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Memphis should be easier. Their main offensive threat is Gasol. Randolph is streaky and Splitter has shown he can play great defense on him. If we ge past GS and their ridiculous shooting I doubt the Spurs would have trouble with Memphis or OKC.
I don't mean to look ahead or jinx us, but who should I be cheering for in the OKC/Memphis series? Obviously, I want it to go 7 games with a couple of OT games in there.
OKC misses Westbrook a lot and obviously aren't the same team without him, but they still have Durant, one of the best pure scorers in the past 30 years. They are also a lot deeper and have more "skilled" players.
Memphis with their bigs inside scare me... no like as dynamic as Durant, but overall they are more of a complete team. Defensively, I think both will give us problems equally.
Memphis should be easier. Their main offensive threat is Gasol. Randolph is streaky and Splitter has shown he can play great defense on him. If we ge past GS and their ridiculous shooting I doubt the Spurs would have trouble with Memphis or OKC.
I prefer Memphis. Although they are the more complete team, Durant is more dangerous, by himself, than any two memphis players. We have the front court to handle them just fine. In fact, Randolph does not look that good anymore IMO. conley is better this year than in previous years.
Given the Thunder's finals experience, and their proven ability to be clutch late int he playoffs, I want them gone, the sooner the better. The Griz can't handle us the way they did in the past; our team is vastly better defensively compared to then, and are relatively more healthy, and MUCH deeper. They are solid and experienced, but ultimately we are a better scoring team. They are a better defensive team, but it is a small edge.
Both would be very hard to defeat, Memphis you got HC though! I know we lost last time with it (Last two years), but it surely is better to have it than not to have it.
Memphis due to the home court advantage, tbh. Plus, I'd rather avoid Durant, even if they are Westbrickless.
We should be cheering the Spurs to victory against the Dubs!
Grizz. They play physical but in the end lack the scoring to really beat the Spurs 4 out of 7 times.
I think I'd prefer Memphis. Even though they're probably the better team, they don't have anyone as good individually as Durant. Durant would average like 35 ppg against us. If Duncan/Splitter can neutralize Gasol/Randolph, we win without too much trouble.
One game at a time, too early to worry about the Warriors. Should be focused on winning game 4 tomorrow, that'd be huge if the Spurs can win tomorrow.
Memphis:
1. Home Court Advantage
2. No Derek Fisher
OKC has homecourt, Durant who could get hot at any 4 game stretch, Ibaka who is somehow the GOAT midrange player against us, and Fisher.
The Grizz are good but rely a lot on Gasol offensively lately, have a important playoff supporting cast guys in Pondexter and Bayless that are inexperienced, have pretty bad offensive system. Scoring would be a headache but at least we can focus more on that end. And I'd rather deal with Memphis' toughness and physicality rather than OKC's length and athleticism.
Yall should be cheering for us, the good guys.
I would like to play OKC tbh, rematch.
But Memphis is one of the teams that i actually like(other than the Spurs).
No.Should we be cheering for OKC or Memphis?
honestly, i pick memphis. they're healthy and have no excuse when they lose...
root for a long series.
TBH, I'm done with cheering. I cheered for Golden State when they fought Denver
I'm starting to hold the view that Oklahoma City would be better for the Spurs. Although the Spurs would hold homecourt advantage over Memphis.
I'm still fairly convinced Golden State was the better team to face. With the way the Spurs looked in the first two games chances were they'd of gone to Denver down 0-2. Once the Spurs fully understand how to guard the Dubs (which they've just about done) they'll finish this series up.TBH, I'm done with cheering. I cheered for Golden State when they fought Denver
No one can shoot lights out from Denver tbh. So I'd doubt we'd have gone down 0-2 but I agree it was all a matter of time that the Spurs figure out this Warriors offense.
I might be the only one but I'm cheering for you. Would like a rematch and would not like to play the Grizz. They scarred my psyche in 2011.Yall should be cheering for us, the good guys.
Did you say this before the GSW series too?
Nah, but they have the sheer athleticism that gives the Spurs fits, and Iggy > Thompson. He'd of truly pushed Tony's in.
Either way, I hope they at least go to 6 games. Don't like to see the Grizzlies get 5-game sweep.
The great thing about either outcome is that no matter what the Spurs are going to be playing for redemption. That alone should be enough motivation to bring energy from the opening tip of game one.
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