Agree that it was good to see them win it down the stretch. Go Spurs Go!!
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quote:I agree with the hack a Jordan comment. It took them out of a rhythm but we couldn't score at all during that stretch. IIRC last year in the playoffs the same thing happened.
This is the first game that has been played at playoff intensity.
I do not like the Clippers. Chris Paul grabs and holds off the ball constantly. Not a fan of the officiating this game.
Great win after some sloppy defense early.
I like putting Patty on Red**** because he can slip past screens and he's quick enough to recover to Red****'s change of pace. Leonard on Paul was good tonight too, but he has a hard time getting through screens when the Clippers screeners slide and shove like they do in the playoffs.
I think in a playoff series the Spurs need to abandon hack-a-Jordan in favor of trying to run the Clippers into the ground with pace and size and depth. Too much rest for a relatively shallow bench with all the hacks. Also, I'm starting to get the idea that JVG doesn't like that strategy.
HackaJordan never looks to be worth it but we will never know until pop stops calling for it.
quote:That's what it seemed like to me. I think I even ran some numbers on it. Offensive efficiency goes way down on the possession after a free throw, especially compared to after a missed shot or a turnover. Transition, semi-transition, and secondary break buckets are extremely efficient, whereas every time a free throw is shot three guys are already back and the other two always beat the ball back.
I agree with the hack a Jordan comment. It took them out of a rhythm but we couldn't score at all during that stretch. IIRC last year in the playoffs the same thing happened.
The Spurs did manage to defend the primary action on pick and rolls last night, which was something I was worried about. However, they did it by rotating off shooters early. The second and third rotations were consistently late or nonexistent, which lead to tons of wide open shots from three and midrange. The Spurs defended a lot better when they committed to fighting over the screen with the post defender not helping on the ballhandler. Like I mentioned last night though, those screens get a lot "stickier" in the playoffs because the Clippers are horrible cheaters with no hint of character or respect for the rules of the game. Or something like that.
Big game coming up Monday. The Spurs play the 16-9 Pacers, and the two best two-way small forwards in the game will go at it. While the Spurs offense has been improving as of late and their size should give the small-ball Pacers trouble, the Pacers still sport the 6th best defense in the league. Kawhi has played with a noticeable increase in intensity against the top SFs in the game this year, so Monday should be another opportunity to see just how good the kid is.
Whi Whi took it to Jimmy Butler and I expect him to do the same to PG
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Big game coming up Monday. The Spurs play the 16-9 Pacers, and the two best two-way small forwards in the game will go at it.
I love Kawhi and PG13, but LBJ is still the best SF on the planet.
quote:Oops. Yeah, sorry. The second and third best SFs.quote:
Big game coming up Monday. The Spurs play the 16-9 Pacers, and the two best two-way small forwards in the game will go at it.
I love Kawhi and PG13, but LBJ is still the best SF on the planet.
Good God did some dbag try to give leaornard a Nick name?
Weird game tonight. Getting slaughtered on the boards, playing suffocating defense, have great court vision as a team but can't make **** from outside. Up by 9 after 3.
We have Boban sign.
14 point win and the home streak continues. Go Spurs Go!!
"A life lived for others is a life worthwhile" - Albert Einstein
Pop with another signature move tonight making fun of George Hill's hair.
The Kawhiet Riot went off again tonight. Filled it up on offense and shut down Paul George on defense. Masterful 
Boban walking over and literally sticking his arm straight out to make the block was amazing.
For people who watched. How did we defend Paul George? 1 on1 or with trapping and double teaming? He made 1 fg all night. Like 1/14. That's insane.
Spurs are 24-5. Yawn
On pace for 68 wins.
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For people who watched. How did we defend Paul George? 1 on1 or with trapping and double teaming? He made 1 fg all night. Like 1/14. That's insane.
Didn't let him get to the basket, gave him mid range jumped and then contested like hell. Lots of help defense clogging driving lanes etc.
