Game 2, what to expect?

[webshad]

Alright, enough feeling bad about Game1

What you think we can improve for Game2? Any positive take?

Gotta feeling Leonard will be out for Game2.

[Nathan89]

Spurs get blown out early is the expectation.

[daslicer]

Without Kawhi it will be a blowout loss.

[RD2191]

We're going to get blown the fuck out. :lol

[ElNono]

If the Spurs intend to win this series, they have to win one on the road. Game 2 is one more chance to do that.

That's about the positives I could think of....

[BillMc]

In before some pessimist posts the "Mr. T. 'Pain'" clip from Rocky III:lol

[sananspursfan21]

I might be the only one here who still believes in taking a game sans Kawhi. It's not likely of course but hey, they still looked pretty good at times and the Warriors weren't hitting everything they threw up at the rim. Ya never know :ihit

[BillMc]

If the Spurs intend to win this series, they have to win one on the road. Game 2 is one more chance to do that.

That's about the positives I could think of....

Put all your chips in winning Game 5 or 7. Get Kawhi as healthy as possible by skipping Game 2 and concentrate on winning Spurs first two home games. Far from ideal but that's your best shot.

[spurtech09]

KL might be out for the whole series.....Not worth further injuring that bum ankle......Spurs just have to roll with what they got.....Still amazes me that pop doesn't use Dedmon....

[FkLA]

I might be the only one here who still believes in taking a game sans Kawhi. It's not likely of course but hey, they still looked pretty good at times and the Warriors weren't hitting everything they threw up at the rim. Ya never know :ihit

Bruh they were outscored by 25 points in 19 mins without Kawhi. Not sure how that gives you hope. The Warriors aren't as disinterested or willing to lay down like Haren did.

[DMC]

Spurs come out slow, get in a hole early. Pop brings in shit players who do OK because they aren't taken seriously and ST cums their pants over them as if they should have been playing all along. GS 2-0 going into SA.

[LakerHater]

Spurs gettin blown out!
:depressed

[LakerHater]

Still amazes me that pop doesn't use Dedmon....
Thats what Ive been screamin, Got beat on the boards tonight! Been wantin'em since Nene went out.

[spurtech09]

No doubt this playoffs have been heart wrenching....Tony Parker going down was a big loss to the Spurs and I thought that the Spurs were done but no the Spurs proved me wrong....Than KL gets hurt and doesn't play game 6 and than im thinking its really over but no Spurs prove me wrong again....Than I say to myself hhmm its going to be tough to beat the Warriors at home but boy I was wrong....It surely looked like the Spurs were going to win game 1 and than boom KL hurts his ankle...not 1 but 2 times.....no doubt with a healthy KL Spurs can beat the Warriors.....Just too bad he had to reinjure that ankle....IDK if the Spurs can do the impossible once again....will see what happens.....

[$pursDynasty]

If Pop is smart he sits Kiwi and Manu, concedes the game and uses it to experiment. See what the bench guys like Davis and Dewayne can do against the Dubs, and gear up for game 3.

[Chillen]

Spurs just added an assistant coach and player for game 2.
https://images.pristineauction.com/52/521036/main_1-William-Zabka-Martin-Kove-Signed-The-Karate-Kid-8x10-Photo-Inscribed-No-Mercy-Sweep-The-Leg-Schwartz-COA-PristineAuction.com.jpg

[Ice009]

Put all your chips in winning Game 5 or 7. Get Kawhi as healthy as possible by skipping Game 2 and concentrate on winning Spurs first two home games. Far from ideal but that's your best shot.

I just posted a reply to someone else about this same scenario, and yes, that is a possible strategy. I just don't know if you should be conceding games against the Warriors. Against almost anyone else, I'd say go for it, but not sure if you should be trying to do that against these guys.

[BillMc]

I just posted a reply to someone else about this same scenario, and yes, that is a possible strategy. I just don't know if you should be conceding games against the Warriors. Against almost anyone else, I'd say go for it, but not sure if you should be trying to do that against these guys.

I agree that its not a very good shot, but its the best shot. If you hurry Kawhi back for game 3 and he's far from full speed you'll lose. And, if he injures it a third time, (or really a fifth time as both Houston Game 5 and Dubs Game 1 had two separate twists of the ankle) you're gonna have to shut him down for the season. And then its really over.

