the difference between Spurs and Warriors is execution down the stretch..

[ezau]

Three point shooting may be GSs trump card, but LMA is ours. GS is truly only lethal with Green at the five playing center in a micro ball lineup. LMA can play him head up on D, since Draymond is not particularly quick, or great with handles. Draymond, otoh, has no chance to guard LMA on the block. GS will have to bring in a big, and remove a three point shooter from the mix. They are NOT a transcendent team with a big on the floor. If they bring in a big, you bring in Duncan,and continue the LMA/Draymond matchup.

This, tbh.

[GSH]

Two words: Steph ing Curry.

[GSH]

Crunch time iden y bro.

Dallas 114 - GSW 91

Crunch that, .

[Mikeanaro]

Watch from 2:40 on




Ya, just perfect execution....ORRRRR, just some ridiculous shot taking and making. It's not to knock Curry, he's amazing and he can make bad shots. But it's not like they are running plays there taking great shots. He's chucking 34 foot 3PT's that are going in. It's not some machine when it comes to execution in the clutch. That's not to say they aren't running good sets and plays, but it's not all the time.

They are winning because they are great & have the best shot maker in the NBA plus other weapons. But unless you watch the games, stats like the OP are really misleading and there is a huge element of luck many times at the end of the game (Brook Lopez missing a dunk to win type stuff)

Exactly, no Curry equals a horrible overrated team.

[DPG21920]

Exactly, no Curry equals a horrible overrated team.

Somewhat, but they have Curry. I mean, like I said earlier, every team would get noticeably worse if you take off not only their best player, but a legit MVP.

[GSH]

Somewhat, but they have Curry. I mean, like I said earlier, every team would get noticeably worse if you take off not only their best player, but a legit MVP.

Right. But the difference between the two teams isn't "execution down the stretch" and "crunch time iden y". It's a guy who can make shots ing blindfolded.

/THREAD

Sorry... /STUPID INGTHREAD

[sasaint]

Three point shooting may be GSs trump card, but LMA is ours. GS is truly only lethal with Green at the five playing center in a micro ball lineup. LMA can play him head up on D, since Draymond is not particularly quick, or great with handles. Draymond, otoh, has no chance to guard LMA on the block. GS will have to bring in a big, and remove a three point shooter from the mix. They are NOT a transcendent team with a big on the floor. If they bring in a big, you bring in Duncan,and continue the LMA/Draymond matchup.

Yep, you nailed it perfectly. The rest of the league is trying to play the same game of checkers that the Dubs play. We aim to see how they handle chess. If we force them out of their well-oiled small ball lineup, advantage Spurs! And do not overlook our not-so-secret weapon, Boban. Our bigs are all immune from Hack-a-whoever strategies, too. These Spurs/Dubs match ups will be historic.

[r0drig0lac]

Right. But the difference between the two teams isn't "execution down the stretch" and "crunch time iden y". It's a guy who can make shots ing blindfolded.

agree

[kaji157]

We lost 5 games by combined 19 points..it is pretty natural for majorly shaken up team to have it chemistry issues which become more costly in clutch..but it has to be said the GSW far superior 3-point shooting will always be the trump card..a couple of defensive slip-ups and you are buried under hail of momentum shifting 3 points...

let's hope the Spurs achieve a stable iden y in these situations by season end; right now we don't seem to know what to run..In the Dallas game, Kawhi bailed us out.. in the Boston one, Pop broke out a couple of old school- Big three plays to get the W..IMO, a Manu-Parker centric late game design won't get us too far.. Pop still has his work cut out when it comes to the potential of Kawhi-LMA 2-man game..

Considering the improvement both teams can have from this point of the season going forward, i think that if no team gets a substantial injury the Spurs would have no problem beating golden state in no more than 6 games.

Golden State is simply not the kind of team hat usually bother`s San Antonio and while improved they still depend A LOT on their back court.

San Antonio on the other hand has more weapons, and while we are not able to explode all of them now we should be more improved than them by the time we meet and even more when the Playoffs start.

I think the teams that can beat us are a healthy Okc and a healthy Cleveland because of LeBron and Durant, they are the two teams with scorers that are overwhelming.

