Not sure how we lost twice to this team, which now has 3 total wins. Bradley played well in his debut (14 pts on 7 of 12) and Bogut played well despite still having a sore knee (13/11/2/4), but it wasn't enough to change the comeback win by the Grizz.
118-85 WIN @ HOU: 10-6
Our bigs hands down won this game for us. Bogut finished with 22/13/3/3 on 10 of 16, while Splitter has 24/12/4/3 on 9 of 14, wow they played well. They also held Scola/Dally to only 8 points on 4 of 15 shooting. Udrih also gave us a good game off the bench with 15 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds in 25 minutes. Only bad news was that Leonard sprained his toe and will be out 2 weeks
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103-88 WIN vs DET: 11-6
Once again our big men dominated theirs to get the win. Bogut: 23/13, 3 blks, Splitter: 21/13, 3 blks, held Monroe/Maxiel to 6 of 19 shooting. Wilson Chandler started in place of Leonard and played fine, 12 pts, 4 reb in 29 min and not letting Jerebko do anything on O (not like he would normally though).
109-103 WIN @ DEN: 12-6
Wow, huge win here beating a team with a better record than us. Parker woke up and had a monster 31/6/12 to lead us to victory, but we also got an unexpected 17/7 from Danny Green off the bench. It would've been more of a blowout but Chandler went chucking today (5 of 17).
128-115 WIN vs GSW: 13-6
Another strong win against another strong team, starting to think I've found a good rhythm. We had 7 players score in double digits, and the score was a lot closer than the game was (we jumped out to a 10 point lead and never looked back).
92-88 WIN @ DAL: 14-6
This just proves that we can win in fast paced games or slow paced ones. Bogut was our MVP here, putting up 23/11/2 with 5 blks and 4 stls, and anchoring our very strong defense. They were without Dirk, however, so it's not quite as impressive, but they were still a team above .500 that we beat on the road.
119-97 WIN vs ATL: 15-6
Beat a weaker Eastern team at home, not a huge deal. Bogut had another great game (23/9 with 6 blks) and we just shot the ball better than them (51% to 38%). We have a bit of a concern with turnovers, giving up the ball 16 times to their 13, but there was just too much of a talent difference.
101-88 LOSS @ MIN: 15-7
The win streak comes to an end as we lose to the TWolves in a game was wasn't exactly close. Our TOV's come back to bite us, losing that battle 22-12 this game. They pounded it inside, getting 33/14 from Love and 18/10 from Pek, including beating us 52-40 in points in the paint. At least Kawhi will be coming back next game.
111-83 LOSS vs OKC: 15-8
OKC is without Durant and they still beat us up bad. Harden dropped 37 on us and we couldn't get a thing going offensively. Just a bad game overall...
113-95 WIN @ NOH: 16-8
FINALLY a win. Splitter finishes with a great 29 points and 9 boards, and Parker chimes in 25/6 on 11 of 16. We also shut down Eric Gordon, only allowing 13 points on 4 of 16.
106-104 LOSS @ ORL: 16-9
We just could NOT contain Howard at all, who finished with 33/15, but more importantly fouled out Bogut in 20 minutes, Sanders in 23 minutes and put 3 fouls on Pryz is his 6 minutes. And I thought I had good interior D...
115-84 WIN vs TOR: 17-9
Nothing spectacular, since the Raptors are only 2-24, but we had 9 players with 8 points or more, including Parker who dropped 37. We also shot 55% to their 35%...they just didn't have a chance.
105-88 LOSS vs SAC: 17-10
Disappointment in this one, the Kings aren't that good. We got a good 24/10 from Parker (who also got hurt, but only a 1 week thing) but our big man D once again didn't show up, giving up 17/14/3 on 8 of 10 to Jason Thompson.
101-93 WIN vs MIN: 18-10
I kept Parker in just because I think him even banged up is better than Udrih, and he does alright, with 22/5, but 7 tov. Bogut is the real story of this game, putting up a ridiculous 10 pts, 5 ast, 11 reb, 11 blk, 4 stl, while holding Pek to just 3 of 15 shooting.
91-83 WIN @ PHX: 19-10
AND BOGUT DOES IT AGAIN. 14/4/11/10/2! 2 straight triple doubles after not having 1 in this year before. None of our role players really make an impact, but Splitter drops a solid 23/10 on 9 of 17.
110-102 WIN vs MEM: 20-10
Really proud here, we lost to Memphis twice before and now we finally kick their a$$es. Marc Gasol burned us before, but not this time, only getting to 16/8 while allowing 72 points in the paint for our team. Bogut finishes this month off well with a 28/14 with 3 blks game.
Monthly Recap:
PoM: Dwight Howard (31.9 / 15.0 / 1.0, 2.4 blk on .573 shooting)
RoM: Kenneth Faried (17.0 / 11.5 / 1.2, 1.9 blk on .472 shooting)
Leaders:
PTS: 1. Kevin Durant (33.9), 2. Dwight Howard (31.9), 3. Kevin Love (30.1).
REB: 1. Dwight Howard (15.0), 2. Kevin Love (13.7), 3. Greg Monroe (13.2).
AST: 1. Steve Nash (10.4), 2. Deron Williams (10.3), 3. Chris Paul (10.1).
Team Leaders:
Tony Parker: 20.4 / 7.9 / 4.2 / 1.1, 44% (35.3 MPG)
Andrew Bogut: 14.8 / 1.8 / 10.1 / 1.7 / 3.3, 53% (33.1 MPG)
Tiago Splitter: 14.5 / 1.3 / 8.3 / 1.1, 51% (32.6 MPG)
Kawhi Leonard: 10.6 / 1.5 / 3.9 / 1.4, 44%, 48% 3PT (27.6 MPG)
Ray Allen: 14.1 / 2.0 / 3.8, 48%, 48% 3PT (25.9 MPG)
Team Record: 20-10 (1 in West, 0 GB)
Record This Month: 11-5