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THIS is the recognizable key for our success; players will come to the program to get coached up, play better.

Burns isn't calling his own pitches. Weiner calls the pitches. In the postgame, Schloss said the fourth ball on the first walk was called to be off the plate because the batter liked to chase. He didn't chase and the walk resulted. The second walk was on Burns. Schloss said it's on him to put Burns in better spots. That's him covering for his player, but it's true too. Knowing that Burns is a little wild under pressure, you must account for that. But you have to think about who else would you put in and who are you saving for another day.

Seems to be great for a batter. Then he starts to feel himself a bit after a K and loses it. It’s like clockwork lately. Quit messing with the off speed. He’s in to throw 97. Just throw 97!

Great job Jeff! Enjoyed the read!🤘

They like giving the Cinderellas a chance because it draws viewers. Notice they don't reseed in basketball either. True fans of the sport want to see the best play for the title and win. Casuals like narratives.

The Spurs must shift their defensive strategy if they want to do anything. As I said before, they need to stop doubling and trapping Brunson thirty feet from the basket. Brunson is not some kind of all world one on one player. The Spurs have the defenders to stay in front of Brunson and make it tough for him. The Knicks have better shooters than the Thunder, and that's what's killing the Spurs. Offensively the Spurs need to take advantage of the Wemby mismatch by getting him the ball fifteen feet and in. His height advantage makes it physically impossible to keep him from getting the ball if you move him and look for him. The Spurs can win the series if they play smarter and don't choke.

Both Shaq and Phil said Kobe was the best player on the team in 2001. The reason Kobe was the best is because he led the offense and defense, not Shaq. If the game was close, Kobe had the ball. Kobe defended the other team's best player 1-3. This year's Spurs team has more depth and all-around talent than the 2001 Lakers. What the Spurs don't have is a player as good as Kobe or Shaq were in 2001. It's a fun debate, and I basically agree with your points. I posted that to simply counter all the hype about Wemby being the best 22 year old player ever to lead his team in the playoffs, which is objectively not true. Wemby is the best player in the world right now, and he likely will be for a few years barring significant injury.

He’ll likely improve on that as he gains more experience… probably in the 25% range. And has to! A lot of the great players don’t hit as high% of game winners as many believe look back at this study from a 5+ year stretch https://82games.com/gamewinningshots.htm Koby Bryant had this reputation as a clutch game winner type. 25% with only 1 assist during that time. Great great player, but stats didn’t back up the reputation during this stretch. He attempted very difficult shots from long distance many times off balance to get cleanest look possible … not high % shots Hitting 35% in those scenarios with enough attempts is top shelf … not many do it. Length of shot, toughness of shot etc… Centers/bigs aren’t going to even be part of that convo unless is a big that can play on the perimeter and put ball on floor. Wemby is going to be an anomaly in that regard … if he gets to 25% over time … would be a first in history for a big man. Tough task, as it’s never been done before

Spurs are going to have to have a hot 3 point shooting game to win a single game IMO So far, Knicks have shot the 3 better - and now go to home court. Knicks ball movement in half court is so much better and more crisp. Then Brunson does his thing when it’s time. They are getting a lot of good looks, and are shooting the 3 better by 6-7%’ish so far with 4 more makes in series. Spurs are going to need a 17-18 made 3’s type game to get one in NY IMO. And that’s if Knicks keep shooting it like they are (Brunson will have a better 3-pt shooting game at home IMO). Spurs are averaging 11 makes per right now. That dog won’t hunt in this series. And it’s tougher because they don’t have the ball movement and timing/flow in half court. Younger team, obviously, but Spurs putting ball in Castle’s hands as much as they do/are is always going to make it tougher to have that level of ball movement/flow ideally needed. Hope Spurs get one in NY to at least get it to 5 games, and refs can get it to six from there lol

see series at 3-2 knicks and game 6 in NY will tell the tale. whatchu talkin bout Gerry. kobe was greatest of all times lolo/ harv says so. again and again ...

Fun and interesting to think about some of the teams guys were. Shaq O’Neal was the best player on the Lakers team. To be clear. So much of this has to do with who is on a team with you vs a single player comparison. O’Neal averaged 30.4 points. 15.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 16 playoff games. In the NBA Finals … Shaq averaged 33 points, 15.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.4 blocks to take home MVP honors. That was an older more experienced Shaq, obviously. Lakers had 2 of the top 10 players ever on the same team. And two of the very best player in the league on the same team. With a couple of clutch role players around them. Now the study to think about is this IMO Put Kobe on the Spurs with Wemby. Spurs win it too. Going to be the best two players on the floor, and each make the others job easier and more efficient/dominant Same thing with putting Shaq on Cavs with young LeBron. They beat the 2007 Spurs. ——- Michael Jordan is the best player in the history of the sport, until someone comes along and takes it from him. Which hasn’t happened yet. One thing about Jordan early days. That was before expansion. There were some truly great teams in the league , that wouldn’t have been put together after expansion. He wasn’t going to lead that Bulls team to an NBA Title at that point. Jordan was absolutely dominant in a an extremely tough stretch … Celtics were about all HOF’ers with a top 10 player ever leading them, Pistons were just a loaded roster with 3 Future Hall of Fame players, and terrific depth of talent. It’s part of why Jordan’s dominance will always be underrated. ——- The LeBron Cavs team is the closest to the Wemby Spurs team. Both carried a team to the NBA Finals, but ultimately didn’t have the pieces around them to help them climb the mountain top. A lot of people said LeBron didn’t play well enough in the Finals. As great of a player as he was, his team was simply overmatched. Averaged 22 points on sub 40% FG shooting for series. Averaged 7 rebounds and 6.8 assists. Also averaged 6 TO’s per game having to try and do too much.

why dont they reseed. west vir gets cal poly and troy wtf

Wemby leads the series in scoring, second in rebounds, leads in blocked shots and has the biggest impact on his team of any one player. He averaging 27.5, 10.5, 3.5. If he has to average 33-34 points, 13-14 rebounds and 4-5 blocks as a 22 year old for the Spurs to win the series … that’s probably not going to happen. KAT is a 6 time NBA All-Star and possible Hall of Fame player. A really, really good player and former No. 1 pick. He’s averaging 19.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, 4 assists and a block per game. Wemby isn’t the reason the Spurs aren’t winning. But that’s what comes with being who he is.

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That's it for Schloss and the Longhorns. We'll see y'all tomorrow night!

"If they can get on base and flip the lineup to Tinney and Robbins and Pack, that's when we have a chance to score a lot of runs," Schloss said of the bottom of the lineup. Larson, Borba and Pendergrass went 1-for-7, but they scored three runs and combined to draw four walks.

"I always want to give the umpire the benefit of the doubt," Schloss said of letting players demand a review of a call. "But if you're right, let me know."

"Hope to see them tomorrow," Schloss said of the crowd. "Hope they stay the whole game."

Schloss felt Volantis was pitching well enough through the fifth to send him out for the sixth. On Burns, Schloss said it's the second walk that hurt the most. They got Smith where they wanted on the first walk, but Burns didn't locate the cutter well enough to get Smith to swing.

Schloss: "Pitching, defense and timely hitting. Tonight, we got the timely hitting."

Schloss: "We got out-hit tonight, but our situational hitting, our situational baseball was good."

"We're trying to pitch the best pitchers the most," Schloss said.

Schloss said Texas has some banged-up guys, so they need to cover some innings.