Are the Spurs tired? Or is Golden State just a giant fluke fest?

:lol You're asking for a lot of changes that probably won't happen in this series. I completely agree that Kawhi needs to step up as our 3rd best player and he'll probably play much better than he did tonight.. but Green improving his inside game within a matter of days? Not happening.

Green needs to focus on hitting his three's and playing good defense.. That's the most we'll see from Green. As far as CJ.. We can't ask for much from Corey Joseph at this point. As long as he plays tight D and moves the ball well he'll be fine and it will be a good learning experience for him.

The Spurs have started both games with a lethargy that's mind blowing. Not sure what it is. They've had plenty of rest. GS doesn't even have Lee.

The whole team has to get way more physical on GS. GS seems to be getting everything they want with little effort.

:lmao Tired :lmao

The Spurs swept the Lakers in the first round, had one week to rest, and you're asking if they're tired? :lmao

We'll tighten up in game 3 and we'll show up and hit shots.. Then everyone will be posting, Spurs in 5.. Everyone needs to chill, we got this. We know what we need to do on defense we just need to follow through in the 1st half and hit our shots. We got this

They're not tired. They're trying too hard to play Golden State at their level. Imposing their will would yield different results. Golden State is fast, keeping up with them will be hard. But not because the Spurs are tired. They're just trying too hard to play someone else's game.

The most healthy and well-rested team the Spurs have put on the floor this season, and the most healthy and well-rested team the Spurs have put on the floor in the playoffs since the 2007 NBA finals. Tired? Really?

How many times did we see our guys run them off the three point line only for them to drive past us and then have the defense collapse and they end up getting a wide open three anyways? If they are getting open looks, we might as well just not overplay and just stay in front of them and force them to make threes.

When we run them off the 3 point line, they drive, everyone rotates off their man, and the Warriors are kicking it to a cutter or a wide open three. How many wide open threes did they get last night?

They have athletes, shooters, and some size. Who in the world thought this was going to be easy? I don't even trust us against the Knicks or the Pacers. Forget about Miami...

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Originally Posted by Venti Quattro

:lmao Tired :lmao

The Spurs swept the Lakers in the first round, had one week to rest, and you're asking if they're tired? :lmao

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Hopefully this is just a "Danny Green Icy/Hot" stretch for the Spurs and not being tired. Still don't get why our series and Heat/Bulls had to play every other day while OKC and Knicks series respectively get 4 days off between Games 2 and 3. And then on Sunday we are the only game; so we are the only series that plays every other day...

spurs offense has been ineffective for two months. They were lucky the Lakers were mortally damaged.

The problem is willing.

It seems like GSW wants to win more than Spurs.

I hope we will show how much we want to be in the finals and get the 5th championship on Friday night at Oakland.

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Originally Posted by Venti Quattro

:lmao Tired :lmao

The Spurs swept the Lakers in the first round, had one week to rest, and you're asking if they're tired? :lmao

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Maybe Pop's got to start resting guys in the playoffs also.

You guys and your fuckin "tired" excuses. What is with this mentally weak bullshit? The Spurs just sat for a week, they are not tired, they are not fatigued. They are playing awful. The Spurs have been awful for 2 months. The Spurs beat LA and suddenly everyone thought they were the best team in the West. The Spurs beat a mentally fried, physically dilapidated team. It was nothing special, all it was was hope they Spurs could right the sinking ship. Now we look awful, nothing is new, it's a continuation. Our D is sorry, everyone is running around confused, blowing assignments. I expect more from a Pop coached team. Tim Duncan can't be the only player on the court for the Spurs to play any sort of D. The Spurs better come hungry and they better come ready to play or they are going home. It's that simple, enough of the tired excuses. This team is healthy, Parker and Manu are fine. Splitter is the only player out there with any reason to not look peak, and he is the least of our problems.

I wouldn't say tired. But old and hurt. TP and Duncan obviously hurt. Manu himself said after game 1, he "had no legs"

He also said there's nothing they can do to fix that at this point. it is what it is

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Originally Posted by robdiaz2191

Spurs just suck tbh

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Get this Laker fan troll outta here tbh

Spurs have to figure out how to make GS make tougher decisions on offense. It is a simple penetrate and kick out game. I would rather give up a layup than a wide open 3 to a team that is full of shooters. I don't want the Spurs to bring help from the perimeter letting the driver of the hook by opening up a nice passing lane.

Well, GS makes SA look tired, even if SA isn't tired. GS just has so much energy and confidence. I don't know if the Spurs just didn't expect GS to be this good or if the Spurs are complacent with 2nd round finishes, but I'd be beyond disappointed if we don't see a sense of urgency from this team for the entire 48 minutes they're playing tomorrow. I also think Parker needs to defer more, he's been a problem in tough playoff series the last couple of years. I love Parker and Ginobili a lot, but these guys are nowhere close to Duncan, who could lead a team to his championship himself. Parker and Ginobili shouldn't try to do it themselves.