Game Thread: Spurs @ OKC -- Game 4 - Sun (5/8) - 7:00PM CST (3:00AM Riga)

[Keepin' it real]

Damn Andersons. Thought I would get to go one game without them.

[Mugen]

Disappointing 4th quarter performance by the team. Missed an opportunity to end the series.

Winner of Game 5 takes the series.

[KuntryDude]

Take West out! Fuck you Pop! Put in Duncan!

Really? And what exactly has Duncan shown you this series?

[SpurPadre]

if this goes 7, the league might as well automatically crown the Dubs, tbh.

[Vokun]

So both teams are playing the Warriors? I thought I'd seen everything. I'd bet the Dubs couldn't beat both teams.

"Either". Whatever, still the truth

[TheDoctor]

Guys here preferring Danny over Durant :lmao

[Horry Hipcheck]

if this goes 7, we might as well just forfeit to the Dubs, tbh.

Fingers crossed Portland can manage to steal Game 4 and put GS in a drawn out series situation as well.

[daslicer]

if this goes 7, the league might as well automatically crown the Dubs, tbh.

That may well be the case but I still don't want to lose to the thunder.

[EVAY]

While we got the full Thunderef experience, we lost because

1. Rebounding
2. 3 Point Shooting (You can't win in the modern NBA if you can't hit at least a few 3's).
3. Durant was in God mode in the second half. Give credit where credit is due.


Best post of the night. Good summary.


I would only add that the rebounding problem was exacerbated by Pop continuing to try the West/Diaw combo against the OKC bigs. Just. Doesn't. Work.

[Kawhitstorm]

Yeah Durant was definitely in god mode out there. Tough beat.

Waiter mitigated WestBrick's scoring & Foye outscored Danny/Tim.:lol

[Horry Hipcheck]

They celebrated like they won a championship each time they scored on consecutive possessions :lol

Considering they're a playoff flameout every fucking year and wasting the immense talent they have in Kevin Durant, it makes perfect sense that they'd celebrate the only good shit they're familiar with.

[mclinejr]

Defense totally disappeared in the 4th, but we can't fault them too much because the thunder refs shut it down. Game 5 will be different.

[Ice009]

i think we only made 1 3 this game :lol

lol Cavs are hitting 20 plus threes a game and the Spurs can barely hit one. What the heck happened? I never would have imagined this a year ago.

[Splits]

The fuck is your problem dude? You've been giving me shit for no reason lately when I've created the game thread for almost every game this year and we had the best season in franchise history. Your backwards logic sucks. How about you stop being a massive faggot yourself and point fingers at the team who didn't play well enough to win instead of a fan who made a fucking game thread on an Internet forum.

Attention whore

[Spurtacular]

Pop keeps getting cute with these sh** lineups at the start of the 4th.

[Timothy21]

TD con't play in this series and I think he don't play more in any series...

[DMC]

A few real issues actually:

1. If RW goes into passing mode it's over. We can't stop KD's short range jumper. Imagine him and LMA on the same team (minus KD's mom in the audience).
2. Pop keeps giving Tim the benefit of the doubt and will again at home and if he does, you know it's Tim's last season.
3. Boris hasn't shown up.
4. Where's Danny Green?

We could be out matched, we'll see. If OKC gets past us you can probably expect KD to re-sign in OKC regardless how they fare against GS (or Portland, sure.. yeah those guys). I think we'll be ok.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Best post of the night. Good summary.


I would only add that the rebounding problem was exacerbated by Pop continuing to try the West/Diaw combo against the OKC bigs. Just. Doesn't. Work.

Fucking infuriating. I know Duncan hasn't done much of anything this series. I know he was in foul trouble. But watching West and Diaw getting absolutely demolished in the paint, then going to commercial and coming back to see them still on the floor was just unbearable. West has a great toughness and ball IQ but at the end of the day he's going to get aped by bigger guys 9 times out of 10.

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

Toughest 2nd round match up. Said it when we knew who was 1-2-3 in the West. Nightmare match up as always. It really does not matter who wins GSW champs if Curry comes back healthy. GSW would stomp Spurs if playing like this. OKC would be a better series honestly. I think with Duncan lost the whole team changes.

[SAGirl]

welp, we got HCA back... that's what we came for... just gotta win at home
:tu
Actually good positive vibe Nono.

I wanted this one badly so I can't help be disappointed but that is good point.

[Kawhitstorm]

Calm down we won one in OKC. Spurs will be pissed. Spurs in 6.

Waiters/Foye aren't showing up on the road.

[tholdren]

david west is not a good choice for PT

[SpurPadre]

Fingers crossed Portland can manage to steal Game 4 and put GS in a drawn out series situation as well.

Yeah, Game 4 is an absolute must-win for Portland for anyone to have a shot against them in the WCF.

[DMC]

Fingers crossed Portland can manage to steal Game 4 and put GS in a drawn out series situation as well.

Do not want. Want SA to finish it off and GS to be available so Curry doesn't get more rest. I'd like at least one game without Curry, so we could steal one in GS.

[Ibleedslvrnblk]

Pop keeps getting cute with these sh** lineups at the start of the 4th.

Has no choice someone needs to step up. Timmy looks done...

[eDizzle20]

I was really only able to watch the fourth, but the Spurs could not get a d board to save their lives. Watching this series almost makes it seem like a sure bet this is Tim's last season. He's not even seeing the floor in the fourth when OKC has Adams and Kanter in.

[DMC]

You know when there's...

A. Technical foul
B. Defensive 3 second

It's David West. You don't even have to look.

[BillMc]

Best post of the night. Good summary.


I would only add that the rebounding problem was exacerbated by Pop continuing to try the West/Diaw combo against the OKC bigs. Just. Doesn't. Work.

Thanks. And I agree about Diaw and West. They both have their strengths, but not together against all these huge OKC bigs.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Yeah, Game 4 is an absolute must-win for Portland for anyone to have a shot against them in the WCF.

Lillard and co. really should do their pal Aldridge a favor and make GSW work for it.

[SpurPadre]

what hurts most is that we had a Big 3 performance tonight from Kawhi, LMA and TP...and still get curbstomped in the 4th.

[DMC]

I was really only able to watch the fourth, but the Spurs could not get a d board to save their lives. Watching this series almost makes it seem like a sure bet this is Tim's last season. He's not even seeing the floor in the fourth when OKC has Adams and Kanter in.
Tim has a player option and with bonus will make over 7 million next season (because of their record this year and how his contract is worded). Tim would be foolish to walk away from that when he could just re-sign and be waived. No way the Spurs waive Tim though, they'd probably tell him they'll sign him to the front office for a huge salary if he declines his player option. Then again, he sells tickets. Who knows. I think he retires and just walks away from the game or returns as an assistant coach (which means probably Messina goes).

[Pauleta14]

Defense totally disappeared in the 4th, but we can't fault them too much because the thunder refs shut it down. Game 5 will be different.

This.

It's very difficult to judge because of that, even if the team team has show the capability of wining despite those idiots

[sasaint]

Toughest 2nd round match up. Said it when we knew who was 1-2-3 in the West. Nightmare match up as always. It really does not matter who wins GSW champs if Curry comes back healthy. GSW would stomp Spurs if playing like this. OKC would be a better series honestly. I think with Duncan lost the whole team changes.

True. The whole team goes down a couple of notches on defense and rebounding.

[james evans]

I notice every game, there is a stretch when we go up big, OKC starts going to the line every other play. Every game. We go up by 10+ and then it's foul after foul after foul and we stop hitting shots cuz we arent' getting foul calls. When OKC catches up, the refs stop calling foul. Every game

[01Snake]

After that fuck job by the refs, I'm not even that upset with the loss, TBH

[SpursFan86]

Completely unacceptable. I don't care if they were tired or whatever other excuse you have. You can't drop a damn goose egg in the 4th quarter of a pivotal playoff game. You can't do it.

Hopefully they bounce back in Game 5.

[SAGirl]

Pop keeps getting cute with these sh** lineups at the start of the 4th.
Glad Anderson wasn't on it bc he kept getting blamed for that but it really wasn't him. It was Diaw/West being overmatched all along.

[SpurPadre]

Pop gets a lot of shit for being a dick to the media, but he never makes excuses for his team losing and doesn't call out the refs. Phil Jackson would've made all sorts of smart ass remarks about the refs tonight.

[Trifecta]

Best post of the night. Good summary.


I would only add that the rebounding problem was exacerbated by Pop continuing to try the West/Diaw combo against the OKC bigs. Just. Doesn't. Work.

[DarrinS]

Game 5will be like game 1 -- book it

[Trifecta]

Agree..OKC bigs too quick and athletic for Diaw and West.

Also the over passing instead of taking the mid range jumper allowed OKC bigs to pack the paint.

[Harry Callahan]

Pop gets a lot of shit for being a dick to the media, but he never makes excuses for his team losing and doesn't call out the refs. Phil Jackson would've made all sorts of smart ass remarks about the refs tonight.

If Pop ripped the refs, that would be a sign of weakness in his mind. He just won't go there.

It was a football game out there and the Spurs were not being allowed to tackle. It was pathetic.

[Kawhitstorm]

Oh, that's going to be the excuse for this game son?

Randy Foye outscored Danny/Tim when he hadn't played meaningful minutes in this series, talk about a fluke game.

[SAGirl]

It's just been a matter of us not being able to stop them

and then when we would, we wouldn't rebound.
This is the best summary right here. Succinct and correct. Exactly what I saw.

[Timothy21]

West is +2 plus/minus...

[313]

Pop's insistence on using West/Diaw together and putting Kawhi on Westbrook instead of KD will be our downfall.

[Pauleta14]

Best post of the night. Good summary.


I would only add that the rebounding problem was exacerbated by Pop continuing to try the West/Diaw combo against the OKC bigs. Just. Doesn't. Work.

I wish he'd give a shot to Boban at least a few minutes see how it goes. He really bothered them in RS

[fundamental9903]

.

[daslicer]

Pop gets a lot of shit for being a dick to the media, but he never makes excuses for his team losing and doesn't call out the refs. Phil Jackson would've made all sorts of smart ass remarks about the refs tonight.

But too bad Pop can never do anything when an opposing coach complains about the refs. Last year Doc bitched about the refs after game 5 and it helped the Clippers get favorable treatment. This year Donovan bitches about the refs and his team got phantom calls.

[Kawhitstorm]

Russell will give up on his team and go into hero mode because that's Russell. Sounds like someone else we know and love.

Donovan benching WestBrick for Randy Foye to start the 4th was the game.

[ElNono]

True...but even if we win this series, the Warriors are going to destroy us if we play like we did in games 2,3 and 4.

they might destroy us if we're playing the beatiful game too, tbh... but we should be good enough to beat this OKC team...

[SAGirl]

Randy Foye outscored Danny/Tim when he hadn't played meaningful minutes in this series, talk about a fluke game.
Actually the most significant adjustment from Donovan perhaps was benching rookie Payne for Foye.

[SpurPadre]

the Dubs don't pose the rebounding threat that OKC poses but if fucking Waiters and now Foye are giving us trouble...imagine what the Dubs' others would do to us. Very discouraging.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Completely unacceptable. I don't care if they were tired or whatever other excuse you have. You can't drop a damn goose egg in the 4th quarter of a pivotal playoff game. You can't do it.

Hopefully they bounce back in Game 5.

No 67 win Spurs team will ever fail to connect on more than 2 threes in a game played at home.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Actually the most significant adjustment from Donovan perhaps was benching rookie Payne for Foye.

Foye looked better in a few minutes off the bench than Payne has looked all series.

[Russo21]

I didn't think it was called that badly as some are saying. We finished off very poorly, shot 2-12 from 3, got outhustled and Durant got white hot. No excuses, we simply got beat. There also seemed to be a lack of fire from the team.

Win or lose the series. The Spurs need a better second big as West, Diaw and Duncan can't cut it against athletic opponents. Spurs imo also need a better backup PG and made a mistake giving away COJO instead of Mills. COJO is a very solid PG and has the overall game to overcome poor shooting, when Patty isn't shooting well he is beyond crap... I'm an Aussie so I love Patty but Spurs shoulda let him go instead of COJO.

Let's hope for video game Aldridge in game 5 and that Kawhi's knee is ok after that little bang to it.

[DMC]

"Either". Whatever, still the truth
Can't be the truth if you said it wrong.

[ElNono]

C'mon, Nono, the last basket made by the spurs was the three point play that Parker made with three minutes left. Aldridge didn't score after he came in in the fourth. Leonard didn't score in the fourth quarter.

Dude, I said I wasn't hating on him for it. But it was costly. It was a game at that point. That's all. No hate, not saying it's his fault we lost the game or anything like that.

[Budkin]

When was the last time the Clippers were healthy by this time of the year?

Also, shut the fuck up. We would already be sealing the WCF trip if we would have got the Clippers on our side of the bracket.

Well we should have got the number one seed then.

[DMC]

You folks understand the Spurs lost every quarter but the first, right? Without that cushion they are down double digits just into the 4th.

[Darius Bieber]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

[Budkin]

Nice to know lobbying the refs for foul calls still works, props Billy D. Too bad Pop will never stoop to KFC level.

[Harry Callahan]

The Thunder are a bunch of friggin clowns. Durant is probably embarrassed to be a part of that mess.

The Spurs should have swept this series, but we have to beat eight instead of five.

[Budkin]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

No fucking way. Game 5 is another blowout in our favor.

[Ice009]

This is the best summary right here. Succinct and correct. Exactly what I saw.

Pretty accurate. Every time we would get a stop, they'd get the offensive rebound and make a back breaking play out of it. Destroyed us with huge, crucial offensive rebounds.

[DAF86]

Randy Foye outscored Danny/Tim when he hadn't played meaningful minutes in this series, talk about a fluke game.

Well, let's cross our fingers for no more flukes on game 5 or we would be in some serious shit with all the flukeness that could be happening on an elimination game in Oklahoma in game 6, tbh.

[daslicer]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

Will you be happy if that happens?

[Horry Hipcheck]

You folks understand the Spurs lost every quarter but the first, right? Without that cushion they are down double digits just into the 4th.

The game changed dramatically in the second quarter. Spurs started getting peppered with fouls and were in the bonus with 7 minutes left. The third quarter wasn't terribly different.

[Kawhitstorm]

Actually the most significant adjustment from Donovan perhaps was benching rookie Payne for Foye.

Playing Waiters/Foye over Roberson/Payne was addition by subtraction. We'll what happens when those shots aren't falling on the road.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Well, let's cross our fingers for no more flukes on game 5 or we would be in some serious shit with all the flukeness that could be happening on an elimination game in Oklahoma in game 6, tbh.

Harden or no Harden, I'll never trust the NBA in a 2-2 series against OKC.

[.G.]

They're all must wins.

[fundamental9903]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/13116252_10209201305213539_6687749545856422988_o.j pg

[mclinejr]

I'm not worried. We don't have to win another game in OKC if we take game 5 (we will).

[daslicer]

I'm not worried. We don't have to win another game in OKC if we take game 5 (we will).

Pretty much this. I think it will go to 7 with the Spurs winning. It sucks the Spurs will get no rest or time to prepare for GS but it is what it is.

[DAF86]

Well we should have got the number one seed then.

Or the Clippers the number 3 seed. But you know why they didn't gey the 3rd seed? 'cause they are a lesser team than OKC. Shhhh, don't tell anybody this. Apparently this is some kind of undiscovered secret around these parts.

[spurs10]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do. Yeah the most winning team in all sports for the last 15 years.

[TampaDude]

Simple. The winner of Game 5 will win the series. FACT.

[DMC]

The game changed dramatically in the second quarter. Spurs started getting peppered with fouls and were in the bonus with 7 minutes left. The third quarter wasn't terribly different.

They were fouling the fuck out of OKC in the 1st and getting away with it. A couple of those steals by Anderson were the results of questionable contact. There was a lot of contact early, Spurs were very aggressive going for steals. When the officiating adjusted the Spurs didn't. That's how OKC lives, and we know it and we allowed it. We didn't guard without fouling. We let Adams be more effective than Tim Duncan and unguarded basically. We allowed too many scrub players to shine. KD is going to get his, but you cannot allow Foye, Kanter, Adams and Waiters to all go off on you. You have to stop someone. We didn't and it's not because of the refs. If it makes you feel better to say it was, that's your out.

[SASdynasty!]

I notice every game, there is a stretch when we go up big, OKC starts going to the line every other play. Every game. We go up by 10+ and then it's foul after foul after foul and we stop hitting shots cuz we arent' getting foul calls. When OKC catches up, the refs stop calling foul. Every game
Every single game

[bklynspursfan]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

You said they were done in 5 right? Stop with your bogus 'expert' predictions

[SASdynasty!]

Dude, I said I wasn't hating on him for it. But it was costly. It was a game at that point. That's all. No hate, not saying it's his fault we lost the game or anything like that.
Oh it wasn't Parker's fault we lost the game. Thanks Nono, bold take. One tier above Lefty.

[bklynspursfan]

Pop should consider starting Diaw. I think what he showed is he can go at their bigs. Let Timmy come off the bench with West. West needs the help on the boards

[td4mvp21]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

The Spurs are 5-0 in Game 5 when the series is tied 2-2 since 2013 (including one road win) :lol

[ElNono]

Oh it wasn't Parker's fault we lost the game. Thanks Nono, bold take. One tier above Lefty.

two tiers actually, IMVHO...

[Kawhitstorm]

Well, let's cross our fingers for no more flukes on game 5 or we would be in some serious shit with all the flukeness that could be happening on an elimination game in Oklahoma in game 6, tbh.

The only OKC is beating the Spurs is if Waiters plays like Harden which is what he did tonight to mitigate WestBrick's shitty game. The thing is that Waiters ain't not Harden. Besides, Patty has yet to show up in this series & Gm 5 at home is setting up to be his "Waiters" game.

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop should consider starting Diaw. I think what he showed is he can go at their bigs. Let Timmy come off the bench with West. West needs the help on the boards

Diaw on Ibaka is better than Diaw on Kanter when it comes to boxing 'em out so I wouldn't be against that idea since they would need to do that against the Duds.

[Darius Bieber]

The only OKC is beating the Spurs is if Waiters plays like Harden which is what he did tonight to mitigate WestBrick's shitty game. The thing is that Waiters ain't not Harden. Besides, Patty has yet to show up in this series & Gm 5 at home is setting up to be his "Waiters" game.

Westbrook had more assists than the entire Spurs team. Didn't play all that bad.

[sook]

Need to send some solid bodies on Ibaka and Canter, LMA was playing them too soft today.

He gets a pass for his earlier games so w.e

[mexicanjunior]

The Spurs are 5-0 in Game 5 when the series is tied 2-2 since 2013 (including one road win) :lol

In 2012 it was 2-2 going into game 5...we lost the series.

[DAF86]

The only OKC is beating the Spurs is if Waiters plays like Harden which is what he did tonight to mitigate WestBrick's shitty game. The thing is that Waiters ain't not Harden. Besides, Patty has yet to show up in this series & Gm 5 at home is setting up to be his "Waiters" game.

Hope you are right son. I'm just scared as fuck of them pulling off another fluke out of their endless bag of flukes, tbh. And then we would be one fluke away from getting eliminated.

[RD2191]

two tiers actually, IMVHO...

:lol

[siraulo23]

Worst spurs defensive showing by far

parker looked great, moved great made shots but was bad in the 4th quarter

kawhi and aldridge played pretty well, but again couldnt make shots in the 4th and the spurs couldnt get stops either

[dbestpro]

THUNDEREFS TO THE RESCUE!

[Harry Callahan]

The Spurs were executing on offense for most of the first 3 quarters, but the quick and numerous whistles kept OKC in the game. It was an abortion out there by Danny Crawford's crew.

I hate NBA officials.

[Kawhitstorm]

Westbrook had more assists than the entire Spurs team. Didn't play all that bad.

Easy to pile up assists when Waiters/KD are making everything & Adams turns into Amare.:lol

[LakerHater]

Any word on Kawhi's knee?

[Cessation]

Kiwi is a mental midget.

[Budkin]

Or the Clippers the number 3 seed. But you know why they didn't gey the 3rd seed? 'cause they are a lesser team than OKC. Shhhh, don't tell anybody this. Apparently this is some kind of undiscovered secret around these parts.

Yeah but you know with the Spurs luck the whole thing would have been reversed. Westbrook would have been out for season and Clips would be playing out of their mind.