Points in the Paint
Spurs 62
Pacers 38
Spurs 62
Pacers 38
If we could shoot 3s at a better clip, God knows what our point differential would be.
quote:Agree. Kawhi did a good job carrying the load, but it seemed like most of George's shots were after switches. I think George only got 1 attempt in the paint all night and Timmy murdered that attempted dunk.quote:
For people who watched. How did we defend Paul George? 1 on1 or with trapping and double teaming? He made 1 fg all night. Like 1/14. That's insane.
Didn't let him get to the basket, gave him mid range jumped and then contested like hell. Lots of help defense clogging driving lanes etc.
quote:Boris matched up against a little guy is just. so. inevitable.
Points in the Paint
Spurs 62
Pacers 38
It's gotten to the point where I feel sorry for guys like CJ Miles who are really trying to defend Diaw but can't do it. He is extremely strong and the rest of the team knows how to create too much space for help to come, so the defender takes a beating and still gives up a very high FG%.
The Spurs had the high-low working early with Timmy and Aldridge, then when the Pacers tried to run small ball with the second unit Diaw and West took turns making layups and baby hooks over outmatched defenders.
Kawhi had a couple dunks, a couple circus layups, and hit an array of midrange jumpers. Two years ago, Kawhi decided what he was going to do before he got the ball. The moves were good, but he couldn't improvise. Last year he got smoother. This year he is able to feel out the defense, improvise and react after he has gone into his move, and pass significantly better.
Parker is back. Physically he looks every bit as good as when he was in the MVP discussion. He's being asked to carry a much lighter load so he will not get that kind of buzz (especially in a league run by Steph Curry), but the move tonight where he split the double team, jumped, faked a floater, pulled the ball down as he slid between two help defenders, and finished with a reverse layup was the most air I've seen him get in years.
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quote:Totally agree. Kawhi led the team in assists tonight. And Parker is looking more like his old self than in several years. He seems to be waiting and turning it on when he needs to which is great because he finishes the game so well.quote:Boris matched up against a little guy is just. so. inevitable.
Points in the Paint
Spurs 62
Pacers 38
This year he is able to feel out the defense, improvise and react after he has gone into his move, and pass significantly better.
Parker is back. Physically he looks every bit as good as when he was in the MVP discussion. He's being asked to carry a much lighter load so he will not get that kind of buzz (especially in a league run by Steph Curry), but the move tonight where he split the double team, jumped, faked a floater, pulled the ball down as he slid between two help defenders, and finished with a reverse layup was the most air I've seen him get in years.
Add to the fact that the bench brings so much energy every night with Manu and Patty and Simmons is contributing more and more this team is shaping up to be one of the best I've seen.
I was pretty impressed with the Pacers. Offensively and defensively they seem to have very good fundamentals.
quote:I think thats the most belittling thing you could possibly say after beating a team by double digits
I was pretty impressed with the Pacers. Offensively and defensively they seem to have very good fundamentals.
Dang, Thunder beat Clippers by a point.
Pretty much a given at this point that the Clippers don't catch us though. Gonna be a two-way race for #2.
Either way, gonna be a tough playoffs. OKC in round 2 and GS in the WCF.
Pretty much a given at this point that the Clippers don't catch us though. Gonna be a two-way race for #2.
Either way, gonna be a tough playoffs. OKC in round 2 and GS in the WCF.
Never say never. We can still get the 1 seed, IMO. Definitely a possibility.
There hasn't been a single major injury this season that I can think of. There is always several across the league. I'd love to see a playoff with every team fully healthy though. What a show that would be
Mathematically we are closer to GS than OKC.
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With pace control & smothering D, San Antonio has held teams below 90 points 17 times in 28 games. No other team has done it more than eight
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With pace control & smothering D, San Antonio has held teams below 90 points 17 times in 28 games. No other team has done it more than eight
Does this make us the boring Spurs again?
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