Game Blog: Spurs vs. Thunder - Game 1

[Keepin' it real]

Lol Matt Bonner on fire during pregame warmups. Do it during the game, Mattie.

Wow Bonner. Just wow.

[EVAY]

Come on guys. We are being killed on the boards. And they don't have a height advantage on us. Collison has about 6 rebounds and our highest rebounder is Leonard with 4. Duncan only has 3. We have to do better on the boards.

[lefty]

LMAO Ramon Sessions

[biskvito]

okc shooting .382, spurs .441 wtf

[007nites]

If only Splitter and Blair could combine to be one player

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Thunder swiping hard at the ball, hard for me to believe they haven't gotten the arms yet. Either refs aren't calling reaches or Thunder are getting really lucky right now.

[GB20]

blair is our secret weapon against the thunders

[Horse]

Splitter is getting hacked can't get a call.

[100%duncan]

C'mon now starters, finish this half strong.

[Fireball]

Tiago Splitter is so fucking unathletic and uncoordinated. Be born with a 7' foot body and you're a lock into the NBA as long as you can run.

ucoordinated? Tiago has some of the best post moves ... but yeah is unathletic and sometimes seems to have stone hands

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Bonner and Splitter playing like pussies, getting punked by Collison of all people

Bonner yes, but Splitter has been good. Doing exactly what he should. BTW, Splitter is basically a bigger version of Collison - very similar players.

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Neal!

[Tp9gospursgo]

Neal.

[Dex]

Words cannot describe how much I hate Derek Fisher.

[Russo21]

nice bank by neal

[slick'81]

neal with it bitches

[Juggity]

Neal coming alive

[100%duncan]

Neal has been balling. Thank you man.

[Budkin]

Neal!!!

[ALVAREZ6]

You forgot butterfingered.

That's part of being unathletic and uncoordinated.

[GB20]

neal is doing good

[slick'81]

nice chuck kd

[$pursDynasty]

Spurs seem intimidated to take it to the rim, screw that don't let Serge scare you take it to the well maybe get him in foul trouble

[loveforthegame]

Good to see the bench return.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Diaw!!!!!!!!!!!

[Russo21]

gee diaw is crafty

[100%duncan]

I love Diaw. Fuck you Bonner.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Still waiting for Spurs' timing and coordination to arrive... probably see that in the second half.

[Budkin]

Diawow

[ace3g]

nice move by Diaw

[ballhog]

Durant lucky there.

[loveforthegame]

Diaw is such a huge asset.

[lefty]

TD schooling Ibaka

[100%duncan]

Timmay!

[Spurs Brazil]

Fantastic move TD

[$pursDynasty]

great job timmy take it to him

[Russo21]

duncan! old school spin move, unstoppable

[Budkin]

Timmay v. 2003

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Neal looking fearless like Leonard.

[spursfanincolorado]

TD and BD!!!

[spursparker9]

get leonard on kd pls

[loveforthegame]

Duncan with a nice move.

Is that 2 fouls on him?

[ballhog]

First postup tonight

[DPG21920]

Jax just got shook.

[100%duncan]

Stop fouling Durant. Bring back Kawhi, he did a good job against KD in the first.

[Capt Bringdown]

The only way to stop Fisher is to put him in a Spurs uniform.

[slick'81]

kawhi back

[Spurologist]

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[007nites]

That was a good confidence booster bucket for Timmy.

[EVAY]

Two fouls on Duncan

[lefty]

The only way to stop Fisher is to put him in a Spurs uniform.
That asshole would score in his own basket

[spursfanincolorado]

Neal is playing great! Get Bonner and Split out and put Blair in before he gets depressed

[lefty]

TP you idiot

[100%duncan]

Really refs?

[slick'81]

wow just wow wtf was that

[spurs1990]

Still waiting for Spurs' timing and coordination to arrive... probably see that in the second half.

I think so too.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Come on Spurs

[Budkin]

Bullshit.

[GB20]

wow refs

[Spurs Brazil]

Boris again!

[Johnny RIngo]

Splitter is not "struggling". He's scored on an and-1, another layup and played solid defense. He's had two tough plays, but the entire team is turning it over.

Agreed. Lumping Splitter in with Bonner is ludicrous.

