The Silver and Black Is a Talented Bunch That Cannot Figure Out How to Win, Spurs Now On Losing Streak
The Spurs come into this week at 3-7 after starting the season 3-2 following losses to the Knicks (126-105) in New York, and two home losses to Minnesota (117-110) and Miami (118-113). The current losing streak stands at five games.
The loss to the Timberwolves was the Spurs first game in this season’s inaugural In-Season tournament. As a result of the loss the Spurs sit at 0-1 in group play.
In Sunday night’s loss to the Heat, the Spurs were up by as many as 19 points in the second quarter and were up by 10 points with 6:45 left in the game. I don’t know any other way to say it but….this team has YET to figure out how to win.
Last week I touched on just how atrocious the defense has been this year but that’s just one issue in a plethora of issues plaguing this year’s squad.
In looking at the seven losses, the Spurs are averaging four turnovers in the fourth quarter alone. They also averaged five team fouls in the fourth quarter of the seven losses. These two stats are extremely important in late game situations. So let’s put some context to it. Not only can you NOT stop ANYBODY because your defense is garbage, and when you do have a lead you give both the ball and points away by putting the other team on the line in crunch time situations. It’s understandable from that standpoint why you’re not winning games.
This 2023-24 rendition of the Silver and Black is a talented bunch and definitely a work in progress. Eventually Pop will figure things out and all will be peaches and cream in Spurs land. Until then it’s going to be a long season.
Upcoming Games:
– Tue, Nov 14 @ OKC (6-4) 6:30 pm TNT
(NBA In-Season Tournament Group Play)
– Fri, Nov 17 vs Sacramento (4-4) 6:30pm ESPN
(NBA In-Season Tournament Group Play)
– Sat, Nov 18 vs Memphis (2-8) 7pm
– Mon, Nov 20 vs LA Clippers(3-6) 7pm
