In the first half, I think Phil Jackson wanted to put the rumor of Gasol’s ability to single-handedly defend Duncan to the test. Obiously, it failed. After halftime, our double-teams against Duncan were played the same way against Boozer in the Jazz series. Rather than completely leave another player, Laker defenders applied intermittent double-teams and usually clogged Duncan as another Spurs player cut across. I think Popovich figured it out, that’s why Duncan was played in absolute isolation plays, where the other four Spurs players literally stood and watched TD “go to work.”