West was Won.