Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Advanced Scouting: Golden State Warriors at San Antonio Spurs
Before their November 30th meeting, I called for the Spurs to force GSW to pass out of pick and rolls, while attacking with isolations. How did it turn out?
Before their November 30th meeting, I called for the Spurs to force GSW to pass out of pick and rolls, while attacking with isolations. How did it turn out?
Drafted 10 years apart, Duncan now finds himself in a similar transition to the one once undertaken by his retired fellow twin tower. Still the anchor of a defense for an elite team, Duncan’s role in the offense has increasingly diminished. Now, looking back 10 years, his numbers are eerily similar to Robinson’s at the same point in their career.
Rarely is a matchup against a 19-48 lottery team at the AT&T Center ever considered a must win, but for a Spurs team clinging to the seventh seed in the playoffs with a hellish schedule ahead that’s exactly what tonight is. And if we’re being honest, success against the Golden State Warriors should not be [...]
NBA Stats I never know what to say after we play the Warriors. Golden State plays a game so tenuously tied to what I identify as “basketball,” that one of these days I fully expect Anthony Morrow to begin shooting at the wrong basket, because the defense is “out of position,” or for Corey Maggette [...]