Who wins Round 2?

[Stabula]

The match up is Goldenstate Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs for Round 2 of the WC playoffs. Can the Warriors steal this one?

[Stabula]

Not a single vote for the Warriors so far?

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Not a single vote for the Warriors so far?


A 47-25 team playing against a 58-24 well-rested team with homefield advantage?

[hooperflash]

Depth City vs. Team No Depth, tbh.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Not a single vote for the Warriors so far?

Golden State will need to have a monster series to pull this one off. Their 4th quarter against a desperate Nuggets team-and-by-team-I-mean-Andre-Iguodala does little to inspire.

[Stabula]

Spurs have to be careful to stay healthy in this series so a star doesn't go down a la Russel Westbrook.

[Keepin' it real]

I win because I'll have at least four nights of entertainment to distract me from my otherwise boring-ass life.

[Obstructed_View]

Not a single vote for the Warriors so far?

Golden State has to win a game in San Antonio to have any shot, something they haven't done since Tim Duncan was drafted. Unless my math is wrong, Timmy is literally undefeated at home against Golden State for his career.

Also, the formula for beating the Warriors isn't rocket science: Take care of the ball, secure your rebounds, don't leave shooters wide open.

[Old School 44]

Spurs in 4. Experience > Youth.

[RD2191]

Spurs Sweep

[Budkin]

Won't be as easy as Lakers but will still be easy.

[hater]

I don't see how GSW could beat a healthy Spurs. Only if SPurs get injured I see them going through.

But they will play a tough series. This GSW team reminds me of the Seattle Sonics. Ray Allen = Elian Gonzales IMO

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Currently: 73 votes that the Spurs will win

0 votes that the Warriors will win :lol :lol :lol

[Spurs Brazil]

Spurs in 5

[chapnis]

The Spurs are too old and boring, the entire season up until this points has been a fluke. Curry is the best shooter to ever play basketball. Warriors in 6.

[ThaBigFundamental21]

Currently: 73 votes that the Spurs will win

0 votes that the Warriors will win :lol :lol :lol

Go the Mavericks fan site.

[chapnis]

Go the Mavericks fan site.

37% of people at RealGM think the Warriors will win

[Obstructed_View]

100 percent of the NBA "experts" on ESPN thought the Warriors would get beat by the Nuggets. Not sure how it's a stretch that nobody thinks they're going to beat the Spurs.

[The_Worlds_finest]

Lack of talented bigs doomed the Nuggets vs the Warriors

[TheGoldStandard]

Lack of talented bigs doomed the Nuggets vs the Warriors

Denver has bigs but they don't have any post game at all.. If McGee could develop some low post moves he'd be scary

[therealtruth]

Injuries doomed the Nuggets a little more than expected.

[SpursRock20]

Looks like we have a traitor in our midst.

[Obstructed_View]

Lack of brains doomed the Nuggets vs the Warriors

[RD2191]

Whoever voted for the dubs gtfo

[LarryDavid]

Pity vote tbh.

[phyzik]

5 games max. Spurs got this.

[Sean Cagney]

I got the Spurs in 5, they drop an early game but then beat them at their own house and then win it at home in 5. Spurs will drop game one or two, then win it at home in 5. I hate to say they drop an early game, but par of the course for Spurs teams at times.

[chapnis]

Pity vote tbh.

They just looked so sad with 0 votes, what else could I do.

[Stabula]

I hope this poll isn't jinxing the Spurs the way ESPN analysts seem to jinx every series they make predictions for

[Darkwaters]

Golden State will get hot and go nuts at least one game and win it. Maybe two. But the Spurs will out-execute them consistently and win in 5 or 6.

[DeadlyDynasty]

sweep

[phxspurfan]

lol...posting this poll on the Spurs board. Hmm I wonder

[The Reckoning]

I win because I'll have at least four nights of entertainment to distract me from my otherwise boring-ass life.

this is the most depressing thing ive read in awhile. hats off to you.

[Stabula]

this is the most depressing thing ive read in awhile. hats off to you.

He's just Keepin' it real

[bklynspursfan]

ESPN predictions are up. Another guy voted GS in 7.....

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2013/matchup/_/teams/spurs-warriors

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Votes: 141 to 1!

[emanueldavidginobili]

Wow Tim Legler who always is gushing over the Spurs picked them to win in 7

[bklynspursfan]

Wow Tim Legler who always is gushing over the Spurs picked them to win in 7

I was shocked by that too...

[John B]

I don't think DLee would be effective coming off that injury, so we have to punish them down low, ready to pass to open shooters when they doubleteam, so Bonner will have a shootfest. They will try to up the tempo, but I think we will control the board hence we will dictate the tempo. You want to slow it down, pound to Bogut and hopefully gets hin in foul trouble. Green needs to close in on Curry and avoid leaving him to help on D because he has a very quick release. Multiple PNR hopefully wear him down. I expect CoJo would get great series guarding Curry/Jack. Even use TMac to post their smaller guards would be fun to watch. In the end experience > youth will win this series. Spurs on 4. Go Spurs Go!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We're banged up on the front line and they've got Bogut back on a mission, Landry and maybe Lee. What's more, the Warriors win by hitting mid and long range jumpers, and that is exactly what we tend to give up by concentrating on defending the rim and the 3pt line. Also, their crowd is the best in the NBA and a big home court advantage.

Spurs in a tough 6 game series, and I wouldn't be surprised if it goes 7.

[Kidd K]

Spurs in 5. Warriors eek out one game at home and get closed out in a game 5 blowout.


Wow Tim Legler who always is gushing over the Spurs picked them to win in 7

If by "gushing" you mean usually bashes them and picks against them in almost every series every year, sure.

Maybe he's changed his tune this year though. I wouldn't know since I don't watch ESPN's biased coverage of basketball anymore unless it's just PTI or ATH.

[look_at_g_shred]

I hope that ESPN always picks against us. It makes it that much sweeter when we win!!

[emanueldavidginobili]

Skip Bayless GSW in 6 Stephen A. Smith GSW in 6 because GSW will definitely steal a game in SA and SA isn't winning in GS...But he said it could.go SA winning in 7...

[txstr1986]

Skip Bayless GSW in 6 Stephen A. Smith GSW in 6 because GSW will definitely steal a game in SA and SA isn't winning in GS...But he said it could.go SA winning in 7...

Looks like Skip and Steven just assured us a series win.

[Venti Quattro]

Spurs in 6 games

[Budkin]

Jump shooters vs. good defense... not hard to predict that.

[MVPCues]

Spurs in 6.

[41times]

Somebody find Moses Malone to get a more accurate assessment of the upcoming Series..........Fo Fo Fo!

[DejuanorwhatDude]

Golden State will get hot and go nuts at least one game and win it. Maybe two. But the Spurs will out-execute them consistently and win in 5 or 6.

This.

[Stabula]

188 to 2

[LakerHater]

Is TIMVP the only one makin the Thread for this round also?

[tesseractive]

Spurs in 4. Golden State doesn't have the experience or the discipline to hang with the Spurs at this point.

[Stabula]

Anyone want to change their vote?

[Obstructed_View]

Even with the positive minutes Bonner got against LA, I couldn't make myself believe that Pop would do 2006 all over again. After all, this is the coach with 4 rings who said that the Spurs were returning to defense, and instead manages to fuck both the offense and the defense. Someone let me know if he says "we just didn't make shots" in the post game presser.