2014 Western Conference Finals-Game 3-San Antonio Spurs @ Oklahoma City Thunder

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Sunday, 7:30 central tbh


http://youtu.be/IAAdnchFrCQ

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Seriously though, be ready spurfan. I know for sure Silverstein will be sending in Tony Brothers and company to ref game 3. Brace yourselves for a thunder FT parade. Still though, if the spurs can keep it close they could pull it out with their late game execution and the Thunders lack of...

[ElNono]

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[HI-FI]

:tu to Floyd.

gotta roll with what got you there.

[slick'81]

Yes gospursgo

[mVp]

I hope Westbrook has another MVP performance for us.

http://cjzero.com/gifs/EdMalloyFlyByRussellWestbrook.gif

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[BanditHiro]

i think those little pimp slaps TD gave them just set Westbrook off lol. i love how Reggie Miller was okay with Kendrick Perkins giving Tiago a forearm but was concerned for Westbrook when the Spurs were aggressive with Westbrook

[Floyd Pacquiao]

9. Stat Check
By Elias Sports Bureau

The Thunder are now 15-19 in the past five postseasons when Russell Westbrook takes at least 20 shots; they are 19-7 when he attempts fewer than 20 shots.

[Mikeanaro]

Lets kick them:flag:

[spurraider21]

quality thread :tu

[spurraider21]

http://youtu.be/IAAdnchFrCQ

:lmao that "screen" by Duncan at 0:14 :lmao

[808]

http://youtu.be/uUmuEDO2gFA

[timtonymanu]

This is going to be a tough game. But the Thunder have looked average at home in the playoffs and the Spurs have owned them these first 2 games. It won't surprise me if the Spurs win this one.

[ElNono]

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[Dex]

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[slick'81]

Ibaka back and okc has been beaten down looks like game 3 will be big no?!

[timtonymanu]

Sunday, 7:30 central tbh

http://youtu.be/IAAdnchFrCQ

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BoNVmB_IYAAcu0n.jpg:large
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Seriously though, be ready spurfan. I know for sure Silverstein will be sending in Tony Brothers and company to ref game 3. Brace yourselves for a thunder FT parade. Still though, if the spurs can keep it close they could pull it out with their late game execution and the Thunders lack of...

:lol my bad, if you thought I called you a bad poster. i could have sworn I was responding to that faggot hemisfair arena.

[Mikeanaro]

Revenge...:flag:

[heyheymymy]

:flag:

[EVAY]

Thanks for starting this thread, Floyd.

Tough game to be expected. Raucous and hostile crowd, refs-in-the-pockets, high emotion starters and role players for OKC…but I hope that we win, and I believe that we have a good chance because we will have had three days off to restore our bodies.


GSG!!!

[spurs10]

Thanks for starting this thread, Floyd.

Tough game to be expected. Raucous and hostile crowd, refs-in-the-pockets, high emotion starters and role players for OKC…but I hope that we win, and I believe that we have a good chance because we will have had three days off to restore our bodies.


GSG!!! Go Spurs Go!:flag:

[RD2191]

Floyd is a faggot.

[phyzik]

Spurs win by 16.

[gilmor]

We need some girls pic

[EVAY]

I believe that this will be a very very tough game. The Thunder have been resting their starters as well as we have, (and Durant really needed this time off) and they have been reminding themselves how to play with offensive and defensive sets, as opposed to the one-on-one that has characterized their
play so far in this series.

So the Thunder will come out with high emotion(Ibaka will be suited up if not in the starting line-up, and I believe he will be in the starting line-up), high energy, raucous crowd, plenty of rest and some game plan wrinkles.

Oh, and the refs will have Leonard on the bench in the first quarter, just like last game, and likely Splitter or Parker as well.

We will have to play the best ball we have played so far in the playoffs to get past them, and I believe the outcome will be in doubt well into the fourth quarter.

I hope we can win this one. I believe that we can. But I also believe it will be tougher than any other one we have played.

If we can win this, then we can throw game four like the portland series. No one wants to get swept on their home floor, and if you don't give them something, they may end up hurting one of your players just out of frustration and embarrassment. But we aren't there yet. We still have to win a third game.

[BillMc]

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[Kawhi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk_o5dk8EVc

[jag]

MY GOODNESS! Floyd Pacquiao, he knows the rules..hand down, man down. Thunder trying to take Game 3. "Not on my watch," says Floyd. He's worked too long and too hard to get where he is. He's not throwing this opportunity away. Mama, this man came to play. Floyd 2. Thunder 0.

