are okc actually encouraged by this game?

[td4mvp3]

manu hasn't rolled out this kind of game consistently this whole season, and certainly didn't show many signs of it in the previous two rounds (for whatever reason). so looking at it, okc seem justified in thinking "fine, we lose by 3 but it takes an improbable manu 26 for the spurs to get there."

[Bartleby]

If anything, blowing a healthy lead and getting abused in the fourth quarter is probably planting seeds of doubt for OKC, tbh.

[100%duncan]

Manu will dominate the whole series. This game is not a one time wonder.

[Marcus Bryant]

They threw their best defensive shot at the Spurs for the first 3 quarters and the Spurs still took over in the 4th. This was their best shot to take a game in SA.

As much as has been made about the Spurs allegedly not facing adversity in this postseason, the Thunder haven't yet themselves until now. How will the young team react to being down in a series?

[Seventyniner]

This wasn't really a 3-point win. Should've been 6, or maybe 9 if the Thunder didn't hit several meaningless 3s.

[100%duncan]

This wasn't really a 3-point win. Should've been 6, or maybe 9 if the Thunder didn't hit several meaningless 3s.

This too. :lol comparing a stat padder to SuperGino

[wut]

I said it in another thread, but it's like Shaq said after the game, you're not going to scare a young team like the Thunder by winning a game....you have to pound them into submission.

After all, ignorance is bliss.

[silverblk mystix]

It will be interesting to see how the Thunder respond. IMO Durant & Westbrook started the game with a huge chip on their shoulder because of the media slobbering all over the Spurs. When OKC took that lead in the third quarter you could sense that Durant was thinking they had it.

To get beaten soundly in the fourth I think will mess with OKC's minds.

How do they respond?

[bulakenyo]

I said it in another thread, but it's like Shaq said after the game, you're not going to scare a young team like the Thunder by winning a game....you have to pound them into submission.

After all, ignorance is bliss.

HOU scared them enough with one Finals game, back when he was in ORL.

[Marcus Bryant]

Spurs win game 2 and this series is over in 5, at most. The Spurs played like crap in the first 3 quarters, credit to the OKC D and to the time off, yet still executed and took the game over when they needed to.

Post game comments by OKC players about the refs being the difference hint to the damage done mentally with game 1. They threw their best shot defensively at the Spurs and still couldn't win. They also haven't faced a team this good on both ends of the floor.

I do expect a similar effort from them in game 2 - going down 0-2 would be devastating to them, home court in games 3 and 4 regardless.

[thunderfan]

I'm personally indifferent. I feel our chances are the same now as they were prior to G1

[Wild Cobra Kai]

I'll go on record as saying this was their chance to steal one in SA and they blew it. They'll be lucky to get HALF of the 9 blocks and 11 steals, total, in any remaining game.

Shaq don't know shit. I was about 30 feet from their bench, and this game was lost with 3-4 minutes left. Their body language was terrible.

[emanueldavidginobili]

No, this should have been a double digit game, the Thunder made 3 three's in the final 54 seconds im pretty sure. And Manu was only Spur that did pretty good, everyone else could have played better and we had 14 turnovers in the 1st half when the Spurs average 13 per game, If any game this was the game for the Thunder to steal and they got dominated in the 4th. Great win

[Nathan Explosion]

I love how all OKC fans are playing the Ibaka card saying his shot blocking would have made a difference over Perkins. The thing is, Ibaka is a help defender, a weak side shot blocker. Ibaka needs Perkins out there to get those blocks. If Ibaka was one on one with Duncan, Tim just scores on him at will. If Ibaka helps off the Spurs penetration, guess who has a wide open layup now, Duncan.

What we saw in the 4th was OKC shrinking from the moment with missed jumpers while the Spurs attacked the rim at will.

