Game Blog: Spurs @ Thunder - Game 4

[slick'81]

cant take much from these games.Too many spurs dissapear no tiago,bonner or danny green and duncan is working for everything

thanks god 2/3 are in sa

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

All of our problems will be solved if we play Dejuan Blair......

[Paranoid Pop]

Im so nervous at freaking 3:41 am in the morning. Spurs will pay me treatment after playoffs

Lol same here, I'm like wtf am I up, feels better to get the result in the morning, only worrying during the 2 minutes it takes me to get on nba.com

[smaka]

LOL I thought you guys were taking game 2?

stfu idiot, see you in SA

[DMC]

Players to play all game:

Diaw
Duncan
Blair
Leonard
Jackson
Neal
Manu
Parker


players to leave out of the rotation:
Splitter
Bonner
Green
Anderson
Mills

Blair? Really? He hasn't played since he was benched (real minutes) months ago. There's no logic in choosing him. His past performances in OKC are not relevant here, since this Thunder team is not that Thunder team.

[Cant_Be_Faded]

More concerned about Duncan the more I think about it


Our defense is giving them lay up drills cuz Duncan is slow out there

[carina_gino20]

LOL at people blaming Bonner - dude played 2 min in the first half.

That's all it took, tbh. He came in and whatever flow they had all went to .

[spursfanincolorado]

Wait until Blair tries a bunch of circus shots against their real bigs and wish Bonner was back in LOL

[Duncan2177]

does it look to anybody that the team made any adjustments coming into this game other than taking a LITTLE bit better care of the ball? I mean, it doesn't even seem like the team watched game film from Game 3.

Pop told the media they didn't watch any game film. Why they didn't is beyond me.

[Kidd K]

If the Spurs pull out the win tonight I will be very very surprise.....

The refs clearly won't allow it. They've officiated the last two games like complete dog .

Only way Spurs win is if they shoot 65-70% in the second half or make a ton of threes to overcome the lopsided officiating.

When you look carefully, OKC's bigs keep on pushing themselves off when the player with the ball looks like he's gonna make a play. Also on defense: no off ball screens possible when OKC's bigs push, hold or grab arms. Those are the terrible non calls that don't get noticed. It's smart though. If you would fix a game, this is the way to do it lol

Told y'all. Refs were gonna give OKC both games.

I guarantee any time SA goes on a run, OKC will start getting a bunch of FTAs and start getting away with fouls and goaltends again. And all their FTAs will be with their best FT shooters at the line, while we'll only get FTAs with our bigs at the line. If we even get any.

[loveforthegame]

Not sure what else Pop can say to these guys. At some point they have to show some pride and pick their own play up.

Looking at the numbers I can't believe we're only down 12. Should be 20+.

[KDtrey5]

stfu idiot, see you in SA

You mad bro? go

[sammy]

Of course it won't count...with these refs. They believe Ibaka gets to goaltend his way into scoring and that the Spurs shouldn't be allowed to make a run. Almost like they've been paid off to ref the game(s) that way...

That being said Spurs need to stop letting the BAD REFFING get to them and continue to shoot the ball, shoot their way back into it, they have enough good shooters to do it even if the refs call ticky tacky fouls on them all night. Don't let it stop their aggressiveness. And give Ibaka, Perkins, Collison or whatever other scrub they have trying to play C a good hard shove next time they run into him in the paint.

Agreed! GIve them a hard foul and earn their points at the line rather than easy slam dunk! Bas Stern is there watching the game so this confirms the horrible officiating but the Spurs need to play above those bas s! Let these es have the 1st half, I'll take the 2nd half with a win! How is it that scraggly Harden can hack and grab and no call! Unbelievable!

[slick'81]

lol bonner played 2min because he sucked soo bad

[timvp]

Alright, the Spurs are still in this. S.A. just needs one big, strong second half.

[Cherry]

i´m scared.

[DMC]

Splitter without the pick and roll is almost useless, damn near a liability. In fact, without the high screen and pick and roll, the Spurs are the Nuggets.

[smaka]

WOW -- yeah. And if 5 of those 17 shots were goaltends, that still leaves 10-17 that weren't. You can bet Pop will make sure the refs hear an earful about the goaltends, and the refs will be obliged to throw some half-assed make up calls our way in the second half. But even without that - those three scrubs won't keep shooting like that all game, or at least not all series. So don't panic guys. Spurs just need to not lose their composure and keep pushing the ball and shooting and defending.

wtf are you talking about goaltendings for okc?

[Spurologist]

It's painful to watch TD miss chip shots in the paint

[Paranoid Pop]

Yeah time to go twin tower, I'd even play Kawhi at the 2 and Diaw at the 3, go superbig and protect the ing rim.

[Chachachango]

Wait until Blair tries a bunch of circus shots against their real bigs and wish Bonner was back in LOL

I'd take that. At least we'll know if he's gonna be effective or not.

[smrattler]

I'll record the second half, but I'm not wasting a Saturday night in a bad mood for this craP. The Thunder arent even playing their best IMO. This is more to do with what the Spurs are not doing. That makes me sick.

Do they make changes at halftime? Doubt it, otherwise they wouldve made them the last 48 hours. No change? No change in the results.

Good luck guys, see you in game 5 at home. Hopefully they do something then.

[spursfanincolorado]

LOL I thought you guys were taking game 2?

Still a lot of game left - plus the series doesn't start until the visitors steal a game

[baseline bum]

LOL at people blaming Bonner - dude played 2 min in the first half.

You mean the two minutes where OKC ripped off a 10-0 run?

[Ice009]

Unfortunately, I think Pop is willing to go down with Bonner.

I don't even think Budenholzer would play Bonner if Pop got ejected.

What is wrong with Pop.

How did it go from Jerome Kersey, to Kevin Willis, to Tony Massenburg, to Matt Bonner?

Horrible.