The long lay off until Game 3 is our one chance of KL getting passably healthy. If we get blown out in Game 2, Dubs may relax a bit and we can get Game 3, then Game 4 becomes the key. Long shot, but so is rushing Kawhi back, and at least this option is less likely to risk his career. Grant Hill gutted it through on a bad ankle, messed it up so bad he had to have surgery, and went from a top 5 player at the time to a marginal scrub for the rest of his career.

[daslicer]

Spurs just added an assistant coach and player for game 2.
https://images.pristineauction.com/52/521036/main_1-William-Zabka-Martin-Kove-Signed-The-Karate-Kid-8x10-Photo-Inscribed-No-Mercy-Sweep-The-Leg-Schwartz-COA-PristineAuction.com.jpg

A good friend of mine called me after the game and made a reference to that movie when it came to Kawhi's injury. His exact words was Zaza Kobra Kai'd Kawhi.

[dabom]

I agree that its not a very good shot, but its the best shot. If you hurry Kawhi back for game 3 and he's far from full speed you'll lose. And, if he injures it a third time, (or really a fifth time as both Houston Game 5 and Dubs Game 1 had two separate twists of the ankle) you're gonna have to shut him down for the season. And then its really over.

The long lay off until Game 3 is our one chance of KL getting passably healthy. If we get blown out in Game 2, Dubs may relax a bit and we can get Game 3, then Game 4 becomes the key. Long shot, but so is rushing Kawhi back, and at least this option is less likely to risk his career. Grant Hill gutted it through on a bad ankle, and messed it up he had to have surgery, and went from a top 5 player at the time to a marginal scrub for the rest of his career.

I don't know much about GH but I think the doctors or team lied to him about the extent of the damage. You can bet Pop or the team or the Doctor aint gonna lie to Kawhi.

[ElNono]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oaQBs7yuoo8/maxresdefault.jpg

[UZER]

Someone on the warriors will fake a "someone put their foot under me" fall then blow up and act like he wants to fight just to make it look like the Spurs tried to retaliate so the media can say now they're even.

[BillMc]

I don't know much about GH but I think the doctors or team lied to him about the extent of the damage. You can bet Pop or the team or the Doctor aint gonna lie to Kawhi.

I agree. Which is why I expect they will 1) target game 3 for a return and 2) if there's another ankle twist, even if relatively minor and even if the spurs have made it a series, they'll shut him down.

[urunobili]

Deadmon's ejection vs Houston sealed his Nazr Mohammed fate. A pity, love the guy too.

Oh and it'll be a blowout loss.

[Chillen]

A good friend of mine called me after the game and made a reference to that movie when it came to Kawhi's injury. His exact words was Zaza Kobra Kai'd Kawhi.

That's cool, ZaZa made it look like he did not intend to place his foot there but he did. I have watched the replay several times, definitely intentional. Warriors are a bunch of 3 point shooting cheaters.

[DMC]

Someone on the warriors will fake a "someone put their foot under me" fall then blow up and act like he wants to fight just to make it look like the Spurs tried to retaliate so the media can say now they're even.

No they won't, stupid.

[JohnnyMax]

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[BillMc]

In before some pessimist posts the "Mr. T. 'Pain'" clip from Rocky III:lol


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:lol

[BillMc]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFOC79b9HHA

[Mal]

I hope one of Warriors starters goes down.

[turkish spurs fan]

Former Spur Bruce Bowen was seen at training today working with Danny Green via @ESPNNBA (https://twitter.com/ESPNNBA)

curry rip !

[SPURt]

It still comes down to rebounding. The team looked deflated after seeing Kawhi in agony and they played like it. These Spurs have to be feeling a sense of anger at the Warriors and they will come out and ride the hell out of LMA. If LMA scores more than thirty and Patty/Danny should 40% from three at a decent volume the Spurs can compete. These Spurs relish being an under dog.

All that is contingent on Kawhi coming back for game 3. If he's out for the series they'll struggle to get up to compete because it's far easier for the team to hold the fort for 1 game mentally.

