SPURS GAME DAY! GAME 53: SPURS VS. 76ERS, 3-2-2023, 7PM (CT)

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Doug on D *sigh*

Jakob with terrific touch off the glass hook. Sweet.

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Ok Malaki backing up with his hands at his side while the opponent drives and shoots is NOT the strong defensive stance we want!

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Malaki with the HESI!

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JAKOB BOX OUT!

They get a second chance 3...

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Jakob nice roll and nice dish inside to him for the quick 2.

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Switch and alley oop dunk on us. Bah... Good D by Malaki until then but you can't teach height.

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Really like it how when Jakob has the ball at the elbow we keep moving to take defenders with us and open shot chances. Jakob to JRich for the 3.

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We just 'show' a contest in the paint then sag to a man. That must be a strategy. I don't understand it.

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Collins, mate, those moving screens ain't it...

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Doug on D is so bad he has to score like 30 on high efficiency to validate his minutes. Great vet though...

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Yeah we need more sandpaper and physicality.

ATO turns into a TO and a basket.

Next play, ANOTHER TO for another basket.

These are the types of snowball plays that put us on our heels.

We are too respectful - put a body into it.

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Nice Reverse by Jakob.

Nice +1 by Doug.

But we let in another open 3...

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Keldon with the PHYSICAL drive, makes the bucket, gets the foul, makes the FT.

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OH FFS.......

How can you get physical when you can't breathe in a guy's space??! He's backing up over the screen with his hands at his sides trying NOT to foul

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Nice physical drive by Keldon to get the foul again.

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2ND Q: SPURS 61 76ERS 73

Well a 35 point Q is good, a 47 point Q against is not.

We allowed 7-11 from 3 to our 3-10 made and there's 12 points right there. We left some uncontested, even as we're executing the D game plan better. As Sean described, timely doubling just as a post player turn outward and force a steal or a pass is solid work.

At times we got caught on some switches which happens to every team in every game, and at times we got the mismatches we wanted.

Boxing out needs to be better. We are being outrebounded 20-15 and 6-5 on O boards.

The big discrepancy is the FT line: we have a hard earned 8-9 to 16-18 against *sigh*

Out TOs reared their ugly heads. We have 9 from which we've lost 16 points already for -8 in the category.

We are winning 42-36 points in the paint so doing well there.

Good end of Q attention to details in both Qs.

Keldon, Malaki, and Jakob lead us in double digit scoring, and everyone but Stanley has scored.

Our bench has been outscored 34-12 so we will need more from more guys to balance out the load.

More physicality - if we are going to be called for fouls, make them feel us, and purposeful movement to both protect the arc and make good to great shots.

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Nice touch to nice new scoring wrinkle by Keldon.

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Keldon the O initiator get s the ball poked away from his hands from behind. TO leads to points the other way...

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Nice pass out by Keldon. Proper play.

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HEY KELDON DROVE LEFT! He missed it but the momentum of the drive pushed their C back and a trailing Jakob got the O board putback.