Just finished watching the Warriors-Thunder game and...

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Originally Posted by SPURt

I'm not sure if you read the news but the Spurs are picking up Andre Miller.

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Warriors=fucked

OKC should have closed out that game with a minute left in regulation. They still went into OT without a total collapse and almost took it still. They played with passion, but they certainly didn't play smart with the ball. Fatigue + Lineup out there finishing the game didn't do much for them putting pts on the board. You would think the law of averages would catch up to Golden State. You just have to tip your hat off to this continued performance.

That is a game worth rewatching to see what OKC was doing right. Hopefully BBallBreakdown does a piece on this game.

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Originally Posted by SPURt

I'm not sure if you read the news but the Spurs are picking up Andre Miller.

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:lol

The Thunder just blew that game, did they have timeouts when Durant was trapped? if so Durant should have called timeout. Curry hit an absolutely incredible game winning shot, like a 32 footer. If he starts missing these crazy shots the Warriors will start losing some games.

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Originally Posted by Chillen

The Thunder just blew that game, did they have timeouts when Durant was trapped? if so Durant should have called timeout. Curry hit an absolutely incredible game winning shot, like a 32 footer. If he starts missing these crazy shots the Warriors will start losing some games.

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:lol when are people going to stop saying this?

It has been almost 2 years, this is who he is..

Regular season game, nothing to see here. Keep calm and carry on.

Spurs just need to take care of their business, get their shit back together on defense and let GSW suck up Sportcenter. Pop and crew will have a plan for their playoff matchups.

OKC kinda blew it tbh. Very poor offensive execution down the stretch cost them the game.

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Originally Posted by cd98

OKC did choke. Durrant specifically. He calls a time out at the end of regulation and they win.

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Westbrook choked WAY more than Durant did. . .what game were you watching? Durant made only a couple of mistakes. Westbrook made about a dozen in the same timespan. Meanwhile Durant was nailing clutch shots while Westbrook bricked practically every jumper he took. . .and they were all bad shot selections.

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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37

:lol when are people going to stop saying this?

It has been almost 2 years, this is who he is..

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http://bkref.com/tiny/IFOqw

Shit is just stupid... :lol

I don't think the Dubs win this game w/o the refs, tbh. Two games in a row like that. Spurs needn't be in awe of them.

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Originally Posted by Kidd K

OKC kinda blew it tbh. Very poor offensive execution down the stretch cost them the game.




Westbrook choked WAY more than Durant did. . .what game were you watching? Durant made only a couple of mistakes. Westbrook made about a dozen in the same timespan. Meanwhile Durant was nailing clutch shots while Westbrook bricked practically every jumper he took. . .and they were all bad shot selections.

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dude did you watch the last 14 seconds of regulation. Not all chokes are equal. Blindly lobbing the ball while being pressed with a two point lead and a time out uncalled, and then fouling a jump shooter...just dumb.

The inbound pass was the right idea it was quick and the warriors couldn't keep it from touching Durant's hands who is a excellent free throw shooter. Durant should have pushed it down into the middle of the court but instead he got trapped in the corner, although I don't see him squeezing through the traffic where he got it. Time out should have been called right then and there or he should have just put that ball into his chest like a football player till they called a jumpball or someone on Thunder's bench realized they had a timeout and used it.

That was definitely a playoff atmosphere tonight. Clutch shots from Durant, Curry came out and kept hitting ballsy shots.

And what was the deal about Warriors imploding in the locker room at halftime? I missed that part of the game.

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Originally Posted by HankChinaski

The inbound pass was the right idea it was quick and the warriors couldn't keep it from touching Durant's hands who is a excellent free throw shooter. Durant should have pushed it down into the middle of the court but instead he got trapped in the corner, although I don't see him squeezing through the traffic where he got it. Time out should have been called right then and there or he should have just put that ball into his chest like a football player till they called a jumpball or someone on Thunder's bench realized they had a timeout and used it.

That was definitely a playoff atmosphere tonight. Clutch shots from Durant, Curry came out and kept hitting ballsy shots.

And what was the deal about Warriors imploding in the locker room at halftime? I missed that part of the game.

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Draymond just had a meltdown due to his recent offensive struggles and went crazy into the locker room because he felt his teammates didn't want him to shoot the ball.

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Originally Posted by sasaint

We absolutely must create match-ups that force Curry to spend energy playing defense. Even then I don't know how much of a chance we would have. Trying to match them in small ball is an obvious no-win.

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yeah man, if he goes a whole game without playing defense, he's gonna kill us on offense. I say play simmons or anderson over green cuz they will at least take it to the basket. Green just wants to plant his feet and shoot open 3s

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Originally Posted by Emperor

I'm not quitting on my team just yet. Still gotta see how Spurs handle them at home. If they spanked again, well then, it's been fun fellas.

