Quick Grades: Spurs @ Nuggets - Game 7, 2019 NBA Playoffs (Apr. 27)

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

Difference is this isn’t some guy overpaid on the bench. He’s closing game 7s. A sign of not coaching well and fundamental flaws in what wins and what doesn’t.

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Mills had to play. White just wasn't getting it done from both ends. Nuggets were just sagging off him. It was the right move to put Mills in. I felt Mills got a little unlucky on defense and got called for some fouls that should not have been.

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Originally Posted by tbdog

Mills had to play. White just wasn't getting it done from both ends. Nuggets were just sagging off him. It was the right move to put Mills in. I felt Mills got a little unlucky on defense and got called for some fouls that should not have been.

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He most certainly did not have to play. In the moment I understand; but it’s an overarching point

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

He most certainly did not have to play. In the moment I understand; but it’s an overarching point

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You couldn't play White there. He was not being guarded. He was not taking open shots. He was missing the few he took. He was not getting to the rim. The Spurs needed more space.

LMA has a good season we not getting another David or Timmy in your life time so get over it.

Thanks Timvp
So Sad to see how Derrick White went from hero to zero after game 3. Hopefully he learns from that experience.
The last 30 seconds shows no leadership from the veterans just guys concerned with their own stats. DeRozan wants to be a star like jordan but the jordan move is penetrate and kick to the open teammate. Maybe if he does on the last offensive play he sees a open Patty Mills in the corner for 3.
As for the lack of fouling, the Spurs were not attempting to go for the steal or anything. Only Forbes is calling for a foul. But he doesn't do it either. No leadership. Whats the point of Patty. If he is the new soul of the Spurs, no wonder the Spurs are now dead.

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Originally Posted by tbdog

You couldn't play White there. He was not being guarded. He was not taking open shots. He was missing the few he took. He was not getting to the rim. The Spurs needed more space.

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You realize Patrick "Wombat" Mills played the last 21 minutes of the game and had 1 FGA and 0 FGs made in that stretch, right?

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Originally Posted by DPG21920

He most certainly did not have to play. In the moment I understand; but it’s an overarching point

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I think once the decision to completely take Bertans out of the roation was made, there was no longer any alternative once Denver started to sag off White.

If Bertans was still part of the rotation, They could have had Gay play the SF position, move Forbes at SG and have Derozan handle the ball.

this was certainly an option i would have liked to see since subbing White who was atrocious for mills for another atrocious players wasnt going to amount much to anything.

But that really the only alternative..

Belli was the worst player out there so it was evident they werent going to take out White and Play Belli over him when Mills is on the bench.

In case y’all wanted to meet this trash team at the airport and boo them, here is the tracking details for their flight back home:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...609Z/KDEN/KSAT

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Originally Posted by Darius Bieber

In case y’all wanted to meet this trash team at the airport and boo them, here is the tracking details for their flight back home:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...609Z/KDEN/KSAT

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You creep :lol

Its just basketball scrah. let them enojoy their time with their families man.

YOu havent had lazy unproductive days in the office?

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Originally Posted by FkLA

You realize Patrick "Wombat" Mills played the last 21 minutes of the game and had 1 FGA and 0 FGs made in that stretch, right?

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Did you notice that DD was having far more space during that time? Perhaps because Mils was covered. And that one shot he took he was hacked on the corner 3. Did you also note that Mills had more assist and no TO, and gave LMA 2 easy dunks on the pick?

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Originally Posted by Darius Bieber

In case y’all wanted to meet this trash team at the airport and boo them, here is the tracking details for their flight back home:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...609Z/KDEN/KSAT

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dammit it must be so nice to lose at your job, but still get to go home and sleep in your million dollar house, on a comfortable ass bed.

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

Game was over before the foul debacle. It was aggravating to watch but :lol at anyone that thinks that is where we lost the game. There was like a 0.1% chance we couldve won from that position.

We lost on the floater and the subsequent miss down 4

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The odds are obviously low in that situation but we reduced the odds to zero percent.

Thanks for service above and beyond, timvp. This could not have been a happy one to try to grade.

Game was lost in the first quarter.

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Originally Posted by baseline bum

Aldridge and Mills should get automatic F for quitting on the season.

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Aldridge and the way people treat him in San Antonio, just goes to show you how spoiled the franchise Fanbase is. You guys are too used to having Tim Duncan and David Robinson around. Because he is a really good player that has played very very well in San Antonio. He is what he is. He’s not some great player going to lead you to championships. But as is he is a borderline Hall of Famer. His numbers are always very very steady.

