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Without one of the big three, the Spurs turn up the heat more defensively. I think it is because of the urgency, not necessarily the road trip, just my two cents.
FG% Allowed: #17 a week ago, #14 now.
Points Allowed: #5 a week ago, #3 now.
The Spurs is heating up to its post RRT form. Go Spurs!!!
Without one of the big three, the Spurs turn up the heat more defensively. I think it is because of the urgency, not necessarily the road trip, just my two cents.
spurs' bench off players play much harder than Duncan, because they know they won't have that much time to show off after Duncan returns. Duncan won't be 100% focused on defense until the playoffs come, he is saving for the playoffs.
Sensible thought!
It's unreal how good the defense has been the last 2 games, almost as if Pop pressed the Defense ON button or something, let's hope we continue this way.
Team Rankings
SA Conf Rank NBA Rank
PPG 97.6 12 21
PA/G 93.7 1 3
FG% .464 5 7
Opp FG% .453 5 12
STL/G 5.8 15 30
TO/G 11.7 1 2
Wow, what a surprise... NOT.
Where are all the people who were jumping off cliffs a month ago, and didn't understand SPAM? And we're not even at March yet! The Spurs always ramp up the D after AS Break, same again this year.
Excellent, but entirely predictable, news.
Technically you're spot on, however, this year Pop has undeniably stressed more on the offensive part than in previous years. Basketball has changed a bit and we're adjusting, we've desperately needed e solid 4th scoring option, especially last season, so we've got Mason now. Bonner has stepped up in place of Oberto because we're a better offensive unit this way. Bowen is getting a much reduced role in favor of Fin and Mason now - all these changes have been made in order to make us better offensively, which we need to be in order to beat our main rivals for the le.Wow, what a surprise... NOT.
Where are all the people who were jumping off cliffs a month ago, and didn't understand SPAM? And we're not even at March yet! The Spurs always ramp up the D after AS Break, same again this year.
Excellent, but entirely predictable, news.
So, the question was whether we can get back our defensive prowess while keeping the improved offense.
Bottomline is, if we do, we'd be a much better team than last year's.
SPAM
One more defensive performance against Portland tonight, we'll leapfrog the Hawks, 76ers and Bobcats to #11 on FG% allowed.
Go Spurs!
the stats are great and all but we're still slow on weakside rotations...the better shooting teams will make us pay more than the wizards and a struggling dallas team...we need more games like that detroit game, that's the goal, not games like NY
I like their defense in stretches, but the best defensive lineup on the floor last night could barely get a shot off.
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I think the best defense out there that can actually score is when they play Finley and Mason alongside each other. I thought having Bowen and Udoka out there at the same time would come back to bite us in the ass.
I'll go back and check to see who it was, but Mason's not much of a passer, and Finley can't create his own shot, and both are prone to falling asleep on their rotations. That good defensive lineup (that included Fin IIRC) had two near 24 second violations in a row and couldn't blow the game open despite getting stops.
Two near 24 second violations is hardly something to complain about lol. Maybe two 24 second violations okay but near? If it didn't happen why complain about it? Defensively I think the best lineup is Mason, Finley, Parker, Kurt and Bonner. Which is more than likely going to be our starting lineup. But having George Hill, Udoka, Bowen and Oberto out there together screams trouble.
Too small a sample size to be comparing pre and post all star break changes in defense.
In the last 3 games since the OT loss to the Knicks, Spurs are allowing an average of 74 ppg.
In addition to 74 ppg, they are also allowing .359 on 2-PT FGs and a paltry .125 on 3-PT FGs.
Color me impressed if we keep up those numbers against the Cavs on Friday...
I don't know if the Spurs defence is getting better or not, probably it is. But to prove it, you people should use:
a) points per possession
b) weight to the strength of the opponents
c) a bigger sample
McCallum, by not only writing off the Spurs, but presuming a Odenless Portland club can do jack in the POs. Are they even top 5 in the W?
I was thinking about this last night also in the middle of the 3rd or so, that Spurs D, like always, slowly but surely, is kicking in. The last 3 games the Spurs have held their opponents to 79, 67, and 76. Thats pretty damn good!
Houston surpassed them last night, and now Portland is number 5.
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