Yeah they don't have Harden or Jackson anymore but their interior scoring is much improved and they don't turn it over as much anymore, either. They're the #1 offensive rebounding team in the NBA, and it seems the Spurs struggle mightily to keep these type of teams off the glass. And their 2 nuclear bombs are as explosive, clutch, and poised as they've ever been; lastly, they finally have a competent coach who is more than a motivator and actually calls screen plays to get Westy/Durant open.
I'm not worried about the Clippers, at all. We can beat that punky team. But OKC, on the other hand, scares me to no end. My lymph node on the left side of my neck is still swollen to this day from all that screaming in early June 2012. They still get the most outrageous benefits of the whistle the NBA has ever seen, their 2 stars look to initiate contact before they look to score, and Dirkbaka is money from pretty much anywhere. Their defense isn't great but tends to tighten it up when it matters most.
Mark my words: We can beat the Warriors and Clippers, but if we are forced to go through the absolute buzzsaw that is OKC, we aren't coming out of the West. (Signed 12/21/2015)
Refs scare me more than the players themselves. Spurs in 6 if the refs keep it clean. The NBA would love a Dubs/OKC WCF. Plus whoever wins that series is a win win for the league. Durant vs Lebron or a Finals rematch. Hope I'm wrong though.
Exactly. The New York Giants (sans ODB next game and needing to win out AND get help) have a better chance of winning this year's Super Bowl than the refs "keeping it clean" in a SAS/OKC collision. It's too obvious who the NBA wants to win whenever these two go head to head.
Spurs aren't winning in 6 (on the OKC hornet's nest home court) unless Durant, Westy or Dirkbaka get injured. It took an absolute miracle to win it last time. If Manu clangs that 3, nobody is in there for the offensive rebound so OKC would get the rebound, free throws, win, and probably take game 7 in SA too. We'd still be in the thick of the loooooong championship drought.
Everyone wants a Spurs GSW match-upI don't know what y'all are talking about
In terms of the refs the ONE thing we might have going for us that we didn't in 2012 was we do have a marketable borderline-star this time around. Last time the kid was a rookie and it was just the boring old big 3 that the NBA had hated for the last decade-plus.Everyone wants a Spurs GSW match-up
Borderline star? WTF?!
Everyone wants to see the 2 best teams. Kawhi vs Curry. Defense vs Offense. That kind of hyped up
Meltdown thread.
And we didn't even lose to them tonight.
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And we didn't even lose to them tonight.
the OKC win at LAC pretty much locks OKC into the 3rd seed at worst... and they're currently only 4 games behind us in the L column and have the tiebreaker over us for now.And we didn't even lose to them tonight.
Is the "we" in the OP referring to the Thunder? If so... yes.
Yes the "we" is the Thunderrefs! Must be..
OKC lost their previous 3 playoffs games in San Antonio in blowout fashion during Durant's MVP season.
Just hope the Spurs don't have to play the Clippers in the 1st rd yet again
We will see, both teams have added personnel and have changed. Thunder have a new coach too, and have apparently receded defensively, so maybe I am not as scared of them. We also conquered them already so they don't scare me like they used to.
We are going to be vulnerable against their bench bigs I will give you that. The PnR is still deadly against the Spurs and this Thunder teams likes to spam it.
We also do not draw fouls at the rate their stars do, and we are lately prone to dry up from 3 pt range.
If Danny doesn't show up for this, we could be in trouble.
OP is a pussy.
If the NBA would us, the refs should have called that illegal screen what Duncan set on Fisher, before Manus amazing three in Game 6.
If we have home court, I'd guess we win in 6.
Spurs in 5 against OKC and that's being nice. Westbrook and his chucker BF are a one-dimensional, 2 man team. After this year, one of them will likely be traded. If OKC can get complimentary pieces in return, they'll be better for it. This movie played itself out and peaked 4 years ago.
Not afraid of OKC. Westbrook will get his but I'm confident KL will shut down Durant again. And that's really all you need to stop on their team. Abaka isn't even a mismatch for us anymore since we have LMA, West, Diaw to spread the floor.
this thread is gay as OP
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