[slick'81]

clean it up boris

[100%duncan]

Man, Diaw is ballin tbh. Fuck TP.

[loveforthegame]

Diaw again!!

[Tp9gospursgo]

I love Diaw.

[Budkin]

Diaw!!

[Sisk]

We need to start getting some open 3 pointers. Thunder is clogging up the paint like crazy

[Kuestmaster]

Refs are seriously biased. We can't get a fucking call

[Danny.Zhu]

11 to......

[Sisk]

Hitting, not getting

[ballhog]

What the fuck are these refs watching?

[slick'81]

too loong and too good

[LakerLanny]

I'd put Kawhi back as soon Durant is on the court


First time Durant has scored on Kawhi, the kid from SDSU has been owning him.

[Budkin]

Tough shot by Durant.

[100%duncan]

Shooting foul right?

[HI-FI]

its hard to believe we're leading. i can't imagine us this rusty and clueless from now on.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

TP is a bit overwhelmed at this point.

[Spurs Brazil]

Finally a call

[DPG21920]

Kerr with an astute point: okc attacking shots as our guys penetrate leaves offensive boards. Our bigs and wings need to run the floor hard.

[Budkin]

Blair was great against OKC... give him a chance!

[100%duncan]

I'd stick with KL on KD the whole game. Whi's got the body to do it.

[ballhog]

Finally a foul. Wow.

[baseline bum]

I'm nervous man. The Spurs look awful.

[biziofromdowntown]

Cmon Tony, we need u

[therealtruth]

Oh and Bonner starting running back on defense before that last three-pointer left his hands :pctoss

But, yeah, cue the talk that Bonner needs a larger sample size or whatever.

Bonner looks like a fish out of water. He's too mentally soft for the playoffs.

[DPG21920]

Refs are seriously biased. We can't get a fucking call

Refs are fine.

[Texas_Ranger]

Scola is at the game. :D

[easjer]

Very strange officiating. It's ridiculously physical. Was fairly even for a long time, but now . . . wtf?

[slick'81]

Blair was great against OKC... give him a chance!


naw we all know bonner will come thru when it matters most

[timvp]

It'd be nice if the Spurs could get some separation going into a half. A close game favors the Thunder, tbh.

[maverick1948]

Come on guys. We are being killed on the boards. And they don't have a height advantage on us. Collison has about 6 rebounds and our highest rebounder is Leonard with 4. Duncan only has 3. We have to do better on the boards.



HUH? We have 21 to 20 advantage. At least find a stat that we dont lead in to complain about.

[100%duncan]

Blair was great against OKC... give him a chance!

Yes. Seriously, he can't do worse than what that fuck Bonner did.

[joeSpurs]

Thunders defense can't last 48 minutes. They have been fantastic.

[TE]

Lol that other faggot ref just watching a Thunder defender reach and rake Tonys arm. Call that shit man, for real.

[Russo21]

That asshole would score in his own basket
:lol

[siraulo23]

1 FT for spurs

attack the rim damn it

[slick'81]

It'd be nice if the Spurs could get some separation going into a half. A close game favors the Thunder, tbh.


expecting a nail bitter tbh

[spurs1990]

Blair was great against OKC... give him a chance!

Maybe start the 2nd half...

[DPG21920]

I actually feel pretty good. Spurs don't look good but they're grinding. My biggest concern was defensively and Spurs doing well. The easy points off TOs should calm down. I already knew it, but this half confirms the Spurs belong in the wcf.

[Paranoid Pop]

HUH? We have 21 to 20 advantage. At least find a stat that we dont lead in to complain about.

Tim got 3 offensive rebounds to get one basket, bottom line it's not good enough.

[Capt Bringdown]

I'm nervous man. The Spurs look awful.
Yep, it's looking really good for OKC. Spurs are sputtering and on edge of a meltdown.
One OKC run and this game might be over.

[Keepin' it real]

Jackson not shooting his 3s is getting old.

[TE]

I'm nervous man. The Spurs look awful.

Yeah I'm nervous too. So damn rusty.

[Horse]

Its like karl malone is back all the karate chops no calls.

[Brazil]

as announced we are going to hate OKC badly with the calls in their favor

[easjer]

I'm nervous man. The Spurs look awful.

