Yesterday, the San Antonio Spurs lost 104-110 at home to the Utah Jazz.
In the first showdown just ten days ago, the Spurs narrowly beat the Jazz 128-126 in Salt Lake City.
In yesterday's game, the Jazz's core player Donovan Mitchell missed the day's road trip due to a left-back strain, and Spurs Dezhangtai Murray also continued to be absent.
In the absence of their respective core players, the two teams brought a wonderful competition for the audience to test the tactical execution of role players.
At the beginning of the first quarter of the game, players on both sides gradually found their form after a single mistake. The two sides came and went, and the fight was inextricably divided.
With 2:09 left in the first quarter, Gobert received an assist from Rudy Gay, a dunk hit, and it wasn't until the end of the first quarter that the Jazz played a 10-4 spurt, and the score came to the Spurs' 27-34 Jazz. Since then, the Jazz have led the game until the end of the game.
Looking back at this game, the Spurs still have a lot of problems.
First of all, the lack of Dezhangtai Murray's organizational tandem has led to a significant reduction in the fluidity of the attack and the number of rebounds.
In terms of rebounding in particular, the Jazz have a top interior like Rudy Gobert and several forwards to work with. Dejuntai Murray's absence, relying on Jacob Pelter alone and Kelden Johnson, who has a clear disadvantage in height, the pain points of this team are extremely obvious.
At the same time, in this game, the Spurs' free throw goals and free throw shooting rate were not satisfactory. The Spurs' 4-23 free throw shooting percentage compared to the Jazz's 76.67% free throw shooting percentage, the Spurs' 44.44% shooting rate is extremely weak.
Also closely related to the free throw problem is the foul problem, the Spurs received 24 fouls in the whole game, while the Jazz were 15.
Speaking about the team's loss after the game, in an interview, Spurs interior player Jacob Pelter said: "I feel like I'm stuck under the basket and obviously it's going to be tough against the Jazz's height arm span. ”
The biggest factor in the Spurs' defeat this time is the bad shooting. When faced with a team like the Utah Jazz with an impregnable interior line, the overall lack of height of the Spurs' interior players will be magnified, bringing many chain reactions and affecting the performance of the team.
But at the same time, we should also be proud of these lads on the Spurs. Even though the score was behind their opponents for most of the time, their fighting spirit was never worn by their opponents, and even surpassed the Utah Jazz in the fourth quarter.
In the next few games, the Spurs players will gradually adapt to the tactical arrangements when there is no Murray on the floor, and I believe they will get better and better!