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

[RD2191]

Spurs by 20 imo

[Slomo]

I couldn't have said it better myself!

[D_Admiral]

[silverblackfan]

Here's to the Spurs taking it to them every quarter and forcing them make exhausted, bone-headed plays at the end of the game.

[loveforthegame]

Stay healthy and get the win.

[spursistan]

The Game 1 Officials are Scott Foster, Tony Brothers, and David Guthrie. The alternate is James Williams.

This crew has not yet worked a game together in the 2016 playoffs, but Foster and Brothers have been paired in 4 prior games -- Game 1 of TOR/IND (IND road win); Game 2 of ATL/BOS (ATL home win); Game 3 of LAC/PRT (PRT home win); and Game 6 of ATL/BOS (ATL road win).

FOSTER

For the uninitiated, the NBA appears to believe that Foster is one of its 3 best officials (only Danny Crawford and Monty McCutchen are even arguably in that conversation). Fans disagree with that idea, but that's where we are.

This is Foster's 145th career playoff game, his 7th game this year, and his 39th career game in the Conference Semifinals.

Foster did not work any games in the Spurs First Round series; he worked Game 5 of the OKC/DAL series, which OKC won at home.

Home teams are 4-2 with Foster in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 65-47 (.580) with Foster overall in the playoffs and 18-13 at home in the Conference Semifinals.

The Spurs are 14-9 in the playoffs with Foster, 7-4 at home in any round, 2-1 at home in Game 1's, and 2-1 at home in the Conference Semifinals. He called Game 5 of the Spurs/Clippers series in the 2015 playoffs. Spurs were 3-1 with Foster in 2014 and 1-3 with Foster in 2013.

Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 9-4 with Foster, but have not lost a playoff game called by Foster since 2012 (5-0 since the 2012 Finals). They are 3-3 on the road and 1-1 on the road in the conference semifinals.

Foster has worked 2 prior games between the Thunder and Spurs; the Thunder have won both. (Game 5 of the 2012 WCF and Game 3 of the 2014 WCF).

BROTHERS

This is Brothers' 103rd career playoff game, his 5th game this year, and his 28th career game in the Conference Semifinals.

Brothers did not work any games in the Spurs First Round series or in the Thunder's First Round series.

Home teams are 2-2 with Brothers in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 55-21 (.724) with Brothers overall in the playoffs and 16-6 in the Conference Semifinals.

The Spurs are 11-3 in the playoffs with Brothers, 7-1 at home in any round, 4-1 at home in Game 1's, and 3-0 at home in the Conference Semifinals. Brothers did not work any Spurs games in 2015; the Spurs were 3-1 with Brothers in 2014 and 4-0 with Brothers in 2013.

Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 6-4 in playoff games called by Brothers. They are 0-2 on the road with Brothers, 3-0 in the conference semifinals, but have never played a road game called by Brothers in the conference semifinals.

Brothers has worked 2 prior games between the Thunder and Spurs; the Spurs have won both. (Game 2 of the 2012 WCF and Game 5 of the 2014 WCF).

GUTHRIE

This is Guthrie's 20th career playoff game, his 3rd playoff game this year, and his 6th career game in the Conference Semifinals.

Guthrie worked Game 4 of the Spurs/Grizzlies series (SA won in MEM); he worked Game 2 of the Thunder/Mavericks series (DAL won in OKC).

Home teams are 0-2 with Guthrie in the 2016 playoffs. Home teams were 2-1 with Guthrie in 2015.

The Spurs are 3-0 in the playoffs with Guthrie, 2-0 at home, and 1-0 at home in the Conference Semifinals.

The Thunder are 3-1 in the playoff with Guthrie, but have played all of those games at home. They are 1-0 with Guthrie in the Conference Semifinals.

Guthrie has not previously worked any games between the Thunder and Spurs.

WILLIAMS

Williams has worked 6 career playoff games, 3 games this year, and 1 game in the Conference Semifinals.

He worked Game 2 of the Spurs/Grizzlies series. He has never previously worked a Thunder playoff game.

now th horrible Scott Foster/Tony Brother duo.smh

I'm suddenly nervous about this series, tbh..The Spurs are favorite and should win as they are the better team, but the way we have been sleepwalking for more than month now gives this round a rude-awakening potential..Just hope the opposite happens..

[polandprzem]

The Game 1 Officials are Scott Foster, Tony Brothers, and David Guthrie. The alternate is James Williams.

This crew has not yet worked a game together in the 2016 playoffs, but Foster and Brothers have been paired in 4 prior games -- Game 1 of TOR/IND (IND road win); Game 2 of ATL/BOS (ATL home win); Game 3 of LAC/PRT (PRT home win); and Game 6 of ATL/BOS (ATL road win).

FOSTER

For the uninitiated, the NBA appears to believe that Foster is one of its 3 best officials (only Danny Crawford and Monty McCutchen are even arguably in that conversation). Fans disagree with that idea, but that's where we are.

This is Foster's 145th career playoff game, his 7th game this year, and his 39th career game in the Conference Semifinals.

Foster did not work any games in the Spurs First Round series; he worked Game 5 of the OKC/DAL series, which OKC won at home.

Home teams are 4-2 with Foster in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 65-47 (.580) with Foster overall in the playoffs and 18-13 at home in the Conference Semifinals.

