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Room for Improvement
The ghost of the bench in the first half: Where were they? They only made two points in the first half. Tiago Splitter, who had been dominating off the bench got in early foul trouble and Gary Neal, Danny Green, Cory Joseph, and Matt Bonner struggled to connect on any of their shots.
Tony Parker, the team needed you: Parker finished with nine points and four assists, but his 2-of-11 shooting from the floor really hurt the Spurs. The main part of his off night was his decision to mainly shoot perimeter shots. In the first quarter, Parker was 1-of-3 and all of his shots were taken outside of the paint. In the second quarter, Parker was 1-of-5 and though four of his shots were taken from the paint, the only one he made was a three pointer. Parker was 0-for-2 in the third quarter and once again, all his sho...
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