THUNDER vs. SPURS - 2012 WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS THREAD

[SteelersFreak]

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Not surprised at all Spurs are putting in work. A dismantled Mavs and dysfunctional Lakers aren't exactly measuring sticks. San Antonio playing great ball

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Its not like the Jazz and Clippers were much better. Both teams had pretty easy routes to the WCF.

[SteelersFreak]

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It's funny how to the Casuals, watching the Spurs is the most amazing thing(especially since they were boring, according to them) to see right now but yet to the Hardcore Fans it's like, 'Oh, they've been playing like this for years' lol.

I also love how ESPN didn't even acknowledge how good the Spurs were until they suddenly took over 1st place in the Western Conference. Its like they said "Oh, I guess we HAVE to talk about them now".

[ScoobySnax]

It is definitely a different style of Spurs basketball. They're not as focused on dumping it down to Timmy anymore. While he is still featured, he's obviously not the same player he was 8-10 years back. That was the reason why the Spurs looked slow in he past.

Duncan was a freaking beast back then and he HAD to touch the rock. Now that he's not that player anymore, TP and the younger guys are getting the ball up the court and looking to attack early. This is nowhere near how Spurs teams of the past looked. That is highly evident to me, at least.


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[Drewski]

Its not like the Jazz and Clippers were much better. Both teams had pretty easy routes to the WCF.

This is true no doubt. Just alot of chitter chatter about how OKC went through Dallas and LA. Seems irrelevant to me considering where both those teams are currently.

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[The 24th Letter]

Unfortunately the media is never going to let that happen. If it comes down to the Spurs/Heat and the Spurs win, all the focus is going to be on how the Heat lost, not how the Spurs won and played the best team basketball we've seen in a long time..

and most us Spur fans could not care less.

won't hear much complaining from us, it's been going on forever lol

[King_B_Mack]

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and most us Spur fans could not care less.

won't hear much complaining from us, it's been going on forever lol

It's pretty stupid. It's like being the Timberwolves (prior to Love/Rubio) only minus the suck.

Anybody else remember when Durant was beasting early in his career and the national media basically ignored him?

[TMagic]

They're going to need a little more than "nasty" from everyone if they want a chance to win this series and Durant going into chuck mode or cursing out his teammates left and right like Kobe(since now people think he should be like him all of a sudden)isn't going to solve the problem.

Where did I say he has to take it THAT far?

I've mentioned it plenty of times on here before on how I HATE when Kobe does that and how it doesnt help the Lakers.

All I said was that he needs a "little" Kobe in him. A majority of the time, he doesnt even seem to care that he isnt getting the rock, despite being the teams best player. A lot of trips down the floor he would just stand out past the arc, just like any ol' role player, and wait for Westbrook or Harden to do something. He hasnt been assertive enough in trying to make anything happen for his team offensively at the end of games.

I want to see him fighting to get to his spots, coming to the ball, getting on Westbrook when he makes a boneheaded play. You have the opportunity to go to the finals, and you're going to take a backseat to two other players on the team?

[thaima1shu]

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I'm pulling for the clean sweep by the Spurs. Get it done!

[23]

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Sometimes you really exagerate people's opinion to make em sound ridiculous. I think it's fair to want the best scorer in the league to take some shots and be aggressive when his team is struggling in a 2nd game of a conference final. Harden felt it was enough, getting outplayed all over the court.

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Its not an exxaggeration though, and this is the same old conversation we had last year in the playoffs.

Forcing a player to into taking more shots wasn't going to win them this game, let alone telling him to be like someone else who has an entirely different motive on the court, along with the team dynamic being much different, I happen to think thats the wrong approach.

This is no different than Game 1, where OKC had the lead. I knew they'd lose it by close to the end of the 3rd and told my brother... watch SA come back and take the lead, because OKC never really had momentum, then Gino comes in and wrecks their train to the point Brooks panicked and tried to go small.

...and im sorry, KD will score regardless, and if Brooks thinks he should shoot even more he needs to revamp his offensive schemes, and have a talk with WB since he's the 1st extension of his coach.

Its no reason for KD to jack up shots that arent really there`and frankly the Spurs are just showing to be a more consistent and better team who are winning with a variety of different things. Assigning blame to one thing here is hardly the thing to do, even though it might be the most popular.

Just give the Spurs credit

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Where did I say he has to take it THAT far?

