The beginning of among the finest ‘fanboy-like’ 36 hours of my a long time of supporting the Spurs began on Monday after a really late lunch, which allowed me to return to my lodge and see a parade of San Antonio’s gamers and workers retreat to their secluded base. I briefly interrupted a really busy Mitch Johnson to inform him that he was the Coach of the Yr to date; to which he replied in typical Spursy trend: “simply hope to make it by the season. Thanks.”
Yesterday, and in a really encouraging and free-flowing 61-point first half exhibiting for the Spurs, right here have been among the higher executed sequences:
Harrison Barnes was certainly one of a number of Spurs that hit the offensive boards onerous to transform second-chance alternatives (no less than earlier than the Knicks did it to San Antonio on the different finish):
The side-to-side TV angle of De’Aaron Fox’s forays into the paint don’t do justice to how ‘sly’ Fox is in evading defenders and getting his shot off:
Luke Kornet turned my favourite Kornet of all time within the first week of the season, however this tip-in is a good instance of his skill to cowl a lot of the ground:
Rookie Dylan Harper, who led the crew in scoring(!), reveals off a pure shot launch right here:
Only a 7-footer doing a catch-and-shoot basket off of a pindown:
Stalwart guard Stephon Citadel knocked down a this shot deep within the paint:
It might have been essentially the most high-intensity-game-to-relaxed-chill-post-game transition that I skilled. After snapping the standard vacationer pictures like this one beneath, we hoofed it to an eatery minutes away and ended up having dinner close to former Laker Jordan Farmar and reviewed the place it went fallacious for the Spurs within the second half.
After an extended evening of sharing reminiscences and facet hugs with any and all Spurs followers lingering close by within the neighborhood of T-Cellular, my gawking at NBA gamers was not finished. As I used to be strolling by a close-by resort this morning, I seemed to my proper and did a double-take. Upon glancing on the 6’10” former Grizzly and Blazer large Zach Randolph, I instantly had horrible flashbacks to that 2011 NBA playoff loss in opposition to Memphis, and gave him a large berth. He apparently is like the remainder of us mortals – attempting to determine the way to play a desk recreation immediately from the person-in-charge of gaming.
Right here’s to the Spurs persevering with to stack wins in direction of a playoff run, AND internet hosting a Cup semifinal subsequent yr in San Antonio!
