Looks like we should all be cheering hard for the Clipps in round 2, tbh..
Fortunately, they do have a realistic chance at beating OKC in a series..
Overreaction. Spurs would win in a 7-game series over OKC. For one, they wouldn't be playing their 5th game in 7 nights and 2nd night of a back to back against a team that had 3 days off. For two, Manu Ginobili would be playing. And for three, a potential Game 7 would be in San Antonio.
I wouldn't bet money on it. They're so much faster. Every game this year has come down to them just running faster than the Spurs and constantly pushing the pace. I'm having a hard time seeing how the Spurs would counter that.
clippers got dem s numba
On the real, all yall better hope somebody knocks this team off. It's going to be a bloodbath if we are matched with the Spurs in the Conference finals.
What a difference a year makes.... last year, it was "Monkeyball! floppers!" and now it's "please beat OKC for us!"
I am glad you are so confident we would win in a series over OKC when we have not beaten them all year long and they are a bad matchup for SA. That is the team I fear out West, we would need HC and some luck to beat them IMO (That or play great ball).
Spurs just matchup poorly with them, tbh, as much as I try to convince myself otherwise..
- Refs..Spurs just can't win the officiating battle against the Thunder, dating back to the infamous game 6..they allow the officials to get inside their heads, particularly Parker and Duncan IMO..
- Inability to finish against OKC's athleticism and length..Parker and Duncan have trouble finishing against their length, and those 2 are responsible for most of the Spurs' possession usage..
- Inability to pass and dribble against their athleticism..Mills is making shots, but he can't dribble against them..Belinelli looks completely useless in situations where he has to create off the dribble..the entire team looks overwhelmed by OKC's swarming..the Spurs system and ball movement doesn't work against OKC's defense..
The Thunder's defense is built to kill teams like the Spurs, tbh..the Clippers, for example, have Jordan inside, but poor perimeter defenders..the Thunder have Ibaka, and they have surrounded him with good defenders and length in Durant/Sefolosha/Jackson/Westbrook, etc..
- OKC's players are extremely confident against the Spurs..ugly Somalian Jackson, ugly-ass ostrich-looking Lamb, Fisher, Perkins, etc..they're all full of confidence against the Spurs, sadly..
- Durant is the 2nd greatest perimeter player since Jordan, tbh..It would be foolish to want a matchup against a player of that caliber..he's an efficient, team-oriented version of Kobe..it's frightening..
Actually, our perimeter D has been a strength for the most part this year - the Spurs' scrubs just go off on us anyway and CP3 s himself against them, that's the main issue with that matchup....
In fact, it's DJ's defense that is heavily overrated.... he gets worked by any big with a jump shot, he still tries too hard for highlight reel blocks sometimes, and he has way too many absolutely lazy performances (i.e. his stained performance against the Suns last night).... he statpads rebounds and blocks and people think he's a DPOY candidate
I meant in a matchup against the Spurs..Actually, our perimeter D has been a strength for the most part this year - the Spurs' scrubs just go off on us anyway and CP3 s himself against them, that's the main issue with that matchup....
In fact, it's DJ's defense that is heavily overrated.... he gets worked by any big with a jump shot, he still tries too hard for highlight reel blocks sometimes, and he has way too many absolutely lazy performances (i.e. his stained performance against the Suns last night).... he statpads rebounds and blocks and people think he's a DPOY candidate
The Spurs struggle against super-athletic defensive bigs/length/athleticism on the perimeter..
Jordan is certainly overrated on D, but he's the type of player that can disrupt the Spurs rhythm and timing..the Clippers don't have any perimeter disrupters that would bother the Spurs IMO..Crawford, Re and Collison are all small..Granger and Dudley are really slow..Barnes is really the only long, athletic perimeter defender, and while he has been good, he doesn't stand out IMO..
IF this wasn't a 5th game in 7 days and a back-to-back and Manu wasn't rested.. I bet, the Spurs would have won this game. There wasn't much legs under Parker, Belinelli, Green tonight. I don't fear the THunder-efs anymore.
The thing is the Thunder are a very easy team to be.......once the referee advantage is taken away. Tonight's game is the perfect example. Without refs, Spurs beat the Thunder handily, with the refs, Thunder sweep Spurs
SMH...not worried at all. The Spurs needed this. I hope OKC does beat the Clipps, it will be that much sweeter to knock them the out. It had been a while since the Spurs played an athletic team like the Thunder. They had more energy, got their hands in passing lanes and showed the Spurs they were getting a bit comfortable against lesser teams. This was a GREAT loss. Payback is coming to OKC. That Thunder will be s shocked and barking at each other when we get them in the playoffs.
You're such a whiner, ol' sport. Take the loss like a man and act like somebody!
Green feels wasted on OKC. Offensively, he is a spot up shooter, which is very valuable and all, but OKC is so athletic/lengthy that they close out on him easily. On the other end, Kawhi is on Durant and they trust Tony on Westbrook, so Green isn't even that valuable on that end... Unless they have Jackson + Westbrook on the floor together. Manu figures to get a lot of minutes against OKC for this reason, and he did well against them in the 2012 playoffs.
I don't buy the nonsense that the Spurs struggle against "athletic" teams, tbh
The Spurs struggle against this athletic team..they don't struggle against the Heat or Clippers, etc..
OKC is just a terrible matchup for a number of reasons, and I don't know how anybody can believe otherwise..
Not whining, saying the truth ol' sport. But please don't respond to me, I'm enjoying the belief that your kind no longer lurk the forum
The Spurs CAN win a 7 game series against the Thunder but you're a god damn idiot if you think its any better than a toss up (and I'm being really ing generous).
Ginobili should start and Green should come off the bench to defend Jackson, ideally..
Unfortunately, the Spurs don't have any other bench players that can create against OKC outside of Ginobili, as we saw tonight..
Patty looked great off the ball and in transition, but he has a difficult time handling the ball against OKC's traps/pressure..Belinelli just looks completely overwhelmed..Ginobili has to come off the bench and play big minutes with the bench against OKC..
Bottom line is that the Spurs have a much better chance against LA than they do against OKC. I would love to see OKC get beat by LA.
They didn't look that good... I expected better from a team well rested, that wanted this game bad... I also liked Pop putting Danny on Jackson, which we all know would nullify him...
They're a great team, but nowhere the team they were in '12...
But sure, you rather player the Clippers than this team
Cross that bridge when it comes. This loss actually comes at a good time. The spurs needed a wake up call. Adversity is good at the end of the season. The spurs need to worry about rounds 1 and 2 before OKC comes into their mind.
Jesus ing christ I don't believe for one second that Popovich was trying to win this game at all costs.
It was a back to back against a team that had 3 entire days off.
The other losses to them were all way back when the Spurs didn't even have guys like Kawhi and Green.
I feel perfectly confident the Spurs can beat these guys in the playoffs..period point blank.
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