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Diaw/West was horribly undersized and got murdered, should have put Marjanovic in. The starters didn't finish well but the bench unit consistently gave up leads.
Season's over. Time to tank. Discuss.
Diaw/West was horribly undersized and got murdered, should have put Marjanovic in. The starters didn't finish well but the bench unit consistently gave up leads.
not meltdown but i thought we coughed up a winnable game in a historically difficult arena to get ones ..H2H vs West Elite teams are going to be massive in final standings and seeding purposes..That's how i see it..
Season is over. No real chance of the playoffs.
Felt like the Spurs controlled the game until the end. Went away from what worked in the final 5 minutes and were forcing . Parker basically got murdered by whoever he guarded.
Wouldn't have hurt to put Boban in. At least for a few mins to see how he'd match up with OKC's bigs.
That's fair.
Team looked great tbh. There's obviously some issues, none unforeseen, but the Thunder are a top 3 team in the league tbh.
They did control most of the game. Up 97-90 with about 4 mins left and then they went cold.
Manu should have played last minutes instead of TP, I don't know how Pop didn't see that..
Going to be a fun season here on SpursTalk.
Good game. God i hate okc.
Just Spurs being Spurs. Can't close out games.
This one is going to piss me off when it comes to final standings. This choke is going to wind up screwing us over.
Pop needs to figure the rotations out, but I imagine that eventually their minutes together will be minimal - Aldridge or Duncan will be on the court at all times.
Stinks that we won't get to see them against OKC again until the last month of the season. Aldridge looked fine for game 1 with a new team. If they play like this, they should beat most of the league night in, night out. Will have to step it up against the other top 7 teams (CLE + top 6 in west).
I'd be more worried if the nuggets blew the Spurs out by 20
At least we're not the Rockets
Spurs are going to luck out in some games, it'll even out over a long ass season. Maybe don't lose to the Knicks/Lakers his upcoming year tbh
This is my only real concern. If Bobby struggles and cannot be relied on, we have a really big hole at the backup Center position. Our rebounding really falls off with that 2nd unit. OKC is also a great team though with a lot of bigs so we should fair better against most other teams.
Last edited by BatManu20; 10-28-2015 at 11:34 PM.
Size was the problem.
West and Diaw are too small too protect the rim.
You can't hide Parker against the Thunder.
Thunder played a good game and it was like they were exploiting Spurs defensive weakness.
Spurs by contrast didn't force Durant to defend. Also did not exploit mismatches whenever they had one. If you got Duncan and Aldrige on the court, then obviously one is playing against a weaker defender.
I also kind of hate this post-up offense when against a decent defender like Ibaka. Maybe to get him in foul trouble, but not late in the game.
Lost in the last minute, on the road, vs. a top 4 team in the NBA
There are things to take away from the game, such as the lack of size in the 2nd unit's frontcourt, for example, but there is a ton of room for improvement..
This game should have been a lot more lopsided, too, considering Kawhi was so hot..
How many people here don't realize that he was in a suit sitting next to Simmons. Pop took him off the active roster a day or two ago and put Bonner on it instead. They need to dump him and look for a rim protecting big or true backup PG to fill his spot. If McCallum can't play PG, then maybe they should look at trading him for someone that can.
Honestly, tell me the teams that will be able to bottle up Leonard and LMA on a consistent basis. The Spurs will wear teams out with those two guys. Leonard was a better player than durant tonight and the whistle had to bail out OKC tonight in the fourth.
#TankForSimmons
Started the season against one of our toughest match ups on the road and barely lost. It hurts but I'll take it
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