[maverick1948]

No they dont gain encouragement from this game. You lead by 9 going into the 4th quarter and lose that lead because you commit 4 offensive charging fouls. You lose the rebounding because your best defensive player is on the bench. You cant stop the Spurs from scoring in the paint. You have foul problems with your bigs and watch the Spurs guards chew up your offensive oriented guards on every possession. 2 of your top 3 are controlled by the Spurs D(dont give me that crap they had a bad night). Durant got his but he had to work for everything because SJax got NASTY. Your top 3 shot 22 of 57. You look at the score and say we scored 98 and were within 1 possession at the end, but you made 3 3's in the last 16 seconds when game was already over. Taking that in consideration, the top 3 really shot 19-54. That is a 35% rate. I dont want to burst their bubble but the Spurs actually only played about 20 mins of basketball last night and still won easily. They played tired basketball in the 4th quarter. I noticed it at the end of the 3rd quarter with about 4 mins left and the entire OKC team were walking up the court, taking full advantage of the 8 seconds to rest. The 4th quarter came and they had NO gas in the tank. Spurs took over.

Scott Brooks will have to find something that will stop them from being overrun in the 4th. No sure if he can, Spurs are too deep.

[thunderfan]

I love how all OKC fans are playing the Ibaka card saying his shot blocking would have made a difference over Perkins. The thing is, Ibaka is a help defender, a weak side shot blocker. Ibaka needs Perkins out there to get those blocks. If Ibaka was one on one with Duncan, Tim just scores on him at will. If Ibaka helps off the Spurs penetration, guess who has a wide open layup now, Duncan.

What we saw in the 4th was OKC shrinking from the moment with missed jumpers while the Spurs attacked the rim at will.

Most okc fans realize the outcome might not have been different with Ibaka in there but it's hard not to at least question if he could have made a difference, especially if they went big and paired him with Perk

[easjer]

Encouragement? Nah. But I don't think they are as terrified as many Spurs fans would like to think. I think Shaq had a point last night. From Spurs fan perspective - and from some outside perspectives too, apparently - the Thunder should be worried because of what has been pointed out: they had a lead, they played great defense, the Spurs played badly and then OKC gave it up in the fourth. What can they really do differently that doesn't come down to luck? Some more shots will go in (or not) but the Spurs will probably play better as well - I don't see a big change that OKC can make to defeat the Spurs.

But from OKC's perspective, I wouldn't be all that worried. Durant is unlikely to have another such bad fourth quarter, and there is reason to think Westbrook and Harden will bounce back with better games. Perkins can try to limit their fouls and they seemed to have success with disrupting the Spurs passing lanes and interfering with their ball movement. So I think Shaq was right to say that they are probably talking about how they had some poor play that they can bounce back from and they had success for three quarters, and hell, how they didn't expect to take that game anyway - all they have to do to get HCA is win the next one for a split and then they are golden.

I don't agree with it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't completely cowed by that game. There are plenty of things they can spin positively for themselves if they want to - the problem is that I don't think it matters. I don't think SA plays that poorly again, period.

[Obstructed_View]

I seriously hope OKC walks away from this game thinking "Okay, we only lost by three". :lol

[Wild Cobra Kai]

I seriously hope OKC walks away from this game thinking "Okay, we only lost by three". :lol

:lol

[Budkin]

Dude we had a shitload of unforced turnovers. We should have won by 12-15. And :lol at "we only lost by 3." Harden hit 3 fluke 3s in a row when they still had no chance to win. They aren't getting a game in SA. Sorry Thunder.

[CitizenDwayne]

Encouraged? Doubt it.

They lost a game that they should have and could have won. That's never encouraging.

[spurraider21]

Considering none of their big 3 had a good shooting night, I think they don't see a close road loss as too disturbing. Only one of our big 3 showed up big, and our two starting
wings were miserable offensively. We
Have plenty of room for impolrovement too

[spurraider21]

Considering none of their big 3 had a good shooting night, I think they don't see a close road loss as too disturbing. Only one of our big 3 showed up big, and our two starting
wings were miserable offensively. We
Have plenty of room for impolrovement too

[tesseractive]

I seriously hope OKC walks away from this game thinking "Okay, we only lost by three". :lol

"We can build on this!"

:lmao

[Budkin]

Also, Danny Green isn't going to go 0-6 on wide open 3s again.

[Durant 35]

We should of won the game but nothing in game 1 stands out to the thunder players showing they can't win the series.

It's idiotic to think otherwise

[pgardn]

They had us and they blew it.

It is better to ask how much this shakes a young team up.

