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so blair best game is against scola
I think he wanted spur fans to forget about scola
so blair best game is against scola
I think he wanted spur fans to forget about scola
Dice!!!!!!
You forgot Courtney Lee A+++ free throw choker extraordinaire
I'd agree with most of these.
Not just that, he had several bad plays in the 4th qrt and OT. Dude was our MVP.
Looks like the teach is starting to grade Richard a little tougher.
Manu Ginobili B- Defense shaky. Questionable decisions
b is to high for him tonight
his grade should be c-
Considering the quality of the defense and the opposition, I'd have a hard time giving anyone higher than a B-minus.
Blair was better today but his help D is very bad.
Manu was huge but I'd like to see him attack more and shot less triples
RJ was solid again but his D on Battier was bad
Tiago was bad today, I hope he can get in shape soon
TD with a good 2nd half but on D he was slow on rotations
TP with a nice game, but like Manu I'd like to see him attack more
Dice with another good game
DeJuan's defense and intensity in the 4th: A+
When Bonner and Anderson comeback we will have a 11 man rotation. Just wow.
This should have been a blowout, the rockets played without Yao and both Brooks and KMart were out of the game for most of the second half.
But it doesn't matter in the end because the W is all that counts. Spurs need to focus on the defensive side of the ball, it's pretty clear that they have more offensive firepower than in previous seasons but it doesn't matter if they can't stop other teams.
I don't agree at all with the grades, RJ deserved an A- at least and McDyess can't play much better than that IMO, I would have given him an A+, Manu B- beign the top scorer and getting the game tying jumper and coming with the steal to decide the game?
you guys forgot there is no Yao Ming on the lineup...
GO figure you would come in to hate on Manu!!!!!!!! Whats new?
Not the Spurs' problem that their best player cant get healthy.
Add the losses of Brooks and Martin and the Spurs grades appropriately drop.
I think Pop's pacing of the game late was too much half-court slowdown. That gave the Rockets a pace they could handle despite being overly shorthanded. They should've sped up the pace to force the Rockets to run more. Not saying run fast break everytime but lots of 2nd break opps were missed.
Anybody else feel that Kevin Martin is turning into the Ginobili of 2005 in terms of flopping propensity/ability?
Let's be real, back during his prime Gino used to flop...quite a bit - often to our benefit ( I don't mind, I wish he'd start up again if it helps us win). I'm seeing flashbacks of that with kevin martin now. Martin's really becoming quite adept with the art of flopping/getting to the line.
Even though Jefferson needed to get more rebounds and play better defense, he is taking pressure off from the big three by shouldering the scoring load. He is doing this by not being the first, second or even the third option on offense.
look he took 11 threes
do you think he should do that?
TD and Dyess are really slow on their rotation. Tiago is still somehow lost as well. Both Tony and Manu are not penetrating much too. Am I trying to be a pessimist about them? Well, atleast RJ is really good this year.
BTW, quick question, has Tony lost his killer tear drop shot? Whenever I watch a game, he doesn't make any attempts on those tdrops.
I can't argue too much with the grades, until I look at the big picture. We needed two missed free throws to get to OT, at home, against the winless Rockets. And they were without 3 of their best players. When I look at it in aggregate, it's hard to picture that everybody except Neal and Splitter had A's and B's.
I want to be disappointed in Splitter, and I have to keep reminding myself that this is like his pre-season, with a new team. We're going to need a lot more of him before this season is over. It's hard not to raise expectations too high. I need to start thinking in terms of him being a key figure in an unbeaten Rodeo Road Trip. Yeah - I like the sound of that.
Sometimes it seems like one play changes the momentum of a game. Maybe it's not fair or accurate, but it seems like it happens too often to be coincidence. The Spurs had built up an 9 point lead at the end of the third quarter. They got the ball back with about 36 seconds, and had enough time for a 2-for-1. Hill hung on to the ball, and then chunked up a poor 3 and the Rockets scored again with a couple of seconds left. It was a really stupid possession, and it seemed to give the Rockets some life. I'd dock Hill one letter grade for that play alone.
This team reminds of the 2009 one in the sense that they were escaping with winning a lot of games they shouldn't be winning.
A lot of that was due to the Spurs having more buzzer beaters that season than any other one in recent memory, but the wins only seemed to mask the real problems the team had.
Still, it's very early, and I'm sure the defense will improve. Loving RJ's play lately.
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