[RD2191]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk_o5dk8EVc
fuck yeah

[The Reckoning]

http://i.imgur.com/8qh6X3G.jpg

[Strategic]

With or without Sir Nutpunch the Thunder will come out with a 1st quarter haymaker. Hopefully the good guys can hang tough and keep it a game going in at the half. Looking for the Spurs to pull away in the 4th. Go Spurs Go!!!!!

[spurs10]

Question I eat Mexican food at least four to seven times a week and have never heard of a 'churro.' Wtf is a churro? :hat
Oh....it's a pastry. No wonder fatboy Chuck knows all about it. That like saying 'so and so hangs around at strip clubs all the time!' How would you know?

[Horry Hipcheck]

Question I eat Mexican food at least four to seven times a week and have never heard of a 'churro.' Wtf is a churro? :hat
Oh....it's a pastry. No wonder fatboy Chuck knows all about it. That like saying 'so and so hangs around at strip clubs all the time!' How would you know?

Pastry is a generous term for it.

[spurs10]

Pastry is a generous term for it.

:lol

[jeebus]

:td Bad thread. Basketball gods punished the Spurs when ST tried to put a lid on Amused's thread, so they healed Ibaka for the Thunder. Since this travesty wasn't rectified, look for the Thunder to win.

[Kawhi]

Tony Brothers is in Miami, so Crawford will probably be in methkc tomorrow night

[Horry Hipcheck]

I just need this game to happen so I can see how the Spurs will respond to the pressures of playing in OKC. Thunderfan is pretty confident that Ibaka's return seals a turnaround in the series and all but guarantees a repeat of 2012. I want to put that idea to the test.

[spurs10]

I just need this game to happen so I can see how the Spurs will respond to the pressures of playing in OKC. Thunderfan is pretty confident that Ibaka's return seals a turnaround in the series and all but guarantees a repeat of 2012. I want to put that idea to the test.

Tomorrow will tell the tale we are the better team just like the first two games. Even with an off the chart performance by Durant, which we should expect, the

[Spurish]

We got this. We will be ready for improved OKC and Spurs will be one step closer towards return to Finals.

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[MVPCues]

http://i.imgur.com/8qh6X3G.jpg

That is funny right there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[slick'81]

Have a feeling spurs are walking into a hornets nest

[Dex]

Have a feeling spurs are walking into a hornets nest

They are. With a can of Raid.

[BC3]

They are. With a can of Raid.

[NASpurs]

You guys think the Spurs are giving the Thunder some payback for what happened two years ago? Blowing a team out in historic proportions for a conference finals is probably proof of this. If this is true and the Spurs are playing with motivation and playing with "appropriate fear" of having respect for OKC and what they could do, then there's no way the Spurs are losing this game.

[will_spurs]

We need some girls pic

Right.

http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/12-san-antonio-silver-dancer-alana.jpg

[dg7md]

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[BillMc]

http://chivethebrigade.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/spurs-girls-500-58.jpg?w=500&h=448

[dbreiden83080]

Put the fucking hammer down tonight..

[Knoxxx]

Spurs by 20 only fluke fisher 3s kept game 1 from being a 30-point blowout.

[EVAY]

Foster, Kennedy and Washington are tonight's refs.

The Spurs will benefit from some rest, but so will Durant, who really looked spent in the last game. If Ibaka takes the court, there will an emotional uplift that the Thunder will get from it. If the Spurs can keep Ibaka in check and withstand a better shooting game from Westbrook and Durant, which I completely expect given how poorly they have shot so far, then we can still pull this out.

The Thunder players are on record as saying that they were practicing good ball movement and team play, which they didn't exhibit any of during the first two games. I think they will play much better, and we will have a hard time matching them.

I hope we win. I do not think it will be easy (but then I didn't think the last game would be either). I hope we don't let up, no matter the score or how hard they come out of the gate.

[Knoxxx]

The Thunder players are on record as saying that they were practicing good ball movement and team play, which they didn't exhibit any of during the first two games. I think they will play much better, and we will have a hard time matching them.



Yeah right we can only hope they throw the ball to their scrubs a lot. These monkey ballers will revert to hero/monkey ball shortly after breaking a sweat.

