Game 5 Points Created San Antonio Spurs @ Minnesota Timberwolves 122-134 Loss 3-2 AKA Vassell & Primo OUT Game 5 of 82

Game 5 Points Created San Antonio Spurs @ Minnesota Timberwolves 122-134 Loss 3-2 AKA Vassell & Primo OUT Game 5 of 82

Photo Credit to the Spurs - https://www.nba.com/spurs/photos/photos-spurs-at-timberwolves-10-26

ESPN Box Scores were used for Points Created - https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401468217
 

NBA Highlights - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFu5296gARw

Spurs Highlights - https://cdn.nba.com/videos/teams/wordpress/media/sites/spurs/2022/10/san20antonio20spurs20highlights20vs-20minnesota20timberwolves_1280x720.mp4

Spurs Starters

Sochan .232 6.500 Made 2 3's but wasn't efficient.
Johnson .576 19.000 He led the team in points.
Poeltl .638 18.500  He led the team in rebounds.
Jones .394 13.000
Richardson .667 22.000 Offensively, provided what Devin does, defensively, not so much. He also led team in assists.

Bench
Roby .200 2.000
Collins .618 10.500 He was pretty efficient. I am curious as to why Pop didn't try to matchup BIG using Collins and Poeltl against Gobert and Towns.
McDermott .604 14.500 He provided lots of offense, but defense... not so much.
Bates-Diop 1.000 15.000 15 Minutes on the court, 15 points.
Dieng 1.250 2.500
Langford .156 2.500 He was Primo-Lite and played at a relatively LOW efficiency. It's still good for him to get game reps but when you watch him, you wonder why he was a lottery pick. Have to add that defensively, he seems engaged. Sadly, Points Created isn't really good at tracking Position Defense. Against Edwards, he made him work...some.

Spurs .525 126.00
Timberwolves .652 156.500

Timberwolves Starters
McDaniels .729 25.500 He upped his output to All-Star levels in this one.
Edwards .829 31.500 Beyond Efficient and started early
Gobert .400 14.000
Towns .671 25.500 Efficient
Russell .397 11.500

Bench
Prince .342 6.500
Reid 1.200 6.000
McLaughlin .579 11.000
Nowell 1.136 25.000  <- This guy was on fire the entire time he played.

Minnesota started hot with Anthony Edwards. Perhaps when KAT called him out for his eating habits, Edwards wanted to show what YOUTH can bring. The fact that the Spurs team lost by only 12 points shows some fight. However, to come back requires scores and stops. The scoring was there, the stops were not. In the end, it's tough to win without one of your key primary players on the road. But the young Spurs battled. They will the see theTimberwolves again real soon, but next time, in San Antonio.

Rating Scale for PC Effectiveness or Productivity Per Minute                                                    

Above .650 - Superstar category. Typically the Top 30 players reach this level of performance 

for the entire season.              

.550-.649 -All-Stars are in this range, or either just below or above it.                   

.450-.549 - Good players who are sometimes outstanding fall into this category.                

.350-.449 -Regulars. Solid players who are either starters or among a team's first seven or 

eight regulars.                        

.250-.349 -Poor. Players here are mostly rookies, or vets whose skills are declining. Could be 

solid at position defense. That EFFORT does not show up on a boxscore.                

Below .249 - Awful. Players in this category are living life on the edge. Most are soon traded 

or released or sent to the G-League.  

 

Ratings Scale for PC per Game Average                                                 

Typically, anyone who scores above 10 plays a lot of minutes and contributes meaningful stats for the team.                                                    

Frontline players typically provide a PC Game score above 18+.                       

All-Star players typically provide a PC Game score above 21+.         

Superstar players typically provide a PC Game score above 25+.