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The Spurs ARE in their heads, remember this quote? After Detroit's beating?
They lost, they were down and the thing that concerned him when asked by the press was to know how many games they had on the Spurs.
National TV game...
The Spurs ARE in their heads, remember this quote? After Detroit's beating?
They lost, they were down and the thing that concerned him when asked by the press was to know how many games they had on the Spurs.
+ road gameNational TV game...
I don't see an NBATv game as a National TV game, but the matchup is going be the most popular sport event that day.National TV game...
But they know the Spurs match up with them perfectly and they can beat them in a playoff series even without HC advantage.
Fear the Spurs? The Warriors Don’t
http://www.sfexaminer.com/fear-the-s...warriors-dont/
Now that the Warriors have exposed LeBron James and his supporting gags for what many of us thought they were — complete and utter frauds — the Warriors can get on with the real business at hand.
That would be coach Gregg Popovich and his San Antonio Spurs, who will at long last meet the Champs for the first time this season on Monday.
Never mind the Cavaliers, Los Angeles Clippers, Oklahoma City Thunder and the rest. Only the Spurs can beat a healthy Warriors team in a best-of-seven series. The Pop band is talented, disciplined, experienced and well-coached. Their core group also has been together a while, and in a league where change is a constant, that means a heckuva lot.
So, do the Warriors respect the Spurs? You bet. But fear them? Not in the least.
“I’ll tell you what — the Spurs don’t scare us,” a team official told Balls not long ago. “They made some moves, but they’re an old team. They still depend a lot on [Tim] Duncan and [Tony] Parker and [Manu] Ginobili. By the end of the [regular] season, those guys will be worn down.
“That’s where we have a big advantage — our nucleus is a lot younger than theirs. In the playoffs, we’ll have fresher legs and that will be the difference.”
The addition of LaMarcus Aldridge was supposed to put the Spurs over the top, some predicted. While the big guy has been good, he hasn’t been great. “Aldridge isn’t a real difference-maker,” the VIP said. “Don’t get me wrong — he’s a talented player. But he’s not the type to make those around him better. He’s limited in what he can do. He’s more of a complementary piece.”
Privately, the Warriors aren’t convinced the gap between them and the Spurs has closed at all. If anything, they believe it has widened for no other reason than Draymond Green and Stephen Curry are better than a year ago.
Why do the teams keep talking about the Spurs as old.
30 & Younger
Green - 28
Mills - 28
LMA - 30
Boban - 27
Simmons - 26
KA - 23
Kawhi - 25
Over 30
Duncan - 39
Manu - 37
Parker - 33
Diaw - 34
West - 35
That is some stupid thinking by the Warriors. What makes the Spurs great is that their bench comes in and there isn't a drop in production from the starters. They hail like 6 players in the top 10 in +/- coming off the bench for the entire NBA. Just look at the Cleveland game. It was the bench that won that game. And the other game the Spurs almost lost at home, Minny of all teams, again it was the bench that secure that victory.
If you look at past games, the Spurs bench has ALWAYS exposed the GSW bench, which is short compared to the Spurs. Spurs keep throwing bodies at you and that is why EVERYONE is fresh at this point. I thought the Spurs team 3 years ago was the deepest ever. But this team, 1 through 15, can play solid minutes and beat 80% of the team's in this league on any given night.
And the same can't be said about the Warriors. Take out Curry or Green, and that team would be lucky to beat 50% of the teams any given night. All 15 of the Spurs players would be rank in the top 12 for defensive efficiency ratings, which is insane. Warrior highest, Green at 14th. That is the reason why the Spurs are having a record breaking season thus far this year.
Over confidence is always a bad thing.
What a re ed thing to say on a spurs forum. Even if you are trolling. ing hahahahahaha
I actually hope the Spurs don't catch them before the April miniseries. Running from the front is extremely exhausting and tiring. I want Golden State to be sprinting while looking behind them the entire season, because it will totally lead to them stumbling out of the gate in the playoffs. And if the Pelicans get the eighth-spot or if the Jazz can stay healthy, I expect a bloodbath similar to the Pacers and Hawks.
The Pelicans are a terrible mess & their frontline is complete shyt outside of Davis (Anderson can't guard anyone) along with them not having any 3&D players (Dante Cunningham/Alonzo Gee).
I would give the Kings w/ Marco's/Rondo's championship experience, a vet coach in Furious George & the best postup player in the league a much better chance if Rudy Gay has one of those 2 week stretches where he plays like a 1st ballot HOFer.
The Pelicans have the talent and coaching. They just need to come together. I like their match-up, even if GS should win in five or less.
They aren't winning a game w/ Cunnigham/Asik starting & Gee/Ajinca backing them up.
Curry lit them up like a Christmas tree last postseason & he might average 40 on them this season factoring in his improvement. They also have no wing defender to check Klay so he's going to have a couple of those games where he goes off for 20+ in a quarter. Ryan Anderson would also get torched even worse w/ an improved version of Draymond.
Last edited by Kawhitstorm; 01-20-2016 at 02:01 PM.
Healthy Jazz are the only 8th seed i could see taking a game off the Warriors (by virtue of playing in that arena alone there will be at least one close game)..IMO?that team is the real 5th seed for this season but got ravaged by injuries..
The Jazz are a pesky team & the Favors injury might have been a blessing in disguise since Lyles is ballin'. The Gobert/Favors/Lyles/Booker frontline is very mobile & can punk the Warriors. Hayward/Hood can outplay Klay/Barnes & Burks/Burke can neutralize Iggy/Livingston. Neto is a pesky defender that can irritate Curry like Delly. They have one of the best home-court advantage so they should be able to get one game & give them a tough 5 game series.
lol, sound like a bunch of quotes from a third grader
That Warriors beating the Cavs badly is actually a good news for the Spurs. It's always dangerous to under-estimate your opponents before a game. With their 2 losses to Nuggets and Pistons, the 4-loss Warriors were even deemed by many as an underdog against the Spurs. Now the bet would be on the Warriors again, it would help the Spur's players' mental getting ready for the game.
I can see Klay shaking from here
Let me share some truth with you.
The NBA is about Matchups.
Golden State does not matchup up very well with San Antonio.
You see your offense is good, but you have no one that can handle our inside game. None of your bigs are good enough, period. With that said, the Spurs does have the perimeter defense to keep under wraps. Curry will get his, and Klay will have a good game, but the Spurs will make those guys work on defense we will however throw waves of guys at you.
Spurs will ware your team down and beat you up down low. We can matchup with your small ball, you can't matchup to our big ball.
Not necessarily. That automatically made our next Cavs game harder.
Warriors crushed Cavs....because the Cavs had to play the Spurs and Rockets.......I would say we softened them up a little.
hmmm... yeah you are right. I thought it was going to be on Natl TV...
I don't consider NBA TV actually national either....
well, that's good then!
Warriors are in the heads of Spurs' fans, that's for certain
Who cares about the fans? This Spurs team is in the Warriors' players' heads.Warriors are in the heads of Spurs' fans, that's for certain
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