THUNDER vs. SPURS - 2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS THREAD

[Muzyk23]

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I would love the Spurs to win

[ex carrabba fan]

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How did the regular season matchups look guys?

[The 24th Letter]

How did the regular season matchups look guys?

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Much better than I could type....

[ex carrabba fan]

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Looks like Russ had two decent games and one stellar game against SA

He's going to be the reason OKC wins or loses the series. I could say that about the remainder of OKC's matchups as well.

The way the team is constructed... winning or losing is going to be up to how Russell plays and what types of decisions he makes.

[TMagic]

Pulling for OKC. Their my favorite team outside of LA, and SA is my least favorite team.

But sadly, I believe SA will take it.

Spurs in 7.

[cavsfan2]

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I got OKC in 7. I love this matchup, the winner of this series IMO will win the Finals.

[Rawdeal28]

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Just give me at least 6-7 good games and I'll be happy.

Going with the Spurs in this one since this might be TiMVP's last BEST shot at a title and I want to him see him get one for the thumb.

that would be a terrific ending to a great career. winning a ring and riding out into the sunset.

Nice to see the predictable conference finals matchup come to reality.

After watching the first two rounds, it'd be easy to switch my initial pick from OKC to SA, but OKC has showed me something with maintaining their composure in crunch time against two damn solid teams in Dallas and LA. Hopefully Scott Brooks finally gets some damn credit but he probably won't. Oh well.

Not taking anything away from SA and who they were matched up with earlier, but OKC proved to me that they may be riper than people think. SA did what they were expected to do and dismantled undermanned Utah and LAC teams.. but did so in impressive fashion. When healthy they look to be unbeatable. They too maintained their composure when they got down against the Clippers on multiple occasions. LAC was just so banged up though...

They matchup fairly even across the board and neither team really has a clear advantage in my eyes.

If it goes less than 6 games I'd be shocked, barring injury.

wow, i think its clear SA has a much better bench. plus Pop is clearly a better coach and coaching will be huge with these teams so evenly matched (other than the bench thing)

not saying Brooks is a bad coach or anything. he is good.

[J_Posse]

Spurs in 7, KD will single handedly win 2 games for them since he's got 4 inches on every Spurs small forward. But OKC has no bench outside of Harden, so advantage SA.

Also, Matt Bonner on the perimeter takes Ibaka out of the paint = less rebounds for him = more offensive rebound opportunities for Duncan/Splitter.

Dude, I know you're a fellow Spurs fan (I believe), but you're misinformed on the listed height of Leonard and Jackson. Leonard is listed at 6'7" and Jackson is listed at 6'8", so neither is four inches shorter than Durant (listed height is 6'10") .

Anyway, I've got the Spurs winning in 6 or 7. The Spurs bench, which struggled against the speed and quickness of the Clippers' bench, should bounce back from a poor last series. They need good contributions from Neal, Jackson, Splitter and Ginobili to off-set the scoring trio of the Thunder. I expect to see Danny Green defending Westbrook early and often, while Leonard will need to just make Durant work for his baskets. Timmy and Boris need to win their match-up against Ibaka and Perkins. Tony needs to play similar to his regular season perfomance against the Thunder, while Matt Bonner needs to stay out of the way. One interesting wrinkle that Brooks might use is playing Thabo, who's size and length bothers Tony, on TP to start the game. Should be a great matchup.

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[J_Posse]

that would be a terrific ending to a great career.

I doubt Timmy calls it quits whether they win another LOB or not. He's said that he'll play until "the wheels fall off" and they look like they still have some tread. He and Garnett look like they can both play 2 more seasons in the right situation.

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[Marino]

Spurs in 6

[BleacherBum2310]

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Spurs in 5

[RedSceptile]

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Spurs in 8.

I'm a rebel.

[Bdubb]

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OKC finally gets over the hump and makes it to the finals.

Thunder in 6!

[phenom1990]

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I want this to be 7 games but I think Spurs in 5. I can't really explain why I think 5 and not 6 or 7.

[bamalam]

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Spurs in 6 and then win it all.