Not worried about the Dubs, tbh...

[spursistan]

Spurs mightily struggle on offense against them while scrub teams raping their D

[Hoops Czar]

Minus Conley, Gasol, Zeebo, Wright, Chalmers. Amazing

Memphis's backups running through that GS defense like a mack truck Please someone, tell me more about the Spurs #2 in FG% and #2 3pt FG% and #3 in offensive efficiency.

[sasaint]

Memphis's backups running through that GS defense like a mack truck Please someone, tell me more about the Spurs #2 in FG% and #2 3pt FG% and #3 in offensive efficiency.

Apparently the Spurs are not the only team that occasionally plays down to the level of the opponent.

[Spurs9]

Curry loves to showboat and be the center of attention like a litle kid tbh

[Budkin]

Spurs mightily struggle on offense against them while scrub teams raping their D

Spurs are intimidated by them at Oracle it's clear.

[random21]

The 2011-2014 OKC teams were more intimidating to me... Spurs can take care of business vs these jump shooting lovers

[weeks]

Their offense seems better than our defense .our offense can't seem to overwhelm their defense. Troubling

[Slomo]

I got temp invisbanned after the warriors game. For like 12 hours and . I demand some answers. Slomo

"invisibanned"

You did have your thread starting privileges revoked for a few hours after starting several threads with the exact same point, to say nothing about the fact that there's a lot of other existing threads on the same subject.

So you are basically having a meltdown because you couldn't create a thread every time you had the same thought. You were forced to post in existing threads.

So here are your answers:
- Stop being a drama queen
- Use other buttons beside the "post new thread"
- Say thank you, because ST is the only forum that tolerates you - for now

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't know why people here keep comparing Spurs-Warriors games to how the Warriors struggle vs. non-threatening teams, tbh..there's no comparison, they obviously don't play with the same intensity vs. teams like the depleted Grizzlies, Timberwolves, etc..

Excluding the Warriors, there are 9 good to great teams in the league(10 games over .500 or better as a barometer), this season..Golden State is 20-2 vs. those teams, which is outrageous..7 of their 9 losses have been against average or worse teams(Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Lakers, Portland, Milwaukee, Minnesota)..they have a tendency to coast, which is fairly common among elite teams in recent years..

[dabom]

"invisibanned"

You did have your thread starting privileges revoked for a few hours after starting several threads with the exact same point, to say nothing about the fact that there's a lot of other existing threads on the same subject.

So you are basically having a meltdown because you couldn't create a thread every time you had the same thought. You were forced to post in existing threads.

So here are your answers:
- Stop being a drama queen
- Use other buttons beside the "post new thread"
- Say thank you, because ST is the only forum that tolerates you - for now

It also said I didn't have privileges to view other posters. I call that "invisabanned"

[dabom]

I don't know why people here keep comparing Spurs-Warriors games to how the Warriors struggle vs. non-threatening teams, tbh..there's no comparison, they obviously don't play with the same intensity vs. teams like the depleted Grizzlies, Timberwolves, etc..

Excluding the Warriors, there are 9 good to great teams in the league(10 games over .500 or better as a barometer), this season..Golden State is 20-2 vs. those teams, which is outrageous..7 of their 9 losses have been against average or worse teams(Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Lakers, Portland, Milwaukee, Minnesota)..they have a tendency to coast, which is fairly common among elite teams in recent years..

By that thinking you have to understand the Spurs coast all year until the playoffs. Marquee games doesn't change that.

[spurs10]

I don't know why people here keep comparing Spurs-Warriors games to how the Warriors struggle vs. non-threatening teams, tbh..there's no comparison, they obviously don't play with the same intensity vs. teams like the depleted Grizzlies, Timberwolves, etc..

Excluding the Warriors, there are 9 good to great teams in the league(10 games over .500 or better as a barometer), this season..Golden State is 20-2 vs. those teams, which is outrageous..7 of their 9 losses have been against average or worse teams(Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Lakers, Portland, Milwaukee, Minnesota)..they have a tendency to coast, which is fairly common among elite teams in recent years..

Their chance to surpass the Bulls' and "they obviously don't play with the same intensity"...:bull .

