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Danny stepped on Curry's ankle in 2013, which probably won us the series. Asterisk finals appearance?
You do realize the team you're talking about actually won the whole thing last season?
Danny stepped on Curry's ankle in 2013, which probably won us the series. Asterisk finals appearance?
when Danny switched on him he had already shut him down both games before he hurt his ankle. Don't think it mattered if curry hurt his ankle or not Danny was owning him
Nope, Spurs aren't kickin anybody's butt, very ragged, esp offense.
The way their entire team has been healthy for an absurd amount of time now, I'm willing to bet they collectively sold their souls to the devil. It's the only answer. Wasn't Curry spraining his ankle 3/4 times a year not so long ago?
I've watched almost every team in the league this year.
They all honestly look pretty terrible on defense. Even Golden State is giving up wide open looks far too often (fortunately for them Curry never misses so it bails them out).
I'm not doubting the Dubs. They are one of three teams that can realistically win the le this year. But they haven't played us 7 games yet, and we are uniquely suited to give their offense grief and give them fits on the other end of things.
If LeBron by himself can take the series 6, then I have to think that we stand a healthy chance of knocking them off.
I think if the Spurs continue to incorporate "grind it out" with their team play, they'll be in a good position to take it. Will be a uva series.
good point
yeah, but I also sprained my ankle regularly years ago ... and then at one point it just did not happen anymore
no doubt the Warriors are due for some injuries, but I have the feeling smaller injuries happen when you play with less intensity (thats why so many Spurs players always get injured from December to February) and the Dubs do not look as if they take their feet of the pedal
C'mon man, most Spurs fans who know what Champions look like are oblivious to hype. Apparently, so is their head coach. I'm not saying the Spurs suck, I'm saying they have a ways to go both on offense and defense. The defensive numbers look great now because of the weak opponents they have played. In three of their losses, they have given up leads and failed to finish off the other team. That's disturbing. In the loss to the Pelicans, they let that chump Anderson go off on them. That's not going to cut it and it needs to be shored up. It's still early and expect them to get better but lets not call them defensive juggernauts just yet.
As for the offense, I love Manu Ginobili for everything he's done for this team, but I'm not counting on him playing this well in the playoffs. That would be foolish. The bench needs to have someone else step up. Hopefully it will be Anderson or Simmons. When Manu is asked to do too much (minutes wise), he tends to make way too many turnovers. His contributions should be used as icing on the cake if possible.
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I'm one of those that believe they weren't really tested. They won, they did it in terrific fashion but they weren't truly tested in my opinion. That's ok, the Spurs did the same thing in 2007 against the Cavs. That was the weakest ring of them all for the Spurs.
Once someone punches Golden State in the mouth and takes away what they like to do, they are going to become very human. They are going to start feeling pressure and pointing fingers at each other. The turnovers will start to pile up too.
Last year, the LeBrons gave them their biggest fight and they were replete with injuries. If not for David Lee, I don't think Golden State wins it all last year and he's not on the team anymore.
Transition defense, solid rebounding and physicality, will beat the Warriors. Pop is trying to build that right now but the offense needs to come around to take pressure off the defense.
A few years back the Spurs looked invincible and were riding a 20 game win streak when OKC figured them out. This isn't much different.
That's nonsense. The starting offense looks much better than it did a month ago. Danny is still missing shots and they still have occasional spacing issues, but LMA is clearly getting more comfortable.
And as for the defense, they're 3 points per possession better defensively than the 2nd best defense in the NBA (Indiana). Only 1.8 PPP separate #2 and #7 (Golden State). So it's a big gap, at most only partially explained by the relatively easy scheduled they've played so far.
And the defense has also improved as the season has progressed.
It's clearly a championship-caliber team. I don't know if that means that they can beat Golden State this year, but it means that they would be one of the favorites in any normal year. And I think that they match up better than anyone else against the GSW.
I need panic to feel alive.
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"I think most teams probably feel that they're not gelling yet at this point in the season. So it's probably no different than anybody else," Popovich said. "We haven't played a very tough schedule or anything. So I don't feel like we're kicking butt or anything like that. We've been fortunate, but we've got to get a lot better."
Feels like we're playing at about 65-70%.
Every game I watch I'm waiting for that next level but it doesn't come.
The gelling isn't happening enough.
How many games were people thinking it was going to take for the new Spurs to gel?
The contests at the rim this season are much-improved! Aldridge is long and protects the rim much better than anticipated. LaMarcus' 1.2 bpg is an awesome complement to Duncan's protection. Even Rasual Butler has been a nice surprise contesting lay ups.
Most teams this season will have to beat the Spurs from either the outside, in transition or in second chance points.
Not worried about the D at all. It is pretty good right now. The offense is a work in progress, but not at all worried, easy schedule or not.
Too many.
Duncan still kicking butt....
The Spurs have exceeded expectations and aren't as good as their record, which is obviously a good thing..they still have plenty of room to grow, even if/when the defense regresses..
They are the only predicted contender that entered the season with the plan of changing their entire offensive style and integrating a high-usage player into their rotation..I thought they would finish 2nd in the division, didn't expect Houston to have a historic collapse, and my reason was that I figured it would take a few months for the Spurs to gel, particularly on offense, which has been true, so far, aesthetically..I didn't expect to see a smooth offense with defined roles until February..
Kawhi playing at an MVP level and Parker/Ginobili(Manu has slowed down the past 3 games or so, finally) playing like stars has helped negate some of the chemistry issues..while the defense has been the main catalyst, the biggest reason for the Spurs record is that the rest of the league has been really ty, so far..outside of Golden State, San Antonio, Cleveland and OKC with Durant, none of the other projected contenders have looked good, some of them suffering from complete collapses(Houston), and others already plagued by injuries(Clippers)..
The offensive struggles have been mainly on Green and Aldridge, hopefully they both get it together..it'll be essential, as you can't expect Parker and Ginobili to maintain their level of play, as we saw last season..
How dare you not bow down to the Warriors . . . and how dare Pop not pretend everything is great. This must mean he's melting down and is off the bandwagon.
We were worried about the defensive drop off after losing Splitter. Heck it could be argued Aldridge is as good or better defensively.
His ability to recover, and block not just alter shots is amazing. Best defensive front court since 2005, easily.
The defense will only get better too IMO cold beer
Everyone else in the NBA aside from the Warriors is chasing us. We may not look great yet, but NO one outside of the Dubs do. Houston looks done. The Clippers look like they're walking the plank. If you think our defense has bad moments, turn on an OKC game sometime. I'm satisfied most of you try to race Chris Paul down the plank if you could. Of course, if you did that he'd about getting fouled and get free throws, but I digress.
We're nowhere close to where we want to be. And guess what? There are 63 games left in the preseason. Lots of time to figure it out.
We were worried about the defensive drop off after losing Splitter. Heck it could be argued Aldridge is as good or better defensively.
His ability to recover, and block not just alter shots is amazing. Best defensive front court since 2005, easily.
The defense will only get better too IMO cold beer
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