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How's the Lakers being the second best team in LA working out?No, what's classy is blaming all your problem's on the officiating. I would've given you some warm milk followed by a pacifier.
Keep it up, there's more of your golden threads to bump
Perhaps we're being a bit too fussy about beating the top WC seed in a game BEFORE the RRT. Stop being so ing analytical and enjoy.
How's the Lakers being the second best team in LA working out?No, what's classy is blaming all your problem's on the officiating. I would've given you some warm milk followed by a pacifier.
Keep it up, there's more of your golden threads to bump
Just fine...Clippers ain't winning this year either, so let them have their turn at some spotlightHow's the Lakers being the second best team in LA working out?
Just as long as the Clips send the Lakers' collective ass to oblivion in the playoffs, I'm fine with it.
Definitely with mystar here, as usual..
Honestly, running the secondary offense through Splitter, instead of Green and Neal, could be the difference in living and dying by the 3 and actually having a playoff-built team..the Splitter offense leads to points in the paint, and opens things up for the shooters, particularly Bonner, as of late..while Neal and Green offense often leads to bad shots and questionable decisions that aren't punishable during the regular season(half the time), but are suicide during the playoffs..
Having TJ Ford run the bench offense could lead to Splitter receiving more touches, but that's far from a lock..Ford is known to control the ball for an entire possession..
crofl...if the Lakers even make the playoffs...
Seriously, the Lakers are going to land somewhere in the 4th-5th in the West and prolly make a run in the WCF. The West is just too wide open and the Thunder look like they're still raw.
meh, it's whatever, tbh. They could miss the playoffs or make the finals...who knows. Nobody from the west has a chance against Miami though.
Pray for injuries.
50 points to the first who posts something like "That's what they said last year too...blah blah blah."
Youre missing the point bro, these "whats ifs" are weak. What happened happened and what didnt happen didnt happen.
Only if you think spurs are legitimate le contenders. Which they are not, their defense is too undisciplined.
Well that's deep. Unfortunately, there is such a thing as cause and effect. At least on this planet. I know that's a shock - but "what happens" often happens for a reason.
What happened is that Perkins had to leave the game 1 minute and 39 seconds after it started. And if you can't understand that Nazr is a dropoff from Perkins, you probably stay confused about a lot of other things, too.
What happened is that on 3 consecutive possessions, RJ hit a 3 and Kawhi hit two 3's. And that forced the OKC defense to stay home more, instead of totally collapsing on Parker. If those guys had started the game bricking shots, it probably would have looked a lot different than it did. It makes a huge difference to hit a few early ones.
Apparently you were at least able to understand the part about the Spurs being outscored 46 to 30 in the paint - and the fact that most of our scoring in the paint wasn't by our frontcourt. Or do I need to explain that part, too? Bro.
Beating the team with the best record in the league (whether it's the Thunder or anyone else) is always golden. Add to that, they are a conference opponent and fully healthy while we aren't.
of a win. We won't know how good this team can be until Manu and Ford return. They need to improve on D and win on the road.
"Bro" sorry that term "Bro" apparently bothers you. Everything you said on your reply AGAIN makes no sense, but you did get one thing right; What didnt happen didnt happen. Youre theory is weak. But i guess youre the first one who said "Had Horry made that 3 pointer against the Spurs in 03 wed have 1 less championship. This Cause and Effect is weak no matter how many times you try to twist it, it didnt happen the way way you think it would have happened.
Past = the past (what actually happened)
Present = what is happening this very moment
Future = what is going to happen.
haha Id love to hear what you have to say about the big bang.
We hit threes, but our guys also rebounded well, hustled, hedged well, communicated, and best of all we're doing this without our best player and primary igniter.
I'm especially high on this team from an energy and effort standpoint. Ever since the Dallas game it's like someone has lit a fire under the Spurs' collective asses. I was at the game today, and the energy was readily apparent.
Another observation of note is our offensive execution, which may be second to none in the league. My only concern is the lack of interior scoring against teams with great frontcourts like OKC and the Lakers. Timmy and Tiago both really struggled with the athleticism/strength of OKC's big men. Come playoff time those two will have to play stronger inside on the offensive side.
Oh and speaking of Tiago, when he touches the ball good things usually happen for our 2nd unit. Pop and Tiago's teammates would be wise to remember this.
I guess it's like counting on a healthy Manu for the playoffs.
Fools gold?.... I'll hold off on any pessimism to that degree while Manu is out. That being said, this game doesn't stand as a measuring stick by any means for future meetings.
I did like the spurts of defense that were responsible for shutting Westbrook and Durant down.
The only thing that should be taken by the team from this game is confidence. It's great to see TP ala 2007 and Timmy looking excited to play.
I guess it's like counting on a healthy Manu for the playoffs.
If we were the same level of deviation away negatively from our regular 3 point % as we were above in this game, would we call it a fluke loss? It's pretty much the same level of deviation from the norm to shoot 24% (5-21) as shooting 52% as happened tonight. We might not be able to win consistently with 52% shooting, but we are also unlikely to lose because of 20% 3 shooting to often.
We have areas of concern that are prolonged, and likely to continue. Those are the things to focus on(DeJuan Blair deciding to stop rebounding, and being sievelike are the primary concerns.)
Can SA shoot 52% 16 times in the playoffs?
It was a good win and I'll enjoy it but until the team starts playing defense consistently, I can't say the team is on a turning point. Also Jefferson, Bonner, and Blair have major roles on this team when they shouldn't be having them. The Spurs still have one of the weakest front lines of the playoff teams.
They are definitely more deep and disciplined than last year and could make it out of the 1st round if they are fully healthy.
+1. This was the one major thing I noticed too. The ball was constantly moving on a consistent basis, it never stuck with one guy.
No, but that wasn't my point. 52% is a deviation from the norm, but you expect to shoot the norm over a sufficiently long period. We could win shooting 40% though. My point was that the fools gold is that we have a position of poor play that is likely to stay consistently below par(rebounding and defense more consistent than shooting), and that's the worry. We will lose games shooting badly, but that's just luck.
Seemed like the Thunder hit a lot of threes, and they still lost by 11. The Thunder packed the paint and as a result the Spurs were wide ing open. It's not like the Spurs were jacking up defended garbage at the end of the shot clock. The shots were off swinging the ball around or penetration and dish, not off the dribble.
There's no fool's gold win when your best player is sitting behind the bench with a cast on his hand.
I guarantee you that if they do it once in the playoffs the opponent will change the way they defend the three point line.
Tony puts up 42 and 9 and breaks a franchise record and the Spurs beat the best current team in the league, and people still wanna because we made too many threes.
This board just boggles my mind sometimes.
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