11/18 -
The Spurs are showing their age and struggling early. They are 5-6 as they try to gel. We are favored at their place...
We get out running early adn take a 32-20 lead at the end of 1.
Big lead going into halftime as we are running them up and down the court.
58-44 at the half.
Our offense goes cold in the 2nd half and they close the gap. 76-70 at the end of 3.
We hold on despite several rally attempts. 94-88 win!
Embiid with 22 points, 10 boards, 2 blocks to lead us in the win. He shot 6 of 12 from the floor and 10 of 13 from the line.
Turner with 15 points, 5 boards, and 5 assists.
Cowen with 12 points, 4 assists, 3 boards, and a steal. He shot 5 of 10, 2 of 5 from the arc.
Green with 9 points. Grant with 8 points. Noel with 8 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks.
Teague with 7 points and 2 assists.
Duncan led the Spurs with 14 points ad 10 boards in 28 minutes.
Kobe with 14 points and 4 assists with 5 of 13 shooting.
Pierce with 12 points but he shot 2 of 10.
Parker with 10 points and 10 assists.
Dwight got into foul trouble and only played 14 minutes. He fouled out with 5 points and 3 boards as Embiid owned him!
11/20 -
We host the Nuggets who have suffered an early injury to Ty LAwson and are struggling this year as a result. Their starting 5 doesn't fit well together:
PG Keith Bailey (68)
SG Arron Afflalo (80)
SF Gallinari (78)
PF Faried (84)
C Jusuf Nurkic (76)
We are heavily favored to win...
We jump to a big lead early, 29-17.
However, our offense only puts up 14 in the 2nd quarter and they close the gap. We are up 44-41 at the half.
In the 3rd, we get outscored 27-22 and they take a 68-66 lead.
The 4th is a back and forth game but Faried hits a game winner at the buzzer to give them the 91-90 victory.
Faried led them with 17 points, 10 boards, and a block.
Gallinari with 16 points.
Afflalo with 9 points and 7 assists.
We held Bailey scoreless and without any assists.
Embiid led us with 18 points, 10 boards, and 2 blocks. He shot 8 of 16.
Cowen had 18 points, 10 boards, 9 assists (so close), 4 steals, and 5 turnovers. He shot 6 of 16 in the loss.
Noel with 16 points, 10 boards, and 3 blocks. He shot 7 of 11.
Green with 14 points and 3 boards.
Teague with 11 points and 5 assists.
Butler with 4 points, 6 boards, 4 assists, 3 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 2 of 10.
Turner was injured in the game and only played 7 minutes....
He suffered a broken bone in his hand and is out for 2-4 weeks.
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