The Anatomy of Wins and Losses in the NBA:
Breaking Down Key Possessions
Game 12 – TOR 88 vs Sas (33-17) 93, L 7-5 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 11 – Tor 105 @ MIN (10-38) 82, W 7-4 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 10 – TOR 98 v Lac (15-31) 102, L 6-4 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 9 – Tor 114 @ MIA (9-36) 82, W 6-3 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 8 – TOR 101 vs LAL (28-16) 121, L 5-3 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 7 – TOR 122 vs Was (24-19) 85, W 5-2 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 6 – Tor 104 @ WAS (23-19) 108, OT, L 4-2 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 5 – TOR 106 vs Mil (17-26) 75, W 4-1 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 4 – Tor 114 @ BOS (33-6) 112, W 3-1 … Boxscore
Game 3 – Tor 95 @ PHI (15-25) 99, L 2-1 … Full Play-By-Play
Game 2 – TOR 89 vs Atl (17-18) 78, W 2-0 … Boxscore, Full Play-By-Play
Game 1 – TOR 116 vs Sac (15-21) 91, W 1-0
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Key Possessions which determined the W-L result:
Some NBA games boil down to the final 1 or 2 possessions for each team … like this one, when
- at the end of regulation time …
00:36 … Bosh (flat out) missed a wide open jump shot from the top of the key … and the D-Rebound was corralled by Ginobili (oo:35)
00:12 … Ginobili missed a 3pt shot but managed to corralled the O-Rebound
00:07 … Finley knocked down 2 FT’s, which put the Spurs up by 5 pts (93-88)
00:04 … Calderon missed a wide open 3, at the top of the key
00:02 … Udoka got the D-Rebound
(see the italics below)
| 1:20 [TOR 88-91] |
Bosh Turnaround Fade Away shot: Made (11 PTS) | |
| Ginobili Jump Shot: Missed | 0:59 | |
| 0:59 | Team Rebound | |
| Oberto Foul:Loose Ball (3 PF) | 0:59 | |
| Finley Substitution replaced by Bowen | 0:59 | |
| 0:59 | Team Timeout:Short | |
| Ginobili Violation:Kicked Ball | 0:43 | |
| 0:36 | Bosh Jump Shot: Missed | |
| Ginobili Rebound (Off:1 Def:13) | 0:35 | |
| Team Timeout:Short | 0:23 | |
| Bowen Substitution replaced by Finley | 0:23 | |
| Team Timeout:Regular | 0:23 | |
| Oberto Substitution replaced by Horry | 0:23 | |
| Ginobili 3pt Shot: Missed | 0:12 | |
| Ginobili Rebound (Off:2 Def:13) | 0:12 | |
| 0:07 | Bosh Foul:Personal (3 PF) | |
| 0:07 | Parker Foul:Personal (5 PF) | |
| Finley Free Throw 1 of 2 (11 PTS) | 0:07 [SAS 92-88] |
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| Vaughn Substitution replaced by Bowen | 0:07 | |
| Horry Substitution replaced by Oberto | 0:07 | |
| Finley Free Throw 2 of 2 (12 PTS) | 0:07 [SAS 93-88] |
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| 0:07 | Team Timeout:Regular | |
| 0:07 | Nesterovic Substitution replaced by Bargnani | |
| Oberto Substitution replaced by Vaughn | 0:07 | |
| Finley Substitution replaced by Udoka | 0:07 | |
| 0:04 | Calderon 3pt Shot: Missed | |
| Udoka Rebound (Off:0 Def:1) | 0:02 | |
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End of 4th Quarter
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Key Raptors: Chris Bosh & Jose Calderon
Vital Components:
- in the game’s final 36 secs … the 2 “best” Raptors missed the 2 shots they had to hit; while 1 of the 3 “best” Spurs corralled 2 vital Rebounds (1 Off; 1 Def)
Note 1: Great Players (i.e. Ginobili), sometimes, make Great Plays.
Note 2: The remainder of the “stats” for this game are, essentially, meaningless.
Next Game:
vs New Jersey, 22-29 (Wed Feb 13)
Tags: Chris Bosh, Jose Calderon, Manu Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors
