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Splitter did work tonight. Green didn't guard Lillard as much as I thought, but in the end it wasn't needed.
 
Natebishop3 said:
They can't double him. Aldridge will have a field day if they try to double Lillard. So how else are they going to slow him down? Danny Green? I highly doubt that Danny Green is going to slow down Lillard.
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Natebishop3 said:
Go look at Dame's numbers against the Spurs this year, and last year as well. If the Spurs were going to stop him, they would have already done it. He has absolutely torched the Spurs in 8 games so far in his career. I don't see them magically figuring him out.
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magnifier661 said:
Duncan will exhaust himself as well. Aldridge has no problem playing Duncan straight up. He's done it for their entire series vs. each other. Rarely you see Duncan or Aldridge guard anyone else but each other.
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Natebishop3 said:
They said the same thing about Patrick Beverley.

There is nobody on your team that can stop Damian Lillard.
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HomerLovesKoolAid said:
Duncan's jumper is exactly the shot we want to see, especially at crunch time.
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BBert said:
Are you talking about Lillard? Damian Lillard? The Damian Lillard who averaged 25.5 ppg, shooting 47% from the field and 49% from three? The Damian Lillard who shot 8 free throws a game at 88%? The Damian Lillard who averaged 6.3 rebounds from the point guard position, dished 6.7 assists, and had 1.3 steals per game?

THAT Damian Lillard?

:crazy:
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magnifier661 said:
Can't reason with a Spur's fan that thinks Tiago Splitter will do a better defensive job on Aldridge than Howard.
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dviss1 said:
He's gonna light them up too. Watch. They haven't been able to guard him either.
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Draco said:
So Splitter is soft, but somehow he's going to defend the best low post player in the league much better than two elite defensive centers? Apparently Splitter became the best defender in basketball.

This'll be fun to watch.
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Draco said:
The Blazers offense is going to roll. It was elite all year long and matches up fine against the Spurs personnel.

This series is going to come down to Spurs offense vs Blazers defense. If Tony Parker is collapsing our defense and getting open looks for himself or teammates we are in trouble. If Batum can slow him down we'll be big favorites to win.
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Buffalo Blazer said:
Lol are you his mother or something? Nothing about Tiago Splitter is "elite," and certainly nothing on the offensive end. Lmao.
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OneLifeToLive said:
Could be a turning of the guard kind of Series. Similar to the one in 99 When the Blazers defeated the Jazz.

Tim Duncan handing the keys over LA. Parker to Dame. Manu to Nico. Popps to Stotts

But I think they will have their work cut out for them.
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lmao
 
I know y'all don't watch a lot of Spurs basketball, but some of the disregard of integral Spurs players is laughable. Its not the Big 3 that makes the Spurs as good as they are, but the Medium 3 of Leonard, Green, and Splitter. Only half of these six played well tonight.
 
Rz4k said:
LA only shot 30% when Splitter was defending him, and all but 2 of his points in those situations came in garbage time.
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No you clearly stated that splitter would do a better job with containing Aldridge than Howard and Asik. So far, you are wrong. If splitter can only do it for spurts, then it's meaningless.
 
magnifier661 said:
No you clearly stated that splitter would do a better job with containing Aldridge than Howard and Asik. So far, you are wrong. If splitter can only do it for spurts, then it's meaningless.
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LOL he did it the entire time the game was in any serious doubt. At one point he was 6/18 and when Splitter was on him it was much worse than that.
 
Spursfan313 said:
lmao
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My post that you quoted had nothing to do with the Spurs. I was responding to the ridiculous assertion that Lillard struggled against Beverley and Lin. Thanks for thinking of me though.
 
BBert said:
My post that you quoted had nothing to do with the Spurs. I was responding to the ridiculous assertion that Lillard struggled against Beverley and Lin. Thanks for thinking of me though.
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IIRC Lillard was having a horrendous 4th quarter in Game 6 while Lin was on him before McFail had a brain fart and put Parsons on him for that final shot.
 
Rz4k said:
IIRC Lillard was having a horrendous 4th quarter in Game 6 while Lin was on him before McFail had a brain fart and put Parsons on him for that final shot.
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Lillard only took two shots before "the shot" in the 4th.

And that was just one game. Derp. Why not talk about the rest of the series?
 
B-Roy said:
Lillard only took two shots before "the shot" in the 4th.

