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If parker guards mouthpiece, we are screwed. It has to be Leonard or green.
While we are there, can we bring back the Raiders?
If parker guards mouthpiece, we are screwed. It has to be Leonard or green.
It is so damn great that the game would be played in monday aka tuesday morning Jakarta time -since sunday game will my scheduled weekly work meeting, i will prepare some snacks to accompany me watching the stream of the game. Hopefully, there will be no sudden business appointment or things like that, so i can concentrate fully that day & work my Curry & Raymond voodoo dolls from here.
I always rock Spurs gear at the Oracle! Usually, most of the Dubs fans are cool and they aren't idiots like Raiders fans there but now that the team is successful, a few of them have been getting more belligerent towards me at the games. Still, always fun. Monday should be an awesome atmosphere! I'll be with someone wearing an Argentine soccer jersey and another one wearing a Spurs jersey like me so we'll draw some attention that's for sure!
I guess so; Green tweeted he is/landed in the Bay area..
Except from KENS 5:
"The Spurs played the second half of that season poorly, at one point losing six games in a row. Then, late in the season, Manu Ginobili hurt his elbow, which doomed the team against the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs. The Spurs became the second No. 1 seed to lose a first-round, seven-game series. But two years later, the Spurs swept the Grizzlies out of the Western Conference playoffs.
The Spurs are a much different and much deeper team this year. And every star is doing their best to not get caught up in the moment and to stop looking at the big picture, only focusing on the game ahead... even if that game is the most anticipated matchup of the NBA season.
"It's just another game of the schedule," Leonard said of Monday's matchup against the Golden State Warriors. "(The streak) is good, but we're trying to keep getting better. That's the challenge."
Monday's game tips off at 9:30 p.m. and will be available to watch on NBA TV and Fox Sports Southwest."
Trap game
What is it saying?
I better not see someone run away from Curry to guard Green at the 3pt line like the Pacers did.
I'd attack Green in the post early with LMA. Make him work on defense to take defense and hopefully he'll miss some threes when we leave him open.
Not sure what kind of ball pressure LMA is going to be able to apply to Green when he's standing at the top of the key looking to pass but the more the better. Certainly he should be testing the limits in a regular season game even if he gets burned off the dribble. At the very least make a few swats at the ball even if the ball is out of reach. Green will adjust and that will throw him off rhythm more than just waiting to make a pass.
If Tony is going to be guarding Curry I think short playing stints would be great decision.
Warriors’ Curry says Spurs are ‘the standard
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr played four of his 15 NBA seasons with San Antonio, including winning the 2003 le with the Spurs in his final year.
“I know them pretty well,” Kerr said in advance of Monday’s much-anticipated matchup between the Warriors and Spurs. “It’s remarkable to me that I’m 50 years old and have been retired for 13 years, and they have three guys and a coach who are still on that team.
“It makes no sense. The continuity and the program they’ve built is amazing.”
There have been 221 head-coaching changes since Gregg Popovich took over the Spurs in 1996. There are five active NBA players who have spent 13 seasons with the same team, and San Antonio accounts for three of them.
Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker are the winningest trio in the history of the NBA, having compiled 565 victories - 25 more than Boston’s Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish.
“That’s why they’re legends or why they’re going to be legends when they’re done,” Warriors point guard Stephen Curry said. “Obviously, those three guys and Coach Popovich are the main foundation of that, but they’ve been able to add pieces as they’ve gone through their careers and stay at a high level. It’s a lot about the tone and atmosphere and expectations that they set.
“When you wear a Spurs uniform, you better be ready to elevate your game to their level. That’s the most impressive thing. … They’re the standard.”
The Warriors might be the golden standard to the Spurs’ silver and black standard, equally impressive this season and setting up a measuring-stick game the likes of which the NBA has never seen.
The league had never had two 35-win teams in the first 41 games until this season, and the Warriors (40-4) and Spurs (38-6) show no signs of letdowns. The Warriors have won 11 of their past 13, including consecutive 30-point drubbings at Cleveland and Chicago, and the Spurs have won 13 in a row.
The teams are among the league-leaders in most statistical categories, including the most important numbers. The Spurs are No. 1 point differential (plus-14.5), and the Warriors are second at 12.1.
The Warriors are No. 1 in offensive rating, scoring 112.7 points per 100 possessions, and the Spurs are third at 108.8. The Spurs are No. 1 defensive rating, allowing 93.5 points per 100 possessions, and the Warriors are second at 99.0.
“It’s great for the NBA and great for us,” Warriors shooting guard Klay Thompson said. “It’s going to be a good test for us. It’s such a close race for that No. 1 spot, and San Antonio is playing beautiful ball. It’s going to be fun.”
The Warriors lead the Spurs by two games atop the Western Conference standings as they head into their matchup, which could be devalued into merely a regular-season game in January if it weren’t so vital.
The No. 1 seed in the West will be able to avoid playing Oklahoma City in the second round and will have home-court advantage in the widely assumed Western Conference finals between the Warriors and Spurs.
The Warriors have won 38 consecutive regular-season home games, and the Spurs have won 33 straight. The Warriors haven’t won a regular-season game in San Antonio since Duncan entered the league in 1997.
“We’re not going to pop Champagne bottles if we win, and we’re not going to hang ourselves if we lose. You’ve got to be even-keeled,” Warriors center Andrew Bogut said. “They’re a great team that is as good or better than us right now. … We understand that we’ve got to go through San Antonio to achieve our goal. …
“The toughest thing about playing the Spurs is that they don’t beat themselves. You have to beat them, and that’s the mentality we’re trying to have. They don’t many mistakes. You have to take the game from them and really go at them.”
Similar things have been said about the Spurs for more than a decade.
http://m.sfgate.com/warriors/article...he-6779471.php
Pop called them the best team in the league.
Sucks man, Ill be trying to fly into Baltimore for a TDY on Monday! Rain, sleet or snow, Ill find somewhere to watch the game. Just a gut feeling, but I think we come out guns blazing and beat them by 10+. Bench extends lead and we pound them inside with Diaw and LMA. 108-93 GSG
Cojo I remember scoring well this game too though. He kept aggressive.First match-up from last season (healthy Tony but no ter/Patty......CoJo):
I did see Bonner, early season Baynesand rookie Anderson, and we still won.
Tony had a great game there though, and that game Curry broke a streak bc he failed all his 3 pt shots in 7 attempts.
Kind of a freak game in that sense.
Manu with all these tweets!
What a life.
He sure is enjoying this season.
Makes me nostalgic, did he post these many tweets with his "friends" last season??? I remember a few (Him and boris in the gym making up for the loss of Patty was very funny), but not as many of him and friends going out prior to games.
Think this is the last year TBH and he's sort of chronicling it. Maybe I am melodramatic.
May you bear words of truth!!!!
Also, have a safe flight Kjhip!!
Cojo was actually a good player against GSW because he was alway willing to take midrange shots and he exploited some of those weak pnr defense.Cojo I remember scoring well this game too though. He kept aggressive.
I did see Bonner, early season Baynes
Tony had a great game there though, and that game Curry broke a streak bc he failed all his 3 pt shots in 7 attempts.
Kind of a freak game in that sense.
He was also able to defend Harrison Barnes in the post
Appreciate it, thanks!
May you bear words of truth!!!!
Also, have a safe flight Kjhip!!
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