Ginobili had an outstanding game. Jackson was very good on D. Who else was really exceptional?

I am really interested to see how they handle this. There were some glum faces. They have shown to be very thick-skinned, but this was very different. The Spurs can make a whole bunch more adjustments than OKC imo.

I really think they wore down. They really went into a gigantic mental funk in the 4th. Mental and physical breakdown, lets see if they learn. Or mabye we gift them with huge errors of our own like the first half. We were not ready for their long quick D.

Imo this was a great way for us to win a game.

[Obstructed_View]

We should of won the game but nothing in game 1 stands out to the thunder players showing they can't win the series.

It's idiotic to think otherwise

Yep, that's pretty much how I want the Thunder and their fans feeling. Denial is the first step.

[Durant 35]

Yep, that's pretty much how I want the Thunder and their fans feeling. Denial is the first step.

I'm sure thunder players could really care less what fans of the spurs think just a guess though...

[Durant 35]

I wonder how sixers felt after blowing game 1 to Boston... Clearly not much

It won't matter in game 2 here either... It never does. It doesn't have any bareing on the next game on any series.

[T Park]

We should of won the game but nothing in game 1 stands out to the thunder players showing they can't win the series.

It's idiotic to think otherwise


I'd say the fact they can't defend worth a crap in crunch time and Westbrook being a poor decision maker would be but hey,

Why mix in generalities...

[Leetonidas]

I wonder how sixers felt after blowing game 1 to Boston... Clearly not much

It won't matter in game 2 here either... It never does. It doesn't have any bareing on the next game on any series.

the fuck are you talking about?

[T Park]

I wonder how sixers felt after blowing game 1 to Boston... Clearly not much

It won't matter in game 2 here either... It never does. It doesn't have any bareing on the next game on any series.


The team that lost the series?

Call up the golf course and ask, they've got plenty of time.

[Holt's Cat]

Thunderrrrr Fan has a point. Purrrrr.

[thunderfan]

This makes an already difficult task a little more difficult, but OKC didn't get this far by being a team that gets easily discouraged and rolls over. One thing you can say about Brooks is he has always seemed to be able to get his guys focused on the game at hand and not dwelling on what did or didn't happen in the last game, other than to use that game as a learning tool.

[pgardn]

I wonder how sixers felt after blowing game 1 to Boston... Clearly not much

It won't matter in game 2 here either... It never does. It doesn't have any bareing on the next game on any series.

We are not Boston.

And I dont think you are as bad as the 8th seeded, just glad to be here 76ers.

We served you a game on a platter and you would not eat. Anytime a team blows a game it has an effect. You dont think Brooks is gonna talk about that 4th quarter to his team because it really has no bearing on the 2nd game? Nothing to be learned... God I hope so.

[Mugen]

:lol T Park introducing his snarky dbaggery to a whole new fanbase.

[Holt's Cat]

Scotty Bwooks hasn't had to coach from behind yet. Welcome to the postseason, Okies.

[skulls138]

For Manu, this is the norm. The slump was not the norm. Even if he doesnt have the same game and OKC clamps down, someone else can pick up the slack. The point is that when push comes to shove the Spurs responded.

[Durant 35]

I'd say the fact they can't defend worth a crap in crunch time and Westbrook being a poor decision maker would be but hey,

Why mix in generalities...

If we couldn't defend in crutch time we wouldn't of been so good in close games. Westbrook sucked and as a team made bad decisions. That is not the norm

[tesseractive]

I wonder how sixers felt after blowing game 1 to Boston... Clearly not much

It won't matter in game 2 here either... It never does. It doesn't have any bareing on the next game on any series.

A better comparison would be Dallas after Game 1 with y'all.

[Durant 35]

We are not Boston.

And I dont think you are as bad as the 8th seeded, just glad to be here 76ers.

We served you a game on a platter and you would not eat. Anytime a team blows a game it has an effect. You dont think Brooks is gonna talk about that 4th quarter to his team because it really has no bearing on the 2nd game? Nothing to be learned... God I hope so.

Not comparing the teams but the situations.