[Kawhitstorm]

In 2012 it was 2-2 going into game 5...we lost the series.

Except the 2012 OKC are the only team that had a superstar coming off the bench.:wakeup

[Kawhitstorm]

Hope you are right son. I'm just scared as fuck of them pulling off another fluke out of their endless bag of flukes, tbh. And then we would be one fluke away from getting eliminated.

I have more fate in Austin Rivers scoring against Patty than Waiters showing up for 2 games in a row against a contender.

[Harry Callahan]

Kawhi will most definitely fuck up Durant on Tuesday. Westchimp will get impatient. Game over.

[Kawhitstorm]

Or the Clippers the number 3 seed. But you know why they didn't gey the 3rd seed? 'cause they are a lesser team than OKC. Shhhh, don't tell anybody this. Apparently this is some kind of undiscovered secret around these parts.

ReDick is a more dependable 3rd scorer than Dion Butters & Tony isn't having flashback games against CP3.

[DAF86]

I have more fate in Austin Rivers scoring against Patty than Waiters showing up for 2 games in a row against a contender.

It doesn't have to be waiters tbh. It could be Foye, or Kanter, or Ibaka going 11 for 11, or Westbrook scoring 40, or 30 offensive rebounds, or anything else that can happen and you would call a fluke, tbh.

[oh crap]

Kawhi will most definitely fuck up Durant on Tuesday. Westchimp will get impatient. Game over.

Cool! Durant got 41 tonight but he's going to shit the bed next game. "Westchimp" is pretty original. Got any lotto numbers for me, oh great one?

[Harry Callahan]

Waiters is a selfish, ignorant, loser. I'm not sure he speaks english.

[oh crap]

I'm not sure he speads english.

I'm not sure you do.

[DAF86]

Cool! Durant got 41 tonight but he's going to shit the bed next game. "Westchimp" is pretty original. Got any lotto numbers for me, oh great one?

2. That's the number of games KD has left as a Thunder player.

[Harry Callahan]

Cool! Durant got 41 tonight but he's going to shit the bed next game. "Westchimp" is pretty original. Got any lotto numbers for me, oh great one?

Obvious contrarian troll. Nobody actually likes the Atlanta Hawks outside of friends and family. Go to sleep skippy.

[Kawhitstorm]

It doesn't have to be waiters tbh. It could be Foye, or Kanter, or Ibaka going 11 for 11, or Westbrook scoring 40, or 30 offensive rebounds, or anything else that can happen and you would call a fluke, tbh.

Did I call Kanter/Adams feasting on Diaw/West or Ibaka making five 3s a fluke?:wakeup (Waiters/Foye are Austin Rivers status players)

[SAGirl]

I hope you are right and Patty shows up at home.

[SASdynasty!]

ReDick is a more dependable 3rd scorer than Dion Butters & Tony isn't having flashback games against CP3.
Tony went for 20/5/5 in Game 7 last year against the Clippers.

[Kawhitstorm]

Tony went for 20/5/5 in Game 7 last year against the Clippers.

You mean the game Chris Paul left after he pulled his hammy & Tony wet the bed in the 4th quarter while Chris Paul went nuts?:wakeup

[SASdynasty!]

You mean the game Chris Paul left after he pulled his hammy & Tony wet the bed in the 4th quarter while Chris Paul went nuts?:wakeup
Parker went 4/4/1 in under 9 minutes in the 4th, including scoring the Spurs last basket. Yah CP3 went off in the 4th against Parker then Green then Kawhi then hits the game winner over Duncan. No one was stopping him. And no one else on the Spurs was doing anything in the 4th either.

[Kawhitstorm]

Parker went 4/4/1 in under 9 minutes in the 4th, including scoring the Spurs last basket. Yah CP3 went off in the 4th against Parker then Green then Kawhi then hits the game winner over Duncan. No one was stopping him. And no one else on the Spurs was doing anything in the 4th either.

