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The Spurs didn't dominate Game 1 of the 2014 Finals, they kept turning the ball over and Miami was leading until midway through the fourth when Green got hot (and so did LeBron
We dominate in game 1 and win by a significant margin, then we get comfortable and the bed in game 2 at home. Despite a lacklustre performance from almost our entire team, we still lose by less than 1 basket (in 2014 we lost game2 by 2pts). Then the Spurs including Pop realise that we're not some invincible unbeatable juggernaut and we have to actually execute if we want to win. So we go on to completely dismantle them and take the series 4-1.
Spurs in 5 and I'll be surprised if we don't win every game by 10+ points. We've seen this series before. The Thunder are ed, they just don't know it yet.
P.S. Shame on all you cliffjumping gots.
The Spurs didn't dominate Game 1 of the 2014 Finals, they kept turning the ball over and Miami was leading until midway through the fourth when Green got hot (
I like the idea, but it's going to be hard to do without any offensive production from the guard spots, a dead-horse Tim Duncan, and a Kawhi Leonard that struggles with a double-team. The only flickering candle right now is Aldridge hitting shots. But if those shots stop falling, the Spurs are going to be in serious trouble the way they are playing.
But this has pretty much been par for the course with the Spurs of late: Regular season juggernauts that disintegrate in the playoffs. You can only get so far with a near total absence of guard play.
The Thunder just did this to the Mavs last round. Blow them out in game 1, lose a heartbreaker in game 2, then stomp them 3 straight times for the series win.
I don't expect that to happen right now though. I called Spurs in 7 and I'm sticking with it.
This is actually like the first 2 games of last year's series against the Clippers where the Cripples blewout the Spurs then lost a close game at home. The Clippers also turned the ball over at the end of Gm 2 & Patty sent it to overtime by leaking out just like he did on Monday except he didn't get fouled by Adams.
The difference being that the Spurs are in the Clippers' shoe.
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If this means parker is injured in game 7, but also wins the series, is that a net positive?This is actually like the first 2 games of last year's series against the Clippers where the Cripples blewout the Spurs then lost a close game at home. The Clippers also turned the ball over at the end of Gm 2 & Patty sent it to overtime by leaking out just like he did on Monday except he didn't get fouled by Adams.
The difference being that the Spurs are in the Clippers' shoe.
OP is one of the top posters on here lately.
One key difference is that the Spurs won't choke during crunch time like the Cripples did in Gm 2/4, it's OKC that has trouble closing out games.
2:51.0 T. Parker misses 3-pt shot from 23 ft 103-102 2:50.0 Offensive rebound by K. Leonard 103-102 2:48.0 K. Leonard makes 2-pt shot from 2 ft +2 105-102 2:31.0 105-102 C. Paul misses 2-pt shot from 3 ft 2:29.0 Defensive rebound by T. Parker 105-102 2:25.0 T. Parker misses 2-pt shot from 4 ft 105-102 2:22.0 105-102 Defensive rebound by M. Barnes 2:12.0 105-105 +3 M. Barnes makes 3-pt shot from 25 ft (assist by J. Re ) 1:52.0 B. Diaw misses 2-pt shot from 2 ft 105-105 1:51.0 105-105 Defensive rebound by M. Barnes 1:33.0 105-105 B. Griffin misses 2-pt shot from 4 ft (block by D. Green) 1:31.0 Defensive rebound by T. Parker 105-105 1:27.0 T. Parker misses 2-pt shot at rim (block by J. Re ) 105-105
The biggest difference, to me at least, is you could see Miami and particularly Lebron fatigued, 3 straight finals will do that. Thunder, especially Westbrook won't tire
I expect something just like this. Game 2 loss was unfortunate, but necessary to get everybody focused, pissed off, and ready to execute and compete without mercy.We dominate in game 1 and win by a significant margin, then we get comfortable and the bed in game 2 at home. Despite a lacklustre performance from almost our entire team, we still lose by less than 1 basket (in 2014 we lost game2 by 2pts). Then the Spurs including Pop realise that we're not some invincible unbeatable juggernaut and we have to actually execute if we want to win. So we go on to completely dismantle them and take the series 4-1.
