Most 25+ point blowouts in a season including playoffs, Spurs now 2nd with 17

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Originally Posted by SAGirl

You were right. We barely skidded on this one and it required a monster game from Kawhi and Tony getting benched for a no PG lineup with Manu an TD only played 13 minutes. It's a guarantee at this point that Tim won't see minutes against the perimeter lineups.

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I am not right just yet. We would have to win game 4 by +/- 21 for my prediction to come true. I am not sure how likely that is. Spurs will surely play better. But will Grizz desperately want one win or will they already have their bags packed? That's the kicker.

I just wonder how a playoff run where his minutes are very reduced will affect Tim's offseason decision... Late last fall I was 99.99% certain that Tim would retire. Then after he rehabbed his knee and came back pretty strong, I began to lower my percentage. But I still hold to my early season thread, predicting he and Kobe would both retire this season in starkly contrasting styles - appropriately distinct endings to their very different characters and careers. These prospective retirements will make for one of the great defining contrasts in American sports history. The perfect final contrast! I even Nostradamus (to borrow your verb - :lol) that such contrast will serve to enhance Tim's stature and diminish Kobe's in the eyes of future NBA historians.

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Originally Posted by sasaint

I am not right just yet. We would have to win game 4 by +/- 21 for my prediction to come true. I am not sure how likely that is. Spurs will surely play better. But will Grizz desperately want one win or will they already have their bags packed? That's the kicker.

I just wonder how a playoff run where his minutes are very reduced will affect Tim's offseason decision... Late last fall I was 99.99% certain that Tim would retire. Then after he rehabbed his knee and came back pretty strong, I began to lower my percentage. But I still hold to my early season thread, predicting he and Kobe would both retire this season in starkly contrasting styles - appropriately distinct endings to their very different characters and careers. These prospective retirements will make for one of the great defining contrasts in American sports history. The perfect final contrast! I even Nostradamus (to borrow your verb - :lol) that such contrast will serve to enhance Tim's stature and diminish Kobe's in the eyes of future NBA historians.

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Good point. :tu
I have a feeling this is it for him that hasn't wavered for the most part, although I admit he could do another season if he wanted to with a reduced role. I just think the knee has been a real issue for him and wearing the two knee braces affected his balance so he was falling to the ground so much and unable to finish at the rim bc there is always some contact at the rim, someone is always pushing you. I suppose so long as they don't hit you it's not a foul, but there is always someone pushing you and he seemed off balance and about to fall a lot.

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Originally Posted by Mister Sinister

We could break that record in the course of finishing Memphis off.

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So, you like to finish guys off?

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Originally Posted by Spurtacular

So, you like to finish guys off?

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I mean, that sort of falls apart given I'm not on the team, despite having used "we" in the quoted post tbh

Get ready for # 18 at noon on Sunday!!!

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Originally Posted by SpursforSix

I wouldn't be surprised if they preemptively ThunderREF them this year. Just to make sure that don't have to make those calls in a GSW/SA series. NBA would love Durant/Westbrook vs. GSW. Then Lebron vs. GSW.
Spurs gotta make sure they take care of OKC and not keep it close.

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OKC has looked very pedestrian in all of our matchups this year. We were in complete control against them even when we lost on the road, we just choked to Dion Waiters of all people. Spurs in 5.

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Originally Posted by sasaint

If we DON'T tie or break it this series, it ain't gonna happen. Frankly, I expect us to sweep Memphis, but not by 25 points in these two games on their home court.

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2014

gm2 SAS 112 OKC 77
gm5 SAS 117 OKC 89

Wouldn't shock me to see us crush MEM today in this possible elimination game. Come out and punch them in the nose, don't let up, and make them NOT want to fly back to SA again just to lose.

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Originally Posted by thiste

Stern isn't here anymore.

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His protege is.

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Originally Posted by Spurtacular

His protege is.

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He's not his protege. When he was the deputy, he flat contradicted Stern on the rest issue, and now, it's no longer an issue. If he were Stern-lite, we'd still be sitting on 4. Silver is his own man.

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Originally Posted by exstatic

He's not his protege. When he was the deputy, he flat contradicted Stern on the rest issue, and now, it's no longer an issue. If he were Stern-lite, we'd still be sitting on 4. Silver is his own man.

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Yeah the ref shenanigans are almost gone.

