Game 5 Thread: Spurs at Clippers 10:30 EST (9:30 CST) Tuesday, April 28 on TNT

This is it folks, Spurs can leave LA with a nice tan and one victory away from facing the Rockets...or they can head home on the verge of playoff elimination.


Shore up the defense, hit the open shots and let's bring this thing home


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Welp, might as well seal a series loss with another injury I guess. Real talk, should've let BillMc do it...

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Originally Posted by Robz4000

Welp, might as well seal a series loss with another injury I guess. Real talk, should've let BillMc do it...

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Unless it's an injury to entrique :bobo

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Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper

Unless it's an injury to entrique :bobo

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He'll come up with another one if the Spurs are getting reamed I'm sure.

:lol "I don't make excuses"

either spurs win a close game or clipps win by 15.

We got the one win we needed on their court and then blew it. We're not getting another.

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Originally Posted by Budkin

We got the one win we needed on their court and then blew it. We're not getting another.

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imo.

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Clippers by 30+

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Originally Posted by Budkin

We got the one win we needed on their court and then blew it. We're not getting another.

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lol, idiot, homecourt doesnt really mean as much as you think, if you are better, you will still win

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

lol, idiot, homecourt doesnt really mean as much as you think, if you are better, you will still win

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Home court matter. Look at the Spurs home and away record this season.

Parker tries to take over the game early and gets "injured" when he shoots 2-10 in the first half. Spurs take control and rally in the 2nd half and win by 4. Kawhi has another stellar game.

Tiago injured his calf again putting on his shoes with the wrong shoe horn. Out for rest of playoffs reconsiders his life and goes the Bruce Jenner route becoming the woman he should have always been. The doctors are surprised to find that the transition is so simple.

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Originally Posted by robdiaz2191

Home court matter. Look at the Spurs home and away record this season.

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In the playoffs it doesnt really matter, except in game 7's. Elite teams can win on the road and at home. Home crowd only helps with ref calls and momentum down the stretch, if we play spurs ball, it doesnt really matter what the clippers do, our best is better than their best and its not even very close

Spurs by 20+... we start hitting the open looks at a good clip in this game...

Here's to the spurs making their shots and playing tenacious D!

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

In the playoffs it doesnt really matter, except in game 7's. Elite teams can win on the road and at home. Home crowd only helps with ref calls and momentum down the stretch, if we play spurs ball, it doesnt really matter what the clippers do, our best is better than their best and its not even very close

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How do you figure? They've been the better team the most of the series.

Vegas still has the Spurs as series favorites fyi..

Lol people said it was was a must win fame for the clippers. Well it's a must win game again. Clippers under more pressure. Spurs will grab this game and come home up 3-2.

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Originally Posted by robdiaz2191

How do you figure? They've been the better team the most of the series.

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Come on Rob, they may have played better than us for more of the games of the series, but you know as well as anyone else that our best is way better than anybody else in the league. It is just a matter of consistency, we havent shown that all year.

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Originally Posted by Malik Hairston

Vegas still has the Spurs as series favorites fyi..

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:lol if the Spurs somehow end up winning this in 7 games.

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

lol, idiot, homecourt doesnt really mean as much as you think, if you are better, you will still win

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I'll eat mad crow if I'm wrong, but the way this season has gone I'm not expecting them to pull it out.

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Originally Posted by Budkin

I'll eat mad crow if I'm wrong, but the way this season has gone I'm not expecting them to pull it out.

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For some reason, I see us pulling this series out. Even if it means we have to win a home game 7. I just cant see CPchoke and a 7 man rotation outlasting us, maybe Im crazy though :lol

I see SA in seven. The Seven-Eight man rotation will make those jump shots tough for the older clipper guard (Crawford), the high minute guard (Paul), and the 15 minutes of fame guard (Tom Jr.). The perimeter wing defenders will also get tired chasing Kawhi (Barnes).

I don't see Kawhi getting tired and he will continue to bring it. Paul and Griffin will wear down. The Clipper will not shoot as well the remainder of this series. The Spurs will put together enough offense to get it done.

The Clippers have too much loser DNA IMHO. If they do win it will be because one of our guys gets taken out by a Clipper cheap shot from Barnes, Fat boy, or Christina Paul.

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

For some reason, I see us pulling this series out. Even if it means we have to win a home game 7. I just cant see CPchoke and a 7 man rotation outlasting us, maybe Im crazy though :lol

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Made me laugh out loud :lol :tu

Historically the past few seasons, Spurs have had memorable Game 5s

Leonard will have his first poor shooting game and his legacy will come into question. Numerous Barnes threads will be bumped or started on how he's owning Leonard.

