Game Thread: Spurs @ OKC -- Game 3 - Fri (5/6) - 8:30PM CST (4:30AM Riga)

[rastaspur]

Im wondering if Kawhi pulled a hamstring in the first game on the the first play when he dunked. He fell down after the play and grabbed his hamstring. He could possibly playing on a pulled hamstring which could be the reason of his poor play lately. Anyone have info on this?

Yes. We all have info and are intentionally holding out on you.

[BillMc]

TD stat line: :depressed
He will barely play against the GSW if we get that far.

:depressedHe might be useful against the Cavs though.

[beirmeistr]

When is Parker going to help us?

when he's on the bench

[GSH]

Missed FT are from exhaustion playing D, tbh

Not early in the first half. Those weren't tired-leg misses, even later in the first half. That's a team that's playing scared. When your ass puckers, the rim gets smaller.

[hooperflash]

Looks like no series is for him, sadly.

I don't think it's all because of his inabilities, it's simply because of how teams in today's NBA play.

[SouthernFried]

Feed Aldridge more

Somebody besides Aldridge simply has to step up. Mills and Ginobili are playing well. Danny can't create his own shot, but it seems to be on if he can get the feeds.

[HarlemHeat37]

Positive side is that Russy, Waiters and Payne can lose the game for OKC without the Spurs having to do anything:lol

[timtonymanu]

:depressedHe might be useful against the Cavs though.

He was suppose to be useful against OKC but that hasn't been the case.

[.G.]

Duncan playing in this series almost feels like a fucking formality.

[ElNono]

Kiwi is playing hard, but I still think some of his shot selection is very questionable, tbh...

[Kawhitstorm]

Sucks that Tim looks so bad at the rim, offensively..he's still a far better defender and rebounder than Diaw and West, but he's killing the Spurs on offense in this series..

I'd still give him a shot for a few minutes, hope he can find something for small stretches..

He's OKC Kendrick Perkins status:depressed

[TheGreatYacht]

Duncan with 1 rebound, and no points... Give Boban a shot, he made Durant shit himself last game and tossed it out of bounds when he saw Boban there

Boban owns Adams

[mexicanjunior]

Not early in the first half. Those weren't tired-leg misses, even later in the first half. That's a team that's playing scared. When your ass puckers, the rim gets smaller.

This...and the fact that they usually suck at free throws in the playoffs.

[SAGirl]

Duncan is still better than West or Diaw in Defending the paint. Those 2 are simply terrible on D.

Put him back in.
I don't know why he's benched but I am guessing bc Adams or the second big is doubling LMA off him and he can't make them pay. I think one time that I remember at least it caused LMA To TO. It's not defense but offensively. Just my guess.

[SASdynasty!]

Spurs have 9 assists at the half. :wow
And Parker has 4 of them. Does anyone else on this team know how to run anything anymore?

[hater]

I say give everyone a shot. Boban, Miller, Vending Machine, Simmons, Coyote, etc....

[SouthernFried]

They're collapsing heavily on Kawhi...he's gonna have to look to pass more. People are open because he's collapsing the D

[Kawhitstorm]

BTW, speaking of Scrubs, where is Foye?

Unlike Scott Brooks, Donovan has refused to play the vet scrubs that were rotation player in the regular season: Foye/Singler/Collison

[SAGirl]

Kiwi is playing hard, but I still think some of his shot selection is very questionable, tbh...
Agree. Forced some shots a d his PnP with LMA caused him to slip and fall.

[Capt Bringdown]

Besides LaMarcus, who's a reliable scoring threat?

Ouch. Playoffs are different than the regular season, who'd of thunk it?

[TheDoctor]

Im wondering if Kawhi pulled a hamstring in the first game on the the first play when he dunked. He fell down after the play and grabbed his hamstring. He could possibly playing on a pulled hamstring which could be the reason of his poor play lately. Anyone have info on this?
I think he pulled his heart.

[Keepin' it real]

Wow the long break between games did nothing for Duncan. Nothing.

[HI-FI]

i always hate playing thunderefs, seems shady shit usually goes their way. least Green has returned to form and LMA has been so smooth. Spurs just gotta keep sending wave after wave, eventually thunderefs will wear down.

[Nathan89]

I don't understand why people thought this series would be easy. OKC knows how to play us. Also their scrubs love to go off on us. A win tonight even if it's ugly is still a win.

Their scrubs aren't doing much. This should be an easy team to beat if we have any plans to beat the Warriors. We don't even have to guard 1 of their starters.

[hater]

Besides LaMarcus, who's a reliable scoring threat?

