For the experts

[Horse]

So how would all you brilliant minds defend westbrook and Durant? westbrook is an alien and maybe the most gifted athlete the nba had ever seen. If his shot is falling he is unstoppable. Durant is damn near 7 ft with long arms and an automatic J. Kawhi did as good a job as you can on him. With the attention these 2 get other players will get clean looks, Fucking nba players will hit open shots. Not sure what the fuck everyone is complaining about but the sky is the limit from what I saw. It's game fucking one people, stop being pussies and acting like redskins fans they actually have something to complain about.

[HarlemHeat37]

Durant was defended as well as possible, tbh..

There was no strategy against Russy, Pop didn't care in the 1st game of the season..he had Parker defending him for virtually the entire game, recipe for disaster and a bad position for TP to be put in..

The defense against Kanter in the 2nd half and Waiters down the stretch were the more egregious defensive issues, tbh..

[Fireball]

yep ... it looks like Russ is now OKCs #1 ... the times where had trouble finishing around the rim in traffic are long gone. I guess in a playoff game Green/Leonard would guard Durant/Westbrook ... but it still leaves Parker having to guard somebody else.

[Horse]

Durant was defended as well as possible, tbh..

There was no strategy against Russy, Pop didn't care in the 1st game of the season..he had Parker defending him for virtually the entire game, recipe for disaster and a bad position for TP to be put in..

The defense against Kanter in the 2nd half and Waiters down the stretch were the more egregious defensive issues, tbh..

I'll give you that there was a rebounding problem with West and Diaw as the only bigs. waiters is just a lucky bitch.

[HarlemHeat37]

Ya, Waiters is obviously a trash player and I'll live with him taking clutch shots rather than Westbrook/Durant, I was just pointing out the problem from last night's game in a box..

Kanter's production is easily sustainable, though..

[Agloco]

Ya, Waiters is obviously a trash player and I'll live with him taking clutch shots rather than Westbrook/Durant, I was just pointing out the problem from last night's game in a box..

Kanter's production is easily sustainable, though..

Disagree on Kanter. He's not a 15+ rpg player. That was purely a product of the matchup he was presented.

[boutons_deux]

put a body check on WB for 3,4 drives. hands up for the ball but full-on body check, knock him on his ass.

[Horse]

It's all fixable though. From what I saw I can't wait till they're together a couple months. Seemed so easy for the bigs to get easy shots, I could seem them going on an early run as the schedule is pretty soft to start the season.

[spursparker9]

I am just glad that they traded Harden :lol

[spursparker9]

I remember Enrique used to def Westchuck quite well in 2011 and 2012

[exstatic]

100 times out of 100, I would do what Pop did last night: lock up Durant with KL2, and let RW try to beat you. He'll melt down or fuck it up most of the time.

[james evans]

I remember Enrique used to def Westchuck quite well in 2011 and 2012
when was this? lol

[james evans]

100 times out of 100, I would do what Pop did last night: lock up Durant with KL2, and let RW try to beat you. He'll melt down or fuck it up most of the time.
u don't put parker on one of the top players in the league and then hope they miss. What kind of strategy is that? That's like having Kyle Arringson cover Calvin Johnson single coverage and hoping he drops passes.

[spursparker9]

when was this? lol

during the regular season games

[exstatic]

u don't put parker on one of the top players in the league and then hope they miss. What kind of strategy is that? That's like having Kyle Arringson cover Calvin Johnson single coverage and hoping he drops passes.

Green was on him when it mattered.

[james evans]

Green was on him when it mattered.
it was too late then, he had already got going and was hot. Just like the game against cleveland last year.

[Brazil]

:lol ST is full of clowns tbh

Daring Waiters to shoot was obviously the good choice, when you get to have scrub Dion take 8 shots during a game, you did something right especially with Kanter 11 shots. That's almost 20 shots taken by two scrubs, you prefer that rather than KD / RW.

The only dude capable to stop Russel is Russel... So Spurs played the right game, you make KD work hard to get his shoot, you try to get scrubs taking the most shoots possible (if they lit up :lol you live with the results) and you try to make Russel take as much as bad shots possible... when he scores with his jumper and keeps his mind cold, you watch and say good game

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

I remember Enrique used to def Westchuck quite well in 2011 and 2012

It was more Westbrook would brick the shit out of everything more than it was Parker's D.

[Brazil]

:lol thinking a washed up Parker can guard Westbrook knowing he is probably the most difficult dude to guard in the entire NBA

There are not a single shots made by Waiters that was not contested by Parker, dude made half of them... that's life.. especially when precisely strategy is to let dat scrub shoot.

