GT: Spurs @ OKC (7:00 PM CT/3:00 AM Riga/ESPN) sponsored by Andre Roberson's will

Sneaky important game..Spurs need to prevent OKC from passing Clippers for the 5th seed..We can't have all bad matchups on our side of the bracket....

An opportunity for Leonard to bust out of his 3PT funk and learn how to deal better with lanky defenders siccced on him and aided by swarming help D at every move..This is going to be the play against the Spurs in the postseason: everyone but Kawhi gets to beat us..

Probably another embarrassing/annihilating loss.

Let's get the win:flag::toast

didn't think know we're playing over there. looking forward to the game even more.

westbrook's my favorite non spur right now. well he and dirk.

if spurs lose in the POs i'll actually be rooting for okc. i like adams, taj, sabonis. would be great to see them beat the warriors.

Hope Roberson takes it easy.....

Hope the guys have a good game... They still have things to work on. Kind of dismaying that this late in the season they still have a lot to work on but Kiwi needs to embrace the facilitator role if he's swarmed. Guys better get ready to make shots.

I think they will bounce back.

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Almost like people actually forgot we were force feeding lma. :lmao

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Not even close to an MVP player.

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Should read "The Impact of Constant Double Teams on Kawhi". I'm guessing his APG have gone up but they didn't include it bc it doesn't fit the narrative of him trending down. Not an excuse, since he needs to adjust and be better at handling the double team but it's also disingenuous to act like that isnt why his numbers have dipped.

Robertson is a badass defender btw. Second best wing defender after Kawhi imo. Wouldn't be opposed to bringing him home and letting Chip go to work on his shot, tbh.

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Originally Posted by FkLA

Should read "The Impact of Constant Double Teams on Kawhi". I'm guessing his APG have gone up but they didn't include it bc it doesn't fit the narrative of him trending down. Not an excuse, since he needs to adjust and be better at handling the double team but it's also disingenuous to act like that isnt why his numbers have dipped.

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Averaged 4.3 assists in both the first and last 7 games of March.

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Originally Posted by spursistan

Sneaky important game..Spurs need to prevent OKC from passing Clippers for the 5th seed..We can't have all bad matchups on our side of the bracket....

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Hmm not sure about that. Clips falling to 6 would be interesting. OKC has no chance vs Houston but the Clips could potentially win that series. Would rather avoid Houston in Round 2 if possible.

KL will go for 40. But I would like to see KL assigned to just follow RW around even on offense to prevent him from stat padding rebounds. That would fuck his world up.

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Originally Posted by DesignatedT

Hmm not sure about that. Clips falling to 6 would be interesting. OKC has no chance vs Houston but the Clips could potentially win that series. Would rather avoid Houston in Round 2 if possible.

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Spurs would have no chance against the Clippers in a series, even with how dysfunctional they've looked lately.

Tonight is going to be a pivotal game in regards to my opinion of our current Spurs team. If they can come out blazing and smoke these thunder, I can believe they're horsing around until the playoffs (like they do many seasons). If they fool around and lose or win by a last second shot, I call bull on these guys being contenders

Off topic, I took a pic of Kyle Anderson signing autographs recently.
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Originally Posted by spursistan

Sneaky important game..Spurs need to prevent OKC from passing Clippers for the 5th seed..We can't have all bad matchups on our side of the bracket....

An opportunity for Leonard to bust out of his 3PT funk and learn how to deal better with lanky defenders siccced on him and aided by swarming help D at every move..This is going to be the play against the Spurs in the postseason: everyone but Kawhi gets to beat us..

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:lmao why in the world would Spurs give a shit whos in 5th or 6th place??

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Originally Posted by DMC

KL will go for 40.

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This is possible. no Barnes in sight

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Originally Posted by spursistan

Sneaky important game..Spurs need to prevent OKC from passing Clippers for the 5th seed..We can't have all bad matchups on our side of the bracket....

An opportunity for Leonard to bust out of his 3PT funk and learn how to deal better with lanky defenders siccced on him and aided by swarming help D at every move..This is going to be the play against the Spurs in the postseason: everyone but Kawhi gets to beat us..

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Originally Posted by Robz4000

Spurs would have no chance against the Clippers in a series, even with how dysfunctional they've looked lately.

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That seems like an overstatement. But I could sure see the Clips getting well against the Spurs.

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Originally Posted by Robz4000

Spurs would have no chance against the Clippers in a series, even with how dysfunctional they've looked lately.

