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If any sports columnist thought this series was going less than six games, much less that we were going to run the table in the playoffs, they should be fired immediately.
1. Fact or Fiction: The Spurs are not living up to your expectations.
J.A. Adande, ESPN.com: Fact. It's not so much that they lost both games in Oklahoma City, it's the way they lost. The 21 turnovers in Game 3. The lack of urgency for much of Game 4. Neither were signs of a veteran team poised to grab the series by the throat.
Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN.com: Fiction. I expected a band of crafty vets and skilled role players who pop the ball around the court with surgical precision, but are occasionally vulnerable to the athletic forays of a younger opponent. Sounds about right. Sometimes we forget that teams are never as good as their best basketball and never as lousy as their worst.
Marc Stein, ESPN.com: Fiction. The Thunder just played the two best T-E-A-M games I've ever seen them play. Everybody was involved. I know that the Spurs had a 20-game winning streak, which kept them unbeaten for nearly 50 days, but I've come to praise the guys who ended all that as opposed to tying the weekend's monumental momentum swing to what the Spurs couldn't get done on the road. When Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins and Nick Collison shoot a combined 22-for-25, it's probably time for some hat-tips.
David Thorpe, Scouts Inc.: Fiction. This just in: The Thunder are very, very good. Perhaps even great. This is exactly why I expected the series to go seven games.
Justin Verrier, ESPN.com: Fact, if only because the Spurs, after rolling off 10 straight in the playoffs and 20 consecutive wins overall, had begun to elicit KG-spittle-flying-anything's-possible-type of fantasies for what they could accomplish the rest of the way here. That the young Thunder, led by their formidable complementary players, could ding the San Antonio machine twice in a row is surprising. But that's simply a product of how good the old guys looked to begin with.
http://espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2012...me-5-questions
Last edited by ViceCity86; 06-04-2012 at 01:05 PM. Reason: Clear up the title
If any sports columnist thought this series was going less than six games, much less that we were going to run the table in the playoffs, they should be fired immediately.
They all predict the Spurs win tonight. We all predict the Spurs will win tonight. The Spurs will win tonight.
5 games was possible. Spurs would play 3 of 5 at home. 1 road win, and it was 5 game series. Dont tell me that scenario wasnt possible.
Let me guess: you don't work in human resources.
just got real for the spurs. their playoffs start today. let's see how they respond.
Not surprised people think spurs win game 5
Winning 20 straight then losing 3 straight would be a big turn around
It would be a choke of massive proportions.
It's several different factors as well. Home court has been HUGE in this playoffs, I think the home record for all 4 teams remaining in the postseason is 28-2. Not to mention the Spurs seem bound for making a couple of adjustments. The Spurs should have the edge but it wouldn't be surprising at all if the Thunder got this one.
Yes it would. It would mean OKC has arrived. Let's see how the Spurs react tonight. This is going to be good. I'm salivating!
It's time to see the heart of a champion. The Spurs have barely looked like a champion in the past few games except Jax or Kawhi. Everybody else is playing scared. They need to attack first rather than reacting to OKC.
This has been a kick ass series and we (OKC and Spurs fans) are lucky to be a part of it.
This. Nothing else matters.
News flash, the Thunder have already arrived.
let us make these columnists look smart and win tonight!
When they make the finals, they'll have arrived. Don't blow your load just yet.
I predict the Spurs will lose tonight.
FYI was just listening to ESPN radio and Tim Legler said it's over for the Spurs because they just can't beat the Thunder.
Spurs will win unless the same refs from game 4 are reffing this game too.
Legler: Bottom 5 worst analyst on ESPN. Right along with Jalen Rose and the other imbeciles.FYI was just listening to ESPN radio and Tim Legler said it's over for the Spurs because they just can't beat the Thunder.
LMAO @ that comment..
I'm willing to bet you are a supervisor at a big company..I ing HATE Human resources..I don't know how many people have ed up, but I could not term them because the do entation was not up to par from a HR perspective..
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