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Yeah, we'll be owned. But we still playing the Clippers.
Will/Does this mean anything when they face off in the WCF?
Yeah, we'll be owned. But we still playing the Clippers.
I'm a little worried since we haven't really had a close compe ive game in the playoffs. Game 4 at Utah was about it but both teams played like crap. I don't believe Clips will lay down Sunday night and hopefully they push us in a close game.
it most certainly will. the spurs won't be used to playing this level of compe ion. back in high school we were in a pretty ty district one year, and it really screwed with you once the playoffs started. it was easy to almost drop a game to an inferior team until you got up to speed.
cool narrative brosep...
that said, taking care of the teams you're supposed to take care of is part of the test... you can ask Miami and Boston about that...
I could also go the this way and say something like:
"How were the Thunder tested exactly? Jazz/Clippers > Mavs/Lakers"
But Venti is just venting/trolling, so is cool.
it might go to 5 games instead of 4...
Venti you forgot 1 detail: experience
Yes the Jazz and Clippers are no compe ion, but our players are battle tested
Moreover, we have OKC's number this season
It depends. Old teams like SA (their core) don't need threats and draw out series to know how to play the game. They do well on a few days rest. They should be healthy, hopefully and that's much bigger than this perceived "challenge" advantage.
This isn't training camp, it's the 2nd round of the playoffs. Either the Spurs will win or they will not win, either way it will have nothing to do with how easy it was to get to the WCF if they get there.
scro I'm not trolling. We've seen this before -- other-worldly teams storming to the x round of the playoffs without breaking a sweat and then getting curbstomped by a more battle-tested team who have played more games in round x.
it means nothing matchbox say spurs own the thunder. They built themselves ti best la and he spurs aren't, they're going to stretch them out Perkins will be uselless
Sure. It also has happened that some more 'battle-tested' teams the bed after being up 27 with home court advantage. I think every series presents different matchups and problems, and that's why the games are played. I'm still not sold SA can beat OKC, but it's not because OKC beat Dallas or Lakers.
This is what the Spurs wanted... everyone knew OKC was going to go through Dallas and the Lakers, battle tested? Maybe.. but the Spurs wanted health, and so far they got that.. they're giving the young players experience and they have thrived for the most part. The Spurs still have home-court.. anything can happen, but the Spurs are playing beautiful basketball and OKC hasn't faced anyone like the Spurs either. Dallas and the Lakers were never really contenders, they are tougher opponents.. but that's it.
Isn't coming back to win 24 down a test? I think Game 3 tested the Spurs more than enough. It gave them the ability to stay calm under pressure and in the process, work their way to a win. From 24 down mind you.
A team like the Spurs don't need to be battle-tested based solely off the merit of their familiarity of the playoff environment. They know who they are, and any other opinion would insinuate they need some sort of experience.
The Thunder on the other hand benefit from going through the Mavs/Lakers, and they need old s to try them to keep them in game condition and to keep them focused.
Boiled down, doesn't mean . In fact, it benefits both squads.
face off? did you mean that
So we got two teams that run incredibly simplistic offensive systems testing each other.
We got back your man down and shoot a fadeaway vs. shoot a jumper without one pass.
Imo this is not a test. Its an ugly individual basketball compe ion.
We matchup excellent with the Thunder, in my opinion. Since Duncan and Diaw play more of a midrange game these days, I'm not worried about Perkins and Ibaka constantly packing the paint since they'll have to stay honest if they don't want to give up open jumpers to those two all day.
Durant has been incredible and is making Artest his , but I hope Jackson and Leonard, two small forwards more athletic and longer than Artest, will be able to frustrate him a bit. Durant will still get his, but hopefully they keep him under 50% shooting.
Westbrook is going to be in' handful. Spurs often have problems containing quick guards, so all I want is for Parker to is stay within 5 points of Westbrook every game. If Westbrook averages 25 a game, Parker needs to average 20. Same goes for Manu vis a vis Harden. If Harden averages 17-20, Manu needs to put up 12-15 consistently. I think if the Spurs' big three can maintain around a 15 point deficit against OKC's big three, they'll be fine, since I expect the Spurs' role players to outperform their OKC counterparts by a significant margin.
I also think the predictability of OKC's offense might be their undoing, especially against the Spurs, who rarely get out of line. It was almost their undoing against the Lakers.
The Lakers could easily be up 3-1 on OKC right now if not for huge meltdowns in the fourth quarter. Blame it on Gasal/Bynum's mental for ude (or late thereof), Kobe's chucking, whatever... they know how to beat the Thunder, they just collapse. The Spurs won't.
you're so damn right the Spurs are not being tested, not this year at least, hopefully next year the WC brings a worthy opponent to test the Spurs
Spurs will run a train on OKC.
Spurs in 6 I hope.
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Well, one thing's for sure: The Lakers are being "tested," and as a result they're now down in the series 1-3.
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