Kanter ate the Turd Towers alive during the season opener: outrebounded them 16 to 2:lol (Hopefully, Pop has learned his lesson)
I feel like this is the series where Boban gets the 2014 Baynes minutes (Pop played him to keep Lopez off the offensive boards)
Pop hid Porker on Roberson when he put Danny on KD. (Waiters has been playing well & might go Lance against the bench just like he raw dogged Tony during the season opener: Hide Patty on Foye/Singler & let Manu/Kyle check Waiters)
OKC is undisciplined so Porky need to attack in transition otherwise he's going to be in "dribble-dribble" mode when he sees Ibaka/Adams parked in the paint. Porky was also getting schooled by Payne (who is injured) during their most recent matchup.:lol
Did payne even play against dallas? I watched game 1 and 2 but didnt bother with 3 and 4. Hes got the tools to be the regie jackson or the bailout guy Durant and Westbrook rely on when they are shitting the bed.
I hope they are not smart enough to play him.
04-24-2016
Keepin' it real
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
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Originally Posted by marinoman
Don't sleep on the Mavericks!
I don't sleep on lumpy surfaces.
04-24-2016
Kawhitstorm
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
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Kanter has been playing like a beast offensively / on the boards, but is still a pretty big negative defensively. Need to get him into pick and roll or post him up.
Spurs lost the season opener b/c Porker REFUSED to attack Kanter on switches & Diaw/West got murdered by Kanter in the paint. Otherwise, Kawhi manhandled Durant:
Kawhi also outplayed Durant (especially in the 4th quarter) when the Spurs beat OKC @ AT&T:
04-24-2016
soxxx
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
Skip has a good point. If okc can close out Dallas the series will get started on Thursday likely. Get this series started asap.
04-24-2016
Kawhitstorm
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
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Originally Posted by apalisoc_9
Did payne even play against dallas? I watched game 1 and 2 but didnt bother with 3 and 4. Hes got the tools to be the regie jackson or the bailout guy Durant and Westbrook rely on when they are shitting the bed.
I hope they are not smart enough to play him.
Like I mentioned, he's injured: Payne (hip) completed the Thunder's morning shootaround and looks to be available for Monday's Game 2 matchup with the Mavericks, Anthony Slater of The Oklahoman reports.
It seems like Singler has been phased out of the rotation & Waiters is playing more minutes. Patty can still hide on Foye though as he's playing backup PG.
04-24-2016
szkorhetz
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
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Originally Posted by marinoman
Don't sleep on the Mavericks!
What are you hoping for? It's a gentlemen's sweep.
That thing we can hope for is Houston stealing another game.
04-24-2016
Holden_Caulfield
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
we just need to lock down durant and the series is ours
Any other player would be suspended one game for doing it but not Westbrook.
04-24-2016
YGWHI
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
Yeah...Buy a ticket to be insulted by a player..." but but the NBA cares about fans" :cry
04-24-2016
YGWHI
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
It's fascinating that Pop isn't worried about this...in order to beat OKC.
04-24-2016
Ditty
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
Spurs should be able to beat them in no more than 6. If they brought the same play as they did in the second half today against the Grizz they shouldn't have much problems. Hope to see Green on Durant, and Kawhi on Westbrook and some Boban instead of West!
04-24-2016
024
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
Spurs have 5 days to practice since the second round wont start until next weekend. Should be ample time to really hammer in the offensive game plan and get everyone on the same page. Did not like what I saw in the Grizzlies series. If the Spurs play like that against the Thunder, they will give the Thunder a good chance of winning the series.
At this point though, the woes better be cruising/just being out of sync because of the resting at the end of the season. If the Spurs have hit their peak though, they might be able to squeeze past the Thunder but they'll hit a wall against the Warriors (if everyone's healthy).
04-24-2016
marinoman
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
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Originally Posted by szkorhetz
What are you hoping for? It's a gentlemen's sweep.
That thing we can hope for is Houston stealing another game.
it was a joke
04-24-2016
K...
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
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Originally Posted by YGWHI
It's fascinating that Pop isn't worried about this...in order to beat OKC.
You're citing a white guy in a bow tie?
04-24-2016
tholdren
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
Westbrook and Durant are bigger douche bags than curry green
04-24-2016
Kawhitstorm
Re: On to the 2nd Rd: Spurs/OKC
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Originally Posted by YGWHI
It's fascinating that Pop isn't worried about this...in order to beat OKC.
He did bench Porky in the 4th quarter of Gm 3 when thing go tight & we all know his history of getting benched in the playoffs against OKC.