Spurs vs. Jazz Game 5 - Grades

[spurster]

Beno gets an A for being the Slovenia good luck charm!

[timvp]

Oberto - It's good to see Oberto getting some appreciation...but he hasn't been playing all playoffs as well as he has in this series.

He's brought the same effort all playoffs. Boozer just doesn't guard anyone so the casual fan was able to notice Oberto playing well.

But he's played well all playoffs.

[medstudent]

Finley was last night. When he wasnt hitting shots, he was blocking out guys twice his weight. Huge huge help on the defensive boards

[medstudent]

Finley was great last night. When he wasnt hitting shots, he was blocking out guys twice his weight. Huge huge help on the defensive boards

[Solid D]

Francisco Elson
Elson played as confidently as he has all playoffs. He looked like he found some sort of groove. It was partly because the game wasn’t close, but hopefully he can continue playing like this into the Finals. He had nine points, six rebounds and a block in 16 minutes of action.
Grade: A-

Elson's play and Timmy's alley-oop dunk were proof positive of the David Blaine type of Magic in the playoffs. Elson, Parker and Duncan were clearly using the high-pitched Dolphin sounds for signaling the plays.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Finley was last night. When he wasnt hitting shots, he was blocking out guys twice his weight. Huge huge help on the defensive boards

true dat

[SAGambler]

I think we would have been up by 30 at the half, if it wasn't for a couple of momentum killing plays by Vaughn in the 2nd. First he fouled a three-point shooter and then he immediately followed with a long-range brick on the other end. Result: a good run was squashed and Utah was able to cut the lead down to 16 at halftime.

Who cares, right? This was probably one of the sweetest wins I've seen in a while, but damn, Vaughn scares the out of me every time he's on the court.

Me too....I almost got sick to my stomach when he fouled a 3 pt jump shooter. I thought...oh .....here they come back now.

[Borosai]

Finley was great last night. When he wasnt hitting shots, he was blocking out guys twice his weight. Huge huge help on the defensive boards

Exactly. He was battling Millsap and Harpring for position and rebounds. Who would've thunk it?

[thousandth]

Oberto - It's good to see Oberto getting some appreciation...but he hasn't been playing all playoffs as well as he has in this series.

Elson - LMAO...I don't care how bad Elson plays...he's worth keeping on the team just for his dunks...his dunks are fun.

C'mon!
against Denver: He played hard in this series like Game 1 and Game 2.

against Phoenix: Oberto draws Amare 4th foul in a critical moment. Oberto it out of him. Oberto drew important fouls in this series. He was impressive in marking Amare and played very smart all this series.

Oberto he played very well in all playoffs.



Again, great job timvp!