The Spurs are 14-9 in the playoffs with Foster, 7-4 at home in any round, 2-1 at home in Game 1's, and 2-1 at home in the Conference Semifinals. He called Game 5 of the Spurs/Clippers series in the 2015 playoffs. Spurs were 3-1 with Foster in 2014 and 1-3 with Foster in 2013.

Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 9-4 with Foster, but have not lost a playoff game called by Foster since 2012 (5-0 since the 2012 Finals). They are 3-3 on the road and 1-1 on the road in the conference semifinals.

Foster has worked 2 prior games between the Thunder and Spurs; the Thunder have won both. (Game 5 of the 2012 WCF and Game 3 of the 2014 WCF).

BROTHERS

This is Brothers' 103rd career playoff game, his 5th game this year, and his 28th career game in the Conference Semifinals.

Brothers did not work any games in the Spurs First Round series or in the Thunder's First Round series.

Home teams are 2-2 with Brothers in the 2016 playoffs. Between 2007 and 2015, home teams were 55-21 (.724) with Brothers overall in the playoffs and 16-6 in the Conference Semifinals.

The Spurs are 11-3 in the playoffs with Brothers, 7-1 at home in any round, 4-1 at home in Game 1's, and 3-0 at home in the Conference Semifinals. Brothers did not work any Spurs games in 2015; the Spurs were 3-1 with Brothers in 2014 and 4-0 with Brothers in 2013.

Since moving to OKC, the Thunder are 6-4 in playoff games called by Brothers. They are 0-2 on the road with Brothers, 3-0 in the conference semifinals, but have never played a road game called by Brothers in the conference semifinals.

Brothers has worked 2 prior games between the Thunder and Spurs; the Spurs have won both. (Game 2 of the 2012 WCF and Game 5 of the 2014 WCF).

GUTHRIE

This is Guthrie's 20th career playoff game, his 3rd playoff game this year, and his 6th career game in the Conference Semifinals.

Guthrie worked Game 4 of the Spurs/Grizzlies series (SA won in MEM); he worked Game 2 of the Thunder/Mavericks series (DAL won in OKC).

Home teams are 0-2 with Guthrie in the 2016 playoffs. Home teams were 2-1 with Guthrie in 2015.

The Spurs are 3-0 in the playoffs with Guthrie, 2-0 at home, and 1-0 at home in the Conference Semifinals.

The Thunder are 3-1 in the playoff with Guthrie, but have played all of those games at home. They are 1-0 with Guthrie in the Conference Semifinals.

Guthrie has not previously worked any games between the Thunder and Spurs.

WILLIAMS

Williams has worked 6 career playoff games, 3 games this year, and 1 game in the Conference Semifinals.

He worked Game 2 of the Spurs/Grizzlies series. He has never previously worked a Thunder playoff game.

Foster and Brothers - now it's good to see how they gonna ref this game

I do not like Brothers much but well that's just me .




let's go Spurs tbh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

[BillMc]

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[timtonymanu]

Finally some Spurs basketball. 1st round has been a snoozefest (other than the Blazers beating the injured Clippers).

I expect some rusty basketball from both teams. Spurs just need to take care of business.

[SPURt]

[GSH]

now th horrible Scott Foster/Tony Brother duo.smh

I'm suddenly nervous about this series, tbh..The Spurs are favorite and should win as they are the better team, but the way we have been sleepwalking for more than month now gives this round a rude-awakening potential..Just hope the opposite happens..

Well damn. Brothers is unpredictable as , but mostly he's likely to "let them play", which means that you're going to see a lot of screeching in the game thread about why they didn't blow a whistle. If the score is close in the last couple of minutes, Brothers will let it become a WWF event if someone else doesn't step in.

Foster - I'm not saying he's dirty now. But I think he WAS dirty, and he and the league agreed not to hurt each other. Now they put up with his inconsistent bull , and act like he's one of their best.

I know a lot of people don't want to believe it, but there were a lot of indications that more refs were involved with Tim Donoghy's gambling and game-fixing, and Foster was one that got mentioned. But the league smoothed over it and insisted that Donoghy was the only one. Later we found out that there were 300 calls between Foster and Donoghy in a 3 month span, right at the time that they know Donoghy was fixing games. He said they were just "good friends". But the duration and timing of the calls didn't look like friends chatting.


Foster and Brothers. Yay.

[steeledl]

Welp, this is what the playoffs are supposed to feel like..... Nervous as . Don't wanna drop game 1 at home to this caliber of team.

[ace3g]

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[spursistan]

Welp, this is what the playoffs are supposed to feel like..... Nervous as . Don't wanna drop game 1 at home to this caliber of team.

so true..never felt a smidgen of it in the Grizz series

[ElNono]

[ace3g]

I like that they went with a 2-tier color scheme.








San Antonio Spurs Verified account ‏@spurs

Silver & Black Out at the @attcenter tonight thanks to our friends at AT&T and @PapaJohns_SA!

[SupremeGuy]

[rmt]

Can't wait. Time for DG and Patty to go on a 3pt streak.

[DarrinS]

Never gets old

[Mugen]

Can somebody snag and ship me one of those 3XL shirts they're giving away tbh?

[PopTheGOAT]

7:30 can't come soon enough

[spursistan]

ESPN "expert" picks: Spurs (13) - Thunder (3)

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/...-spurs-thunder

[ace3g]

San Antonio Spurs Verified account ‏@spurs

#GoSpursGo

[Ron Swanson]

Finally!

[polandprzem]

Can somebody snag and ship me one of those 3XL shirts they're giving away tbh?

I second that /for me/but I'd rather have L size tbh