This has been covered, as soon we punch them in the mouth they will be same old OKC, plus a few lucky shots added for the home crowd. Unfortunately for them they may have used up that quota in game 1!

[Dex]

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At this point, the Thunder are left searching for answers and grasping for straws. They have nothing left but to cling to rhetoric, gimmicks, and blind hope (in the form of the specter of a one-legged Ibaka).

The Spurs, on the other hand, have a mission. They've seen this movie once already, and they are determined to pen a new ending.

Remember 2012.

FTT.

5.

[Knoxxx]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/sites/spurs/files/imagecache/image_gallery_default/151006410_Nuggets_Spurs_EvansCE157_0.jpg

At this point, the Thunder are left searching for answers and grasping for straws. They have nothing left but to cling to rhetoric, gimmicks, and blind hope (in the form of the specter of a one-legged Ibaka).

The Spurs, on the other hand, have a mission. They've seen this movie once already, and they are determined to pen a new ending.

Remember 2012.

FTT.

5.

Well said the Spurs truly are on a mission. Fortunately for us the Funder's version of a gimmick is crisp ball movement. I am sure they will effectively implement that on the fly midway in the conference finals and that will be big trouble for us! :lol

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[Knoxxx]

the specter of a one-legged Ibaka).


FTT.

5.

Or should we say the spectacle? I am a very vengeful person when it comes to Spurs basketball, and seeing a shell Ibaka run around a bit out there seems a fitting way to pile on to the demise of the Funder to me. Hope we see it!

[BanditHiro]

can the Spurs survive a 40+ FT game from the Thunder?

[EVAY]

can the Spurs survive a 40+ FT game from the Thunder?

I don't honestly know much about these refs (Scott Foster, Tom Washington and ____ Kennedy). If we play well enough, we will overcome the refs, although they sure took Leonard out of the game quickly enough last game. Don't doubt that they will do the same again tonight. I expect Durant and/or Westbrook to go off because they are both overdue, but I think we can survive one or the other - just not both at the same time.

[Knoxxx]

I don't honestly know much about these refs (Scott Foster, Tom Washington and ____ Kennedy). If we play well enough, we will overcome the refs, although they sure took Leonard out of the game quickly enough last game. Don't doubt that they will do the same again tonight. I expect Durant and/or Westbrook to go off because they are both overdue, but I think we can survive one or the other - just not both at the same time.

If Durantbrook goes for 60-70 that still leaves them well short of 100!

[Rummpd]

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/10982739/serge-ibaka-participates-oklahoma-city-thunder-shootaround-expects-play-game-3-vs-san-antonio-spurs

Ibaka will play

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Ibaka dropping truth bombs...


"One thing I'm going to say ... I've been hearing a lot of people saying my team lost two games because I was out," Ibaka said. "It's not true. It's not true. I believe in my guys. I believe in my teammates, that they can do better, with me or without me. It's not an excuse because Serge Ibaka was not there. It's just that San Antonio the first two games, they played better basketball. We need to give them a lot of credit."

[cjw]

I don't honestly know much about these refs (Scott Foster, Tom Washington and ____ Kennedy). If we play well enough, we will overcome the refs, although they sure took Leonard out of the game quickly enough last game. Don't doubt that they will do the same again tonight. I expect Durant and/or Westbrook to go off because they are both overdue, but I think we can survive one or the other - just not both at the same time.

If both go off, we better hope that there's no third guy putting up 15-20 and that our offense is also clicking and putting up 105+. My biggest worry is that there's some flat shooting leading to fast break chances for the Thunder.

[testies]

please attack Ibaka off the pick n roll like crazy, just like Heat did with Al Jefferson

[DatBoyGood]

Really hope this isnt a game where the spurs "didnt bring it" and "they wanted it more". Just got to weather the storm early and play spurs basketball. Let Russell get angry and chuck up 26 shots :lol

[RD2191]

"They Need A Power Serge" ESPN headline:lmao

[CGD]

Spurs will be ready. The worst thing that happened to OKC is this 3 day layoff. Not only is it rest for the spurs but all the serge drama has to be a distraction for such a young team.

[gameFACE]

Take care of the ball and don't turn it over, man. If the Spurs can weather the home crowd momentum for the 1st quarter, it's in the bag. Even with Kareem Abdul Abaka playing.

[Mugen]

The Spurs haven't won in OKC since March 2012. Today would be a huge win obviously.

[sammy]

Spurs will win even w/gimpy on the floor! Attack the lane! Don't let up! Transition D, offensive & defensive rebounds! Keep attacking the paint & rain 3's down their throats! Go Spurs Go! Send a message to all"This Isn't 2012"!

[Kawhi]

http://i.imgur.com/z1r18ax.png

:lol

[SpurPadre]

I'm not sure we should attack the paint much when ibaka is on the floor because the refs will give him the benefit of the doubt, saying we initiated the contact. They will get away with murder down there. No, I'd have the team test his calf by forcing him to play some perimeter d and doing some pump fakes on his ass.

[EVAY]

I say we run up and down as fast as we possible can on every play. He will be able to stay with us for the first quarter or so, but my guess is that once that leg starts getting some pressure on it, he will not be able to keep up.

If he can (keep up), then there was never any calf strain at all.

[Capster]

The Spurs haven't won in OKC since March 2012. Today would be a huge win obviously.

Don't worry Mugen.......it's all good! SPURS got this. OKC needs more than a gimpy Ibaka !!!! Spurs Machine!!!!
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[spurs10]

Spurs are going to bring it folks. 52 points is not a fluke. We are on a different level right now than the freethrOklahoma Thunderefs. :flag:

[Mikeanaro]

Remember when Duracne pustule said in 2012 we were done? You are done fuckhead
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[Nathan89]

please attack Ibaka off the pick n roll like crazy, just like Heat did with Al Jefferson

Al Jefferson can barely move without injury. Ibaka won't be that bad.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Al Jefferson can barely move without injury. Ibaka won't be that bad.

They should still go after him and make him work every second he's on the floor. He wanted to come back and play the Spurs so bad, so make him play.

[ElNono]

:flag:

[BillMc]

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[LakerHater]

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[BillMc]

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"Out for the rest of the playoffs" my ass.

[LakerHater]

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[BillMc]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bog8-yrIUAAc9qV.jpg

Cool image! Did you take it?

[LakerHater]

"Out for the rest of the playoffs" my ass.
Sam Presti

[LakerHater]

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[LakerHater]

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[Chinook]

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Doesn't need to run to shoot 11/11 though.

[EVAY]

Well, if Ibaka plays with little mobility, then we front him with Baynes and never let him catch the ball…it will be hard for him to score without the ball.

And on their defense, we play Diaw to pull him out to the three point line…just keep him moving all the time, every play.

All e can do is play the game.

If the Thunder do win tonight, everybody in the world is gonna say that Durant ought to give Ibaka the MVP trophy.

[LakerHater]

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[313]

Reggie starting, as well as Serge, per twitter.

So Parker going for 30...? or?

[Ron Swanson]

It's all part of the plan, Buck.

[LakerHater]

Referee Assignments
Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day.


Sun, May 25 Created: May 25,2014 06:00 PM ET


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[BillMc]

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Bring out the gimp.

[LakerHater]

A series that, after Game 2, was getting less and less interesting just got A LOT more interesting.

[timtonymanu]

Fuck the defeatist attitude by some on here. Bring it on!

[benstanfield]

Referee Assignments
Referee assignments are posted at approximately 9:00am ET each game day.


Sun, May 25 Created: May 25,2014 06:00 PM ET


Game
Official 1
Official 2
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San Antonio @ Oklahoma City
Scott Foster
Bill Kennedy
Tom Washington
John Goble




FUCK. Foster and Washington is a pretty deadly combination.

[ThePop]

Is there any combination that isn't deadly?

[benstanfield]

Don't like the new starting 5 for OKC. TP is usually a monster in the first quarter, it's always when he's most aggressive. Let Thabo make him pass the ball for 8 minutes and he usually has a pretty reserved game.

[Andthentherewas21]

These moves don't just wreak of desperation, its as if they set up a fan and are blowing it at the spurs with hurricane force winds. They take their one reliable bench player and insert him into the line-up and then put their "out-for-the-playoffs" big man in the starting line up. OKC better hope they paid the refs enough this game, because if not they don't have any more tricks to pull.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Spurs would slay all sorts of demons by winning tonight.

Get it done, San Antonio.

[EVAY]

Don't like the new starting 5 for OKC. TP is usually a monster in the first quarter, it's always when he's most aggressive. Let Thabo make him pass the ball for 8 minutes and he usually has a pretty reserved game.


