Stealing Game 1

[Discoflux]

If you're Greg Popovich, what are your keys to pulling it off at the Stapler?

[rl64tx]

Throw ice on the floor in front of the Fakers bench!:rollin

[TampaDude]

Defense. Hit your shots. Execute. Go home with at least a split. Spurs in 6.

[Trainwreck2100]

Tim Duncan dunking through a ring of fire

[completely deck]

Defense. Hit your shots. Execute. Go home with at least a split. Spurs in 6.

About as great of an answer as you're going to get.

[MoSpur]

Figure out a way to counter the match up problem that Odom presents.

[xtremesteven33]

use that game 7 intensity on your side. Lakers are rested and hopefully kinda rusty. spurs need to come up with fire to steal game 1. no doubt they can do this. Lakers are a youn and inexperienced team as a cohesive unit. steal game 1, shatter thier confidence

[Discoflux]

When you say 'defense' what is the biggest key to D?
Team Defense?
Man defense?
Stopping Kobe?
Stopping Pau?
Stopping Lamar?
Stopping 3 pt shooters?
What is your biggest concern for achilles heel on D?

[TampaDude]

When you say 'defense' what is the biggest key to D?
Team Defense?
Man defense?
Stopping Kobe?
Stopping Pau?
Stopping Lamar?
Stopping 3 pt shooters?
What is your biggest concern for achilles heel on D?

Rebounding. Beat the Lakers on the boards and you beat the Lakers.

[Trainwreck2100]

When you say 'defense' what is the biggest key to D?
Team Defense?
Man defense?
Stopping Kobe?
Stopping Pau?
Stopping Lamar?
Stopping 3 pt shooters?
What is your biggest concern for achilles heel on D?

Ring.............of............fire......

Solves all those problems

[remingtonbo2001]

Odom? Really?

If they had Bynum, it might present a matchup problem. However, without Bynum I don't see Odom as much of an issue. Will he score 10-12, possibilly. I can live with that.

More important question. Who is LA going to put on Bowen?

[mVp]

Just play Spurs basketball... that's the key.

[hater]

Not gonna happen. Spurs did not even get any sleep.

Lakers by 30+

[Discoflux]

Probably Radmanovic, who is not a great defender.

[smeagol]

For this to happen, Oberto needs to hit his 3s . . .

[DazedAndConfused]

Rebounding. Beat the Lakers on the boards and you beat the Lakers.

Tell that to Utah and Denver.

[TampaDude]

Not gonna happen. Spurs did not even get any sleep.

Lakers by 30+

Uh, dude...the game is tomorrow night... :lol

[ducks]

horry hip choke kobe and injure for the series








I mean the media thinks he is dirty anyhow

[TampaDude]

Tell that to Utah and Denver.

Spurs >>>>> Jazz

Spurs >>>>> Nuggets

[DazedAndConfused]

Odom? Really?

If they had Bynum, it might present a matchup problem. However, without Bynum I don't see Odom as much of an issue. Will he score 10-12, possibilly. I can live with that.

More important question. Who is LA going to put on Bowen?

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

I dunno man, he's just so deadly off the dribble. I mean the dude can create his own shot whenever he wants on any defender. We might as well concede the series now.

[MoSpur]

Bowen will be on Kobe. Duncan will probably guard Gasol. That still leaves, Radmonovic, Odom, and Fisher.

[DazedAndConfused]

Spurs >>>>> Jazz

Spurs >>>>> Nuggets

It doesn't matter, unless the Spurs's get a ton of OFFENSIVE rebounds their rebounding advantage won't matter much. The Lakers are a pretty efficient team, they don't miss a lot of shots because 90% of their shots are layups.

[Trainwreck2100]

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

I dunno man, he's just so deadly off the dribble. I mean the dude can create his own shot whenever he wants on any defender. We might as well concede the series now.

He did set the franchise record for threes made in the po's on the Lakers.