Philly threw away game 1 which could of had them discouraged but it didn't and they won game 2

Indy blew Miami out in game 3 , had no affect in game 4

Spurs may well win game 2 but how thunder lost game 1 won't play a factor in the mindset of the players in game 2

[ShoogarBear]

I suspect everyone on both teams goes into Game 2 with exactly the same mentality as they went into Game 1 with. If the Thunder win Tuesday, then nothing that happened last night matters going forward.

[TDomination]

We should of won the game but nothing in game 1 stands out to the thunder players showing they can't win the series.

It's idiotic to think otherwise

This is exactly what the Mavericks were thinking when they should have won game 1 against you guys.

[Spursmania]

We should of won the game but nothing in game 1 stands out to the thunder players showing they can't win the series.

It's idiotic to think otherwise

OKC fan now sounds like a Laker fan--"No worries, we got this".

[Obstructed_View]

I'm sure thunder players could really care less what fans of the spurs think just a guess though...

I'm sure they're far too busy not being concerned. Their game plan to have everything go right for them and still not win is going swimmingly!

[kaji157]

Encouragement? Nah. But I don't think they are as terrified as many Spurs fans would like to think. I think Shaq had a point last night. From Spurs fan perspective - and from some outside perspectives too, apparently - the Thunder should be worried because of what has been pointed out: they had a lead, they played great defense, the Spurs played badly and then OKC gave it up in the fourth. What can they really do differently that doesn't come down to luck? Some more shots will go in (or not) but the Spurs will probably play better as well - I don't see a big change that OKC can make to defeat the Spurs.

But from OKC's perspective, I wouldn't be all that worried. Durant is unlikely to have another such bad fourth quarter, and there is reason to think Westbrook and Harden will bounce back with better games. Perkins can try to limit their fouls and they seemed to have success with disrupting the Spurs passing lanes and interfering with their ball movement. So I think Shaq was right to say that they are probably talking about how they had some poor play that they can bounce back from and they had success for three quarters, and hell, how they didn't expect to take that game anyway - all they have to do to get HCA is win the next one for a split and then they are golden.

I don't agree with it, but I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't completely cowed by that game. There are plenty of things they can spin positively for themselves if they want to - the problem is that I don't think it matters. I don't think SA plays that poorly again, period.

That is true, but if you call IN all the easy shots missed by both teams, and i mean those the Spurs and OKC missed, the spurs win by 10, because OKC did miss a coulple maybe 3 or 4 very easy shots, but the Spurs missed like 10 of those.

[dmon35]

We should of won the game but nothing in game 1 stands out to the thunder players showing they can't win the series.

It's idiotic to think otherwise

a 9 pt lead does not mean Thunder should have won the game...a 9 pt lead is nothing. It was not like they blew a 20 pt lead. Thunder went through a small dry spell. As well did the Spurs. Both teams played poorly. It all evened out.

[ShoogarBear]

I'm sure they're far too busy not being concerned. Their game plan to have everything go right for them and still not win is going swimmingly!

:lol

[SA210]

Manu will dominate the whole series. This game is not a one time wonder.

[Durant 35]

OKC fan now sounds like a Laker fan--"No worries, we got this".

Where have I said we will certainly win game 2? I said how we lost game 1 won't be a factor in what happens in game 2.

That's the point.

[Sense]

Where have I said we will certainly win game 2? I said how we lost game 1 won't be a factor in what happens in game 2.

That's the point.


You can't tell us a game won't affect the players or the next game, not US. We witnessed .4 fuck our team mentally.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

I wonder how sixers felt after blowing game 1 to Boston... Clearly not much

It won't matter in game 2 here either... It never does. It doesn't have any bareing on the next game on any series.

So the result of game one of this series has no bearing on any other game in this series, buy Philly/Boston does? :lol:rollin

[pgardn]

Where have I said we will certainly win game 2? I said how we lost game 1 won't be a factor in what happens in game 2.

That's the point.

You cannot separate this imo. How you lost is a factor on how you go about game 2. You cannot just fold like a cheap lawn chair in the 4th and not take something from it.

The got darn Aswan Dam burst... we just rushed at the basket continually and you guys just got swept down river.

[LakerLanny]

Encouraged by blowing a nice 4th quarter lead and facing a must win game in Game 2?

I doubt it, that was an epic choke job on their part and the gag reflex is kicking in.