Thabo has been replaced in the starting lineup by Reggie Jackson, hasn't he? Isn't the starting lineup tonight Perkins, Ibaka, Durant, Westbrook and Jackson? I'm assuming that this is Brooks' way of trying to put enough shooters on the floor that they can save Durant and Westbrook for later in the game because both Jackson and Ibaka can make some shots.

[benstanfield]

Is there any combination that isn't deadly?

joey Crawford would've been good news, Bill Kennedy is fine by me, and pretty much any ref that hasn't been involved in a high profile screwup these playoffs. Tom Washington reffed OKC-LAC in the fixed game & Scott Foster made like 200+ phone calls to Tim Donaghey when that was going on.

[benstanfield]

Thabo has been replaced in the starting lineup by Reggie Jackson, hasn't he? Isn't the starting lineup tonight Perkins, Ibaka, Durant, Westbrook and Jackson? I'm assuming that this is Brooks' way of trying to put enough shooters on the floor that they can save Durant and Westbrook for later in the game because both Jackson and Ibaka can make some shots.

Right, I'm saying it doesn't make much sense to replace Thabo and put WB on Parker to start. Who scores off the bench for OKC now?

[LakerHater]

Coach Pop givin up??



Gregg Popovich basically no commented every question, then finished with "It was great as always, sure you enjoyed it as much as I did"

[crc21209]

:lol At this douchebag Rick Kamla on NBA TV right now. He asked Marv Albert "Where does this miraculous, incredible comeback by Serge Ibaka rank all-time among tough guy moments?"

[benstanfield]

Thunder are basically going all in with this starting 5. If they don't have a 10+ point lead by the early second when the bench comes in, it will be a disaster.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Coach Pop givin up??

Pop doing his best not to contribute to the circus that's setting up in the Peake as we speak :lol

[Horry Hipcheck]

Is there any combination that isn't deadly?

[LakerHater]

What was wrong with Ibaka's calf anyway?

[ErnestLynch]

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[Southwest Texas Fan]

They are. With a can of Raid.

:tu

[Horry Hipcheck]

What was wrong with Ibaka's calf anyway?

A whole fuckload of nothing, apparently.

[LakerHater]

FUCK. Foster and Washington is a pretty deadly combination.

NBA referee Tim Donaghy made repeated phone calls to a second referee at the same time he provided inside information to professional gamblers during the course of the 2006-2007 season, according to court documents and phone records obtained by FOXNews.com.
The records show Donaghy placed 134 calls to referee Scott Foster — more than the 126 calls Donaghy made to his bookie — between October 2006 and April 2007, the period during which he has confessed to either betting on games or passing on game information to gamblers. The majority of the phone calls lasted no more than two minutes and occurred prior to and after games Donaghy officiated and on which he admits wagering.
With the exception of 150 calls Donaghy placed to Thomas Martino, to whom he says he provided “picks” to win games and who was the middleman between the disgraced referee and a bookie named James Battista, the ex-ref phoned no one more than he called Foster. During this period, the most calls Donaghy made to any other referee were 13.

[ducks]

so the thunder will have no bench today

spurs bench needs to destroy their bench today IMO

[ducks]

Ibaka walked thru shootaround
DID NOT EVEN JOG
he is not even 60%

[ErnestLynch]

damnit

[ElNono]

:lol this is desperate time for Scott Brooks... Reggie starting better work, because he basically threw Thabo under the bus... you can't recover from shit like that...

[Truckules]

Ibaka walked thru shootaround
DID NOT EVEN JOG
he is not even 60%

Could be a feint just like announcing he won't play again in the playoffs.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

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Pretty much.

Spurs gotta break these fools' spirits right here.

[MeloHype]

Easy win

[gameFACE]

Enough with the Ibaka shit. I hope the Spurs win by five right at the end.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Enough with the Ibaka shit.

Don't worry, it's just getting started :bang

[TE]

:lol this is desperate time for Scott Brooks... Reggie starting better work, because he basically threw Thabo under the bus... you can't recover from shit like that...
:lol tbh...Brooks is a fucking idiot. Role players who have been struggling tend to play better in front of a home crowd. Thabo is that kind of player, imo.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs must come out in 1st qtr with 4th qtr lockdown defense in case OKC is hot, don't want to end the first quarter in deep hole.

[Harry Callahan]

Who knows what he can do or not do. Of course the douchebag that coaches that team says Ibaka has NO restrictions on his playing time. Right. I'll believe that when I see it. They are shooting him up right now and hoping for the best.

