Game Thread: Spurs vs Suns -- Mon. (11/23) - 7:30PM CST (3:30AM Riga Time)

[100%duncan]

Porker finally

[sasaint]

Yes, Tony!

[Ron Swanson]

Back up to 11.

[ElNono]

Great D by Manu... better finish by Tony

[SpurPadre]

He's the type of player that scores in bunches. Talented enough to average 20ppg ala Tobias Harris if he played for someone like Stan Van Gundy. He murdered LeBron last season.

Yeah, I can't deny the guy is talented. Of course he just happens to score his season high tonight and it would be against us.

[weeks]

hornaceck damn near hitting a player throwing his board onto the court :lol

[ElNono]

game started with Brevin Knight doing damage, now Tony taking it to him

[unleashbaynes]

Parker playing quite well

[Brian Windhorst]

I'll say it again, Kyle looks much much better when his (relative) lack of floor spacing is mitigated by putting him at PF

[r0drig0lac]

big three ftw

[SAGirl]

Unable to view.

Is GNob in Alzheimers mode? 3 turns.
He's been too wild fast paced game and Manu getting too carried away. Too many other guys with the TO too.

[Fireball]

did Pop just bench Bobo, or was he hurting?

benched I think ... and rightfully so

[ElNono]

it's a game of runs, kids... just buckle up

[Ron Swanson]

I'd like to take Rachel Santschi out to a nice seafood dinner.

[SpurPadre]

Teletubby finding other ways to fuck us. What did the team do to him? Did Pop promise him a spot on the team years ago and changed his mind or something?

[Kawhitstorm]

Is KA that slow on the break or is he baiting the defender?

He's taunting the defenders ala Prime Time high stepping into the end zone

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!!!!!!!

[ElNono]

I'd like to take Rachel Santschi out to a nice seafood dinner.

clam chowder, IMO

[sasaint]

Timmy double dribbles?!?! 18 TOs.

[SASdynasty!]

"I can beeeeee your hero!"

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

Holy fuck Manu's bald spot is getting big.

[Beaverfuzz]

Kyle Anderson is garbage still.

[ElNono]

:lmao Patty

[SASdynasty!]

Mills having a rough night

[Ron Swanson]

Missed everything, Patty

[spursistan]

Mills :lol

[Kawhitstorm]

Why is Patty not overplaying Knight on his right side?

[SASdynasty!]

Dribble dribble dribble score per par

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!!!!

[sasaint]

Mills having a rough night

Shockingly.

[100%duncan]

PORKER

[TXstbobcat]

Manu33333333333333333333

[loveforthegame]

Manu!

[ElNono]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJlIGDImiU

[Slime Baller]

Manu.

[100%duncan]

Old fucks closing out the game

[spurraider21]

tony putting the game on ice :wow

[Ron Swanson]

Manu!!!

Lead up to 14

[r0drig0lac]

Kyle playing well

[NASpurs]

Now keep the huge lead and stop giving it away :lol

[Beaverfuzz]

Now we're cookin'!

[RD2191]

Manu!!

[SAGirl]

YES Manu and Tony great time to get hot!!!

[100%duncan]

Manu putting the game on ice :wow

:wakeup

[ElNono]

Great pass by Tony to an open Manu... moar of this, plz

[Beaverfuzz]

Not at all. Tony, West, and Kawhi have been whistled for some very minor contact.

So they're letting them play.

[Beaverfuzz]

Great pass by Tony to an open Manu... moar of this, plz


What he said.

[ElNono]

who's starting the "trade LMA" thread? :lol

[Fireball]

I am really impressed with Tony ... watched every game of Eurobasket and that got me more than worried ... but he works hard on defense and picks his spots on offense ... I miss the 3 pointer a little bit

[sasaint]

:wakeup

It may be a little early to say that. But let's celebrate Tony to Manu for a big trey!

[ElNono]

say what you will, but since Pop put Manu on Teletubby, he disappeared...

[spurraider21]

easy call, cmon timmy :lol

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!!!!!!!

[spurraider21]

rique >>>>> ray

[RD2191]

Porker chucking

[spurraider21]

say what you will, but since Pop put Manu on Teletubby, he disappeared...
booker slipped right by him for a dunk, nice timing imo

[sasaint]

Timmy, what!?!?

[ElNono]

booker slipped right by him for a dunk, nice timing imo

gotta put him back on Teletubby :lol

[SASdynasty!]

Parker wtf!!

