Hell Yes

[timvp]

That was some big nvt basketball there. Every time the Warriors made a run, the Spurs remained steady and hit 'em right back. There wasn't any sulking or succumbing to the pressure. Just good ole fashion playoff road basketball.

I wasn't sure this team had this ability. Great job.

Now keep it up.

[Libri]

everybody gets free coffee tomorrow :D

[jaffies]

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/VU_Meter.jpg

[100%duncan]

Big fucking win. Fuck the doubters.

[Richie]

Splitter made a huge difference. Establish the big guys inside and force the Warriors to adjust. They had to play big and it played in to our hands

[xtremesteven33]

HUGE win for the Spurs.

Truly a team changing win IMO. They showed Championship defense and moxy. Sloppy at times but pulled out the biggest win of the season.

[Spurs Brazil]

GREAT win

TD and Tony were fantastic

And Tony said he got kicked on the calf. I'm happy it's not a strain. He'll be ready to go

[Cry Havoc]

Spurs playoff basketball. All heart, baby, all heart. Huge win.

That said, the Warriors could be MONSTERS in a year or two in the playoffs. They have cap room left and they could deal Lee for another good player.

[Cry Havoc]

Spurs playoff basketball. All heart, baby, all heart. Huge win.

That said, the Warriors could be MONSTERS in a year or two in the playoffs. They have cap room left and they could deal Lee for another good player.

[Brunodf]

Where are all the morons who said that we should play small:rollin

[Marcus Bryant]

I miss punking teams on the road like tonight. Warrior fan thought they had this...

[racm]

This team looks the mentally toughest it has in years, tbh.

[racm]

I miss punking teams on the road like tonight. Warrior fan thought they had this...

Remember when Phoenix was like a second home court for the Spurs?

[Captivus]

Now we know what it takes to win...
Good news: HCA again!

[Das Texan]

that was a fucking pleasant game.


dont let up now.

[Captivus]

I miss punking teams on the road like tonight. Warrior fan thought they had this...
2 things:
1) GSW fans were 100% sure
2) 1 million posts!! YOU ARE YOU!!??

[McGusto55]

everybody gets free coffee tomorrow :D

Hell Yeah.....

[carina_gino20]

I'm so happy with the win I now have a massive headache. :lol Makes Pop's decision to go without Tiago and Boris in Game 2 look more stupid. Tiago played super soft today but his presence at the start changed the tone of the game.

[raybies]

Sigh of relief. Tbh.

[freetiago]

Pop is giving Tiago props in the post game interview
im amazed tbh
he said his presence in the starting lineup makes everyone more comfortable

[Austin_Toros]

A very good win. Danny Green played a huge part on the defensive end on Curry. Both Curry and Thompson were well held.

[mercos]

That was the best D I've seen from the Spurs since the title years. Great effort, and a huge win.

[ShoogarBear]

I miss punking teams on the road like tonight. Warrior fan thought they had this...

Warrior Fan and apparently every freaking member of the media.

[CGD]

ESPN did the spurs a solid by hyping the warriors. #highexpectationsfail

[mute]

The Warriors were missing a lot of the shots they were making in games 1 and 2. I guess they were just regressing to the mean. That being said, it seems like the Spurs were giving them the open looks (by this I mean, we weren't just running at them off the 3 pt. line and just did our best to stay in front of them) and took away their drive and dish (because they ended up getting open three looks anyways). Other than a couple of screens that Curry and Thompson ran through, we didn't give them too many open looks.

[Whisky Dog]

2 things:
1) GSW fans were 100% sure
2) 1 million posts!! YOU ARE YOU!!??

Rookie

[therealtruth]

To win this series Pop is going to have to limit the minutes of guys like Neal and Bonner.

[siraulo23]

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/VU_Meter.jpg

:lmao

[siraulo23]

FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKK YESSS

[capek]

Back to Spurs basketball. Great to see it considering it's been a while, with that joke of a first round series.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

feels freaking good man..the defense was great and the clutch plays down the stretch...awesome sons...keeep it up spurs game 4 sunday!

