timvp's Game Thoughts: Spurs at Suns - Nov. 3

[Chomag]

For the record I was only asking because that site was blocked for me. Sorry for having to ask that question, I didn't mean to sound like I was crying. Thank you for posting.

[SplitterHook]

nice article. good read.

[AussieFanKurt]

thanks, good read

[phxspurfan]

Even though I haven't watched a game this season (no cable or league pass), I'm liking these game thoughts. It looks like we have a lot of depth and different guys will be stepping up every night. Which is a lot like my Giants who just won the world series!

[quentin_compson]

Watching RJ the first couple of games this season has some kind of surreal quality about it.
I mean, just about half a year ago, this guy would not shoot a three but take a step inside to shoot (brick more often than not) a long two. Suddenly, this same guy is playing aggressively and with confidence.
I was hoping for some marginal improvement by RJ this season, but if he plays like he has been playing so far (the mindset, never mind the stats, as nice as they are), he will be a valuable part of this team.

[Solid D]

Offense
Even though the Spurs had 23 turnovers and missed ten free throws, they were still able to put 112 points on the board. How? They shot 54.5% from the floor, 42.9% (6-for-14) on three-pointers, grabbed 11 offensive rebounds and got to the line 32 times. Those numbers are very un-Spur-like. The last time the Spurs had at least 30 free throw attempts, less than 15 three-point attempts and double-digit offensive rebounds was in 2001. Interestingly, the Spurs have won 25 straight games when meeting that criteria dating back to 1992.

Is it okay for me to say I'm proud of you, LJ? That bolded part of the paragraph is an outstanding piece of stat-work...a man after my own heart.

Good recap.

[Manufan909]

Is it okay for me to say I'm proud of you, LJ? That bolded part of the paragraph is an outstanding piece of stat-work...a man after my own heart.

Good recap.

Dude, how in the freak did he do that? Is there some stat site with a crazy specific search engine or something?

Timvp is just crazy period, he watched the last 5 years iirc of our new Brazilian's FIBA play before he posted part one of Stifler's profile. LJE is GODDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD.

[ElNono]

Just a shame it seems to be incorrect, actually.

This is the search:


And these are the results:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...y.cgi?id=lLG8c

Did I do something wrong?

[ohmwrecker]

It was one of those games that went back and forth with neither team dominating or taking a significant lead, but you don't worry because the Spurs seemed to have it under control . . . does that make sense?

[timvp]

Did I do something wrong?

I screen capped it last night but it looks like it didn't pull the info right by looking at yours.

[ElNono]

Weird. Basketball reference is a great site.
And thanks for the writeup!