{"id":752909,"date":"2026-06-05T06:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/752909\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T06:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:48:15","slug":"turnovers-rebounding-key-areas-of-focus-for-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/752909\/","title":{"rendered":"Turnovers, rebounding key areas of focus for Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2013 The San Antonio Spurs<\/a> were back inside the Frost Bank Center to address some of the issues from last night\u2019s loss.<\/p>\n

Even though the Spurs led for more than half of the game and built a lead as large as 14 points, they couldn\u2019t get things going offensively as smoothly as they would have liked.<\/p>\n

The Spurs didn\u2019t play to their usual standard. <\/p>\n

The Silver and Black turned the ball over 13 times, leading to 19 points for their opponent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t take too much film or too deep a dig to find the second-chance points,\u201d said Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson. \u201cIt\u2019s clearly one of them. Sixteen assists is not a reflection of this program ever since I\u2019ve been here, and decades before I was. We can be much sharper on a lot of game-plan execution stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spurs veteran forward Harrison Barnes echoed those sentiments, saying many of their mistakes from Game 1 were self-inflicted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there were a lot of possessions offensively that we had where it took us a long time to get into our set, or it was our connectivity when we got to the set,\u201d said Barnes. \u201cThose are little things that we can clean up. When you play a group like these guys who can make you pay for the mistakes that you do make, especially in terms of rebounding, those things add up over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Victor Wembanyama finished Game 1 with 26 points, 12 rebounds, two assists, three blocks and one steal. The Defensive Player of the Year said he didn\u2019t play to his standard, but the Spurs have already put Game 1 behind them.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally, I think the reason we lost that game isn\u2019t even technical. It\u2019s not even tactical,\u201d Wembanyama said. \u201cWe need to approach the game with a better mental state. We just need to play our game. We just need to be normal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Spurs and Knicks will be back at Frost Bank Center for Game 2 on Friday, June 5, at 7:30 p.m. The game will air right here on KSAT 12<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More Race For Seis<\/a> coverage on KSAT:<\/p>\n

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