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We lost this game with the Clippers turning the ball over like mad and generally playing poor as well. Don't expect the Clips to play much worse than this and we still lost. Legitimate reason for concern.
Because it needs to be said twice.
I think the Spurs win this game if Leonard and Jax play. As bad as the offense was, this came down to defense and rebounding imo. If TP shoots a decent percentage Spurs still win this one.
Clips played well and we lost but there's no need to start panicking just yet.
We lost this game with the Clippers turning the ball over like mad and generally playing poor as well. Don't expect the Clips to play much worse than this and we still lost. Legitimate reason for concern.
^^ I wouldn't say the Clips are a dream match-up or anything like that. Clearly they're a very good team. But the Spurs were still in this one without their SFs/better perimeter defenders and in spite of terrible officiating and pretty much everyone playing badly on offense besides. This degree of panicking is premature imo because this one was fairly even all things considered.
November...'nuff said...
We had two major pieces out, played even worse than the clippers with turnovers and missing wide open shots, the refs absoulutly raped us and we still had a shot down the strech. No reason for concern.
The lack of energy/physical bigs was even more apparent in this game then the last, so you all can keep on saying 'non' issue but it's most defiantly an issue!
Spurs could have won that game. They just missed shots and had too many broken plays and careless passes. One game isn't the concern. The bigger concern is can we be better than last year. Last year, Parker played as an MVP candidate and all-star and we hit our threes. This year, Parker is playing like a 30 year old point guard (good, but not great like he was last year) and the Spurs are shooting terrible. At some point age was going to catch up with this team, and it looks like it is, Tim Duncan's recent play notwithstanding.
Perhaps even as important as the two factors above, the third factor, our young guys, have not taken a big enough step from last year towards being more potent offensive and defensive weapons. They may be a little better, but not enough to make up for Parker's decline.
The problem with relying on Parker is what happens when he suddenly lets you down and decides to stop playing like an MVP like in a game 3 of the WCF? The team is so used to winning one way they can't adjust that quickly.
Our young guys are too gentle-manly. No edge. Probably try to be too "Spurs-like" to fit the mold. DeAndre Jordan, Blake Griffin, and Eric Bledsoe, as much as I hate this word, have a swagger about them. They play with a chip on their shoulder and LOVE coming through when their back is against the wall. They feed off hustling and punking the opposition.
Green, Mills, Splitter, Leonard though obviously last night was none of his fault...all focus too much on doing things the "right" way instead of just playing balls to the wall hard and matching the other team's toughness.
I'm all for classy, but not pussified basketball.
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