Meanwhile, the athletic freak that is WestBrick plays turnstile defense despite being 100%.:lol

This was the killer sequence by Tony at the end of Gm 7 when they had a chance to pull away:



2:51.0
T. Parker (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parketo01.html) misses 3-pt shot from 23 ft

103-102




2:50.0
Offensive rebound by K. Leonard (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/leonaka01.html)

103-102




2:48.0
K. Leonard (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/l/leonaka01.html) makes 2-pt shot from 2 ft
+2
105-102




2:31.0


105-102

C. Paul (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paulch01.html) misses 2-pt shot from 3 ft


2:29.0
Defensive rebound by T. Parker (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parketo01.html)

105-102




2:25.0
T. Parker (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parketo01.html) misses 2-pt shot from 4 ft

105-102




2:22.0


105-102

Defensive rebound by M. Barnes (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barnema02.html)


2:12.0


105-105
+3
M. Barnes (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barnema02.html) makes 3-pt shot from 25 ft (assist by J. Redick (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/redicjj01.html))


1:52.0
B. Diaw (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/diawbo01.html) misses 2-pt shot from 2 ft

105-105




1:51.0


105-105

Defensive rebound by M. Barnes (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/barnema02.html)


1:33.0


105-105

B. Griffin (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/griffbl01.html) misses 2-pt shot from 4 ft (block by D. Green (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/greenda02.html))


1:31.0
Defensive rebound by T. Parker (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parketo01.html)

105-105




1:27.0
T. Parker (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parketo01.html) misses 2-pt shot at rim (block by J. Redick (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/redicjj01.html))

105-105

[spurs10]

Cool! Durant got 41 tonight but he's going to shit the bed next game. "Westchimp" is pretty original. Got any lotto numbers for me, oh great one?


2. That's the number of games KD has left as a Thunder player. Yes Crap- 2 is your lucky number just like your name- #2.

[rasuo214]

Parker wasn't a problem today, he made some good shots. Just like Kawhi was huge for most of the game. Bottom line is other guys need to step up and help. Before Durant went supernova him and Westbrook were struggling and yet they kept it close because others guys stepped up, in previous games Ibaka has been huge as well. The Spurs haven't gotten a whole lot outside of Kawhi, Parker and LMA and that isn't a good thing.

[DenialTwist]

Parker as the leading shot taker and shotmaker is not going to win the spurs this series. It has to be LMA and Kawhi. Danny Green needs to make some threes. Spurs don't deserve to play the Warriors if they play like this. I say Thunder in 6. Next season they will have to upgrade their backcourt and either get rid of Parker and Green for a big name FA or look for a big man to help LMA down low for rebounding and defense. Duncan looks ready to retire, it's sad.

[Horry Hipcheck]

They were fouling the fuck out of OKC in the 1st and getting away with it. A couple of those steals by Anderson were the results of questionable contact. There was a lot of contact early, Spurs were very aggressive going for steals. When the officiating adjusted the Spurs didn't. That's how OKC lives, and we know it and we allowed it. We didn't guard without fouling. We let Adams be more effective than Tim Duncan and unguarded basically. We allowed too many scrub players to shine. KD is going to get his, but you cannot allow Foye, Kanter, Adams and Waiters to all go off on you. You have to stop someone. We didn't and it's not because of the refs. If it makes you feel better to say it was, that's your out.

Uh, no, the context of the game shifted far more dramatically than just "the Spurs were fouling hard in the first and getting away with it". The first quarter was almost entirely KD and Westbrook bricking jump shots. Then when the whistles start hitting in the second, they were for ticky tack fouls that the Spurs were not being given at the other end. Their offensive rhythm changed, Duncan got his fourth after like 20 minutes of game time, and barely saw the court again after that. Pop went with West for most of the stretch. And believe you me, I'm plenty upset about that failure to adjust, but to cavalierly dismiss the change in officiating like it wasn't one-sided and suggest that that doesn't impact the game, is ridiculous.

[MilesTeg]

Durant is untouchable. That's the only reason they don't get blown out. With a fair treatment they can't even stay close to us because they just aren't that very good at basketball. Then again OKC is a team that consistently gets away with it, so we'll just have to play 5v8 and win. We've done it before.

[Harry Callahan]

Durant is untouchable. That's the only reason they don't get blown out. With a fair treatment they can't even stay close to us because they just aren't that very good at basketball. Then again OKC is a team that consistently gets away with it, so we'll just have to play 5v8 and win. We've done it before.

