tbdog
10-28-2016, 03:37 AM
102-94 away win over the Kings.
(http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs-sacramento-kings-2016102723/)
Some notes I took during the game
1st.
Starting unit is not moving the ball and the offense is just taking turns on the low block.
Anderson provided two good defensive plays and was rewarded with a steal and block.
Gasol is too deep on the ice defense and just ins’t contesting the shots off the dribble. He made a slow pass cross court which was easily picked.
Manu was the first player off the bench.
Pop let the team play and go through the pains at the start without calling a timeout.
Out of the first timeout, Pop called a high low involving Gasol provide an ally hoop pass, resulting in 2 FT attempts by LMA. A much needed basket
Demon first big off the bench around the 5 min mark
All starters were subbed out by the 4 min mark at 14-18. Leonard had 12
Manu is running the pick n roll with Lee and Demond beautifully.
2nd
Staters were back at the 9min mark 32-34
Anderson looked good here. After Cousins upped the lead to 41-34, Anderson is the a little mvp in the run to even the game 41 apiece. He provided excellent defense and passing and was rewarded with 2 assists during this period.
Kings made a huge run. With a 1min40 left in the 2nd 46-55, Pop ran out the half with the bench. The bench made a small run to cut the lead down to 53-57.
At the half, Leonard, Lee, Dedmond, and Manu were the standouts. Parker and Gasol were heavily hurting the team.
On Parker, the guy didn’t’ control the pace and held on the ball far to much, not even dribbled, just holding, running down the shot clock while he waited for a screen. Patty is always moving with or without the ball. If Parker isn’t scoring (he just isn’t a scorer anymore), then he needs to run the offense by controlling the pace at least. A straight up F at the break for Parker. I am not sure he even registered an assist, and clank two midrange shots.
3rd
Pop adjustment was to give the ball to Gasol more, where he ran the offense from the top of the key, and provided some isolation off the block. The results were not great, but he did hit a nice midrange, and I was hopeful it will get Gasol going, considering LMA just cannot get it going.
Anderson defense is great, and the second best defender outside Leonard tonight. His transitional defense is a few step below Danny Green, and if he continues throughout there year, we will look good.
At the 6:20min mark, with the Spurs struggling, after losing LMA to his 4th foul, down 57-66, Pop ran Lee in the Diaw to Mills play, where Diaw would isolate on the base line and fling a pass Mills to the corner for the 3. Lee provided a pin point pass resulting in a 3 by Patty.
The Spurs took the lead and held a 76-71 lead, mainly due to Leonards dominates on both ends. Lee was great during this period, working hard under the basket, and Manu hit a nice three.
4th
Starting the 4th, spurs went small with Leonard playing the 4 despite only minor rest. LMA started at center with 4 fouls. Parker, Manu, and Simmons (plently of ball handling) were the other three.
Leonard individually extended the lead to 10 with a steal, resulting in a Simmons layup and the next play an And1. However, the lead was quickly cut down to 5 with Cousins individual brilliance. During that stretch LMA missed a bunny, making his night that much worse.
With 6 mins left up 4, Spurs ran Mills and Demond instead of Parker and Gasol. For the record, Parker ran the offense much better in the first half of the 4th quarter than he did throughout the game. It resulted in LMA getting some better looks and getting the FT line.
With a 6 point lead, 3 mins left, Parker was subbed back in. Mills didn’t do much during that stretch, and as I said, I felt Parker ran the offense better that quarter and it looks like Pop trusted Parker more.
To end the game, Leonard offense pulled the game away, and Demond D and rebounding secured the stops.
102-94
Player Ratings
Parker - Last game B-
D
He was an F up until the 4th where he seemed to control the game better. Besides his 4ft’s and 2 assist is all he offered on O, but it was nice despite 25mins of play, he didn’t registered a turn over. Getting LMA going at the end was important to get the end result in the W.
Leonard - Last game A+
A
What can I say? The only reason why it was not an A+ was because in the first, it felt like he didn’t have Gay under full control, and his outside shot isn’t falling. Yet back to back 30point games, and he is 1-8 from deep. Yes, things are looking good.