[Ice009]

I agree that its not a very good shot, but its the best shot. If you hurry Kawhi back for game 3 and he's far from full speed you'll lose. And, if he injures it a third time, (or really a fifth time as both Houston Game 5 and Dubs Game 1 had two separate twists of the ankle) you're gonna have to shut him down for the season. And then its really over.

The long lay off until Game 3 is our one chance of KL getting passably healthy. If we get blown out in Game 2, Dubs may relax a bit and we can get Game 3, then Game 4 becomes the key. Long shot, but so is rushing Kawhi back, and at least this option is less likely to risk his career. Grant Hill gutted it through on a bad ankle, messed it up so bad he had to have surgery, and went from a top 5 player at the time to a marginal scrub for the rest of his career.

Yeah, you could be right, it might be our best chance to get back in this. I guess we need to see where Kawhi is at tomorrow. If he can't go, then it might be best to sit him and not put him in harm's way.

As for Grant Hill, I'm pretty sure his ankle was broken and they told him not to play, but he did anyway. They were also down in the series and didn't have a shot at winning it so I don't know why he continued to play. I was following the NBA back when Grant did it as he was one of my favourite players not on the Spurs. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, so someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I'm sure his ankle was broken, or maybe they didn't know how badly it was injured and gave him the wrong information. I'd really like someone that followed the NBA back then to fill me in on what happened. Either way, Grant shouldn't have played on it.

[hoopdreams11]

more illegal screens

[Mouth is Bleeding]

I'll be disappointed if we don't put feet underneath Curry threes ALL THE FUCKING TIME until he rolls his ankle a couple of times.

Need to make them pay badly.

Even if Spurs can't win now, cost them the final.

It has to be done.

[emanueldavidginobili]

I expect Kawhi to be done for the season tbh

[21209]

Warriors probably win by double digits after the (shorthanded?) Spurs put up a valiant effort for 3 quarters.

They'll be more prepared for battle if they know Kawhi isn't playing, but the Warriors offensive weapons will be too much to overcome. I doubt Klay Thompson is a non-factor, again

[cjw]

Someone on the warriors will fake a "someone put their foot under me" fall then blow up and act like he wants to fight just to make it look like the Spurs tried to retaliate so the media can say now they're even.

If that's the case, maybe someone should put a foot under Curry and go for those weak ankles. Eye for an eye and they'd have no reason to gripe (I'd never be a proponent of injuring someone in a clean situation). Or set moving Zaza screens and get his injured right arm caught. Make it easier for Lebron to win his title.

[sananspursfan21]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oaQBs7yuoo8/maxresdefault.jpg


This FkLA

[21209]

I'll be disappointed if we don't put feet underneath Curry threes ALL THE FUCKING TIME until he rolls his ankle a couple of times.

Need to make them pay badly.

Even if Spurs can't win now, cost them the final.

It has to be done.

Won't happen.. That's the Spurs way. They're too classy for that.

[DMC]

Whatever happens, I don't expect Pop to sacrifice KL's future for this series. I hope he doesn't. I don't want to watch half a season of NBA with fathead and Simmons getting major minutes, but wouldn't mind seeing Murray getting major burn.

[TampaDude]

Warriors will win Game 2 by 30-40 points.

[coachmac87]

Somebody take out Curry....

[MVPCues]

Early big lead by Dubs. Some Turnobili sightings. Some Patty bricks. Simmons plays better. DJ shows some flashes of great potential. Spurs rally and cut it to about 7 in the 4th quarter but can't sustain the effort and lose by 18. Twiddle dee goes through about 6 mouthpieces.

[Horse]

Seems Bertans could've helped yesterday spread the floor and he can take them off the dribble. Also and good rebounder hopefully he play game 2. But seriously why not try to hurt curry and his pussy ankles? They did it to us.

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

Without Kawhi, it's going to be really fucking tough, but there's still a chance. I don't see the Spurs melting down again like they did in Game 1.

[DaBears]

Spurs are playin with HOUSE money, they are not expected to win... They just need to make it competitive, and keep it close to give themselves a shot. I have no doubt they can get a lead against Warriors again, its keeping it, which will show there character. I am a spurs fan for sure, but a realist. With 6 days off for rest for KL Ankle and the home crowd behind them.. They should be able to tie up the series.

