-Pop: "If Golden State is going to score 84 points again tonight, I'll be a happy man." Same w/ Barnes shooting 26 shots.

-Spurs shot so poorly in Game 4, it was historically bad — 35. 5 percent from the floor, 25.9 percent on 3s, 56 percent on free throws. For reference, the Spurs only had one other game where they shot worse in the 28 seasons charted by BasketballReference.com.

-Curry feeling much better, Top5 not bothered by calf

how good can Golden St. be?

So, basically their future depends on 2 fragile ankles of 2 core players: Curry/Bogut

Always can tell when he is about to turn it over.

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Jack/Barnes carrying them, everyone else struggling

dude looks like a young Artest out there.

i find myself actually reacting to his motivational speeches, they're that good.

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stuck at the office ..be back later with thoughts

The Spurs can't get any easy shots playing one-on-one against there youngins. I guess Manu/Tony haven't received the memo.

Curry and Thompson aren't hitting, yet we're only down three. Front court been holding us down, both offensively and defensively. Curry has one of his 3rd quarter tears, and this gets pretty interesting.

We just need Thompson and Curry to heat to to lukewarm at least.

Focus on D is the key. Keep T5T out of the paint and make Duncan work for it a bit.

Naturally, Green and Leonard gon' cook

getting carried right now by barnes and jack
but spurs will pull away if those two continue to bricksquad

:(

But I still think this goes 7 and Memphis beats whoever wins.

If the Dubs lose today, it going to be a wrap in Oakland.

Green doesn't have the size to match-up w/ him

Mark Jackson's zone has finally been busted, Top5 is going to live in the paint in Gm 6 otherwise, it going to rain 3s in Oakland if they keep deploying the zone.

He did it on both ends of the floor, he has been a true revelation in this series after he pooped his pants against OKC.

barnes and jack balled

They wouldn't let them breath let alone get an open look

although Harrison Barnes remembered there was a game today

Parker cut those boys up good though, damn. He looked like the Top 5 Tony from years back.


Even Duncan came out with a little more spring in his step...

a better offensive performance by Duncan. It's especially disconcerting considering the fact that Splitter is complete doo-doo. Duncan needs to snap himself out of his recent slump on offense.

Parker was magnificent and so was Green. Kawhi had another impressive game on both sides of the ball. As I said before, these guys just have to hit the open shots. They hit the open shots again Thursday and its a wrap.

He has been reduced to a jump-shooter w/ Mark Jackson clogging the paint w/ the 4 man camping in the paint, so he hasn't been able to take advantage of Bogut's slow feet & drive on him.

Spurs were due for a really good game, and got one. Motherfuckas came to play. Couldn't stop Parker at all, which was annoying. I'm more annoyed about the lousy guard play. Spice and Klay definitely gotta step it up in Game 6.

Still not out of reach, but this definitely got like 10 times harder.

winning both is a challenge but i mean you get that first win and it seems infinitely easier. it'll also say a lot about curry's condition, too, of course.

Tim/Manu still struggled from the floor, so it's not like the Spurs played their best game offensively.

i miss Rush :(

Klay's been shaky that past couple of games, but NO ONE misses Rush.

Klay will be fine in the long run. He'll, might even bounce back next game.

*im being emo though*

It's just like when Jason Terry said: "Lebron can't guard me for seven games"

And you'd prolly be in the same position you are right today.

Better than Klay at season's start. But maybe they are equal now.

was improving as a scorer.

I miss him in a sense that he would have been good to bring in for:

1. Game one after Klay fouled out
2. When Klay is laying bricks, just to mix it up.

He can hit the 3 but not as well as Klay of course.

-Liked what I saw from Spurs offense. Not afraid to shoot. 10 for 21 3pointers. You are going to win at home if you shoot that %.

-Green played excellent. Great defense, hustle, has a little more jump to him this round. Putbacks, fast break slams, he is adding to his usual limited offense game.

-Diaw is a great catalyst to the Spurs when he is on the floor. It's no suprise, the last few games he has played, the spurs have played better against the Warriors.

-Parker was aggresive, great to see, hopefully he can still power through when we know he is not at 100% health.

Spurs need to close out in game 6... don't want to get into a game 7 with a team that can get hot from the arc. And also need to rest before a grind/physical series with MEM

Pop did the right thing benching both Matt & Gary...might be time to give Matt's minutes to T-Mac he has the size & foot speed to match-up w/ Barnes since Kawhi/Danny are busy checking the Splash Bros (Danny just doesn't have the size anyways from what I saw). Co-Jo also gave the team a spark when Tony was resting. Just need to keep this up & Gm 6 should be smooth sailing when Tim/Manu join the party.

Pop did a damn good job exploiting Curry's injured ankle when he was on defense



at this point i'm not sure i want us to advance .... Curry playing every other day on that ankle,Bogut re-injured his ankle this game, Lee coming in risking a potential re-injury


limping into a series with Memphis would not be a good look



been a great year, lots to look forward to in seasons to come



as I predicted earlier, Spurs in 6

Mike and Mike are to bball games. These cats have jumped ship so many times...just last week they were on some "GS to the Finals" stuff. Now it's memph vs heat, set in stone. Those f'ers know football and baseball, everything else they need crib sheets on.

GS is a YOUNG team with injuries, that mix not gonna take you to the finals. No disrespect to the W's, they have showed me some real sh__. They have a bright future. Hope to see them take the Pacific crown from LA in the future.

i listened to 15 minutes of the colin cowherd show yesterday and driving into the center divider never looked so good.

what they should be doing is scheduling A LOT OF GUESTS. get people who KNOW what they are talking about on the show talking about it. beat writers, scouts, assistant coaches ... all these people pretty much LEAP at the chance to do a spot.

Golden State.. in the immortal words of Del.

You had ya chance and ya blew it...
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