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Good stuff OP, and like you said, there's no reason to catch feels over this loss. On to game 41.
On taking the assignment, I knew the history of the Spurs struggles against the Blazers over the last few years.
Popcorn Machine Gameflow: http://popcornmachine.net/cgi-bin/gameflow.cgi?date=20140117&game=PORSAS
The potential torture part of that statement ended up being accurate. After a Boris Diaw jumper, the Spurs were up 20-13. That would be the Spurs largest lead of the game, as the Blazers came back to even up the first quarter, then start to take control after spurs offensive drought in the middle of the second. After a great Mills to Leonard pass for a layup to make it 38-36 Blazers, the Spurs scored 2 points in 3 minutes of game time to make it 46-38. The teams traded blows over the rest of the first half, with a Boris buzzer beater making it 54-49 at intermission.
The second started with a nice Marco fake and jumper, but Wes Matthews(6/7 from 3) hit one of his bombs to extend the lead, and the Blazers extended their lead up to 12 after Pop Pop'd and was ejected, after consecutive T's. After the T's, Marco and Tim helped each other out to cut the lead to 7, Lilliard hit 1 from 18 feet, then Manu Ginobili went into GOD mode.
5:18 69-63 Manu Ginobili makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tony Parker assists) 4:58 LaMarcus Aldridge makes 14-foot jumper 71-63 4:41 Wesley Matthews personal foul (Marco Belinelli draws the foul) 71-63 4:41 Mo Williams enters the game for Wesley Matthews 71-63 4:33 71-63 Tim Duncan misses layup 4:31 LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound 71-63 4:13 LaMarcus Aldridge makes 15-foot two point shot 73-63 4:01 LaMarcus Aldridge personal foul (Marco Belinelli draws the foul) 73-63 4:01 Joel Freeland enters the game for Robin Lopez 73-63 3:51 73-66 Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tony Parker assists) 3:31 LaMarcus Aldridge misses 5-foot Running Jumper 73-66 3:31 73-66 Spurs defensive team rebound 3:31 Joel Freeland loose ball foul (Tim Duncan draws the foul) 73-66 3:31 Trail Blazers Full timeout 3:31 73-66 Jeff Ayres enters the game for Boris Diaw 3:23 73-68 Manu Ginobili makes layup (Tim Duncan assists) 3:01 Damian Lillard misses 25-foot three point jumper 73-68 3:00 73-68 Manu Ginobili defensive rebound 2:49 LaMarcus Aldridge shooting foul (Tim Duncan draws the foul) 73-68 2:49 73-68 Tim Duncan misses free throw 1 of 2 2:49 73-68 Spurs offensive team rebound 2:49 73-68 Patty Mills enters the game for Marco Belinelli 2:49 C.J. McCollum enters the game for Damian Lillard 73-68 2:49 73-68 Tim Duncan misses free throw 2 of 2 2:49 LaMarcus Aldridge defensive rebound 73-68 2:38 Nicolas Batum misses 14-foot jumper 73-68 2:38 Trail Blazers offensive team rebound 73-68 2:38 73-68 Jeff Ayres loose ball foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul) 2:31 Joel Freeland misses 19-foot jumper 73-68 2:30 73-68 Manu Ginobili defensive rebound 2:20 73-70 Manu Ginobili makes 11-foot two point shot 2:09 73-70 Manu Ginobili personal foul (Nicolas Batum draws the foul) 2:00 73-70 Tim Duncan shooting foul (LaMarcus Aldridge draws the foul) 2:00 LaMarcus Aldridge makes free throw 1 of 2 74-70 2:00 Wesley Matthews enters the game for Nicolas Batum 74-70 2:00 LaMarcus Aldridge makes free throw 2 of 2 75-70 1:40 75-70 Tony Parker misses 24-foot three point jumper 1:39 Wesley Matthews defensive rebound 75-70 1:31 LaMarcus Aldridge misses 18-foot jumper 75-70 1:30 75-70 Tony Parker defensive rebound 1:16 C.J. McCollum shooting foul (Manu Ginobili draws the foul) 75-70 1:16 75-71 Manu Ginobili makes free throw 1 of 3 1:16 75-72 Manu Ginobili makes free throw 2 of 3 1:16 75-72 Kawhi Leonard enters the game for Tony Parker 1:16 75-73 Manu Ginobili makes free throw 3 of 3 0:59 Wesley Matthews makes 19-foot jumper (Mo Williams assists) 77-73 0:48 77-76 Manu Ginobili makes 25-foot three point jumper (Kawhi Leonard assists) 0:29 Mo Williams misses 16-foot jumper 77-76 0:28 77-76 Manu Ginobili defensive rebound 0:07 77-76 Manu Ginobili misses 26-foot three point jumper 0:06 77-76 Kawhi Leonard offensive rebound 0:00 77-78 Manu Ginobili makes driving layup 0:00 End of the 3rd Quarter
18 consecutive Spurs points, along with 4 boards as the Spurs took the lead heading into the final stanza.