[NASpurs]

:lmao Parker wtf

[Kawhitstorm]

:lmao

[Kawhitstorm]

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/tony-parker-missed-t-b.gif

[SAGirl]

Wow Pop maybe going away from Kyle too early seriously, as bad as Patty has been. It's a gamble.

[ElNono]

give it to Kawhi and clear out

[Brian Windhorst]

Our defense gets absolutely decimated against 5 out

But yeah we would crush GSW for sure guys because they're "mentally scared"

[SAGirl]

say what you will, but since Pop put Manu on Teletubby, he disappeared...
Pop needed to keep Kyle.

[ElNono]

give it to Kawhi and clear out

[sasaint]

who's starting the "trade LMA" thread? :lol

Not happening, but I wonder what LMA has been thinking the last couple of games?

[RD2191]

https://usatthebiglead.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/tony-parker-missed-t-b.gif
Classic:lol

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard slam!!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

Parker to Kawhi. :tu

That block.

[NASpurs]

:wow Kawhi

[TXstbobcat]

Leonard!!!!!!!

[ElNono]

give it to Kawhi and clear out.

[loveforthegame]

Leonard. Whoa. :worthy:

[spurraider21]

wow kawhi :wow

[SASdynasty!]

Dang I miss Tony heroball

[Ron Swanson]

Kawhi is ending this shit.

[sasaint]

Tele ruins a great defensive sequence by Kawhi.

[loveforthegame]

Great hustle by Leonard.

[r0drig0lac]

Kawhi Jordan

[SAGirl]

Kawhi an absolute star!

[ElNono]

Wow Pop maybe going away from Kyle too early seriously, as bad as Patty has been. It's a gamble.

we're ok...

[RD2191]

OK kawhi calm down lol

[100%duncan]

Kawhi closing out teams per par

[Fireball]

Dang I miss Tony heroball

he is feeding Kawhi like crazy ...

[TXstbobcat]

27 turnovers for the Suns

[TXstbobcat]

Verde!!!!!!

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!!!!

[TDfan2007]

Glad to see Tony joining Kawhi on the offensive end since many and Timmy forgot how to score tonight

[SAGirl]

We are not trading Lamarcus by the way in case you didn't notice Td 40 yrs young, Boban 4 mins tonight. BOBO has shown he's regressed or can't handle true stretch 4, and West is really a traditional big 4.

[100%duncan]

Tp and danny with quiet 18 and 15.

[TXstbobcat]

Tony!!!!

[sasaint]

Wow Pop maybe going away from Kyle too early seriously, as bad as Patty has been. It's a gamble.

Patty Is a pro. He will recover. But I was hoping to see more meaningful minutes from Simmons.

[spurraider21]

Rique closing out teams per par
:wakeup

[NASpurs]

Great game from Parker considering how bad he started.

[100%duncan]

porker :wow

[r0drig0lac]

Parker doing everything out there

[RD2191]

The ham taking over!!

[SAGirl]

Td too far out of the paint.

[100%duncan]

:wakeup

:rolleyes

[100%duncan]

The ham taking over!!

:lmao :lmao

[ElNono]

g'nite, mate

[TXstbobcat]

Mills333333333333333

[100%duncan]

Gnight mates

[Ron Swanson]

Patty!

[sasaint]

Patty doing what he does best.

[spurraider21]

patty thrills

[100%duncan]

TP TO PATTY :wow

[Ron Swanson]

What a pass by Tony!

[TXstbobcat]

Mills!!!!

[SASdynasty!]

Tony Magic Stockton tbh

[r0drig0lac]

dagger

[TXstbobcat]

Verde33333333333333

[spurraider21]

parker dealing :wow

https://i.gyazo.com/2efd6b7ed2514e5bb4135ce52be038b1.png

[atoyotagaspedal]

brandon knight should just do that every play he'll get it 75% of the time

[Ron Swanson]

Verde with 18? When the hell did that happen?

[RD2191]

Green!!

[Cry Havoc]

That Tony Parker pass with the Mills finish was beautiful.

Danny Green breaking out of his slump!

[james evans]

i think danny green has found his shot

[ElNono]

who said we can't do blowouts? up 18 twice this game

[sasaint]

Green coming out of the slump? BTW how many boards does he have tonight?

[Brian Windhorst]

It's seriously embarrassing how empty and quiet the AT&T is tonight

[beirmeistr]

for a few minutes, it looked like the san antonio warriors

[atoyotagaspedal]

i think danny green has found his shot

Yeh.. in a blowout, it'll disappear when it matters

[ElNono]

make that up 17

[SAGirl]

DANNY broke the ice.