[noles1983]

I want to see our guys setting hard, illegal screens and running underneath their jump shooters all game. Fuck them.

[noles1983]

Warriors will win Game 2 by 30-40 points.

fine with that as long as we punish them, and if they happen to get an injury, even better.

[baseline bum]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oaQBs7yuoo8/maxresdefault.jpg

Game 2 will be way harder to beat than the chicken stage tbh

[ElNono]

Game 2 will be way harder to beat than the chicken stage tbh

crack crack crack the egg into the crack :lol

[Budkin]

Warriors showboating like motherfuckers.

[daslicer]

Yeah, you could be right, it might be our best chance to get back in this. I guess we need to see where Kawhi is at tomorrow. If he can't go, then it might be best to sit him and not put him in harm's way.

As for Grant Hill, I'm pretty sure his ankle was broken and they told him not to play, but he did anyway. They were also down in the series and didn't have a shot at winning it so I don't know why he continued to play. I was following the NBA back when Grant did it as he was one of my favourite players not on the Spurs. Maybe I'm remembering wrong, so someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I'm sure his ankle was broken, or maybe they didn't know how badly it was injured and gave him the wrong information. I'd really like someone that followed the NBA back then to fill me in on what happened. Either way, Grant shouldn't have played on it.

I remember I was in hschool when Hill was playing with a bad ankle during the '00 playoffs. From what I remember back then was that Hill felt that he had to play to show people he wasn't soft despite being in extreme play. Also according to Hill that the Pistons withheld info about how bad his ankle really was. Hill has been on record saying if he had known how bad his ankle was that he would have never played. It's a huge reason why he left Detroit during FA because of the way they handled his ankle situation.

[mexicanjunior]

Spurs get blown out the next 3 games...Leonard becomes Grant Hill 2.0 with glass ankles...

[boutons_deux]

Warriors feel they are invulnerable supermen now.

They will swagger the Spurs to death.

[tmtcsc]

I did the unthinkable and rewatched the meltdown. The Spurs lost the game because the following players couldn't handle the moment:

1. Lamarcus Aldridge was awful when the team needed him most. He's lazy, out of shape, doesn't like contact and folded in the spotlight. He committed at least 3 or 4 turnovers in the post, missed easy shots, failed to grab critical rebounds and played with no tenacity. He's a shy fucking child in a grown up's body. I don't know what else to say. If not for Pau's age, I'd say these two spend their free time together having tea parties. Just sickening. So much depends on Aldridge's play and he was M.I.A. in the clutch.

2. Pau Gasol - Was absolutely putrid on switches and closing out on Curry. He was constantly pushed out of position by Dubs players big and small on offense. Just awful.

3.. ZaZa P. - Besides the obvious reason he belongs here, the amount of illegal picks he got away with was comical. Patty was manhandled, grabbed & pushed by ZaZa. I'm fine with it as long as someone on our side does the same thing and gets away with it, or at the very least pushes that motherfucker back. That's what DWest did when he was with San Antonio. He didn't take any shit from him and let ZaZa know about it. When Pechulia picked Patty, Gasol made little to no effort to get out on Curry.

4. Patty Mills - Couldn't buy a basket on offense and didn't fight through screens on D. Didn't accentuate the obvious offensive fouls by ZaZa. Say what you will, but that big mother-fucker did what he did & got away with it. Hard to blame him for playing that way if refs won't call the fouls. Patty's partially to blame as far as I'm concerned. He didn't come ready to play. He even threw up an air ball.

5. Anderson got toasted by Durant when asked to guard him. Durant just ran right by him and got to the basket.

6. Ginobili - As good a scoring game as he had, he also added to the chaotic offense in the second half. He made his usual crazy-ass, risky passes when what the team needed was a little more veteran leadership and cool. Not good.

Those were the main culprits and reasons the Spurs lost the game. Draymond Green was a non-factor and the same with Klay Thompson. That's not going to happen again and chances are, the next game will be over quickly. In my opinion, if KL is out, Pop should give Murray, Forbes and Dedmon some run. Dedmon's youth and athleticism will allow him to close-out better than Gasol. He will also be sure to get rebounds that just don't land in his hands.