[Bruno]

I see Lakers winning big game 1. I'm just quite pessimistic about Spurs chances to win this series.

[MarceloM!]

Calling BATMAN to get Jack Nicholson to be quiet.

[lefty]

use that game 7 intensity on your side. Lakers are rested and hopefully kinda rusty. spurs need to come up with fire to steal game 1. no doubt they can do this. Lakers are a youn and inexperienced team as a cohesive unit. steal game 1, shatter thier confidence

:tu

You beat me to it.

Espcially with back-to-back road games.

[lefty]

It doesn't matter, unless the Spurs's get a ton of OFFENSIVE rebounds their rebounding advantage won't matter much. The Lakers are a pretty efficient team, they don't miss a lot of shots because 90% of their shots are layups.

And they won't get as many layups vs the Spurs.

Spurs D >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jazz + Nuggets D

[Medvedenko]

Odom? Really?

If they had Bynum, it might present a matchup problem. However, without Bynum I don't see Odom as much of an issue. Will he score 10-12, possibilly. I can live with that.

More important question. Who is LA going to put on Bowen?

Air

[2centsworth]

The Lakers are a pretty efficient team, they don't miss a lot of shots because 90% of their shots are from the free-throw line.

fixed.

[ShoogarBear]

You know, there's a lot of deja vu of the circumstances from 1995, with the Spurs on the other end of things.

Old team, defending champions, finishing tough seven-game series with road win, goes to face young upstart #1 seed with newly-crowned MVP in conference finals on only a couple of days of rest.

Hopefully, history will repeat itself.

[lefty]

You know, there's a lot of deja vu of the circumstances from 1995, with the Spurs on the other end of things.

Old team, defending champions, finishing tough seven-game series with road win, goes to face young upstart #1 seed with newly-crowned MVP in conference finals on only a couple of days of rest.

Hopefully, history will repeat itself.

Funny, I was thinking the same.

This Spurs team reminds me a lot of the 1995 Rockets

[Allanon]

The Spurs might have a shot at Game 2 but not Game 1. Just coming off a Game 7, sleeping on an airplaine and with no time to prepare. Add in an amped Laker team with nice comfy beds and playing in Staples?

I suspect Game 1 will see the Spurs get blown out.

[NRHector]

if the spurs lose game 1, they will win the series because they play better under pressure and that brings out the character they have in them and what happens if Joey Crawford is the ref for game 5?:flag:

[ATXSPUR]

The Spurs might have a shot at Game 2 but not Game 1. Just coming off a Game 7, sleeping on an airplaine and with no time to prepare. Add in an amped Laker team with nice comfy beds and playing in Staples?

I suspect Game 1 will see the Spurs get blown out.

This can be looked at 2 ways. A rusty complacent Laker team against an amped Spurs team on an emotional high. To be honest I expect to see more fatigue problems for the Spurs in game 2 than game 1.

But I certainly hope the lakers are expecting a blow out in game 1.

[jman3000]

discoflux has the feel of a laker fan. cant put my finger on it.


man you guys are pre-emptively crybaby faggots.
The calls will even out.
Many times Lakers get FT differential because we are ahead and intentionally fouled at the end.
Another reason is we play a very clean, crisp, effective form of offensive basketball that forces defenses to hack us. Many times we get FT differential because we are better on offense than you are on D. If you guys can play solid D then you will not see a FT disparity. Play basketball and shut your cakehole.

damn im good.

[ElNono]

We're not stealing anything. We're going to LA and we're taking Game 1 AND 2.

[PDXSpursFan]

Key is Duncan's defense on Gasol. Make Gasol look like Kwame Brown on the offensive end = Lakers become last year's team minus Bynum.

[mrspurs]

bonner vs. odom?....go spurs go

[kevinwiz]

Rebounding. Beat the Lakers on the boards and you beat the Lakers.

false. just ask the jazz.