[Kawhitstorm]

Our defense gets absolutely decimated against 5 out

But yeah we would crush GSW for sure guys because they're "mentally scared"

The thing w/ the Dubs is that Draymond Green isn't going to kill anyone 1-on-1. You can just put Diaw on him & he might get his season average but he won't torch him like Chief Keef or Ryan Anderson. If LMA is guarding him then he has to just run him off the 3 point line & live w/ his floaters.

The Spurs own the Dubs b/c they control the pace of the game better than any team in the league. Force the Dubs to play halfcourt & don't let them get in rhythm by getting fastbreak points. Curry also tends to turn the ball over when he's playing in halfcourt sets & Draymond feast on fastbreak points so controlling the pace is key to beating the Dubs.

[spurraider21]

:lmao simmons

[SAGirl]

Simms showing improved handles already though.

[resistanze]

20/8 and team leading +22 for TP :wow

[TXstbobcat]

Nice win!!! :flag:

[Ditty]

Any reason Boban is playing right now in garbage time, saw him playing earlier ? Watching on yahoo sports.

[Ron Swanson]

Defense looked good. Offense was ugly, but I'll take the win.

[ElNono]

good win... gotta make ourselves strong at home

[SAGirl]

who said we can't do blowouts? up 18 twice this game
I said no blowouts unless we shot 3s, let's be fair :bobo

[MultiTroll]

What a pass by Tony!
Is this Porkers best game of the season?

[RD2191]

:flag:

[ElNono]

I said no blowouts unless we shot 3s, let's be fair :bobo

:toast

[beirmeistr]

20/8 and team leading +22 for TP :wow

good show

[ace3g]

P
PTS
AST
REB
FG
BLK
STL
3PT
FT
TO
PF
+/-
MIN




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/2225.png
9
T. Parker



--
20
8
1
10
0
3
0
0
4
4
22
32:13




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/1495.png
21
T. Duncan



--
7
1
8
2
1
2
0
3
2
3
20
31:48




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/2561.png
30
D. West



--
5
1
3
2
0
3
0
1
1
1
15
21:58




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/201980.png
14
D. Green



--
18
4
6
7
0
0
4
0
1
2
9
33:54




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/201988.png
8
P. Mills



--
10
1
0
4
0
3
2
0
2
2
8
28:18




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/202695.png
2
K. Leonard



--
24
4
13
11
1
4
1
1
3
1
7
37:13




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/203937.png
1
K. Anderson



F
2
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
1
0
2
7:37




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/1938.png
20
M. Ginobili



--
8
2
4
3
0
1
2
0
3
1
2
19:28




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/1626246.png
40
B. Marjanovic



--
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
-1
4:55




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/203613.png
17
J. Simmons



GF
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
-1
6:43




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/2446.png
18
R. Butler



F
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-3
1:28




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/203492.png
3
R. McCallum



G
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
-3
1:28




http://stats.nba.com/media/players/230x185/2564.png
33
B. Diaw



CF
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
-7
12:57


TOTAL

98
21
38
42-82
3
18
9-20
5-10
20
20

240



51.2%

45.0%
50.0%

[sasaint]

Simms showing improved handles already though.

At least he isn't dribbling into danger any more. Maybe he'll prove himself yet!

[SAGirl]

20/8 and team leading +22 for TP :wow
Ballhandling was an issue this game. Overall though I was impressed by Tony this game. Kawhi played like a star too.

[SpurPadre]

Welcome back, Danny!

[TXstbobcat]

Great game for Leonard and Parker. Verde hitting some 3's. :flag:

[Robz4000]

Great to see Verde hitting his shots.

[SpurPadre]

I didn't get to watch the game but they had to have played great D to contain Teletubby to 9 points.

[SAGirl]

Good game though.
Our little group keeps improving. Getting healthy and staying healthy will be huge.

[TXstbobcat]

I didn't get to watch the game but they had to have played great D to contain Teletubby to 9 points.

28 turnovers for the Suns.

[bic50]

:flag:

[weeks]

:chestbump tony looking decent in november games...let's hope he can play within himself and not get carried away by a few vintage performances...this team looks murderous when it's clicking

[sasaint]

Great game for Leonard and Parker. Verde hitting some 3's. :flag:

This! Plus, Danny pulled down 6 boards. Kawhi had 13 and TD 8.

[Kawhitstorm]

DANNY broke the ice.

