I'll take my healthy team, that's in first place in the league, over "big" games - which, given the Spurs and their best bench in the league, still put on hell-a-good games.
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It's unbelievable what Durant is doing with that skinny frame of his. He's so much more agile and impactful than his first few years.
I'll take my healthy team, that's in first place in the league, over "big" games - which, given the Spurs and their best bench in the league, still put on hell-a-good games.
watching pti and the first story was about byrd reassigning vogel and assuming coaching duties, was shocked for a good 15 seconds before I realized it was just going to be an april fools story.
I really like what Durant's done over the past few years. For a while there OKC were the kings of the "wildly fling your arms in a circle, throw the ball and flail around like an epileptic at a rave and hope for a whistle," which made basketball basically unwatchable. Harden went to Houston and doubled-down on getting bullshit calls by throwing himself into every player on the court; yes, driving the paint and jumping 6 feet to the left to slam into someone else is obviously a normal basketball play, AND-ONE! Durant got the memo that they weren't going to make those calls anymore (which wasn't true) and decided "to hell with gaming the system, I'm just going to become one of the best shooters in NBA history." And it's just phenomenal. Every time he touches the ball, oh yeah, they're getting points here.
I still think LeBron's the better overall player, but Durant has had a much more impactful season, and he still hasn't hit his ceiling. That's pretty crazy right there.
James Harden can choke on a bag of flopping fines and die.
Tonight was so lopsided and ridiculous. Fuck the Thunder, fuck the Refs.
Home teams usually get more calls, and the Spurs were on their 5th game in 7 days while going onto the road against the Thunder that just had 3 days to rest. That kind of combo usually points to the outcome we just saw.
I read something somewhere that the Spurs were 2-9 against the Thunder since their 20+ game winning streak into the WCF a couple seasons ago. That was before the game tonight, so that would make them 2-10 in their last 12 against the Thunder. The Spurs just seem to match up poorly against the Thunder AND also bring out the best in them. They move the ball on offense more against the Spurs than anyone else and they are active and rangy on defense for good measure.
Yeah, the officiating was bullshit. Even non-Spurs fans were wondering what was going on over on Reddit. The double tech was bullshit, and watching Duncan getting mugged two times in a play, then getting a phantom foul when he performed a clean block? That was just one series.
I think even if Spurs somehow survive the Memphis in the 1st round, the Rockets will take them out in the next
Um . . . No. The Heat have to get past my Charlotte HornCats first.The Heat on the other hand seem to have the easiest road to the conference finals.
I think even if Spurs somehow survive the Memphis in the 1st round, the Rockets will take them out in the next
The Spurs could pretty much have their worst three matchups all in order going through the West. The Heat on the other hand seem to have the easiest road to the conference finals.
Just like previous years, the West is full of great first round matchups. The Spurs will struggle against Memphis, OKC and Dallas will be fun with one of the best tactical coaches in the NBA going against one of the worst, Clips and Warriors will be some fun 250 point games (hopefully going 6 or 7), and finally Houston and Portland as teams that mirror each other pretty well.