Anderson - Last game C-
B
The box score doesn’t give him notice, like Bowen back in the days, Anderson is probably just one of those guys that does the little things that doesn’t get recorded. I was surprised he had 8 rebounds. The steal and block was made in the first few minutes in the game. But his transitional defense is where he get’s the B from. He is our third best defender so far on our team. Take that as bad or good. He needs to take some confident shots.
LMA - Last game A
C
Looked lost in the first 3 quarters. Was not involved, and registered no defensive stats. He made up for it by hitting some FT’s and jumpers down the stretch when the game was on the line. I didn’t notice much leadership out there, probably gassed by banging so much down low. He simply scored the C because despite an off night, he did help towards the end when it was needed. And that is what you want from your stars when you have nights like these.
Gasol - Last game D-
D-
Well look at my rant in my notes to know why. He registered 1 assist to 3to’s. 6 rebounds in 20 mins is nice, but no offensive rebounds. The saving grace was the nice timely 3 pointer he hit and got a nice block. The only saving grace for not getting a F.
Mills - Last game A
C
Had a favourable matchup with no decent points to guard him or defend against, yet struggled to get pass the very temporary ex Spurs, Temple. Hit some 3’s, missed some. Played with pace with the second unit. Overall, just okay.
Manu - Last game A-
B-
Hit some timely shots, and broke down the D a few times with the drive. Ran the pick n roll with Lee and Demond beautifully, and I wanted to see more of that. Lost some points due to shooting ordinary overall. This is the type of games we should except on a nightly basis, with some gems in there.
Simmons - Last game A
C-
Not a good matchup for a slasher with so many bigs. I don’t recall him actually taking a midrange shot this game. Got burnt by Affalo late in the game. The charge on Gay was nice. His passing is very inconsistent. He hit Manu with a perfect pass for the 3, but missed some, especially when Mills had his feet set, the pass was off center, which resulted in a successful closeout.
Lee - Last game B+
B+
Kinda hard to give him an A for just 16 mins of play, but 5 of 6 shooting, 5 rebs, 2 of them offensive, 2 steals, 2 assist, and blk, and no turnovers. His defense is much better than expected, and it did surprising well boxing out the Kings huge front line. I suppose Pop just couldn’t play him any more due to the size difference, but unlike West, this guy plays bigger than he is. He has great hands, and his little off balance layup floaters, ugly enough, go in.
Dedmond - Last game B-
A
Man, a dud preseason to this gem. 5 of 6 shooting, 7 rebounds, 4 of them offensive, and 4 blks. He challenge shots, grab big rebounds, including down the stretch and that nice putback over Cousins in the 1st quarter (I believe). He would have gotten an A+ if he hit that midrange and didn’t give the And1 to McLemore.
Pop
Hard to tell. He obviously made enough adjustments defensively at the half to get us back in it. He ran the second unit enough which put us back in the game. This is the second game in a row our starters look like they were stuck in the mud. LMA, Parker, Anderson, and Gasol provided us nothing on offense at the start of the game. When the bench came on, Leonard had 12 of the 14 points.
Some minor things I want to show you guys
http://imgur.com/a/avqRx
http://imgur.com/4dQrt5u
Look at the spacing when Anderson and Parker are on the floor together. Despite having two jump shooting bigs, the defense has no desire to have anyone on Anderson and Parker.
http://imgur.com/uwfRcgn
http://imgur.com/uwfRcgn
Then compare it when Manu and Mills are on instead, despite having two non jump shootings bigs.
http://imgur.com/AIRAzpF
http://imgur.com/AIRAzpF
Gasol shot block attempt on Cousins. Seriously should just have given this guy an F.
http://imgur.com/kmfSdxK
http://imgur.com/kmfSdxK
4secs prior, Dedmond grabbed a big rebound, whilst running up the court, he symbol to Leonard that he was setting a pick. The defense scrambled and a few passes later resulted in a open midrange shot by Leonard, giving us a 9 point lead.