Spurs in 5 and I'll be surprised if we don't win every game by 10+ points. We've seen this series before. The Thunder are ed, they just don't know it yet.
P.S. Shame on all you cliffjumping gots.
I see what you did there... reference to A/C Gate...The Spurs didn't dominate Game 1 of the 2014 Finals, they kept turning the ball over and Miami was leading until midway through the fourth when Green got hot (
Spurs used to split the first 2 games at home regularly when Tim was on his prime, folks are making seem like some rare event.I expect something just like this. Game 2 loss was unfortunate, but necessary to get everybody focused, pissed off, and ready to execute and compete without mercy.
The 2007 Spurs that swept LeBron lost Gm 2 at AT&T to Melo/AI/Nene/Camby who have been reincarnated as KD/WB/Adams/Ibaka.
Whose Kanter?Spurs used to split the first 2 games at home regularly when Tim was on his prime, folks are making seem like some rare event.
The 2007 Spurs that swept LeBron lost Gm 2 at AT&T to Melo/AI/Nene/Camby who have been reincarnated as KD/WB/Adams/Ibaka.
I see what you did there... reference to A/C Gate...
What do you expect from fans. If they don't sweep they scream doom and gloom.
Monday's game was an exciting game to watch. The end result stunk. But it is why I watch the sport to begin with. If the rest of the playoffs went like the first round with the grizzlies for the spurs that would be some awful basketball to watch. Adversity is what makes the game/sports interesting to watch. Can never understand people that live their lives through people on a tv screen.
If that is too much to handle go cheat at checkers or battleship losers.
Nene was essentially as good a scorer as Kanter & could also defend like Adams along w/ being a very good offensive rebounder along w/ Melo/Najera (it was Camby that used to gobble up the defensive rebounds).
The Nuggets also had Steve Blake who could hit open shots unlike Roberson who has been the worst offensive player in the entire 2nd rd.
No..in 2014 Spurs had revenge factor vs heat because of 2013 finals and more hungry..right now thunder has the revenge factor vs Spurs because of 2014 lost and more hungrier than the Spurs right now..
Spurs used to split the first 2 games at home regularly when Tim was on his prime, folks are making seem like some rare event.
The 2007 Spurs that swept LeBron lost Gm 2 at AT&T to Melo/AI/Nene/Camby who have been reincarnated as KD/WB/Adams/Ibaka.
First of all, learn some english.
I get the same feeling but you just dont know, we were clearly the better team through two games but it was on our home court which has been our biggest advantage all year.
Of late???? Last year a 6th seed so hardly dominated, Wcf 2012, Finals two years in a row after, that is not too bad I would say.
Btw OP as someone said we didnt dominate game 1 2014 finals at all, pulled away really late so no comparison to the thunder game one at all.
Actually it was game 1 but your right.Spurs used to split the first 2 games at home regularly when Tim was on his prime, folks are making seem like some rare event.
The 2007 Spurs that swept LeBron lost Gm 2 at AT&T to Melo/AI/Nene/Camby who have been reincarnated as KD/WB/Adams/Ibaka.
This. How many teams would take a championship, two finals appearances, three conference finals appearances, as proof that we've been a paper tiger of late? Even our first round loss was hardly a flameout. We were injured and lost on the last play of Game 7 to a marginally better team. This year we're in the semi's, and despite the negativism on this board, are still favored 2-1 to go to the conference finals yet again. The Kawhi/Danny/Boris/Aging Big 3 Spurs have been pretty successful. Who since 2012 has been more? You could certainly argue the Heat, but they missed the playoffs last year. The Dubs are a recent phenomenon. No one else has won a le in that span.
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