Spurs of the Moment

It’s not their first Rodeo (road trip), it just looked like it last night. The Spurs lost 77-71 to Philly after shooting a mere 33% from the field and scoring only 25 points in the second half. Maybe it’s the travel, maybe it was just a weird day in the NBA. The Jazz played their first game in 1000 years without Jerry Sloan as coach (and they lost). Also, the Cavs won their first game in eons. Just a weird day I say.

The Spurs committed 16 turnovers, but out-rebounded the Sixers 57-46 and held them to 35% shooting. Also the Spurs bench outscored the Sixers bench 27-16. The problem was that our starting backcourt was outplayed by Jrue Holiday. Manu and Tony combined for 17 points on 5-of-20 shooting (0-of-5 from downtown and 7-of-10 from the line), six turnovers, 10 assists and a steal. Holiday had 27 points on 9-of-14 shooting (3-of-4 from downtown and 6-of-6 from the line), five rebounds, two assists, and three steals. Richard Jefferson’s 1-for-8 night didn’t help matters, but at least he held Andre Iguodala in check (seven points on 2-of-15 shooting, four boards, six assists). Call it an off day I guess.

On the bright side Duncan looked good with a 16-point, 13-rebound effort. McDyess also had a double-double with 11 points and 11 boards. Also, DeJuan Blair had 14 rebounds and eight points (3-of-11 from the floor though… *sigh*).

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