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Pierce Prince Matchup 

Post#1 » by Datruth345 » Tue May 20, 2008 11:50 pm

I had a feeling that paul kind of had princes number over the years so i did a little research to see if my hunch was right

i wouldnt be too worried about this matchup paul has gotten his almost everytime they have played, i think he is too big and strong for prince

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Going Back To 04-05 Season, 7 Games

Paul

Points
19.8

Rebounds
6.4

Assists
4.7

Steals
1.2

Shooting %
49-107
46%

Prince

Points
9.1

Rebounds
4.8

Assists
3.4

Steals
Negligible

Shooting %
28-72
38%
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Post#2 » by PopAGat » Wed May 21, 2008 3:25 am

Pierce has become a better defender now and the Prince matchup isn't really something to worry about. He handled him well tonight defensively and torched him offensively. Great game by Pierce.
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Post#3 » by rambo_ortega » Wed May 21, 2008 4:06 am

he matches up better with prince, plus p2 can guard him.
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Post#4 » by BeanTownBrawler » Wed May 21, 2008 4:23 am

Yeah, these "premier" defenders like Prince and Bowen that give guys like Kobe, Tmac, Vince, and others problems, don't have the same effect on Pierce. The reason is his strength. Pierce has always been more of a power 2 than a quick finesse guard like those other guys. Those defenders like Prince and Bowen can't match Paul's strength, and as a result they don't really effect his game all too much. It's the bigger, stronger guys that give Pierce problems, going back to Artest, and then now LeBron.

That's why seeing Pierce go off against LeBron in game 7 was so monumental. It really was a big step for Paul's career because it was the first time in 2 years he has gotten his against LeBron, and I really think now Paul is in a zone where he truly believes he is unguardable (but now at this stage in his career he knows better than to say anything). I think it started in about game 5 of the Cleveland series. Paul started taking it to the hoop, playing with a little more bounce in his step, and regaining that confidence in himself.

It might have been the turning point of the playoffs for the Celtics as a team as well.
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Post#5 » by Joselo16 » Wed May 21, 2008 4:24 am

Pierce doesn't think very highly of Tayshaun's D. I remember a couple of seasons ago he said Prince's defense was just a product of having good defensive bigs behind him (Wallace's) to protect him if he got beat. Today Pierce went at Prince as if he still thinks very lowly of his defense and came up with positive results.

Pierce needs to keep up this aggresiveness!!!
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Post#6 » by Al-Haqq » Wed May 21, 2008 4:27 am

Pierce has been playing the following positions:

PG
SG
SF
PF

He's bringing the ball up, boxing out and marking Rasheed on occassions, out on the wing, and penetrating. He's playing everything but Center1
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Post#7 » by crm0922 » Wed May 21, 2008 4:54 am

Al-Haqq wrote:Pierce has been playing the following positions:

PG
SG
SF
PF

He's bringing the ball up, boxing out and marking Rasheed on occassions, out on the wing, and penetrating. He's playing everything but Center1


I think he's best used this way, like Lebron is, because defenses don't know what the f to do about it.

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Post#8 » by P2 » Wed May 21, 2008 5:01 am

Everybody (except C's fans) though that Prince would shut down PP and that PP would have troubles guarding Prince. Well, PP went off again, playing PG half of the time, and after guarding LeBron for 7 games, he must feel like guarding a high schooler.
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Post#9 » by Colossus » Wed May 21, 2008 6:07 am

Man, I love watching Paul play. I love the desire and bounce he has in his step, that I haven't really seen since the 2001-2002 days when we made our ECF run.. it's like he knows he's going to own whoever's guarding him. Whether it's Lebron or Kobe, or whoever. it's awesome. :clap:

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