Spurs Trap the Pick and Roll Confusing Hornets

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The Internets are alive: Hornets at Spurs, Game 6
Published 5/16/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... X's and O's: "Chris Paul of the Hornets is such a dynamic player. Earlier in the playoffs, we saw the Mavs attempt to trap Paul on the PNRs and Paul sliced and diced his way through them and torched them. This time around, the Spurs decided to use the trap in certain situations and particularly in the 3rd quarter and it was tremendously effective. I think what the Spurs did was create confusion. They hadn't really trapped Paul all series, and all of a sudden in the 3rd quarter in Game 6 they decide to trap Paul on the PNR and it got the Hornets out of sync. ...

Game 6 Aftermath: Friday News Wrap
Published 5/16/2008 at Hornets247.com Blog
... a ton of wide open looks in many of their games. But the open three-pointers are there, and they are there in large part because of a combination of a clog-the-paint defensive philosophy, and Paul's lack of size. Here he surely hurts his team. Elias says... [This is] the first series in NBA playoff history in which the home team has won each of the first six games by margins of 10-or-more points. Great analysis as usual from X's and O's, as they break down the Spurs pick-and-roll traps last night (complete with ...