To put it this way, i think right now Golden State is playing at 100% of their capacity while we are between 65% and 75%. If we reach our peak they are done.

[kaji157]

Right. But the difference between the two teams isn't "execution down the stretch" and "crunch time iden y". It's a guy who can make shots ing blindfolded.

/THREAD

Sorry... /STUPID INGTHREAD

I disagree, they are winning games on the clutch, yeah, but that also means they have to still play in the clutch with the team firing in all cylinders, i don´t think against us that would matter because we are much more consistent than almost any team.

[Kidd K]

The Spurs have a tremendous record (2 best in NBA, 5 games better than 3rd and only 3 behind GSW) and an amazing margin of victory (#1 in NBA, yes better than the GSW). Let's stop acting like GSW is way better because they aren't. Both teams are EXCELLENT right now.

Not to mention the Spurs have the best defense in the NBA by far with nobody even close. The GSW do have the best offense in the NBA. . .but guess who has the 3rd best? SAS. I'll take 3rd best offense and the #1 by far best defense over the #1 offense and #6 defense.

The difference between the Spurs' defensive rating and the Warrior's is greater the difference between GSW and 26th place. Scary thing? Warriors seemingly aren't "getting better" either. They are more likely to slide back a bit. SAS? Statistically getting better.

Don't be surprised if the Spurs end up in first. Even if they don't, they will still very likely have HCA over the rest of the league anyway.

Have some confidence. The Spurs are doing great.

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Have some confidence. The Spurs are doing great.

Asking too much of some folks around here to be confident, tbh.

[~O~]

Golden state is highly overrated. Bold, underline highly. Analyze their schedule and it's been a cake walk. They seem to play Sacramento or Utah every night. Plus curry will break down soon. They are terrible at managing minutes. Curry is nothing more than a Rich man's bonner. Leonard and LeBron are truly the best in the league. Hands down. Spurs will beat them 4 games to 2.

Shut the up.

Anyway, these teams are just going to have to meet in the regular season in order for points to be proven. No matter what way everyone tries to stretch it or place salt with their simple minded homeristic envy. , golden state is the best in the league.

[~O~]

Jesus christ. This forum is worse than I thought. You people blindly hate curry more than Lebanon. The delusion here is astounding. Jesus Christ.

[ceperez]

The Spurs are doing great but have room for improvement specifically in the offensive efficiency of the starters.

The Warriors are the real deal and nobody knows if they have separation from the Spurs unless the two team play each other.

Curry, Thompson and Green are better than any 3 combinations of players that you can select in the Spurs.

Curry is likely to be this year's MVF barring any injury.

So any hate is just irrational behavior. Yes he does have arrogant antics, yes his habits may be annoying but let's face it, his popularity is in the stratosphere and his shooting is on a level unheard of.

[Fireball]

Golden state is highly overrated. Bold, underline highly. Analyze their schedule and it's been a cake walk. They seem to play Sacramento or Utah every night. Plus curry will break down soon. They are terrible at managing minutes. Curry is nothing more than a Rich man's bonner. Leonard and LeBron are truly the best in the league. Hands down. Spurs will beat them 4 games to 2.

This is one oft the worst takes ever ... the Spurs had the easiest "strength of schedule" so far in the league. The Warriors schedule gets tougher as well, but calling them overrated is just bull .

[ceperez]

This is one oft the worst takes ever ... the Spurs had the easiest "strength of schedule" so far in the league. The Warriors schedule gets tougher as well, but calling them overrated is just bull .

I agree. Spurs also had an easy schedule. Spur and Warriors records are of course a reflection of the easy schedule.

[Kidd K]

Curry, Thompson and Green are better than any 3 combinations of players that you can select in the Spurs.

Sounds like the Spurs are ed when the NBA holds that 3 on 3 tournament for the championship.

Makes me glad the regular NBA season is 5 on 5 with subs on the bench to help out.

[Kidd K]

This is one oft the worst takes ever ... the Spurs had the easiest "strength of schedule" so far in the league. The Warriors schedule gets tougher as well, but calling them overrated is just bull .