[rjv]

Splitter made a huge difference. Establish the big guys inside and force the Warriors to adjust. They had to play big and it played in to our hands

until he decided to start throwing the ball to the warriors resulting in that run they had to start the 4th.

[TDomination]

i can breathe now.

best road playoff win in quiet a while

[Canibspur]

everybody gets free coffee tomorrow :D

10am cutoff

[TheGoldStandard]

We still haven't hit good from 3 and at the FT line.. we're getting better, we're playing D.. I still think in 6 but it could easily be 5

[timtonymanu]

Gutsy win. I just couldn't believe that the Spurs were going to let this Warriors team beat them the way they did.

The Spurs have needed to face some adversity for quite some time and this was a good response.

Big props to Danny Green. We like calling him "soft" or a "choker" but he knows how to shut down opposing PG's.

Also CoJo deserves recognition for limiting Jack in the time that he played.

[gameFACE]

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/VU_Meter.jpg

:lol Bet they won't be showing that on Sunday. That was cheesy of ESPN.

Anyway, loved the toughness!

[ace3g]

3 Things: Diaw played more than 6 minutes #BorisGame2Mystery, Kawhi on Klay (Bowen on Peja '08 adjustment) does wonders, Joseph has someone to guard in Jack (meaning he can stay on court longer, give TP more rest).

[DarrinS]

How many minutes did GS w have the lead?

Just checking

[rjv]

players of the game-green and leonard, despite the obviously solid games parker and TD had

[Whisky Dog]

Green and Kawhi checked the shit out of Curry and that other light skinned boy. Amazingly Cory Joseph ate Jack's lunch and pissed in his lunchbox whenever he matched him up.

Show your stupid ass decibel meter at the end of a 10 point beating you stupid ESPN fucks

[Obstructed_View]

So nice to have the starting unit back together again. We all know that they still aren't playing particularly well, so there's tons of room to improve. Danny Green is such a good defender when he really decides to. No way the Warriors win three more against the team that showed up tonight.

[Monkeyboy14]

FUCK YES. Rebounding though. gotta box out. If we do that we dont lose another game in this series.

[EricB]

If Splitter could cut down on the turnovers and Kawhi make his FTs. Pop could've rested guys...

[tuncaboylu]

That's exactly and completely hell yes!

We need to show some charachter and we did it tonight. Now momentum is shifted and can't wait for Sunday.

[ace3g]

Maybe Pop did pull the switch, lol

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/2092/nandoklayswitch.gif

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I started the game thread downstairs on behalf of the Warriors and Curry got injured :wow

[Old School 44]

Looks like some Warriors were reading some press clippings. Curry with the bad wheel. Not that I'd wish an injury on anyone, but I'm glad Danny didn't even touch him on the play.

[ColinB]

I started the game thread downstairs on behalf of the Warriors and Curry got injured :wow

http://www.datgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beard-man-approves.gif

[SpurPadre]

Man, I hope I didn't pick the wrong game to go to on Sunday. That one will be even tougher than tonight.

[J.T.]

Looks like some Warriors were reading some press clippings. Curry with the bad wheel. Not that I'd wish an injury on anyone, but I'm glad Danny didn't even touch him on the play.

Honestly, that's what the little fucker gets for trying to do 400,000 crossovers at the 3-point line per game. Stupid fucking jump shooting team. Hope the Spurs come out as focused as they did tonight on Sunday.

[DarrinS]

players of the game-green and leonard, despite the obviously solid games parker and TD had

More like TP, Duncan, and Green

Why are you guys so in love w KL? He needs to step his game up, tbh

[racm]

Gutsy win. I just couldn't believe that the Spurs were going to let this Warriors team beat them the way they did.

The Spurs have needed to face some adversity for quite some time and this was a good response.

Big props to Danny Green. We like calling him "soft" or a "choker" but he knows how to shut down opposing PG's.

Also CoJo deserves recognition for limiting Jack in the time that he played.

