You can't overstate the fact that the difference in the score was absolutely the 34-10 FT disparity. When the gap is that big, there is probably some home cooking involved, but most of it is usually one team playing piss-poor team defense, and reaching to try and catch up.
This time last year I was adamant that DDR and Forbes couldn't be on the floor together, because together the revolving door on defense was just too big. By the end of the season, I let myself have hope that Forbes was learning how to use his increased size to his advantage, and that DDR had started to stay more focused on the defensive end. Either I imagined it, or they regressed. But DDR and Forbes can't be on the floor at the same time.
Poeltl's total lack of boxing out is starting to really piss me off. I don't know if he was that bad last year - I'd like to think I would have noticed. But this year he's been like a middle school kid who grew 6 inches over the summer, but doesn't have any understanding of what to do with it.
I quit watching the game at the half. I told my wife that there was no doubt in my mind that the Spurs were going to find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. A big part of that was Aldridge. He was out there taking the plays that came his way, but he showed zero sign of a guy who is hungry for a win. I'm not blaming the loss on him, but with his experience and size, he could easily have rallied the troops, but it was obvious he wasn't going to. On nights like that, Tim would dig deep and lead by example. Aldridge is squishy. And getting squishier.