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Refs f
Tony Parker A
Sidelined early with cut eyelid but returned with a vengeance. Played inspired after return. Another fine performance.
Manu Ginobili C
Limited to only eight minutes. His play was nondescript. Let’s hope he’s healthy.
Kawhi Leonard B
Struggled on two-pointers; O was ragged outside of threes. D was strong; rebounded and played passing lanes.
Danny Green B+
Staunch perimeter D. Made many plays on that end. He shot threes straight but finishes in lane were unsightly.
Tiago Splitter A-
Strong on the boards. Held position well in the paint. Finished fantastically. Lane protection iffy and a bit sloppy.
Boris Diaw B+
Aggression on O up and down – either really aggressive or really passive. Boarded well enough. Passing a plus.
Gary Neal A
Broke his slump in impressive fashion. Filled in beautifully for Parker early. Passing excellent and hit big shots.
DeJuan Blair A+
Wow. Where did that come from? Had first dunk of the season during his explosion. Athleticism much improved.
Nando De Colo C+
Didn’t do much wrong but also didn’t really help. Hit a shot and made a few nice passes – that’s about it.
Matt Bonner C
Good effort on D but not very effective. No rebounding. Only 1-for-8 on threes in last three games.
Stephen Jackson D-
Ugh. Looked like he was about 87 years old. Had nothing on offense. D not much better.
Aron Baynes Inc.
The only thing he did in his debut was record a turnover on an inbounds pass. Hopefully Pop wasn’t watching.
Bud B+
Winning without anyone playing more than 30 minutes? Job well done. Management of fourth was dodgy.
Refs f
No F for Baynes? I guess it is his debut
Gary Neal played much better this game. Barring a trade, he'll likely be running the point come playoffs. Nando was serviceable, but didn't really do anything to gain the confidence of the coaching staff.
Didn't Blair have a 20-20 game against the Mavs in his rookie year?
Wonder why we didnt see any Mills tonight? Maybe tommorrow v. the Suns I guess.
Hopefully Manu was just rested to allow him to play 20 tomorrow
Great win. It's strange that Pop's 1000th win will be a game he didn't coached.
Spurs will need to have a practice/video session on how not to turn over the ball when the other team is doing a full court press. That's the second game in a row where Spurs struggle with that at the end of games.
And I hope Manu is fine.
Stephen Jackson, as far as Baynes' stat, I'm not sure why his teammates let him get his hands on the ball. Hot potato SOB's. Neal gets an assist with that error. Always great to dog the mavs tbh.
Manu was itching to get in. Ruff told me that cause he wasn't needed they gave him extra rest
Refs with a +/- with +22
Easily one of the worst officiated games I've seen in a long time.
You know it's bad when your team wins and you're still pissed about the refs
Love Kawhi, have since he was drafted.
Was thinkin to myself tonight, watchin the game: is he the next Tayshaun Prince?
Not comparin their games on a one-to-one basis, but he's got that kind of feel to me, impact.
Definitely got the potential to be more, but a Tayshaun impact wouldn't be bad at all.
Oh, and is it the ultimate sign of respect or disrespect that Tony doesn't get to the line more?
Refs either think he's that good at gettin to the rim and finishin with contact that he doesn't need the help or; that little French bas doesn't even belong there, him.
4 steals 8 boards in 20 minutes isnt bad for leonard, he was ignored wide open underneath the basket and you could see his frustation
he rushed a few shots he normally doesnt do because of it and most were long 2s
and the interior defense was horrible in the second half
they just let the mavs layup/dunk whatever they wanted
mostly splitter not doing much
but the rest of the team didnt put up any resistance either
Wait, why did Blair get an A+ even though his defense was bad, only had 4 boards in 19 minutes (well I guess that's decent for Blair) and spoon-fed most, if not all, his shots? I understand this is based on exceptions but even still he shouldn't get an "A+" when Tiago last game got an "A" with a better showing. Anyway, keep up the good work TIMVP and thanks for the grades!
Love Kawhi as well, given me a shot of adrenaline for the team. I'm a fan of Tayshaun as well, I wouldn't mind him being like that but I think he is capable of much more.
Perhaps the discussions of Blair's demise were premature? That was a very nice game from him. Hopefully this moves the meter on his trade value, because I really hope hes very another uniform after the deadline regardless.
Blair's an extremely gifted player. You can't do what he's done in college or in the League with his physical limitations and not be.
He's not the scrub he's been made to be, he's just not the quintessential role-player on a winning team.
He's almost too talented to be a role-player, and not talented and gifted enough to be anything more.
No . Salvatore needs to be put out to pasture with the rest of his contemporaries so he can run that ty steakhouse he owns in Connecticut.
Our guards easily getting beat of the dribble may have something to do with it too.
Strange game. It was as if the Mavericks had orders not to guard Blair. Nice to see the rare beast game from him, but we're talking about spoon-fed baskets that you could see a mile away.
One can hope he's the future face of the franchise. But I don't want the future face of the Spurs to be a borderline All-Star, which is what seems to be a reasonable expectation for Kawhi.
Once you get used to winning and contendin for championships, you kind of hope for more from the face of the franchise.
Patty Mills- DNP Coaches decision. Must be some kind of undisclosed injury.
Budenholzer said there weren't any health problems with Ginobili, who didn't play in the second half and was scoreless on 0-of-2 shooting in just 8 minutes. "We just decided to keep him out and keep him healthy," Budenholzer said.
http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400278359
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