[Cowboys_Wear_Spurs]

:lol ST is full of clowns tbh

Daring Waiters to shoot was obviously the good choice, when you get to have scrub Dion take 8 shots during a game, you did something right especially with Kanter 11 shots. That's almost 20 shots taken by two scrubs, you prefer that rather than KD / RW.

The only dude capable to stop Russel is Russel... So Spurs played the right game, you make KD work hard to get his shoot, you try to get scrubs taking the most shoots possible (if they lit up :lol you live with the results) and you try to make Russel take as much as bad shots possible... when he scores with his jumper and keeps his mind cold, you watch and say good game

Not when like 5 of those shots were off of offensive rebounds. Kanter when he just posted up on West went like 2-6, one time almost no an airball. But allowing those easy 2nd chance points did the Spurs in the 3rd quarter. The lead should have been double digits going into the 4th.

[ElNono]

Don't really worry about Kanter, even if the strategy is workable, he'll mail it in sooner or later...

[Brazil]

Not when like 5 of those shots were off of offensive rebounds. Kanter when he just posted up on West went like 2-6, one time almost no an airball. But allowing those easy 2nd chance points did the Spurs in the 3rd quarter. The lead should have been double digits going into the 4th.

not saying everything was perfect, okc did get some offensive rebounds and our bigs did not do a great job on the rebound side but even with a disparity of 4 O rebounds, okc shot same FG% than Spurs...

[Horse]

They have a history of jerkoff players getting hot against us but you live with it. Let's see what happens when they come to our place.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Make westy shoot J's all night, that's about all you can do

[Mugen]

Don't really worry about Kanter, even if the strategy is workable, he'll mail it in sooner or later...

FakeNono is right on this one. I don't think you'll see much of a Diaw/West frontcourt against OKC when the games matter tbh.

[Obstructed_View]

Westbrook isn't the one who killed the Spurs, it was DJ Augustin and Dion Waiters that killed the Spurs.

But if you want an expert strategy, I'd say that not switching in the last four minutes of the game would have been a great fucking idea. When defensive player of the year and greatest coach in sports can't figure out how to keep Tony Parker from checking Kevin Durant -- repeatedly -- in the last minutes of the game, you've got a problem. Teams have been beating the Spurs at the end of games by forcing the switch for quite a while now. Why haven't they figured out how to prevent it? You can chalk up the inability to secure a defensive rebound to bad bounces or lack of aggression, but making sure not to allow them to force a switch over and over and over again seems like something they would have talked about beforehand.

[cjw]

The defense against Kanter in the 2nd half and Waiters down the stretch were the more egregious defensive issues, tbh..

I would make sure Aldridge is on the floor whenever Kanter is, especially if Kanter is playing center. Diaw/West can't guard Kanter, while Aldridge should be able to. Meanwhile, Aldridge should own Kanter offensively.

Might mean against the Thunder bringing Diaw or West off the bench early and having Aldridge swap in for Duncan around when Kanter is inserted.

Rotations will be figured out. Only 1.2% of the way through the season.

[Expert]

You don't need to go all out stopping RW. He'll do that himself and in the process he'll stop Durant. You just have to keep the ball in Russell's hands, deny the pass, make him an MVP. That cancels out Durant who's mentally weak and doesn't mind standing around scratching his nuts while Chaka runs roughshod all over the goddamn court.

Teams fuck up by trying to match Russ' intensity and you're not going to, nor do you need to. Spurs play meh... and still had to make a bunch of stupid plays and turnovers to give OKC a fighting chance. That's with Russ going King Kong on the rim.

[Expert]

Durant was defended as well as possible, tbh..

There was no strategy against Russy, Pop didn't care in the 1st game of the season..he had Parker defending him for virtually the entire game, recipe for disaster and a bad position for TP to be put in..

The defense against Kanter in the 2nd half and Waiters down the stretch were the more egregious defensive issues, tbh..

Pop killed 2 birds with one stone. He got Tony interested in how out of shape he is, embarrassing him like that, and allowed Russ to take every unnecessary chance in the world of tweaking his knee or ending his season with some D-Rose type explosion to the rim or down the sideline (its going to happen, you cannot run sans brakes at his size and not eventually lose a spring or coupling).

[RD2191]

lmao enrique fans bunch of wankers

scores 4pts against lebron in the finals in a critical moment = superstar
waiters scores 4pts at the end of the game to seal the deal = overrated...

if theres one overrated kent we all know who it is...

[313]

I remember Enrique used to def Westchuck quite well in 2011 and 2012Yeah, good times.