SPURS GAME DAY! GAME 47: SPURS VS. WIZARDS, 29-1-2024, 7PM (CT)

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Blake poke from behind for the steal, runs ahead, gets the pass from Dom, Blake dunk!!!

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1ST Q: SPURS 35 WIZARDS 25

It was just a 13-point lead up until their 2+1 on their final play.

Blake has been absolutely impactful on both ends getting steals, pokes from behind, forcing TOs all over the place leading to baskets for us.

Made a 3 and a dunk, too.

We started a bit slow but frankly the reserves of Cedi, Blake, Dom, and Keldon brought us up to a double digit lead, finishing the 1ST 21-9.

Great pace, movement, hustle.

Starters - take note!

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We finished the last Q on their 2+1 and start the 2ND Q on their 2+1.

Damn...

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Blake drive and kick back to Cedi who uses a quick slick crossover to open the left lane and a layup. NICE!

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Not a good couple of possessions with the ball in Keldon's hands.

He had players open ahead of him and to the sides twice but held onto it too long. He eventually passed it, and we scored on the second one, but not good reads. Overdribbled and we had to settle for secondary actions.

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We keep getting good steals but not finishing well or not setting each other up well on O or TOing it right back.

Pop timeout.

Needs cleaning up - ball protection, decisions with the ball, right reads and responses.

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Doug late coverage. They hit open 3.

12-0 run against.

Wemby dunk.

12-2 run against.

Doug driven on, fouls, 2+1 against... ffs

If Doug's not making buckets oof...

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Wemby again dribbles down low and loses it in limbs.

Pop's challenging, we'll win it, but Wemby needs to clean up the TOs.

He's been looking a bit fatigued the last maybe two games, and in this one.

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Keldon. Wrong read in passing this time.

We had Sochan and Doug too close down low.

Lucky we get the ball back.

Just off in decisions with the ball.

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Cedi drives and layup.

Cedi D board.

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Devin bucket.

Devin block.

Cedi right corner 3.

D to O!

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Devin contested step-back 3 miss against their C. Miss.

They hit end of Q J.

ANOTHER Q in which we give up points in end of Q situation.

That's five now. Cuts into our lead, now only 4.

**** WAKE UP, SPURS!

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2ND Q: SPURS 58 WIZARDS 54

OOF.

Pop should be ripping into us right about now for the unfocused play by the starters, just looking out of sorts like we're hung over or something.

Too many dumb TOs - 7, bad passes, out of position on D, getting contested at their rim, getting driven on at our rim for multiple 2+1 plays.

Poor end of Q execution on O for misses and buckets against.

We had a 13 point lead at one point.

This has the makings of a self-inflicted wasted opportunity.

Wemby is playing an uncharacteristically unclean game with 4TOs already. But then again he is the only efficiently scoring starter: Julian 0-1, Sochan 1-6, Tre 1-4, Devin 3-8. Hello??! We want to make some assertive decisions and downhill plays or what??! We're over passing, too slow to make decisions, and not reacting well to the D pressure and rim coverage.

Enter the bench unit. They have 30 of our 58 points, keeping us afloat until most of the starters wake the **** up.

Blake has been a two-way menace, an absolute plus plus positive factor on both ends. 5 points on 2-3. 1 board, 1 assist, 2 steals, 1 block.

Keldon 8 points on 3-5, 0-1 from 3, 2-2FTs, 4 boards, 2 assists, 2 steals.

Cedi leads us with 13 on 5-6, 3-3 from 3, 2 boards (1 on O), 1 assist, 1 steal.

Doug 0-2 lol and getting tricked out on D oof...

Dom 4 points on 1-3, 2-2FTs, 2 boards (1 on O), 3 assists.

We are getting to the FT line well, but absolutely need to clean it up with the bad passes, with the end of Q details, with the focus, with the energy - this means you, starters!

GSG

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Sure. We're now bleeding buckets at our rim, and looking clunky on O when we're not TOing it. Sure.

FFS.

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Tre pretty use of screen ahead of him to get the layup.

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Tre using screen again, changes speed and another layup.

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Tre quckly taps it ahead to Devin who fakes, absorbs contact, 2 and foul +1

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Sochan good hard foul to prevent the O putback.

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Amazing! Sochan too far ahead for Wemby who runs out of bounds but flips the ball behind him and into Tre's waiting hands for a layup.

We're now making something out of the messy plays so that's an improvement.

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Wemby the tailor threading the needle with a pin point accurate bounce pass inside to Tre for the layup.