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Originally Posted by daslicer

Draymond just had a meltdown due to his recent offensive struggles and went crazy into the locker room because he felt his teammates didn't want him to shoot the ball.

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Ah. Yeah he wasn't much of a factor with the buckets tonight. It was mostly Curry dropping those 3 pointers and Thompson make shots. I don't recall much from anyone else the entire night except a couple of bail out shots and open looks for the rest of the warriors team.

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Originally Posted by HankChinaski

Ah. Yeah he wasn't much of a factor with the buckets tonight. It was mostly Curry dropping those 3 pointers and Thompson make shots. I don't recall much from anyone else the entire night except a couple of bail out shots and open looks for the rest of the warriors team.

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Here is the link to what happened. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...ors-vs-thunder

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Originally Posted by r0drig0lac

turnovers
GSW - 11
OKC - 22

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We turned the ball over alarmingly against them too. Tony, Manu and Patty had their worst games of the season (Manu was bad against CLE too and Tony has had a stinker game here or there too, but not on those epic proportions.) Everyone turned it over and was rattled. At different points we were within 10 or so points but the more you play with desperation trying to make a comeback GSW feasts on that. You can't play that way against them.

What I saw...is how you can beat the warriors. Out-rebound them, shoot 3's, keep close on turnovers. That's how OK played them and was winning...except for last dumb turnover.

If Durant doesn't turnover the ball in regular time, and/or stays in game in O/T...OK wins game. There's a lesson here. Spurs shoot 3's as good as any in the league. Can they rebound as well as OK? Prolly not...but they can turn over the ball a lot less. We need to shoot more 3's cuz we hit them.

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Originally Posted by SouthernFried

What I saw...is how you can beat the warriors. Out-rebound them, shoot 3's, keep close on turnovers. That's how OK played them and was winning...except for last dumb turnover.

If Durant doesn't turnover the ball in regular time, and/or stays in game in O/T...OK wins game. There's a lesson here. Spurs shoot 3's as good as any in the league. Can they rebound as well as OK? Prolly not...but they can turn over the ball a lot less. We need to shoot more 3's cuz we hit them.

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The Warriors were playing their 7th game of a 7-game road trip, and Curry left this game with an injury, briefly:lol..they still beat the "3rd best team in the NBA"..

Hopefully Ezeli is out for a potential playoff matchup, that's a little encouraging for the Spurs..Varajeo is an atrocious player..

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Originally Posted by HarlemHeat37

The Warriors were playing their 7th game of a 7-game road trip, and Curry left this game with an injury, briefly:lol..they still beat the "3rd best team in the NBA"..

Hopefully Ezeli is out, that's a little encouraging for the Spurs..Varajeo is an atrocious player..

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Did they look tired? Not to me...they were playing playoff basketball. And it doesn't take away from how you can beat GS. Out-rebound them, minimize turnovers...and shoot 3's. We can shoot 3's with the best of them.

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Originally Posted by SouthernFried

Did they look tired? Not to me...they were playing playoff basketball. And it doesn't take away from how you can beat GS. Out-rebound them, minimize turnovers...and shoot 3's. We can shoot 3's with the best of them.

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both teams looked tired.....

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Originally Posted by SouthernFried

Did they look tired? Not to me...they were playing playoff basketball. And it doesn't take away from how you can beat GS. Out-rebound them, minimize turnovers...and shoot 3's. We can shoot 3's with the best of them.

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Outside of Bogut and Iggy they are very young so like you said I doubt they would be tired.

2's don't beat 3's.

Not hard to figure out what you need to do ;)

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Originally Posted by SouthernFried

What I saw...is how you can beat the warriors. Out-rebound them, shoot 3's, keep close on turnovers. That's how OK played them and was winning...except for last dumb turnover.

If Durant doesn't turnover the ball in regular time, and/or stays in game in O/T...OK wins game. There's a lesson here. Spurs shoot 3's as good as any in the league. Can they rebound as well as OK? Prolly not...but they can turn over the ball a lot less. We need to shoot more 3's cuz we hit them.

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I don't know what you are seeing from us but Pop got on Tony for passing 3s and he took and made 2 tonight. Anderson aggressive and took 3 3 pt shots. I think that is the most he's taken all season. He passed up on a 3 and at the time was playing well and with the foul trouble POP needed his minutes, but after passing up that 3 (would have been his 4th of the game) he was summarily benched.even LMA too a 3. It's been subtle bc we still run the post up and LMA and everyone else who loves the midrange and can make those shots still take them, but I think the emphasis now is that if you have an open 3 you have to take it.

LOL so many people act like this team is unbeatable...its simply not true.

Average teams have beaten them or come within a possession many times this season, Warriors just have so much luck.

They're a good team, but nothing to chop ya nuts off over.

Cheers