64 Field Goal Attempts to their 92! What went wrong?

[Boomersgold]

The Mavericks attempted 28 more shots than the Spurs? How the hell did that happen? Offensive rebounds? Shots off of turnovers? On the bright side, we did shoot 50%.

[superjames1992]

Turnovers (22) and offensive rebounds (14 O-Rebs for DAL).

Free throws also played a large part as SA out-free throwed Dallas 29 attempts to 16.

[RD2191]

Lol Patty Mills

[apalisoc_9]

turnovers and hero

[ElNono]

LOL Spurs

[EVAY]

turnovers and hero

Manu shot 75% and had 6 turnovers. Tony only shot 10 times and shot 50%.

So who was hero ing

[Budkin]

All about the 24 TOs tbh.

[heyheymymy]

spurs will wake up now and come out focused gm 3. that was the worst game ive seen all season from them. horrible effort and a million turnovers. no way spurs play the rest of the series like that,

[Spur|n|Austin]

Turnovers. The fuck is that even a question?

[Sean Cagney]

Lol Patty Mills

Where is that MILLS Fan AT??????
Turnovers. The fuck is that even a question?
^^^^^^ Common sense.

[RD2191]

Where is that MILLS Fan AT??????

Jkid. Lol. He's probably somewhere crying.

[Sean Cagney]

Jkid. Lol. He's probably somewhere crying.

His boy is not showing so far at all, he looks horrible. I don't wish that on him as he is on the team but he needs to step the hell up.

[Spur|n|Austin]

His boy is not showing so far at all, he looks horrible. I don't wish that on him as he is on the team but he needs to step the hell up.

Same w/ Marco.

[Sean Cagney]

Same w/ Marco.

Oh yeah, fully agree there.

[RD2191]

His boy is not showing so far at all, he looks horrible. I don't wish that on him as he is on the team but he needs to step the hell up.

For sure. I'm actually much more worried about his defense than offense. Dude is getting torched out there. But so is TP and even Kawhi to be fair.:lol

[dallasmaverickslose]

Tony "I wanna be MVP" Parker needs to step it up, tbh.

[TheGoldStandard]

For sure. I'm actually much more worried about his defense than offense. Dude is getting torched out there. But so is TP and even Kawhi to be fair.:lol

You can't stop Jose Calderon, you can only hope to contain him

[RD2191]

You can't stop Jose Calderon, you can only hope to contain him

:lmao

[dallasmaverickslose]

Mavs won cuz Blair, tbh...

[Spur|n|Austin]

Mavs won cuz Blair, tbh...

Ok that's enough internet for you today.

[spurs10]

Ok that's enough internet for you today.
Enough said....
:lol

[Beaverfuzz]

turn f'n overs. Got that out of the system for games 3 and 4.

[dallasmaverickslose]

The problem is that the Mavs scored more points than us. Thus, we lost.

Maybe if we score more points than them in game 3 we'll win?

[superjames1992]

The problem is that the Mavs scored more points than us. Thus, we lost.

Maybe if we score more points than them in game 3 we'll win?
:pop:

[dg7md]

Two things and only two things...

Turnovers and missed freethrows.

[Boomersgold]

The problem is that the Mavs scored more points than us. Thus, we lost.

Maybe if we score more points than them in game 3 we'll win?

Sounds like something Shaq would say in his half time analyses.

[Mal]

Outhustle is the term is suppose

[weeks]

what the fuck is up with kawhi?

[Boomersgold]

what the fuck is up with kawhi?
Not getting the ball. Result of a stagnant offense, tbh. Looks entirely different to how it looked in the regular season.

[z0sa]

Its funny, 99% of teams will revert to isolation iverson kobe streetball mode in the face of the Mavs gameplan. Just exploit the mismatch and have the confidence to make it rain. Not us. the Spurs spent the whole game trying to screen, drop off, hand off, and pass the rock so unselfishly that the Mavs were gifted a games worth of momentum on a silver platter by the end of the first quarter.

The Spurs can still put away the Mavs fairly easily just by going small, running hard, then using hero ball in the halfcourt. But everyone including Pop will have to temporarily forget about milking the clock, moving the defense every position and always looking for something easier.

SSOL, baby. If we cant get a transition hoop, start ribcage rubbin and go right at the mismatch looking for buckets. If Parker takes 15 jumpers semi contested jumpers off the dribble, no problem. No doubt the Spurs burn them, their doubles fail, and now RC will switch back to a zone or a more help driven defense to adjust, and then Pops system works just peachy again. Then what does Jim Carrey do besides rely on the Spurs going cold and maybe Dirk abusing a mismatch every possession the opportunity arises?

[szkorhetz]

We just can't beat anyone 1-on-1. Dallas is doing a masterpiece on D. We are fucked, TBH.

[will_spurs]

I've rarely seen the Spurs as mentally disengaged as last night. Kawhi was really on the court for what? 3 minutes? The rest of the time he was daydreaming, much as the rest of the team. Manu was about the only player who seemed focused and engaged. That lead to a lot of turnovers, weak rebounding effort, stupid fouls and missed free throws.

[saspurstx21]

We just can't beat anyone 1-on-1. Dallas is doing a masterpiece on D. We are fucked, TBH.

Feel same way...but PRAYING Spurs come out Saturday or Monday with a W...

[Sybok]

The answer to the OP is turnovers. You get 20 fewer shots up, you're probably going to lose the game. Compounded with the FT shooting display and the lack of defense... perfect storm. I'm surprised Spurs were in it as long as they were. 9 turnovers in the 1st quarter, Spurs should have been down big already. You can't keep giving them that opportunity.

It's amazing to me that a person paid millions to shoot a free throw cannot hit it. Spurs are typically a good FT shooting team, so last night was an anomaly. Just be glad all the crazy shit happened in the same game. Hopefully it's out of their system now. They need their backs against the wall instead of walking around with that swagger.