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To whom? Spurs have beaten everybody they could possibly play in the 1st round (Knicks are in the east and that's the only slip-up). I'd worry more about Portland which struggled with Denver last night...
Lol, I hope we get Portland in the 1st round. Your nice little team will get bounced quick. Whole different ballgame in the playoffs.
To whom? Spurs have beaten everybody they could possibly play in the 1st round (Knicks are in the east and that's the only slip-up). I'd worry more about Portland which struggled with Denver last night...
Durrant must have a season ending injury. I don't hope for it, but it's the only way this current team beats Thunder 4 times in 7 games.
If the standings stay as they are then the Spurs have a great opportunity to get to the WCF. We can beat Dallas over 7 games and I think we can beat GSW or Portland in 7 games.
OKC will have to play an athletic suns team that won't beat them but at least make it go 5 or 6. Then they would face Clippers or Rockets who would push them and I like Houstons chances with matchups plus Harden can negate all the ref love for Durant.
God forbid Scott Brooks realizes that Collision has been better than Perk for years. They could be even better.
Spurs should be worried about getting out of round 1 and 2 first imo.
If Parker does not regain his MVP level and Kawhi doesn't play like an allstar we are out before even facing the Ethiopian and his monkeyball team.
So now let's assume, we get lucky breaks and Parker regains somewhat of a form and we do face the Thunder. Then we have 2 scenarios:
A) Thunder with healthy Westbrook. - Huge disadvantage for Spurs. Uphill battle. Parker NEEDS to play at his highest level ever and even then, we'd need the best playoff performance in Diaw and Splitter's careers. The Ferrari would have to carry the entire bench and Manu on his shoulders and show his true Italian Meatbolas. Tough, tough task, almost insurmountable.
B) Thunder with no WB or gimpy WB - We catch another lucky break and would still need A+++ Parker and A++ Kawhi. Oh and Spurs cannot allow scrubs like Fisher, Ibaka, Jackson and Lamb look like the 80s Lakers. In other words, still a tough task but the series would be a toss up.
Westbrook is a driver. Parker struggles contesting threes. If we clog the paint with whoever is guarding Sefalosha and Perkins, we don't need Green on WB except for key stretches. Taking the Thunder's only bench scoring is more important.
In the sense that it's not easy to beat any NBA team, sure, but the Thunder have a deeply flawed starting 5 being carried through the regular season by 2 superstars. These are things that are only really exposed in the playoffs. I think beating the Thunder will be easier than beating the Heat, Pacers, Blazers, and probably the Rockets. So in a relative sense, easy.
When the Thunder space themselves, I just don't want us to sag too far in, we've been doing that for almost 30 games+ straight and then find ourselves careening towards the shooter. Also, when Westbrook or Jackson penetrates (or any other person for that matter), we have trouble when they simply drop it off to the big man waiting under the basket when one of ours tries to help (we had problems with this last year also with Miami; OKC and Portland have been killing us with this also).
The Thunder are solid, rabbit won't come easy
Except they are not easier to beat than the Rockets and Blazers! I disagree there and I haven't seen those two win a playoff series yet so what are you basing that on? OKC right now is missing a star and still winning, they are not going to be an easy out by any means. They lost last year because a star got hurt, believe if they have him we are going to OKC for the WCF last year.You are correct.
Lol, tonight is sweet. I got a bunch of these I've been wanting to bump.
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