I've already said we aren't beating this team if both are at full health,,,,no chance. We go to their building and they slaughter us by 30,,,,they come to ours and they have a horrendous game and still have a chance to win with 2 minutes to go in the 4th.
Curry had a bad game but a lot of it was because a great defense by Green, Parker and Kawhi. I think Danny blocking his shot early on got in his a head a bit, tbh. They have their excuses, sure, but Spurs can play better on O and Warriors scrubs won't hit like that every game
Shut up got.
Spurs can certainly pound it in the paint. I don't think GSW has anyone to match up against Diaw.
Diaw has always been the key to a championship. He could have been MVP instead of Leonard.
Typical cliff jumper tbh. If Danny Green is all of a sudden playing the best defense and clutch 3's, this isn't championship effort. If Duncan plays only 8 minutes, this isn't championship effort. The defense was, but turnovers and offense? no way.
Also, why is everybody giving the Warriors a free pass for back to backs? Only Spurs get that excuse because they're "old". The Warriors 3 best players are in their mid 20's...
You ok, princess?
People think of the Warriors as 3pt shooting Steph and Klay. The rest of the team, without those two, would make the playoffs. They run good sets, don't do stupid (too often) and seem to not get too flustered over runs. Just a good team in general, tough out for anyone who faces them. Insert Bogut and I highly doubt we win this one.Most frightening matchup for the Spurs since peak Shaq-Kobe
They were missing key rotation players, 6th game in 9 days, Curry had arguably the worst game of his career and they still kept the game close..
The Spurs have a historically great defense, so it's not unrealistic to expect them to hold GS well below their averages, but even if we give the Spurs full credit for their shooting woes, playing that type of defensive strategy every game is going to wear SA out by game 3, tbh..
Both teams were pretty ty on offense imo. I think both teams can play way better.
Better avoid the grizzlies at all cost tbh. Don't want to matchup with dem bears.
That's the big question here. Will the Dubs shooting regress to the mean? Maybe were seeing it.
Spurs have a lot of room for improvement too, tbh. Specially shooting and taking care of the ball.
They should post somebody up on every offensive trip and play the high low between the bigs. That's where our advantage is, tbh.
There's no reason this shouldn't have been a 20 point stomping (and at one point, the Spurs were looking to blow this thing wide open) The Warriors have been giving up big points on good efficiency to mediocre/ ty teams like the Mavericks, Lakers, Suns, Pelicans, etc. Yes, the Warriors didn't take those games seriously, but I don't think they just can turn on/off their defense to level that can hold the Spurs offense at home to 87 points, and I think the reason this wasn't a blowout is because of nerves and pressure on the Spurs part.
Now that they got the Warrior monkey off their back, I think they'll play much more confidently on offense in the next matchup.
A lot of spin doctors in here after this win. The games with the Warriors will always be close because they are great shooting team and they are good at forcing turnovers. The Warriors also got bs favoritism from the refs. Don't give a that the Warriors came off a back to back since they are a very young team. When your a young team back to backs have little to no influence on your performance.
DMC, have you seen the Warriors play without Curry? You don't even have to take Klay away, they're probably going to fight for a playoff spot.
Great #^$&ing post! We should have won by 20 but their bench showed up...
People keep saying this, but GS' starting lineup tonight has the best net rating in the league. The Spurs pretty much matched up and showed them that the lineup isn't going to work. Bogut may have stopped Aldridge, but the Warriors playing big means the Spurs can play their best lineup while the Warriors refrain from using theirs. That's a Spurs victory in the long run.
I agree. Manu at 100% would have made this game a lot less nerve racking.
This is exactly what I was thinking OP. But at the same time i'm even more confident because them having Iggy and Bogut will allow us the work our defensive scheme even better in my opinion. Since they can't shoot we can sag off a bit and help more. But defensively they'll be tougher and have more chemistry with those 2.
Warriors are 1-4 this season when they score fewer than 100 points.
The Spurs played a pretty sloppy game as well. This wasn't their best punch by far. I'd be a lot more worried if they had played really well and had the same outcome.Most frightening matchup for the Spurs since peak Shaq-Kobe
They were missing key rotation players, 6th game in 9 days, Curry had arguably the worst game of his career and they still kept the game close..
The Spurs have a historically great defense, so it's not unrealistic to expect them to hold GS well below their averages, but even if we give the Spurs full credit for their shooting woes, playing that type of defensive strategy every game is going to wear SA out by game 3, tbh..
I think they are better against the Spurs without Bogut and Iguodala.
Can't really use Bogut not playing as an excuse with TD only logging 8 minutes. TD would've played a lot more had Bogut played. Them missing Iggy was key though.
This isn't an anti-Spurs thread..they can play better, too..
It's just stating how terrifying the Warriors are, tbh..this isn't Lebron's Heat(they had obvious flaws and the Spurs offense philosophy matched up perfectly against Miami's style of swarming defense) or Kobe/Pau's Lakers(where the Spurs just didn't have the talent to beat them)..this team is much scarier IMO..
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