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Sad but true until proven otherwise. All depends on KL.

All I want to see tonight is our bigs compete with theirs. Show some freaking toughness. Seedings are already set for us, so a Loss doesn't make a difference there. I just want to see some tougher play and not let them push our guys around

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Originally Posted by BillMc

Let's get the win:flag::toast

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Wow a post about winning the game tonight! What a homer! :lol
Hopefully Beiber's right and it's another annihilating loss for the Thunderrefs!
Go Spurs!!:flag:

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Originally Posted by bklynspursfan

All I want to see tonight is our bigs compete with theirs. Show some freaking toughness. Seedings are already set for us, so a Loss doesn't make a difference there. I just want to see some tougher play and not let them push our guys around

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Ditto :ihit

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Originally Posted by bklynspursfan

All I want to see tonight is our bigs compete with theirs. Show some freaking toughness. Seedings are already set for us, so a Loss doesn't make a difference there. I just want to see some tougher play and not let them push our guys around

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Great post.

Thunder are also low-key playing their best ball of the season tbh. Fully expecting a loss here, but as has been said this game has no meaning; Spurs will have the second best record locked up by the end of the night regardless.

Lol, I was just watching a pre-game show with Beadle, Chauncey Billups and Byron Scott. Billups was giving TP all sorts of grief about looking old. He said "he's probably a first ballot HOF'er, he's got some rings, but man..he's looking like me now, old man Billups"...something to that effect.

Byron Scott chimed in with "Yeah, but he's got Kawhi Leonard to pass to now..". I think he sensed Billups' words were a bit harsh and tried to lighten things up and put a positive spin on the segment.

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Originally Posted by Robz4000

Thunder are also low-key playing their best ball of the season tbh. Fully expecting a loss here, but as has been said this game has no meaning; Spurs will have the second best record locked up by the end of the night regardless.

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Maybe I'm crazy but I'm fully expecting a win. OKC manhandled the Spurs last time out & if they have any pride the Spurs will want to wipe the memory of that ass-kicking they got from the Warriors a couple of days ago. That was a sad, embarrassing loss. Not because they lost, but because of how they lost. You don't give up 22 point leads at home and feel good about yourselves. The Warriors did anything they wanted on the offensive end of the court and even let David West punch the guys in the mouth. You just don't let that happen, have pride in yourself and then come out and get another ass whooping. Fuck that. I'm getting pissed just thinking about it. PUT ME IN COACH!!

crofl this offense

Both teams looking like dog shit.

Looking like team's have completely figured out how to shut down Kawhi and the Spurs' offense.

Damn this team looks like trash

No offense at all

Fuck yeah! We scored!

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Fuck yeah! We scored!

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Tony Tony Tony has done it again.

TP leading the OKC charge!

HOTS :wow

Parker needs to fucking retire.

Lol at all the delusional Spur fans that think they'll make it past the first round.

double team on Kawhi = spurs fucked

Jesus the Pork is an embarrassment. Bring in Paddy, tbh.

The "Offseason Thread" was made super early last year, I think in the first round. I wonder if this year will beat that. Probably by game 80. :lol

Why is Enrique still in the NBA?

Kawhi getting shut down by Roberson.. trash.

One team with nothing to play for and other team playing for a chance at first round home court

Spurs Crater After March

He scored! :wow

Thunderefs

What will be found first: Jimmy Hoffa or Kawhi's 3 pt shot?

Our best playmaker is a 39 year old. We're fucked.

Grab a fucking rebound, Pau

Spurs look so defeated after their annihilation on Wednesday. This team won't win another game.

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Originally Posted by Darius Bieber

Spurs look so defeated after their annihilation on Wednesday. This team won't win another game.

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:lol i like this troll

So many matchup nightmares. The clips,the Dubs, the Thunderefs

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Originally Posted by Strategic

One team with nothing to play for and other team playing for a chance at first round home court

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which is why I figured Pop would rest Kiwi and TP, they both look like they could use it.

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Originally Posted by $pursDynasty

So many matchup nightmares. The clips,the Dubs, the Thunderefs

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Houston, Portland

which playoff team can the spurs beat tbh

Been saying it all year: the Spurs can't beat the Thunder in a series. Unfortunately, it's starting to look like they'll be hard-pressed to beat any of their potential first round opponents right now. Teams have figured out how to shut down their offense (Kawhi).

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Lol at all the delusional Spur fans that think they'll make it past the first round.

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I know you are always over the top negative, but this doesn't really seem all that unrealistic this year.

