05/29/2012 Thunder @ Spurs (Western Conference FINALS, game 2)

[KDisNotNice]

I agree you need 4, but beating them 4/5 times would be awfully tough if we go down 0-2.

Tonight is basically a must-win.

A must win? Then what if we lose? Should the team just give up or should we just stop watching after that? There is a chance the Spurs could beat OKC 4 games to 1 in this series. There is also a chance that OKC could win this series 4-1. If we opened at home and lost the first 2 games then I would be a lot more pessimistic but we are on the road. It won't shock me at all if they win tonight and then we win games 3 and 4 at home. This series has a long way to go no matter who wins tonight. Just about every (so called) expert is predicting a 6 or 7 game series and if it goes that far, we have just as good a chance to win as the Spurs do.

[Thunderstruck83]

This is not a 2 out of 3 series, it is 4 out of 7.

Even if we lose tonight, that just means the Spurs did what they are supposed to do, protected home court. It would then put more pressure on OKC to protect their home court. All we have to do in this series is protect our home court (win games 3, 4, and 6) and win 1 of the remaining 3 games in San Antonio. We can still reach that goal without winning tonight but it would help a lot if we did win.

Yeah, we all saw how well that theory worked for the Jazz, Mavs, Clippers and Lakers. The Spurs aren't losing 4 out of 5, I don't care if they play the games on the moon. Tonight is the game to win, let the Spurs win tonight, and you're historically in the 6% group that's come back from being down 0-2. And most of those weren't against a team that's won 19 straight games. Lose tonight and it's nearly impossible to win the series.

[Thunderstruck83]

Thunder - 103
Spurs - 101

Thunder need to keep up the pace from the opening tip and make the Spurs play their style. Half court slow down game favors San Antonio. Get the horses out and run. Make Poppovich adjust to us for once. San Antonio has several advantages in the series, and OKC has some advantages. Running is one of them and hopefully Brooks and the guys will realize and exploit it. The season is riding on it.

[417Thunder]

Play ibaka in the 4th!

[KDisNotNice]

Prediction:

Thunder 94
Spurs 90

tiebreaker 1: 31 (pts by KD)
tiebreaker 2: 24 (pts by KD)
tiebreaker 3: 12 (missed FG's by the ex-Mr. Eva Longoria)

[Thunderhead]

Thunder'll bring some nasty tonight.

103
SAS 99

[ThunderUp2341]

A must win? Then what if we lose? Should the team just give up or should we just stop watching after that? There is a chance the Spurs could beat OKC 4 games to 1 in this series. There is also a chance that OKC could win this series 4-1. If we opened at home and lost the first 2 games then I would be a lot more pessimistic but we are on the road. It won't shock me at all if they win tonight and then we win games 3 and 4 at home. This series has a long way to go no matter who wins tonight. Just about every (so called) expert is predicting a 6 or 7 game series and if it goes that far, we have just as good a chance to win as the Spurs do.

Again, i never said they would forfeit, but i don't see us winning 4/5 if we go down 0-2, not against a team as good as this Spurs team.

[Thunderstruck83]

OKC in trouble early. Spurs hitting everything, Thunder are allowing Parker open jumper after open jumper, and he's knocking them all down, not even touching rim. If this keeps up cjthunder's score predicition might come true. The guys usually have grit and fight back in the game but if they keep giving up open jumpers and layups there's not gonna be any coming back. It'll just be like Game 1 of the 2nd round when OKC clicked on all cylinders and destroyed the Lakers.

[Nat.]

Well, ****.
The only thing that I'm looking forward to about this game is that I have Oreo ice cream pie waiting for me at halftime. The Spurs are killin' it.

[417Thunder]

Duncan looks like a young td,shoot

[cjthunder]

It is actually pretty amazing we are still in the game.

[Thunderstruck83]

Hack-a-someone only works if you make shots on offense...

[417Thunder]

Rally time

[cjthunder]

It was over when the refs gave Ginobli that hoop even though he landed before he shot.

[cjthunder]

...and then Harden fouled Ginobli's karate chop with his face.