Ibaka will be able to maybe play one game after a week and a day off. What about the rest of the way? This is last stand time for them and they know it. Ibaka can heal over the summer if he gets hurt. He may even try to take one of our guys with him.

I imagine he'll set some moving screens and try to stay at the rim and contest. Whatever. Spurs gotta fight through it, take care of the ball, and (hopefully) not contribute to a foul shooting contest for OKC.

[Horry Hipcheck]

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Brooks to Ibaka
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[BillMc]

Brooks to Ibaka
http://mimg.ugo.com/201103/6/4/9/176946/cuts/goldeneye-bond-throws-006-off-satellite_480_poster.jpg

:lol

[SpurSwag]

This is a monstrous game 3 even though we lead 2-0, you don't want this team getting any confidence at all. However I'm afraid just too much is going in okc's favor with the emotion behind being home, desperate, and getting serge back. Were gonna need to play our A game to come out with a W

[BillMc]

The fact that Danny is playing roughly equal to or even outplaying the league MVP so far is a pretty good sign. :toast

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[Trill Clinton]

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[HI-FI]

:lol this is desperate time for Scott Brooks... Reggie starting better work, because he basically threw Thabo under the bus... you can't recover from shit like that...
guy is as bad an actor as he is a coach. I knew he was full of shit with his "Ibaka's not coming through that door, he's not coming through that door." such phoniness.

I'm sure this game will be a tough one, mainly because of the league's hard on for OKC. As long as the refs aren't as bad as they were in Game 5 against the Clippers, Spurs should be able to adapt. Even as bad as they were, Clippers still almost won that despite lots of terrible possessions.

[Horry Hipcheck]

The Spurs just have to do what they've been saying they're doing all along - planning for this like Ibaka was always going to be on the court. If that's the case, then they should be ready. Play your game and go at Ibaka hard.

[Trill Clinton]

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no lift in his jumper, at allhttp://i57.tinypic.com/dfboer.png

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Here we go with the Thundertears intro :lol

[Floyd Pacquiao]

If the spurs lose.... its on me...

[Beaverfuzz]

Take it right around Ibaka, make him work.

[Harry Callahan]

Anthony Slater must be a puppet for the Thunder. SB can barely get off the ground and the trainer/coach was not getting anywhere near him. Slater just prints Scott Brooks crap about no limited minutes without question?

If SB jumps out of the building in 30 minutes they flat shot him up big time. He would be just a piece of meat to the franchise if that happens.

He looks terrible in the shoot around stuff, IMHO.

[MeloHype]

Abaka limping

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Jackson starting. OKC will have no bench. Spurs bench need to play their best game of the playoffs.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Anthony Slater must be a puppet for the Thunder. SB can barely get off the ground and the trainer/coach was not getting anywhere near him. Slater just prints Scott Brooks crap about no limited minutes without question?

If SB jumps out of the building in 30 minutes they flat shot him up big time. He would be just a piece of meat to the franchise if that happens.

He looks terrible in the shoot around stuff, IMHO.

Put Splitter on his ass and treat him like a one-legged LMA.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Whats the over under on manu TO's tonight? 6?

[SpurPadre]

Thunder are a bunch of lying ass motherfuckers.

[Beaverfuzz]

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[SpurPadre]

With thabo out of the starting lineup, this is TP's game to dominate.

[Harry Callahan]

Put Splitter on his ass and treat him like a one-legged LMA.

Adams and Collison are going to play a lot tonight. Ibaka will be fortunate to play 20 tonight the way he looked in pregame. It'll be tough still.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Thunder are a bunch of lying ass motherfuckers.

Playing mind games with Pop. :lol It's amateur hour up in Methlahoma.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Fuck this nigga Ibaka

[timtonymanu]

Whats the over under on manu TO's tonight? 6?

You're not Amused, :lol
It's all good.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Adams and Collison are going to play a lot tonight. Ibaka will be fortunate to play 20 tonight the way he looked in pregame. It'll be tough still.

I'm really curious to see how many minutes Ibaka actually gets. Brooks apparently has no intention to limit him. We know what the Spurs offense looks like when Adams/Collison are in the paint, but Ibaka's effectiveness at shutting down the penetration remains to be seen and his spurts on the court will test Pop's game plan - and I have full faith that Pop HAS a game plan for a lineup featuring Ibaka.