Green is a streaky shooter. Ran cold in the WCF, the worst time possible. Game 1 was huge for him, 22 points.

[Slippy]

To start every quarter spurs played like a rookie team, could of easily blowen GS out of the game if not for their un-forced TO's. To their credit they responded everytime GS made a comeback.

Pop made the correct adjusments. Still want to see less of Neal and Bonner.

Great D, great win on the road. massive confidence boost for them

[SpursWoman]

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/VU_Meter.jpg

:rollin :lol

[racm]

More like TP, Duncan, and Green

Why are you guys so in love w KL? He needs to step his game up, tbh

15 and 8 from a starting SF who doesn't get the ball a lot is good. The only bad is his FT shooting.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

http://www.datgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beard-man-approves.gif

:lol

[Mugen]

I've got a feeling we're not settling for 1 win in Oakland tbh.

[td4mvp21]

15 and 8 from a starting SF who doesn't get the ball a lot is good. The only bad is his FT shooting.

Not to mention he shut Klay Thompson down tonight. He showed up on both ends.

[SPurs206]

I hate when the Spurs make scrub teams look like elite teams.

[ezau]

Splitter made a huge difference. Establish the big guys inside and force the Warriors to adjust. They had to play big and it played in to our hands

Splitter also made some dumb turnovers that shifted the momentum to the Warriors' side.

[DarrinS]

15 and 8 from a starting SF who doesn't get the ball a lot is good. The only bad is his FT shooting.


He's a good role player.

[BatManu20]

Spurs reminded everyone tonight of their vampire qualities: they do not die of their own right, you have to put the
silver bullet in them. Not every team has the temperament to find a steady hand, take aim and finish the job. Yet that ability is wholly necessary, several times over, to win a title. Do the Warriors have elements of that? We're going to find out. At the risk of coming too soon with this, what with the series still up for grabs, there's plenty for the Warriors to gain simply by having the chance to compete against such a battle-tested nucleus and system. The Warriors get to find out exactly how much championship-caliber mettle they have before getting locked into this roster. Beating a team like the Nuggets can happen because of an untimely injury or a quirky matchup; beating the Spurs is never an accident. Should the Warriors be found wanting, owner Joe Lacob and GM Bob Myers can set about adding the necessary players and pieces and poise. It's still a loss -- but it's one that, if used wisely, thanks to the opponent, can pay long-term dividends.

-Ric Bucher Report

[ezau]

Let's not forget Diaw posting up on Dremmond in the first half. Cracked me up tbh, but Diaw is a minor revelation in this series.

[EVAY]

Splitter also made some dumb turnovers that shifted the momentum to the Warriors' side.

Dear god, yes. He started the fourth with two consecutive turnovers followed by a foul. He was a one-man wrecking crew for our lead.

Thankfully, Pop put Duncan back in and things calmed down for us.

[td_tp_manu]

Exactly what I want to say. In the most intimidating arena. With everyone jumping on the splash brothers bandwagon.

[Old School 44]

3 Things: Diaw played more than 6 minutes #BorisGame2Mystery, Kawhi on Klay (Bowen on Peja '08 adjustment) does wonders, Joseph has someone to guard in Jack (meaning he can stay on court longer, give TP more rest).

What was amazing to me was not only did Diaw play more minutes, he was actually aggressive in the post on offense.

[racm]

He's a good role player.

Except the general fan (and league) consensus is that he can be much more.

[100%duncan]

:lmao Doubters :lmao

[TheGoldStandard]

Diaw didn't pump fake himself out.. He took good shots.. Just need to rebound and limit those stupid second chance shots.

[Marcus Bryant]

That formality of sending the Lakers home did produce some rust and/or complacency.

Still, Mark Jackson is coaching in the NBA, for those who take it serious as a profession.

[Slippy]

15 and 8 from a starting SF who doesn't get the ball a lot is good. The only bad is his FT shooting.

That just shows how goood KY is. Sort of like Manu, he finds ways to contribute when shot is failing . He yet to play at his best though. On offense still looks nervous and hesitent. Missed 2easy fast breaks and yes the freethrows.