[LakerLanny]

OKC fan now sounds like a Laker fan--"No worries, we got this".

Don't compare a team that has never even been to the finals with the glorious Gods that roam the Staples Center.

[TampaDude]

We should of won the game but nothing in game 1 stands out to the thunder players showing they can't win the series.

It's idiotic to think otherwise

Teams that win Game 1 at home win the series 86.2% of the time. :hat

[ShoogarBear]

Don't compare a team that has never even been to the finals with the glorious Gods that roam the Staples Center.

They've been to the Finals three times.

Or do accomplishments in another city not count, hmmmm?

[LakerLanny]

They've been to the Finals three times.

Or do accomplishments in another city not count, hmmmm?

To me, they don't.

If they do to you, than go right ahead and spew.

[ShoogarBear]

To me, they don't.

If they do to you, than go right ahead and spew.

They don't to me, either.

So just for the record, how many titles do the Lakers have then?

[Arcadian]

Vagina Face shot and made two or three meaningless 3-pointers at the end of the game. This was truly a 10-point win.

[DPG21920]

It's strange seeing an OKC fan use the "we should have won" card considering their first two series they should have lost several games they won.

[pgardn]

They don't to me, either.

So just for the record, how many titles do the Lakers have then?

Laker trapping.

Its fun.

[Wildcat67]

If we couldn't defend in crutch time we wouldn't of been so good in close games. Westbrook sucked and as a team made bad decisions. That is not the norm

Westbrook making bad decisions isn't the norm?

The most overrated player in the NBA. Bad shots, bad turnovers, not getting his teammates involved, but he scores so.... :toast.

[LakerLanny]

They don't to me, either.

So just for the record, how many titles do the Lakers have then?

I don't count the Minneapolis ones myself....thus, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 (threepeat Bro), 2009, 2010.

By my count, that is 11 in the modern era....no one cares about what the Celtics did in a 12 team league in the 50's and 60's.

[LakerLanny]

Vagina Face shot and made two or three meaningless 3-pointers at the end of the game. This was truly a 10-point win.

Vag cost me and a lot of other people money with his blatant stat padding. I hate him intensely and enjoyed seeing Manu rip him a new asshole.

[LakerLanny]

Westbrook making bad decisions isn't the norm?

The most overrated player in the NBA. Bad shots, bad turnovers, not getting his teammates involved, but he scores so.... :toast.

Westbrook is not overrated, much like Tony Parker....he is actually underrated.

He had a poor Game 1, but he is a flat out stud.

Overrated NBA PG #1 is Chris Paul. 2nd place for most overrated would be Derek Rose.

[pgardn]

I don't count the Minneapolis ones myself....thus, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 (threepeat Bro), 2009, 2010.

By my count, that is 11 in the modern era....no one cares about what the Celtics did in a 12 team league in the 50's and 60's.

The modern era began in 72 Im thinkin.

[ShoogarBear]

I don't count the Minneapolis ones myself....thus, 1972, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 (threepeat Bro), 2009, 2010.

By my count, that is 11 in the modern era....no one cares about what the Celtics did in a 12 team league in the 50's and 60's.

Nice to see you have higher standards than Jerry Buss.

You should start a campaign to have the other five taken down.

[LakerLanny]

The modern era began in 72 Im thinkin.

OK, 10 since 1980 then! :toast

[therealtruth]

The Spurs are going to have to be better for game 2. The Thunder are really good in games after loses. I think 16-3.

[LakerLanny]

Nice to see you have higher standards than Jerry Buss.

You should start a campaign to have the other five taken down.

As soon as you put *'s next to 1999 and this year (yes, you guys will win it) then we can do that!

[TampaDude]

The Spurs are going to have to be better for game 2. The Thunder are really good in games after loses. I think 16-3.

That will be 16-4 come tomorrow night.

[LakerLanny]

The Spurs are going to have to be better for game 2. The Thunder are really good in games after loses. I think 16-3.

Especially since NBA will be going for an all out fix job using corrupt refs in Game 2.

You know they want a long series here, especially since the East could very likely be a sweep.

