Shooting the lights out in the regular season wasn’t enough to solidify Davis Bertans within the San Antonio Spurs’ rotation in the first round against Denver. Though his third season in the silver and black proved the Latvian Laser to be a deadeye three-point specialist and dedicated defender, the 26-year-old has blatant deficiencies to attend to before earning back the trust of historic instructor, Gregg Popovich.
At first glance, Bertans was a reliable shooter with the statistics to back it up. Through 21.5 minutes per game across 76 appearances and 12 starts, the lanky forward shot 42.