Nice to see Popovich use Tiago Splitter alongside Timmy Duncan in the third quarter last night. So reluctant to do so last season. That really hurt San Antonio last year.
Makes a real difference (to have Timmy + Splitter out there) to San An's length around the basket. So yeah, hopefully, Popovich will develop that combination more so this season.
2 blocks, 2 steals and 8 rebounds in 33 minutes. Nice work from Splitter. Still looked apprehensive when on the ball offensively though.
Missed that game. How did Memphis look?
I'm not expecting a lot from them this year. I'm not sold on Randolph and Gasol sustaining the excellence they displayed during their playoff run.
I only tuned in for the Splitter + Timmy part which was the third quarter where the Spurs pulled away in the game ... it was the only segment of the game I was really interested in.
The Grizzlies had a huge number of turnovers. Had something like 17 turnovers midway through the third. Looked deflated. Their bigs weren't working hard enough on team D either. Their team didn't have the same energy as late last year.
Marc Gasol wasn't as aggressive as in the playoffs. Was back to regular season Marc Gasol (13/7 Gasol vs 15/11 playoff Gasol). Hopefully, that is just a one game thing and not a sign of things to come from him.
The Spurs had a couple of nice pick and rolls where their bigs set their picks about 5-7 feet behind the three point line and gave Parker/Manu a huge amount of space to build up steam and run right at Z-Bo/M.Gasol off the dribble. Abused them each time they went to it. Too slow.
Jeremy Pargo looked solid. Physical. Long arms, active defender. Aggressive. He should fit right in in that Lionel Hollins defensive system.
Topic: 2011/2012 NBA Regular Season (Read 253246 times)