Bright Spots After Game 4

[Budkin]

I want to see any other team play 4 on 5 and not get run on. Bonner is an empty suit out there and hopefully Pop finally had enough of it.

[Budkin]

Um. Isn't that exactly what he said?

No he said we got to come home for Game 5. Game 5 was still in DET.

[Fpoonsie]

No he said we got to come home for Game 5. Game 5 was still in DET.

No. He said "thankfully, we get to come home for game 5" meaning in THIS series, as opposed to "having to pull it out on the road" like in the DET one.

[Capster]

The elephant in the room for me, aside from Bonner's annual playoff choking, has been the continued poor play of Manu. From an array of ill-advised shots, unforced turnovers and the killer - his utterly careless passing.

We've all watched Manu for years and somehow his compe iveness, his skill level, and sheer will have always somehow exceeded his costly turnovers. I love the guy like everybody else, but now that he's older and his skills have declined a bit, his careless turnovers are killing this team. It's unforgivable for a player of his status to be so damn careless with the ball.

I still believe Spurs will prevail, but Manu, and many others, have got to get their act together. Of course, let's give OKC some credit because they are forcing the Spurs into these offensive droughts.

Spurs in 6

Believe

[Capster]

Big Picture: Coming into this season, if someone said the Spurs would be in the WCF with the series tied 2-2 with Game 5 at home, every single person in this forum would have been thrilled with that proposition.

The Spurs are experiencing some turbulence after one of the greatest runs ever seen in sport. Thankfully there is still plenty of time to straighten everything out.

[Capster]

Man you got that RIGHT!!! THANKS for reminding us!!!
GO SPURS

[Capster]

The more I sit on it and let myself calm down, the more confidence I gain in the Spurs going into Game 5.

Lol Ibaka and Perkins. Have fun going 18-for-20 in San Antonio...oh wait, you won't.

Don't get me wrong, it's going to be a bloodbath. But the Spurs won't lose three straight. Game 5 will be close the whole way...and the Spurs pull away and win by 8-10 points. Game 6 will be very intense, and the Spurs will be down for a good portion of the game, but they'll grind it out and win a very, VERY close game in OKC. Probably by 2 points.

Our year.

You said it all!!! THANKS you are brilliant!!

[TDMVPDPOY]

how can u say there is any bright spot

ur relying to much on inverse correlation between their big3 and bench production

when big 3 do good, bench does vice versa

we need both groups to play like to have any chance....

[AFBlue]

I think the Spurs accomplished what they set out to do this game. If you told me they were going to shoot 50% from the field, 48% from 3, keep even on the offensive glass, and limit their turnovers to 10 while holding Russell Westbrook and James Harden to a combined 18 points on 6-23 shooting, I say they win the game 8 out of 10 times. It was just unfortunate for the Spurs that Ibaka was 6-6 on his jumpshots and that Kevin Durant went into God mode. Not much you can do other than tip your hat.

In hindsight, the only things the Spurs could have done differently is not play the red-headed got one single minute and given Blair about 10 more minutes. Still scratching my head why Pop lost faith in him so quickly when it was obvious he was making a positive impact. If there was any game in which you could afford to gamble on him, this was it. The stakes are now too high to take a flyer on Blair.

Spurs could've contested the Ibaka jumpshot early and not let him get into an offensive rythym. I understand sagging off Perkins, but Ibaka has that 15-18ft jumpshot in his repertoire. By the time the Spurs started contesting he was in the zone.

They could've also boxed out better and played their bench to a draw effort-wise. Blair changed the complexion of his game with his rebounding and hustle, but the "role player" disparity was already too great.

I do tip my hat to Durant, but he's the leading scorer in the league three times over. You can't get played to a draw with none of their big three really contributing and then expect them NOT to take over the game.

[Dr. John R. Brinkley]

The Thunder are growing up quickly. I used to be able to count on idiot Westbrook sabotaging the game, but he seems to now understand his role better - which sucks for the Spurs.

[TacoCabanaFajitas]

TimVp can you please tell me why Duncan has all but abandoned his bank shot off of the jab-step in this series? It killed me last year when he stopped shooting it vs Memphis in the playoffs, and after having success with it the previous 2 series this year, I can't remember him shooting it outside of game 1

[itzsoweezee]

Spurs aren't winning if Parker continues to play like a scrub. I have yet to see anything that suggests he's going to improve.