Rusty. They'll work it out. The fact that they've had so many uncharacteristic turnovers and some real butterfingers will be addressed and fixed when they are in a better flow. The fact they managed a lead while playing so poorly is reassuring.

[joeSpurs]

Where is Danny Green?

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We've been out of sorts and are still leading. This is a good sign. When we finally click into gear we'll go on a run.

Best for Thunder have been Fisher and Sefolosha.

[ballhog]

Still hard to believe that Spurs are ahead.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Leonard needs to close out better and make sure Durant doesn't get the ball that close to the paint. Early on Leonard forced Durant to get the ball near mid court and he don't like that at all.

[Brazil]

oh and sorry to be late for the party

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Rebound

[jiggy_55]

I'd like to see Green get back in!

[100%duncan]

Get the rebounds fucks.

[DPG21920]

Too many second chance points and TOs.

[Budkin]

TP sucking.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

This is such a back and forth game. The lead keeps getting to 4 points, then cut back to 2 again.

[loveforthegame]

Parker ugh.

[Warlord23]

Parker taking some bad shots tbh

[slick'81]

tp9 jesus h christ

[Spurs Brazil]

damn.

[Texas_Ranger]

fucking pathetic

[100%duncan]

Slow the fuck down man.

[Josepatches_]

Parker is awful today

[slick'81]

kawhi trying to do too much inexp there

[spursfanincolorado]

fucking greasy ball - 12 turnovers !!!!!!! FUCK

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Holy shit.... :(

[TE]

Wow

[Budkin]

Sloppy bulllllllshit!!!

[DPG21920]

This is the worst to half I've seen all year. Not good timing :lol

[Richie]

Have we even got a fastbreak point yet?

[Russo21]

12 turnovers. gotta shake that rust off

[Libri]

:bang Turnovers

[Russo21]

fuck u ibaka that was goaltending

[Admidave50]

Fuckin' TO

[loveforthegame]

These turnovers are killing me.

[slick'81]

iblocka

[Budkin]

Fuckin A

[100%duncan]

Fuck. Offense is ugly as fuck.

[Russo21]

that was freakin goaltending, fuckas

[easjer]

Kerr may have nailed it with the comment that the Spurs may be trying too hard to push the pace and are a step ahead of themselves.

[TE]

Pathetic.

[slick'81]

good d durant

[Budkin]

Goddamit

[ballhog]

Spurs look tight

[Kuestmaster]

Fucking TO. Parker wake up

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

HOLD ON TO THE FUCKING BALL. :pctoss

[loveforthegame]

Offense went to shit quick.

[Josepatches_]

that was freakin goaltending, fuckas

No

[Johnny RIngo]

OKC's defense has been great but Parker's better than this

[slick'81]

durantula

[EVAY]

Damn, Tim doesn't take a shot and leaves it for Kawhi to take a bad shot.

[spursfanincolorado]

Westbrook is hitting his shots

[DPG21920]

Pretty horrific end to the half. Okc has been the beneficiary of teams beating themselves all playoff. Spurs no different to this point.

[Spurs Brazil]

Tony Parker just AWFUL

[BanditHiro]

what a fucking shit storm

[100%duncan]

Parker Fuck You Dude. Just. FUCK. YOU.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Not a good sign at all

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Hold onto the fuckin ball!

[Spurologist]

tp can't play any worse right now

[GB20]

wow

[_jin]

TP is trolling

[Russo21]

i can't see us playing any worse then this yet we are tied

[$pursDynasty]

man is this just rust? or are the young thunder really disrupting the Spurs that much?

[spurspokesman]

Parker sucks tonight.

[m33p0]

tp is out of sorts.

[loveforthegame]

Parker needs to pul his head out of his ass.

[spurs1990]

Good news: our best player having a horrible game and we're still tied.

[Richie]

Thunders length is bothering us A LOT.

Parker can't score on Ibaka off the dribble

[ballhog]

Parker=turnover machine

[Tp9gospursgo]

Manu needs to touch the ball more.

