Posted on 05/30/2014 7:55:10 AM PDT by laotzu
I disrespected the Thunder, and they scared the pelosi out of me in games 2 & 3. Go Spurs!
I just want the team to win that has the best chance of beating the Miami Trayvons.
Thunder lost their shot blocking Center prior to this series and that put them at a big disadvantage of an already difficult task.
I read last year The Thunder are “the most republican team” in the NBA. Last night was a huge blow to my Thunder. If we don’t win it this year, I don’t think we can keep all the pieces in place. Westbrook, Ibaka, and Durant are locked up for a while, but I think time is running out. We can still do it, and we should, because we’re better in every way than the Spurs. Thunder Up!
I am not a fan of professional sports. I think the athletes are overpaid, pampered and spoiled.
That being said the Spurs do it right. A small $ market team that has loyal players who generally stay out of trouble, a coach with a great system and they win.
If there were more teams like this in professional sports I might pay more attention.
In conclusion I have to say GO SPURS GO!
You could take all your points and they would be much more applicable to the Thunder.
Agreed. Both of these teams seem to do it right and largely have good guys on the team. I root for the Thunder, unless they play the Spurs. I’d love to see Duncan get another ring to ensure his place in NBA history. Won’t lose any sleep if Durant has a chance to get his first!
Their series two years ago was the most enjoyable NBA basketball I’ve seen. This series is wild with the home court blowouts in all five games.
Sounds like you’ve had doubts.
This is SERIES!!!!
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Har!! I love it!
From Wiki:
In their 38 NBA seasons since 19761977, the Spurs have captured 20 division titles. They have made the playoffs in 24 of the last 25 seasons (since 19891990) and have not missed the playoffs in the 17 seasons since Tim Duncan was drafted by the Spurs in 1997. With their 50th win in the 20132014 season, the Spurs extended their record for most consecutive 50+ win seasons to 15 (the 1998/1999 season was shortened to 50 games because of a lockout and based on their win percentage of .740, would have easily surpassed 50 wins in an 82-game season, and thus extend the record by 2 more seasons).They are the only team in the NBA with a tied or better head-to-head regular season record against every active team.
That is an amazing stat. And they’ve done it without buying players.
And why not? I have watched the Spurs lose to the Thunder this very week. It's not like were talking about the Pelicans, Smithville Jr High, or the Suns here. Oklahoma has a damn fine ball club.
Exactly.
It’s all in the system.
I listened to a national sports program this week in which they said a lot of teams draft athletes. The Spurs draft basketball players.
Now like I said upstream I really don’t follow pro sports, but makes perfect sense. If it’s true or not I don’t know...
That’s very impressive. Fitting that the Thunder will dethrone them in dramatic fashion on their home court.
It will take a great deal more than eliminating the Spurs this year to "dethrone" them from the accomplishments detailed in post #12.
Not really. You dethrone a king, then you rule their kingdom. That’s what the Thunder will do. They have to take the throne first.
But the future does belong to OKC. The Spurs are getting old, and OKC's best players are very young. And Adams will be one the league's best centers. So just hang on for a few years.
You really think Adams will be that good? That’s hopeful.
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