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Much like Manu, when the final buzzer sounded, I wondered how in the hell the Spurs had pulled out the victory. We couldn’t hit a three to save our lives, we couldn’t get a rebound or a convincing stretch of stops against a middling Pacers offense, and we couldn’t get much rhythm going on offense. What we did have is what we seemingly always have had, and where we’ve turned…
We can all be thankful for something. It has been far too long since the last time I set foot in the Lone Star State. My U.S. Navy duties have forced me to “slum it” over the last three years in the arm pit of the universe, known as San Diego. As awful as that is, I finally made my way home to the Great State for Thanksgiving. In the…
Mark February 21st on your calendar (hey, that’s my half-birthday), because we’ve got the makings of something between these two teams. The Clippers are deep, playing very well, and have the Spurs’ number so far in this young season. Let’s play some good news/bad news about last night’s game: Bad news: We lost the game, were mostly outplayed, and seemed to trail by about 5-10 points the entire second, third,…
The Spurs’ offense just hasn’t looked right in this young season. Part of this is being compared to last year’s historically great and efficient offense. But even in a vacuum, things just haven’t looked or felt quite right. There are many things to look at, but one glaring issue has been the 3-point shooting. The team appears to be taking and making less. The 3-point shot is vital to the Spurs…
There are many ways to cut the result, but in the end the Spurs just ran out of gas. After being up 12 midway through the fourth, the ball started slipping, the shots came up short, and the passes lost crispness. The Knicks took control of the game and the Spurs were unable to regain any sort of footing. And here’s where the Splitter dilemma becomes most apparent. Splitter was…
Funny how one made shot can change your outlook on the whole night. With about 10 seconds remaining in a rather ugly game, Danny Green buried a 3 (in Kobe’s face, I might add) out of a time-out to give the Spurs the 2-point edge they would eventually win by. On the other end, Leonard played tight denial defense on Kobe, blowing up the Lakers’ final play and forcing a…
When Gary Neal is an old man somewhere, sitting on his porch with his grandkids, and they ask him about his days playing in the NBA, he’ll pull out his handheld 3D Hologram device and call up the 4th quarter of last night’s game in Portland. And when Spurs fans bitch and moan about Neal for any reason (mostly for his lack of real PG skills, even though he is…
The first night of a back-to-back on the road in November, coupled with a stomach virus running its way through the team, will allow Coach Pop to go into mad scientist mode with the line-up and rotations. (Playing in lowly Sacramento doesn’t hurt, either). Some notes from the laboratory: –I like DeJuan Blair. He has a tenacious game. But he shouldn’t be starting. I think Pop made the switch more…
There is plenty to appreciate in this, the first in a weekly series of of Spurs-related news highlights we’ll call, Hump Wednesday. From the Associated Press (“Spurs beat Pacers 101-79 for first 4-0 start“): The San Antonio Spurs have won four NBA championships, made 32 playoff appearances and captured 18 division titles in their 40-year history. Yet for all their success, they had never opened a season with four straight…
I have two buddies that I play music with. We’re all runners. One is an ultra-marathoner, another is a marathoner, and I’m a half-marathoner. We all approach our training and races differently. While we’re all trying to maximize our abilities and finish in the quickest times possible, we have different expectations and realities about how that can happen. At 50 miles, a 7-minute mile probably isn’t too realistic. However, as…
