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Spurs 113, Trail Blazers 101 - Nov 11, '15
The Spurs played a pretty good all-around game in this one, benefitting from really solid play from a lot of different guys, with 8 players notching .40 AdjGS/minute or higher. No really out-of-this-world performances, just sustainable team basketball.
They didn't perform terribly well on fast breaks and second chance points, as the Blazers scored 16 in transition and somehow parlayed just 10 offensive rebounds into a ridiculous 19 points. The Spurs, on the other hand, scored just 6 on their 8 offensive boards. Odd.
The Spurs didn't take a lot (or enough) threes in this one with just 15 attempts, which is a bit concerning, but they nailed 46.7% of the ones they took. So the Spurs were a bit fortunate in that regard.
Two point field goal percentage continues to be outstanding as the Spurs are hitting over 54% from inside the arc this season. They lead the league in simple FG%, but since so few of those looks are threes, their effective FG% is third in the league behind Golden State and OKC. We've said it many times before, but it's going to be really crucial for the Spurs to find ways to get more looks from deep if they want to keep pace with top Western conference squads.
Manu Ginobili continues to be dynamite in a bottle, contributing 14 points, 5 boards and 4 assists in 22 minutes of play. I don't think anyone expected Manu to start the season so well. I hope he can keep it up over the course of a long season.
Diaw, Ginobili and Mills continue to lead a marvelously effective second unit. The change in offensive style when they check in is outright jarring.
The Spurs' starters lack of offensive rhythm has mostly been attributed to incorporating Aldridge, but I wonder if it's not something more simple. Last year, the Spurs first unit struggled with their spacing when both Duncan and Splitter shared the floor. Aldridge replacing Sparkles has only compounded that problem, as the Spurs not only have two bigs clogging the paint, but another isolation-heavy player to accommodate.
Yet it seems that when Duncan heads to the bench and Aldridge moves to center with Leonard and the second unit, the Spurs offense comes to life. Which makes me wonder how much of the starter's offensive woes are primarily due to their neo-Twin Towers lineup. The Duncan-Aldridge pairing is the Spurs 5th least effective two-man lineup, with a -1.6 Net Rating in 155 minutes of play.
Of course, that figure mirrors the Spurs starting unit at large, and it's hard to tease out how much of the disfunction is simply those two sharing the court. It'll be interesting to see if Duncan and Aldridge share the floor as much as the season goes on, or if Pop opts to play one of the two alongside Diaw or West in smaller lineups.
All in all, it was a solid win as the Spurs overcame some big Portland advantages in second chance and transition points by executing well offensively and harassing the Blazers into poor, contested looks all night long. Let's keep the wins coming.
Four Factors (def.)
Spurs | Trail Blazers | |
Shooting (eFG%) | 57% | 49% |
Ball Handling (TO%) | 12% | 9% |
Off Rebounding (OR%) | 24% | 23% |
Shooting FTs (FT Rate) | 22% | 26% |
Team Stats (Definitions at bottom of post)
Spurs | Trail Blazers | |
Pace (No. of Possessions) | 95.0 | |
Points Per Possession (PPP) | 1.19 | 1.06 |
