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Thankfully okc keeps winning, so Spurs may dodge them in round 1.
Spurs came out super-disciplined on defense, kinda following through with what they did against the Cavs. It was great to see they can take it that level for stretches.
Dubs are just such a supremely talented team though. And on nights where the Iggy and Klay are on (Curry is always there), they're just so tough to beat. Lots of credit to Kerr, he really has them playing smart basketball, attacking matchups, and reining them in whenever they start to deviate.
Fun game to watch, despite the loss, tbh
Thankfully okc keeps winning, so Spurs may dodge them in round 1.
They took it to that level for a stretch. And then died from the second quarter onward. Spurs looked completely helpless. At no point at halftime onward did it feel like the Spurs were going to win. They were like headless chickens on offense while the Warriors got a layup drill.
The Spurs couldn't have asked for more advantages than Durant being out and Warriors on a b2b. The game had a 40 point swing.
This team is built on Kawhi/LMA carrying the torch. We've known that for a long time now. If there's anything you can glean from this game is that the Spurs need to be smarter moving the ball when Kawhi is doubled. Kawhi just didn't have a good game, and when that happens we're likely to lose.
Can't be mad at this loss, the Dubs are genuinely an historic team.
Agree with op. Just thought some of Pop's rotations sucked.
The Spurs have many holes to fill...
Livingstong killed Parker in the post. Klay outplayed Manu badly, that's why Danny should play more minutes against these strong backcourts.
Pau and Lee together doesn't make sense against GSW
I guess Kerr exploited those favorable matchups but also Pop failed on hiding them, he should take care of his lineups, rotations
If it takes Iggy and Westy playing out of their skins to overcome us I still like our chances in a 7 gamer if we are fortunate to get a crack at them tbh.
Great game, Warriors played with a playoff intensity and deserved their win but the Spurs no doubt would have learnt a lot from this game that they'll be able to use if they meet in the playoffs. Spurs defense was fine, the offense was too stagnant at times in the 2nd half, but you can't have 2 players with 0 FGs in your starting line-up in 2017 and you can't beat GS by simply dominating the offensive boards. They have to be able to get in the paint and score consistently, but unfortunately the personnel isn't great at this, even Kawhi.
Pop can, and he will keep doing it to because it's just basketball.
This really had the feel of a test game for Pop. I was shaking my head at some of the lineups that he was keeping on the floor way longer than they should have been. I honestly believe he punted this one away to try and learn more heading into a WCF showdown
The Spurs offense looked absolutely terrible the entire second half...
Warriors defense won the game..they doubled and swarmed all night and Spurs struggled..
When you can't penetrate and attack the paint you'll look bad against them..we looked REALLY bad
They exposed our inability to handle double teams. KL and LMA are not in early recognition mode like I expected of the dominant Tim Duncan. Pop had it so easy with TD.
And the openings to the basket left to players like Danny, and last night, Tony, cannot be used as a counter. Pop has got his work cut out.
The Spurs don't have anyone able to penetrate consistently. This is not news, it is it what it is, Spurs are a jump shooting team. Kawhi is 99th in the league in FGAs within 5 feet. Literally all teams have a perimeter player who has more attempts at the rim than the Spurs best.
Is that supposed to happen in our lifetime?
They've only had 150 games together to work on this.
Watching a 40 point swing and non existent ball movement by Spurs for half their possessions was not "fun".
This may have worked when he had Prime Duncan, Prime Manu, Prime Parker, Prime Bowen etc.
He could show up hungover, occasionally get up on point "4 Down" and act cutsie sardonic in interviews.
It's beyond old in 2017.
1 le in the last 9 years.
If he just throwing the farking game then put Bertie and Juice in. Farking watching Parker get his ass handed him trying to guard Donkey Green.
In our first matchup, we played Dedmon/Lee together off the bench, and obviously that worked out very well. It'll be interesting how it plays out, but i like Dedmon/Lee much better together against these guys. Pop has changed his SL based on matchups before, maybe we'll see it again if we get there.
I agree re: Manu/Klay. It's unfair to try and have Manu stay with him and be effective offensively. I'm not sure how Durant's return affects their rotations, but if one of Klay/Curry/Durant are on the court, Green/Kawhi have to be there.
Yeah, not so much.
For exactly 9 minutes and 17 seconds (until Iguodala started raining jumpers), it was fun. The large lead felt like a fluke and was a fluke (Danny Green had 12 points on 4 3's by that mark - tells you all you need to know) and it all went downhill from there. The Spurs were totally outplayed and had no answers for the Warriors. On a night when Draymond Green scores 4 points and Durant doesn't even play, this is an embarrassment.
The Warriors bench came to play and their starters did what they usually do. Leonard looked like and forced shots. Our bigs were out-physicaled and didn't establish a damn thing. No, this game was not fun to watch, it was excruciating and likely a precursor to the playoffs. Unless Gasol and LaMarcus decide to enforce their will and win their matchups, the Spurs will get bounced. Leonard is good but he's still just one guy.
The silver lining is that they have a roster that is capable of beating the Warriors but it will take maximum mental and physical effort. <-- That includes Pop playing guys who aren't a liability on the floor like TP.
It never felt like the Spurs were going to win that game once the third quarter started.
Spurs can win a game or two at the absolute most in a playoff series, but they'd have to be playing out of their minds which probably won't happen.
kawhi needs to get better at recognizing the double team and reacting to it better. and not sure why we don't put LA down in the blocks more often ( , even leonard for that matter). not sure if pop was just tinkering or it we really hit the wall that badly, but we may eventually get to find out in june. still, GS has a huge advantage over us in regards to guard play and i don't see how we make up the deficit that exists between their guards and ours (especially parker and mills).
GSW has a close to unguardable team when making threes. They are better than a good Spurs team. Like Nash Suns were good, but not good enough to beat the Spurs. I don't know if we could beat this team twice in a playoff series.
It was a perfect storm to start the game. Over the last 40.5 minutes, GSW outscored the Spurs 103-69. That's not a great game, any way you slice it.
lol ..no way
I can easily believe this. I hope Pop strongly considers transitioning Parker to a bench position as he's no longer starting material. He was getting wiped on the backcourt.
I actually theorize that he left juice out on purpose. There was an article out the other day that showed juice is the highest rated defender at the 2 for the entire league. I think he wanted to see what the others bring to the table (which turned out to be nothing of value) and he didn't want them to get a good feel for Simmons. I think his ideal lineup against their lineup of death would be:
Patty on Curry
Simmons on Thompson
Green on Green
Kawhi on Durant
Aldridge on whatever scrub they put in the 5
Defense in this group would be outstanding. Curry is going to get his so just leave Patty in hopes his shooting will give you what he's giving up. Green and Patty spread the floor with the 3, Kawhi handling the ball, juice with the put backs and Aldridge in the midrange.
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