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GO Spurs! :flag:
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My head says the Clippers will win Game 5, but I can't help but shake the feeling the Spurs will pull of an otherworldly performance and bounce back in a huge way.

Are we going straight edge here? No girls at all?

If game 4 was physical what is 5 going to be. I saw the ref list but wasn't familiar with those guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcJaSc_s6Q

English translation:

Wake up guys , we are playing like we were afraid of them.
I'm not talking about offense , i'm talking about defense.
We're talking about things we're not able to do : We don't defend on pick&rolls , we let them hit 3 points shooters , we don't take any rebounds , we're not even able to put the ball in the game! We have to play more physical ! Against Slovenia we played physical ! We're are not playing physical now! They're dominating us because they think we are shitty ! And you can see it on their faces : they think we are shitty.
I don't give a s*it , even if we lose , we play hard and proud ! If we lose , it is what it is , but we played hard, not like this , we're getting fuc*ed.

My man Danny is gonna light it up tomorrow tbh...

off ball movement is the key

Bold prediction, Spurs win a one possession game and Paul misses a shot that couldve sent the game to OT

For those who worry about such things, Game 5 is likely the Scott Foster/Bill Kennedy game in this series. Given tonight's assignments and all that has come earlier in this series, the only other likelihood seems to be Tony Brothers, but Foster called the game in Portland on Saturday while Brothers was in Boston on Sunday.

Zach Zarba as a crew chief might be a very outside possibility, but that would be very surprising to me.

Green will show on D and Mills and Gino carry big on O. Come on Go Spurs Go!

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

For those who worry about such things, Game 5 is likely the Scott Foster/Bill Kennedy game in this series. Given tonight's assignments and all that has come earlier in this series, the only other likelihood seems to be Tony Brothers, but Foster called the game in Portland on Saturday while Brothers was in Boston on Sunday.

Zach Zarba as a crew chief might be a very outside possibility, but that would be very surprising to me.

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How do you rate those refs for the road team?

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Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper

How do you rate those refs for the road team?

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Brothers would be not good

Scott Foster is the worst. His last Spurs game was that shit storm @houston I believe. But we did win that game. Still seems like horribly officiated games seem to follow him around imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vtWB4owdE

SPURS WIN BY 15 and then come home and win by 25.
Spurs will start hitting shots and when they do we have too many shooters for them to defend.
Spurs win series.
When then take on Houston or James Harden. We put KL on him the whole series and wait for Memphis in the WCF.

I can't see any hope for the spurs at Staple Center. can you?

Green sucked the first 4 games of last years playoffs,then went on a rampage.Hopefully he and Beli get hot from deep.
Manu,do something.

I won't watch the game tomorrow and probably just have a glance at the box score after the spurs get beat up

Danny Green is overrated

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Originally Posted by Rapper

I can't see any hope for the spurs at Staple Center. can you?

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When it's a Clippers home game, the Staples Center lights are on making the venue very well lit and easy to see unlike a Lakers home game. Taking all that into account, you would have to be blind not to see any hope for the Spurs winning.

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Originally Posted by spursparker9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPcJaSc_s6Q

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Wake up guys , we are playing like we were afraid of them.
I'm not talking about offense , i'm talking about defense.
We're talking about things we're not able to do : We don't defend on pick&rolls , we let them hit 3 points shooters , we don't take any rebounds , we're not even able to put the ball in the game! We have to play more physical ! Against Slovenia we played physical ! We're are not playing physical now! They're dominating us because they think we are shitty ! And you can see it on their faces : they think we are shitty.
I don't give a s*it , even if we lose , we play hard and proud ! If we lose , it is what it is , but we played hard, not like this , we're getting fuc*ed.

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I'm so not used to hearing Tony speak French. :lol

I expect this to be a close game, and if it is, free throw percentage is going to be important. That fact makes me nervous.

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I think we're going to get blown out.

Play physical, play with aggressiveness, be sharp mentally, keep it close this clippers team is really good

We need Wendy for the win tbh.