[HarlemHeat37]

By that thinking you have to understand the Spurs coast all year until the playoffs. Marquee games doesn't change that.

My point is that it's silly to think they play with the same intensity vs. Minnesota as they do vs. San Antonio or OKC or Cleveland..

They probably believe they can coast vs. ty teams and pull out wins at the end, which is something they have consistently done, all season..

[HarlemHeat37]

Their chance to surpass the Bulls' and "they obviously don't play with the same intensity"...:bull .

It's human nature to play down to the compe ion when your confidence is sky high and you believe you can pull wins out of your ass, especially at this point of the season..

They probably believed they would still win the Minnesota game, even when they were down by 7 with a minute left..

[Perry Mason]

It's human nature to play down to the compe ion when your confidence is sky high and you believe you can pull wins out of your ass, especially at this point of the season..

They probably believed they would still win the Minnesota game, even when they were down by 7 with a minute left..

And they didn't. Therefore that is a weakness. It also shows they get tired. It also shows the pattern that they struggle against certain types of players (athletic wings, fast pgs, skilled 4's and 5's) who are not all on the elite teams. It also shows luck as to all the OT wins.

It also shows mental weakness. Overconfidence quickly becomes despondency when adversity arises.

[ElNono]

And they didn't. Therefore that is a weakness. It also shows they get tired. It also shows the pattern that they struggle against certain types of players (athletic wings, fast pgs, skilled 4's and 5's) who are not all on the elite teams. It also shows luck as to all the OT wins.

It also shows mental weakness. Overconfidence quickly becomes despondency when adversity arises.

The Duncan era Spurs did that all the time. You could even argue they did it much, much worse than these Dubs in years where they were the defending champs. I wouldn't call Duncan or those teams "mentally weak", tbh, it's just natural...

There's also another factor: they're the champs and they have a target on their backs. Every little team is going to come out and play extra hard and motivated against them, since they're basically measuring themselves against the best...

[Hoops Czar]

It's human nature to play down to the compe ion when your confidence is sky high and you believe you can pull wins out of your ass, especially at this point of the season..

They probably believed they would still win the Minnesota game, even when they were down by 7 with a minute left..

It's probably a combination of one team play down to the their opponent's level while the other exceeds their own level of play. When you have a chance to play against a team having a historic season, you tend to make shots you don't normally make, get rebounds you don't normally get, block shot you don't normally block, create TO's you don't normally create, etc. Right up until crunch time which is usually the point in time where you realize who you are and you fall flat on your face. But that doesn't excuse the Warriors poor defense since the break and why any team good or bad can stack up points against them except for the team ranked second in FG% and third in offensive efficiency.

[spurs10]

It's human nature to play down to the compe ion when your confidence is sky high and you believe you can pull wins out of your ass, especially at this point of the season..

They probably believed they would still win the Minnesota game, even when they were down by 7 with a minute left..

I get what you mean 'human nature' wise and have seen us do it often. I just don't think they had Memphis 'right were they wanted them.' It was only with the grace of God- or the refs- they won the game by one point. They are going for the record and I hope they come in to the game tonight over confident- it almost got them last night.

[daslicer]

I'll worry about them only if the spurs are facing elimination against them in the playoffs. Until that happens I'm not going to worry.

[Holden_Caulfield]

more worried about the refs late in games against the dubs, tbh

[DPG21920]

In order for SA to play GS, they have to be in the WCF and that means they are playing well. Spurs have the best shot out of anyone to beat GS, but as you can see, SA's margin for error is significantly less than GS's. It's probably not a great sign that GS has beat down SA twice and Curry/Klay have been relatively quiet.

[ElNono]

Nono, you know we've talked about having crack for breakfast and the effects it can have on one's brain when posting. I better not see a thread about dat historic defense until you come down from this high.

Is 11 AM considered breakfast still, tbh?

[TD 21]

I don't know why people here keep comparing Spurs-Warriors games to how the Warriors struggle vs. non-threatening teams, tbh..there's no comparison, they obviously don't play with the same intensity vs. teams like the depleted Grizzlies, Timberwolves, etc..