[Texas_Ranger]

Parker needs to wake up

[NRHector]

Spurs are playing a very stupid game specially Tony

[spursfanincolorado]

Thunder go up before half

[slick'81]

killa

[Admidave50]

TP sucking hard! Need to matchup Westbrook intensity

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Figures..... Fuck Fisher :(

[slick'81]

x factor

[Quiet Strength]

What the fuck is this shit? Sloppy

[Fireball]

SHAQ is so fucking huge up there

[m33p0]

fuck fish

[Spurs Brazil]

Great play Kawhi

[Russo21]

fisher with another j are u kidding me

[Fundamental Dream]

Fisher with 9pts. What the fuck

[maverick1948]

Played like shit this first half and still down only 1.

[Juggity]

Kawhi is the only dude bringing the goods

[easjer]

Bullshit on goaltending, that block was clean (unfortunately).

Spurs will be better second half. Or they won't and they will come back to the series with renewed focus and purpose, a la the Lakers loss. I predicted they'd split in SA, so this is not surprising.

[Capt Bringdown]

It's official, the gap between games really hurt the Spurs.

[ballhog]

OKC's defense has been great but Parker's better than this

He's stinking up the place.

[angelbelow]

12 assists but 13 turnovers.

[Uriel]

We're down. Feels weird. :(

[loveforthegame]

Leave Fisher open? Really?

Nice dunk by Leonard.

[therealtruth]

Neal can't let Fisher outplay him.

[Brazil]

fucking Fisher... I hate him so bad

[biziofromdowntown]

Fisher, r u kiddin me???

[lefty]

Sessions!'

[rascal]

fuck u ibaka that was goaltending

No way was that goaltending.

[urunobili]

Fisher on Spur killer god mode...

[spursfan1000]

Thunder are getting too many offensive rebound and spurs are forcing it too much, play smart!

[Admidave50]

Really hate Fisher with a passion!

We played terribly in the last 2 min!

[100%duncan]

No one would be sad if Fisher died now tbh.

[timvp]

Shiite. On one hand, the Spurs were damn sloppy and only down one.

On the other hand, the eyeball test favors the Thunder right now. And if Durant can post-up like that like he did at the end of the half, the Spurs are in trouble.

[Warlord23]

Fisher 9 pts, Parker 6 :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Kawhi and Manu playing well. Diaw doing OK. The rest of the team needs to wake up, especially Tony. He was TERRIBLE

[Admidave50]

Really hate Fisher with a passion!

We played terribly in the last 2 min!

[DPG21920]

Quite easily the worst offensive half in a long, long time by SA. You'd like to think it can't get worse, but for some reason teams meltdown vs OKC; maybe time to give them credit.

[baseline bum]

What the fuck Popovich? Having Parker play 15 feet off Fisher on the baseline? I'm not blaming Tony because that's exactly how Pop had Diaw playing Fisher earlier in the fucking quarter.

[timtonymanu]

Wow. I hate Derek Fisher.

Suddenly he's a killer shooter. GTFO!

And wake the fuck up, Tony. The team looked like shit.

[timvp]

Shiite. On one hand, the Spurs were damn sloppy and only down one.

On the other hand, the eyeball test favors the Thunder right now. And if Durant can post-up like that like he did at the end of the half, the Spurs are in trouble.

[Russo21]

SHAQ is so fucking huge up there

he looked like a freakin monster up there didnt he. for a minute there i thought it was bigfoot in a suit

[BillMc]

We won't have this many turnovers next half. I think we're the better team when the rust is over....

Of course, I'm biased!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

This half has gone exactly as I predicted: both teams out of sorts, discombobulated, turning it over, so it's close at the half.

We played like this in the first half of game 1 of the Clips series, then came out in the 3rd and blitzed them when our timing finally kicked in and we stopped turning it over. Hope the same happens today.

[joeSpurs]

Manu to Thiago ... run this all night long.

[Quiet Strength]

I would rather see the spurs play through duncan or have them all go 3 point crazy. It would be better than turning the ball over every damn time.

[Sisk]

Fisher is murdering us

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

so many turnovers

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Pop will make far better adjustments than Brooks.

[TE]

Trying to hold it together right now, this team is so out of sorts right now.

Playing so uncharacteristic right and to only be down one, I'll take it.

But c'mon, pick it up and don't be in a hurry to win.

[boutons_deux]

tbh, tbh is way over used.

[Tp9gospursgo]

Parker=turnover machine

[joeSpurs]

Lionel Messi to Pele (Argentina to Brazil) ... That's all the Spurs need.