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

The Thunder played good all game. In the first half, it wasn't their
defense that staggered the Spurs, it was the Spurs just playing sloppy,
trying to figure out the correct pace to run their offense. It resulted in
a few turnovers, & blocks.

But Pop nipped it in the bud, with his "nasty" speech.
& the Spurs played aggressive ball, allowing them to figure
out the pace. Jackson held down their fire-starter, and while
he held the head of the snake, the body gyrated and quivered
as it was being punctured repetitively by the Spurs' fearless lieutenant.

Even in victory, there's much to look forward to.
Do you think Danny Green is going to go 0-6 again? That's something
to doubt after seeing Danny tap into a reserve of over-looked potential
this season. He isn't the picture of consistency, but he is a fantastic
shooter.

Do you think the ice in Neal's veins will somehow melt after
performing so well in game 1? We all know the answer (but his defense
may remain lackluster)

Do you think the Spurs will procure 14 turnovers in the first half again?
Even after succeeding after adjusting to playing at the
Thunder's pace?

Do you think Parker will miss those jump shots next game, or
do you think he'll stand idly by as Ginobili carries the team alone?

Like I said before, Spurs in 5.

[pgardn]

OK, 10 since 1980 then! :toast

We like 1999 as the modern era.

As for the 1999 * cited by Laker fans. We count that twice.

50 games in the regular season is the appropriate number. Regular season games would actually count and we would not be allowed to rest players as easily. Everyone would get their moneys worth.

So by my counting we should have 7 after all is done (since 68 is more appropriate than 82). You guys will have 5. So that makes you the 2nd best franchise in the modern era, congrats.

[spursfanincolorado]

The Thunder played good all game. In the first half, it wasn't their
defense that staggered the Spurs, it was the Spurs just playing sloppy,
trying to figure out the correct pace to run their offense. It resulted in
a few turnovers, & blocks.

But Pop nipped it in the bud, with his "nasty" speech.
& the Spurs played aggressive ball, allowing them to figure
out the pace. Jackson held down their fire-starter, and while
he held the head of the snake, the body gyrated and quivered
as it was being punctured repetitively by the Spurs' fearless lieutenant.

Even in victory, there's much to look forward to.
Do you think Danny Green is going to go 0-6 again? That's something
to doubt after seeing Danny tap into a reserve of over-looked potential
this season. He isn't the picture of consistency, but he is a fantastic
shooter.

Do you think the ice in Neal's veins will somehow melt after
performing so well in game 1? We all know the answer (but his defense
may remain lackluster)

Do you think the Spurs will procure 14 turnovers in the first half again?
Even after succeeding after adjusting to playing at the
Thunder's pace?

Do you think Parker will miss those jump shots next game, or
do you think he'll stand idly by as Ginobili carries the team alone?

Like I said before, Spurs in 5.





Will D Fish go apeshit next game like he did?

That is why they play the games and not rely on computer simulations to declare the winner.

Manu may not have a great game Tues and I don't count on it. I figure Bonner's nutts are so far sucked in his body that they won't drop until regular season in Nov. Green prolly makes a few timely threes and Jackson won't have such success with Durant again.

The next game is gonna determine who can capitalize on the adjustments.

There may be a new hero, Kawhi Leonard may go nuts, who knows but it will be fun to scream and yell in jubilation and frustration either way...

Watching the near meltdown was funny and entertaining as well

[sexinthatsx]

Westbrook is not overrated, much like Tony Parker....he is actually underrated.

He had a poor Game 1, but he is a flat out stud.

Overrated NBA PG #1 is Chris Paul. 2nd place for most overrated would be Derek Rose.

:lol Not surprising that Laker fans bow down to any player that chucks the ball as much as Kobe does.

As much as I could care less for cp3, he is NOT overrated. The hornets had a bunch of scrubs on their team when cp3 was there and he still led them to the 2nd round. Clippers were nowhere near reaching the playoffs until cp3 arrived.

Derrick Rose, on the other hand is overrated.

[ffadicted]

Abnormally good game from Manu, abnormally bad game from westbrook and harden...

Spurs done

[wut]

Spurs went in the game with an abundance of appropriate fear...this was to their detriment in the first half as they were feeling out the Thunder too much and not being aggressive enough. 4th quarter was the 'ok we've feared them enough' turning point.

