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Nice very nice way of falling into a delicate yet stupid trap set by a Lakers fan. He's trying to make us go at each other. Who to blame? Lets blame a terrific Thunder team for being better.
How low are we?
based purely on emotion, I'd say Harden. Those 3 pt shots were daggers. Unreal.
Since then, he's been a scrub. smh
Nice very nice way of falling into a delicate yet stupid trap set by a Lakers fan. He's trying to make us go at each other. Who to blame? Lets blame a terrific Thunder team for being better.
How low are we?
A collective tendency to choke that has become this team's defining character trait in playoffs.
It would have surprising if the Spurs hadn't choked away a 2-0 lead.
Spurs are soft.
Steve Kerr for getting Perkins angry and motivated
KD. If he didn't go ape (strangely missing in the Finals by comparison), especially that 16 in the 4th Q of game 4, we would've won the series in 5.
Just to throw this in, Durant, Westbrook, and Harden haven't REALLY played well since the Spurs-Thunder series. I give them credit where credit is due by way of what they did to the Spurs but just ask, "The sixth man of the year", how he's doing with team USA.
The OKC crowd in game 3. They were insane. Haven't seen a crowd like that since maybe the Utah Jazz crowd in the 97 and 98 finals. Gave OKC a massive boost.
We won as a team and we lost as a team. Everyone contributed both to the wins and the losses. A lot of the blame falls on Pop for getting outcoached by Scott Brooks. Scott made major adjustments for game 3 and it seemed to put everyone connected with the Spurs in a state of confusion. That has happened quite a bit in the playoffs the past few years.
We are at a semi-difficult point considering age...a big gap between those with 1-3 years of NBA experience versus the other half with lots of years on the body and legs of a group not known for athleticism to begin with.
I had hoped we could have acquired another big who could still move with ease and an athletic defender to go with KL, DG & SJ. Another Bowen like player who could clamp down on guys who love to shoot...Kobe, Lebron, Durant, etc. Or a healthy Manu if he can find the proverbial fountain of youth for his fast aging body. WE really need to excel on defense this coming season to keep up with the Thunder, Lakers and Heat.
And lastly get rid of the impotent Bonner. Damn it, Pop, stop being so damn hardheaded.
Parker was the MVP. He should have gotten the blame. He couldn't shake of Sefalosha and keep the team involved. The Spurs counter should have probably been to put Kawhi on Westbrook.
I agree about Pop being outcoached. Game 3 they laid an egg. Game 4 they played a close game and then Durant goes off at the end and their bigs shoot like crazy. Game 5 should have been doing the same thing with more focus. Pop's the one who preaches pounding the rock but he panicked in game 5 when he didn't need to.We won as a team and we lost as a team. Everyone contributed both to the wins and the losses. A lot of the blame falls on Pop for getting outcoached by Scott Brooks. Scott made major adjustments for game 3 and it seemed to put everyone connected with the Spurs in a state of confusion. That has happened quite a bit in the playoffs the past few years.
We are at a semi-difficult point considering age...a big gap between those with 1-3 years of NBA experience versus the other half with lots of years on the body and legs of a group not known for athleticism to begin with.
I had hoped we could have acquired another big who could still move with ease and an athletic defender to go with KL, DG & SJ. Another Bowen like player who could clamp down on guys who love to shoot...Kobe, Lebron, Durant, etc. Or a healthy Manu if he can find the proverbial fountain of youth for his fast aging body. WE really need to excel on defense this coming season to keep up with the Thunder, Lakers and Heat.
And lastly get rid of the impotent Bonner. Damn it, Pop, stop being so damn hardheaded.
Starting Manu was a bad call IMO...
Lakers fan thinking one guy is responsible for the win or loss.
Then who would defend Durant?
If I had to blame anyone player tho it would have to be Tony, he lost his aggression from games 1 & 2 & was very marginal for the rest of the series, all tho he did have a good 1st half against the Thunder in game 6...but his nuts shriveled up when he was needed most.
the refs
tp had a mvp calibre season, gets a big head ahead of the wcf after disposing cp3 calling out the frog, only for the frog to outplay another frog
So in other words, you're asking us what the second biggest factor in the Spurs' loss in the WCF was?
Don't twist it around and see if anyone puts blame on anybody more than the refs. . .because no matter how classy some here may pretend to be, anyone who isn't naive knows that was fixed.
Anyway, no specfic player just totally shat the bed. Some "underperformed", some just didn't hit many shots over the course of the game, etc. But I really can't think of any players who just totally failed late in games, because the main failures I recall came with whistles at the end of those plays. I was fully confident in the Spurs on every play unless a whistle was blown, or a whistle was swallowed on obvious goaltends or moving screens. Literally. Spurs had more taken away by the refs than they lost with failed performances by Spurs players.
I guess I can say that the most "disappointing" player was either Danny Green or Tiago Splitter. Splitter just didn't do much, and Green missed almost everything. Neither one is called upon to do tons, but Green is at least expected to shoot more than 26% for the series. And Splitter: 11 rebounds in 53 minutes, against medium-sized frontcourt. And only 6 points and 5 boards in the last 4 games combined. But again, neither guy is called upon to do tons for the team. It was mostly the convieniently lopsided officiating in key moments of the last 3 games that killed the series for the Spurs. Especially terrible were games 5 and 6. Game 6 there being Lakers/Kings game 6 level rigging.
Ibaka.
Jax would have been a good option. He would have frustrated Durant from the beginning of the game by getting in his head. Danny Green could also have helped of the bench.
Hormones?
Love how the NBA fixed it so that OKC would suddenly start making jumpshots that they'd never hit before and never hit again. David Stern is uber powerful.
I look at three players. Green because he failed when it matters.
Bonner and Blair because they can't be relied upon when it matters.
Bush.
Tony Parker for being such a got from Games 3 to 6.
Harden. Guy was the difference maker. He gave OKC just enough to put them over the hump only to turn into a complete scrub immediately following.
Well, there is that.....
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