Murray held his own just fine. I'd trust him more to set the offense up, threaten with his drives and kick to Patty on the perimeter. This kid looks like the real deal for the future.

There's a chance the Spurs can compete tomorrow night but they will have to get their shit together on Defense and be disciplined and tough on offense. Don't play like scared pussies.

[UZER]

One thing Kerr learned from Phil was to take the over aggressive hacking defense to another level in the fourth. It you start it at the beginning of the fourth, they refs will have to adjust to you because they will not call 10 fouls in a row even if you commit 10 fouls in a row.

That's why teams like the bulls, Lakers, and Warriors always seemed to "really clamp down" on their opponents in the fourth an turnovers just start magically happening.

[therealtruth]

Time to pull another game 6 against the Rockets. Focus and surprise the Warriors when they have the inevitable letdown due to no Kawhi.

[HarlemHeat37]

Houston had exploitable traits for the Spurs to target, even without Kawhi..defensively, Harden was their only consistent creator, there was no fear of guys like Gordon and Lou Williams..offensively, the Spurs could attack 2 of the worst defensive players in the entire league(Ryan Anderson and Harden)..they milked that, all game, where even Danny Green was consistently beating Harden off the dribble..

Against the Warriors, it's going to be extremely difficult without Kawhi, as we saw in the 2nd half..once the Warriors turned on the ball pressure, Manu was probably the only Spur that was able to play through it..they don't have any defensive liabilities to expose, either(contrary to the belief based on his appearance, Curry is far from a bad defender)..

[SpurOutofTownFan]

I expect a very gritty performance by the Spurs - don't know whether they will win or not but I'm not ready to count the Spurs out yet. That's a big mistake.

[SAGirl]

Deadmon's ejection vs Houston sealed his Nazr Mohammed fate. A pity, love the guy too.

Oh and it'll be a blowout loss.
I have to ask. What happened with Nazr Mohammed?

[SAGirl]

I did the unthinkable and rewatched the meltdown. The Spurs lost the game because the following players couldn't handle the moment:

1. Lamarcus Aldridge was awful when the team needed him most. He's lazy, out of shape, doesn't like contact and folded in the spotlight. He committed at least 3 or 4 turnovers in the post, missed easy shots, failed to grab critical rebounds and played with no tenacity. He's a shy fucking child in a grown up's body. I don't know what else to say. If not for Pau's age, I'd say these two spend their free time together having tea parties. Just sickening. So much depends on Aldridge's play and he was M.I.A. in the clutch.

2. Pau Gasol - Was absolutely putrid on switches and closing out on Curry. He was constantly pushed out of position by Dubs players big and small on offense. Just awful.

3.. ZaZa P. - Besides the obvious reason he belongs here, the amount of illegal picks he got away with was comical. Patty was manhandled, grabbed & pushed by ZaZa. I'm fine with it as long as someone on our side does the same thing and gets away with it, or at the very least pushes that motherfucker back. That's what DWest did when he was with San Antonio. He didn't take any shit from him and let ZaZa know about it. When Pechulia picked Patty, Gasol made little to no effort to get out on Curry.

4. Patty Mills - Couldn't buy a basket on offense and didn't fight through screens on D. Didn't accentuate the obvious offensive fouls by ZaZa. Say what you will, but that big mother-fucker did what he did & got away with it. Hard to blame him for playing that way if refs won't call the fouls. Patty's partially to blame as far as I'm concerned. He didn't come ready to play. He even threw up an air ball.

5. Anderson got toasted by Durant when asked to guard him. Durant just ran right by him and got to the basket.

6. Ginobili - As good a scoring game as he had, he also added to the chaotic offense in the second half. He made his usual crazy-ass, risky passes when what the team needed was a little more veteran leadership and cool. Not good.

Those were the main culprits and reasons the Spurs lost the game. Draymond Green was a non-factor and the same with Klay Thompson. That's not going to happen again and chances are, the next game will be over quickly. In my opinion, if KL is out, Pop should give Murray, Forbes and Dedmon some run. Dedmon's youth and athleticism will allow him to close-out better than Gasol. He will also be sure to get rebounds that just don't land in his hands.

