ILoveOranges
11-25-2015, 11:23 PM
- It's pretty great watching the Spurs play together. At one point, Ginobili made an aggressive drive and got fouled, and immediately turned to Lamarcus and taught him about where he was supposed to be during the 4-down play. It really solidifies the idea that the Spurs use the regular season as a way to learn and gel together. The annual Rodeo Road Trip should really bring the team together this year, with how funky the offense has been thus far in the season and how frustrated Aldridge has been.
- Lamarcus and West really fit the Spurs mentality. They dive for loose balls and fight for rebounds. Tiago was great and always threw his heart out against Dallas, but these new guys also play great defense. They're working hard down low, and are really snatching the ball away from other people. The offense with them is flowing better with them now, so good signs.
- Ginobili plays a great point guard, especially given his age. He actively looks for West/Aldridge off the picks, and mixes up the defense. That being said, he shot horribly, and turned the ball over quite a bit.
- It's tough to tell whether its the Dallas defense (which is wonderful) or just a bad night. Ginobili, Green, and Mills all shot terribly, ending up with a combined 5-28. Yikes. If you were wondering whether Mills and Green were going to come back from their shooting slumps of late, it didn't happen tonight. Even the open shots they got, at the spots of the floor they liked, just didn't fall. Overall, the offensive flow got bogged up and there were lots of forced turnovers, messy handles, and missed shots.
- Say what you want about how Tony played earlier to start out the season, in the past few games he has been rocking the boots off offensively and being a hound on the other end. You know, as much as he can. He's still limited height-wise and pretty much every other -wise, even speed-wise now. I mean if Dirk gets the ball with him as a mismatch, what's he supposed to do? But when applicable, Tony did all he could to try and deny Dirk the ball every time. There were only a few times they got switched, but the teams got to respond faster to the mismatch. Overall, great job by Tony.
- Holy shit Kawhi Leonard. Guy is looking monstrous out there. Beasting on both ends. When he's in isos, the offense gets pretty stagnant, but then he'll turn around and make a shot with the defender in his face. Cold-blooded, this guy. When he gets the shot in the flow of the offense, everything looks perfect. Less so when he gets it by himself. He makes great passes but he isn't a point guard/forward. Yet. But he is making those shots every-which-way. Kobe but with the shot falling. Kawhi is really becoming a go-to offensive guy with the shot clock winding down. He's starting to look like the new fundamental.
- Tim Duncan was great, even without really shooting. 9 rebound, 4 assists, 2 blocks in 28 minutes. Stifling defense whenever Tim was on the court with West or Aldridge and Kawhi
- Both teams played hard. It was a real nit-and-grit game out there with lots of hard defense and fouls. Like it usually is between Dallas and San Antonio, it looked like a playoff game out on the court, and despite the awful offensive production by both teams, it was really fun to watch. Neither team broke 90, with the final score being 88-83 Spurs' way, but I'd attribute that more to the defense than anything else. Both teams are played really great defense, and there was little getting through on either end. 40%/28%(3pt)for the Spurs, and 41%/27%(3pt for the Mavs. Even the players who were off offensively still chased people off and contested shots. This Dallas team is no joke. They play hard and know where to be on the court. Rick Carlisle deserves the reputation he gets.
Final score: 88-83 Spurs win
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Here's a link the box score, I have no idea how to post it without running out of space (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/dallas-mavericks-san-antonio-spurs-2015112524/)
- Lamarcus and West really fit the Spurs mentality. They dive for loose balls and fight for rebounds. Tiago was great and always threw his heart out against Dallas, but these new guys also play great defense. They're working hard down low, and are really snatching the ball away from other people. The offense with them is flowing better with them now, so good signs.
- Ginobili plays a great point guard, especially given his age. He actively looks for West/Aldridge off the picks, and mixes up the defense. That being said, he shot horribly, and turned the ball over quite a bit.
- It's tough to tell whether its the Dallas defense (which is wonderful) or just a bad night. Ginobili, Green, and Mills all shot terribly, ending up with a combined 5-28. Yikes. If you were wondering whether Mills and Green were going to come back from their shooting slumps of late, it didn't happen tonight. Even the open shots they got, at the spots of the floor they liked, just didn't fall. Overall, the offensive flow got bogged up and there were lots of forced turnovers, messy handles, and missed shots.
- Say what you want about how Tony played earlier to start out the season, in the past few games he has been rocking the boots off offensively and being a hound on the other end. You know, as much as he can. He's still limited height-wise and pretty much every other -wise, even speed-wise now. I mean if Dirk gets the ball with him as a mismatch, what's he supposed to do? But when applicable, Tony did all he could to try and deny Dirk the ball every time. There were only a few times they got switched, but the teams got to respond faster to the mismatch. Overall, great job by Tony.
- Holy shit Kawhi Leonard. Guy is looking monstrous out there. Beasting on both ends. When he's in isos, the offense gets pretty stagnant, but then he'll turn around and make a shot with the defender in his face. Cold-blooded, this guy. When he gets the shot in the flow of the offense, everything looks perfect. Less so when he gets it by himself. He makes great passes but he isn't a point guard/forward. Yet. But he is making those shots every-which-way. Kobe but with the shot falling. Kawhi is really becoming a go-to offensive guy with the shot clock winding down. He's starting to look like the new fundamental.
- Tim Duncan was great, even without really shooting. 9 rebound, 4 assists, 2 blocks in 28 minutes. Stifling defense whenever Tim was on the court with West or Aldridge and Kawhi
- Both teams played hard. It was a real nit-and-grit game out there with lots of hard defense and fouls. Like it usually is between Dallas and San Antonio, it looked like a playoff game out on the court, and despite the awful offensive production by both teams, it was really fun to watch. Neither team broke 90, with the final score being 88-83 Spurs' way, but I'd attribute that more to the defense than anything else. Both teams are played really great defense, and there was little getting through on either end. 40%/28%(3pt)for the Spurs, and 41%/27%(3pt for the Mavs. Even the players who were off offensively still chased people off and contested shots. This Dallas team is no joke. They play hard and know where to be on the court. Rick Carlisle deserves the reputation he gets.
Final score: 88-83 Spurs win
:flag:
Here's a link the box score, I have no idea how to post it without running out of space (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/dallas-mavericks-san-antonio-spurs-2015112524/)