Spurs vs Warriors: Stats of the Game

by BlaseE on Nov 26, 2009 12:48 PM CST in Game Previews

I guess this would be considered the Thanksgiving edition. I am thankful the Spurs have won 3 straight games and are over .500 finally. I'm also thankful for all the awesome people here on PTR who I can share my Spurs love for. I'm glad enough of you enjoy reading my posts to let me do this for fun. Thanks.

I've got about an hour until I have to take off to my parents for Thanksgiving. After the jump, the stats I am thankful for....

Your music pick is just a song I picked from typing "thank" in my iTunes. Enjoy.

Alright let's get into the stats. See Davis's recap for some more great ones and your three stars.

* Monta Ellis scored how many? Oh yeah, he also lead his team with a -21. We won by 14 points. His team was +7 in the 3:40 he was actually on the bench.

* Parker was blocked 5 times. He also got 17 FTA's on 18 FGA's!!! WHAT!?!?! I'm reassembling my head on that one. After Tony was mediocre against the Bucks, he really gave us 110% effort tonight and full aggression mode. I loved it. I'm stealing this from Hirschof, but teams foul when they are tired, so it was smart to be aggressive early.

* Duncan, 10 of 12 from the floor. I know Moore and Radmanovic can't guard you but hot damn! At least they weren't dumb enough to foul you.

* They made three 3 point shots all game. 2 of them were in the first 3 minutes of play. The last one was off the embarrassing Blair missed dunk late in the 4th. We did a great job not letting Curry, Morrow, Ellis, or Radmanovic get going from 3. They settled for a lot of 2's inside the line.

* George Hill had a rough night shooting at 3 of 12. Looking at the boxscores recently, it seems like he has been having these a lot and its always surprising. Watching the games, it always feels like he is going 4 of 5. It doesn't seem like he is taking that many shots and it definitely doesn't seem like he is missing that many. He did have 6 FT's so maybe that's part of it. Guarding Jennings and then Ellis has to be one of the hardest stretches so far this season for him though and I think he did an admirable job. Gold star.

* Manu played 0 minutes. On offense. And on defense. I'm predicting he'll be back for the Philly game (where Duncan will get a triple double in honor of Robinson HoF night).

*RJ with 4 assists. He has had at least 4 assists in 5 of our 7 wins. Sacramento and Washington are the 2. His only 4 assist game we didn't win was OKC. His assists should be down a little with Manu. Or maybe they should go up if he has Manu to pass to and Manu as a defensive distraction on the court. Either way, I like RJ contributing this way so quickly.

Have a great Thanksgiving, and I hope the stats are interesting enough.

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Manu did have about 36 minutes of coaching, when he wasn’t joking around with the guys. He kept studying the stat sheets they get on the bench and talking with the coaches. He was intellectually involved in the game, a sure sign he thinks he will soon play. My heart wants him back for the Philly game, but my head says keep him out until Dec. 3 when the Celtics come to town. He needs one good, hard practice before he plays to test his leg, and I don’t see when he would get that – day off today, travel to Houston tonight, maybe light workout in Houston on Friday, then who nows how hard Pop will work them on Saturday. Then again, when Pop has brought him back in the past from injury, he has always done it on the road so Manu doesn’t overdose on adrenalin from the home crowd support – if he plays in Houston I would be extremely surprised though.

by janieannie on Nov 26, 2009 4:08 PM CST reply actions

Spurs D was pretty good. If you do not include Monte’s monster game, the Warriors shot 39% (24-61) from the field.

Dare we say Mason is back? In his last 4 games:
12.6 ppg/3 rpg/3.5 apg/1 tpg/23 mpg
56.5% fg (5.3 fgm/8.6 fga)
41.7% 3pt (1.8 3fgm/3.6 3fga)

Also for all those doubters of Duncan now that he’s older. Since he’s come back from injury (last 6 games):
33.4 mpg
20.8 ppg
60.4 fg% (8.2 fgm/14.8 fga)
85 FT% (4.5 ftm/5.3 fta)
10.7 rpg (3 off/game)
4.8 apg
1.7 to/game
1.8 bpg

by grego21 on Nov 26, 2009 4:17 PM CST reply actions

Great stats, BlaseE. I know we beat teams which might be on the outside looking in come playoff time, but we won the games we’re supposed to win, we’re back over .500 and everything feels normal again. Thanksgevity.

The Roleplayer's Realm

by silverandblack_davis on Nov 26, 2009 7:02 PM CST reply actions

When we play good playoff teams, Pop will try different looks every time we play them to scout and to keep them thinking. When we play bad teams, Pop can go all out for a win. So from Pop’s perspective, you want to win the easy ones for seeding, and the tough ones are more for scouting their team and testing ours. For example, Cleveland sweeps us in ‘07 in the regular season and then we sweep them in the playoffs. Similarly, we didn’t let Bowen play Kobe much last season in our games. We had that one game where Hill got his chances at him even.

by BlaseE on Nov 26, 2009 11:54 PM CST up reply actions