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Leonard Sits, Ginobili Gets Hurt, Spurs Lose

January 17, 2018 /

Season 51, Game 45
San Antonio 99, Atlanta Hawks 102
29-16, 4th in the West

In what has become a disturbing trend, I am here to recap another Spurs loss against one of the worst teams in the NBA.

San Antonio followed up on its ugly, ugly loss to the Lakers with a resounding win against the Denver Nuggets. And in this road matchup with the Hawks, the Spurs came out firing. You never want to call a game in the first quarter (Even against a team tied for the worst record in the NBA), but the beginning of this game had all the makings of a blowout.

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Pau Gasol and Manu Ginobili

Spurs’ Depth Exposed in Road Loss to Lakers

January 12, 2018 /

Season 51, Game 43
San Antonio 81, Los Angeles Lakers 93
28-15, 3rd in the West

Lost, desperate, and panicked are usually the last three words you’d use to describe a Gregg Popovich-coached basketball team. But last night in Los Angeles, those are the only three words that described his short-handed Spurs.

San Antonio – missing its perennial MVP candidate Kawhi Leonard, as well as Danny Green, Rudy Gay, and Tony Parker – was completely out of sync for large stretches of the game. Miscues led to bad passes, turnovers, and easy fast-break points for the opportunistic Lakers. The Spurs constantly found themselves with double-digit deficits, and while they briefly took the lead in the third quarter, San Antonio dug itself right back into a hole, losing 81-93.

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