Thinking you could win G7 at Oracle when @DET is your best road win all season.....

[spursistan]

Time to get a fuckin' grip about the mountain to climb for us :lol...

[TheGreatYacht]

Game 4 is in San Antonio, should be able to close them out, tbh...

[r0drig0lac]

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[Spurs 4 The Win]

Time to get a fuckin' grip about the mountain to climb for us :lol...

lol, we winning in 6 faggot

[TrainOfThought5]

Time to get a fuckin' grip about the mountain to climb for us :lol...

Guess we're gonna win in 6 then, LMAO

[HarlemHeat37]

Warriors will be favored in a series, partly due to HCA..the Spurs have been unimpressive on the road vs. good teams, this season, like OP said..

However, it only takes 1 game, and most of the players on this team step up in big games, tbh..

[spursistan]

meh..don't think the Warriors are going 0-3 in SA..

[dweaver99027]

Lol,Detroit. We won at Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Memphis, Portland, Houston, Dallas. All currently playoff teams. Detroit is 9th in the friggin' East.

[TrainOfThought5]

Warriors will be favored in a series, partly due to HCA..the Spurs have been unimpressive on the road vs. good teams, this season, like OP said..

However, it only takes 1 game, and most of the players on this team step up in big games, tbh..

Most of these players dont step up against average teams on the road, if we're being completely fucking honest. Green has actively stepped DOWN this year.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

The same core of players who won game 6 in okc are still on the team. Why wouldn't they be able to win in GS?

[dabom]

Warriors will be favored in a series, partly due to HCA..the Spurs have been unimpressive on the road vs. good teams, this season, like OP said..

However, it only takes 1 game, and most of the players on this team step up in big games, tbh..

Harlem getting that dap.

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[dabom]

Game 4 is in San Antonio, should be able to close them out, tbh...

[HarlemHeat37]

Most of these players dont step up against average teams on the road, if we're being completely fucking honest. Green has actively stepped DOWN this year.

Ok, but most of them have a history of stepping up in big games..

[Spurs 4 The Win]

meh..don't think the Warriors are going 0-3 in SA..

Most people didnt think the Thunder were going 0-3 in SA in 2014

[apalisoc_9]

Why do they have to win game 7? Why not just win one of the first two games and take care of homecourt.

[dabom]

Why do they have to win game 7? Why not just win one of the first two games and take care of homecourt.

OP is a low IQ poster.

[TampaDude]

Spurs.

In.

Six.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs were pretty shit at home too in the playoffs last year, awful actually outside of Game 3, so let's not assume SA will win all their home games in a series with GS.

[Kawhitstorm]

Spurs were pretty shit at home too in the playoffs last year, awful actually outside of Game 3, so let's not assume SA will win all their home games in a series with GS.

Yeah b/c last year's beatup playoff squad could hold a candle to the current Spurs.:rolleyes

It's like comparing the 2013-14 Worriers to last year's squad that won it all.:sleep

[Kawhitstorm]

Time to get a fuckin' grip about the mountain to climb for us :lol...

The '12-'13 Spurs were pretty mediocre on the road during the regular season & only had one game where they didn't have a chance to steal a road game in the postseason (Gm 2 @ Miami): http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/2013_games.html#teams_games_playoffs::none
(http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/SAS/2013_games.html#teams_games_playoffs::none)
On the other hand, the '14-'15 Worriers were 39-2 & almost lost the first two games against the Rockets after losing a home game to the Grizz. The first two game in the Finals were also decided in OT & Gm 5 was up for grabs midway through the 4th quarter. None of those squads (Rockets/Grizz/Cavs) would win a game at AT&T against the current Spurs.:lol

If there is one thing that travels, it's defense & the Spurs have the best defense since the '04-'05 rule changes by a large margin.:toast

I'm not going to put much stock into random regular season road losses when Pop is playing Mad Scientist, the team isn't focused, Boris looks disengaged, Kawhi looks bored...etc. Shyt, they were sleepwalking against the Mavs in 2014 but ended up putting on the greatest Finals show in recent memory.