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Oof. Per my man @NBAcouchside's boxscore +/- Daily RAPM estimate, Tony Parker has been biggest net minus of playoffs

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My niqqa DG is about to poo all over ST tomorrow tbh.

thinks that need to happen

1. hit the fucking freethrows
2. diaw's fat ass needs to stop gabling on steals and fronting blake griffin on the pass
3. we need to stop leaving blake griffin wide open for 18 foot jumpers. he's proven he can hit them
4. GO OVER THE SCREEN!!! If they don't want to go over it, anticipate the screen and force the opponent the other way(we still have not learned to defend that yet for some reason)
5. give leonard the fucking ball when he's in the game
6. somenoe needs to tell splitter he's 7 foot tall and that when he's right at the basket, it's ok to dunk the basketball

Tim Duncan said after Game 4 that they made many mistakes that are easy to clean up. I do not know about that, but I have faith that the Spurs will be more focused in this game 5.

But what needs to happen to really win the game? Are the Spurs not overdue for a great shooting game ... I mean a game in which they shoot above average from three? Or is it possible to replicate the defensive performance of game 3? I have no clue, but I just want them to be successful in any way possible!!

GO SPURS GO!!!

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Originally Posted by spursparker9

Oof. Per my man @NBAcouchside's boxscore +/- Daily RAPM estimate, Tony Parker has been biggest net minus of playoffs

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https://twitter.com/SethPartnow/stat...151616/photo/1

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Ouch. Dammit, it sucks that Pop is so damn loyal to TP. If he's struggling/injured/whatever, sit his ass until he's not out there stinking up the court.

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Originally Posted by spursparker9

Oof. Per my man @NBAcouchside's boxscore +/- Daily RAPM estimate, Tony Parker has been biggest net minus of playoffs

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https://twitter.com/SethPartnow/stat...151616/photo/1

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Kawhi above 2 MVP candidates. :tu

We got this. Spurs will get the job done tonight on the road.

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

Brothers would be not good

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My guess at this point is that Brothers has Game 6 and Danny Crawford would have a Game 7.

:lol Amused with the game thread... season is over

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:lmao Lillard

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Originally Posted by spursparker9

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Parker. :pctoss He probably saw the list and his name at the top with Leonard and started thinking he had game again.

And I thought Barnes was owning Leonard? :lol

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Originally Posted by Venti Quattro

:lmao Lillard

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Lillard hasn't been himself since being snubbed for all-star game.

Although he was added in eventually due to injuries from other players but the damage is done :lol

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Originally Posted by spursparker9

Lillard hasn't been himself since being snubbed for all-star game.

Although he was added in eventually due to injuries from other players but the damage is done :lol

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What a fucking entitled crybaby

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Originally Posted by spursparker9

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I hope he can hit the boards a bit harder, good things happen when he takes the ball from the rebound and pushes in a semi-transition play rather than all-out fastbreaks.

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Those numbers are just ridiculous. :tu

Man, I'm really nervous for this one. Usually confident but damn this one makes me nervous. I thinks this is a TD type of big game. Going to be close...

Timmy said after game 4 that there were a couple things they could clean up and do a better job of. Let's see if it works.

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Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper

Unless it's an injury to entrique :bobo

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Please channel all your injury inducing energy towards making this happen. :bobo

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In addition to tightening their defense back up, the Spurs could use something from Tony Parker (32.6 FG%), Tiago Splitter (23.1), Danny Green (29.0), Manu Ginobili (37.5) and/or Boris Diaw (41.5), all of whom are struggling with their touch. Not surprisingly, the Spurs are shooting just 31.8 percent on 3-pointers in the series, a major reason they’ve struggled at times against a mediocre Clippers defense that ranked 15th during the regular season.

At least they’ve gotten steady excellence from Tim Duncan and especially Kawhi Leonard, at once representing the past, present and future of the franchise.

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I have a feeling pop is going to force the issue with Parker and let him brick the 1st 4 or 5 shots. 

waaahhh waaaahhhh! parker is losing the series for us!

:rolleyes if spursfan could open their eyes and see the series is only 2-2 and Parker has been only part of the problem :rolleyes

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Originally Posted by TheGoldStandard

I have a feeling pop is going to force the issue with Parker and let him brick the 1st 4 or 5 shots.*

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Yup. Fuck this shit. The spurs are fine when Parker just runs the offense. They don't need "aggressive" Parker taking away shots from efficient players or three point shooters.

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

Yup. Fuck this shit. The spurs are fine when Parker just runs the offense. They don't need "aggressive" Parker taking away shots from efficient players or three point shooters.