Catch-and-shoot, none of that unforced dribble drive crap:toast

[sasaint]

28 turnovers for the Suns.

Mostly due to Spurs' D, not a lot were unforced.

[rasuo214]

Parker looking good as of late. Hope it stays that way. Kawhi had a great overall game and nice to see Danny hit some 3s.

[TXstbobcat]

Mostly due to Spurs' D, not a lot were unforced.

4 steals by Leonard :toast

[sasaint]

Sean ranting about +/-, declaring it a "garbage stat," in Postgame.

[Kawhitstorm]

:chestbump tony looking decent in november games...let's hope he can play within himself and not get carried away by a few vintage performances...this team looks murderous when it's clicking

He has been pulling up for his mid-range shots instead of trying to force the issue so he has somewhat come to term that he isn't as explosive as he used to be except on fastbreaks:lol

[sasaint]

4 steals by Leonard :toast

Typical day at the office.

[Kawhitstorm]

Sean ranting about +/-, declaring it a "garbage stat," in Postgame.

raw +/- is garbage, RPM on the other hand is quite different.

[SpurPadre]

28 turnovers for the Suns.

18 of them steals. That's pretty good.

[Kawhitstorm]

I didn't get to watch the game but they had to have played great D to contain Teletubby to 9 points.

The Suns were busy turning the ball over so they didn't get to even put up a shot. Brandon Knight was impersonating Austin Rivers trying to run an NBA offense.

https://vine.co/v/OLMU1U3hvT9

[SpurPadre]

The Suns were busy turning the ball over so they didn't get to even put up a shot. Brandon Knight was impersonating Austin Rivers trying to run an NBA offense.

https://vine.co/v/OLMU1U3hvT9

Wow, that bad, huh? :lol

[ducks]

San Antonio Spurs
San Antonio Spurs – Verified account ‏@spurs

Just throwing this out there...

Kawhi: 24 points / 13 rebounds / 4 steals
Tony: 20 points / 8 assists / 3 steals
7:55 PM - 23 Nov 2015 from San Antonio, TX

[kaji157]

Great game by Tony, if he gets on this level night in night out we are the team we were supposed to be and the league is just fucked.

[HarlemHeat37]

Great game by Tony, if he gets on this level night in night out we are the team we were supposed to be and the league is just fucked.

:lol

[sasaint]

Great postgame interview with TD. He seemed looser and friendlier with the press than I can remember. Asked about Tony, he said that Tony was no different from all of them, trying to figure out their roles.

[TDfan2007]

Great postgame interview with TD. He seemed looser and friendlier with the press than I can remember. Asked about Tony, he said that Tony was no different from all of them, trying to figure out their roles.

One of his best post games. I found this bit interesting:

Timmy, when referring to his generation with Dirk, Vince, and Kobe: "we're the last of a dying breed."

Subtle jab at the current generation?

[Stevie Johnson]

Please. When you beat a good team in a tough situation come back and argue with me. For now you guys are benefitting from one of the weakest schedules in recent history. It will all even out and the Warriors will still be the number one seed.

[SpurPadre]

One of his best post games. I found this bit interesting:

Timmy, when referring to his generation with Dirk, Vince, and Kobe: "we're the last of a dying breed."

Subtle jab at the current generation?

Nah. Danny was probably just standing next to him when he said that.

[sasaint]

Nah. Danny was probably just standing next to him when he said that.

Actually, Danny wasn't there. He said he was glad Danny kind of got going and then joked that Danny wasn't ther so he couldn't talk trash about him. Good interview.

[SpurPadre]

Please. When you beat a good team in a tough situation come back and argue with me. For now you guys are benefitting from one of the weakest schedules in recent history. It will all even out and the Warriors will still be the number one seed.

Aw, look at how cocky Dub fan is all of a sudden. Isn't that fucking cute?

[SpurPadre]

Actually, Danny wasn't there. He said he was glad Danny kind of got going and then joked that Danny wasn't ther so he couldn't talk trash about him. Good interview.

Ah. Then maybe Bonner was there?

[sasaint]

One of his best post games. I found this bit interesting:

Timmy, when referring to his generation with Dirk, Vince, and Kobe: "we're the last of a dying breed."

Subtle jab at the current generation?


Nah, I didn't take it that way. I thought he was limiting his comments to a chronological observation.

[Budkin]

Aw, look at how cocky Dub fan is all of a sudden. Isn't that fucking cute?

It's not even a Dubs fan. It's a Laker fan whose team is so bad they pretend to be a Dubs fan to stay relevant.