Points Per Shot (PPS) | 1.38 | 1.15 |
2-PT FG% | 58.2% | 45.5% |
3-PT FG% | 46.7% | 40.9% |
FT% | 77.8% | 60.9% |
True Shooting % | 62.8% | 51.5% |
Spurs |
Trail Blazers | |
Offensive Rating | 121.6 | 104.0 |
Defensive Rating | 104.0 | 121.6 |
Net Rating | 17.6 | -17.6 |
Spurs | Trail Blazers | |
Passes / poss. | 3.7 | 2.6 |
% of FGA uncontested | 45.1% | 31.8% |
Points in the paint | 46 | 36 |
Second chance points | 6 | 19 |
Fast break points | 7 | 16 |
Spurs | Trail Blazers | |
Assists | 27 | 26 |
Steals | 4 | 6 |
Turnovers | 11 | 9 |
Ball Control Index (BCI) (Assists + Steals) / TO |
2.82 | 3.56 |
Spurs | Trail Blazers | |
Expected Offensive Rebounds | 8.5 | 11.0 |
Offensive Rebounds | 8 | 10 |
Difference | -0.5 | -1.0 |
Spurs Shot Chart
Trail Blazers Shot Chart
Players (Definitions at bottom of post, columns sortable)
Spurs
Player
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AdjGS
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GS/Min
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Line
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Usage%
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Floor%
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OffRtg
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DefRtg
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NetRtg
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Kawhi Leonard | 35 | 19.1 | 0.55 | 20 Pts (7-14 FG, 1-5 3PT, 5-5 FT) 7 Reb (0 Off), 3 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 TO, 3 PF | 24% | 61% | 119.0 | 116.8 | 2.2 |
LaMarcus Aldridge | 35 | 15.7 | 0.45 | 23 Pts (9-18 FG, 0-1 3PT, 5-6 FT) 6 Reb (2 Off), 2 Ast, 1 Blk, 4 TO, 3 PF | 33% | 49% | 123.2 | 116.8 | 6.5 |
Tim Duncan | 21 | 14.5 | 0.68 | 12 Pts (5-7 FG, 2-3 FT) 6 Reb (0 Off), 2 Ast, 2 Blk, 1 Stl, 1 TO, 3 PF | 22% | 68% | 105.5 | 122.0 | -16.5 |
Manu Ginobili | 22 | 14.3 | 0.64 | 14 Pts (6-12 FG, 1-2 3PT, 1-1 FT) 5 Reb (4 Off), 3 Ast, 3 PF | 25% | 59% | 132.9 | 96.2 | 36.7 |
Tony Parker | 30 | 12.7 | 0.43 | 11 Pts (5-8 FG, 1-2 FT) 1 Reb (0 Off), 5 Ast, 1 Stl, 3 PF | 15% | 71% | 115.4 | 114.7 | 0.7 |
Danny Green | 31 | 11.7 | 0.38 | 11 Pts (4-6 FG, 3-4 3PT, 0-1 FT) 4 Reb (0 Off), 2 Ast, 2 PF | 10% | 67% | 111.3 | 111.0 | 0.3 |
Rasual Butler | 15 | 8.0 | 0.53 | 5 Pts (2-3 FG, 1-1 3PT ) 3 Reb (0 Off), 3 Ast, 1 Stl, 1 TO | 12% | 61% | 138.5 | 78.3 | 60.2 |
Boris Diaw | 18 | 7.5 | 0.42 | 6 Pts (3-6 FG, 0-1 3PT ) 5 Reb (2 Off), 4 Ast, 1 TO, 2 PF | 18% | 54% | 131.1 | 90.1 | 41.0 |
Patty Mills | 18 | 7.3 | 0.40 | 7 Pts (3-3 FG, 1-1 3PT ) 1 Reb (0 Off), 1 Ast, 1 TO | 10% | 73% | 131.9 | 86.6 | 45.3 |
David West | 13 | 1.8 | 0.14 | 4 Pts (2-5 FG, ) 3 Reb (0 Off), 2 Ast, 1 Blk, 2 TO, 2 PF | 27% | 35% | 113.6 | 77.6 | 36.0 |
Matt Bonner | 1 | 0.4 | 0.39 | 0 Pts 1 Reb (0 Off), | 0% | 0% | 200.0 | 0.0 | 200.0 |
Kyle Anderson | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0 Pts , | 0% | 0% | 200.0 | 0.0 | 200.0 |
Ray McCallum | 1 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0 Pts , | 0% | 0% | 200.0 | 0.0 | 200.0 |
Show Trail Blazers Players
Spurs Index: 101.8 (def.)
Factor | Value | Score |
Passing (AST%) | 58.7% | 28.4 |
Shooting (eFG%) | 56.7% | 21.1 |
Defensive Rebounding (DReb%) | 77.3% | 20.2 |
Defense (DefRtg) | 104.0 | 19.3 |
Opponent % of FGA Uncontested | 31.8% | 12.8 |
Total | 101.8 |
Trail Blazers Spurs Index: 95.1 Show Breakdown
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