Another crap first quarter but they shot poorly as well.
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Looking absolutely terrible right now.
Down 10 to the 1-11 Pelicans.
Instead of fluid and fast on offense, we just look rushed and sloppy. No one seems to be making the right rotation off ball
Back within 4, nope 6.
So WTF is wrong with Danny Green?
These are the types of games that cost the Spurs when May rolls around.
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These are the types of games that cost the Spurs when May rolls around.
Garbage game from the Spurs. Painfully far away from late February
Ish freaking Smith has 17 points and 11 assists against us.
Getting Way too frustrated watching this early game. Turning off now.... We just don't have it tonight and the pelicans (lame name) are fighting for their lives. Typical.
Sucks. Oh well. Aldridge going out early with a twisted ankle hurt the offense early. And Timmy seems to be on the old man-lite plan tonight so we just don't have enough defense.
Danny invisible again tonight. We need him to get going.
Danny invisible again tonight. We need him to get going.
This is like the Knicks game last year.
And Pop threw in the towel. Butler, Boban, Ray and Simmons are in.
I disagree a bit. The Knicks were god awful. This Pelicans team has talent and youth. They just haven't put it together this year. We are also in November and not leading up to the playoffs.
BOBAN!!!!!
Calling a foul on Boban for being tall
Who the eff is Ryan Anderson? And why did he kill us tonight?
Wow...we just lost to the Pelicans
quote:7' guy with a sweet shot. His model girlfriend killed herself after he dumped her and he found her body. That understandably screwed with his head and he had a rough year last year.
Who the eff is Ryan Anderson? And why did he kill us tonight?
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Here's the list of average/below average teams the Spurs have trouble with every year
Hawks
76ers
Pelicans
Trailblazers
Suns
They just seemingly always lose a game and you say what the crap just happend?
Hawks
76ers
Pelicans
Trailblazers
Suns
They just seemingly always lose a game and you say what the crap just happend?
Duncan didn't have a single rebound for the first time in like 1300 games
Spurs up 16.
Can't watch much because of our football game but Tony send to be having a good game.
Can't watch much because of our football game but Tony send to be having a good game.
I was flipping over during commercials. Memphis came back but the Spurs actually did a good job of closing out the game in the last 2 minutes. Looked like a good win from what I saw.
And Anderson was good
The numbers might not back me up, but it seems that the Spurs are definitely not flowing as well offensively with LMA in there. That's to be expected for a while IMO. The defense is good with him in though.
We better figure out how to cover a pick and roll with a decent roll man before we play the Clippers.
Early in the season but yes, we are struggling offensively. With the exception of the warriors everyone else needs time in game to get the offense kicking.
The defense is playing pretty good with our best DRtg in years; first in the league.
The defense is playing pretty good with our best DRtg in years; first in the league.
The offense still has a long way to go, but damn, this defense is for real. At the half, Phoenix has 15 turnovers and 34 points on 39.4% shooting. You can win a lot of games when you force the other team to shoot like that.
If the offense isn't clicking by the end of January, that will be a reason for concern. It is frustrating that they aren't further along with all these new weapons though.
Yea and honestly I'm overreacting. We're #6 in the league in Hollinger offensive efficiency and #4 in effective FG percentage, so it's not like our offense is a disaster. It's just not showing the flash mob-like off-the-ball movement and telepathic passing to which we've grown accustomed.
I know. It would be a lot less frustrating to watch if we weren't all spoiled rotten
11-3
Patty Mills has an insanely quick release. News flash, I know.
Green had a good night shooting the ball, but that wasn't an accident. Compare how he was catching the ball tonight to previous games. Tonight they were coming off drive and kicks, so the ball was coming out of the paint. I've talked about it before, but catching the ball facing the basket helps a shooter a LOT. Most of his shots this year have come on on kicks around the perimeter, mostly deep on the wing, and usually without much space. It's pretty tough for most shooters to catch, pivot, and shoot with a defender in their face. Gotta either give them time to turn and get squared or kick the ball out instead of around for a more natural quick release on the contested three.
Lots of routine shots rattled in and out. If a couple more of those go, this one may have been out of hand by the start of the fourth quarter.
Kawhi had a monster game, but Parker was the guy the Suns couldn't figure out in the half court. I think the Spurs need to put a little more focus on him early in games. Make the defense defend Parker and it will open things up for Aldridge and Timmy. I'm also a huge fan of Parker's defensive intensity this year. He is fighting through screens, keeping defensive position, and closing on shooters so much better than last year.
As good as Kawhi is, he still bails out the defense a little too much with those contested fadeaways sliding to his left a foot or two inside the arc. He can make those when he steps into them cleanly, but it doesn't usually work well after a change of direction or contact with the defender. However, he is insanely reliable on the fast break and once he gets a shoulder past going to his right it's a bucket.
Green had a good night shooting the ball, but that wasn't an accident. Compare how he was catching the ball tonight to previous games. Tonight they were coming off drive and kicks, so the ball was coming out of the paint. I've talked about it before, but catching the ball facing the basket helps a shooter a LOT. Most of his shots this year have come on on kicks around the perimeter, mostly deep on the wing, and usually without much space. It's pretty tough for most shooters to catch, pivot, and shoot with a defender in their face. Gotta either give them time to turn and get squared or kick the ball out instead of around for a more natural quick release on the contested three.
Lots of routine shots rattled in and out. If a couple more of those go, this one may have been out of hand by the start of the fourth quarter.
Kawhi had a monster game, but Parker was the guy the Suns couldn't figure out in the half court. I think the Spurs need to put a little more focus on him early in games. Make the defense defend Parker and it will open things up for Aldridge and Timmy. I'm also a huge fan of Parker's defensive intensity this year. He is fighting through screens, keeping defensive position, and closing on shooters so much better than last year.
As good as Kawhi is, he still bails out the defense a little too much with those contested fadeaways sliding to his left a foot or two inside the arc. He can make those when he steps into them cleanly, but it doesn't usually work well after a change of direction or contact with the defender. However, he is insanely reliable on the fast break and once he gets a shoulder past going to his right it's a bucket.
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