Time to separate the real from the fakes

[100%duncan]

Can't say. How am i supposed to know if we woulda won or lost if it wasnt for that.

[Russo21]

Yeah that was funny

[100%duncan]

I know, .

[mVp]

Spurs in ing 7

[Horse]

yeah the doubters!

[TampaDude]

Spurs in ing 7

Nope. 6.

We cruise in Game 5 and then hand the Thunder their first home playoff loss and win the WCF in 6.

Book.

It.

[tkang456]

i came out of retirement like bruce bowen possessing kwahi to post in this thread. I ing believe. I believe we win the next two and the thunder, who look a little bit too much like the mavericks of 3-4 years ago, come to their senses and take the ass ing they know they deserve.

the thunder. their fake ass primadona en led asses. Monday, the spurs rape that like a rich white girl on the front page of cnn.

I. ing. Believe.

right on bro!

[Spurs9]

I'm suprised how many fake fans were already pulling the ripcord on this series yesterday in the 2nd quarter tbh.

[ginobili fan]

I must admitt OKC is an above average team.
I apologize for thinking there were BS.
Still let's do it with manner Spurs in 6.

[2centsworth]

I thought we would win in five, but didn't anticipate some of our players coming up so small. Regardless, looks like us in 7

[Dingle Barry]

I believe.

[AztecSpur]

And it's still 2-2.

KL is good but not that good if the big 3 are tanking!

[Yuixafun]

We are not equal with OKC. The Spurs would not have lost to OKC by 25 points in the regular season because Brooks would not have made the adjustments to get there. He has now because he's had 2 games to do so (3 now). Durant didn't do anything until the 4th and he decided to, and when he did we couldn't get a single stop. Westbrook was quiet as was Harden minus a couple timely shots and we couldn't stop people who normally don't contribute much on offense. Pop didn't really make any real adjustments and instead went right back to the same that didn't work in game 3. Sure it was closer, thanks to some gutsy performance by a rookie and some timing on subs with OKC, but it's been Duncan in the low block forcing up shots, missing (air balling) at close range, not finishing well (until late in the game) and missing FTs. Manu is a turnover machine and seems out of synch with the rest of the team. Parker is neutralized. Tiago is a liability now. We are resting our hopes on a rookie, no ACLs, making love to pressure and home cooking tbh.

[Yuixafun]

I think the Spurs should stop worrying about what the other teams players are gonna do...

that's a reactionary mindset.

Those young men are stepping up and playing out of their mind, or maybe they have attained a new level...?

We can't 'hope' they come back down to Earth.

Belief needs to placed in themselves... like Jax said and just put it all out there and when the dust settles see who is victorious.

But Spurs can't play timid, halfhearted, waiting for the other team to fail or for us to get bailed out.

[Yuixafun]

I must admitt OKC is an above average team.
I apologize for thinking there were BS.
Still let's do it with manner Spurs in 6.

I knew they were talented and feisty, resilient.

I just didn't think they were, disciplined or smart enough.

I also didn't think they would find they had that other gear...


It's like when you been working out for 2 years, and you never really noticed how much stronger that you've gotten until you had to use that strength.

[Sa_Spursfan20]

Spurs fans just have to have faith. Once they rediscover their rhythm, I believe they'll take down the Thunder.

[Harry Callahan]

SpursTalk Crew,

Did Jackson and Manu foul out at the very end of the game last night using the intentional foul? I did not get to see the game live last night.

It's very hard for a player to collect six fouls in 22-24 minutes like Jack and Manu did unless some touch fouls or intentional fouls occurred. Maybe some offensive fouls came into play as well. I was shocked those two guys were disqualified in such limited playing time.

Manu is going to have to take the ball hard to the rim and get 10-12 free throws to get SA over the top in the next game. Pressure must be applied to the OKC interior somehow and Manu has to be a big part of that. That will allow the deep shooters to have the extra half second to get a clean 3 PT shot off on drive and kicks. I know Manu is older now, but for a handful of games, I just have to believe he can be "the man".

TP has to get it going again as well, obviously. He can do it - he knows he has to be more effective than he was in games 3-4.

I cannot believe that OKC will continue to have its secondary players hit 80-90% of their shots.

SA has to get the 55% FG rate of OKC down to 45% and attack the basket regularly. Get their guys in some foul trouble, for a change.

BTW, what the Spurs have done this year and hopefully continue to do for through another series is rare. 35 and 36 year old core players are not supposed to be in serious contention for NBA les like Duncan and Manu. An yet here they are with a realistic opportunity to win the whole thing. Everyone on the Spurs roster is healthy for the first time in five years in a playoff run and they are very tough to beat.

Appreciate the now of this season and appreciate this Spurs core for what its done for a long long period of time. Most high level NBA teams seriously contend for les for 3-4 years and fall back to the pack. This has been a 15 year run now. Regardless of the outcome of this year's playoffs, I think the Spurs will be in the hunt next year too. We have too many high quality, smart players not to.

