Washington Wizards remain winless on the road, as Spurs win 94-80
Manu Ginobili saved the day for the San Antonio Spurs, as he scored 21 points to lead his team to a 94-80 win over the Washington Wizards on Sunday.
Box score analysis
Let’s take a look at the box score now. The Spurs dominated the Wizards in all the field goals.
They went for 45.1 percent field goals against 37.5 percent made by the Wizards.
San Antonio was ahead in three pointers too, as they went 47.5 percent against a very low 33.3 percent made by the Wizards.
Washington kept things close to the Spurs in terms of free throw attempts, going 81.8 percent against their 83.8.
San Antonio Spurs (26-4)
The Spurs had 59 points from the starters, and Manu Ginobili scored a team high 21 points for the Spurs. Tony Parker had 20, while George Hill scored 11 points off the bench. The Spurs grabbed five team rebounds.
Washington Wizards (7-21)
Rashard Lewis scored 21 points, Kirk Hinrich scored 15 points, while Al Thornton and Josh Howard added 11 points apiece to the box score.
The Wizards had 63 points coming from the starters. The players who came off the bench could only dish out 17 points for the Wizards. The team grabbed four team rebounds.
Game stats
The Spurs grabbed 44 rebounds, whereas the Wizards managed 51. Spurs had eight offensive rebounds compared to the Wizards14. The Spurs gave away marginally fewer turnovers than the Wizards with 11 to Washington’s 14.
The Spurs took 19 fast break points, while the Wizards had seven. San Antonio took the biggest lead by 16 points, and limited the Wizards to just five. Both teams were level with 34 points in the paint.
Turning point
The Spurs led the Wizards 57-54 with just under seven minutes remaining in the third quarter, and did not throw a single free throw in the first half of the game. They took the Wizards by storm in the next five and a half minutes, as they went shooting 6
of 8 from the floor.
Wizards Coach Flip Saunders said after the game, “You can see John (Wall) is a little rusty. It's going to take us some time to get him back in the fold. But (the Spurs) are a good team. They make shots. They make threes."
Tony Parker said he was pleased with the performance, and looking forward to the big clash against the Lakers, "We talked about it this morning at shoot around -- make sure we respect (Washington) and prepare for the Lakers. We played well tonight. We
moved the ball and made some open shots."
Best player
Ginobili was power personified, as his first three shots for the Spurs were all three pointers. He went 5 of 6 on three pointers to start the game with. He was 5 of 7 from long range, and this was the first time that he crossed 50 percent on three pointers.
Weakest player
During his 36 minutes of the game, Nick Young could only make 19 points and missed as many as 14. He couldn’t get to the foul line despite his efforts.
More match ups to catch up with
For the Wizards: Monday @ Houston, Wednesday vs. Indiana, Friday @ Indiana.
For the Spurs: Tuesday vs. Lakers, Thursday @ Dallas, Saturday vs. Oklahoma City.
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