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[Syphon Filter]

leonard so good!

 

[Starphoenix]

Sugar K!!!

 

[Bowser]

Kawai like "yoink, thx"

ain't even fair

 

[outsida]

Beasting

 

[RedEther]

Not like this :/

 

[GamerSoul]

That guy is just unreal.

 

[MPW]

okc is hopeless without ibaka

spurs vs heat rematch it is

 

[Redd]

Leonard is beasting. He's having fun out there.

 

[Tragicomedy]

OKC will take a game or two based on talent alone, but they don't have an answer on D. I'm surprised they kept it in reach.

spurs vs heat rematch it is

Nope.

 

[Syphon Filter]

okc is hopeless without ibaka

spurs vs heat rematch it is

you mean pacers/spurs.

 

[Shun]

okc is hopeless without ibaka

spurs vs heat rematch it is

As much as I love the Spurs, that's definitely wrong.

We saw Durant blow up and it's definitely possible for OKC to scrape by if they get hot.

Given the amount of minutes that Durant and Westbrook play, I'm worried for how that will affect them later down the line.

 

[johnny_park]

That's game

 

[DominoKid]

im surprised they even put duncan back in.

 

[greatestjediever]

Hahahahah I love it

 

[GPsych]

Wow...ended up being a blow out. Hell yeah! Go Spurs Go!

 

[RedEther]

OKC needs to take a game in SA to make this series interesting.

gg thunder you tried

 

[rando14]

 

[Starphoenix]

Ginobli!!!!!

 

[Syphon Filter]

What did i tell you RedEther ; )

 

[johnny_park]

They're making ginobili look like his old self.

 

[UnObtainium17]

Gg okc.. thunder has a lot of players that are pretty much useless on offense.

 

[Redd]

Ginobli playing like it's 8 years ago.

 

[RedEther]

What did i tell you RedEther ; )

Ugh :/ See you on ECF/WCF game 2

 

[Tragicomedy]

GG Spurs.

The small lineup is not how OKC should approach this series. They're better off rotating Collison and Adams in the lineup the entire game.

This game shows how valuable Ibaka is to everything our team does.

 

[Shun]

Cory Joseph always looks like he's having fun whenever he's out. It's like he's never mad and he's happy he's getting minutes.

I respect that.

 

[RedEther]

Holy shit those bench stats for OKC are horrendous

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

GG Spurs.

The small lineup is not how OKC should approach this series. They're better off rotating Collison and Adams in the lineup the entire game.

This game shows how valuable Ibaka is to everything our team does.

Also shows how valuable James Harden was.

 

[ZoddGutts]

Nice to see OKC have there you know what pushed in.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Losing a centerpiece means you need a stellar coach to drive adjustments.

Brooks is not that coach.

 

[MetalFearSolid]

Tim Duncan hasn't had a 20+ game in like 8 straight playoff games. He has a monster one tonight with the absence of Ibaka, and nearly outscores KD.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Also shows how valuable James Harden was.

Ummmmm, if Harden was on the court, we'd have given up 140. He's literally the worst defensive guard in the league. We need an inside defensive presence, not more scoring options.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Ummmmm, if Harden was on the court, we'd have given up 140. He's literally the worst defensive guard in the league. We need an inside defensive presence, not more scoring options.

You need more scoring man.

 

[Cloudy]

We need an inside defensive presence, not more scoring options.

You need more than 2 consistent scoring options to beat the Spurs. KD and YNB are working so hard to score and Spurs will be even better prepared next game.

That said, Ibaka would have been that 3rd guy.

 

[Muzy72]

Hopefully Spurs can keep it up. If they can win Game 2 and then another in OKC this series is as good as over.

 

[Tragicomedy]

You need more scoring man.

Not at all. 105 wins that game with Ibaka.

We have up 60+ points in the paint. Having Harden play the role of swinging fence on the perimeter solves zero of the deficiencies we showed this evening.

You need more than 2 consistent scoring options to beat the Spurs. KD and YNB are working so hard to score and Spurs will be even better prepared next game.

That said, Ibaka would have been that 3rd guy.

We went hurting for points at all this game. And yes, Ibaka is an excellent two way player.

 

[Syphon Filter]

Scott left KD in too long. His shots were short so it was dumb to not give him rest instead.

 

[Starphoenix]

KD looked gassed by the end there.

 

[Cloudy]

Not at all. 105 wins that game with Ibaka.

I would bet that the Spurs are averaging more than 105 so far in the playoffs. No way Duncan scores that much w/ Ibaka but if you let Spurs shoot well from 3, they are unbeatable. OKC guards have to defend better

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

They're playing the audio of the crowd from outside the arena over the inside the NBA crew. wtf kind of bullshit is this.

 

[Tragicomedy]

I would bet that the Spurs are averaging more than 105 so far in the playoffs. No way Duncan scores that much w/o Ibaka but if you let Spurs shoot well from 3, they are unbeatable. OKC guards have to defend better

They hit 105 exactly once against us in four games this season. The other three were 100 or less. Ibaka makes that big of a difference.

SA only scored 9 three pointers. That wasn't the issue at all. It was the ease of walking into the lane and hitting easy layups.

 

[Cloudy]

They hit 105 exactly once against us in four games this season. The other three were 100 or less. Ibaka makes that big of a difference.

Cmon, you know the Spurs regular season stats mean nothing

 

[Cloudy]

LMAO @ cute girls in "Barkley don't know" tees

 

[Bowser]

Hopefully Spurs can keep it up. If they can win Game 2 and then another in OKC this series is as good as over.

...well, duh.

 

[MPW]

LMAO @ cute girls in "Barkley don't know" tees

they flew in from dallas lol

 

[Cloudy]

Damn 66 pts in the paint. WOW

 

[Muzy72]

LMAO @ cute girls in "Barkley don't know" tees

Barkley's reply was even better. "They flew them out from Houston and Dallas." LMFAO fuck you Barkley.

 

[Tragicomedy]

Cmon, you know the Spurs regular season stats mean nothing

Four games in a direct matchup gives you plenty of data to consider. They don't drop 120 points on our regular lineup.

 

[Muzy72]

Four games in a direct matchup gives you plenty of data to consider. They don't drop 120 points on our regular lineup.

Playoffs are a whole different ball game son.

 

[Cloudy]

Tim Duncan's GF

 

[Tragicomedy]

Playoffs are a whole different ball game son.

I was unaware of that. Are the Spurs also a totally different group of players?