The Spurs face the Raptors
Beating the Los Angeles Lakers, the Spurs won their 25th game of the season, and Popovich also successfully equaled nelson Sr. and became the owner of the first win record in history. However, to monopolize this record, or to keep breaking this record, Popovich needs more wins. In this game, the Spurs will play at home against the Toronto Raptors, a seventh-place team in the East, with a far better record than the Spurs, but recently suffered a wave of 3 consecutive losses, and VanVleet and Anunoby could not play.
Although the Spurs' record is average, but the tactical quality of this team can not be underestimated, the team's average number of assists per game league first, bench scoring is also the league first, and the Raptors side, the average assists per game league third, bench points is the league's penultimate first. However, VanVleet made a comeback in this game, which is self-evident in the help of the team.
Spurs reversed failure
Van Jordan returned to the first game, full of offensive desire, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal on 3-of-8 shooting, Siakam was 11 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and the Raptors who played away from home scored 34 points in a single quarter, which was unreasonable. The Spurs also scored 29 points, Murray had 8 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and Johnson had 7 points and 2 rebounds. After returning from the second quarter, Murray scored 7 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and the half-time scoring assists were all double-doubled, Johnson also had 8 points and 1 rebound, and two reverse eyes supported the team, leading the Spurs to 32 points in the second quarter.
In the face of the Spurs' counterattack, VanVleet once again stepped forward, shooting 3 of 5 and 13 points, but even so, at the end of the half, the Spurs still overtook the Raptors by 3 points 61-58. In the second half, the Spurs' offense began to decline, Kelden Johnson was again 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, but Murray only had 2 shots, got 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, the Raptors seized the opportunity, rookie Barnes scored 12 points and 4 rebounds, helping the team to surpass the Spurs by 7 points again at the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game, the Spurs were completely caught in a scoring drought, and Murray only had 6 points and 2 rebounds on 2-of-6 shooting, but he was already the highest-scoring player on the team. The Spurs scored just 20 points in the final quarter, while the Raptors exploded for 28 points and Achuva on the bench had eight points and one rebound. In the end, the Toronto Raptors defeated the San Antonio Spurs 119-104, successfully ending a three-game losing streak.
Two reverse eyes
Although they lost the game, the Spurs' two reverse eyes still carried the team. Murray had 25 points, nine rebounds and 12 assists on 9-of-17 shooting, while Kelden Johnson had 27 points, eight rebounds and one assist on 10-of-19 shooting. Perhaps in other teams, the player with the 29th pick in the first round can only be on the edge of the bench, but at the San Antonio Spurs, under Popovich, the two have supported a team, which is commendable. Peltel also had 11 points and 12 rebounds, and Walker had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.
The Raptors' players are still more outstanding, although the whole team only gave 12 assists, only half of the Spurs, but they can still win the game, it is really incredible. VanVleet had 26 points, six rebounds and two assists, Barnes also had 20 points, eight rebounds and one assist, Siakam had 20 points, eight rebounds and three assists, Trent had 17 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, and Achuva had 13 points and three rebounds. The Raptors grabbed 47 rebounds in this game, 11 more than the Spurs, which may be the key to their winning game.