The teams were close throughout the majority of the 4th, Spurs up 5 after 4 minutes and 92-91 with Marco at the line to tie on an and-1 with 4:11 left.
After that, The Blazers went red hot. Wes 3, LMA long 2, Wes 3, Batum 2, Wes 3, Lamarcus from 19(MISS!!!), then 2 sets of Mo Williams 3's iced it.
Box Score: http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=400489462
Tim Duncan
Below average outing from Tim. 13/7 in 36 minutes against the Blazers isn't going to do it, especially with Splitter out.
Boris Diaw
Really good offensively, and bothered LaMarcus early.
Kawhi Leonard
Efficient. Great rebounding.(9 in 29 minutes) Passed up open shots too much. Only taking 4 shots is unacceptable, needs to be more aggressive, looking to score even in the times Manu was in God mode.
Marco Belinelli
Decent offensively.
Tony Parker
Not as explosive as normal, for obvious reasons.
Manu Ginobili
GOD MODE.
Jeff Ayres
1 Dunk?
Matt Bonner
6 minutes, 3 boards, 0/2. Competed well until he was forced out.
Patty Mills
3/11. More mobile defensively than Parker, but an off shooting night.
Overall, disappointing, but losing to a good team/fringe contender without 2 starters and a crippled parker isn't the biggest shock. On to game 41.
Good stuff OP, and like you said, there's no reason to catch feels over this loss. On to game 41.
Championship teams rally and find a way to win at home. These losses are alarming and the sooner the FO realizes it the better they can acquire some talent in a trade. NO MORE EXCUSES
Yes, on to game 41 so we can overrate a win against the Bucks and then downplay a loss to OKC.
thanks for the writeup
kawhi needs to be more aggresive
http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/show...65#post7078265
See this and know why he isn't aggressive...
ginobili was the silver lining, was incredible to watch; and throw in a healthy parker, green + splitter and ANY shots falling tonight for duncan or mills and we clean them up easily.
The story of the game is how the Spurs were in the bonus with almost 9 minutes left on the clock when Tim and Tony returned to the floor. They settled for long jumpers and rarely attacked. Prior to that, the bench was going right at the Blazers, getting to the line and getting points.
I realize it's counter to the main drive of this forum, but Tim often gets obligatory shots and those are often the same as turnovers. You just know when he catches at the top of the key and spends 3 seconds eyeballing the rim, it's going to be a flat clank off the front or back of the rim. There's no reason for that shot. It doesn't spread the floor, they let him take it and sure he hits sometimes, but it's pretty much a turnover. I just know when he's back in the game and they need offense, they are ed if their fortunes rest with his outside shooting ability.
The starters just didn't attack the rim. They were lackadaisical on offense, not much better on D. Just another iteration in an 82 game season.
There was no reason for Pop to get himself ejected. He's not the 6th man on the floor. I think he injects more of himself into the game than he needs to. It didn't really get the team fired up. The bench played ok regardless. Don't blame the officiating because Diaw cannot stop LMA. no one can this season it seems. Lick your wounds and watch film and ask Leonard why the he keeps pussying out when he's got a mismatch, why he defers when he's wide open, why he stops at the 3pt line and looks for someone to save him instead of attacking a smaller defender one on one and maybe getting an and 1. Then ask yourself why Tony Parker, one of the best PGs in the league, doesn't know how to pass the ing ball.
Went to the game tonight expecting to see a gutsy performance from the Spurs, Tiago & Green out, Parker banged up but still a team that is searching for a win over a top team which they themselves have stated is something they are looking for.
Tim did what he could but that jumper needs work, he either doesn't get enough lift or he extends his arms out and throws a very flat ball. Defensively there was not much he was going to be able to do to a RED HOT Aldridge, very few could have stopped that jumper tonight once he got it cooking and he was able to bully Boris early in the game. Some of those early back downs in the post should have been called offensive fouls, lots of elbows to create the space but I won't blame the refs (56 was the worst).
