After last night's game, I was really not sure of what stat to use.  I considered writing about how every time the Spurs were on the verge of making a run, they gave up a three point play or an offensive rebound.  This game could really be summed up by the phrase, "momentum killing."  It felt like I was punched in the stomach 36 times last night.  Well, when I gave more thought to what exactly was momentum killing, Matt Bonner immediately came to mind.  I re-watched the game and wrote a running diary that focuses on Matt Bonner.  I also kept track of his negative and positive contributions to the game.  That is where -20.5 comes from.  What does this mean?  Continue reading to find out.

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Yeah, you got the ball! Too bad we couldn't do anything with it.

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Well, the absence of Tony and Manu is just as bad for the team as we all feared.  Is it too much to ask for Tony to come back for the next game?

Oh yeah, we're 4-6.  And we've lost 3 in a row.

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That kid is soooo a Spurs fan right now.

Are you pissed off now?  You can bet the Spurs are.  Both teams in this game are already backed into a corner in the young season, and are going to fight to the death tonight.  This is a SEGABABA for all involved, so... we got that going for us.

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I really don't want to write this.  Let's all swallow our medicine after the jump....

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Didn't we just do this dance 2 games(but 7 days) ago?  Sure - we beat Dallas at home a week ago.  We then followed that by losing to Oklahoma City, also at home.  Meanwhile, Dallas has played 3 games since we beat them, and won every time.  Also, they're going to throw some new wrinkles at us, and this one is in Dallas.  Not too difficult to see where I'm going with this...

Mavericks of the Spurpocalypse

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Let me begin by apologizing for this late post.  I've been traveling, moving, and simply busy.  Plus, the Spurs are not treating my Stat of the Games very well.  How about a win when it's my turn, guys?  After the jump, the aforementioned stats.

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At least Timmeh had the right idea. (Photo by D. Clarke Evans/NBAE via Getty Images)

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Well, none of us want to talk about it, but it can't be ignored.  The Oklahoma City Thunder seem to have our Spurs' number.  This is an attempt to figure why they beat us this time.

As much as the Thunder seem to always give the Spurs nightmares, some troubling trends appear when confronted with actually watching this game as it happened.  Some of the same problems that have caused us to lose other game were apparent in this game, but more frightening is that an adjustment made by the Spurs seemed to exacerbate one of those problems.  Some of the issues are with the mental side of the game, but what's worse is that collectively, the Spurs didn't seem to have the heart required to win a game against a young, hungry team like OKC.  Follow me beyond the jump for incoherent rambling disguised as analysis.

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I'm so hostile right now.  Well, I was hostile at the end of the game, a 101-98 loss.  I hate losing games like this one.   We got out-executed, or as Pop said, "Oklahoma City had more guys play better."  Honestly though, I don't think you really have to dig too deep into the stats to understand how we lost this one.  We more or less played them to a draw, and they had a couple things go their way.  They had 2 more offensive rebounds than we did, but they outscored us 20-4 on second-chance points.  They also got to the line quite a bit more than us.  Especially in the second half, when we only got to the line 4 times.

Of course, I will dig deeper.  It felt to me like we got beat like a red-headed step child.  Or, how about killed by a Red-Headed Stranger?

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