Spurs Earned Respect Tonight

[testies]

What happens if Joel Anthony comes in, and legit arm bars Durant? Like, a textbook jiu jitsu armlock? He gets suspended forever, sure. But we win the series probably.
Like, when does this stop? At one point the franchise has to be punished with being eliminated or something.. player suspensions aren't enough

[spursistan]

"Looking into the series" . . . okay, Zach Lowe. As if you discovered something you didn't already know.

No, you don't; you spin and I'm not celebrating , but you appear to be. Apparently you're happy, that the team you're supposedly a fan of, suffered another in a long line of heartbreaking defeats and any chance at a compe ive series went out the window.

It almost feel like hopping on the Warriors bandwagon is some kind of a shtick HH playing to rile up Spurs fans on this forum (being a fan of their biggest s bag in Green and putting his donkey face in his Avi just like few other lakers troll). Because, if it's not, I don't know what kind of disgraceful stance for supposed Spur fan to be this emotionally attached to his favorite team's main roadblock..

I think he's probably bet money on them to lose certain amount of games in these playoffs, which explains the coldness bordering on the satisfaction with last night's result on his part..

[tmtcsc]

No offense, but it means absolutely nothing. The Spurs are already the most respected organization in the league. What they earned was an embarrassing loss because they stopped playing when KL got hurt. They stopped having confidence, stopped being composed, started turning the ball over and let Curry tip toe on them. Such weak bull and screams of not believing in one's self.

[DPG21920]

We know it "means nothing". But I PERSONALLY like knowing that SA did prove that they are GS level to all those that never really believed it. Plenty of media talking about how they were shocked at what SA was doing. It legitimized them in their minds.

I'm not talking about GS. I'm not saying it matters to everyone. But to me, it makes me happy.

[LkrFan]

So you are saying if Klay plays great, that in the first half the Spurs 25 point lead not only doesn't exist but that SA is down big?

No, I'm saying SA would be down big, but if Klay hits his normal shots, the likelihood that you guys are up 25 are slim to none. Remember, this is the same Klay that notched an NBA record 37-point quarter.

A lot of those missed Dub shots lead to fast breaks and/or early SA offense.

If he hits his normal amount of shots (he is a Splash Brotha, after all) within the flow of their normal offense, I'd venture to guess they'd be up at the half vice being down 20+.

[tmtcsc]

No, I'm saying SA would be down big, but if Klay hits his normal shots, the likelihood that you guys are up 25 are slim to none. Remember, this is the same Klay that notched an NBA record 37-point quarter.

A lot of those missed Dub shots lead to fast breaks and/or early SA offense.

If he hits his normal amount of shots (he is a Splash Brotha, after all) within the flow of their normal offense, I'd venture to guess they'd be up at the half vice being down 20+.

This isn't abnormal for Klay. In fact, this happens quite often. He'll be unstoppable one game and give you 6-10 pts the next. He goes through long droughts at times. The Spurs had the game in control but I'm sure GS would have made a push. I just think the Spurs WITH Kawhi would have been able to withstand it enough. Give them a 6 pt win? Doesn't matter now. It was a terrible, blown opportunity that will likely result in the Spurs not winning one game in this series. A win would have made it interesting.

[tmtcsc]

We know it "means nothing". But I PERSONALLY like knowing that SA did prove that they are GS level to all those that never really believed it. Plenty of media talking about how they were shocked at what SA was doing. It legitimized them in their minds.

I'm not talking about GS. I'm not saying it matters to everyone. But to me, it makes me happy.

Gotchya. I thought the Spurs had the right roster to win it all this year. Even thought they had a chance after Parker went down. I was holding out some sort of hope that they would find their groove, share the ball and come together and execute what the FO had in mind.. Maybe they were on their way, but we'll never know. I hope they show some pride from here on out and give the necessary effort to make things difficult for GS. Win 1 game against GS, and the Dubs were probably due for a loss. Win 2 games and I'll be extremely impressed. Win 3 games and I'll be proud as and have hope for next year. Win the series and I'm dancing around in the street.

[LkrFan]

This isn't abnormal for Klay. In fact, this happens quite often. He'll be unstoppable one game and give you 6-10 pts the next. He goes through long droughts at times. The Spurs had the game in control but I'm sure GS would have made a push. I just think the Spurs WITH Kawhi would have been able to withstand it enough. Give them a 6 pt win? Doesn't matter now. It was a terrible, blown opportunity that will likely result in the Spurs not winning one game in this series. A win would have made it interesting.

