Mazer's Mavs @Spurs Game Thoughts - Novemeber 11th, 2009

[benefactor]

Be careful mazer...if you do this too much you will wind up with a bunch of stalkers that chase you everywhere after games begging you to post what you think.

[Danny.Zhu]

Nice work.

[SpurNation]

I think only timvp could have done it better. That was good.

[anonoftheinternets]

^ i think this was as good ...

[Bender]

^--- me too

[JoshO501]

Any video on the blair block?

[sabar]

Good read.

Soon you will spend hours going over the tape to perfect your thoughts.

[Agloco]

[jag]

Good read.

I'm starting to wonder if Duncan will end up sitting for the 2nd of B2B's.

[mazerrackham]

Indeed. Better Pop picture, worse Blair picture, and worse game thoughts. Still a bajillion times better than I could've done, as well as a great read. Consider props duly dispensed.

haha, I didn't put the effort into finding a good Blair picture, you're right

[mazerrackham]

Good work. My comments are:

re "chucking up 3s": Like it or not this is what the Spurs do...take the open 3. I said "open". In this league you gotta do that. 3-point shooters should make open 3s in the 40-50% range. This translates to a 60-70% rate on 2-pointers in terms of scoring. It is not a shot that you can pass up, it's gold. It's the best scoring opportunity in the game.

re Ginobili not looking for his shot: to me this is the big difference between Manu and Dirk in this game. They were both the obvious go-to guys in the 4th. Dirk just hogged the ball and went one-on-one. Manu played team ball, passed and cut, and took the shot when it was open.

You're right, statistically an open three is the best scoring opportunity, but the reason I mentioned being a bit uneasy with it, was because it is also the shot that puts the least amount of pressure on the defense. They don't even have to react. So sure, there's a trade-off, if you're a pure statistician it's the best shot possible, if you like hard-nosed driving and keeping the defense from sleeping on you, then you prefer the latter.

[mazerrackham]

Good read.

Soon you will spend hours going over the tape to perfect your thoughts.

Unfortunately I'm a college student so I don't have time for this 90% of the time

[Dex]

Good read, but you should've called this Match Reflections or Contest Opinions or something.

[SenorSpur]

Great read. Nicely done!