[Chinook]

He's a good role player.
:cry but, but this is going to be his team soon.

Fans are always looking for a young player to put on a pedestal. Leonard can't just be a good role-player to some people. He's good and is going to get better, but a team with him as its best player wouldn't go anywhere.

That being said, he did a pretty good job on Thompson. Not that great, though.

[Marcus Bryant]

I hate when the Spurs make scrub teams look like elite teams.

Hear, hear.

[Bill_Brasky]

I started the game thread downstairs on behalf of the Warriors and Curry got injured :wow


http://www.datgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beard-man-approves.gif

:lmao

Green's defense on Curry was superb. He also hit some "sssshhhhhh" 3's late in the game to take the crowd out of it.

Kawhi did a great job on Thompson. He's also been crashing the boards hard this series. Most of his points are coming off putbacks with a few post ups mixed in if he has a mismatch. His shooting hasnt really been there though, and thats been a problem at the line. He's still made some clutch baskets and has been an overall plus, so if he can get hot in a game or two it would make us that much more dangerous.

CoJo came in and raped Jack on the defensive end. All the frustrating little blow bys, pull ups, and fadeaways that he was pulling off in game 2 werent working against Cory. By getting into Jack's jersey and moving his feet smartly/not biting on pump fakes, he frustrated him and cooled their run. He is still too passive on offense though. Passed up a wide open 3, and the only jumper he took was an off balance fadeaway with the clock running down. He needs to shoot and attack when open.

[SPurs206]

Splitter is a pussy on offense .

[Stabula]

I'm having a non-stop ejaculation it might require medical attention I'm just drinking lots of water for now tbh

[Mugen]

Matty had a wonderful 1st round. I hope he enjoys his courtside seats for the rest of the playoffs tbh.

[Marcus Bryant]

Spurs need to play 48 more minutes like tonight on Sunday and all but end this series.

[Obstructed_View]

Matty had a wonderful 1st round. I hope he enjoys his courtside seats for the rest of the playoffs tbh.

This. So glad he was able to make Dwight Howard his bitch, but he should be the 6th big on this team.

[racm]

Bonner isn't good against teams that thrive when going small like OKC. He's best against teams that like to play two slow bigs.

Unfortunately there are no more teams of those caliber in the playoffs left.

[RD2191]

Bonner isn't good against teams that thrive when going small like OKC. He's best against teams that like to play two slow bigs.

Unfortunately there are no more teams of those caliber in the playoffs left.
memphis?

[spurs10]

:flag:

[SPurs206]

Even if we would have played the Pistons ppl would be saying they have so much talent we're done. Basketball is not all about talent . Its about being smarter than your oppenent. Be ready for their jabs and counter with a left hook.

[EricB]

Spurs need to play 48 more minutes like tonight on Sunday and all but end this series.

Agreed. If they give them a similar or more of a beat down on Sunday, GS gets chippy and folds most likely.

[mystargtr34]

http://www.datgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beard-man-approves.gif

:rollin

[ironman2886]

Was Jessica Alba, the Golden State Warriors 2007 faithful in attendance?
http://nyc.barstoolsports.com/files/2013/05/jessica-alba-see-through-bra-in-nyc-11-435x580.jpg

[John B]

Maybe Pops was reading my post to go big and check Curry. Diaw attacking was great, it was there all night. Curry and Thompson just didn't miss, Danny and Kawhi was just great closing in and hassling. Great team defense. Just cut down on fancy passes which caused a coupleof turnovers. Need to box-out better and don't give them second chances. Go Spurs Go!

[polandprzem]

That was some big nvt basketball there. Every time the Warriors made a run, the Spurs remained steady and hit 'em right back. There wasn't any sulking or succumbing to the pressure. Just good ole fashion playoff road basketball.

I wasn't sure this team had this ability. Great job.

Now keep it up.


Where are you losing your time now man?
Put up some valuable post will ya?
:)

[cjw]

Curry and Thompson still combined for 6 of 14 from three (43%), which is about par for the course. The big difference was the other guys missed all of their treys unlike the prior two games. The W's need the team to put up 40% from three and close to 50% overall from the field to win if we execute like we did.