[LakerHater]

They jus showed Ibaka sprintin back frm the lay up line!

[SpurPadre]

Playing mind games with Pop. :lol It's amateur hour up in Methlahoma.

Yeah, bush league move by them. But good to know the team saw through the bullshit.

[Trill Clinton]

a write up on scott foster. one of the refs for tonights game.

http://www.truthaboutit.net/2010/03/nba-referee-scott-foster-still-in-the-game.html

[BillMc]

How many points and blocks does Ibaka get tonight?

I say 8 points, 1 token block that the crowd over-reacts to. Then Spurs put the hammer down.

[Harry Callahan]

They jus showed Ibaka sprintin back frm the lay up line!

They shot him up. It's that simple.......

[HI-FI]

They shot him up. It's that simple.......
if his injury gets much worse, I wonder how the media will play that one up. willis reed :cry

[BillMc]

They shot him up. It's that simple.......

Yep. Look for his effectiveness to decline in the second and fourth quarters respectively as it wears off.

[Horry Hipcheck]

He's only going to be good in bursts. Make him commit fouls, tire him out, and when he sits put the accelerator to the floor.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Either OKC lied the entire time or Ibaka is on roids. Neither would surprise me.

[Harry Callahan]

Sudden changes in direction and jumping quick will tell the tale on his calf. The Spurs have to make him make quick decisions to jump and see if he can handle it......

[spurs10]

Yep. Look for his effectiveness to decline in the second and fourth quarters respectively as it wears off. They'll shoot him up again at the half.

[Knoxxx]

This aint about Chewbaka its the Spurs storybook ending to write!

[Horry Hipcheck]

Either OKC lied the entire time or Ibaka is on roids. Neither would surprise me.

He's on whatever sci-fi medical bullshit they have for these kinds of injuries. Presti & co. aren't so stupid that they'd fake his injury, cough up two games in SA, just to give the Spurs false confidence. They're in over their heads with this and buying into the idea that Ibaka will salvage the series for them if they dope him up enough.

[Harry Callahan]

Either OKC lied the entire time or Ibaka is on roids. Neither would surprise me.

HGH, roids, oxygen chamber. Everything was used the past week. I don't think he'll be close to 100%. The SAS still have to take care of their business tonight, regardless of that guy's condition.

[Ron Swanson]

Either OKC lied the entire time or Ibaka is on roids. Neither would surprise me.

http://www.brainguidance.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/why-not-both-zoidberg-meme-generator-86667.jpg

[RD2191]

:flag:

[SpurPadre]

Lol, ibaka moving around more fluidly than anyone on the court right now. TP's more banged up than his lying ass.

[RD2191]

OKC is gonna come out firing, lets match their energy! None of this "Spurs aren't interested" bullshit.

[ElNono]

:flag:

[HI-FI]

Should be an interesting game. Spurs just need to survive the bs from that team and the league while staying as healthy as possible. :flag:

[BillMc]

They'll shoot him up again at the half.

I assumed that. That's why I said second and fourth quarters. It's my understanding the pain killer won't last a whole half.

[MeloHype]

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[TDfan2007]

Either the Spurs win a close one or they get blown the fuck out. I expect OKC to come out with a lot of physicality. Let's see if we respond like in game 2.

[RD2191]

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:sleep

[RD2191]

Either the Spurs win a close one or they get blown the fuck out. I expect OKC to come out with a lot of physicality. Let's see if we respond like in game 2.

[SpurPadre]

I see them getting to a great start with ibaka hitting his first shot attempt and pop calling an early timeout. Just gotta weather the storm.

[crc21209]

:flag:

[RD2191]

So pumped! Maybe its the cocaine!!! WOOOOOOOO!!!! JK WOOOOOOOO

[Chinook]

I love how they put Green's "getting fouled" scream in that intro.

[PingPong]

Hack-a-Baka!

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Spurs win 110-98 Kawhi MVP with 29 points on 8-9 4-4 threes shooting and 13 rebounds.

[SupremeGuy]

:flag:

[loveforthegame]

Let's do this.

:flag:

[RD2191]

rofl

[emanueldavidginobili]

Ibaka will be a factor tonight

[loveforthegame]

:lol

[Ron Swanson]

That's game

[RD2191]

KAWHIIIIII

[ontheraise]

GO spurs GO

[emanueldavidginobili]

Knew it

[davidbowie]

uh oh

we're fucked

[Spurs Brazil]

Green 33333333333333333333333333333333333333

[RD2191]

GREEN

[MeloHype]

Gr33n

[capek]

Ya, looks like Ibaka can't jump worth shit, both on the tip off and on that Kawhi drive. Good sign for the Spurs.

