Nope, not a fluke and will be the Spurs undoing. There seems to be a logic with that team and with many around here that they can flip a switch and play better. There needs to be urgency and desperation in game 5 but I don't know who will bring that energy or will power.
they earned it, we did not. Onto next game.
When the most efficient offense in the NBA has a good shooting day, it can't be a fluke. But no need to jump ship. The Spurs had the 4th best offense, I believe, and they were top 5 in defense, so no reason they can't win two of the next three. That's why they play the games.
Not even. Just another gutless performance by the champs. I'm much more angry at the Spurs right now.
No Fluke, Clippers just nutted up.
That word Fluke gets way overused around here,
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/ho...icle-1.1968378
Looks like Banner Night to me.
Every night in San Jose is Bannerless Night
Nothing flukey about this win. The Clippers simply were the better team, and the Spurs had no answer for Blake and especially Paul. Everytime the Spurs seemed on the verge of taking over this game, they either made silly mistakes, missed open shots or both.
Let's hope it was just a bad game for the Spurs and that they still have enough in the tank both physically and mentally to play two or three really good games - because that's what it's gonna take to beat the Clippers.
I know most of what you say is re ed but how is a 27pt win a fluke. And game 2 we controlled and blew it before they blew it.
It was not a fluke Pop sure helped them with his dumbass decisions like going hack-a-shaq when we finally regained the lead and momentum.
No, not a fluke win at all. Clippers played better and won because the Spurs played bad, careless basketball - especially late in the game. Rivers' performance was a fluke and I doubt he has a repeat performance. However, it doesn't matter now. He helped deliver a big road win for his team and that's more than what anyone expected of him.
game4 yes the clips had a lot of help from the refs....."Every time we lose, it's a fluke, and the refs rigged it (even though we've been getting almost every call and no-call all series)!"
We didn't play the swarming defense in gm4 that we did in gm3. Rivers night was probably a fluke but the poor d is what lost the game.
If pop game plans for rivers and we play the type of aware defense we are capable of, we win. Pretty simple actually.
I think playing and early on a quick turnaround was also a big factor. Spurs are known to struggle with early starts much less less that 48 hrs in an intense playoff series.
Clearly a fluke by every measure. That doesn't mean the Clips didn't play well, but when you are talking about flukes, it's about outliers. Spurs were the 3rd best FT shooting team in the regular season - have been one of the worst teams in the PO. Spurs have missed way more uncontested looks than you can reasonably account for. They missed an inordinate amount of 3's, even at home.
Clearly a fluke. If Spurs just play to their averages (which with the looks they have gotten should be happening) Clips can do nothing.
We're four games in and its still happening. All season long the Spurs have struggled with their shooting (including FTs). Spurs themselves may be regressing to the mean after shooting lights out last year.
I don't expect Austin Rivers to make those shots, and let's be honest, it was kind of a fluke in the fact that the Clippers made more shots than they usually make and the Spurs are missing easy shots which the Clippers have nothing to do with. However the Clippers played with more energy, effort, and urgency, and that may have resulted in that. The Spurs seem to be in cruise mode right now and hopefully game 4 was the huge wakeup call that they needed. It's time for some of the Spurs players like Parker, Ginobili, Splitter, and Green to grow a pair because the team needs them to show up to be successful.
Why does any of this matter? Are you looking for ways to feel more confident in your team's chances? Is this the early stages of recovery, step one... denial?
Spurs will win series 4-2
Clippers have been shooting 44% on uncontested shots this series, not that much better than the Spurs (42.1%). This whole
No, you're wrong ^. Spurs are missing open looks at a worse rate than Clips and getting just as many if not more of them. Not only that, Spurs went from the 3rd best FT shooting team in the league to one of the worst. Even at home, Spurs shot ridiculously below their 3PT % norm.
The same reason many of us called GM3 blowout - it's obvious to anyone watching that the Spurs are beating themselves. Credit to Clippers for playing well enough to hang around games and giving themselves a chance to steal games, but Spurs should be beating the Clips and they will.
DP
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