2014 Western Conference Finals Game 1-Oklahoma City Thunder @ San Antonio Spurs

[Robz4000]

Happy b'day to TP

[sammy]

Spurs in 6!

BTW Happy Birthday Tony!

[Jimcs50]

Terrible game thread.

Um, the game is over 48 hrs away. chilax

[ace3g]

[BatManu20]

FWIW..

[Anonymous Cowherd]

nice subtle hint of partisanship at the end of the video there...

[ace3g]

[Cherry]

[Mugen]

Horse, get on this

[ace3g]

Numbers Never LieVerified account ‏@ESPN_Numbers

FIRST time the top 2 seeds will play in each of NBA Conference Finals since '05 playoffs. http://instagram.com/p/oJA8OZtYqi/ pic.twitter.com/843ubG9cW9

[ace3g]

Ira Winderman ‏@IraHeatBeat

Just been informed the NBA WILL have a centralized replay center for next season's games. So these playoffs last games with on-site review.

[DesignatedT]

I think it's better that way.

[HI-FI]

happy bday to Tony Enrique Parker

[LakerHater]

[Budkin]

Too nervous to watch. Gonna out and probably just check out the score after.

Know exactly how you feel. As long as I take Xanax or drink I'm ok.

[Jimcs50]

Numbers Never LieVerified account ‏@ESPN_Numbers

FIRST time the top 2 seeds will play in each of NBA Conference Finals since '05 playoffs. http://instagram.com/p/oJA8OZtYqi/ pic.twitter.com/843ubG9cW9

Last time 4 top seeds met was in 05??

That is a good omen.

[weeks]

at last.

[Spurish]

We got this. We will be well prepared for this and take the opening game of the series.

[Wiz]

[-21-]

Cannot wait.

[Fireball]

I will take this opportunity to give my two cents about this series - especially about the Ibaka injury. Some here say they want to face OKC at full strength. Well, a few years ago I was of the same oppinion. I always wanted a healthy Spurs team to face the Lakers or OKC or whomever, and they should be healthy as well. But that was the case two years ago ... we know the results of the WCF against OKC. Last season Westbrook was out and that helped us to get to the Finals and nearly beat Miami with a hobbling Tony Parker. Does anybody really think this championship would have had less value because Westbrook did not play? I do not think so. The Spurs had success in the playoffs because of other teams injuries and the Spurs lost in the playoffs because they had their own injury problems. Serge Ibaka being out boosts our chances to advance to the Finals tremendously. His impact on the defensive side cannot be replicated by any other Thunder big. Nobody can guard the P&R and block shots as well as him. He is the reason why all these Tony Parker moves are not that successful against OKC. Thabo guards Parker well, but TP can get by him. But it takes too much time and therefore Ibaka is able to help to block or contest TPs shot. On the offensive side Ibaka spreads the floor even out to the three point line. Nick Collison made a three against the Clippers, but the Spurs will live with every jump shot Collison takes. Him and Adams are foul prone and the Spurs must take advantage there. Adams somehow is able to get into the heads of his opponents - well, the Spurs are not so easily rattled and so I hope his impact is minimal. So, from a compe ive point of view the injury of Ibaka sucks and we should not celebrate about it, but we only have this and perhaps the next year left to win a championship. So I absolutely DO NOT CARE how the Spurs get there, as long as they do it the Spurs way. What the others do or have to bear cannot be controlled.

[Dex]

Officials for Game 1:

Official 1: Danny Crawford
Official 2: Marc Davis
Official 3: Derrick Stafford
Alternate: Zach Zarba

[MeloHype]

[Dex]

[gameFACE]

Spirs in 6. Haven't read many Ibaka injury threads but I wouldn't get too excited by his being out. Thunder are more than capable of winning without him. Spurs with a W tonight.