Tony Parker C
Didn’t live up to MVP expectation. Ran out of gas by the fourth quarter. Looked battered and tired.
Tim Duncan B-
Strong production across the board but not efficient enough on offense. Mobility on D also subpar.
Manu Ginobili B-
Couldn’t hit a three but competed and found ways to produce. Still a work in progress; herky-jerky tonight.
Kawhi Leonard B
Stout D. Excelled man-to-man and help-wise. O wasn’t smooth but showed promising depth to his game.
Danny Green A-
Continues to roll on O. Hit multiple big shots. D wavered from acceptable to great. Oozing with confidence.
Tiago Splitter C+
Authored a few notable plays but just didn’t produce enough. He needed to be better on the boards.
Boris Diaw C-
Didn’t shoot it enough. Not enough rebounding. Pretty passes negated by sloppiness.
Matt Bonner C
Decent defensively but weak on the glass. Didn’t impact the offense much at all.
Patrick Mills C
D looked active but results were poor. Didn’t get involved on O. Limited mistakes but Spurs needed more.
Gary Neal D-
Terrible on defense; just really, really bad. Couldn’t hit a shot no matter how open.
Nando De Colo C-
Blended into the background too much. D was underwhelming.
DeJuan Blair Inc.
Fantastic burst of play when he entered. Shortly came back down to Earth shortly thereafter, however.
Pop D
Putting Neal on Curry in 4th was worst coaching move of the season. Befuddled by the their small ball lineups.
It used to be that the Spurs were decent when they went small, but for some reason Golden State was even better when they played Lee at center.
Of course I realize Finley was frequently played at the 4 back in those days and that was turrible.
Tony should see a doc for his shoulders.
Also, to all the cliff jumpers: Championships are not won in February.
Jarret Jack didn't get that memo, apparently. I swear I can hear the guy screaming like a little from where I live, 30 minutes away from Oakland.
The guy always has career games against San Antonio because of his playing style (live and die by the midrange jumper).
Hasn't won jack though.
I was annoyed down the stretch that they tried to force the issue with Parker and Duncan despite double teams and defensive hedging. Leonard did not even sniff the ball. He was shooting 3-5 from inside the 3 and he was being ignored on the weakside. Green was getting straight to the rim from the strongside but he is at best a mediocre finisher. That and Neal passing up open looks on the wing and I was more than a little unhappy.
That being said GS was at home and treating this like it was an elimination game in the WCF. By the 4th quarter you could tell Parker ran out of gas.
The microball lineup with Tony and Patty at the guard positions and Blair at center should give Pop an F, tbh.
Another case of super athletic, highly motivated, tough nosed youngins beating up on classyball.
Execution is great, energy was poor. Ran out of gas. Gotta match the intensity especially in that arena.
Not sure what he was thinking there.. It immediately hurt us, especially defensively. I never want to see that again.
I didn't understand or like the Neal-Blair combo in the 4th or the TP-Mills combo either. Pop really couldn't have gone with another guard at that spot?
The Manu-Patty lineup worked much better, tbh. Got us that lead in the 4th.
The call that gave the Warriors the ball when it was clearly off Curry and swung the momentum of the game F
Blew a 13 point 4th quarter lead in under 3 minutes and the inability to hit a pair of freethrows cost the Spurs the game.Tiago continues to unimpressive. The Spurs need to think long and hard about whether or not Splitter's worth 8M+ per year. And if someone is willing to pay that price, goodbye!!!
I saw only the last quarter and for this quarter I think it's difficult to give B- at TD and Manu. The end of this match was horrible.
games like this remind me of how spoiled i am as a fan. i still get morose after losses
grades seem rather low for basically just losing by a possession or two in a OT game on the road against one of the better teams in the West.
what would they have been if spurs won by 1 possession instead? they seem kind of biased. too many c's
Not a bad loss to be honest. Sure, the Spurs played like crap, but you're not always going to be super sharp throughout an 82 game season. The fact remains that the Spurs offense sputtered, but the defense locked in and kept the game tight and winnable despite all odds. Frankly, having experience in tight gutsy games, and overtime matches, is probably exactly what the Spurs really need...not more blowout wins where we coast through the final 20 minutes. And this was against a capable playoff team, not a garbage team like the Suns or essentially any Eastern Conference team outside of Miami. Plus it was on the second night of a road back-to-back against two playoff teams.
