Game 16, Game 17, AND Game 18 Points Created for Spurs Road Losses to the Kings, Clippers,and Lakers - 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Backward. Spurs Record is 6-12

Game 16, Game 17, AND Game 18 Points Created for Spurs Road Losses to the Kings, Clippers, and Lakers - 1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Backward. The Spurs Record is at a woeful 6-12 

There are some who understand these hashtags. #T4W #T4S

--- Busy last week of work days but I combined the 3-game losing streak into 1 Blog Post!

Game 16 Spurs lose to the Kings 112-130 Record is 6-10 

Box Scores for Points Created from ESPN:
https://www.espn.com/nba/boxscore/_/gameId/401468377

YouTube Link
youtube.com/watch?v=qzcIGmI6n5A

Spurs Starters

Sochan .355 11.000
Bates-Diop .581 18.000
Poeltl .556 15.000
Jones .414 12.000
Vassell .681 24.500

Bench
Roby .614 13.500
Dieng .250 3.000
Bassey .364 4.000
Richardson .348 8.000
Hall .438 7.000
Johnson DNP 

Defense is so important. When you give up 37 points in the 1st and 41 in the 4th, you better be scoring more than that. The Spurs did not. Some efficient play from the team but too many turnovers and only 1 real threat in Devin Vassell since Keldon Johnson missed the game with a sprained ankle and that's all she wrote.

Team

Spurs .488 117.000

Kings .610 146.500

Kings Starters
Sabonis .625 20.000
Barnes .793 23.000
Fox 1.000 32.000
Davis .200 3.000
Huerter .162 5.500

Bench
Lyles .700 14.000
Metu .964 13.500
Moneke -1.000 -2.000
Okpala .500 1.000
Len 0.000 0.000
Dellavedova .500 1.000
Mitchell .321 9.000
Monk .804 22.500
Ellis -0.250 -0.500

4 Players over 20.000 Points Created Per Game for the Kings. The Spurs had just 1. 

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Game 17 Spurs lose to the Clippers. 97-119 We see you Kawhi. 

ESPN Box Scores used for Points Created:
https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468394

YouTube Link
youtube.com/watch?v=pfAL64CurPs

Spurs Starters
Sochan -0.036 -1.000
Bates-Diop .411 11.500
Johnson .161 4.500
Poeltl .980 24.500
Jones .269 7.000

Bench
Roby .381 8.000
Barlow 1.000 7.000
McDermott .735 12.500
Bassey .239 5.500
Richardson .139 2.500
Branham .350 3.500
Hall .200 2.000
Dieng DNP

Only 2 players showed up to play. Jakob Poeltl and Doug McDermott. The rest of the team was so off. So many games played this week and the road trip is showing the team lacks serious depth with all the injuries. 

Team

Spurs .385 92.500

Clippers .533 128.000

Clippers Starters
Leonard .545 12.000
Morris .340 8.500
Zubac .375 9.000
Jackson .750 22.500
George 1.400 21.000 The fact that he did all of his damage in 15 MINUTES IS UNREAL CRAZY.

Bench
Batum .125 2.000
Covington 0.000 0.000
Powell .694 21.500
Brown .350 3.500
Wall .813 19.500
Mann .286 8.000
Coffey .063 0.500

Paul George, Reggie Jackson, Norman Powell, and John Wall were like the 4 Horsemen of Apocalypse. Apocalypse (Kawhi Leonard) played and didn't do that much in limited minutes except shoot a high percentage in limited minutes. 

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Game 18 Spurs lose to Lakers 92-113 AD got little opposition in the post.

ESPN Box Scores used for Points Created:

https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468402

YouTube Link
youtube.com/watch?v=5ZRjzB3B62k

Spurs Starters
Sochan .385 10.000
Johnson -0.129 -4.000
Dieng .667 14.000
Jones .538 14.000
Vassell .603 17.500

Bench
Roby .667 10.000
Barlow -0.083 -0.500
McDermott .395 7.500
Bates-Diop .250 4.000
Bassey .810 17.000
Richardson .421 8.000
Branham -0.333 -2.000
Hall .167 1.000

Spurs .340 81.500

Lakers .625 150.000

Lakers Starters
Davis 1.589 44.500
Brown .196 4.500
Beverley .125 2.500
Reaves .759 20.500
Walker IV .304 8.500

Bench
Ryan -0.333 -2.000
Gabriel .438 7.000
Jones .500 2.000
Bryant .935 21.500 Bryant and Westbrook at previous points in their careers were bonafide starters and now, Darvin Ham has them coming off the bench. Against the short-handed Spurs, they looked impressive but will this experiment continue to work in the future against better talent?
Westbrook .727 16.000
Schroder .652 15.000
Nunn .476 10.000

Anthony Davis and Austin Reaves and Russell Westbrook with Thomas Bryant doing all the damage. No Poeltl meant that Dieng started and well...that's a recipe for trouble. To Gorgui's credit, he had the best Points Created Per Minute for the Spurs while Devin Vassell had the best Per Game score. To show you how lopsided it was, Devin and Gorgui combined for 31.500 Points Created Per Game Score. AD by himself got 44.500
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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 box score.                

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.  

 

Rating 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+.