Quick Grades: Spurs @ Nuggets - Game 1, 2019 NBA Playoffs (Apr. 13)

The whole team gets an A+ for grit. No matter what happened, they kept right on playing as best they could. That's how they won. The old cliche, pounding the rock. The Spurs never quit.

Also, for maybe the only game this season, that I can think of, the refs get an A. They did a pretty good job of staying almost invisible. A welcome change from the regular season.

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Originally Posted by Mugen

Running up and down the court. That pudgy fuck was gassed out by the national anthem tbh.

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Even Porker was watching the game thinking Jokic was pudgy as fuck.

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Originally Posted by JeffDuncan

The whole team gets an A+ for grit. No matter what happened, they kept right on playing as best they could. That's how they won. The old cliche, pounding the rock. The Spurs never quit.

Also, for maybe the only game this season, that I can think of, the refs get an A. They did a pretty good job of staying almost invisible. A welcome change from the regular season.

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Yes! In Q4 I was thinking "wow the refs are actually good"

Thank for the grades! Glad we hung in there after that 3rd quarter. Luckily they couldn't make a shot either. If we can do this well on a not great game by LMA, then I like our chances.

Victory!

Let’s maybe win game 2 as well?

Quite a few posters on here were wrong about Forbes. Kid is a player.

the Nuggets are under huge pressure now. Game 2 is a must win for them already. They can't afford to go to AT&T down 0-2. Spurs now got a big advantage going into game 2

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Originally Posted by Mugen

Running up and down the court. That pudgy fuck was gassed out by the national anthem tbh.

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:lol fat Yolk itch

Rewatching the last few minutes of the game, this is what I got from it:

Our offensive execution was pretty bad. Our defense saved us, plus some missed shots by Denver. But the D was on point for the most part.
-D White turned the ball over with about a minute to go
-Derozan missed like 2 or 3 shots in the last 2 minutes.
-The last FG for the spurs was the pump fake shot by DeRozan. That was with a little over 2 minutes to go.
-But defense was on point. Only the last Murray attempt was an open attempt and he missed but Spurs played solid D the last 2 minutes. Thats what won us the game.

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Originally Posted by RC_Drunkford

the Nuggets are under huge pressure now. Game 2 is a must win for them already. They can't afford to go to AT&T down 0-2. Spurs now got a big advantage going into game 2

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Hmm... Jamal Murray is starting to defiantly feel the pressure that it's on him for the reason they lost. Check out this story from Real GM:

Jamal Murray worked on his jumper while teammates showered and addressed the media following a 8-24 performance in the Denver Nuggets' 101-96 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.
Murray missed an open jumper with 13 seconds left in the game that would have put the Nuggets in the lead.
“I took some shots on every shot I missed, especially that one I missed, the open one at the end of the game. I was just shooting. I was frustrated...I’ll bounce back. My teammates have confidence in me. Coach has confidence in me. It’s up to me now," said Murray.

Well, let's see if he'll "bounce back" for tomorrow's game. Aside from Murray, "The Joker" & Millsap," the Spurs will also have their hands full with Harris, Barton, with Beasley & Craig coming off the bench. Thank goodness that the McNuggets really didn't have a good scoring game, & I don't know if it was the jitters being in the playoffs, but I'm sure this team will bounce back for game two & try to even this series. The Good Guys have their work cut out for Tuesday. Also hoping that LMA & DD10 will also play better, too, & bring some energy & play consistent defense along with O-rebounding here on out! GSG!!!

I think some mention should be made of the altitude problem. It probably affected Gay the most based on his great start which tailed off toward the end. It can also be responsible for LA's problems as well. Older big men are going to feel it more. Finally, I think Pop was taking this into account with longer minutes for Mills because he had to keep White strong for the finish in the 4th quarter.

All things considered this was a super win for the team.