Can Spurs get past a healthy OKC team in the playoffs?

[KingPush]

Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka fully healthy. Do Spurs still pull it off?

[J Shuttlesworth]

If the Spurs are healthy and the refs are fair? Sure

[NZStreetBaller]

The spurs can pretty much get through any team at any time..... u simply have to have a super team thats firing on all cylinders and a bit of luck to beat this team in a series.

The last time they lost a playoff series was a very close 7 game series back in 2013.....

[russwest0]

A healthy OKC team won 10 straight games vs the Spurs.

And that was with a lesser bench than they have now.

[andremiller07]

All the Spurs have to do is start Diaw or Bonnar @ the 4 spot to beat a fully healthy OKC.

[russwest0]

All the Spurs have to do is start Diaw or Bonnar @ the 4 spot to beat a fully healthy OKC.

and all OKC has to do is start PJ3, Collison, Durant, etc, at the 4 and slide Ibaka to the 5.

As long as Brooks has learned his lesson

[andremiller07]

and all OKC has to do is start PJ3, Collison, Durant, etc, at the 4 and slide Ibaka to the 5.

As long as Brooks has learned his lesson
By doing that Duncan and Diaw would own the Thunder in the paint, Diaw is master of exploiting mismatches (as he did last series against the Thunder) and Adams/Perkins actually play Duncan really well and the only time he scored freely/drew fouls was when Ibaka was guarding him.

I don't see how that would benefit the Thunder.

[3ball]

Spurs would get destroyed pretty handily - 5 games - just like they did in 2012, the last time OKC was healthy.

[bdreason]

Thunder better just concentrate on making the playoffs.

[WTFdidNBAbigsGO]

Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka fully healthy. Do Spurs still pull it off?
Spurs are still great, but are not near last years level. Maybe just shaking off the rust. I know that they will get a lot better, but still not sure if they will be AS good as they were playing last year.
Regardless, spurs will take down okc like last year. Kawhi defence most likely has only gotten better and he is the perfect type of player to put on kd or russ like last playoffs, causing both of them to have a tough time.
Hope spurs dont have to face okc in the first round though, they still are a great team and can easily upset as the lower seed

[Done_And_Done]

The Thunder are a difficult matchup for the Spurs but given their history, counting this team out against anyone would be foolish.

[bigkingsfan]

Spurs will never lose to an 8th seed. :D

[kurple]

and all OKC has to do is start PJ3, Collison, Durant, etc, at the 4 and slide Ibaka to the 5.

As long as Brooks has learned his lesson
but they wont

[poido123]

They certainly can and will be favoured to do so.

I do however like OKC's chances this year though.

[The_Yearning]

Come playoff time the Spurs can beat anybody except for the Grizzlies... and the Grizzlies can beat anybody but OKC.

That's just the nature of the beast.

[T_L_P]

Come playoff time the Spurs can beat anybody except for the Grizzlies... and the Grizzlies can beat anybody but OKC.

That's just the nature of the beast.

We swept the exact same team two years ago. :biggums:

[All Net]

Champions till proven otherwise

[ninephive]

We swept the exact same team two years ago. :biggums:
Exactly, TP & TD destroyed that team:

TP: 25/10/4/2
TD: 16/10/3/3/1

[Bigsmoke]

The Spurs already did.


The Thunder's organization are so f*cking cheap.

[Bigsmoke]

Exactly, TP & TD destroyed that team:

TP: 25/10/4/2
TD: 16/10/3/3/1

Zach was hurt and everybody on the Memphis Grizzlies improved from 2013.

[kurple]

We swept the exact same team two years ago. :biggums:
its not the same team even if they have the same players.

[rmt]

Come playoff time the Spurs can beat anybody except for the Grizzlies... and the Grizzlies can beat anybody but OKC.

That's just the nature of the beast.

If Splitter is healthy, I like Spurs chances of beating MEM. If he continues to be a wuss, then Spurs are probably too small for them (Bonner will have to play).

To me, OKC is the scariest for the Spurs - too athletic, talented and young.

[SCdac]

Parker owned Conley and the Grizz last time they met in the playoffs. Think that was his best series of the playoffs. Zach Randolph tends to weaken too, his reliability in the playoffs especially against the most elite teams is really questionable (shot .40% in a first round loss to OKC last season, and shot .30% in the WCF loss to the Spurs in 2013). As far as OKC, like andremiller said, with Pop's ability to make adjustments I think they can take them out. Plus, Kawhi Leonard is the man. He had some awesome offensive and defensive plays against OKC last season. When player 1 to player 10 is playing well on the Spur they're pretty lethal. Does OKC have the bench (and coach) to go all the way?

