SPURS GAME DAY! GAME 18: SPURS AT LAKERS, 20-11-2022, 9:30PM (CT)

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Well no time like now to play better, particularly on D defending the arc, and creating more 3s chances for ourselves. The compete level and physicality have to be there from start to finish. We can do better. Let's show it.

WHERE: crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA

WHEN: Sunday, November 20, 2022, 9:30pm (CT)

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Good strip by Devin. ALREADY making an impact on D. And just made our first shot. Impact on O.

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If Pop were on the bench he'd have called a timeout after we got beat down the court and they had a guy socre behind us.

Now it's 13-6 - too late for the timeout.

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We already practiced missing here yesterday. Thought we got the stink out of our system. But this low energy, tentative start business is like a falling elevator nightmare - we know it's coming and it's like we can't stop ourselves. Wake up, Spurs!

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FEEL BETTER, POP!

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We're cross eyed. Apparently. FOURTEEN points with under 3 minutes left.

We look dispirited....

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1ST Q: SPURS 20 LAKERS 34

0-8 from 3. Keldon 'leads' the way with 0-6 for 1-8 overall. I said just last night that he has to get going from inside out. Ah well.

But our opponents are only 2-8. Our porous D, lackadaisical effort getting outhustled down the court, late in doubling, late in contesting - too many open shots!, not fighting for rebounds.

Doug the sharp shooter has zero attempts.

Poor balance, poor effort, poor hustle. Dispirited, dispassionate, tentative, worried, discordant. Something is seriously off.

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We MUST be missing on purpose, right? That MUST be it.

The ONE **** time Keldon made a basket was when he drove with physicality and purpose. So he reverts back to chucking 3s. Missing all.

Tre's missing shots he normally makes.

Everyone is.

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Doug points at the rim.

And FINALLY a transition basket by Devin.

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And a THIRD consecutive basket by Dieng with a terrific O board, vet fakes, and lays it in.

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FOURTH consecutive PAINT POINTS. It's really that easy, gents. The points are there all over the court. You don't have to keep chucking. Fatigue and all that, sure but energy begets energy. Keep it going!

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Good job stepping up to take the charge, Dieng!

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**** hell AGAIN we had two guys on one leaving a 3 shooter entirely too wide open.

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Keldon channeling Spurs Lonnie with the **** missed bunnies. I swear he's missing so badly it looks like it's on purpose. Just brutal. Again.

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JRICH HAD DOUG ON THE LEFT CORNER, ARMS UP CALLING FOR IT, WIDE OPEN, JRICH WITH THE BLINDERS ON WAITS AND FINALLY TRE CUTS INTO THE KEY FOR THE DIFFICULT LAYIN AGAINST THEIR C.

UNBELIEVABLE.

WE SCORED DESPITE OURSELVES.

NO PLAY IS MORE EMBLEMATIC WITH WHAT'S WRONG THAN THIS ONE.

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2ND Q: SPURS 48 LAKERS 66

BAD.

We just allowed two 30+ point Qs.

And it's not like 3s are a factor - they've made one more than we have.

We are bleeding points as they are 54.3%FG and 11-13FTs to our... wait for it... 0-1FT.

I said after last game we need to be assertive with a vertical game, push drives at them from our ball movement, and it wasn't until we were down far too much that we started driving.

We've actually taken 6 more shots yet are down 18. We're showing a remarkable display of missed shots. New lows the goal here or what?

It's like a spreading missitis. Not a single player in double digits.

Defensively we are not showing nearly enough competitiveness. Weird rotations, no communication, guys getting signals crossed and ending up two on one for no reason leaving shooters open.

Just shows how important Jakob is to anchoring us on both ends of the court - protecting the rim and keeping the ball moving.

Get our heads in the game, get out of our feels, get into a higher gear and stay there.

Defend way better. Make shots. Get to the FT line.

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10-1 down to start the 3RD Q.

Something is seriously off about us. Like our spirit has been pierced.

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Even Bassey who we were heralding as the energy bouncy physical big is running like he has an invisible coal truck pulling him from behind.