You have to love early season basketball, when everything is forgiven. And there was a lot to forgive in the Spurs’ fun, sloppy, chaotic, unnecessarily suspenseful 124-122 win over the Wizards.
It really was a mess of a game, at times. San Antonio looked as discombobulated on both ends as it did during the worst parts of last season for large stretches. Transition and secondary transition defense were a disaster, and any play the Wizards ran involving misdirection had a high chance of working in the half court. The offense was good on the break but mostly consisted of strong individual efforts in one-on-one situations or after a couple of passes when Washington’s defense was set.