Manu Returns, and All Is Right With the World Again

The last 2 games against Houston demonstrate a nice progression this team has made over the last few months. The last time we played Houston, they just owned us as 3 different players scored 30 or more on us. Our defense was putrid, our energy was gone, and we looked bad. Tonight we looked a lot better. For a game against Houston--a team that we play notoriously slow, low-scoring games with--it was high-scoring and fast-paced. But our defense was better, our offense was superb, and we clearly looked like the better team. Granted, they were pretty thin with injuries. But we took care of business and pulled away in the second half, overwhelming them with execution, energy, and plain old talent.

For some reason, this game was not broadcast on League Pass Broadband, so I ended up watching it the old fashioned way--on an illegal feed from ESPN Deportes. The feed still gave us our hometown announcing crew, but all of the ads were in Spanish. And all the players were blurry. Was that George Hill racking up 30 points? Nice. It's quite a skill to be able to score 30 points in an NBA game.

In the big picture, I think that loss to NJ is going to bite us in the ass. One win could be the difference between the 6th or 7th seed and facing Utah or Dallas or Denver or Phoenix and the 8th seed and facing LA. That would be a tough pill to swallow.

Looking Forward:

We play Orlando in San Antonio on Friday night. They gave us a nice butt-whooping a few weeks ago in Orlando. It's time to return the favor.

Or at least get the win.