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Which also ties in to Duncan not being the same..If Duncan was in his prime Spurs win this series
Tony Parker isnt leading you to a title as the best player
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Which also ties in to Duncan not being the same..If Duncan was in his prime Spurs win this series
Tony Parker isnt leading you to a title as the best player
malbaker86
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I didn't know this series was over though 
That's not the problem broski. They are losing because there offense has become out of sync, leading to more missed shots and turnovers. OKC LIVES off turnovers. If anything, they are losing the series because Pop can't get his offensive efficiency back to where it was up until game 3. San Antonio thrives on execution, where as OKC thrives more on athleticism. Poor execution by San Antonio, is allowing OKC's athleticism to dominate the latter part of this series. Credit should be placed with Scott Brooks for making the proper adjustments to throw San Antonio out of sync (Sefelosha on Parker) while Pop should get blame for not developing a solid rotation this far in the playoffs. This nikka played 11 people last night
Angel On The Rag
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In 2001, Phil Jackson called the Spurs coaching staff "the Simulator Crew" because none of them were former players...
Spurs fans got real mad at that sh1t (he also put an asterisk on their 1999 championship because of the lockout)
the goat Phillip
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Fukk your corny debates
That's basically it. Despite all this 20/20 hindsight talk about how you can't win with TP as your leader as well asOKC's suddenly improved harassing defense the Spurs are still scoring except for game 3. The Spurs not being able to contain OKC's offense has been the most important aspect of the series.
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Fukk your corny debates
This is true as well. The Spurs looking
right now I'm sorry to say. The Thunder are disrupting the offensive system with physicality, kinda how teams do when they have success against the NE Patriots or NE Saints. I'm just hoping we win game 6 then we'll see.Hilarious how your story changes up depending on what you're arguing
Guess Duncan went from top 5 in '07 to not mentioned at all a year later, eh?
Take a second to stop calling people smarter than you idiots and realize you're making a fool of yourself.
He says a lot of off the wall shyt, but he's right though. I don't know why you think making that
face makes you right. If you were surrounded by ball heads (I can't believe you're parroting this point after we had a long discussion about 07 on that other board only about a month ago...maybe you missed it) you would be laughed at for insinuating that Parker was a better play than Duncan in 07. That's like saying James Worthy was the best player on the Lakers because he won finals MVP. Duncan was their best player until the finals in which Mike Brown decided that it was a good idea to keep an injured Larry Hughes on Tony Parker. It was from that series on that Parker became the Spurs best player. But I mean that in the sense that he was the better player going forward. He was not a better player at the time of the finals. He just had a better match up. You are spot on about Duncan being nowhere near top 5 from that point on (and arguably not top 10), but he was definitely better than Parker in 07. As a Suns fan you should know that from that series.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
while that is true, this is the Thunder's shooting percentage in each game this series
Game 1
Spurs - 45.8%
Thunder - 42.2%
Game 2
Spurs - 55.1%
Thunder - 42.0%
Game 3
Spurs - 39.5
Thunder - 45.5
Game 4
Spurs - 50%
Thunder - 56.4%
Game 5
Spurs - 45.9%
Thunder - 50.0%
Its very hard to win in today's NBA when the other team is shooting over 50%. That is what has happened here. They let Ibaka take that 15 footer and he is nailing them. Even Perkins is getting baskets against them. Putting Thabo on Parker has messed things up and the Spurs are out of sync, but if they play better defense this series is over. The Spurs offense is still pretty good and efficient but they cant play defense and this is the result.
Yup. Defense is still the name of the game. Which should actually give Miami or Boston some hope of winning the chip.
holidayinn21
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It's splitting hairs really, you can look at it either way. But OKC is a team who's weakness supposedly lies in running the half court set. The book on them is to not let them get out and run. That means the best way to beat them isn't necessarily great defense, but a super efficient offense that shoots at a decent clip and limits turnovers. If they were playing a team who were efficient in the half court, then great defense would be the key to success, sort of like what OKC is doing to the Spurs right now. The Spurs had 52 turnovers in the last 3 games. No matter how good your D is, it's damn near impossible to win with all them turnovers
Amare's Right Hook
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Pop and Phil Jackson are so overrated. Who couldn't win with 3 in their prime, 1st ballot Hall of Famers on there team?
Spo begs to differ that it's as easy you think it is.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
while you are right, the Thunder had 20 shots at the rim yesterday. The same as the Spurs.
Just 7 between 3-9 feet, while San Antonio had 15. I think its more than just fastbreak ball.