Anyone else notice that Parker never passes the ball to Duncan?

[pearljammer10]

So what's the story behind this one? My friend brought up the fact that Tony Parker hardly passes the ball to Duncan. We watched for this in the second half and counted maybe three to four passes from Parker to Duncan. All of them being touch passes out by the three land.

Every roll Parker just goes to the other side of the floor and hardly looks toward him. Off that roll where Duncan goes baseline, he was open with a smaller defender coming to help everytime and Parker never gave him the rock. He never fed him an entry pass when he posted. He never hit him on a cut. And never passed to him on a mismatch. After a 25 point half Duncan was given 5 shots in the second half/OT?

Seriously, what gives? Any one else see this?

[The Rondo Show]

Lebron was guarding him. Pretty hard to execute a pick and roll with the best defender (one who is 6'8'' for that matter) in the NBA on you.

[pearljammer10]

Lebron was guarding him. Pretty hard to execute a pick and roll with the best defender (one who is 6'8'' for that matter) in the NBA on you.

So stop running the pick and roll with Parker. Run it with Manu, swing the ball to get Duncan a better entry pass, something! Parker dribbled and dribbled and never looked at Duncan. I was amazed.

[Smitty77]

They tried that with Manu and he BLEW the game with that horrific turnover on the pick and roll.

Smitty77

[Celtics18]

It's clear.  Tony Parker hates Tim Duncan. 

[timobusa]

You got it all mixed up.

Tony Parker never passes the ball to Danny Green.
I've noticed this since game 2.

[SparzWizard]

It's clear.  Tony Parker hates Tim Duncan.

Maybe Tim Duncan will be taking his talents to South Beach next fall...you know, to add another ring to his arsenal! 

[bfrombleacher]

If Rondo did this, he'd get ripped non stop.

[crimson_stallion]

Lebron was guarding him. Pretty hard to execute a pick and roll with the best defender (one who is 6'8'' for that matter) in the NBA on you.

Lebron is certainly NOT the best defender in the NBA...

[BballTim]

If Rondo did this, he'd get ripped non stop.

  If he did it once or twice a game he'd get ripped for doing it on every offensive possession.

[Snakehead]

Lebron was guarding him. Pretty hard to execute a pick and roll with the best defender (one who is 6'8'' for that matter) in the NBA on you.

Lebron is certainly NOT the best defender in the NBA...

He's not far from it if he isn't it.  In the top 5 for sure.  His versatility is huge.

[Roy H.]

The Spurs didn't do a great job getting Duncan looks in the second half.