Thunder fans might be a little over-confident about this series because they've never really faced a healthy Spurs team; but the 4th was the beginning of their end.

How do the Thunder really get better? Hitting more shots is not the answer Thunder fans, I'm sorry.

The thing that makes the Spurs and every other champion better is that they always have a hidden effort that going into the 4th makes them just better than your best.

But seriously Thunder fans I get it, you're not used to a healthy Spurs team.

[Obstructed_View]

:lol Not surprising that Laker fans bow down to any player that chucks the ball as much as Kobe does.

As much as I could care less for cp3, he is NOT overrated. The hornets had a bunch of scrubs on their team when cp3 was there and he still led them to the 2nd round. Clippers were nowhere near reaching the playoffs until cp3 arrived.

Derrick Rose, on the other hand is overrated.

David West, Tyson Chandler, Peja Stojakovic and Bonzi Wells are scrubs?

[Wild Cobra Kai]

David West, Tyson Chandler, Peja Stojakovic and Bonzi Wells are scrubs?

Peja and Bonzi were by the time they hit the Bayou City.

[Horse]

If anything, blowing a healthy lead and getting abused in the fourth quarter is probably planting seeds of doubt for OKC, tbh.
I saw doubt in there eyes when the game ended. Kinda like what the fuck just happened?

[Maddog]

I think we have officially entered the realm of over analysis.
Happens every year. At half time with a one point lead the talk was about how OKCs athleticism and length was a problem for the Spurs. At the end of the game it was all about the spurs versatility etc.

[koriwhat]

I'm sure thunder players could really care less what fans of the spurs think just a guess though...

How about their fans?

Ps: wtf do other teams fanbases find their way to ST? I've never given a damn to look and sign up on some other forum not spurs related. Btw, fuck SR! Glad i never had the thought to sign up at SR either.

[thunderfan]

Spurs went in the game with an abundance of appropriate fear...this was to their detriment in the first half as they were feeling out the Thunder too much and not being aggressive enough. 4th quarter was the 'ok we've feared them enough' turning point.

Thunder fans might be a little over-confident about this series because they've never really faced a healthy Spurs team; but the 4th was the beginning of their end.

How do the Thunder really get better? Hitting more shots is not the answer Thunder fans, I'm sorry.

The thing that makes the Spurs and every other champion better is that they always have a hidden effort that going into the 4th makes them just better than your best.

But seriously Thunder fans I get it, you're not used to a healthy Spurs team.

I've not encountered 1 Thunder fan that was very confident about this series. Not sure where you're finding them. Maybe some idiot who jumped on the bandwagon 3 weeks ago might feel pretty confident. These are both very good teams here. These guys don't let themselves get too high or low about anything. Game 2 is a clean slate. You just go out and compete every possession. Noone on either side has any concern about game 1.

[thunderfan]

How about their fans?

Ps: wtf do other teams fanbases find their way to ST? I've never given a damn to look and sign up on some other forum not spurs related. Btw, fuck SR! Glad i never had the thought to sign up at SR either.

Interesting to read the other side's perspective on things. Some people are just bored and like to cause problems and harass the other team's fans, but a lot of people just like discussing basketball with fans of other teams as they usually have a diff. perspective on things being more familiar with that team.

[mingus]

I wonder how sixers felt after blowing game 1 to Boston... Clearly not much

It won't matter in game 2 here either... It never does. It doesn't have any bareing on the next game on any series.

Lol losing 2 games doesn't matter.

[Durant 35]

Teams that win Game 1 at home win the series 86.2% of the time. :hat

Tell that stat to Miami fans from the finals last year...

[Durant 35]

How about their fans?

Ps: wtf do other teams fanbases find their way to ST? I've never given a damn to look and sign up on some other forum not spurs related. Btw, fuck SR! Glad i never had the thought to sign up at SR either.

Because it looks a good place to post and it is? It's very active which Attracts alot of different fans.

I joined mainly for this series but realised I would stick around and post every now and then after our series is over and if spurs do win the series then I will be cheering the spurs on vs Miami.

[urunobili]

Not at all. Though Durant got his, Westbrook didn't. Not that TP and TD got theirs too... :rolleyes