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You think those 4 guys will be in street clothes?
Pop will pull out Tim, Tony, Danny and Tiago. Book it!
If in 0.000000001 chance he won't, Spurs win this by 3.
You think those 4 guys will be in street clothes?
A smart fan - Thunder are a very good team, but really without James Harden; and if Pop, who finally seems to have come around to the obvious as far as the Spurs bigs; sticks with Splitter and Duncan why the negativity? Sure Spurs have a right to be tired but this game could easily go either way among the two best teams in the conference.
Here's the Neal interview on NBATV after the Boston game where he talks about Jack and Whi:
http://www.nba.com/video/channels/nb...alink-neal.nba
OKC have played a lot of games at home and they're one of the best teams in getting favorable officiating at home (aka "home court advantage").
KD averages an even 10 FTAs a game at the 'Peake and "only" 8 FTAs a game in their 8 road games.
I truly feel this OKC team is better than they were last year. I'm not suggesting that's because of Martin, but rather in spite of losing Harden. One theory on this is that OKC has had to make adjustments. It was ugly at first. I think they realized they were without a big playmaker and RW tried to force everything. The adjustments that were eventually made were much, much better passing than any of OKC's teams in the past. Look at OKC's team assist stats, as well as KD and RW's this year compared to last. They've been forced, in a way, to be a better passing team to create offense that they lost with Harden. I still don't feel too confident about beating SA. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised at beating SA, but there's a lot of history over the last 3 years of basically getting beat every time out by SA to feel too confident yet.
RW:
2012-13: 8.7 assists, 3.3 TO
2011-12: 5.5 assists, 3.6 TO
KD:
2012-13: 4.2 assists, 3.3 TO
2011-12: 3.5 assists, 3.8 TO
OKC:
2012-13: 22.4 assists, 15.3 TO
2011-12: 18.5 assists, 16.0 TO
I would like to see the Spurs grind this one out, but it will take near perfect execution to win without Ginobli, Jax, and Leonard. OKC is full of long limbed athletic guys who can really disrupt passing lanes. Unfortunately, we need those passing lanes to win this game. Ginobli can usually find an open lane regardless, but without him only De Colo really shows that ability.
It would be nice to get Ibaka in foul trouble early, but the Thunder are at home.
I think OKC will win this. I just hope for a close game or a blow out and the bench gets some serious learning experience.
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Post-shootaround, Pop says all the injured guys (Manu, Jack, Leonard) are out tonight in OKC.
Pop says Kawhi, Sjax and Manu are all out tonight. Ummm WTF? Jackson said he'd play and it's about damn time Leonard returns. If he comes back tomorrow I'm gonna be really disappointed
not that it means anything, but CJ going back to the Toros for some playing time
Pop's going to pull the plug early tonight and hope to have enough to win in Denver. Even if they lose both games, 19-8 (11-6 on the road) is a tremendous start after playing 17 of their first 27 games on the road. Especially considering the injuries to Leonard and Jack.
It looks a lot like Pop won't even try to win that game. His dream scenario for that game would be Spurs down by 20 very quickly to be able to keep Duncan and Parker on the bench.
He'll probably get his wish then!
Wow....so much for Jack being excited about playing tonight.Durant's going for 35+ points tonight, easy. We can't expect Green and Anderson to cover him. We also can't expect TP and TD to play 40 minutes, because that's the only way the Spurs will have a chance to win tonight...
That would suck. I wonder if Kawhi's tendonitis is worse than previously thought?
Free this guy and unleash him on Durant tbh.
Nando is playing well....but not THAT well.
I'm really beginning to get worried abut Leonard. You hear so little about his recovery...
Its just very hard to verify ... tendinitis can take months to recover from, but not for a young guy like Kawhi IMO ... everything points towards him returning soon, so I am not worried.
I would say no chance of winning this game but we almost beat the Heat with our C team so who knows.
The Heat didi not take the game seriously because the Big 3 did not play ... Tim and Tony will play tonight so we will not catch OKC off-guard.
OKC by 6 or 8 pts TBH
An ass kicking is on the way. Tim was gassed in the last game and if that continues I see us losing by 20+. They only way we win is if OKC takes us for granted without 3 of our best players. I thought Jack's return tonight was a bit premature.
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