Barnes ( B- ) -- opened up the game looking a bit lost, and couldn't buy himself a call all game long. But got stronger as the game wore on, and provided us with some key hustle plays and help on the glass in the second half. Gets an automatic half grade just for making F. Tony Massenburg look like a friggin' idiot on the play of the night to close the third quarter -- threw the ball off of Mass's back underneath the Spurs hoop in the old playground play, grabbed the ball, hit the layup AND got fouled. Not as good as somebody laying FTM out, but pulling down his pants on national TV is the next best thing. Did, per his usual, make some bad turnovers along the way as well.
Webber ( C- ) -- Hindered all game long by foul trouble, and did not look great physically. Had a horrid first half where I was worried whether he should even be trying to play. Just a long string of jumpers and no life in the legs at all. Picked up his third foul in the second, and it was merciful. But it was again a tale of two halves, as Webb came out in the second and put together a respectable half. Helped us finally control the boards, had some moments of strong defense in the 4th, and was more composed on offense except for some just awful passes (and the rest of the team was throwing awful entry passes to him as well). But tried too hard to be the hero in the closing minutes. Did hit a three, but just settling for any long jumper out there without looking for options. Decent play kept us in it in the second half, but not a strong or composed game overall.
Miller ( B- ) -- At times looked so hot offensively that you wish there was some way to actually feed him, but there's really not against a good defensive team. Hurt us again with struggles on the boards -- have come to the conclusion that as big and powerful as Webb's mitts are, Brad simply doesn't have very good hands. Got stonger as the game went on on the glass, but fumbled a critical one late into Horry's hands. Joined Webb in the ill advised let's-try-to-win-this-one-down-the-stretch-by-having-our-big-men-chuck-up-threes offense. Showed again that he just simply cannot stop or even slow down a premier post player like Duncan.
Mobley ( D ) -- started off well offensively, but got wild and sloppy as the game went along. Made a bunch of dumb ill-advised charges at the rim, and also threw some really bad passes while he was at it. Worse yet, on a few of his drives it was right there and he should have finished them, but kept on finding inventive ways to throw them off the bottom of the rim etc. Was heavily harassed by Manu, and lost the scrambling athletic matchup there.
Bibby ( B- ) -- our most consistent offensive force of the night through three quarters. Never dominant, but never disappeared either. But then the 4th quarter rolled around and Mike pulled a Peja on us. I'm sure it was a major focus of the Spurs defense, but Mike was just totally gone. And once that happened, the offense went right along with him. Along with the rest of the team made some unconscionably bad passes and dumb plays throughout. Failed to control Parker early which had us on the verge of getting blown out, but was solid on defense therafter, and Parker quieted down as is his streaky pattern.
Martin ( B ) -- not up to the task as a scorer against the best defense in the league, but hustled well and played good defense. Grabbed some nice athletic offensive boards for us to give us a few extra chances. Made some steals. Of course had to throw in one ill-advised drive that should have been a jumper. Kid's in desperate need of an in between game, or if he has one, he has to use it. Still got a lot of minutes off the depleted bench with House playing awfully, and was in there at the end of the game, albeit as an afterthought. We could have really used an offensive boost, and I'm sure that's what Rick had in mind from him tonight, but still pretty satisfied with the defensive hustler we had out there instead. He helped. Just not ready to turn the tide against a team at this level yet.
Songaila ( B+ ) -- got off to a sloppy start, but recovered to turn in a nice hustling effort game for us. Big problem for him was just all kinds of foul trouble. With Webb playing a stronger second half, and Brad fairly steady, may not have been many more minutes for him anyway, but he was playing well enough that it would have been nice to be able to spot him in for one more stint late.
House ( F ) -- terrible game for House. Did nothing positive, and jacked up bad shots and turned the ball over. Doghouse type stuff in a big game.
Ostertag ( C- ) -- took a long long time for Tag to finally get into the game, and when he did it was more bad than good. Did block a shot of course. but also seemed unable to alter a few others, and looked curiously slow -- not just his normal brontosaurusesque lumber, but there were several loose balls he could have reached, and his ganglia just didn't seem to fire in time for him to react. Picked up a couple of fouls that might have been blocks on a sharper night. Pulled him to get more offense in the game in the 4th (actually did not help), and this time it was a good idea. Just not able to help enough at the things he's susposed to be able to do.
Bradley ( INC ) -- just a few seconds at the end of the game after it was over.
Adelman ( B- ) -- this is a tough one to grade. We were seriously hobbled going into a game against the top team in the league on their home floor. Got off to a bad start. And got squeezed down the stretch out of the game. But in between we kept it close, kept fighting. Pretty good outing from an effort standpoint. Made the Spurs earn it. Nonetheless, game, effort, team, felt shaky and scattered. Not the sort of game that you leave feeling good about our chances in the future. Substitution patterns tonight were all over the place with so many people hurt, hobbled, in foul trouble. In the end probably about right given our lack of effective options. Play in the final minutes was disturbing. Reminiscient of the earlier game in Minneosta where the Wolves squeezed us down the stretch, and the wheels fell off. Bibby was not involved, offense broke down, Webb, and this time Brad as well got frustrated and just started chucking up desperate threes. Just felt like we were without answers. And maybe we have none. But still that's kind of up to Rick to figure something out.
Announcers ( F ) -- Steve Kerr is PATHETIC. I mean, its just sad. Actually TNT has gotten increasingly sad. But letting Kerr do a Spurs game is just stupid.
