BillMc
01-04-2017, 10:53 PM
I know there is a stigma on this site against PTR, but this is a nice article talking about what the Spurs are doing right to win all these games.
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2017/1/4/14159680/spurs-so-good-this-year
Why the Spurs are so good this season
It comes down to three-pointers, free-throws and dunks, who knew?
by Michael Erler (http://www.sbnation.com/users/Michael%20Erler)
This may seem ironic, considering the Spurs’ tough loss at Atlanta, but I feel more optimistic about them than I have all season. About ten different things had to happen for them to lose to the Hawks on New Year’s Day. They ran into a superhuman performance by Paul Millsap, and a career night from Tim Hardaway Jr. Kawhi Leonard was a shell of himself, still weak from a bout with a stomach bug. They got virtually nothing from Jonathon Simmons, Kyle Anderson and Dewayne Dedmon. An Atlanta squad who usually shoots threes very poorly (33.1 percent) just happened to make 14-of-28 of them against the Spurs. These things happen, and hopefully you don’t run into them in a playoff game.
What is encouraging is not only the Spurs’ glossy 28-7 record but more so that the eye test and the numbers are starting to align with the standings, when that wasn’t the case earlier in the season, when the team was winning some coin-flip games more because of Leonard and the bench than anything else. LaMarcus Aldridge, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, Danny Green and Manu Ginobili are all playing their best ball of the season these past two weeks and gradually the team’s scoring differential is growing.
So, the question before us: Why are the 2016-17 Spurs so good?
....[CLICK LINK ABOVE TO CONTINUE]
http://www.poundingtherock.com/2017/1/4/14159680/spurs-so-good-this-year
Why the Spurs are so good this season
It comes down to three-pointers, free-throws and dunks, who knew?
by Michael Erler (http://www.sbnation.com/users/Michael%20Erler)
This may seem ironic, considering the Spurs’ tough loss at Atlanta, but I feel more optimistic about them than I have all season. About ten different things had to happen for them to lose to the Hawks on New Year’s Day. They ran into a superhuman performance by Paul Millsap, and a career night from Tim Hardaway Jr. Kawhi Leonard was a shell of himself, still weak from a bout with a stomach bug. They got virtually nothing from Jonathon Simmons, Kyle Anderson and Dewayne Dedmon. An Atlanta squad who usually shoots threes very poorly (33.1 percent) just happened to make 14-of-28 of them against the Spurs. These things happen, and hopefully you don’t run into them in a playoff game.
What is encouraging is not only the Spurs’ glossy 28-7 record but more so that the eye test and the numbers are starting to align with the standings, when that wasn’t the case earlier in the season, when the team was winning some coin-flip games more because of Leonard and the bench than anything else. LaMarcus Aldridge, Pau Gasol, Tony Parker, Danny Green and Manu Ginobili are all playing their best ball of the season these past two weeks and gradually the team’s scoring differential is growing.
So, the question before us: Why are the 2016-17 Spurs so good?
....[CLICK LINK ABOVE TO CONTINUE]