SPURS GAME DAY! GAME 24: SPURS VS. SUNS, 4-12-2022, 3PM (CT)

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We havent scored since before you started typing your 1st quarter roundup

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"Roby... off the mark" - so so kind by Bill on that sidestep airball 3...

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Tre with a great drive and swing pass out to Alize for another airball.

We miss another 3 we get O reb and Keldon with a drive for 2. Well done.

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Dieng finally in!

Tre great drive.

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Romeo back in for Tre!

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USE. THE. GLASS. KELDON.

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Stuck at 9 points mark with 4 minutes left in the Q.

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I like how Sochan is active on the bench and encouraging the guys on.

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What a waste of time. Completely natural motion.

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"Unfortunate contact" = common foul lol

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Still stuck at 9 with just under 3 minutes left...

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Keep the faith and get the fundamentals going.

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FOUR SPURS IN THE PAINT, NOBODY BOXING OUT FOR THEIR O BOARD AND 3.

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Still 9 points with under 2 minutes left...

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We have to have Dev shoot a tough contested fadeaway with four Spurs on the other side of the court, none near the basket to get into double digits.

Our O fundamentals are tough to watch. No movement. Just screens and Js.

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Painful Q...

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2ND: SPURS 41 SUNS 71

Oof.

We're playing to win rather than playing to do things well and it's ironically costing us a better chance to cut the streak.

Playing to win in the sense of just throwing things up, rushing shots (we're being very well defended, mind), one and done shots. Only 5-19 the entire Q, including 0-8 from 8. 1-12 from the 3 for the entire half.

We're not moving on O nearly as much as we have and should be, not making any cuts into they key, particularly by the bigs. ALL our bigs, starters and bench, combined for ONE shot in the paint (Diop miss) this Q. This followed a pattern of the 1ST Q where only Collins made a basket in the paint.

So in the entire first half, ALL our bigs have combined for 1-2 in the paint. I do really like that we are penetrating the paint in general much better this game (better in the 1ST Q than 2ND), but we absolutely must get our bigs involved. It does depend on them to keep moving as well rather than staying out on the perimeter. They keep picking and popping out rather than rolling. Dive and good things will happen. This is also reflected in our 4-5FTs for the entire half compared to our opponent's 13-16. Not complaining at the disparity as they're the far more aggressive team.

Starting bigs: 1-3; bench bigs: 1-5.

Our usually more dependable bench has contributed only four made baskets for 11 points.

Only 7 assists. Eleven TOs. Getting outrebounded on both ends.

FUNDAMENTALS, GENTS. Box out. Move. CUT. Pass. Use the glass. Rotate out to contest. Repeat.

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OK. Just then. FILM MATERIAL.

We doubled their C well. They paint guy rotated over well for their cutter. But then we had FOUR SPURS IN THE KEY AND NOBODY THOUGHT IT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ROTATE OVER TO THE WEAK SIDE GUY AT THE ARC FOR A WIDE OPEN 3.

THIS is the breakdown that KEEPS happening. ROTATE THE **** OUT.

FUNDAMENTALS.

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FINALLY a big rolls, gets the pass from Tre and Collins earns FTs.

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They made a 3 but at least Malaki was out there contesting hard.