All and all, it could have been much much worse: we could have been clipper'd by 30 points in our own building.
1. I don't think Kwahi took a shot in the last quarter. He didn't score there. Whether it was the fault of the guards or his not asserting himself, that can't happen if we want to play at our best.
2. Diaw is overrated. Pretty passes? Only 2 assists from those pretty passes. Won't shoot so he doesn't help space the floor by drawing off defenders. 2 defensive rebounds.
3. Tiago spent too much time on the bench. The guy has proved to be an effective player in all areas so you have to let him play, especially if Pop wants to limit TD minutes.
4. Don't understand Pop letting Duncan play so many minutes.
5. Neal has been in a slump lately. Nothing to do but let him work himself out of it.
This will be a better road trip than I predicted regardless of what happens in Phoenix. GS is a good team, especially at home, and on a back to back after the great win in LA it isn't too surprising that we lost.
This.
Spurs managed to stay in it even with Jack and Lee dominating the game. Parker's inabilty to get the first step on Thompson seemed to trigger all that failed with the Spurs offense. While I'm comfortable with Leonard and Green dribbling and moving toward the basket on offense, it changes the flow. Though it is only one game and not going to take much from the L, the Dubs perimeter defense may remind the Spurs to dust off some old plays, just hopefully it's not TP and TD playing pick and roll. I was concerned the Spurs would be on a two game losing streak today, so just having this one loss is still a decent proposal. Now let's see if the good guys can take care of business in Phoenix.
Horribly coached game. Neal plus Green together was odd too. lots and lots of lineup shuffling. Tim had a pretty un-clutch game. I predicted this loss after a win vs LAC. Lee was pretty fantastic. I wish Spurs had Jarrett Jack instead of Neal, lol (or patty or nando).
Last edited by superbigtime; 02-23-2013 at 09:14 AM.
I agree with the comments on Pop. Terrible line-up choices. I also thought he left the guys in too long. They were obviously getting gassed.
I'm not worried about the loss. The Spurs were spectacular against the Clippers and sent a message. Golden St. won the equivalent of a regular season Championship for them and will probably lose their next game. It happens all the time.
Spurs just run out of gas on OT on a 2nd night of a B2B playing against a better defensive team at their home. Still I don't understand the sub ution after Spurs went up by 10. Also Manu should have started the OT he was playing great esp if TP was already tired. Also I'm not happy with our PNR D down the stretch, Tim was too slow putting a hand on the shooters face. That's how we lost in OKC and come playoffs that would be exploited. But then again the Spurs was probably just tired last night. Go Spurs Go!
seriously, what is up with danny green?
You really have to give credit to the Warrios defense for this game. The decision to switch to a zone in the last one and a half minutes or so was huge and really confused the Spurs offense. First, Manu's pass was deflected which led to an easy transition layup and the next time down the floor they managed to force Danny Green into a long contested 2 off the dribble.
The only player I am happy with after this game is Danny Green. Great effort from Danny. I really hope his finishing is coming along and that it has actually improved, rather than him just having a couple of good games near the rim. I hope this is actual improvement that he has been working on starting to pay off for him and the Spurs.
And that wit Pop, putting Gary Neal on Stephen Curry lost the game for the Spurs. One of the worst defensive moves he's made this season. It reminded me of the Lakers game 1 in 2008 where he put Udoka on Bryant, that was worse, but this has got to be right up there. Never put a freaking fire starter on a guy who is a great scorer and been held down, you're just asking for trouble. Absolutely stupid decision by Pop.
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