El Conclusion: Jazz 90, Spurs 81
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Tim Duncan, PF 28 MIN | 7-14 FG | 0-1 FT | 10 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 3 BLK | 2 TO | 14 PTS | -8 +/-
Really solid game against an incredibly difficult frontline. There was one play where he backed down Rudy Gobert, got him to bite on a pump fake and still got blocked. And Gobert might not be the best interior defender on his team. He probably deserves a better grade, but the team as a whole looked so bad. |
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Kawhi Leonard, SF 25 MIN | 3-6 FG | 2-5 FT | 4 REB | 2 AST | 3 STL | 1 BLK | 3 TO | 8 PTS | -13 +/-
Defensively he was fine, although Gordon Hayward did a great job of getting to the line. Offensively he was fine too, though I think he might be in his own head with his recent shooting woes. The Spurs tried getting him going in the post, but the Jazz did a good job defending it. We’ll see if they keep working on it. |
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Aron Baynes, C 25 MIN | 2-8 FG | 0-2 FT | 6 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 4 PTS | -3 +/-
I don’t know, he’s been playing well, but is he the type of guy that should be playing more than 20 mpg? He played hard tonight, but wasn’t very good. |
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Tony Parker, PG 21 MIN | 2-9 FG | 0-0 FT | 1 REB | 4 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 4 TO | 5 PTS | -11 +/-
If he’s hurt, that’s one thing. Otherwise, there’s no excuse for everything he hasn’t been able to do since returning from injury (which is coming up on a month now). Hamstrings are tricky things, so it might be a health thing or it might be confidence thing. Either way, the Spurs need something close to last year’s Tony Parker and they need it soon. |
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Danny Green, SG 20 MIN | 1-4 FG | 0-0 FT | 7 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 3 TO | 2 PTS | +3 +/-
Shot’s not falling, he’d tried the dribbling thing a few times and you can imagine how that worked out. He was fine on defense, but the Spurs really need him to hit his shots. |
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Jeff Ayres, PF 5 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | +4 +/-
Good on him for making the best of his playing time (except that whole blown dunk thing). |
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Reggie Williams, SF 9 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 1 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 1 TO | 2 PTS | +3 +/-
The James Harden of the D-League. Do with that what you will. |
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Marco Belinelli, SF 24 MIN | 2-7 FG | 2-2 FT | 2 REB | 2 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 7 PTS | -13 +/-
You know what, his shot wasn’t falling. But he was aggressive, which is more than 2/3 of this team can say. And he didn’t screw up on defense. |
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Boris Diaw, C 24 MIN | 5-9 FG | 0-0 FT | 2 REB | 2 AST | 2 STL | 1 BLK | 1 TO | 13 PTS | -8 +/-
Probably the best performance of the night. He was definitely the most aggressive Spur on the court. Much more of that moving forward please. |
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Tiago Splitter, C 7 MIN | 1-2 FG | 0-0 FT | 0 REB | 0 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 0 TO | 2 PTS | -4 +/-
I thought he looked good while he was in there. I don’t know why he’s not getting more minutes. He hasn’t looked as good as last season, but he looked better than Baynes. |
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Patty Mills, PG 10 MIN | 1-1 FG | 2-2 FT | 0 REB | 0 AST | 1 STL | 0 BLK | 0 TO | 4 PTS | +4 +/-
Same thing as Splitter, not sure why he didn’t get more run. |
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Cory Joseph, PG 21 MIN | 3-6 FG | 4-5 FT | 4 REB | 3 AST | 0 STL | 0 BLK | 3 TO | 10 PTS | +4 +/-
He is playing the best of the Spurs point guards right now. He’s the most aggressive and is playing with the most confidence. |
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Manu Ginobili, SG 20 MIN | 3-9 FG | 2-4 FT | 4 REB | 3 AST | 0 STL | 1 BLK | 4 TO | 8 PTS | -3 +/-
Shot hasn’t so much been there all season, but I thought he was decent as a facilitator. I think it was just tough for him to find his rhythm. |
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Gregg Popovich Given the lack of effort, I don’t think there was a ton he could do tonight, but a little more on that below. |
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Two Things We Saw
- The rotations are still all over the place, which is an issue of guys not playing well enough to get consistent minutes. I took a Twitter poll during the game and only Aron Baynes and Cory Joseph got unanimous votes as players who are having better seasons this year than last. But part of the problem might be the lack of defined roles for each player. For example, as much as Aron Baynes has improved, I don’t think he should play 15-20 minutes more than Tiago Splitter if everyone is healthy.
- We probably won’t find out totally what’s going on, but I don’t think shutting down Tony Parker is the answer to his woes. Basically I think he has to play through this (unless he’s still hurt). Keep giving him minutes, make sure his role is consistent.
















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