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I know you are always over the top negative, but this doesn't really seem all that unrealistic this year.

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Stop being a faggot. :lmao

Man, Kawhi's 1-on-1 greatness was covering up just how bad the rest of the offense is. It looks like absolute dog shit now that Kawhi is seeing double teams every possession. Pretty concerning, tbh.

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Man, Kawhi's 1-on-1 greatness was covering up just how bad the rest of the offense is. It looks like absolute dog shit now that Kawhi is seeing double teams every possession. Pretty concerning, tbh.

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Too much midrange.

Fathead looking impressive again.

Anderson baby:lol:toast

I really hope the Thunder don't decide to tank for the Spurs.

Hakeem Kanter doing work on the Spurs.

Is Murray in the doghouse?

I'd like to see Simmons sometime for Ginobili frankly ...

9-0 run in a minute :lmao

i can't wait for dejounte to take over. tony and patty both are trash.

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Originally Posted by midnightpulp

Too much midrange.

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Not sure what that has to do with him getting doubled/trapped every single possession. His style is far from being the offense's biggest problem.

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Is Murray in the doghouse?

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Still injured... sadly :depressed

Also, the Spurs will be a low-end playoff team at best next year if they don't improve the PG position. Kawhi can't hide everyone.

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Originally Posted by Robz4000

I really hope the Thunder don't decide to tank for the Spurs.

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Russ wants that MVP far more than any seeding.

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I'd like to see Simmons sometime for Ginobili frankly ...

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Hopefully Simmons plays well. :toast

Simmons passed up that shot though it will count as an assist to Tony... oh well :downspin:

LMA should feast on Kanter and Sabonis wtfu!

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Originally Posted by John Petrucci

Russ wants that MVP far more than any seeding.

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Let's hope he's as selfish as some posters on here want to believe.

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Originally Posted by FkLA

Not sure what that has to do with him getting doubled/trapped every single possession. His style is far from being the offense's biggest problem.

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Midrange is easier to defend. Westbrook, Harden have even worst supporting casts and they usually have no problem generating offense, whether through scoring or playmaking.

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Originally Posted by midnightpulp

Midrange is easier to defend. Westbrook, Harden have even worst supporting casts and they usually have no problem generating offense, whether through scoring or playmaking.

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Yeah, but Houston players actually hit their shots.

This team can't make layups!!

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Originally Posted by Robz4000

Let's hope he's as selfish as some posters on here want to believe.

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he always says he's only about winning championships...don't quite buy it. This MVP would be far too valuable to his already strong af brand

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LMA should feast on Kanter and Sabonis wtfu!

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LMA is trash.

Happy that Kyle played well.
I want to see Simms play well too.
Frankly Manu and Mills are concerning. One is old as heck and the other undersized as heck and his performance against last season's OKC was an alarm bell.
I suspect simms and anderson have to both play well off the bench.

Yep..I'm afraid the book on how to beat is team is officially out..Actually it's been there ever since Doc employed this strategy of swarming and denying Kawhi and daring the rest to carry the day for the Spurs in 2015 series..

The lack of dynamic play makers/penetrators that would make defenses pay for collapsing and moving out of positions is choking off our offense..

Third consecutive postseasons they are going to die similar death..This shit is on the front office and the coaching staff..

Pop said today the rotation is set in stone. Looks like Simmons won over Anderson.

Tony is horrnedous ... please retire Tony please.

Gasol getting cucked by Adams on the boards

Damn refs letting the Thunder get away with murder

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Originally Posted by Uriel

Pop said today the rotation is set in stone. Looks like Simmons won over Anderson.

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Nah...I
think both made it. Frankly has Tony played better than either guy? No.

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Tony is horrnedous ... please retire Tony please.

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He's not giving up $15 million.

LMAO Parker

Not sure if Kwahi knows it is very tough to split through two defenders--but he keeps trying every game.

Russ taking a steaming shit on Parker per par.

Wow Spurs are the laughing stock of the league. Such a trash team.

Isn't there going to be a lull between now and last 5 games to develop rhythm? This game doesn't mean a single damn thing to Spurs. I've only seen a couple of plays but can't say I'm surprised if we're uninspired.

This is such a piss poor effort. Shit is painful on the eyes

:lol people who thought Gasol would be an upgrade over a Timmy even with no legs in this matchup. Can't teach toughness, which unfortunately this team desperately lacks.

Should have rested everyone, f' Adam Silver and ESPN.