On a lesser level, this is how I felt about Lamar Odom. He can give us a 23/15/6 one game, then 10/8/2 the next. He was frustrating as .

[TD 21]

It almost feel like hopping on the Warriors bandwagon is some kind of a shtick HH playing to rile up Spurs fans on this forum (being a fan of their biggest s bag in Green and putting his donkey face in his Avi just like few other lakers troll). Because, if it's not, I don't know what kind of disgraceful stance for supposed Spur fan to be this emotionally attached to his favorite team's main roadblock..

I think he's probably bet money on them to lose certain amount of games in these playoffs, which explains the coldness bordering on the satisfaction with last night's result on his part..

[SpurOutofTownFan]

This isn't abnormal for Klay. In fact, this happens quite often. He'll be unstoppable one game and give you 6-10 pts the next. He goes through long droughts at times. The Spurs had the game in control but I'm sure GS would have made a push. I just think the Spurs WITH Kawhi would have been able to withstand it enough. Give them a 6 pt win? Doesn't matter now. It was a terrible, blown opportunity that will likely result in the Spurs not winning one game in this series. A win would have made it interesting.

For sure the Spurs with Kawhi wouldn't go with 18 uncontested points in a row. They had no answer for Kawhi whenever he wanted to penetrate. There were at least 4 combined dunks only the first half. Of course GS would try to do a couple runs but the game was firmly in SA's hands

[GSH]

No offense, but it means absolutely nothing. The Spurs are already the most respected organization in the league. What they earned was an embarrassing loss because they stopped playing when KL got hurt. They stopped having confidence, stopped being composed, started turning the ball over and let Curry tip toe on them. Such weak bull and screams of not believing in one's self.

LOL. Bunch of long time posters saying things like "no offense" and "with respect". We're all disappointed, and we're all pissed off. And we don't want to piss on people we like and/or respect, but we don't feel like agreeing about right now. There's no bright side, and there's no silver lining.

Better still...

LMA can play soft as , and I've commented on it too many times. I wouldn't disagree with you about that part. But I even commented in the game thread about Pau coming into the game and not being able to play aggressively like he had been in the first half, because of foul trouble. Aldridge did his too-usual soft thing. But he was in the same boat. When you're playing on eggs s, because of foul trouble, you can't play your best game. And there's nothing worse than picking up a offensive foul for lowering a shoulder in the paint, when they let that go on all the time the rest of the game.

That was just a perfect storm of going wrong. Some of it was playing soft, no doubt. But a lot of other things had to come together, too. The worst, for my money, was the fact that Pachulia was allowed to do whatever he wanted to do, in order to get Curry the space to take those shots. Any one of those gets called... just one of many... and it's a different outcome, and we don't have this discussion over a close call.

[Mikeanaro]

Nope, Spurs must take the extra step every time Durant shoots, same with Curry since both are ankle divas.

[SpurOutofTownFan]

LOL. Bunch of long time posters saying things like "no offense" and "with respect". We're all disappointed, and we're all pissed off. And we don't want to piss on people we like and/or respect, but we don't feel like agreeing about right now. There's no bright side, and there's no silver lining.

Better still...

LMA can play soft as , and I've commented on it too many times. I wouldn't disagree with you about that part. But I even commented in the game thread about Pau coming into the game and not being able to play aggressively like he had been in the first half, because of foul trouble. Aldridge did his too-usual soft thing. But he was in the same boat. When you're playing on eggs s, because of foul trouble, you can't play your best game. And there's nothing worse than picking up a offensive foul for lowering a shoulder in the paint, when they let that go on all the time the rest of the game.

That was just a perfect storm of going wrong. Some of it was playing soft, no doubt. But a lot of other things had to come together, too. The worst, for my money, was the fact that Pachulia was allowed to do whatever he wanted to do, in order to get Curry the space to take those shots. Any one of those gets called... just one of many... and it's a different outcome, and we don't have this discussion over a close call.

It's a sad time when I have to say this but since the NBA will not do anything to stop that screening then the only recourse any team have against GS is to smack the out of Curry, Klay or KD or injure them the way Zaza got KL. At least that would level the playing field.

[Hoops Czar]

If we're being honest, Parker being out has helped the Spurs tremendously, tbh..not sure why people keep bringing up his name as a key loss

I don't think you're being honest with yourself. When Paddy was running the offense after Kawhi went down, the Spurs looked mostly disjointed and dysfunctional and most of the scoring came from broken plays. Tony may not be what he used to be but, he can still run an NBA offense and he proved that in this year's playoffs. Don't even get me started on Paddy's defense.