Referees ( F ) -- wow, what a terribly ref'd game. And a few of them REALLY hurt us too including a couple of terrible offensive call fouls and 2 pts that should have been ours but the refs waved off because they called Barnes for basket interference. Replays showed he never touched the ball. Not a big one for complaining about the refs, but this one really stood out for gross incompetence.
Webber ( C- ) -- Hindered all game long by foul trouble, and did not look great physically. Had a horrid first half where I was worried whether he should even be trying to play. Just a long string of jumpers and no life in the legs at all. Picked up his third foul in the second, and it was merciful. But it was again a tale of two halves, as Webb came out in the second and put together a respectable half. Helped us finally control the boards, had some moments of strong defense in the 4th, and was more composed on offense except for some just awful passes (and the rest of the team was throwing awful entry passes to him as well). But tried too hard to be the hero in the closing minutes. Did hit a three, but just settling for any long jumper out there without looking for options. Decent play kept us in it in the second half, but not a strong or composed game overall.
Miller ( B- ) -- At times looked so hot offensively that you wish there was some way to actually feed him, but there's really not against a good defensive team. Hurt us again with struggles on the boards -- have come to the conclusion that as big and powerful as Webb's mitts are, Brad simply doesn't have very good hands. Got stonger as the game went on on the glass, but fumbled a critical one late into Horry's hands. Joined Webb in the ill advised let's-try-to-win-this-one-down-the-stretch-by-having-our-big-men-chuck-up-threes offense. Showed again that he just simply cannot stop or even slow down a premier post player like Duncan.
Mobley ( D ) -- started off well offensively, but got wild and sloppy as the game went along. Made a bunch of dumb ill-advised charges at the rim, and also threw some really bad passes while he was at it. Worse yet, on a few of his drives it was right there and he should have finished them, but kept on finding inventive ways to throw them off the bottom of the rim etc. Was heavily harassed by Manu, and lost the scrambling athletic matchup there.
Bibby ( B- ) -- our most consistent offensive force of the night through three quarters. Never dominant, but never disappeared either. But then the 4th quarter rolled around and Mike pulled a Peja on us. I'm sure it was a major focus of the Spurs defense, but Mike was just totally gone. And once that happened, the offense went right along with him. Along with the rest of the team made some unconscionably bad passes and dumb plays throughout. Failed to control Parker early which had us on the verge of getting blown out, but was solid on defense therafter, and Parker quieted down as is his streaky pattern.
Martin ( B ) -- not up to the task as a scorer against the best defense in the league, but hustled well and played good defense. Grabbed some nice athletic offensive boards for us to give us a few extra chances. Made some steals. Of course had to throw in one ill-advised drive that should have been a jumper. Kid's in desperate need of an in between game, or if he has one, he has to use it. Still got a lot of minutes off the depleted bench with House playing awfully, and was in there at the end of the game, albeit as an afterthought. We could have really used an offensive boost, and I'm sure that's what Rick had in mind from him tonight, but still pretty satisfied with the defensive hustler we had out there instead. He helped. Just not ready to turn the tide against a team at this level yet.
Songaila ( B+ ) -- got off to a sloppy start, but recovered to turn in a nice hustling effort game for us. Big problem for him was just all kinds of foul trouble. With Webb playing a stronger second half, and Brad fairly steady, may not have been many more minutes for him anyway, but he was playing well enough that it would have been nice to be able to spot him in for one more stint late.
House ( F ) -- terrible game for House. Did nothing positive, and jacked up bad shots and turned the ball over. Doghouse type stuff in a big game.
Ostertag ( C- ) -- took a long long time for Tag to finally get into the game, and when he did it was more bad than good. Did block a shot of course. but also seemed unable to alter a few others, and looked curiously slow -- not just his normal brontosaurusesque lumber, but there were several loose balls he could have reached, and his ganglia just didn't seem to fire in time for him to react. Picked up a couple of fouls that might have been blocks on a sharper night. Pulled him to get more offense in the game in the 4th (actually did not help), and this time it was a good idea. Just not able to help enough at the things he's susposed to be able to do.
Bradley ( INC ) -- just a few seconds at the end of the game after it was over.
Adelman ( B- ) -- this is a tough one to grade. We were seriously hobbled going into a game against the top team in the league on their home floor. Got off to a bad start. And got squeezed down the stretch out of the game. But in between we kept it close, kept fighting. Pretty good outing from an effort standpoint. Made the Spurs earn it. Nonetheless, game, effort, team, felt shaky and scattered. Not the sort of game that you leave feeling good about our chances in the future. Substitution patterns tonight were all over the place with so many people hurt, hobbled, in foul trouble. In the end probably about right given our lack of effective options. Play in the final minutes was disturbing. Reminiscient of the earlier game in Minneosta where the Wolves squeezed us down the stretch, and the wheels fell off. Bibby was not involved, offense broke down, Webb, and this time Brad as well got frustrated and just started chucking up desperate threes. Just felt like we were without answers. And maybe we have none. But still that's kind of up to Rick to figure something out.
Announcers ( F ) -- Steve Kerr is PATHETIC. I mean, its just sad. Actually TNT has gotten increasingly sad. But letting Kerr do a Spurs game is just stupid.
Referees ( F ) -- wow, what a terribly ref'd game. And a few of them REALLY hurt us too including a couple of terrible offensive call fouls and 2 pts that should have been ours but the refs waved off because they called Barnes for basket interference. Replays showed he never touched the ball. Not a big one for complaining about the refs, but this one really stood out for gross incompetence.
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....I can't even give out the whole " A for effort" line...it was just sad.
