btimsah
06-07-2012, 01:50 AM
As a former Suns fan, located in Oklahoma City this was a rather enjoyable series. I used to watch the stronger, tougher Spurs throw the weaker Suns around and go on to win NBA Championships. Now I've obviously dropped the Suns for my hometown team. But what I saw in this series was the same thing I used to see, only this time the Spurs were the smaller and slow team, and now THEY'RE complaining about the officiating.
I thought the officiating sucked in general and, if anything, often favored the home team. But it was very inconsistent. But officiating is not why my Thunder lost the first two games and it's not why they WON the next 4. It does not benefit the league for either Spurs or Thunder to move on. Both are smaller market teams. Parker is as fun to watch as Durant. Ginobili can do some amazing things. There's just no motivation for some grand scheme to plot the team with the smallest market to the NBA Finals! lmao.
But as for the match up - When I watch the Spurs now - they're not as physical as they used too be. They now have better shooters, but for Godsake they play Boris Diaw! He'll never be a serious NBA player or great defender - he'll always be overweight and out partying. Duncan is in a state of decline, but even with all of that I honestly thought this Spurs team was one of the best Pop's had (at least offensively) but in the end the Thunder are younger, faster, stronger and more hungry.
Do yourself a favor and don't get caught up in the loser argument about officiating. By the way, after the game tonight the fans applauded the Spurs team and Tim Duncan is a class act. And Ginobili, while his flopping is annoying - is a great competitor and I often refer to Hardin as the black Ginobiliiiii
Anyway, GO THUNDER - SWEEP THE HEALTICS!
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I thought the officiating sucked in general and, if anything, often favored the home team. But it was very inconsistent. But officiating is not why my Thunder lost the first two games and it's not why they WON the next 4. It does not benefit the league for either Spurs or Thunder to move on. Both are smaller market teams. Parker is as fun to watch as Durant. Ginobili can do some amazing things. There's just no motivation for some grand scheme to plot the team with the smallest market to the NBA Finals! lmao.
But as for the match up - When I watch the Spurs now - they're not as physical as they used too be. They now have better shooters, but for Godsake they play Boris Diaw! He'll never be a serious NBA player or great defender - he'll always be overweight and out partying. Duncan is in a state of decline, but even with all of that I honestly thought this Spurs team was one of the best Pop's had (at least offensively) but in the end the Thunder are younger, faster, stronger and more hungry.
Do yourself a favor and don't get caught up in the loser argument about officiating. By the way, after the game tonight the fans applauded the Spurs team and Tim Duncan is a class act. And Ginobili, while his flopping is annoying - is a great competitor and I often refer to Hardin as the black Ginobiliiiii
Anyway, GO THUNDER - SWEEP THE HEALTICS!
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