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LOL. Parker was "running the offense" fine on Sunday. But he can't hit his shot (within the offense). What is he supposed to do when they play off of him and give him a short jump shot? Try to force a pass? If he can't hit an open 15' shot, then he doesn't need to be out there.

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Originally Posted by cantthinkofanything

LOL. Parker was "running the offense" fine on Sunday. But he can't hit his shot (within the offense). What is he supposed to do when they play off of him and give him a short jump shot? Try to force a pass? If he can't hit an open 15' shot, then he doesn't need to be out there.

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Move the Fucking ball, dummy. They can't both give Parker open jump shots and double Kawhi. Do you even watch the fucking games?

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

Move the Fucking ball, dummy. They can't both give Parker open jump shots and double Kawhi. Do you even watch the fucking games?

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that makes no fucking sense Coach Butternut.

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Originally Posted by cantthinkofanything

that makes no fucking sense Coach Butternut.

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I'm sorry you don't understand how double teaming works. I guess this whole basketball thing is new to you.

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

I'm sorry you don't understand how double teaming works. I guess this whole basketball thing is new to you.

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Maybe you just don't understand the words you write. I can't believe that your math would be so bad to have meant what you posted above.

Doc Rivers' nemesis is Bill Kennedy. Rivers and Kennedy have had an acrimonious relationship for years. Both were fined following a game on March 17, 2009. Kennedy ejected Rivers after they stared each other down for an extended period of time.

Rivers was fined $25,000 by the NBA for his critical comments of Kennedy after the game. In an unusual move, Kennedy was fined for his handling of the situation and the news was made public, though the amount was undisclosed.

“[Kennedy] stood there and goaded me and goaded me and goaded me and stared at me,” Rivers said after the game. “Look at the film. I actually walked away. He asked me, ‘Where do you want the ball?’ And I said, ‘Ask them,’ talking about our players. That’s my right to say that, and I walked away. He stood there and stared me down and stared me down and goaded me until I turned around and said, ‘What?’ That’s when I got thrown out of the game.”

Disgraced referee Tim Donaghy, obviously not the most credible source, claimed to know the root of the ill will during an interview with the "Celtics Late Night Show" podcast last March. According to Donaghy, the beef has deep roots, with Rivers questioning Kennedy's sexuality during a game.

Don't worry. Im going to the game. Im lucky. I went to Game 2 of the finals last year. :downspin:

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Originally Posted by Amuseddaysleeper

Doc Rivers' nemesis is Bill Kennedy. Rivers and Kennedy have had an acrimonious relationship for years. Both were fined following a game on March 17, 2009. Kennedy ejected Rivers after they stared each other down for an extended period of time.

Rivers was fined $25,000 by the NBA for his critical comments of Kennedy after the game. In an unusual move, Kennedy was fined for his handling of the situation and the news was made public, though the amount was undisclosed.

“[Kennedy] stood there and goaded me and goaded me and goaded me and stared at me,” Rivers said after the game. “Look at the film. I actually walked away. He asked me, ‘Where do you want the ball?’ And I said, ‘Ask them,’ talking about our players. That’s my right to say that, and I walked away. He stood there and stared me down and stared me down and goaded me until I turned around and said, ‘What?’ That’s when I got thrown out of the game.”

Disgraced referee Tim Donaghy, obviously not the most credible source, claimed to know the root of the ill will during an interview with the "Celtics Late Night Show" podcast last March. According to Donaghy, the beef has deep roots, with Rivers questioning Kennedy's sexuality during a game.

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acrimonious means they didn't really get along.

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Originally Posted by cantthinkofanything

Maybe you just don't understand the words you write. I can't believe that your math would be so bad to have meant what you posted above.

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I can't believe you watch nba basketball.

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

I can't believe you watch nba basketball.

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Oh I watch it all right. I watch it real hard.

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Originally Posted by cantthinkofanything

Oh I watch it all right. I watch it real hard.

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Originally Posted by itzsoweezee

I can't believe you watch nba basketball.

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But seriously. They are giving Parker wide open shots. You seriously don't want him to take a step up and shoot them? You'd rather him swing the ball around everytime? Spurs have other players than can do the same thing AND hit the open shot. If you're going to say that you don't want Parker shooting, then use Ginobli to handle the ball. If you're not wanting to use Mills.

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Originally Posted by BatManu20

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LOLZ. I can't watch that without laughing. I don't know why I even need to read or learn anything.

lets go spurs lets destroy these pretenders so they blow up their roster next season :lol

Danny is due for a big game from deep! This is your time WingStop!!!!!