SPURS IN PARIS GAME DAY! GAME 43: SPURS VS. PACERS, 25-1-2025, 11AM (CT)

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A badly defeated team makes for a dangerous opponent looking for revenge. We are looking to put those ideas out their minds early, often, and for good. Strong start, and team play throughout is in order to put on another great show and earn the result we came for.

WHERE: Accor Arena, Paris, France

WHEN: Saturday, January 25, 2024, 11am (CT)

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ALLEZ SPURS ALLEZ!!!

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It's a more physical contest already, and we have to adjust quickly. Push back.

By adjust I mean go after the ball and set up player not named Castle for open 3s. Otherwise this plays into opponent strategy.

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Secret weapon Barnes cooking early. 3, saves ball out of bounds in our end, then a layup.

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Their full court press early and often is affecting us.

We're a step slow and have to respond to pressure more aggressively.

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So we have Sochan Barnes Keldon Dev and Tre in.

Sochan at the 5?

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They just dumped the ball into the post vs. 2 of our guards. What is this D?

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Dev contested ISO one and done early clock 3 heave and miss...

RUN. OUR. SETS.

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We're standing around as they cut off passes and lanes.

MOVE!

And then they got a C inside on Keldon.

What's he supposed to do?

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Wide open layup allowed.

Feet growing roots.

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Can always rely on Keldon for physical effort.

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D to O transition bucket Tre to Sochan. Finally.

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They're allowed to be way more physical than we are.

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1ST Q: SPURS 24 PACERS 33

We faced full court press, aggressive cutting off of passing lanes, harder physicality, and pace and we were not ready for it nearly well enough.

Do better. Move faster with harder cuts, run back on D, communicate on D, pass, score.

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W MBY TIME!

Block.

Throw down.

Logo off backboard 3.

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Good push back.

Good Mamu minutes.

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We have to limit their 3s and do better setting up our best 3s shooters more.

Opponent *wants* to leave Castle to take them.

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IF ONLY WE **** PLAYED LITERALLY ANY OTHER BIG TO GET SOME REBOUNDS IN OUR END...

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We need our guys to do a full summer's worth diet of finishing through contact at the rim.

Keldon was hit and miss in his early bulldozer days and is a fine reliable finisher with a broad toolkit. He should run clinics for his fellow Spurs.

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OH FFS SOCHAN! TO INBOUND PASS, WEMBY GOT PICKED OFF IN FULL COURT PRESS, BASKET AGAINST.

BRUTAL.

WAKE UP, SPURS!