I'm not complaining about the win. It was beautiful basketball for the most part. I'm just worried about Timmy right now. His one on one defense and low post game since returning from injury have been absolute garbage, and his shot is more flat. I think that knee injury may have impacted him enough to cause him to come back down to earth. He's back to his 2010-2012 ways of refusing to shoot jump hooks/mix it up and just throwing up those low-percentage shots over his right shoulder.How are people complaining about a win without Tony Parker vs. the WCF champs?..
The Spurs won despite Ginobili and Duncan struggling..this game was important for the confidence of Leonard, Green and Splitter and they responded well..it also shows Pop that Leonard and Splitter can be trusted to run some offense when Ginobili and Duncan are struggling..
His overall game looks lazy right now, so unless he's coasting, I'd say he's still hobbled.
As for Manu, I've given up. I'd love to be proven wrong though.
Probably the best takeaway from this game. The more we focus on Leonard and Splitter the better.
Just play basketball. No midget ball, no f'n harlem globetrotter passes, no 3-pt shootemups.
Basketball. Inside/outside game.
Defense. Rebounds.
The good stuff.
Splitter playing some perimeter defense, plus knocking down a fifteen footer. wow
Tbh those guys wouldn't have had to go ballistic if TP was playing and we got decent production from Timmy. If they play like tonight (confidence-wise) when our team is at full strength, then we have a shot against OKC.
What's up Spurfan es. Those who were predicting a loss, what ya gotta say now ers??
GSG!!
Joseph with no turnovers tonights
How is Perkins allowed to get away with so many moving screens? I have never seen anything like it.
had to listen to thunders' announcers tonight. they focused on the refs quite a bit. pussys
Duncan did look sloppy tonight but one thing to remember is that without Parker his midrange shots arent good looks
Parker gets deeper penetration and throws on point passes
Green running the pick and roll gives it up at the first sign of a show and throws off target passes
that half a second difference in the time it takes to get it recover and shoot makes a HUGE difference vs an athletic OKC team
with tony he gets clean midrange shots off and probably does a bit better
I am pretty dissapointed about those here thinking TD and Manu didnīt look good or whatever...
Seem to forget that when it counted those have always performed. Itīs the backup stars (ie green, leonard and splitter) who failed to deliver when it was first needed of them last year during the WCF.
Itīs OK, Parker also failed in his first playoffs experiences and in the end he is now a reliable playoff player. But donīt understimate proven winners over wannabes for one game where the winners took a backseat from the wannabes.
Thatīs what they have to do at this age.
I hope Tiago can continue to punish teams when they put average PFs on him.
Anyone upload the Kawhi's dunk in Youtube plz
Dude, dont even act like you thought we were gonna win this gameWhat's up Spurfan es. Those who were predicting a loss, what ya gotta say now ers??
GSG!!
i read an article about okc's illegal defense somewhere, i forgot where tho
Jazz won tonight, Lakers back to 9th for now
Does this mean that Portland will beat the thunder by 42?
Splitter's english has improved as much as his game has.
Let them sweat.
Timmy speaking of the Spurs keeping their composure after gaining the lead. Damn right!!!
Durant not really giving the Spurs' defense the credit there. Screw him, Leonard got his goat!!
dan mccarney @danmccarneysaen Tiago Splitter had 23 points and 11 rebounds in total during last year's WCF. He had 21 and 10 in 34 minutes tonight.
Gary Neal at backup PG spells disaster. I'd rather have Manu than GNeal. I sure hope CoJo gets some solid PT before TP comes back. We have plenty of others to provide "O". Perhaps there will be times in the playoffs CoJo and GNeal can play together, but the team is better off with CoJo and his "D" than GNeal's "O".
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