[loveforthegame]

Green. :tu

[RD2191]

:lolrefs

[MeloHype]

Bs call #1

[Horry Hipcheck]

Danny Green early sighting

[Ron Swanson]

Thunderrefs!

[SupremeGuy]

Tiago played great D against Dirk and LA, I think we're fine, tbh. Just chill the fuck out.

[ontheraise]

how many ft for okc after brooks complains i bet over 26

[RD2191]

:bang

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Can't touch baby boy Durant.

[Trill Clinton]

we dont have auto refresh in game threads anymore?

[Spurs Brazil]

Green again!!!!!!!!!!!!

[spursparker9]

lol 11/11 ??

[Horry Hipcheck]

Lmao Serge Ibaka clearly was never injured.

[dg7md]

Of course a hobbled Ibaka would go hard on us.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Freakin Green!

[Ron Swanson]

Gr33n!

[Beaverfuzz]

I love you Danny Green, straight up.

[SupremeGuy]

Verde putting his dick in their mouth, tbh.

[ontheraise]

i ask for drug test on ibaka

[MeloHype]

Gr33n

[Budkin]

Verde!

[capek]

awesome defense to offense sequence there!

[Brazil]

Green doing good for the spurs

ibaka on a roll lol

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

These announcers want to suck Ibaka off.

[Budkin]

:lol Ibaka

[loveforthegame]

Leonard and Green came to play.

Fuck Ibaka.

[davidbowie]

this is ridiculous

get baynes in there to break serges arm

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

BTW Splitter going vag mode.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Fuck you pop, leaving abaka wide open

[RD2191]

these analyst are fukin garbage

[spursparker9]

Tongue Abaka

[Baam]

T-Vag getting but trucked by a 25% Ibaka...

[dg7md]

Ibaka will miss eventually tbh. Let him run himself dry in the first quarter. Just keep Spur basketball up...

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

The flukefest will end. Spurs will win if they keep it close.

[RD2191]

FUCK YEAH SPLITTER

[Budkin]

Splitter!

[Budkin]

Spurs hanging tough despite

[SupremeGuy]

Splitter needs to go at Isucka, tbh. What happens when OKC has to go to the bench?

[Ron Swanson]

I'll give Ibaka credit, not sure how he keeps concentration with Kerr and Albert jacking him off.

[007nites]

lol

[MVPCues]

At least one of the announcers is realistic. I'm surprised Reggie can even talk with his mouth so full...

[Horry Hipcheck]

Yeah this bitch is full of shit.

[ontheraise]

just hit him in the calf already

[Budkin]

Spurs executing to perfection!

[Horry Hipcheck]

I'll give Ibaka credit, not sure how he keeps concentration with Kerr and Albert jacking him off.

:lmao

[Brazil]

:lmao for a guy out for the season Ibaka seems quite healthy

[RD2191]

Pick it up on D. Just gotta keep it close.

[r0drig0lac]

haha reality check

[LoneStarState'sPride]

4 of 4 :lol

"out for the season" my black ass

[Beaverfuzz]

all of that and OKC is only up one. Patience kids. :lobt2: :flag:

[SpursRulez4eVeR]

I'll give Ibaka credit, not sure how he keeps concentration with Kerr and Albert jacking him off.
:lol

[ElNono]

:lol if this is the Thunder's best punch, we're looking amazing

[dg7md]

I am really impressed with our team, usually we'd let this game get away when players like Ibaka go off on us. We forced them to call a timeout... Good sign?

[Horry Hipcheck]

Just fight for rebounds, keep pounding the paint. Spurs hanging tough.

[davidbowie]

so yeah.....this sux

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

IBAKA HAS RETURNED! THE WORLD IS SAVED FROM THE EVIL SPURS! HE JUST WALKED ON WATER AND EVERY WOMAN IN THE FRONT ROW IS NOW CARRYING HIS BABY!

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

OKC hasn't missed yet. Jacking up shots and they're going in. They'll cool down. Spurs need to keep this close and reality will hit and OKC won't make flukey crap.

[RD2191]

I knew OKC was full of shit. They just got cocky and thought they could split in SA. Ibakas injury was never that serious.