I've mentioned it plenty of times on here before on how I HATE when Kobe does that and how it doesnt help the Lakers.

All I said was that he needs a "little" Kobe in him. A majority of the time, he doesnt even seem to care that he isnt getting the rock, despite being the teams best player. A lot of trips down the floor he would just stand out past the arc, just like any ol' role player, and wait for Westbrook or Harden to do something. He hasnt been assertive enough in trying to make anything happen for his team offensively at the end of games.

I want to see him fighting to get to his spots, coming to the ball, getting on Westbrook when he makes a boneheaded play. You have the opportunity to go to the finals, and you're going to take a backseat to two other players on the team?

This is where Coaching and making adjustments are supposed to come into play, especially since what you're describing has been going on for a while now.

Ideally you'd want Durant to take more than 3-4 shots a quarter, but if James Harden is hot hand(like he was last night)then why take the ball out of his hands?

The last thing Durant needs to do right now is take or borrow anything from Kobe or Lebron or anybody else. What they need to do is stop getting themselves in situations where you have cases like last night happening, in that they start playing Panic Iso-Ball, where you're basically just rushing your possession each time you have the ball.

[Vni]

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Its not an exxaggeration though, and this is the same old conversation we had last year in the playoffs.

Forcing a player to into taking more shots wasn't going to win them this game, let alone telling him to be like someone else who has an entirely different motive on the court, along with the team dynamic being much different, I happen to think thats the wrong approach.

This is no different than Game 1, where OKC had the lead. I knew they'd lose it by close to the end of the 3rd and told my brother... watch SA come back and take the lead, because OKC never really had momentum, then Gino comes in and wrecks their train to the point Brooks panicked and tried to go small.

...and im sorry, KD will score regardless, and if Brooks thinks he should shoot even more he needs to revamp his offensive schemes, and have a talk with WB since he's the 1st extension of his coach.

Its no reason for KD to jack up shots that arent really there`and frankly the Spurs are just showing to be a more consistent and better team who are winning with a variety of different things. Assigning blame to one thing here is hardly the thing to do, even though it might be the most popular.

Just give the Spurs credit

I agree with what you're saying though.

[Vni]

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I'm pulling for the clean sweep by the Spurs. Get it done!

They might just do that. Nobody can stop them if they continue playing like that. 20 wins in a row. That's a lot of momentum and confidence.

Their last loss is versus the lakers when they where shooting terribly bad?

[ex carrabba fan]

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Scotty needs to get his head out of his butt and figure out that keeping Serge on the bench in game 1, and keeping Thabo on the bench in game 2 went a long way in sealing their fates. Credit due to the Spurs, they played out of their minds and have been all playoffs long, but Scotty isn't doing his team any favors by keeping the wrong players locked to the pine.

In game 1 Serge could have been used to protect the rim in the 4th quarter and in game 2 Thabo was definitely needed for defensive rebounding and defense. Fisher repeatedly fouled his man and also was routinely outrebounded by bigger guards. I could understand if Fisher was hot, but he seriously missed like 15 shots in a row. He provided absolutely nothing.

Once gain though, credit to the Spurs.

Its not like the Jazz and Clippers were much better. Both teams had pretty easy routes to the WCF.

So I guess that means the East was all bye weeks for Miami and Boston then.

Dallas played OKC tough all 4 games, it was a lot closer than it appears on paper

Clippers played SA tough, unfortunately the injuries were too much to overcome. LAC built big leagues in multiple games against the Spurs.. the Spurs are just too deep

LAL could have easily been up 3-1 on OKC, but Kobe and company like choking away 4th quarter leads

To say SA and OKC had easy roads is just wrong

[Sinner]

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It's funny how to the Casuals, watching the Spurs is the most amazing thing(especially since they were boring, according to them) to see right now but yet to the Hardcore Fans it's like, 'Oh, they've been playing like this for years' lol.

..and to this I would like to say that I admit I was one of those that changed the channel when the Spurs started playing those late night games..would also like to say to the Spurs...my bad...can't wait for the next game

[The 24th Letter]

Round 3.

I'm sure the Thunder will bust out a 10-15 point lead early in this game feeding off the crowds energy. Hopefully we respond.

I think Pop is more comfortable with small ball....I'm not too worried about Brooks adjustment....but their small ball may be better than ours lol