Fact or Fiction:Spurs Thunder game 6

[ViceCity86]

1. Fact or Fiction: The Thunder are who we thought they were.


Henry Abbott, ESPN.com: Fact. People have been calling this team "next" since it was the Sonics in 2007. It was entirely unfair -- almost no teams that bad get this good. They're contenders now and, in Vegas, now the favorites. Hats off to Sam Presti, who is one of the first GMs in history to truly build a contender through the lottery.

J.A. Adande, ESPN.com: Fiction. They're more poised, better balanced and smarter coached than we've given them credit for. They have only 58 turnovers to the Spurs' 81 in this series. None of these were advantages they were supposed to have, and they've all supplemented what we did know about them: They're younger and more athletic than San Antonio.

Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN.com: Fact, although I'd use the conditional tense: "The Thunder are who we thought they would be." We knew they had the individual talents to dominate, but did we know they'd be able to assemble them into championship-quality basketball this quickly?

Beckley Mason, ESPN.com: Fiction. At least, they aren't who I thought they were! OKC's players and coaches have shown an ability to adjust on the fly that I was not sure either possessed before this series. I've been especially shocked by their ability to maintain defensive discipline and turn the Spurs over as much as they have.

Marc Stein, ESPN.com: Fiction. I thought they were still at least a year away. And I never thought I'd turn on "SportsCenter" on the eve of Game 6 and see a clip of Spurs coach Gregg Popovich talking about how the Thunder are making the extra pass better than the Spurs are.

http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2012...o-spurs-game-6

[spurs10]

This bodes well for us, as they have been collectively wrong about EVERYTHING!
ONE!

[TXstbobcat]

FACT: This series will be decided in game 7 at the AT&T Center.

[hater]

This goes 7 games: FACT