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It's know its really silly, but I think Joseph's dunk in game 4 was the turning point of the series, as well as the bench run as a whole in that game
Game 1 of the finals will be on Thursday so lets have some fresh threads to talk about player performance..Always good to see back and forth arguments
1. Tim Duncan - Timmy struggled against Dallas for the most part and his lack of mobility showed in that series, but offensively he was contributing enough to keep the team afloat. Against Portland, I thought timmy had a decent series, it wasn't the best, but he played at a level the spurs needed him to play at IMO. Against OKC, Timmy was phenomenal. He carried us in game 6 and showed why he is considered the best PF of all time..Reminding us again why he is one of the best players of all time
B+
2. Tony Parker - Save for the last series against OKC, I thought tony played decent enough ball. I'm still under the opinion that he could have been more aggressive against Dallas but his injury might have kept him on bay for a bit. Against Portland, he was amazing..Along with Tiago and kawhi, they carried the spurs to a comfortable series against Portland. Against OKC, he's been on and off but his injury in the last game might be the reason why he's been playing so poorly against OKC
Tony B-
3. Manu Ginobili
Manu, IMO, has been our most valuable playmaker and shot maker in the whole playoffs. I'd even go as far as to say that he might be the best playoff performer as of right now. Sure he had ty games against Portland, but he was never needed there and it was never his series but when the spurs needed him the most he performed. I can't wait for him to redeem himself in the finals..He was the spurs best player against Dallas and was the difference maker against OKC.
A-
4. Kawhi Leoanrd
This Dunk describes kawhi Leonard playoff performance...
Fearless ..The spurs are so lucky to have kawhi..Steve kerr is right, this team would not be competing in the finals right now without him. That said, He was poor in two of the 6 games against OKC and one game against Dallas, but he's the most consistent performer.
B+
5. Danny Green
Really one of the most underrated players in the league. His defense against Ellis, Lillard, Durant and Westbrook has been Bowensque..I know spurs fan is going to hate me for putting his defense up there, but he has been phenomenal and it's time we give this the credit he deserves. His threes are falling, his defense is A+, I can't ing wait for him to defend wade, lebron or Allen
B+
6. Tiago Splitter
Tiago carried our defense against Dallas and Portland. Without Tiago, we'd all probably be talking about rebuilding by now mainly because I really think Dallas was a tough as it gets and without Tiago who knows what Dirk could have done. His Job on aldrdige, was A+..It's not delusional to say that he might be the best Post defender in the league. He was benched against OKC, but IMO it was really just a matchup issue and not a lack of effort from Tiago
A
7. Boris Diaw
Against Dallas, he defended dirk enough to give Tiago and timmy the rest they needed. He hit a few shots here and there but wasn't at a level they needed him to be offensively. He just wasn't aggressive enough. Against Portland, he was okyish on both ends of the floor. Against OKC, he was super ty the first 3 games, but the minutes he played with the scrubs was the turning point of the series. When Boris started shooting, it created all sorts of problems for OKC...He was great on the post.
B
8. Patty Mills
I'm going to start talking about game 6 first because no one has mentioned all the hustle plays patty did in game 6..He was ing A+ in game 6 man. He made so many hustle plays that didn't show up in the boxscore and the play that stood up the most was Ginobili's three..Him clapping made fisher and ibaka look in back and that gave manu all the space to hit the three ball..What Performance. Against Portland and Dallas, I thought he did a decent job backing up Tony.
B
9. Cory Joseph
- Wow...Cojo steped up big and showed them starters how to play compe ive ball. One thing that always killed cory's game was hesitation, but I did not sense any of that against OKC..Man, I see a bright a future. This GIF describes Cory's performance
A+
10 Matt Bonner
Really opened up a lot of things for SA against OKC..
B
11. Aaron Baynes
killed adams..He made the most of the limited minutes he was given. I don't have a whole lot to say about this , but all i know he plays his heart out every minute.
A
12 Marco Bellineli
Last on the list cause he's also the worst playoff performer..Good series against portland, but ty against Dallas and OKC
C-
Last edited by apalisoc_9; 06-01-2014 at 04:09 PM.
It's know its really silly, but I think Joseph's dunk in game 4 was the turning point of the series, as well as the bench run as a whole in that game
Danny's tendency to help off his man is scary if ever guards Ray. otoh he recovered and blocked KD last night so who knows.
Yep, that dunk was series changing and should not be overlooked.
If Tiago wasnt there Boris would have played a lot more is all, we went to the WCF with Boris starting 2 years ago, the offense, was way better and the defense a bit worse... The Spurs blogs really brainwashed the masses with the Tiago hype, cant believe it... Like I said this summer Gino at 7M was OK, the scandal was Tiago getting the money he did...
I have defended for giving Bellineli minutes during the first two rounds. Now I feel that it's too late to wish for him to return to his regular season form. Unless Tony can't play at all, b/w Many, Green and Mills, we have enough players for that position.
The turning point was the Spurs bench keping OKC's starters on the floor late into the 4th quarter. I'm pretty sure the Thunder didn't lose any sleep over CoJo's garbage time dunk over Ibaka. If they did, they will probably have nightmares over the Leonard's dunk over Ibaka which set the tone for game 6.
i think its more about the dunk being a wake-up call to the Spurs than giving OKC nightmares. the spurs were playing scared in games 3 and 4
I think its by design
Everybody gets a passing grade except Marco
tony c-
timmy b
manu a
kawhi a
tiago a-
diaw b+
danny a+
patty d
cojo a
belinelli f-
Based on each player's standards:
Parker: D+
Duncan: B
Ginobili: A
Leonard: B
Green: A-
Splitter: B+
Diaw: B+
Mills: C-
Belinelli: F
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