Durant and Westbrook Steal the Show Against SA

[dunksby]

SMH @ trolls hijacking this beautiful thread

[luckylucy]

Have you considered it was because of the fact their big 3 were outplayed and then benched because it was a blowout?

I cannot see how Ginobili was outplayed

[GOATbrookisGAWD]

Have you considered it was because of the fact their big 3 were outplayed and then benched because it was a blowout?

Don't, his brain might explode. It's obviously not meant for a high, or even normal amount of information.

[kNIOKAS]

Crazy.

Now, when you're all comparing Durant to Lebron at the same age, I just hope Durant will be held to the same standards Lebron was back in Cleveland. I don't know why but I'm almost sure that if Durant fails to win a chip again, he will receive way less criticism than Lebron did in Cleveland when he failed to win a ring.

And I just can't understand how Lebron in his last yars with the Cavs was held to the higher standardss than Durant is held now, since Durant now is atleast as good as James was back then or even better like majority on here would argue. And that's having a second option in Westbrook, a player Lebron could only dream of in Cleveland and let's throw in Ibaka aswell, an elite defensive big in todays league.

This is just stupid. Measuring the amount of criticism a player receives for "failing to win a championship"? How about this is team sport, and the team could win it, or do good, or do poorly. A player failing to win a championship is a little bit of defeatist standard, is it.

I hope you stop buying into Skip Bayless and spreading this type of discourse here.

[wally_world]

I cannot see how Ginobili was outplayed

I thought i saw Kawhi my bad. Nonetheless, OKC swept the season series, it's clear who got outplayed.

Then why are you using combined minutes of 2 players vs 3 players as a gauge?!

[luckylucy]

I thought i saw Kawhi my bad. Nonetheless, OKC swept the season series, it's clear who got outplayed.

Then why are you using combined minutes of 2 players vs 3 players as a gauge?!

Ginobili, Parker and Duncan : 1+1+1=3

[GOATbrookisGAWD]

Ginobili, Parker and Duncan : 1+1+1=3

This guy..

[Jlamb47]

Ginobli didnt play
We always limit our minutes regardless who we play. were not gonna play duncan and parker extra minutes cuz its OKC we werent worried about that 20th game win streak
Durant didnt steal anything btw it looked like Reggie Jackson and Russell Westbrook braught the energy they needed. Tearing our gaurds up

[luckylucy]

That's what I was trying to say, Ginobili didn't even play, that's how much they cared.

[JohnMax]

Westbrook to Popavich: "I don't stop"

[KG215]

That's what I was trying to say, Ginobili didn't even play, that's how much they cared.

That's fine and all, and might mean something if that had been OKC's only win over the Spurs this year...but it wasn't. It was their fourth and one of those came on the second night of a back-to-back in San Antonio without Westbrook.

[Thunderstruck]

How anyone could pick San Antonio in a 7 game series against the Thunder after a 4-0 sweep in the regular season, when none of the games were close, is beyond me.

[Jlamb47]

How anyone could pick San Antonio in a 7 game series against the Thunder after a 4-0 sweep in the regular season, when none of the games were close, is beyond me.

Playoffs is a different game. Its alot slower then the regular season. I think the only TEAM in the NBA that could beat us in a 7 game series is OKC but i stil feel we can pull it out

[wally_world]

That's what I was trying to say, Ginobili didn't even play, that's how much they cared.

I didn't know professional sports was about caring and not winning

[Demitri98]

I think Pop sat Duncan/Parker in the 4th to give Kawhi a taste of being a first option in a big game. Kawhi needs it more than the Spurs need their flimsy 20 game record.

Pop puts team/player development > RS record