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Originally Posted by exstatic

He's not his protege. When he was the deputy, he flat contradicted Stern on the rest issue, and now, it's no longer an issue. If he were Stern-lite, we'd still be sitting on 4. Silver is his own man.

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You're in denial. Stern Jr. kept all the cheating mechanisms in place.

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Originally Posted by Spurtacular

You're in denial. Stern Jr. kept all the cheating mechanisms in place.

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I think you need some of your pills right about now.

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Originally Posted by exstatic

I think you need some of your pills right about now.

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GS was doing moving screens all year. Happy accident? You're in full denial.

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Originally Posted by Spurtacular

GS was doing moving screens all year. Happy accident? You're in full denial.

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EVERYONE is doing moving screens. It's a league-wide problem, and they need to call it more.

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Originally Posted by exstatic

EVERYONE is doing moving screens. It's a league-wide problem, and they need to call it more.

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Come on now. There's what everyone does and what GS does. Two different things.

18 baby!!!

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Originally Posted by Galileo

18 baby!!!

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so are we now tied for first??

we are tied for 1st:


1 MIL 1971-72 18
2 SAS 2015-16 18
3 MIL 1970-71 16
4 LAL 1986-87 15
5 POR 1991-92 14
6 BOS 1964-65 13
7 BOS 2007-08 13
8 CHI 1971-72 13
9 CHI 1995-96 13
10 NYK 1969-70 12
11 PHO 1988-89 12
12 PHO 1989-90 12
13 POR 1976-77 12
14 SAS 2012-13 12
15 SEA 1994-95 12
16 CHI 1990-91 11
17 DAL 1986-87 11
18 GSW 2014-15 11
19 GSW 2015-16 11
20 LAL 1967-68 11

21 LAL 1984-85 11
22 LAL 1985-86 11
23 MIL 1985-86 11
24 NYK 1972-73 11
25 BOS 1965-66 10
26 BOS 1968-69 10
27 BOS 1987-88 10
28 CHI 2006-07 10
29 CLE 2014-15 10
30 GSW 1974-75 10
31 GSW 1975-76 10
32 HOU 2006-07 10
33 LAC 2014-15 10
34 LAL 1971-72 10
35 LAL 1972-73 10
36 LAL 2007-08 10
37 ORL 2008-09 10
38 ORL 2009-10 10
39 SAC 2001-02 10
40 SAS 1978-79 10

41 SAS 2006-07 10
42 SAS 2013-14 10
43 SEA 1996-97 10
44 UTA 1994-95 10
45 BOS 1961-62 9
46 BOS 1966-67 9
47 BOS 1990-91 9
48 CHI 1991-92 9
49 CHI 1996-97 9
50 DET 2005-06 9
51 DET 2007-08 9
52 LAC 2012-13 9
53 MIL 1979-80 9
54 NJN 1993-94 9
55 NYK 1968-69 9
56 OKC 2015-16 9
57 PHI 1966-67 9
58 POR 1990-91 9
59 SAC 2000-01 9
60 SAC 2002-03 9

61 SAS 2005-06 9
62 SAS 2014-15 9
63 SEA 1995-96 9
64 SFW 1963-64 9
65 TOR 2007-08 9
66 UTA 1991-92 9
67 ATL 1986-87 8
68 BOS 1958-59 8
69 BOS 1959-60 8
70 CLE 1988-89 8
71 DAL 2002-03 8
72 DEN 1989-90 8
73 DET 1989-90 8
74 IND 1997-98 8
75 LAC 2013-14 8
76 LAL 1997-98 8
77 LAL 1999-00 8
78 LAL 2001-02 8
79 MIA 2010-11 8
80 MIL 1973-74 8

81 MIN 2013-14 8
82 MNL 1949-50 8
83 NYK 2013-14 8
84 ORL 1994-95 8
85 PHO 1971-72 8
86 PHO 1991-92 8
87 PHO 2006-07 8
88 PHO 2009-10 8
89 POR 1977-78 8
90 POR 1989-90 8
91 POR 2008-09 8
92 ROC 1949-50 8
93 SAS 1980-81 8
94 SEA 1992-93 8
95 SEA 1993-94 8
96 UTA 1996-97 8
97 WSB 1974-75 8

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...=&order_by=pts

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No Surprise that a team with the 2nd best PG of all time and the 2nd best Center, if not best, Center of all-time led this category. Amazing the Spurs did this now when teams are more balanced. It's amazing what adding 1 player of note can do for an already successful franchise/team.