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Very good defense against the struggling Lakers. That is one game. They have had far more terrible defensive games than good ones.
That's the thing.
Spurs might not win 60 games but the level of play in late March and April will tell us what's the team worth.
Still waiting for Splitt and Anders to go out and play rotation minutes.
Very good defense against the struggling Lakers. That is one game. They have had far more terrible defensive games than good ones.
I got Rondo !
Fluke? Kobe going into chucker mode and ting on his own team?
The Spurs haven't played many games where they've been sharp for 48 minutes. They're due some losses. I wonder what we'll see outa Pop if the Pacers on the Spurs by like 20 points. I almost want to find out
So the games against OKC and others the past couple weeks "Don't count"
Awesome.
I agree, they have shown flashes. They obviously have a ton of work just to be a pretty above average defensive team.
I was just disagreeing that they had played great defense in the previous 4 games. They played good, but there were some other factors involved.
Ah now its a fluke.
Of course.
It only counts when you can build from it and make it stable and consistent
Of course they count. I just don't think they played "great" defense in those games. It was good, not great.
That's BS spin. They maybe the best team when fully healthy, but today the Boston frontcourt rotation was garbage. They are missing both their starting C and starting PF. Both O'Neals are foul-prone and have nothing to offer on offense. They were 3-3 in their last 6 before this one.
They had only two plays in their playbook (pick and roll and Allen coming off screens), and we let them shoot 61 ing per cent.
Factors are always involved.
If you wanted to the rest of the year they could play great defense but you could find excuses for it.
I asked a question. I see you agree.
I understand that a lot of smart Spurs fans are hedging the enthusiasm of the hot start because they don't want the rug pulled out from under them. Hopefully this team isn't a fluke. We'll see.
Defending Kobe while he goes 1 on 5 is a little bit easier than playing teams that move without the ball and actually force the spurs to rotate and communicate.
Agree to disagree I guess.
Holding OKC to 74 I thought was great but it was just good.
Whatever floats your boat.
So much for Hill being our lockdown defender. Very disappointing.
This wasn't really the best team in the East. It was the best team in the East missing their most important player. Yes, Davis played out of his mind to make up for it. But realistically, the Celtics were in control during crunch time and it was only by a couple of flukes that the Spurs made it close.
The Spurs are still much more of a work in progress and still have more potential for improvement than any of the top teams. But realistically what we learned the last two nights is that they aren't as good as their record. Not yet.
I think the type of team also matters. Like I said in the game blog, beating the Thunder/Blazers/Hornets etc by denying the paint is one thing. But we have no idea how to stop good jump shooting teams like the Magic, Knicks and Celtics.
I was really referring to the 4 game stretch where everyone was salivating over the Spurs defense.
stupid thread. Spurs were lucky to be even that close in the final minutes. once in a blue moon chain of fluke plays at the end to keep us in it. it was over after Manu failed to cover Allen on that 3.
+1.
the defense is better than what has been displayed the last couple of nights, but the Laker's game, i always thought, was more LA playing low IQ ball than how great the Spurs D was. Kobe made horrible decisions that game and they didn't use their size advantage nearly as well as they could've, even thought whenever Bynum and Gasol were getting the ball they were scoring. and if you can't see that, you need to take off your homer glasses for a second.
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