DeMar DeRozan A
Strong all-around game. Aggressive offensively -- created a mul ude of quality shots for himself and his teammates. Made big plays on offense down the stretch to win the game. Defensively, also very good. Quick, smart closeout on shooters. Stingy individual defense in isolations. Quick rotations.
LaMarcus Aldridge A
Uber efficient on offense. Patient, heady decisions all night long. Read the defense very well. Played physically on both ends. Burly in the paint, which led to a game-high in rebounds. Supplied great help on shooters; likely his best game of the season in terms of defending pick-and-rolls.
Derrick White B+
A definite asset on defense. All Warriors had a tough time shaking him unless a screen was set. Extremely quick help-defense and chose spots wonderfully in that regard. Flashed his potential offensively in the first half with a variety of crafty moves and smart decisions. Rushed a bit too much on offense in the second half.
Jakob Poeltl B+
Another rock solid performance. Sturdy in the lane on defense and, more importantly, showed an ability to help out on the perimeter. Swam the deep end to get a hand up to disrupt a number of shots. Crashed the boards on offense, wasn't bashful around the rim and meshed well into the team concept.
Bryn Forbes B-
Shot wasn't dropping. Ball-handling shaky. Palms sweaty. Knees weak. Arms heavy. His defense didn't appear to be overly effective but the Warriors didn't hit many shots in his neighborhood. Mom's spaghetti.
Rudy Gay B
Supplied the bench unit with a much needed go-to scorer. Could have passed a little more but then again he had a majority of the bench's assists. Gave a strong effort in the paint and wasn't bad individually on D. Rotations-wise, though, he was really bad. Made mistake after mistake after mistake.
Davis Bertans B+
Was quick-shooting it in the first three quarters -- might have been too amped up. Settled down in the fourth and hit two key shots, including a decisive three-pointer at the 1:53 mark. Even when he was missing, his aggressiveness created spacing. Defensively, held up really well against Golden State's perimeter talent. Successfully used his length to bother shots and interrupt passing lanes.
Marco Belinelli B-
Offensively, the Spurs needed every drop of his production. Unafraid to shoot but didn't try to do too much. Defensively, his slowness was a glaring weakness that the Warriors successfully exploited on numerous occasions.
Patty Mills B
Good energy. Confidentially let it fly. Pushed the pace well. His ball-handling was even less crisp than usual but he still mostly got the ball to where it needed to go. Got overwhelmed quite a bit defensively but fought enough to avoid becoming too much of a liability.
Pop A-
Smart defensive gameplan that involved a lot of switching and only helping off of certain players. Team bought into it and performed very well on that end of the court. Offensively, Spurs played with a purpose the majority of the evening. Only a few wasted possessions. I liked the rotation: limited Forbes, let Bertans play in crunch time, kept Poeltl involved, rode DeRozan more than usual.
Great win. Nine in a row. Well done, gents.
+1. +1on lose yourself definition. Lol
Watching thos ass warriors complain all night and loose was so gratifying
Davis with one of the gutsiest 5pt games I've ever seen tbh. Not getting absolutely obliterated by Durant, playing solid whenever he got switched onto Klay/Steph. The ing cajones to keep shooting til he hit that 3. Kudos to the old man for keeping him in.
timvp please tell Pop to keep closing games with the White, DeRozan, Bertans, Gay, Aldridge lineup. Thank you very much.
Way to shut up all us critics, DeMar
Great game!Thanks for the grades! Feeling good!
Lose Yourself remixed w “Mom’s Spaghetti” in every line.
I wouldn't dare split hairs on that. Nice. And quick. Thanks again.
Davis game high +10 shows the impact he had tonight
Lol Bryn still getting a B- after that analysis though. Thanks OP. No disagreements here about this game.
Suddenly, anything seems possible.
His perimeter defense when he ends up on smaller guys is super underrated. I forget what game it was but he won a game by getting a defensive stop on a guard earlier in the year. Against GS he's going to lose his share of battles just due to the talent they have on the perimeter but against most other teams I actually expect him to come up with the stop, tbh.
Well said. Big Shot Bert is the type of shooter who always expect to make the next one. It's one of his best traits, tbh.
It looks like Pop is set on using White, DeRozan, Bertans and Aldridge in closing lineups now. The fifth spot has varied. Gay could possibly lock it up if he stays healthy ... but I think the other four need to be mainstays.
Bertans is pretty weak as a starter but he's someone you want on the court to end games.
After the defense he has played the last couple weeks, there are no more excuses. He's been pretty damn good (for him, at least) defensively so hopefully his loafing days are behind him.
It's weird that Bertans seems to be the last guy off the bench but still finishes games.
if rudy isn't hot it ought to be Poeltl. Just more mobile. Those back of rim clangers by Rudy at the end of the game made me think he could sit.
Minnesota / DRose IIRC...
And yeah, Bertans should definitely be on the floor to close games. No fear and he can come up with a big defensive play once in a while.....liability on the boards but he is probably top 2 on the team on who I want to take a big shot.
Stat of the day: Bertans has led the Spurs in plus/minus the last four games (and was second five games ago). Over the last five games, he's a +84 in 119 minutes. With him off the court in those five games, the Spurs are a -33 in 121 minutes.
Dat impact doe.
Hey guys, where can i watch the whole game on replay?
TIA my nigz
Gonna be really interesting to see Poetl's ceiling tbh.
New age center, mobile, elite rim protector, elite offensive rebounder, good passer, soft touch around the rim...I might have to hand it to RC and the old man for that one tbh, especially considering how OG has looked this season....
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