Ouch. Playoffs are different the regular season, who'd of thunk it?

same can be said about the Thunder tbh. except they don't have Aldridge :lol

we still the better team. need to play smart and we got this. but Kawhi needs to step up

[rastaspur]

Aldridge needs to eat like a fat kid who just got rescued on a raft after being stranded on the ocean for 2 weeks. Feed him

[Kawhitstorm]

Positive side is that Russy, Waiters and Payne can lose the game for OKC without the Spurs having to do anything:lol

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[BillMc]

I don't know why he's benched but I am guessing bc Adams or the second big is doubling LMA off him and he can't make them pay.

This. They often double off of Tim or Tony. Who knew Manu would remain the most dangerous on offense after all these years. (That said, OKC goes right after Manu on d. Tough days for the Big 3. One wonders what sort of team we'd have had if LMA didn't sign and Kawhi didn't shoot 45% from 3.

[Beaverfuzz]

Nice find to TIMMUH!

[Ron Swanson]

Timmy!

[313]

Expected Tim to miss that

[Silver&Black]

Well Duncan can make a layup these days...

My nigga.

[loveforthegame]

Nice find by Leonard. Maybe that gets Timmy going.

[SpursFan86]

Is it bad that I was fully expecting Duncan to miss that? :lol

[TheDoctor]

Duncan almost missed that

[Beaverfuzz]

ALDRDIGE

ALL FUCKING DAY!

[Ron Swanson]

:lma

[sasaint]

And Parker has 4 of them. Does anyone else on this team know how to run anything anymore?

OKC has taken us completely out of our game. Fortunately all LMA needs is the ball.

[313]

Feed the beast

[GSH]

Adams needs a camping permit for the fucking paint

[TheDoctor]

Aldridge skull fucking OKC

[Silver&Black]

Nice little start from the boys in Silv and Black

[Beaverfuzz]

DRAW THE FOUL, NICE WORK SPURS!

This is where you break the game wide open.

:bobo

[spurtech09]

Spurs playing more like it.

[SpursFan86]

This is the Kawhi I want to see :tu

[GSH]

Westbrook just "accidentally" hooked kawhi's foot dribbling upcourt. Accidentally.

[Beaverfuzz]

Nice little start from the boys in Silv and Black

Shit negro, that's all you had to say!

[spurs10]

Good start!

[Ron Swanson]

Impose your will, gentlemen

[Silver&Black]

Not just Kawhi...but :lol EVERYONE at the line.

:pctoss

[313]

Fucking he'll make your free throws

[NASpurs]

Make your fucking fts

[loveforthegame]

Leonard is moving fine. He looked explosive on that dunk.

He's still caught between indecision and going too fast.

Damn missed fts.

[GSH]

Well shit. When you miss half your FT's on the road in the playoffs...

[spurtech09]

Fix the rim.....

[SpursFan86]

...alright, you can come out now Ashton Kutcher. Where are the cameras?

[Slime Baller]

I missed KL's free throws. Did he hit any there?

[TheDoctor]

Hack-A-Kawhi tbh

[rastaspur]

Kawhi just went hard to the rim. I like it. Make your fts though

[Robz4000]

Fucking freethrows

[timtonymanu]

Fuck these missed free throws.

[james evans]

missed 7 freethrows

[313]

I missed KL's free throws. Did he hit any there?
1/2

[Neurosis]

9-16 from the line. It's like they're TRYING to choke. We'd be better off signing Deandre to take all our FT's at this rate.

[spursistan]

Parker is hot trash...

[Cessation]

Aldridge fade away is Jordan-like.

[Beaverfuzz]

Gotta finish that Tony...that's your shot.

NICE BLOCKS!!!!


AND KIWI SCORES!


TIME OUT THUNDER!

[soxxx]

How in the world did Leonard just score. wtf

[Silver&Black]

Somehow Kawhi got 2 points outta that...

My nigga.

[Ron Swanson]

Kawhi taking on 4 motherfuckers

[313]

Finally, taking it to the hole

[spurtech09]

KL keep pushing brother :)

[PopTheGOAT]

There you go :claw

[HarlemHeat37]

Kawhi coming out aggressive in this half..all day..

[loveforthegame]

Leonard had 4 guys around him. Nice hustle. :tu

[spurraider21]

got lucky there but i dont want kawhi going with that kind of fancy ball-handling in between 3-4 guys. it looked ugly until he wound up with the ball after that first attempt

[myhc]

KAWHI THE FUCKING BEAST DOWN THERE..........but dude, you got to hit your FTS!!!!!!

[TheDoctor]

There you go DPOY!

[mexicanjunior]

Hack-A-Kawhi tbh

Honestly, the Thunder would be wise to administer this strategy. Spurs FT shooting is Deandre Jordan quality

[ducks]

LeonArd ball hog 1 on 4

[Horse]

Man what the fuck happened to Tony's teardrop

[313]

Aldridge fade away is Jordan-like.
Better even

[daslicer]

That was a great bucket by Kawhi. Way to fight for it.

[TDfan2007]

Great perseverance by Kawhi there. Timmy showing life

[spursistan]

that's why you have TD there even if he's shitting the bed offensively..

[rastaspur]

Kl going beast mode. Like watching a dire wolf. Nice

[Kawhitstorm]

Kawhi not settling, determined to get a layup or foul :toast

[TheGreatYacht]

Kawhi, going at them 1 on 5 :wow

Get to the rim every time bruh :tu

[SASdynasty!]

No foul, wow

[r0drig0lac]

what a play by kawhi

[HarlemHeat37]

Nice block by Duncan, too:tu

[itzsoweezee]

Kawhi is just imposing his will right now. Needs to keep it up.

[SAGirl]

Kawhi aggressive and throwing fakes was surprising. :wow:flag:

[hater]

Holy shit kawhi took some PCP in the halftime. He's going nuts

[.G.]

Leonard bossing out there like a motherfucker.

[Kawhitstorm]

Man what the fuck happened to Tony's teardrop

He's shooting a fadeaway teardrop b/c he can't get separation:depressed

[Cessation]

wow Kiwi bullying inside, just taking points

[BillMc]

that's why you have TD there even if he's shitting the bed offensively..

[Slime Baller]

Kawhi being aggressive. Good to see. C'mon, Spurs--foot on the pedal, please.

[Robz4000]

Defense is on point, but these missed freebies are really gonna come back to hurt the Spurs.

[Silver&Black]

Honestly, the Thunder would be wise to administer this strategy. Spurs FT shooting is Deandre Jordan quality

Do you also run the Darius Beiber account?

[TheDoctor]

Gotta finish that Tony...that's your shot!
That was like 3 seasons ago dude.

[hater]

Lol old Duncan thought there was a mosquito out there and swatted that shit :lol

[bklynspursfan]

Need to keep this up...smart passes and disciplined defense

[weeks]

kawhi is out for blood. love it

[NASpurs]

The effort is there, it just seems something is missing.

[SpursforSix]

I'll pick up your wife.

Wear a back brace and lift with your knees. Also better load a furniture dolly.

Haha.

[TheDoctor]

KD's gassed

[Fireball]

:flag:

[rastaspur]

Kawhi is deceptively strong. He caught the eye of the Tiger at halftime. Get out of his way or you might get run over.

[spurraider21]

how is green helping off durant from one pass away smh

[Ron Swanson]

Horrible shot, Danny. Lucky we get the rebound

[Silver&Black]

Thank god Durant will be wearing a Spurs uniform next year.

Hate playing against that guy...

[Kawhitstorm]

Can't help off KD, let WB shoot uncontested midrange bricks all day

[hater]

LMALPHA

[loveforthegame]

Leonard working hard. Not always pretty. But his effort so much better than last game.

[Beaverfuzz]

Nice rebounding.

[313]

Everyone looked confused about that play but doesn't matter, LMALPHA :tu

spurrefs lol

[GSH]

All Aldridge's lean did was call attention to the contact that was gonna happen anyway.

[SAGirl]

This. They often double off of Tim or Tony. Who knew Manu would remain the most dangerous on offense after all these years. (That said, OKC goes right after Manu on d. Tough days for the Big 3. One wonders what sort of team we'd have had if LMA didn't sign and Kawhi didn't shoot 45% from 3.
We'd still probably be a playoff team bc the bottom 4 in the west have fallen but I think we'd be slightly better than the Mavs. Kauai needed a younger star clearly great call by Pop and RC.:toast:lma + :claw

[Silver&Black]

:wow We hit both freebies :wow

Mark the time:
10:11 pm CST...5/6/2016

[james evans]

jackson and van gundy really hold grudges from the ass whippings they've taken from us

[Beaverfuzz]

That was an ugly shot there Timmuh.

[Slime Baller]

Ibaka's magic anti-Spurs powers seem to be running low.

[rastaspur]

Aldridge is smart.

[NASpurs]

Wtf Duncan

[Silver&Black]

Timmy just looks confused out there on the offensive end...

[spurraider21]

those duncan floaters :lmao

[loveforthegame]

Of course.

[RD2191]

Oh fuck off westbrook

[testies]

come on duncan ffs

[hater]

Poor Timmy

This is sad. Some sad shit

[GSH]

That shot by Timmy was just pathetic. Sad.