Excluding the Warriors, there are 9 good to great teams in the league(10 games over .500 or better as a barometer), this season..Golden State is 20-2 vs. those teams, which is outrageous..7 of their 9 losses have been against average or worse teams(Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Lakers, Portland, Milwaukee, Minnesota)..they have a tendency to coast, which is fairly common among elite teams in recent years..

Fine, but then don't trumpet their record against good to great teams, when many of those games were pulled out of their ass.

Their expected record is a whopping 7 games worse than their actual one, by far the biggest differential I've ever seen.

In 82 games, virtually everyone will win a few of those per season and generally the good to great teams more obviously, but that differential is so astronomical, it goes beyond "how great they are" or "how well they execute". They're historically lucky.

The good news is, their luck is beginning to reverse. Were it not for disgraceful officiating last night, they'd have lost again.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I thought he was trolling bc of all the praise for CP3, but it's an optimistic thread of a cheeky nature and there are too many threads of the pessimistic variety so I joined in the optimism with a subtle jab at him bc if Manu and TD play like they did the last game against GSW we ain't winning.

Truth be told I am more pessimistic when it comes to GSW and not bc of GSW. We are too flawed. I feel our current team is too old. It will require a nirvanistic performance from all of them and I don't think our guys collectively got it. Boris has been incredibly inconsistent all season. Kmart can score but he's terrible defensively. He in fact might be a better Patty, bc Patty has been terrible both ends. D west is a terrific offensive player but a traffic cone on defense and not a rim protector. Danny has been slumping all season. TD is missing layups all the time. Kyle is a youngster, and a question mark. Manu hasn't looked good in a consistent fashion, specially against the good defensive teams. He's prone bad TO and those are death against GSW. Tony and the SL offense are a question mark. LMA and Kawhi depend too much on Tony to get their own game going since he handles the ball so much and runs the offense. I also feel like we are stuck in between two eras. The system was built based on what the big 3 could do, now it's kinda tried to move away from that, but not quite. They are not exactly ideal complements to the young players. Guys don't necessarily fit together. GSW has none of these problems.

Still it matters not. I hope we do play well and I will enjoy watching our games regardless of the outcome. If we can't defeat them, so be it. I will not be sour over what are Tim/Manu's last season. But that us just me. I am sure there will be cliff jumping.

Awesome awesome post

[ElNono]

I thought he was trolling bc of all the praise for CP3, but it's an optimistic thread of a cheeky nature and there are too many threads of the pessimistic variety so I joined in the optimism with a subtle jab at him bc if Manu and TD play like they did the last game against GSW we ain't winning.

Truth be told I am more pessimistic when it comes to GSW and not bc of GSW. We are too flawed. I feel our current team is too old. It will require a nirvanistic performance from all of them and I don't think our guys collectively got it. Boris has been incredibly inconsistent all season. Kmart can score but he's terrible defensively. He in fact might be a better Patty, bc Patty has been terrible both ends. D west is a terrific offensive player but a traffic cone on defense and not a rim protector. Danny has been slumping all season. TD is missing layups all the time. Kyle is a youngster, and a question mark. Manu hasn't looked good in a consistent fashion, specially against the good defensive teams. He's prone bad TO and those are death against GSW. Tony and the SL offense are a question mark. LMA and Kawhi depend too much on Tony to get their own game going since he handles the ball so much and runs the offense. I also feel like we are stuck in between two eras. The system was built based on what the big 3 could do, now it's kinda tried to move away from that, but not quite. They are not exactly ideal complements to the young players. Guys don't necessarily fit together. GSW has none of these problems.

Still it matters not. I hope we do play well and I will enjoy watching our games regardless of the outcome. If we can't defeat them, so be it. I will not be sour over what are Tim/Manu's last season. But that us just me. I am sure there will be cliff jumping.

I'm playing with house money, tbh... and there's also the fact that too many times people have doubted Timmy and Manu, and they still have managed to take us to the promised land. I don't know if they'll be able to this time around (and I mean the playoffs, not these silly regular season games), but, why not give those legends the benefit of the doubt? It doesn't cost us anything.