Next up, home opener on the 30th against the Pelicans.
(http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/san-antonio-spurs-sacramento-kings-2016102723/)
Some notes I took during the game
1st.
Starting unit is not moving the ball and the offense is just taking turns on the low block.
Anderson provided two good defensive plays and was rewarded with a steal and block.
Gasol is too deep on the ice defense and just ins’t contesting the shots off the dribble. He made a slow pass cross court which was easily picked.
Manu was the first player off the bench.
Pop let the team play and go through the pains at the start without calling a timeout.
Out of the first timeout, Pop called a high low involving Gasol provide an ally hoop pass, resulting in 2 FT attempts by LMA. A much needed basket
Demon first big off the bench around the 5 min mark
All starters were subbed out by the 4 min mark at 14-18. Leonard had 12
Manu is running the pick n roll with Lee and Demond beautifully.
2nd
Staters were back at the 9min mark 32-34
Anderson looked good here. After Cousins upped the lead to 41-34, Anderson is the a little mvp in the run to even the game 41 apiece. He provided excellent defense and passing and was rewarded with 2 assists during this period.
Kings made a huge run. With a 1min40 left in the 2nd 46-55, Pop ran out the half with the bench. The bench made a small run to cut the lead down to 53-57.
At the half, Leonard, Lee, Dedmond, and Manu were the standouts. Parker and Gasol were heavily hurting the team.
On Parker, the guy didn’t’ control the pace and held on the ball far to much, not even dribbled, just holding, running down the shot clock while he waited for a screen. Patty is always moving with or without the ball. If Parker isn’t scoring (he just isn’t a scorer anymore), then he needs to run the offense by controlling the pace at least. A straight up F at the break for Parker. I am not sure he even registered an assist, and clank two midrange shots.
3rd
Pop adjustment was to give the ball to Gasol more, where he ran the offense from the top of the key, and provided some isolation off the block. The results were not great, but he did hit a nice midrange, and I was hopeful it will get Gasol going, considering LMA just cannot get it going.
Anderson defense is great, and the second best defender outside Leonard tonight. His transitional defense is a few step below Danny Green, and if he continues throughout there year, we will look good.
At the 6:20min mark, with the Spurs struggling, after losing LMA to his 4th foul, down 57-66, Pop ran Lee in the Diaw to Mills play, where Diaw would isolate on the base line and fling a pass Mills to the corner for the 3. Lee provided a pin point pass resulting in a 3 by Patty.
The Spurs took the lead and held a 76-71 lead, mainly due to Leonards dominates on both ends. Lee was great during this period, working hard under the basket, and Manu hit a nice three.
4th
Starting the 4th, spurs went small with Leonard playing the 4 despite only minor rest. LMA started at center with 4 fouls. Parker, Manu, and Simmons (plently of ball handling) were the other three.
Leonard individually extended the lead to 10 with a steal, resulting in a Simmons layup and the next play an And1. However, the lead was quickly cut down to 5 with Cousins individual brilliance. During that stretch LMA missed a bunny, making his night that much worse.
With 6 mins left up 4, Spurs ran Mills and Demond instead of Parker and Gasol. For the record, Parker ran the offense much better in the first half of the 4th quarter than he did throughout the game. It resulted in LMA getting some better looks and getting the FT line.
With a 6 point lead, 3 mins left, Parker was subbed back in. Mills didn’t do much during that stretch, and as I said, I felt Parker ran the offense better that quarter and it looks like Pop trusted Parker more.
To end the game, Leonard offense pulled the game away, and Demond D and rebounding secured the stops.
102-94
Player Ratings
Parker - Last game B-
D
He was an F up until the 4th where he seemed to control the game better. Besides his 4ft’s and 2 assist is all he offered on O, but it was nice despite 25mins of play, he didn’t registered a turn over. Getting LMA going at the end was important to get the end result in the W.
Leonard - Last game A+
A
What can I say? The only reason why it was not an A+ was because in the first, it felt like he didn’t have Gay under full control, and his outside shot isn’t falling. Yet back to back 30point games, and he is 1-8 from deep. Yes, things are looking good.