[spursfanincolorado]

Spurs will make adjustments in the second half (less Bonner) Maybe less TO's and better handles?

[Capt Bringdown]

Fisher's stock rising as one of the GOAT Spurs killers.

[NRHector]

Fucking Tony talking shit and not backing it up

[siraulo23]

okc in great shape to win this one

they played way better than the spurs this half

[rascal]

It's official, the gap between games really hurt the Spurs.

It is more of the Spurs playing a worthy opponent. The Thunder is more athletic and quicker and causing many of the turnovers.

[rascal]

It's official, the gap between games really hurt the Spurs.

It is more of the Spurs playing a worthy opponent. The Thunder is more athletic and quicker and causing many of the turnovers.

[siraulo23]

okc in great shape to win this one

they played way better than the spurs this half

[MannyIsGod]

Spurs just need to reign in the TOs and they'll be fine.

[Josepatches_]

Duncan 4th down and the pick & roll with Tiago were our best weapons in the first half.

[joeSpurs]

Why are they trying to run fast, fast, fast? Why ? Why? Why?

[Johnny RIngo]

Looking like OKC might steal homecourt tonight

[Keepin' it real]

Have we even got a fastbreak point yet?

OKC transition D has been textbook so far. Their athleticism is apparent.

[Nathan89]

All of Fisher's shots were basically threes. Fortunately he had his toe on the line and on one the ref made a bad call.

I hope he starts missing.

[8FOR!3]

We're playing pretty awful basketball and it's a one point game. I'm not worried.

[ALVAREZ6]

TP is playing horribly. This is gonna be a really tough series for him to be as productive as normal because of OKC's individual and team defense. Westbrook, even if recovering from a pick or closing in from behind can still alter TP's shot as he is taller and very athletic and explosive. IMO TP won't be getting many open jumpers this series.

[mexicanjunior]

Spurs are playing like absolute dogshit right now...we must be breaking records for turnovers in a half and our defensive rebounding is atrocious...Thunder will beat us in 4 if we keep shitting the bed like this.

[LakerHater]

Spurs need to take it to Durant & make him play D!

I dunno if I can take much more of this sloppy play, its gonna age me & gimme a heartattack!

[100%duncan]

I hate how TP just shit the bed. Can't even attack TOSB fisher. Got damn it.

[Russo21]

This half has gone exactly as I predicted: both teams out of sorts, discombobulated, turning it over, so it's close at the half.

We played like this in the first half of game 1 of the Clips series, then came out in the 3rd and blitzed them when our timing finally kicked in and we stopped turning it over. Hope the same happens today.

very true

[therealtruth]

It is more of the Spurs playing a worthy opponent. The Thunder is more athletic and quicker and causing many of the turnovers.

The Spurs are not responding by continuing to make lazy passes. The Thunder play fairly disciplined on defense.

[baseline bum]

Fisher is murdering us

Because the Spurs keep putting no one within 15 feet of him. I counted 2 straight possessions where Diaw was on him and was sitting at the border of the lane, which is exactly what Parker did on that last possession. Hasn't Pop gotten his fucking ass kicked enough by Fisher to respect the bastard?

[Bulwark]

How many turnovers? 13 and only down 1.

[DPG21920]

The Thunder play so damn hard and are incredibly resilient.

[Sense]

The Spurs are an awesome 3rd quarter team, but these STUPID turnovers HAVE to stop. Fisher is shooting lights out... Tony isn't penetrating, the penetrating is actually leading to turnovers... they need to FINISH or get OKC bigs in foul trouble.

[DBMethos]

The only fucking thing that Fisher can do anymore is shoot wide open jumpers, so what do we give him? Wide open jumpers. Smh

[$pursDynasty]

Spurs just need to reign in the TOs and they'll be fine.

I still feel that way

[Quiet Strength]

All of Fisher's shots were basically threes. Fortunately he had his toe on the line and on one the ref made a bad call.

I hope he starts missing.

Maybe the spurs should play better defense on him

[tlongII]

It's looking like a great series.

[BatManu20]

Spurs look awful first half with 14 turnovers. CLean it up the second half and start knocking down the wide open looks (i'm looking at you Matt Bonner and Danny Green) and we hsould be okay. If this keeps up we'l lose the game and the series. COme on Spurs, clean it up baby. Let's go. Go Spurs.