Boris was offensively genius tonight, passed up on a few outside shots but was able to shake and bake in the paint to get some nice shots, he's not going to be a defensive stopper, he has quick hands for guys who like to face up but Aldridge just had it going and backed everyone up at will.
I don't understand Kawhi Leonard, can't explain it and don't know what else there can be done in order for this dude to just get the ball. It's a 3 prong problem but it falls on coaching and it falls on Kawhi, he doesn't get plays drawn up for him and when he has the ball he doesn't create. There were a number of times he brought the ball up after a rebound and had a lane to drive to create contact or pull up and call for a screen and he passed out of it and just went to hide in the corner. The coaching staff needs to demand that there are touches for kawhi in the post but this is a pick n roll team and whoever is setting the pick they are going to get the ball or tony is going to drive and either shoot or kick it to the corner. Coaching staff is just ing this kid up by not getting the ball in his hand or telling him it's okay for him to just let it fly and create.
Bonner got a broken nose tonight and he didn't get a call, don't understand how we do not get the grace of calls being that we are at home, but this is the San Antonio Spurs, it's as if we always play at a disadvantage for some reason.
Manu was GOD like tonight, he only had that ty turnover because Parker didn't get to the corner.
Parker played well despite his injury, looked a little stiff during time outs and was limping but did more than I thought he would.
Patty played way too many minutes tonight, bad rotations from novice coaches who have no business being on the bench at all.
I'm frustrated but I saw a team that played decent, it wasn't like the Blazers just defensively shut us down, Spurs missed shots, shots they can typically make and we're missing 2 dudes that help defensively. Oh well, on to the next one but still Kawhi is troubling.
Parker wasn't supposed to be in the corner on that play. Manu was trying to improvise once he was in trouble and threw to a grey shirt that happened to be a ref. Spurs were not going to come back, they could not get a stop. Once the starters were put back in, game was over imo.
This game was extremely annoying to watch. Where were the rotations on the perimeter???
Honestly, Tony and Timmy played horribly in the closing minutes. Tony wouldn't relinquish control of the basketball to Manu, who was on fire, and Manu scarcely had a shot attempt in the closing minute sawhile Tony and Timmy threw up brick after brick.
Bet on this happening too. Then again it's the regular season! DO NOT WORRY! LMFAO.
If we lose to OKC that will be the ultimate in embarrassing moments this season.
Losing isn't embarrassing. Not competing is embarrassing.
Spurs will compete but we don't have any excuses to lose to a Westbrook-less OKC.
That would blow but I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen. Durant has been on fire these past few games.
I was at the game as well and couldn't believe the starters stopped #$^#ing attacking the rim when they had them in foul trouble with nine minutes left in the fourth. Good thing Boylen left Manu on the bench for most of that quarter as well!!Had a four year old little girl sitting next to me asking, "why isn't the guy that was making all those baskets a minute ago playing?" Your take is dead on.
I'm not sure Pop had much of a choice with going off on the refs. LaMarcus Elbow was knocking the crap out of Boris. Now that isn't a very good reason for the loss. We had five $%&ing fouls on them and decided to let Timmy do his line-drive, shot put clinic from the perimeter. My flat feet have more of an arch in them than Timmy's perimeter shot tonight. Kawhi taking as many shots as Ayres is probably not a winning strategy, as well.
"Daddy why isn't the good guy that puts the ball in the hoop not playing?"
If Durant goes off for 54 points, though........
Then that must mean Kawhi was on the bench for long stretches and our coaching staff has gone full blown stupid.
Sorry, I forgot to thank you for the Game Thoughts! Well done man...
The Spurs will still win 50+ games and get back to the Finals. Stop whining.
Thanks jesterbobman!
Spurs struggle to defend the Blazers pick-and-roll. Aldridge-Lillard duo was really hard to stop and Spurs D backcourt with Parker-Manu-Beli is an unbalanced lineup.
About Leonard, if he just has not been aggressive enough or if he needs to be more aggressive and he isn't, why the coach doesn't want to get the kid a play to involve him in the game, to build his confidence, to show the right way?
IMHO the kid isn't more aggresive because Pop doesn't give him more rope to challenge his skills in games.
One week ago:
“Once every four or five games,” Leonard said about to call plays for him. “It's not for me to score on the team,” “It's not built around me for that right now. So it's pretty much the same role as last year.”
Last edited by wildchild; 01-18-2014 at 09:11 AM.
That is ridiculous TampaDude, Spurs couldn't make back to back Finals with a prime Duncan/Manu but yes, they will do it now with an old ass dust Tim/Manu.
The negativity is strong with this one.
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