Murray held his own just fine. I'd trust him more to set the offense up, threaten with his drives and kick to Patty on the perimeter. This kid looks like the real deal for the future.

There's a chance the Spurs can compete tomorrow night but they will have to get their shit together on Defense and be disciplined and tough on offense. Don't play like scared pussies.
Heh Kyle was a minus 3, not a huge run by GSW when he played. Yes Durant went by him ONCE bc he gambled. Once when Durant had like 40 pts. Again a minus 3 for him. I thought LMA, Pau and Patty were most to blame for the same reasons you mentioned. Patty makes one of those 3 and Spurs win,mbut also I thought Simmons in the second half was bad. Cant complain much about him bc he was out of his depth with a LMA that folded but he was part of the group that wasn't grabbing a rebound and couldn't get a stop. He made a ton of mistakes, slipped a couple of times and had his own share of either a TO or bad shot. Again he competed and did what he could. Danny also had his share of TO and bad passes by the way...

[gilmor]

Don't know about you guys.. but I am so fucking pumped for Game 2..

No Parker, No Kawhi, all they playing is the killer instinct in their eyes..

This game is going to be intense..

[Fireball]

sadly GS is not Houston ... blowout win for the home team ... start Murray tbh

[therealtruth]

sadly GS is not Houston ... blowout win for the home team ... start Murray tbh

So they won't win by 40 just 2-5 point close game if they give that same effort. The Warriors will also have the inevitable let down due to no Kawhi.

[Old School 44]

I think anything that looks remotely like retaliation is going to be called a flagrant. (and from the Warriors side retaliation for perceived retaliation) Intense game with lots of whistles, lots of video reviews and dumb double technicals. I expect at least one of these Warriors to get tossed - Barnes, West or Pachulia or Green. For the Spurs, maybe Lee, Simmons, Dedmon or Bertans. Closer game than people expect. Outcome - toss up.

[peacemaker885]

Blow out. I think Pop will sit LMA and maybe Gasol.

[Fireball]

So they won't win by 40 just 2-5 point close game if they give that same effort. The Warriors will also have the inevitable let down due to no Kawhi. lets hope so, I just do not see it happening

[hater]

Lots of celebratory dance conga lines, donkey flexorama, eliancito mouthguard macarena and Durant Ethiopian New Year Shimmy Shake

It will basically be the Castro District on a Friday night :lol

A 40 point blowout

[DarrinS]

Lots of celebratory dance conga lines, donkey flexorama, eliancito mouthguard macarena and Durant Ethiopian New Year Shimmy Shake

It will basically be the Castro District on a Friday night :lol

A 40 point blowout


This, tbh.

GSW are not the Rockets.

[GSH]

Someone on the warriors will fake a "someone put their foot under me" fall then blow up and act like he wants to fight just to make it look like the Spurs tried to retaliate so the media can say now they're even.


My own personal Fantasy Island scenario:

The very first time a Warrior player goes up for a jump shot, a Spur stretches to get a foot under him. The crowd goes nuts, the Warrior bench goes nuts, and the Spurs player gets tossed.
The very next time a Warrior player goes up for a jump shot, a Spur stretches to get a foot under him, and the arena goes ape-shit crazy. That player gets tossed.
A ref comes over to "have a talk" with Pop, and he screams until the ref sends Pop to the locker room.
The very next time a Warrior player goes up for a jump shot...

But that's not the fantasy. The fantasy is picturing the look on Silver's face when he realizes that this is the plan. They can't foul out the whole Spurs team during the playoffs. And they can't suspend all those players for the next game, and totally trash the playoffs. And Pop does a presser from the locker room and says that they made sure not to actually hurt anyone - it was just a legitimate form of protest and solidarity. It's the moment where that bald-headed-dick realizes that he's fucked, no matter what action he takes. Or doesn't take.

"It's the plane, boss! The plane!"

[GSH]

So they won't win by 40 just 2-5 point close game if they give that same effort. The Warriors will also have the inevitable let down due to no Kawhi.