Anderson - Last game C-
B
The box score doesn’t give him notice, like Bowen back in the days, Anderson is probably just one of those guys that does the little things that doesn’t get recorded. I was surprised he had 8 rebounds. The steal and block was made in the first few minutes in the game. But his transitional defense is where he get’s the B from. He is our third best defender so far on our team. Take that as bad or good. He needs to take some confident shots.
LMA - Last game A
C
Looked lost in the first 3 quarters. Was not involved, and registered no defensive stats. He made up for it by hitting some FT’s and jumpers down the stretch when the game was on the line. I didn’t notice much leadership out there, probably gassed by banging so much down low. He simply scored the C because despite an off night, he did help towards the end when it was needed. And that is what you want from your stars when you have nights like these.
Gasol - Last game D-
D-
Well look at my rant in my notes to know why. He registered 1 assist to 3to’s. 6 rebounds in 20 mins is nice, but no offensive rebounds. The saving grace was the nice timely 3 pointer he hit and got a nice block. The only saving grace for not getting a F.
Mills - Last game A
C
Had a favourable matchup with no decent points to guard him or defend against, yet struggled to get pass the very temporary ex Spurs, Temple. Hit some 3’s, missed some. Played with pace with the second unit. Overall, just okay.
Manu - Last game A-
B-
Hit some timely shots, and broke down the D a few times with the drive. Ran the pick n roll with Lee and Demond beautifully, and I wanted to see more of that. Lost some points due to shooting ordinary overall. This is the type of games we should except on a nightly basis, with some gems in there.
Simmons - Last game A
C-
Not a good matchup for a slasher with so many bigs. I don’t recall him actually taking a midrange shot this game. Got burnt by Affalo late in the game. The charge on Gay was nice. His passing is very inconsistent. He hit Manu with a perfect pass for the 3, but missed some, especially when Mills had his feet set, the pass was off center, which resulted in a successful closeout.
Lee - Last game B+
B+
Kinda hard to give him an A for just 16 mins of play, but 5 of 6 shooting, 5 rebs, 2 of them offensive, 2 steals, 2 assist, and blk, and no turnovers. His defense is much better than expected, and it did surprising well boxing out the Kings huge front line. I suppose Pop just couldn’t play him any more due to the size difference, but unlike West, this guy plays bigger than he is. He has great hands, and his little off balance layup floaters, ugly enough, go in.
Dedmond - Last game B-
A
Man, a dud preseason to this gem. 5 of 6 shooting, 7 rebounds, 4 of them offensive, and 4 blks. He challenge shots, grab big rebounds, including down the stretch and that nice putback over Cousins in the 1st quarter (I believe). He would have gotten an A+ if he hit that midrange and didn’t give the And1 to McLemore.
Pop
Hard to tell. He obviously made enough adjustments defensively at the half to get us back in it. He ran the second unit enough which put us back in the game. This is the second game in a row our starters look like they were stuck in the mud. LMA, Parker, Anderson, and Gasol provided us nothing on offense at the start of the game. When the bench came on, Leonard had 12 of the 14 points.
Some minor things I want to show you guys
http://imgur.com/a/avqRx
http://imgur.com/4dQrt5u
Look at the spacing when Anderson and Parker are on the floor together. Despite having two jump shooting bigs, the defense has no desire to have anyone on Anderson and Parker.
http://imgur.com/uwfRcgn
http://imgur.com/uwfRcgn
Then compare it when Manu and Mills are on instead, despite having two non jump shootings bigs.
http://imgur.com/AIRAzpF
http://imgur.com/AIRAzpF
Gasol shot block attempt on Cousins. Seriously should just have given this guy an F.
http://imgur.com/kmfSdxK
http://imgur.com/kmfSdxK
4secs prior, Dedmond grabbed a big rebound, whilst running up the court, he symbol to Leonard that he was setting a pick. The defense scrambled and a few passes later resulted in a open midrange shot by Leonard, giving us a 9 point lead.
Next up, home opener on the 30th against the Pelicans.