Spoiler Protection Pet: Will
I usually have a spoiler protection pet here, but none of them were available today, so my friend Will is here instead. Don’t read anything into his appearance, just look into the light. It will all feel better in a moment.
Game 13 wrap: Life is full of change, and the suffering from impermanence of joy is called Viparinama Dukkha
attachment is the root of suffering, please look into the light
The official Always Close Enough To Hurt™ audit
We have transcended things like Hurt and Not Hurt.
BTW, I told APRIBOT to factor in a -5.4 net rating for Steph’s injury before this game. That would bring GSW down from #4 in the league (holy cow) to #14 in the league. So she still thinks GSW is a .500 team without Steph. But this is a hard road trip and she expects 1.86 wins in the next 4 games (including tonights… did we play tonight?) to finish the road trip.
(The -5.4 isn’t completely pulled out of my butt. It’s from openrapm.com, but it’s extremely naive to just subtract his rating like I just did.)
Anyway, even though this one loss (though I can’t remember much about it) basically eliminated GSW from the NBA Cup this season, it still counts the same a one close loss in the playoff race.
On to the next one…
Other stats:
Green: (-23)
4 points, 2/5 FGs, 0/2 threes
3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 turnovers, 1 steal
Lendeborg: (-40)
3 points, 1/13 FGs, 0/2 threes, 1/2 FTs
7 rebounds (2 off.), 1 assist, 3 turnovers, 1 block
Podziemski: (-24)
8 points, 2/10 FGs, 2/5 threes, 2/2 FTs
3 rebounds, 1 block
Richard: (-27)
7 rebounds, 2/4 FGs, 1/2 threes, 2/2 FTs
4 rebounds (2 off.), 1 assist, 2 turnovers
Niang: (-15)
5 points, 2/4 FGs, 1/2 threes
3 rebounds, 2 assists
Ike: (-3)
5 points, 2/7 FGs, 1/3 threes
2 rebounds (1 off.), 3 assists, 1 turnover, 1 steal, 1 block
Leons: (+0)
5 points, 1/2 FGs and threes, 2/2 FTs
1 rebound
Payton II: (+2)
2 points, 1/3 FGs, 0/2 threes
2 rebounds, 1 turnover
Fox: (+20)
7 points, 1/6 FGs, 0/3 threes, 5/5 FTS
5 rebounds (1 off.), 1 assist, 2 turnovers, 1 steal
Champagnie: (+18)
7 points, 3/8 FGs, 1/5 threes
8 rebounds (1 off.), 3 assists, 1 turnover, 1 block
Bryant: (+3)
8 points, 3/10 FGs, 2/6 threes
3 rebounds (1 off.), 2 assists
Kornet: (+12)
6 points, 2/3 FGs, 2/2 FTs
7 rebounds (4 off.), 2 assists, 2 blocks
McLaughlin: (+0)
4 points, 2/3 FGs, 0/1 three
6 rebounds (2 off.), 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 block
All of the Spurs guards played well. Harper, Castle, Fox, Johnson, etc. They sliced through the defense like butter and made a lot of shots. If Wemby had gotten to the hoop in the Finals like he did tonight, they would have beaten the Knicks. Yax was overwhelmed with strong defense. As you know, he is my guuy, but he had a really awful game in so many ways. I am glad Kerr did not play him in the 4th quarter.
Cryer was our star!! Horford has 2 points total in last 2 games playing 30 minutes!