Kerr is a treacherous little shit. Always was. He'll sit Pachulia, and the Dubs will win by 20+, and Kerr will claim it was "the right thing to do", as if that evened things up. The media will bite, and rave about how the Warriors blew the Spurs out, even though they were short-handed. And they will blow Kerr for the next couple of days, for his honorable act.

[DaBears]

End of 1st & 3rd quarter will be the telling story for this game w/o KL.. If we can be within 5 pts (up or down), I like Spurs chances of keeping it close in 4th and pull out a win.

[look_at_g_shred]

Serious question, Did the warriors ever dominate us in the 1st game? I think pop found a way to defend them. The key is having our guys locked in. They've been playing staggering Defense since Game 6 of the rockets series.

[DaBears]

Serious question, Did the warriors ever dominate us in the 1st game? I think pop found a way to defend them. The key is having our guys locked in. They've been playing staggering Defense since Game 6 of the rockets series.

No I don't believe so, I think made couple of bad reads, & got caught ball watching on some plays where we gave warriors multiple attempts down the stretch and that was it.. Take 1 of those away and we probably hold on for the win..

[TheDoctor]

Remember when we owned these pansies w/o the Big3 & Kawhi in that POS of a city they call Oakland? Good times. Patty was a Boss back then.

[Keepin' it real]

I expect hard fouls, maybe a fight or two, 1980s and 1990s style.

The Spurs, minus their two best players, get blown out, but they take a pound of flesh from GSW in the process.

[DaBears]

I expect to win, that's it.. I don't expect nothing else... Now whether or not it happens is something else entirely... But I expect them to play hard and pull out a win.

[Horse]

To me in comes down to unforced turnovers. Limit them and we can stay close maybe steal it. The problem with these fucks is they know they have no rim protection so they hack like hell on the way to the basket and it's never called.

[Leetonidas]

I see Leonard is still listed as doubtful. No definitive ruling on him yet?

[Spur|n|Austin]

I see Leonard is still listed as doubtful. No definitive ruling on him yet?

I thought Pop already said he wasn't playing? I know it's not official, but doubt he'll play him after ruling him out already.

[Leetonidas]

I thought Pop already said he wasn't playing? I know it's not official, but doubt he'll play him after ruling him out already.

He did say something like “obviously he won't play tomorrow” yesterday but he's still listed at doubtful. Its just odd knowing how pop is that they haven't officially shelved him yet. I just wonder why they listed him as doubtful instead of out after pops comments

[Leetonidas]

I just think it's odd that were around 6 hrs til tip and they haven't officially said he's out or not. Stop playing with my emotions pop:lol

[quentin_compson]

I'm expecting Kawhi to not play and a blowout win for GS.

[Trainwreck2100]

A long shitty 4 day break

[TheDoctor]

I'm expecting Kawhi to not play tonite and a close win for the Spurs.

[Spur|n|Austin]

A long shitty 4 day break

I see it as additional time for Kawhi to RICE.

[DaBears]

I see it as additional time for Kawhi to RICE.

He gets technically 5.5 days off between game 1 & 3.. With the way professionals have RICE and the technically sophisticated medical equipment they have access too around the clock treatment that the normal Joe doesn't have or can afford.. He will be at least 80% by game 3...

[313]

If there's any positive to be taken from this, it's that regardless of the outcome tonight the team still believes they can win with Kawhi.

[Pound the rock]

I have a feeling all the calls will go the a Spurs way, to the point of Curry being in foul trouble and Spurs win but only because refs want to placate matters, throw the Spurs a bone but game 3, refs will back to warriors loving shenanigans

[SilverSpur]

All Spurs will come together and perform well tonight Spurs win!

[UZER]

Spurs will help the Spurs early, but if it's close late, they will get back in order and screw them on one or two big calls late.

[webshad]

Spurs will help the Spurs early, but if it's close late, they will get back in order and screw them on one or two big calls late.

Demoralizing performance thus far.

[urunobili]

I have to ask. What happened with Nazr Mohammed?

Shunned and let go by Pop after shooting a 3 pointer as a center at the end of an already won game in he playoffs vs. the Kings. Didn't play much if at all after that.

[SAGirl]

Shunned and let go by Pop after shooting a 3 pointer as a center at the end of an already won game in he playoffs vs. the Kings. Didn't play much if at all after that.
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