I recall that once upon a time, Gregg Popovich talked about the San Antonio Spurs’ strategy when it came to defense. What he said was they try to hold their opponent to 22 points or less every quarter, which when you extrapolate the data, comes to 88 points. While that’s not the easiest thing to do in this era of basketball, it’s still a number I keep an eye out for.
That’s what the Spurs held the Oklahoma City Thunder to in the first quarter tonight, as they limited the Thunder to shooting 10-28 from the field and 3-10 from the three-point line.