Game Thread: Spurs @ OKC -- Game 4 - Sun (5/8) - 7:00PM CST (3:00AM Riga)

[spurs10]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

Yeah the most winning team in all sports for the last 15 years.

[TampaDude]

Simple. The winner of Game 5 will win the series. FACT.

[DMC]

The game changed dramatically in the second quarter. Spurs started getting peppered with fouls and were in the bonus with 7 minutes left. The third quarter wasn't terribly different.

They were fouling the out of OKC in the 1st and getting away with it. A couple of those steals by Anderson were the results of questionable contact. There was a lot of contact early, Spurs were very aggressive going for steals. When the officiating adjusted the Spurs didn't. That's how OKC lives, and we know it and we allowed it. We didn't guard without fouling. We let Adams be more effective than Tim Duncan and unguarded basically. We allowed too many scrub players to shine. KD is going to get his, but you cannot allow Foye, Kanter, Adams and Waiters to all go off on you. You have to stop someone. We didn't and it's not because of the refs. If it makes you feel better to say it was, that's your out.

[SASdynasty!]

I notice every game, there is a stretch when we go up big, OKC starts going to the line every other play. Every game. We go up by 10+ and then it's foul after foul after foul and we stop hitting shots cuz we arent' getting foul calls. When OKC catches up, the refs stop calling foul. Every game

Every single game

[bklynspursfan]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

You said they were done in 5 right? Stop with your bogus 'expert' predictions

[SASdynasty!]

Dude, I said I wasn't hating on him for it. But it was costly. It was a game at that point. That's all. No hate, not saying it's his fault we lost the game or anything like that.

Oh it wasn't Parker's fault we lost the game. Thanks Nono, bold take. One tier above Lefty.

[bklynspursfan]

Pop should consider starting Diaw. I think what he showed is he can go at their bigs. Let Timmy come off the bench with West. West needs the help on the boards

[td4mvp21]

Game 5 is a huge must win. Spurs will crumble under the pressure as they always do.

The Spurs are 5-0 in Game 5 when the series is tied 2-2 since 2013 (including one road win)

[ElNono]

Oh it wasn't Parker's fault we lost the game. Thanks Nono, bold take. One tier above Lefty.

two tiers actually, IMVHO...

[Kawhitstorm]

Well, let's cross our fingers for no more flukes on game 5 or we would be in some serious with all the flukeness that could be happening on an elimination game in Oklahoma in game 6, tbh.

The only OKC is beating the Spurs is if Waiters plays like Harden which is what he did tonight to mitigate WestBrick's ty game. The thing is that Waiters ain't not Harden. Besides, Patty has yet to show up in this series & Gm 5 at home is setting up to be his "Waiters" game.

[Kawhitstorm]

Pop should consider starting Diaw. I think what he showed is he can go at their bigs. Let Timmy come off the bench with West. West needs the help on the boards

Diaw on Ibaka is better than Diaw on Kanter when it comes to boxing 'em out so I wouldn't be against that idea since they would need to do that against the Duds.

[Darius Bieber]

The only OKC is beating the Spurs is if Waiters plays like Harden which is what he did tonight to mitigate WestBrick's ty game. The thing is that Waiters ain't not Harden. Besides, Patty has yet to show up in this series & Gm 5 at home is setting up to be his "Waiters" game.

Westbrook had more assists than the entire Spurs team. Didn't play all that bad.

[sook]

Need to send some solid bodies on Ibaka and Canter, LMA was playing them too soft today.

He gets a pass for his earlier games so w.e

[mexicanjunior]

The Spurs are 5-0 in Game 5 when the series is tied 2-2 since 2013 (including one road win)

In 2012 it was 2-2 going into game 5...we lost the series.

[DAF86]

The only OKC is beating the Spurs is if Waiters plays like Harden which is what he did tonight to mitigate WestBrick's ty game. The thing is that Waiters ain't not Harden. Besides, Patty has yet to show up in this series & Gm 5 at home is setting up to be his "Waiters" game.

Hope you are right son. I'm just scared as of them pulling off another fluke out of their endless bag of flukes, tbh. And then we would be one fluke away from getting eliminated.

[RD2191]

two tiers actually, IMVHO...

[siraulo23]

Worst spurs defensive showing by far

parker looked great, moved great made shots but was bad in the 4th quarter

kawhi and aldridge played pretty well, but again couldnt make shots in the 4th and the spurs couldnt get stops either

[dbestpro]

THUNDEREFS TO THE RESCUE!

[Harry Callahan]

The Spurs were executing on offense for most of the first 3 quarters, but the quick and numerous whistles kept OKC in the game. It was an abortion out there by Danny Crawford's crew.

I hate NBA officials.

[Kawhitstorm]

Westbrook had more assists than the entire Spurs team. Didn't play all that bad.

Easy to pile up assists when Waiters/KD are making everything & Adams turns into Amare.

[LakerHater]

Any word on Kawhi's knee?

[Cessation]

Kiwi is a mental midget.

[Budkin]

Or the Clippers the number 3 seed. But you know why they didn't gey the 3rd seed? 'cause they are a lesser team than OKC. Shhhh, don't tell anybody this. Apparently this is some kind of undiscovered secret around these parts.

Yeah but you know with the Spurs luck the whole thing would have been reversed. Westbrook would have been out for season and Clips would be playing out of their mind.

[Kawhitstorm]

In 2012 it was 2-2 going into game 5...we lost the series.

Except the 2012 OKC are the only team that had a superstar coming off the bench.

[Kawhitstorm]

Hope you are right son. I'm just scared as of them pulling off another fluke out of their endless bag of flukes, tbh. And then we would be one fluke away from getting eliminated.

I have more fate in Austin Rivers scoring against Patty than Waiters showing up for 2 games in a row against a contender.