[Ron Swanson]

Timmy just looks confused out there on the offensive end...

Having a senior moment

[HarlemHeat37]

Ugh, have to live with Westbrook 3s, give it to him all night..

[sasaint]

Pop needs to tell Tim not to shoot under any circumstances.

[SpurPadre]

TD looks completely finished on offense. Sad to see.

[timtonymanu]

The wheels fell off.

[smaka]

Damn Timmy... 5 point swing

[KDKSpurs24]

C'mon Tim..

[james evans]

duncan is awful on offense. He's afraid to shoot an open jumper so he puts up a bullshit floater

[bklynspursfan]

Tim has so many shots these days I absolutely hate him taking. That flip shot is 1. He picked that up from Splitter I guess, but it's not effective. Shoot a freaking mini hook from that close. Come on man

[Keepin' it real]

Thank you for the memories Timmy. Now have a seat.

[Mugen]

Man, you gotta go DWest or BoBo if Timmy can't score tbh.

[313]

Duncan getting sodomized on both ends

[emanueldavidginobili]

Tim Duncan :(

[hater]

Omg. Sit Timmy please

[TheGreatYacht]

Take Duncan out. Looking like Splitter in the paint against a shot blocker :(

[lefty20]

lol timmy misses that and Westy nails that terrible J

[Robz4000]

At this point it's gonna come down to whether or not the bench can play well again. Like it or not Pop isn't gonna roll with Kawhi/LMA/Green the rest of the way.

[Kawhitstorm]

WestBrick has basically been stripped THREE times in this game & somehow kept his dribble.:bang

[HarlemHeat37]

The big men options are really scary, right now..Boban time?

[spursparker9]

Timmy should retire after this playoff

[SupremeGuy]

These bigs are just too athletic for old Tim :cry

[spurtech09]

Guess this yr took a toll on Timmy.....He can't move anymore :(

[random21]

Duncan's defense is fine, but his offense is now at Kendrick Perkins level...

[capek]

Sadness over Timmy's decline is overwhelming any other feeling I might be getting from watching this game.:depressed

[Cessation]

Damn, Chimpbrook with the facial on Jim..:lol

[TDfan2007]

Timmy is nearing Ben Wallace levels on offense. This is rough. on the other end, tough shot by westbrook

[Kawhitstorm]

Take Duncan out. Looking like Splitter in the paint against a shot blocker :(

That reminded me those ugly/soft floater patented by Shitter:lol

[Mal]

Duncan is done.

[spursistan]

really need to pull this W...

[BillMc]

We'd still probably be a playoff team bc the bottom 4 in the west have fallen but I think we'd be slightly better than the Mavs. Kauai needed a younger star clearly great call by Pop and RC.:toast:lma + :claw

Agreed. :flag:

[NASpurs]

Jesus, two years ago TD had that crazy turn around jumper over Ibaka in game six , I think. Fuck man. Last year he carried the Spurs against the Clippers.

[Capt Bringdown]

Wow, with all the defensive focus on LaMarcus, TD should be feasting on easy baskets. He's less than half the player he was last year.

[313]

The big men options are really scary, right now..Boban time?
Have we got any boban this series?

[Silver&Black]

Man, you gotta go DWest or BoBo if Timmy can't score tbh.

Boban???

[spurs10]

TP and Tim are making it tough to keep the lead.

[Kawhitstorm]

Timmy is nearing Ben Wallace levels on offense. This is rough. on the other end, tough shot by westbrook

Ben Wallace wouldn't even take those shots, more like Perkins

[weeks]

tim looks like the game has passed him by.
really painful to watch.

[KimmyGib]

Tim Done-can :depressed

[Keepin' it real]

I'm glad RW hit that 3. Hope he keeps shooting them. That will all but assure a Spurs win.

[.G.]

Bring in da fucking Bobinator.
Fuck.

[rastaspur]

Timmy jacking up kyle anderson stuff. I just poured a little out for him and put on bone thugs harmony''s crossroads. It's been a great ride timmy. Geez

[Kawhitstorm]

Wow, with all the defensive focus on LaMarcus, TD should be feasting on easy baskets. He's less than half the player he was last year.

OKC is just sagging & daring Tim to hit shots

[Darius Bieber]

Duncan is done tbh

[urunobili]

Da Fuck

[Beaverfuzz]

How in the fuck was that an offensive foul? BULLSHIT

[james evans]

offensive foul?? what?

[spurtech09]

Refs with another bad call.

[loveforthegame]

Leonard gets no respect. Wow.

[lefty]

:lmao JVG

[SupremeGuy]

LMAO LATE FUCKING CALL

[Beaverfuzz]

Wow, what a late late late whistle, Spurs had the ball already.

