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Thanks OP
https://www.spurstalk.com/grades-san...lakers-game-8/
FTL, always and forever
Thanks OP
Aldridge plays in the last tilt between them, Spurs would have won. Hope he can stay healthy.
The next several games should be much easier than they've been.
Good photos bro! Thanks.
Thanks for the grades Timvp. I would give each player another half point for beating the defending Champs in their home court. I cannot fault anybody really. Keldon's shots were just not going in, but the aggression was there, and he wisely did not force it. Everybody just looked focused. Our young guys feel they belong against the depending champs.. it's crazy. I think Spurs found their character and what it would take to win games. It's a matter of sticking to it, even when sometimes they find themselves down, they could hang their hat on what works. It's attacking the rim. Pushing the ball in transition. Closeouts, and protecting the 3's. Shooting the 3's when open. Pop is really doing a great job creating open 3's and our guys are letting them fly.
Great game.
Thanks for the grades! Great game and we closed it much better. We're on a roll!
Great game ... the Spurs were focused for 48 minutes ... Keldon is human and so he shows inconsistency like Dejounte two games ago.
LMA obviously still makes a difference. Hope he continues to play this way.
Thx for the grades!
Thanks for the grades LJ, luv ya!
I'm impressed with how poised DJ was in this game, you love to see it.
lets fking go, very impressed with DJ, playing defense again and being more comfortable with his offense/spots on the floor, lonnie showing some stuff too
awesome win, fun to watch
Rudy Gay, limited minutes, but nice lift off the bench, he couldnt have played any better.
And it was Aldridge's night
DD missed some easy baskets at the end which I would notch him down a point. Overall good game.
except for the Jazz game (which seems to be an exception), these guys have been competing hard (and playing well) in every game, the team's ceiling (as like DJ, LW, DV and KJ) is positively unknown.
Thanks for putting the box scores in the article again.
i thought that keldon is much smaller than lbj...
Great game, great grades. I don’t see this team losing again this season.
Great write up Timvp. Great game by the good guys overall. There was no stopping Lebron and Davis but the Spurs stopped every other Laker. This game showed the value of Aldridge amd the work he put on his 3pt shot. Great job by DeRozan and Murray with avoiding turnovers. They needed a near perfect game to beat the Lakers and did it.
They jelly legged LeBron. He lost his legs about halfway thrust the 3rd, when he clanked 3-4 from the line. At that point, you can play one step back, and limit his driving angles.
Ran the Lakers into the ground.
This is true. Usually when LeBron is mad things aren't going his way he would run everyone over to get to the basket. He didn't do that once last night. I'm glad he's getting older.
It's the same way Parker used to run everywhere on the court to tire the opposing star PG out. I loved seeing that back then. I don't remember any other teams ever employing that strategy.
Yup those two missed free throws show his legs were gone. Not surprisingly, he himself fouled DJ to wave the white flag with I thought was still plenty of time. But the team playing again the following day idk.
Vassell has some pretty impressive instincts on D for sure. That play where he got beat by, was it Schroder? where he wrapped the pass around to Davis in the paint and Vassell perfectly anticipated it and stole it preventing an easy dunk was a thing of beauty tbh
He literally has premonition. A sign of high bball IQ. He's like Nephew in that regard.
Lonnie unlocking his mid-range last night makes him a 3-level scorer. As long he keeps a healthy balance between all 3 (close 2s, mid-range, and 3s) and doesn't fall in love with any single one, then he's a championship level starter who other teams HATE because he can hit those big shots when the top options pass out. As far as s om goes, he would need to get more touches + be more efficient. I hope we can lock him up to a DJ-sized contract.
Speaking of DJ, if he maintains his finishing ability throughout the season it would make him elite among NBA guards. TP3 was a league anamoly throughout his career always being the only guard at the top of that statistic (close 2 field goal percentage), I believe. I think this is no coincidence that the Spurs drafted him with this purpose in mind, the system has relied on great finishers at the rim from our core guards in the past.
Hmmn he still had some very stong moves to the hoop and scored.
Albeit a couple of those damn hooks freed him up.
James Worthy used to pull that constantly. LakerRef never stepping up to make the right call.
Nonetheless agree with y'all that he looked pooped his last 4 game minutes.
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