And that was just one game. Derp. Why not talk about the rest of the series?
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He had a few games where he struggled but overall he was solid. Over on ST we've discussed ad nauseum how Beverly is extremely overrated on defense and Lin is garbage all around for what Houston needs. The overall point was that he'll have issues with Green defending him, though he wasn't needed tonight with Tony playing like a top PG on both ends.
 
Rz4k said:
He had a few games where he struggled but overall he was solid. Over on ST we've discussed ad nauseum how Beverly is extremely overrated on defense and Lin is garbage all around for what Houston needs. The overall point was that he'll have issues with Green defending him, though he wasn't needed tonight with Tony playing like a top PG on both ends.
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I was responding to the "Lillard had a horrid 4th" with Lin guarding him. He didn't. He only took two shots and deferring to other guys.
 
I'm glad this has become a "your teams players sucks" by spurs fans. Or at least, one spurs fan. Always fun when these type add insult to injury after the blowout.
 
EGame said:
I'm glad this has become a "your teams players sucks" by spurs fans. Or at least, one spurs fan. Always fun when these type add insult to injury after the blowout.
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No insult there man. Our core is anything but sucky. Sure they sucked tonight, but if one day was the basis in the league then even Adam Morrison would be GOAT.
 
Zybot said:
That is some extreme confidence for a team that got taken to 7 games by the 8th seed. The Rockets thought they were going to sweep the Blazers. You see how that worked out for them. The Blazers are 13-3 in their last 16 games. Win or lose, you will begin to see that the Blazers came to play. They are extremely resilient. They are rarely out of the game.
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I meant to say except for game 1, the Blazers won't show up in game 1.
 
Spursfan313 said:
lmao
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Umm yeah, I stand by my quote, which was "Lol are you his mother or something? Nothing about Tiago Splitter is "elite," and certainly nothing on the offensive end. Lmao."

There are some elite players in this league. Tiago Splitter is not one of them. Nor is Danny Green. They're middling role players on a very, very good team. Actually when I was rooting for you guys in the finals last year, I noticed that they can both be huge liabilities at times.

You guys have a good team and I'm sure the role players are a part of that. But Tiago Splitter is NOT "elite." That's not an opinion, it's an objective fact.
 
By and large the Spurs roster is full of average to below-average players. That's not a slight - it's just a fact. And it's fact that makes the Spurs that much more impressive than they already are. Popovich takes borderline NBA players and makes them world-beaters. Sure, they've got a great core with Duncan/Parker/Ginobli. Guys like Belinelli, Leonard, and Splitter would be roughly average on any other team in the league, and everyone else would be mediocre at best. We see this every time the Spurs trade one of their ancillary players away. But as long as they're playing for Pops they are going to perform at a well-above average level. It's simply amazing to watch - and so frustrating when it's our team that's playing them.

Popovich is making Stotts look like Kevin McHale...but at least McHale was able to keep the games close.

And to anyone arguing against the fact that Splitter did a great job on LMA - stop. Splitter did a great job on LMA.
 
Splitter put in work again with Duncan getting in on some action.

Still, I fully expect the Spurs to get destroyed in Game 3. Portland is due for a hot shooting night.
 
Spursfan313 said:
no offense to you dude, but this never gets old tbh
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Series not over bro... :)

But I'm not the one saying "I knew oden was bust" but your entire forum was willing to trade Duncan and half your team for him! Lmao
 
I am not sure how we stop the Spurs or if we can. But putting Lillard on Parker or giving Lamarcus the ball down low, does not seem to be working.
 
Rz4k said:
lol can't read sarcasm
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Lmao, you just admitted you weren't even a member back then bro. That could be sarcasm like "we don't even have what it takes to trade for him". If you weren't there, you can't think for him.
 
It's too bad your forum has mods, I have a great GIF for you otherwise...

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Buffalo Blazer said:
Umm yeah, I stand by my quote, which was "Lol are you his mother or something? Nothing about Tiago Splitter is "elite," and certainly nothing on the offensive end. Lmao."

There are some elite players in this league. Tiago Splitter is not one of them. Nor is Danny Green. They're middling role players on a very, very good team. Actually when I was rooting for you guys in the finals last year, I noticed that they can both be huge liabilities at times.

You guys have a good team and I'm sure the role players are a part of that. But Tiago Splitter is NOT "elite." That's not an opinion, it's an objective fact.
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If we lose Tiago or Green we don't have a chance at the finals. They're elite defenders.
 
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