Mark Jackson is blind.

[HarlemHeat37]

:lmao refs

[Capt Bringdown]

The big men options are really scary, right now..Boban time?

Deffo. Boban can score. Defense doesn't even have to guard TD at this point.

[sasaint]

The big men options are really scary, right now..Boban time?

I don't think we have much choice. Going to have to give some minutes to Boban.

[spurtech09]

Refs starting to Thunder reffin it.

[spurraider21]

:lmao whistle strictly a result of durant's antics, not because of what the ref saw

[james evans]

oh my god. The bullshit. We lost. The refs will see to that. offensive foul and now a phantom foul on durant

[rastaspur]

That whistle was three seconds into the spurs shot clock. Talk about late...

[james evans]

Wow, what a late late late whistle, Spurs had the ball already.

Mark Jackson is blind.
bi he's not. He just remembers 2013

[Slime Baller]

Tim Done-can :depressed

Dun-can't?

Man, that feels awful to type.

[wildbill2u]

duncan is awful on offense. He's afraid to shoot an open jumper so he puts up a bullshit floater
The floatere is not his shot.but he's tried and missed thtem all. What is he thinking?

[Silver&Black]

Timmy getting mugged down there....

[rastaspur]

8 on 5

[Beaverfuzz]

Duncan got fouled, that's complete bullshit.

[Ron Swanson]

Thunderrefs hoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[SASdynasty!]

This sucks

[daslicer]

Duncan got fouled.

[spurtech09]

Ibaka fouling

[NASpurs]

These fucking refs

[loveforthegame]

Refs. :td

[weeks]

insanely late whistle wtf

[Silver&Black]

Playing 8 vs. 5 again.

[spursistan]

Refkc stepped in..

[GSH]

Fuck that. Just reversed a call based on crowd noise.

[james evans]

they're fucking cheating now

[Kawhitstorm]

Refs:rolleyes

[Beaverfuzz]

That basket counts.

[spurtech09]

Spurs screw job going on right now.....

[313]

No shot

[spursparker9]

CIA David Stern

[Silver&Black]

That's not gonna count...IMO.

[TheGreatYacht]

The paint is completely blocked with Duncan in there...

[TheDoctor]

Thinderefs sighting

[RD2191]

3 of our starters are like 12-43 from the field in the last 2 games. Wtf.

[TheGreatYacht]

Time for Pop to bite a ref's ear off like Tyson

[Ron Swanson]

Someone please hire Mark Jackson so I don't have to listen to his dumb ass anymore.

[TDfan2007]

OKC is hitting tough shots now. Gotta weather the storm

[Beaverfuzz]

Get another foul on Adams or Ibaka.

[davemaniscool]

OKC thinking Roberson is KL's kryptonite

[TDomination]

Thunderefs in full force

[Silver&Black]

LDN...

My nigga.

[313]

Can we get some Boban

[Slime Baller]

Playoff Danny Green appears to be in the building tonight, at least.

[Silver&Black]

Someone please hire Mark Jackson so I don't have to listen to his dumb ass anymore.

Was hoping the Lakers would take the bait....

[spurtech09]

Don't like the feel of the game right now.

[RD2191]

Come on kawhi

[Beaverfuzz]

That's LA's man, can't leave Ibaka that wide open.

GET ANOTHER FOUL ON HIM OR ADAMS.

[313]

LMA needs to get out there on Ibaka :pctoss

[GSH]

Don't bother guarding Ibaka. Bigs can't hit 3's.

[RD2191]

Lol ibaka going in raw

[rastaspur]

If the NBA was in south America one of these refs would get murdered. Seriously

[spursparker9]

Abaka the Spurs Killer!

[Silver&Black]

Ibaka turns into Curry-lite against us....

[Beaverfuzz]

TONY
444444
333333333

[Ron Swanson]

Tony!

[RD2191]

Parker!!

[313]

MVParker thank God

[davemaniscool]

Someone please hire Mark Jackson so I don't have to listen to his dumb ass anymore.

and Van Gundy

[Silver&Black]

MVParker 4 333333333333...

Mon Negro.

[SpursFan86]

Good shit Tony

[beirmeistr]

tp!

[james evans]

it's a foul every time they drive

[spurtech09]

Another bs foul......Refs helping the Thunder

[Amuseddaysleeper]

Spurs are gonna choke this with another heartbreaker. The offense is just bad bad bad

[urunobili]

Ibaka shitting on the Spurs. Again.

[TDfan2007]

There has been absolutely no consistency by our guys tonight

[Budkin]

Spurs need to stop fucking around!!!