[nowitzkikopf]

Great postgame interview with TD. He seemed looser and friendlier with the press than I can remember. Asked about Tony, he said that Tony was no different from all of them, trying to figure out their roles.

link?

[spurtech09]

It's not even a Dubs fan. It's a Laker fan whose team is so bad they pretend to be a Dubs fan to stay relevant.LOL!!!!

[sasaint]

link?

Sorry, I just watched it on FSSA.

[nowitzkikopf]

Please. When you beat a good team in a tough situation come back and argue with me. For now you guys are benefitting from one of the weakest schedules in recent history. It will all even out and the Warriors will still be the number one seed.

lol dude, we (GSW) have the 2nd easiest in league behind only dallas thus far. stop counting your chicken (and being an ass in general) before they hatch

[SpurPadre]

lol dude, we (GSW) have the 2nd easiest in league behind only dallas thus far. stop counting your chicken (and being an ass in general) before they hatch

This is more like it. I live in Vallejo and know most Dubs fans aren't like that dude.

[nowitzkikopf]

Sorry, I just watched it on FSSA.

gotcha- i'll look out for it on the website later on

[SpurPadre]

It's not even a Dubs fan. It's a Laker fan whose team is so bad they pretend to be a Dubs fan to stay relevant.

Figures. Most Dubs fans I know, and I know a lot living in the Bay Area, aren't like that. Most I know even fear playing the Spurs or at least acknowledge our team's track record and respect that.

[nowitzkikopf]

This is more like it. I live in Vallejo and know most Dubs fans aren't like that dude.

not at all- honestly folks out here are excited to have a really good team to get behind after a lonnnggg time. i was an admiral fan (dad was in the navy), then a duncan starting in my early teens just because of what duncan stands for- so seeing the spurs do well is always a good thing.

even the non-Spurs supporters out here have a tremendous amount of respect for the Silver and Black though.

[SAGirl]

Sean ranting about +/-, declaring it a "garbage stat," in Postgame.
POP is famous for not being into the analytical stats either. Sure the front office uses it, but Pop doesn't need a stat to tell him who was sucking and who played well. :toast

[sasaint]

raw +/- is garbage, RPM on the other hand is quite different.

Yeah, sounded like Sean's comments were focused only on +/-.

[SpurPadre]

not at all- honestly folks out here are excited to have a really good team to get behind after a lonnnggg time. i was an admiral fan (dad was in the navy), then a duncan starting in my early teens just because of what duncan stands for- so seeing the spurs do well is always a good thing.

even the non-Spurs supporters out here have a tremendous amount of respect for the Silver and Black though.

Yeah, every time I catch the Spurs at the Oracle, I don't get harassed like a non-Raider fan at a Raider game. Dubs fans are cool. The only one I truly clash with is my big brother, LOL. All in good fun, though. I see a collision course for the two teams...should be exciting!

[nowitzkikopf]

Yeah, every time I catch the Spurs at the Oracle, I don't get harassed like a non-Raider fan at a Raider game. Dubs fans are cool. The only one I truly clash with is my big brother, LOL. All in good fun, though. I see a collision course for the two teams...should be exciting!

amen dude- would be a fantastic series; hopefully it happens

[Kawhitstorm]

POP is famous for not being into the analytical stats either. Sure the front office uses it, but Pop doesn't need a stat to tell him who was sucking and who played well. :toast

Analytics are most useful when signing players or scouting the opposition not necessarily game to game stuff.

[SAGirl]

Analytics are most useful when signing players or scouting the opposition not necessarily game to game stuff.
He said it in the context of the analytics conference at Mit last year. Could be his dry humor you can never tell too much from this. Pop is famous though too for wanting to watch guys and what they do naturally. He strikes me as a bit old school in that regard. Obviously he's not a dummy so I assume he evaluates things like the 3 or shot and trends and all that stuff. But the old eye test is big for Pop.

[BillMc]

Lasharkus is out tonight.

Thanks bro. :toast

[BatManu20]

Got home from the game a few min ago. Liked the renovations to AT&T Center. Spurs played well w/o LMA, especially Tony and Kawhi. All around fun game to attend :tu

[lilbthebasedgod]

He said it in the context of the analytics conference at Mit last year. Could be his dry humor you can never tell too much from this. Pop is famous though too for wanting to watch guys and what they do naturally. He strikes me as a bit old school in that regard. Obviously he's not a dummy so I assume he evaluates things like the 3 or shot and trends and all that stuff. But the old eye test is big for Pop.
I'm pretty sure he's making up stuff when he says these things. The players all talk about how they went over stats.

