Game Thread: Spurs vs OKC -- Game 1 - Sat (4/30) - 7:30PM CST (3:30AM Riga)

[vander]

damn, I thought the game was starting at 8:30 mountain time, I just tuned in, oh well...

[spurraider21]

was that craig sager talking to LMA at the end?

[Beaverfuzz]

was that craig sager talking to LMA at the end?

I believe so yes.

[Silver&Black]

Spurs win 124-92 to take a 1-0 series lead.

[TampaDude]

The rest of the NBA is ting their collective pants right now.

[From Downtown]

Nice preseason game tbh

[SpursFan86]

Unbelievable game...don't want to overreact too much to one game, but god damn that was encouraging

[BillMc]

Victory!

[Kawhitstorm]

Boban outplayed Kanter in 8 minutes

[BillMc]

Spurs win 124-92 to take a 1-0 series lead.

Only LMA even played 30. Gotta like the rest.

[Timothy21]

[tholdren]

great game for almost everyone on the spurs. guys who weren't hitting shots were still playing great d, getting assists, hustling. It only looked like Martin, boban, miller and mills were out of sorts. Danny came through huge on both sides of the ball. hope that effort continues.

[Kawhitstorm]

Game 2 should be a better gauge on how this series will play out.

If OKC is going to play ting PnR defense like the 2014 Blazers then this won't be much of a series.

[Kawhitstorm]

great game for almost everyone on the spurs. guys who weren't hitting shots were still playing great d, getting assists, hustling. It only looked like Martin, boban, miller and mills were out of sorts. Danny came through huge on both sides of the ball. hope that effort continues.

Miller/Boban were fine but the two gunners (K-Mart/Patty) were off.

[thiste]

So this is the game to tie the most 25+ margin wins in a season, right?

Btw, Parker 2 points, 12 assists... who's hogging the ball? :p

[Silver&Black]

Courtesy of my Cry Havoc

Spurs: Ascending

[Kawhitstorm]

Also, there is no way that OKC doesn't change their SL IMO. Robertson is going to sit. Waiters or someone else will start.

Their issue was their PnR defense not necessarily their offense & Waiters isn't going to help 'em in that area.

[Kawhitstorm]

So this is the game to tie the most 25+ margin wins in a season, right?

Btw, Parker 2 points, 12 assists... who's hogging the ball? :p

If he played like this for 82 games then nobody would complain. (Manu had 5 assists in 10 minutes against their ty PnR defense)

[BillMc]

Press Conference

http://www.nba.com/live1/

[Kawhitstorm]

[ace3g]

Jordan Howenstine @AirlessJordan
Danny Green is now the only player in NBA history to have 5+ three-pointers and 3+ blocks in multiple playoff games. 10 players have 1.

[DPG21920]

Well Billy Donovan, there's no other way to guard LMA other than doubling him. If you do that, and you leave Danny open, good luck. You probably have to live with LMA getting played one on one with multiple defenders unless you want to gamble on Danny not hitting.

Should be interesting.

[Kawhitstorm]

[Uriel]

The contrast between Pop's sparse language and Billy Donovan's loquaciousness is jarring.

[BillMc]

Well Billy Donovan, there's no other way to guard LMA other than doubling him. If you do that, and you leave Danny open, good luck. You probably have to live with LMA getting played one on one with multiple defenders unless you want to gamble on Danny not hitting.

Should be interesting.

Yep. Danny's prone to cold streaks, but he'll hit enough over the long haul to make you pay.