Game 14. GSW 121, SAS 99. Wiseman gets practice, learns to smash lobs
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Game 14. GSW 121, SAS 99. Wiseman gets practice, learns to smash lobs
The rare comfortable win
Fun game!
In Game Notes
Wiseman has been way more aggressive on the boards. Important if that lasts.
Wiseman finally loading in the JaVale module. Honestly, part of the troubles has been that a lot of the past lobs have stunk. I imagine he hasn’t really had much practice time to focus on it.
Spurs might have set a record for airballs. If they shoot normally, they could possibly bomb their way back into it
Poeltl flummoxed EP in H1. Nice to see EP adjust with the fakes
DL probably deserved FF2, but I think he was trying to smack the ball and the shooter double clutch faked him
I like the idea of running Paschall in split cuts if he’s guarded by Poeltl. Try to use his mobility edge, since he can’t seem to blow by Poeltl in iso
Looks like they are screening for EP to force Rudy to guard him?? Unorthodox, but EP does seem more comfortable with tha matchup
That’s the second time I think this year that Steph has flipped a sublime unwise behind-the-back off-the-dribble pass to Looney that has bounced off his retina
Warriors in Force Feed Wiseman mode. It’s the Law of the Warriors Jungle: when a non-star gets hot, force feed them until them miss twice
I don’t think it’s ever a good idea for Wiseman to path out of bounds behind the basket on defense.
Spurs brought their C game, Warriors brought their B+ game. B+ because Steph just had a All-Star level game, not a Unanimous level game
The first comfortable win of the season?
(counter-suggestion: SAC game) Maybe... but that one wasn’t as start-to-finish as I recall
(counter-suggestion POR game 2) I’m never comfortable vs POR. I always feel like POR could be great if they decided to defend harder. I mean they haven’t in 6 years, I’m just saying
Quick Post Game Notes
Wiseman and the team looked WAY more comfortable connecting for alley-oops.
GSW ran some nice controlled offense against box-and-ones.
Oubre looks to have his swagger back.
Game 14. GSW 121, SAS 99. Wiseman gets practice, learns to smash lobs
You see a bunch of Warrior fans on Twitter freaking out at Kerr about how Wiseman hasn't shot many threes lately like it's a sign of horrible coaching (along with apparently everything else being Kerr's fault too). But imo the physicality that Wiseman showed last night is probably related to Kerr trying to get him closer to the rim and more used to the physical demands of the center position. It's probably easier to be physical when playing someone who is as soft as LMA looked last night, but all of those dunks wouldn't have happened if he weren't being intentionally positioned away from the three point line and around the rim.
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned after all the fretting; Wiseman showed much better hands last night. Not only did he catch all his lobs cleanly, but he was bringing in the rebounds cleanly as well, especially on that putback off the Draymond miss. On his first feed from Curry, the pass was a little behind him and he had to reach back with one hand while his momentum was going toward the basket and it was no problem. It looks like the game slowed down quite a bit for him last night.