I remember a while ago pop said they don't even watch film. Which is obviously not true.

[SpurPadre]

I'm pretty sure he's making up stuff when he says these things. The players all talk about how they went over stats.

I remember a while ago pop said they don't even watch film. Which is obviously not true.

This. He's just playing dumb when he says things like that because he doesn't want anybody to know how the team conducts business and strategy. It's all a part of CIA POP.

[Arcadian]

Holy shit...I just watched game highlights, and Kawhi looked like a Lebron-Jordan hybrid out there...If he keeps this up, NBA = fucked.

[Chinook]

Sean ranting about +/-, declaring it a "garbage stat," in Postgame.

Sean says a lot of silly things. Was he thinking that blocks and steals were garbage when Bowen was playing?


raw +/- is garbage, RPM on the other hand is quite different.

Ugh, that's like saying, "Points is garbage, PER on the other hand is quite different." They're not the same type of stat. Plus-minus isn't part of analytics any more than rebounding is. RPM is a subjective stat, so it can definitely be misleading or uninformative. Eventually, it might become outdated and replaced, like DRtg is largely. That will never happen to counting stats like ppg and plus-minus.

[SAGirl]

Sean says a lot of silly things. Was he thinking that blocks and steals were garbage when Bowen was playing?



Ugh, that's like saying, "Points is garbage, PER on the other hand is quite different." They're not the same type of stat. Plus-minus isn't part of analytics any more than rebounding is. RPM is a subjective stat, so it can definitely be misleading or uninformative. Eventually, it might become outdated and replaced, like DRtg is largely. That will never happen to counting stats like ppg and plus-minus.
Sean was just talking about the +/- in the stat sheet of this particular game. I kind of went in a tangent, but Sean wasn't talking in general. Just pointing out how Kawhi was so much mire significant in this game than his +7 would lead you to believe.

I kind of agree with Sean in that in a single game +/- doesn't reveal much, otherwise you would believe just from looking at that single stat that Bonner was our best player. Actually having watched the game the old eye test will tell you a whole lot in a single game. He wasn't saying stats are meaningless.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

Sean was just talking about the +/- in the stat sheet of this particular game. I kind of went in a tangent, but Sean wasn't talking in general. Just pointing out how Kawhi was so much mire significant in this game than his +7 would lead you to believe.

I kind of agree with Sean in that in a single game +/- doesn't reveal much, otherwise you would believe just from looking at that single stat that Bonner was our best player. Actually having watched the game the old eye test will tell you a whole lot in a single game. He wasn't saying stats are meaningless.

It reveals what it reveals, what's dumb is Sean drawing an inaccurate conclusion based on a simple counting stat.

[Horry Hipcheck]

I had to watch highlights on YouTube after work, Kawhi looked great and Parker seemed to have a few great plays. My biggest Q on the night was why the hell the AT&T was half empty

[ceperez]

I said no blowouts unless we shot 3s, let's be fair :bobo

It is indeed odd that 3's lead to blowouts but good defense doesn't. That seems to be the current trend. I don't think Spurs have the kind of personnel that can make easy transition baskets.

[SAGirl]

It is indeed odd that 3's lead to blowouts but good defense doesn't. That seems to be the current trend. I don't think Spurs have the kind of personnel that can make easy transition baskets.
We turned the ball over a whole lot in this game and thus failed to capitalize on some TO that we forced on the opponent. Sometime looking for easy baskets precisely led to careless play. Only our defense allowed us a win, but it would not have been a blowout without some 3. Danny made 4 this game. That was 12 points right there that we haven't had from Danny in other games.

[ceperez]

We turned the ball over a whole lot in this game and thus failed to capitalize on some TO that we forced on the opponent. Sometime looking for easy baskets precisely led to careless play. Only our defense allowed us a win, but it would not have been a blowout without some 3. Danny made 4 this game. That was 12 points right there that we haven't had from Danny in other games.

So too many passes by Manu that could have received easy baskets but was too difficult to execute. It is the regular season though, and Manu is Manu.

[FaM0us Skins]

I didn't watch the game but it looks like our defense played great last night.

[spurs10]

I had to watch highlights on YouTube after work, Kawhi looked great and Parker seemed to have a few great plays. My biggest Q on the night was why the hell the AT&T was half empty I was there..it was packed...just bad traffic so people got there late.