[Demitri98]

Westbrook > Parker and Jackson>Mills

Lamb < Green and Roberson/Morrow < Belinelli

Durant >>> Kawhi and PJ3 < Ginobili

Ibaka = Duncan (simply because of Duncan's age and Ibaka can just out athlete him sometimes) and Collison < Diaw

Adams > Splitter and Ayres/Bonner = Perkins or Perkins < Duncan

[imdaman99]

A fully healthy OKC team has not been seen for a while. OKC matches up extremely well versus the Spurs, better than any other team. That being said, Pop's genius matches up well against the ineptitude of Scott Brooks. Do I expect Brooks to make an adjustment after Pop makes his? No. OKC was lucky to beat the Spurs 2 and a half years back, it was because they had 3 guys capable of taking over the games and they did.

[T_L_P]

Westbrook > Parker and Jackson>Mills

Lamb < Green and Roberson/Morrow < Belinelli

Durant >>> Kawhi and PJ3 < Ginobili

Ibaka = Duncan (simply because of Duncan's age and Ibaka can just out athlete him sometimes) and Collison < Diaw

Adams > Splitter and Perkins = Ayres/Bonner = Perkins or Perkins < Duncan

Here's how I see it:

Westbrook > Parker
Mills > Jackson

Manu > PJ
Green > Lamb
Belli > Robertson

Durant > Kawhi

Ibaka = Duncan

Splitter >>>> Adams (that's in a vacuum; Splitter has no real use in a series vs. OKC)

Jackson kind of eats up possessions. Sure, he gets his, but that's because Westbrook and Durant need possessions off. Mills is scrappier, has a higher series-long ceiling, is a better creator, and, given the minutes, can match Jackson's production whilst being less of a concern for the opposing defenses (if Jackson is in and Westbrook is out, we can throw the kitchen sink at him, whereas defenses always forget how to defend Green/Patty/Marco).

Also, Pop >>>>>



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Brooks

[swagga]

Here's how I see it:

Westbrook > Parker
Mills > Jackson

Manu > PJ
Green > Lamb
Belli > Robertson

Durant > Kawhi

Ibaka = Duncan

Splitter >>>> Adams (that's in a vacuum; Splitter has no real use in a series vs. OKC)

Jackson kind of eats up possessions. Sure, he gets his, but that's because Westbrook and Durant need possessions off. Mills is scrappier, has a higher series-long ceiling, is a better creator, and, given the minutes, can match Jackson's production whilst being less of a concern for the opposing defenses (if Jackson is in and Westbrook is out, we can throw the kitchen sink at him, whereas defenses always forget how to defend Green/Patty/Marco).

Also, Pop >>>>>



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>>>>



Brooks

when will people learn that the coaching staff is important? Looking back at the previous champs one sees : phil jackson, pop, carlisle, spolestra+riley, rivers+thibs, larry brown, etc .... a stacked team is not enough, teams need good coaching either from HOFs(pop, jackson, carlisle, brown) or from combinations where coaches complement each other (rivers+thibodeau, spo+riley).

[rmt]

when will people learn that the coaching staff is important? Looking back at the previous champs one sees : phil jackson, pop, carlisle, spolestra+riley, rivers+thibs, larry brown, etc .... a stacked team is not enough, teams need good coaching either from HOFs(pop, jackson, carlisle, brown) or from combinations where coaches complement each other (rivers+thibodeau, spo+riley).

Was fortunate enough to get free tickets from my brother (his friend has season tickets) to a PRE-SEASON MIA vs HOU game - sat right next to Riley on the floor - great seats! He took notes the entire game, had a laptop set up in front of him and someone passed out box score at half-time to the Heat people (including Alonzo Mourning). My son was tickled pink - felt so privileged to be sitting so close to the floor/Riley :roll: Riley, I'm sure, has a lot of input in EVERYTHING (including coaching) Heat.

[Budadiiii]

OKC has the two best players. Give me them...

Durant might average 40 in the series. Last year was a fluke for the Spurs, they'll never play that way again.

Thunder are desperate this year. They owe their fans a championship. If they fail to win it all then I'm done with them.

[russwest0]

Mills is not better than Jackson. Jackson is basically a Spurs killer. That is the biggest problem for the Spurs, they can't contain Jackson and Westbrook.

[huskerdu]

Thunder play too much iso ball against the Spurs. Westbrook and Durant will wear down and resort to poor shot selection.

Spurs in 6. Spurs don't even give a damn until April anyway. Scary their defense is already elite and only 2 games out of the top spot in the league with Patty Mills and Tiago yet to return.


OKC's iso ball won't get them a championship.

[Budadiiii]

Morrow is the X factor.

All you Thunder doubters will see.

Spurs don't scare me at all.... impossible to re-create that hunger and desperation they had last year. Can't be done.

God damn, you idiots just don't know basketball. :oldlol: no ability to predict the future what so ever.

[russwest0]

Morrow is the X factor.

All you Thunder doubters will see.

Spurs don't scare me at all.... impossible to re-create that hunger and desperation they had last year. Can't be done.

God damn, you idiots just don't know basketball. :oldlol: no ability to predict the future what so ever.

I agree with this.

Time and time again we see idiots cling to the past to try and predict the future. And time and time again they get proven wrong.

[KingPush]

I predict either OKC or GS coming out the west this year


Sorry Spurs