I can almost guarantee you that as good as OKC looks at the moment, and as promising as their future appears to be, that core group will not be fully retained long term by the OKC management. The salary cap, egos, and selfishness will conspire against them.

There is a high probability of an NBA le or two for their group in the near future (hopefully not this year). However, I think the Westbrook, Hardin combination will blow up in their face at some point. They do a lot of the same things and Westbrook in particular can be really up and down in his play as well as at ude. The Thunder has taken advantage of lottery picks in the 2-4 range in 2007-2009. The Spurs have had ONE lottery pick since 1997 and had to trade a quality player (G. Hill) to do that.

I'll wrap up my one long-winded post for this series by saying I have a feeling the Spurs will figure out a way to grind this series out and move on to the next one. The NBA championship is still a realistic, attainable goal this year with all our guys healthy. Tony, Manu, and Jack will be special tomorrow night and help out TD and Leonard a lot more than last night. The opportunity for LOB #5 is still there. Six more wins is not an unrealistic goal.

[moisaenz]

We are resting our hopes on a rookie, no ACLs, making love to pressure and home cooking tbh.

That is all its going to take....

[Yuixafun]

SpursTalk Crew,

Did Jackson and Manu foul out at the very end of the game last night using the intentional foul? I did not get to see the game live last night.

It's very hard for a player to collect six fouls in 22-24 minutes like Jack and Manu did unless some touch fouls or intentional fouls occurred. Maybe some offensive fouls came into play as well. I was shocked those two guys were disqualified in such limited playing time.

Manu is going to have to take the ball hard to the rim and get 10-12 free throws to get SA over the top in the next game. Pressure must be applied to the OKC interior somehow and Manu has to be a big part of that. That will allow the deep shooters to have the extra half second to get a clean 3 PT shot off on drive and kicks. I know Manu is older now, but for a handful of games, I just have to believe he can be "the man".

TP has to get it going again as well, obviously. He can do it - he knows he has to be more effective than he was in games 3-4.

I cannot believe that OKC will continue to have its secondary players hit 80-90% of their shots.

SA has to get the 55% FG rate of OKC down to 45% and attack the basket regularly. Get their guys in some foul trouble, for a change.

BTW, what the Spurs have done this year and hopefully continue to do for through another series is rare. 35 and 36 year old core players are not supposed to be in serious contention for NBA les like Duncan and Manu. An yet here they are with a realistic opportunity to win the whole thing. Everyone on the Spurs roster is healthy for the first time in five years in a playoff run and they are very tough to beat.

Appreciate the now of this season and appreciate this Spurs core for what its done for a long long period of time. Most high level NBA teams seriously contend for les for 3-4 years and fall back to the pack. This has been a 15 year run now. Regardless of the outcome of this year's playoffs, I think the Spurs will be in the hunt next year too. We have too many high quality, smart players not to.

I can almost guarantee you that as good as OKC looks at the moment, and as promising as their future appears to be, that core group will not be fully retained long term by the OKC management. The salary cap, egos, and selfishness will conspire against them long term.

There is a high probability of an NBA le or two for their group in the near future (hopefully not this year). However, I think the Westbrook, Hardin combination will blow up in their face at some point. They do a lot of the same things and Westbrook in particular can be really up and down in his play as well as at ude. The Thunder has take advantage of lottery picks in the 2-4 range in 2007-2009.

I'll wrap up my one long-winded post for this series by saying I have a feeling the Spurs will figure out a way to grind this series out and move on to the next one. The NBA championship is still a realistic, attainable goal this year with all our guys healthy. Tony, Manu, and Jack will be special tomorrow night and help out TD and Leonard a lot more than last night. The opportunity for LOB #5 is still there.

If Tim Ducan really wants to win that Bill Russell Finals Trophy... now would be the time to go super saiyan.

[TDMVPDPOY]

3/4 of team play like horse that doesnt wanna win a ring besides KL and jax...

[Legacy]

No. This isn't about that stupid color that everyone uses to down another member or make themselves above them. It's about you doubters need to shut the up and live in the moment. When we were having that win streak you were throbbing over their asses and now when OUR TEAM faces adversity you react like a pros ute when her customer is out of cash.

For the love of god show some pride, show some trust, show some trust to the guys that spoiled us the past decade. Where are your spirits? This ain't over. This is far from over. And please don't tell me that I should have gotten used to these reactions because this is Spurstalk.

If you don't believe in our guys then you can get the off this board and continue the life you were living before the winning streak.

That is all.

Yep. Nuff said.

[ginobili fan]

cant fu**ng wait for game 5!!!
been a while we're had a game of this importance.

[TampaDude]

Spurs are finally being tested, tbh...

[Dingle Barry]

Rise

[dylankerouac]

*fast clap*

Fight Spurs Fight!