Besides, DET isn't the only road win against a very good home team:

-Blazers (beat the Worriers)
-Celtics (should have beaten the Worriers if Isaiah Thomas didn't miss a million shots: http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?id=400828223)
-Hawks (Were leading in the 4th quarter: http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400828723)
-Heat (Got beat on a Curry 3 after Whiteside blocked Draymond: http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?id=400828735)
-Bucks (beat the Worriers)
-Jazz (Hood missed a potential game winning 3: http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?id=400828146)

[Fireball]

Spurs can win at Oracle ... but they will not win a series against a healthy Dubs team ... its not gonna happen

[DeRozan m8]

:lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2::lobt2:

tbh

[kobyz]

They blew a 25 points lead and can't make a push later after they happen to a close game against Hornets and fucking Jeremy Lin... You want to talk about game 7? What right you have? Just because you beat them only barely at home, when you make big preparation against them while Warriors were on b2b, missing key players and just play natural with off night of Curry and Thompson... You also forgetting the last time Warriors where at full force against the Spurs, when it was the biggest ass opening ever! How can you talk about game 7? Even if you succeed getting to the conference finals and face the Dubs you should first think on how you don't get swept by them!

[Keepin' it real]

The Clippers will eliminate GS in round 2, so I'm not worried.

[FromWayDowntown]

Spurs can't win on the road, so there's really no point in continuing from here. Guess it's time to give up on the season . . . .

[K...]

Yeah we should just forfeit any game in Oracle arena, any game where bogut or Iggy plays, or any game where curry says he's feeling good. It's just a huge waste of time to play those games.

[TD 21]

meh..don't think the Warriors are going 0-3 in SA..

That's the Spurs' only chance, unless you think they're capable of winning two in Golden State, including game 7.

Last night was a prime example of why they have a better record than the Spurs. They continuously pull games out of their ass, that they don't deserve (a longtime staple of elite teams) and the Spurs almost never do.

When the big three were closer to their prime, I almost always felt they'd find a way in those situations; now, I almost never do.

[dabom]

That's the Spurs' only chance, unless you think they're capable of winning two in Golden State, including game 7.

Last night was a prime example of why they have a better record than the Spurs. They continuously pull games out of their ass, that they don't deserve (a longtime staple of elite teams) and the Spurs almost never do.

When the big three were closer to their prime, I almost always felt they'd find a way in those situations; now, I almost never do.

That's because the Big 3 still think they can run the offense at the end of games. They are small, unathletic, and predictable and the refs don't respect then except Duncan sometimes. When the role players don't have it away from home, Go with your prime players.

[random21]

The Clippers will eliminate GS in round 2, so I'm not worried.


This^

[UNT Eagles 2016]

They blew a 25 points lead and can't make a push later after they happen to a close game against Hornets and fucking Jeremy Lin... You want to talk about game 7? What right you have? Just because you beat them only barely at home, when you make big preparation against them while Warriors were on b2b, missing key players and just play natural with off night of Curry and Thompson... You also forgetting the last time Warriors where at full force against the Spurs, when it was the biggest ass opening ever! How can you talk about game 7? Even if you succeed getting to the conference finals and face the Dubs you should first think on how you don't get swept by them!
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[TD 21]

That's because the Big 3 still think they can run the offense at the end of games. They are small, unathletic, and predictable and the refs don't respect then except Duncan sometimes. When the role players don't have it away from home, Go with your prime players.

I do think there's some indecision when Parker and/or Ginobili close alongside Leonard. When they don't though, there's a lack of ball handling/play making and the refs damn sure don't respect Leonard, either.

In general, the offense doesn't run smoothly in these situations, but even when they do generate good looks, the inability of the role players, to shoot, on the road, particularly against .500 or better teams, has killed them for going on two years.

[coachmac87]

What's the Spurs 3pt percentage on the road against +.500 teams?? Serious question

[Spurtacular]

If the Spurs drop one at AT&T; they have to win 2 at Oracle. Should be possible, tbh.

[AFMadison]

Time to get a fuckin' grip about the mountain to climb for us :lol...
I think Spurs fans should just stop acting like pussies.

[Hoops Czar]

Most of these players dont step up against average teams on the road, if we're being completely fucking honest. Green has actively stepped DOWN this year.

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[cjw]

Yes, home/road matters but the teams will be roughly on the same travel schedules throughout the series vs. weird travel when on road trips during the regular season (exception being days you get back home for a B2B and road team got in a day earlier). Goal should be to get the Thunder series over as quickly as possible to avoid a 2008 situation after the Hornets series.

Atmosphere will be difficult, so let's hope that they get to 72+ wins and a bunch of tech geeks buy up the tickets from the real fans and kill the vibe.