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Defense has been dominant as well. It's Sac & PHX but they were getting blown out by the Jazz just last week so I'll take it tbh.
Kawhi seems to finally be finding a bit of an offensive groove and has looked his strongest all year these past two games. Tiago is finding his own groove again, and him starting has been a boon to the overall rhythm of the starters. Kawhi finding his offense and Tiago starting has taken a lot of pressure off Duncan, allowing to him to play "within the flow of the game" rather than have to force it offensively and defensively. At this stage in his career, Duncan is most effective being a Rich Man's Blue Collar "role player," doing a bit of everything (liked his balanced line tonight). And when Parker is in All Star form, this team is near unbeatable.
I'm not holding my breath yet, given this team's struggles and inconsistency, but it's a huge step in the right direction. Two blowout wins in a row, keeping the opponent under 90 while scoring over 100.
Defense has been dominant as well. It's Sac & PHX but they were getting blown out by the Jazz just last week so I'll take it tbh.
Gun for that 3rd seed, tbh.
Where the has OP been the past few months? Bandwagoning a 3 game streak now?
A healthy/motivated Tiago starting is a big improvement over Baynes.
Really wanna see a real test with the games next week against the Cavs and Raptors.
Mid with the goods
Parker was okay, far from all star form. Most of his points came when the team had a double digit lead. Still nice to see him make some shots though.
I'm really glad Pop has reverted back to putting Splitter in the starting lineup. As much as I love Baynes and what he's done for us this year, him starting and getting more minutes than Tiago is a huge mistake.
I'm not going to get my hopes up yet either, but I do think these past 3 games will do wonders for us. I've thought confidence (or lack thereof) has been a big part of our struggles this year, and we've now won 3 straight games by an average margin of 20+ points. We have a pretty easy stretch coming up, so hopefully we can continue to build on that confidence and hit full stride going into the last stretch of the season + playoffs.
Raptors are ty now, tbh..
Cavs should be a good test, though..nice to see the Spurs looking good , but it's against 2 awful teams, so it would be nice to see them show a pulse against decent compe ion..
Also got the Hawks coming up too
He's the defensive lynchpin.
Got to play against a quality team first
Very good observations altogether. Thx. Especially the role of Tiago in our offensive flow. Really really true.
Quality team or not they finally look like our Spurs. And Tony found his floater that's huge.
It seems like getting a streak of wins, even against bad teams, builds confidence and improves the team a lot
Biggest bright side is Tiago finally coming back from the dead. It's amazing how much of a difference his defense brings to us.
It's like their what, 12th game together as a 100% healthy unit? My biggest take away was Patty Mills not hesitating and firing on his threes. Also making some as well.
When Tiago and Kawhi are playing well and on the floor this is the best defensive team in the leagues bar none.
If Kawhi is playing in control, and our 3 point shooters are hitting, this team is still the team to beat in the NBA. Period.
No one has a higher gear than the Spurs when they're clicking. -Dee Jay Khaled
That is true.YES, farrrrrrrrr cry from Bonner or Baynes starting to THANK GOD.
A 2-game sample is insufficient to conclude anything. It could just be a random e in performance. Let's wait a little longer than two games before we start getting optimistic,.
The Spurs are playing like they did this time last year is because they are finally healthy. They only had the whole roster back a couple of games before the all-star break. Pop has gone back to the same rotation from last year's playoff run and the team is finally gelling again.
Just last week, there were many on here that said the Spurs couldn't turn it around in two months, especially after everyone outside of Duncan has been pretty much been coasting this whole year. The Spurs have a very easy stretch up ahead to right the ship and it looks like their doing just that.
I vote the first game against Golden State.
The help on D and some quickness seem to be back.
Im not sold yet on how long this continues.
We gotta have Manu, Tony, and Leonard all playing well at the same time to beat better teams.
A step in the right direction. Mills is still MIA, however. His bricks are getting very tedious.
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