LMAO Tim Duncan gave out the Spurs gameplan to win 1 game in OKC

[hater]

not 2. 1 game. that's the plan.

Duncan gave it out by mistake :lmao

[mudyez]

Yeah, they will throw game 4 again to make some money.

[hater]

Yeah, they will throw game 4 again to make some money.

:tu

Duncan said it by mistake. then caught himself and corrected himself :lol

[100%duncan]

:lol

[jdelar03]

I think the Spurs realize how perfect the rest was from round 2 to wcf and the don't want to much rest before finals. Using okc as a warm up team. To keep them ready for the finals.

[Prose]

Damn I'm starting to believe this shit now...I hope this is not the case bc I would love to sweep the thunder

[Mikeanaro]

Damn I'm starting to believe this shit now...I hope this is not the case bc I would love to sweep the thunder
Too much rest and Spurs get rusty and that´s a fact not my personal opinion.

[szkorhetz]

Too much rest and Spurs get rusty and that´s a fact not my personal opinion.
If you can close down a series you do that, no matter what. That's kinda Pop overthinking. You don't give hope to a team which is down 3-0. Thunder is not the freaking Blazers. If we can sweep, we have to sweep. Miami will close it down in 5 so not like that series would go to 7, we won't have more than 3 days off.

[Prose]

Too much rest and Spurs get rusty and that´s a fact not my personal opinion.
i agree but common man would it be sweet to sweep the thunder!? Just go YouTube wcf game 5 2012 and you'll understand brother

[Mikeanaro]

If you can close down a series you do that, no matter what. That's kinda Pop overthinking. You don't give hope to a team which is down 3-0. Thunder is not the freaking Blazers. If we can sweep, we have to sweep. Miami will close it down in 5 so not like that series would go to 7, we won't have more than 3 days off.
Yeah that´s my mentality too, sweep them if you can but too much rest and our guys suffer I agree no more than 5 games.

[pookenstein]

Sweep them if you have the chance. We swept the Grizzlies last year and had some rest since Miami-Indy went 7 and we stole game one nonetheless.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

Actually, I want the Spurs to try and sweep so they can be well rested for the Finals. It doesn't matter if they have two months rest (it does but you get the point), they will be ready for the Heat no matter what. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

[bklynspursfan]

just like the portland series? winning game 5 at home? i'm down with that. plus regrouping them for the finals.

[mclinejr]

A part of me wants to believe that Tim was giving OKC the benefit of the doubt, but we all know that's not true. The Spurs are just toying with OKC at this point.

[Dex]

Tony's hamstring is the only reason you need to want to finish this series as soon as possible.

[T Park]

If you can sweep sweep. No such thing as too much rest. As evidenced by Manu and now tony, rest does them nothing but good.

[littlecoyotecoin]

Tony's hamstring is the only reason you need to want to finish this series as soon as possible.

This. Fresh Tony so much better than tired, beat up Tony. Gino for that matter, too. Extra games are Russian Roulette, no less.

[Jenks]

I'd love a sweep, but I'd also love Derek Fisher's career to end in a game 5 blowout in San Antonio, with him on the court surrounded by 4 D-Leaguers down by 30 with 8 minutes to play.

Can't go wrong either way.

[BillMc]

I'd love a sweep, but I'd also love Derek Fisher's career to end in a game 5 blowout in San Antonio, with him on the court surrounded by 4 D-Leaguers down by 30 with 8 minutes to play.

Can't go wrong either way.

Love that image. Would be great. That said, as a practical matter, still would rather have the sweep.

[Malice]

I hope this is a sarcastic post...

[capek]

:pimpslap

[TampaDude]

I'd love a sweep, but I'd also love Derek Fisher's career to end in a game 5 blowout in San Antonio, with him on the court surrounded by 4 D-Leaguers down by 30 with 8 minutes to play.

Can't go wrong either way.

That would be epic! :lol

[hater]

just like the portland series? winning game 5 at home? i'm down with that. plus regrouping them for the finals.

I think so. Dont get me wrong obviously if both games in OKC are in hand Spurs will take both. But seems like the gameplan is to win 1, like Timmy divulged by mistake.

Most likely okc wins game 3 and Spurs win game 4.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

What did Tim say?

[Horry Hipcheck]

Let's at least get 1 of 2 in OKC first.

[silverblackfan]

I remember the line from Tim as more of a "don't get ahead of ourselves" kind of slip up. He seemed to mean get 2 games, but corrected to 1 game. Not wanting to give fodder to the OKC team and fans.

[spurraider21]

Anybody not wanting a sweep is fooling themselves. The KD-Westbrook dynamic would be hilarious

[will_spurs]

I'd also love Derek Fisher's career to end in a game 5 blowout in San Antonio, with him on the court surrounded by 4 D-Leaguers down by 30 with 8 minutes to play.

Nothing wrong with the same situation in a game 4 blowout in OKC, tbh.

[Dex]

I remember the line from Tim as more of a "don't get ahead of ourselves" kind of slip up. He seemed to mean get 2 games, but corrected to 1 game. Not wanting to give fodder to the OKC team and fans.

This.

The general mentality and realistic expectation of a playoff team is to split the pair on the road. Of course the Spurs would rather win both, but outright saying that to the media is disrespectful to the Thunder. No need to give them any extra motivation.

[hater]

I remember the line from Tim as more of a "don't get ahead of ourselves" kind of slip up. He seemed to mean get 2 games, but corrected to 1 game. Not wanting to give fodder to the OKC team and fans.

incorrec.

right after the game Duncan was interviewed and said something like "we are going to OKC to get 1 game" then immediately corrected himself "two I mean, 2 games..."

[spurraider21]

Parker got tweaked in game 5. Ibaka got hurt in game 6. Nobody would intentionally extend a series against a team with durant

[TheGreatYacht]

Hater catches everything LOL. :lmao

[Seventyniner]

The whole premise is idiotic. The Spurs have 4 sweeps in their last 9 playoff series. How could that happen if the Spurs really only ever wanted to get a split on the road after winning the first two at home?

[Dex]

Probably just remembered about Steven Adams tbh.

[Wildcat67]

You guys are overthinking it big time.

The general wisdom is you try to steal 1 of 2 on the road. Duncan just said what everyone thinks, but then realized that he didn't want it to seem that he thought they could only win 1 game on the road so said 2.

[hater]

Hater catches everything LOL. :lmao

:tu

ma nig

[siraulo23]

Lol at fans talking about a sweep, if the spurs win game 3, then talk sweep

This series is far from over

[spurspokesman]

Lol at fans talking about a sweep, if the spurs win game 3, then talk sweep

This series is far from over

[ManuTastic]

I'd love a sweep, but I'd also love Derek Fisher's career to end in a game 5 blowout in San Antonio, with him on the court surrounded by 4 D-Leaguers down by 30 with 8 minutes to play.

Can't go wrong either way.

Awesome! This is now my favorite thing to hope for in this series.