Technically your SoS will always be "worse" the better you are since you're feeding your opponents' losses. That's why the top 3 "weakest" SoS's are SAS, GSW, OKC. And the "strongest" are LAL and PHI.

You have to account for that since the stat doesn't.

[Fireball]

Technically your SoS will always be "worse" the better you are since you're feeding your opponents' losses. That's why the top 3 "weakest" SoS's are SAS, GSW, OKC. And the "strongest" are LAL and PHI.

You have to account for that since the stat doesn't.

But I also just need to look at the schedule so far to see that we mostly played ty teams ... and of the games with what I considered tough opponents at the beginning of the season we lost to OKC, CHI, NO and HOU ... only quality wins seem to be DAL, LAC and perhaps the MEM/ATL games.

[CGD]

Spurs v Warriors comes down to how well Parker is playing, period. Much is said about his poor defense and the fact that against the Warriors there is no place to hide him on that side of the ball. To that I say:

1. folks should take a look at the resurgent season Tony is having this year INCLUDING on defense. It's been shockingly good.

2. Also, where exactly do the Warriors expect to hide Curry against the Spurs? At "best" he'll be chasing Danny around screens all game or trying to keep up with Parker's dribble drives, and at worst he'll be posted up by Kawhi. Good luck if that happens.

3. The Parker-Barnes mismatch sucks for the spurs, yes, buts it's by design if the last playoff series between these two is any indication. If (big if) Barnes is able to show the mental for ude to be "the man" when it counts, then I'll tip my hat to him. I'm still not convinced he can be that guy, and frankly I don't think an honest Warrior fan does either.

I dont disagree that the Warriors may be the favorites, they're damn good, but folks shouldn't act like they are in a different class than the Spurs.

[Kidd K]

But I also just need to look at the schedule so far to see that we mostly played ty teams ... and of the games with what I considered tough opponents at the beginning of the season we lost to OKC, CHI, NO and HOU ... only quality wins seem to be DAL, LAC and perhaps the MEM/ATL games.

We lost some games but you can't win 'em all. 2nd best record in league atm with largest margin of victory. You can't fault the Spurs for winning huge vs average opponents. They can only play who is put in front of them, and it would be unreasonable to call for them to be doing even better than they already are. They're on pace for 67.5 wins atm.

I'm very happy with their performance thus far.

[BillMc]

Three point shooting may be GSs trump card, but LMA is ours. GS is truly only lethal with Green at the five playing center in a micro ball lineup. LMA can play him head up on D, since Draymond is not particularly quick, or great with handles. Draymond, otoh, has no chance to guard LMA on the block. GS will have to bring in a big, and remove a three point shooter from the mix. They are NOT a transcendent team with a big on the floor. If they bring in a big, you bring in Duncan,and continue the LMA/Draymond matchup.

This

[Fireball]

We lost some games but you can't win 'em all. 2nd best record in league atm with largest margin of victory. You can't fault the Spurs for winning huge vs average opponents. They can only play who is put in front of them, and it would be unreasonable to call for them to be doing even better than they already are. They're on pace for 67.5 wins atm.

I'm very happy with their performance thus far.

Don't get me wrong ... I am happy how things have went so far. I just brought my two cents into this discussion because some here say Spurs will beat the Warriors in the playoffs and the Warriors record is the result of an easy schedule. Again, the Spurs schedule was just as easy and the Warriors are still the Champs ... so coming in here and stating we will have their number in the playoffs is just stupid. The Spurs fared well last regular season against the Dubs, but now they are a team with championship experience and a guy playing out of his mind. I do not say we cannot beat them, I just think everybody saying "we surely will" lives in a world of illusions ...

[cjw]

This is one oft the worst takes ever ... the Spurs had the easiest "strength of schedule" so far in the league. The Warriors schedule gets tougher as well, but calling them overrated is just bull .

They've each had the easiest two SOS's:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...all_team_stats

Spurs' is much easier than it would be had it not played the Sixers twice too - that skews it heavily. Replace that game with a game won over a .500 team and GSW has the easiest SOS.

But these people calling Curry a rich man's Bonner are crazy. They've never watched him play.