Agreed. I would like to know how many minutes the thunder were in the penalty last night versus the Spurs - the difference is likely staggering. Kawhi has do endure body blocks and people going for his knees and you can't fart on Durant or Westbrick.

[NameLess Scrub]

I wasn't even watching, but listening, and there were a couple of calls that just sounded bogus :lol.

That said, I sounded like Kawhi was unable to execute at the end of quarters vs Durant.

Also, OKC won every quarter except the 1st.

[loveforthegame]

I wasn't even watching, but listening, and there were a couple of calls that just sounded bogus :lol.

That said, I sounded like Kawhi was unable to execute at the end of quarters vs Durant.

Also, OKC won every quarter except the 1st.

Some very ridiculous calls.

Leonard actually carried his performance over from last game. Aggressive to the basket. Decisive. But once he banged knees with Kanter he wasn't the same player at all.

[polandprzem]

Some very ridiculous calls.

Leonard actually carried his performance over from last game. Aggressive to the basket. Decisive. But once he banged knees with Kanter he wasn't the same player at all.

And it's not a good sign when he said he had to push through it later on ...


All in all disappointing outcome tbh. When OKC was losing at the end of the games - now all of sudden they are killers? WTF is that?

[SASdynasty!]

Parker as the leading shot taker and shotmaker is not going to win the spurs this series. It has to be LMA and Kawhi. Danny Green needs to make some threes. Spurs don't deserve to play the Warriors if they play like this. I say Thunder in 6. Next season they will have to upgrade their backcourt and either get rid of Parker and Green for a big name FA or look for a big man to help LMA down low for rebounding and defense. Duncan looks ready to retire, it's sad.
Parker hasn't been the leading shot taker in any game this playoffs (including this one). Both Aldridge and Kawhi took more shots than him, as they have every game this playoffs. He just made more than them last night, but please don't act like Parker ever shoots more than Kawhi or Aldridge.

[spurs10]

I wasn't even watching, but listening, and there were a couple of calls that just sounded bogus :lol.

That said, I sounded like Kawhi was unable to execute at the end of quarters vs Durant.

Also, OKC won every quarter except the 1st. We were up by 4 going into the 4th.

[NameLess Scrub]

We were up by 4 going into the 4th.

Yes. I meant they won every quarter after the 1st.

| 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | | T |
SAS
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OKC
http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/img/2.0/sect/gameinfo/teamlogos/small/OKC.gif| 17| | 28 | | 32 | |34 | | 111 |



























Sorry for the crappy format.

[spurs10]

Yes. I meant they won every quarter after the 1st.

| 1 | | 2 | | 3 | | 4 | | T |
SAS
http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/img/2.0/sect/gameinfo/teamlogos/small/SAS.gif | 27| | 26 | | 28 | |16 | | 97 |






















OKC
http://i.cdn.turner.com/nba/nba/.element/img/2.0/sect/gameinfo/teamlogos/small/OKC.gif| 17| | 28 | | 32 | |34 | | 111 |



























Sorry for the crappy format. No I get it. We just gradually let the lead slip away. When we were up by 10 we had a half dozen possessions where the refs called an offensive or defensive foul on us. It didn't look too right to me. It was bullshit. Hopefully we get the same home cooking in game 5.

[ceperez]

The reason for the loss:

2-12

[NameLess Scrub]

No I get it. We just gradually let the lead slip away. When we were up by 10 we had a half dozen possessions where the refs called an offensive or defensive foul on us. It didn't look too right to me. It was bullshit. Hopefully we get the same home cooking in game 5.

Agree

[hooperflash]

Just start the thread at a decent time and make sure Amused doesn't even post a gag game thread. We'll be fine then, thank you :flag:

[DenialTwist]

It is terrible that the spurs beat the Thunder in the first three quarters then let the 4th slip away like that. What a wasted effort for most of the game.

[Arcadian]

That moment when your center is shorter than the other team's small forward (when Durant is on the floor with Diaw/West)

[Killakobe81]

Durant is untouchable. That's the only reason they don't get blown out. With a fair treatment they can't even stay close to us because they just aren't that very good at basketball. Then again OKC is a team that consistently gets away with it, so we'll just have to play 5v8 and win. We've done it before.

:lmao