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Originally Posted by tbdog

Did you notice that DD was having far more space during that time? Perhaps because Mils was covered. And that one shot he took he was hacked on the corner 3. Did you also note that Mills had more assist and no TO, and gave LMA 2 easy dunks on the pick?

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Ah gtfo. Wombat didn't do anything that was even remotely game changing. Nothing that would justify him playing the last 21 minutes of the game. He was awful, just like he was all series.

With so many Spurs struggling, why didn't Bertans get a shake?

Pop doesn't get a pass.

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Originally Posted by Darius Bieber

In case y’all wanted to meet this trash team at the airport and boo them, here is the tracking details for their flight back home:

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/...609Z/KDEN/KSAT

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Pretty cool how they show the flight, actually. Looks like they'll be over Lubbock in about eight or nine minutes maybe.

But are all of them on that plane? Some may have skipped the middle man and booked flights to Cancun, tbh.

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Originally Posted by timvp

Nah. Pop values Mills corporate knowledge and team chemistry building or whatever. It's easy for us outside fans to scoff at that but I'm guessing Mills does bring some intangible value. It's just impossible that it's anywhere near $50 million.

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It's time for Pop to transition to a Pat Riley role. We'll probably just turn into another shitty, small-market team if he were to leave entirely so it's important that he's still around. Just not as coach.

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Originally Posted by FkLA

Ah gtfo. Wombat didn't do anything that was even remotely game changing. Nothing that would justify him playing the last 21 minutes of the game. He was awful, just like he was all series.

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Issue is you only see miss shots and think the guy is awful. When the reality is that White didn't hit a shot all game and Nuggets were letting him shoot it. LMA and DD had no room. Spurs unable to score off the double was more on White.

At least all our trade acquisitions performed and we get that 29th draft pick for next season. Toronto got swindled.

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Originally Posted by tbdog

When the reality is that White didn't hit a shot all game and Nuggets were letting him shoot it. LMA and DD had no room. Spurs unable to score off the double was more on White.

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This is true. Nuggets stopped defending White. Mills at least was still being guarded out to the three-point line.

That said, it's certainly debatable whether White should have been given more of a chance or whether the Spurs got as close as they did due to Pop pulling the cord early.

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Originally Posted by dbreiden83080

Aldridge and the way people treat him in San Antonio, just goes to show you how spoiled the franchise Fanbase is. You guys are too used to having Tim Duncan and David Robinson around. Because he is a really good player that has played very very well in San Antonio. He is what he is. He’s not some great player going to lead you to championships. But as is he is a borderline Hall of Famer. His numbers are always very very steady.

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You are right. A lot of spurstalkers get carried away with parroting brain-dead cliches like "touches." They think they've said something significant when all they've really said is that they're a parrot.

LMA is an excellent player when he's part of a good team. But the Spurs roster this season looked like it was cobbled together by somebody who was not quite right. To be kind about it.

The Spurs are family. Ok, but, the roster looks like the Addams family. Like something a caricaturist would draw.

Wonder what sort of cartoon we'll see next season.

Denver was giving away the game the last 5 minutes. Of course wehn you are down 17 it is hard to win (unless of course you are up 19 in that case it is very easy to lose).

Again, the problem was the offense. It is called basketball, if you are not able to make even basic layups to the basket, you fucking lose.ught
Defense was very good, well fought, and the comeback was all defense in fact.
Is there still someone out there who thiks the problem is the defense?

Jokic was on fumes and foul trouble, and we kept going with DDR on the switch after the pick and roll instead of getting to him for the 6th foul. Pathetic.

It fits that the last 50 seconds were a confused no show: perfect summary of the series.

Anyway the game was lost after the first pathetic quarter.

Mills was fighting at least, and after all he was on the court for the comeback, as White totally choked. Forbes the only bright spot, maybe together with LMA defense which was excellent.

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

We lost on the floater and the subsequent miss down 4

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Wasn't just a miss. DDR's shot was blocked. They've got athletic wings that make defensive plays like that unlike the Spurs.

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Originally Posted by DMC

The end of the game doesn't matter. That 1st quarter was a shit show. If the Spurs do anything at all, like take 5 guys from the audience and put them on the floor, they at least put some points on the board. It was embarrassing as fuck to see a team like SA have 2 points halfway through the 1st in a game 7 of the playoffs.

Then again, they basically overachieved. They should have lost by 40 as shitty as they started and they would have if Denver wasn't also a fraud.

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Daaaamn. Truth