It’s time for the Spurs to make adjustments

Fraternizing with the Enemy, my series-long conversation with Cray Allred of the Daily Thunder, continues with the Spurs down 1-2 heading into a Sunday night matchup with a ton on the line.

J.R. 

After running out to a 15 point lead, the Spurs were outscored by 30 points in about 45 minutes. After the game there were a multitude of ideas tumbling through my head, and when I woke up I found that the tangle of thoughts had been kindly organized into several discrete easily numerated actions. So I decided to make a list.

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J.R. Wilco’s Realistic Dos and Don’ts

Do

Prioritize Fox/Harper/Castle in PNRs with Wemby

Feed Wemby when he’s close to the hole

Stay on the ground on SGA fakes

Get the ball to Wemby on the move

Don’t

Leave guys alone on the three point line (unless you are Wemby, and it better not be Caruso)

Turn the ball over so much

Just stand around at the three point line

Forget what got you here

I call this list realistic because I’ve only chosen things that the team has already demonstrated that it can do against the Thunder. What do you think of the list and what is your reaction to Game 3?

Cray

That’s a pretty good list. I’m riding pretty high after that win, but I know that there are several of those correctable items that San Antonio coukd very well fix. After Game 2, I was prepared for an energy and momentum swing to boost the Spurs at home. It clearly did for those first five minutes, but I couldn’t believe it evaporated before the second quarter was finished.

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I would guess a mixture of exhaustion, inexperience, and personnel are to blame for the Spurs falling apart after that 15-0 burst. Fox and Harper could get healthier. San Antonio can get Wemby moving to his most effective. And the home crowd+postseason desperation could  put the wind back in their sails.

What I am less sure of: whether more disciplined defense on Shai will actually slow him down. As he did in the first two rounds, he’s mastering the most aggressive and attentive defensive looks as the series goes on. San Antonio might lay off more and foul less, but that doesn’t mean he won’t punish them with…

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