Truthfully have you been watching your own damn team for that long?

Yes. Every game in the playoffs matter. Had a chance to win in golden state and get home Court. A dirty play kept that from happening. On top of that, our best player just reinhard himself and who knows how bad it is. Thinking every game will go like today is also asinine.

This loss killed us. And it happened because they played dirty.

I agree with you. The play was dirty, it's fine to be pissed about it.

This is also the Spurs. This is Pop. This isn't new territory. I truly think Kawhi will be back and if you play like you did, you'll be fine.

But I'll stop trying to provide hope for fans of a team I don't even care about.

AggieSportsGuy said:

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See, this is a fair, rational response. You can be mad you lost, but the game I was watching before Leonard got hurt was pure domination.

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Warriors were ice cold to start out.

That isn't very likely to happen again. I don't see how we can use the first half for any type of projecting for the series.

Then why are you even here? People are obviously pissed and you're clearly trying to rile them up even more.

Manu looked great today. I can't believe he's still able to do what he does.

Patty Mills played like an absolute bum. And Aldridge turned it over too much. But in the end, we won't beat the Warriors if they outrebound us.

The warriors truly are a blessed team. The year that they got their championship, every team they faced was suffering major injuries. We already had Tony Parker out for the series, I doubt we see Leonard return, it's frustrating that the warriors get so much hype for being a bunch of pretty boys who shoot 3s. It's better to be lucky then good I guess. This series is going to be a snoozer with Leonard and Parker out.

I'm pulling for the Cavs now. All curry does is chuck up 3's even tho he's really good at them, Thompson is a jerk, Green spends more time yelling at the ref then actually playing the game, Durant is a former longhorn and a front runner who couldn't get it done as the main guy in Oklahoma, and pachulia is a dirty player who injured Leonard on purpose. Lebrun please beat these guys. I can't stand them.

It didn't help that when KY went out the refs swallowed their whistles for one team. Very similar shots and possessions were called oppositely down the stretch.

I know I know. Don't blame the refs. I don't, not really, but it certainly seems like they get caught up in the moment of scoring runs and crowd energy.

Old Army Metal said:

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Shut Leonard down for the year. Shut everyone down.

Start Dedmon, Bertans, Forbes, Murray and Lee. If the NBA is going to force a GSW/CLE finals, which it looks an awful lot like they have, tank the ratings for this series and let your guys go on vacation early.

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What a stupid ass thing to say. It was one loss, if you can't handle it, then sports aren't for you. Find something less stressful like knitting.

Refs certainly feed off the crowd. It's not their fault, they are human.

This is where pace becomes so important. Slow pace can negate that and keep crowd out. Did that for 2.5
quarters then the wheels came off.

Is nice team you hef. Would be shame if star player go down, no?

[laughs in Georgian]

Gonna be in San Francisco next weekend. Really hoping the Spurs get it going. GS fans are the worst.

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West Texan said:

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Old Army Metal said:

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Shut Leonard down for the year. Shut everyone down.

Start Dedmon, Bertans, Forbes, Murray and Lee. If the NBA is going to force a GSW/CLE finals, which it looks an awful lot like they have, tank the ratings for this series and let your guys go on vacation early.

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What a stupid ass thing to say. It was one loss, if you can't handle it, then sports aren't for you. Find something less stressful like knitting.

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Blatant travel
Phantom foul call
Whatever the **** this is

Yeah, no, that's totally legit.

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Because a handful of missed calls is certainly a full blown conspiracy and the Spurs should pack it in and concede to the warriors...

It's a loser mentality and one I'm glad that Pop and the Spurs don't have.

Completely agree. This game wasn't decided on officiating.

Completely agree. It was decided by dirty play. The Spurs still almost won even though it was 5-on-8.

There were numerous calls, though, that if called correctly would have significantly impacted the game. But, since the Spurs making the finals is a loss for the NBA in terms of money and ratings, they didn't.

It was a dirty play that took him out, but any time you give up a 25 point lead you can only blame yourself.

PatAg said:

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Bruce Bowen

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Can you show me a single time he took multiple steps to get a foot under a player shooting a fadeaway?

LawHall88 said:

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Spurs should send Dedmon out in Game 2 to "cover" Steph

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fify

Texas A&M said:

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It was a dirty play that took him out, but any time you give up a 25 point lead you can only blame yourself.

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not against the warriors this season. Rockets, yes.

Get off this board morons.

Yes...let's ruin basketball with politics talk...

Maybe it is just me, but it is all situational awareness.

It is exactly the same reason why wide receivers can keep their feet in bounds when making a catch. These guys are pros and play and/or practice this game day in and day out.

Without that shuffle, he gives Kwahi room to land. He is a pro basketball player and he knows that...