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Nothing really, Griffin improved a lot, and our players played like , Danny Green was like a turtle, Tiago like a mummy, Parker mentally crippled, Kawhi scared and Pop senile.
They got at least Barnes(?) and Red
Deandre is very much improved maybe not a lot of hack a jordans before since Deandre is not yet as good?
They got Doc Rivers
Which do you think is the biggest thing?
Nothing really, Griffin improved a lot, and our players played like , Danny Green was like a turtle, Tiago like a mummy, Parker mentally crippled, Kawhi scared and Pop senile.
Having CP3, Crawford, and Red ; smaller players who can come off screens to shoot 3s and/or drive to the basket. Something Spurs have trouble defending when a player can do both off PnR.
This was Clips roster in 2012:
STARTERS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS Caron Butler, SF 24 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 3 2 0 2 1 +3 0 Blake Griffin, PF 43 13-24 0-0 2-2 4 12 16 2 2 3 2 4 -5 28 DeAndre Jordan, C 20 2-4 0-0 0-2 2 3 5 0 1 1 1 1 -7 4 Randy Foye, SG 27 3-7 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 -1 7 Chris Paul, PG 39 5-17 0-2 2-2 1 2 3 11 2 0 3 4 -9 12 BENCH MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS Kenyon Martin, PF 15 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 1 1 0 4 -6 0 Reggie Evans, C 14 1-1 0-0 3-10 2 5 7 0 1 1 1 1 -2 5 Mo Williams, PG 23 8-12 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 -11 19 Nick Young, SF 18 4-10 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 -7 9 Eric Bledsoe, PG 16 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 -5 2 Ryan Gomes, SF DNP COACH'S DECISION Trey Thompkins, PF DNP COACH'S DECISION
Cp3 and Griffin were hobbled in 2012, they are pretty healthy now.
Spurs had 2 deep runs into June, a ton of mileage, and Parker/Ginobili are nowhere near their former selves..
Griffin hitting that mid range jumper
Hasn't Griffin developed a better jump shot since 2012 to make him a more dangerous scoring threat???
That's a scary sight. It's like he's shooting a free throw because they concede it to him.
When he hits that, he's unstoppable.
Spurs have an extra
Stoudemire was basically unstoppable in '05 against us. Averaged 37ppg. That's fine if he does that but the 7+ apg he was averaging is what killed us. We can let CP3 and Blake get theirs but we can't let the other guys get off. When guys like Matt Barnes and JJ Re are killing us it's tough to win.
Parker is insanely worse.
Griffin is loads better.
Manu is worse.
Green was cold.
Kawhi cratered.
Red stayed hot the entire series.
Spurs couldn't win on their own home court.
Red hitting clutch 3s
Barnes doing all the intangible stuff
We struggle against athletic bigs with a reliable midrange game. Always have, always will.
This is about it, that and Griffin improved alot on his J. Spurs deep runs though and being tired or banged up had alot to do with it. Tony was messed up and we all know Splitter is never healthy so that hurt.
Blake has vastly improved his game. He can now post up pretty well and his outside J is money. As I was watching series I kept telling those around me that Blake has the whole skill set now and is a monster on offense. I wasn't a big fan of Blake before but he has earned my respect. And he's a pretty decent actor in his commercials.
I'm going with Spurs playing like
Improving from VDN to Doc, TBH.
They had a better bench with those guys in 2012 than this season...tbh. But it didn't work for them in those series.
Most important development.Spurs have an extra
CP3 improved his long range shots
Griffin/Jordan improved a lot
TP/Manu regressed
Doc is a much better coach
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Clippers improved in a lot of areas(Paul, Griffin, Jordan) and it still took them seven games to beat a team who was playing without a point guard the entire playoffs and a coach that was drunk halh the time. Spurs are still a damn good team but Tony is clearly holding them back. Also, Manu can no longer carry Tony when he's choking like he's done numerous times in the past(Dallas first round, OKC WCF last year).
Tiago was injured, if different we win.
Were they coached by Del Negro when we swept??
Matt Barnes made surprisingly good contribution. SPURS should have made a better offer to lure him from playing in LA few years ago. Red was supposed to suck like Marco in the playoff when he was guarded by KL but he didn't. SPURS should have spent MLE to sign Crawford few years ago too.
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