Grades: Spurs @ Suns - Mar. 27

[T Park]

Mills doesn't have to be great. Channel his faster Jacque Vaughn.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Timvp, a great writeup as usual. I've said it many times...I go to your grades rather the the game articles after every contest.


I was at the game last night and had a good time. Always nice to see the Spurs win in the other guy's gym. It didn't feel/look like the Spurs were trying until they went on that 4th quarter run. Not a lot of intensity from either team last night, especially from the Spurs through 36 minutes...felt almost preseason-ish. I think the 6 steals and 0 blocks on the Spurs stat sheet speak to that a little bit as half those steals were really just mishandled balls on the Suns' part.

[Splits]

As to all the complaints about getting around picks on the perimeter, don't forget that Channing Frye set moving screen after moving screen and I can only remember him getting called for 1 of them. But virtually every one he would absorb the initial contact and keep his body with the defender (usually Green) and start moving. Those are illegal picks and they weren't being called (Diaw also did this once or twice and didn't get called).

[Spurs Brazil]

Diaw has been a great surprise, especially on D. Very solid player

[ace3g]

anyone know what our bench PPG has been since acquiring both SJAX and Diaw

[Fabbs]

Tim Duncan goes for 26 and 11, and you give him a C+??? Maybe we didn't watch the same game last night, but he played well and is the primary reason the Spurs won the game I watched last night.

But Bonbon got a B.

I've asked before if the grading is in relation to the players potential.
Is that it?

Also
Diaw A+ end of discussion.

[TD 21]

I'd dock Duncan some points too for his defense or lack thereof, particularly in the first half. But there's been many a game this season when Ginobili was poor defensively, but because he facilitated so well offensively, he'd get a high grade and there wouldn't be a comment about "the Spurs just can't have their best player going through the motions". People were so quick to anoint him the team's best player, but if that's true, then he has to bear that tone setting responsibility.

Duncan goes for an efficient 26/11 in 32 minutes, against a quality center and get's a C+? If Nowitzki had done that against the Spurs, you wouldn't have said a word about his defense. Instead, you'd have sung his praises to no end.

[Obstructed_View]

As to all the complaints about getting around picks on the perimeter, don't forget that Channing Frye set moving screen after moving screen and I can only remember him getting called for 1 of them. But virtually every one he would absorb the initial contact and keep his body with the defender (usually Green) and start moving. Those are illegal picks and they weren't being called (Diaw also did this once or twice and didn't get called).

Those only get called on Splitter.