IBAKA OUT! WERE GOIN TO THE FINALS!!!

[Horry Hipcheck]

Actually, Adams blocks shots as good or better than Ibaka.

Ibaka averages 2.23 blocks in 34 minutes/game (and he's best in the league).

Adams averages 1.42 blocks in 16 minutes/game (even better).

Don't forget OKC caught up and won the deciding game last night without Ibaka.

Except Adams averages around 3 points per game, whereas Ibaka chips in 12 (and usually more against SA). Collison is worse at 2 ppg.

[01Snake]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Good grief!

[BC3]

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[Horry Hipcheck]

true. but when they pulled then plug on parker last game spurs did better because blazzers weren't prepared for mills taking over. maybe clippers weren't prepared for a thunder without ibaka? for one game of course.

Ibaka's absence didn't throw the Clips. Durant kept hitting everything he put up, the Clips collapsed defensively and Game 5 Chris Paul showed up and had a few costly misses and turnovers. LA beat themselves as much as KD did by himself.

[gospursgojas]

[BC3]

good points horry. i tried to directly qoute russ but it wasn't working out. so u think ibaka out is definitely a plus or it won't matter?

[-21-]

Let's just hope their bench guys don't step up, specifically Adams.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Now OKC cant switch pick n rolls. Adams and collison are too slow. Ibaka was the only big they have that can stay in front of tony iirc.

[tmtcsc]

Bad break for Thunder but I'm not gonna cry about it. I liked the Spurs to beat the Thunder at full strength anyways. There's no telling how this well effect the Spurs or Thunder. Will our guys drop their guard or will theirs step up in Ibaka's absence ? I hope the Spurs play with the appropriate amount of fear / respect and go for the kill. Still have to take care of the ball and limit their fast break chances.

[Beaverfuzz]

Still have to win four out of seven.

[poeticism707]

^^^^^^ This! He was out late last night too and the refs went to work and the Thunder won.

Yep.

Durbeta and Westchuck outshot the entire Clips team from the free throw line, in two concsecutive games, to "beat" the Clips, when they would have been blown out by 40.

And Durbeta is merely a jumpshooter.

You can count on 30 free throws a each for Durbeta and Westchuck.

And that's the norm. Who knows what how many freebies they'll get now that Ibaka is out.

[Budkin]

Karma already ed us many times (0.4, The foul, and lastly and most painfully, 6)

[Johnny RIngo]

Good news for the Spurs. OKC still has the second best player in the league along with the officiating advantage. If Parker's hamstring injury is nothing serious and TP plays like he did against Portland, SA gots this.

[jag]

Soon as I saw Abaka go down last night all I could think was I hope da out for the season. Can't believe CP0 did the Spurs a solid and got that done!

The only clutch play he made all series, tbh.

[ShoogarBear]

The meltdown if the Spurs lose one of the first two is going to redefine epic.

[jag]

It would help me assess Abaka's prognosis if I knew whether or not he were about this life.

Does anyone know where I could find this out?

I forwarded his Instagram link to the black posters on Spurstalk. They reviewed his photos and confirmed that he is, in fact, not about that life.

[cd98]

If rather Ibaka plays and Spurs have appropriate fear instead of a cruise mindset. That said, Ibaka got away with about 30 points of goaltending the last time these teams met in the playoffs. I won't be screaming at my TV as much.

[daslicer]

OKC will still be hard to beat in a 7 game series but Ibaka's injury now gives the Spurs a chance in to win. Ibacka for the last two years has transformed into Shawn Kemp whenever he plays the Spurs. That alone threw a huge wrench into the spurs defense because there was no way they could pack the paint due to Ibaka's ability to hit the mid range jumper consistently. This in return made the spurs defense pretty much useless and allowed the Thunder many easy opportunities to score in the paint. Ibaka was able to bother Duncan a lot due to his athleticism and the great help D he provided whenever Perkins was switched on Duncan. Also you have to factor in defensively this guy's interior defense made it very difficult for the spurs just to get easy points. On every possession the Spurs had to work hard just to score because of this guys presence.

[Mal]

That is ing great news.

[ducks]

Karma for this thread would have a key Spur player go down to injury to balance things out. But no such thing as Karma.

racal spurs are without a 100%heatlhy parker
and if spurs win it all you will remind everyone 100000000000000000000000 times they got lucky due to injuries

[GrandeDavid]

Laughable thread. Kevin Durant is still playing.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

This is definitely something I won't celebrate. I will never celebrate a player getting injured, it's just a shameful thing to do. This is very unfortunate for OKC, I actually like the play of Ibaka and I don't think he deserves this. I feel bad for OKC fans, second straight year they are devastated by injury. They still have a chance of advancing, but without Ibaka, the chances are very slim. Spurs probably win in 5 now.

[therealtruth]

Injuries suck. Would have much rather played the Thunder at full strength.

Thankfully, even with the injury, Spurs are too smart to relax.

[MI21]

Good, it is obviously not a guarantee the Spurs get through, but it's way easier now that this got is out.

@ those saying " I wanted the Thunder at full strength ". Turn it up, if Durant was out of the series because his mum had bad cramps and he had to comfort her, you would all be celebrating because it would guarantee the Spurs a trip to the finals.

Never understand the thought process behind wanting the other team at full strength, like the Spurs haven't had to deal with injuries and bull in the playoffs before.

[rascal]

racal spurs are without a 100%heatlhy parker
and if spurs win it all you will remind everyone 100000000000000000000000 times they got lucky due to injuries

Parker is fine. He will be running and scoring as one of the top options for the Spurs. YES the Spurs caught a lucky break like I said they would need to get to the finals because their roster isn't good enough as it is without injuries taking top teams down.