Great to win by 10 even though (1) +8 offensive rebounding differential led to ten extra shots for GS and (2) below average 3pt shooting (Manu 1 for 8, ouch).

[Legacy]

http://www.datgif.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/beard-man-approves.gif

:lmao

[Darius Bieber]

That freaking crowd meter pissed me off.

[Darius McCrary]

Wouldn't hurt to give some fully fleshed out game thoughts..

[Legacy]

It was nice to see The Spurs taking back control of their game, i.e; controlling the pace, not trying to play one-on-one, not trying to take the first shot available, playing great D, etc, etc. Pop said they had a bit of an "identity-crisis" or something when this series first started. :lol Anyway... I hope Tony will be okay to play on Sunday (he was sooo good tonight), and Pop will stick to pretty much what he did tonight as far as rotations go. NO more small-ball, Pop. PLLEEEAAASSSEEE. http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/63.gif

[racm]

8 man rotation:

TP/Green/KL/Timmy/Tiago

Cory/Manu/Diaw

:hat

[Sean Cagney]

If Ginobili decides to show up, this is a scary team. Props to the French faggot, for one game. But it's only one game and he didn't really get others involved. Hope he can do it again; ideally, with lesser scoring and getting everyone else involved, particularly the shooters. I thought Diaw was huge as well.

Go away already you fucking jerk! Team Los Angeles, go fish you dickhead and stay outta here.

[pikkiwoki]

everybody gets free coffee tomorrow :D

http://i.imgur.com/SPpJRwa.png

[99 Problems]

Splitter made a huge difference. Establish the big guys inside and force the Warriors to adjust. They had to play big and it played in to our hands


Good effort on one ankle considering he could not jump. If Splitter was fit we would monster the Warriors moving forward.

[crc21209]

Classic, old school Spurs playoff road win. :tu I loved it. I was especially impressed with how they responded to Golden State making runs and even cutting the Spurs lead to 1 in the 4th quarter...

[Tuddy]

Tiago needs to just attack the rim when parker gets trapped or anytime he gets it in pick n roll fuck looking for the pass first

[wut]

I've got a feeling we're not settling for 1 win in Oakland tbh.

This is an important point.

Mark Jackson has been brainwashing his team into believing a few things:

1) Spurs are a crazy tough champion, and the series is going to be long
2) All we need to do is steal one game in San Antonio
3) We're going to shock some people
4) We're the underdogs

Which leads me to your point. The Spurs don't make silly statements like 'all we gotta do is win one game on our opponents floor'; they know better than to talk like that. Spurs want to win every game they can.

Warriors went home believing they should've been up 2-0, and playing at home would translate into an automatic win. In other words, they've lost their edge.

[exstatic]

I've got a feeling we're not settling for 1 win in Oakland tbh.

Nor should we. Time to "Denver" them.

[smaka]

About that sound meter......

http://static2.fjcdn.com/comments/And+look+at+all+the+fucks+he+gives+_0ca59079c4e90f d1539ec399d69f00ba.jpg

[BlackSilver]

You mean all I had to do was switch from watching the game from the couch to watching from the ol' recliner? That's all it took to get to watch the Spurs play Spurs ball? smh.

This series reminds me a little bit of the SAS-NOH series where after each win you wondered how the other team could possibly have any chance.

[Budkin]

That was some big nvt basketball there. Every time the Warriors made a run, the Spurs remained steady and hit 'em right back. There wasn't any sulking or succumbing to the pressure. Just good ole fashion playoff road basketball.

I wasn't sure this team had this ability. Great job.

Now keep it up.

A friend of mine who I've been watching the Spurs with for over 10 years said to me "That felt like old school Spurs championship basketball." Couldn't agree more.

[Budkin]

everybody gets free coffee tomorrow :D

Man I'm a coffee fiend and we have Valero here in Austin but they don't participate. NOOOOOO