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if Pop told Tony two games ago "playoff game", same goes for tonight.
going into the playoffs with season record of 0-4 vs OKC just isn't right
I'm torn in guessing how Pop might play this; history says he'll sit his guys for a lot of different reasons, but there's certainly a strong basis to try to get this one, too. I do think that we've seen a lot of experimentation recently from Pop and I think that if he sits some key guys, he could take a long look at things that haven't yet been tried but might prove to be useful against OKC if the teams meet somewhere down the road. For Pop, that might be tempting.
Gut says the guys play tonight.
if Pop told Tony two games ago "playoff game", same goes for tonight.
going into the playoffs with season record of 0-4 vs OKC just isn't right
I think it's obvious they were planning to play everyone today, as starters played light minutes yesterday.
A lot on the line tonight: 20, 60, and clinching the WC (at least informally if not formally).
GO SPURS GO!!!
right on the money
And if the spurs secure the no 1 spot they have ideal schedule for coasting, but as wellthis coasting must be reasonable
Sean Corbin misses more calls than he makes, imo., and Danny Crawford's ego is almost as big as Joey's.
The most important question going into this game: Is Baynes available?
One problem: none of those things means anything at all to Pop aside from maybe that last one...and even that doesn't mean much compared to having a healthy and rested team going into the playoffs.
Easy win
With Sefalosha out for OKC, this should be a better game for Parker, and I hope he makes the most of it.
Mu biggest worry tonight is injuries, but since Perkins isn't playing, that should help that.
We'll see if the refs try to get Leonard in foul trouble against Durant…my guess is that they will. We'll just have to live with Durant and Westbrook taking as many shots as they want and not fouling them, and then try to contain everyone else.
It will be a difficult game, but I sure do hope that we win it…after that, I don't care what they do for the rest of the season. Our second team can beat a lot of the league's starters on other teams, and we may get to see them try.
I also wish Baynes was available for this game. But if he is back for the playoffs, I want to sic him on Perkins.
I agree. OKC has 9 games in 13 days including tonight including 3 back to backs in that span. Also they have a 4 game road trip against 3 playoff teams. There schedule is much tougher to close out the season.
I hope Pop would do that, but when Baynes and Jermaine O'neal were physical earlier this year, it seemed like he was upset with Baynes, maybe cause he was more focused on being physical with JO and not doing what he should have been? Idk... I agree though, I'd love to see Perkins try and pull some of the stuff he does with Baynes.
How national media will analyze the game tomorrow:
spurs win - "Thunder were just rusty; regular season is meaningless"
spurs lose - "are the spurs looking at a first-round exit?"
Hoping for a good game and no injuries. The Spurs can take this game despite the scheduling advantage for OKC. I would love to see the win, but as always it is up to Pop if the team will play at full strength. OTOH, it is nice that even long time Spurs fans have NO clue what Pop will do tonight. It must drive opposing coaches nuts.
Granted, but this game is no bigger threat to health than any other. Why are we suddenly paranoid about injuries?
If Pop goes with the full lineup there are some changes for this specific game I would like to see
first would be Diaw in for Splitter
Adams is a foul machine and Boris will take advantage of that matchup while providing good perimeter defense
Splitter will feast on the bench bigs and he will actually stop Jackson penetration
second would be Belenelli in for Green
Thunder are starting some scrub in the 2 guard spot right now with Sefolosha out so his D wont hurt him
but he will provide extra playmaking and shot creating ability
Danny Green would guard Jackson off the bench so he doesnt go off for 25 on 60% shooting
Yup, it's pretty ing gay.
We're on a 19 game winning streak and all I hear on TV is how we're a first round exit waiting to happen. lol Pretty funny , tbh. Can you imagine the amount of -chugging that would be going on right now for the Heat if they were on a streak like this?
Interesting game really, but I find more appealing to just finish with the 1st seed even if we crush them tonight it means nothing in the long run.
I assume that everyone's concern about health in this game is that injuries are more likely to happen when bodies are stressed, as the Spurs' have been by playing so many games in so few nights.
Secondly, there is less time to recover from injuries this late in the season before playoffs start.
Yeah it totally is attracted to the same sex! Or did you mean it's really happy?
And earlier in the season the Spurs also had a game against OKC where they were rested while the Thunder were in the 2nd night of a b2b. Spurs just could not take advantage because of the injuries.
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I just enjoy calling people's intelligence out when they use words like gay or re to describe something. I'll post it wherever guy.
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