"Stop on De'Aaron Fox, he's playing with a high ankle sprain – probably shouldn't be playing. He would normally dunk that layup – if he would've dunked it, he's the hero..."
– @CoachCalArk on people blaming De'Aaron Fox for the #Spurs loss
Dylan Harper dominated all night and was 8 for 12. Yet Mitch Johnson kept drawing up plays for De’Aaron Fox. Gregg Popovich should take over for game 5. Some of the worst coaching we’ve ever seen.
Takeaways from the Spurs 107-106 Game 3 loss vs. New York:
- That might be the worst loss in franchise history.
- I genuinely have no idea why De'Aaron Fox decided to shoot that layup.
- I also have no idea why when the Spurs missed eight straight three pointers Mitch Johnson allowed them to keep shooting.
- De'Aaron should never have shot that, but the Spurs should've never been in that position.
- How is it with 7:17 left in the game in the bonus there is zero rim aggression?
- Somehow every reason I've complained about Mitch this series is right back in my mouth.
- Why did Victor Wembanyama's shot diet consist of threes after his hot start in the paint?
- How are we still wondering why Dylan Harper didn't get to close out the game?
- Devin Vassell was great, he gets a pass.
- Stephon Castle's foul trouble was why the Knicks got back in the game.
- Doesn't help that Julian Champagnie shot 1/7 from three.
- Carter Bryant absolutely deserved more minutes than Keldon Johnson tonight.
- I don't understand how the Spurs allow so many offensive rebounds.
- I'm confused why they refused to attack the basket. 28 points in the paint is ridiculous.
- I understand wanting to keep trying and shoot threes out of the half after the historic shooting in the first half, but not turning away from it when it wasn't working is ridiculous.
- I don't understand how OG Anunoby is always open.
- The Spurs scored 30 second half points.
- I just have no words.
- That was the loss that demoralized this team.
- Mitch Johnson genuinely ran middle school offense in Game 4 of the NBA Finals.
- I'm not even mad, I'm just numb and confused.
1-3. #PorVida
Mitch gotta be thankful Fox end of game play distracting everyone from fact he played Wemby 44mins, Keldon 18mins to Carter’s 5 and watched a 20pt lead evaporate to 4 before calling a timeout. A lot of shit went wrong, but that 2nd half was some of the worst coaching I seen.