Tonight’s game was a microcosm of the Spurs’ season so far this year: the good guys started slowly and ramped up their effort and execution as the game wore on, with Derrick White emerging as the main facilitator for the Spurs offense, and their most consistent defender. The Spurs started with good effort and activity but fell behind because of poor execution on defense and bad shooting. But after halftime, they got their act together and found themselves. It wasn’t a perfect half of basketball, but it was really, really good, almost putting the game away with a 46 point third quarter, and holding off a late Celtics rally with timely scoring and hitting their free throws to win the 120-111.
The Spurs win over the Celtics shows that San Antonio’s future is White
