SA will double Durant and OKC will lose. Don't be fooled. Write Up here...

SA will lock down on Durant with double team and force the rest of the OKC team to beat SA which is not even possible. Westbrook has not been very consistent. Westbrook, Harden and Ibaka can't do it without Durant and i know Pops is drawing something up to stop him. OKC has played great defense and i do believe that trend continues but they will fall short at the offensive end. SA is still the better offensive team so don't let your feelings get the best of you. Since they are on the road i see them scoring slightly above 100 at around 103 and OKC 97. SA will draw up the best plays out the playbook and the pressure will be on OKC to win in SA game 7 which i do believe OKC can do since SA will give all they got in game 6. Look at Durants numbers at half time in game 5. They were pretty disgusting. The Spurs were doing something right. Throw a little more Stephen Jackson and Green in the mix for some more defensive pressure and this is what you get....

SA +5

UNDER SA 202

Get it while it's HOT!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote Originally Posted by EazyFBaby:

So they didn't think of doubling Durant for the first 5 games?

They won the first two so they didn't have to. He is obviously a problem now especially down the stretch of games along with Harden.

With a little help from Crawford yes. But no. I expect both teams to show up defensively and play with a little more ball control on offense. Turnovers will be limited for SA after their last outing believe that. They will have to slow their game down a bit to win. I said this early this round. SA will not beat OKC by running with them and now they have paid the price. Watch SA slow this game down. Crawford won't have to do much. Stern has him there JUST IN CASE.

So why didnt they do this in game 5?

Thats the thing with the Thunder you really cant double team anyone because they have 3 dominant ball handlers who are explosive.

Its getting sad with all these Spurs backers coming up with these weak logic threads trying to find a reason why the Spurs will win.

Have you seen how badly OKC has outplayed them in there barn?

The Spurs have won ONE quarter out of 8 on the road this series.

Its extremely weak logic.

You're saying that Popovic is gonna bust something for the first time in game 6 on the road in a elimination game? If this was such a realistic option it would have been used in game 5 when they were on home court. Westbrooks numbers havent been good because SA is playing him tough, but the minute you double Durant, Westbrook has a ton of open space to penetrate the basket and get to the FT line.

Good luck on the Spurs role players all the sudden playing better in a elimination game on the road.

Again this just seems like some wishfull thinking from desperate Spurs backers.

Quote Originally Posted by need2cover:

I think you are wrong here. With all honesty,  I think you are a much better capper when you use other capper's picks. 

I don't use other peoples picks and never did. I make my own decisions. If i used other people's picks i would not have lost my profit from round 1 and 2. I just had a horrible 3rd round. I found these games in round 3 hard to cap but i feel strongly about this one. It's easy to tail profcap or tonykng and win but not when you like the opposite team. I just happened to be on the wrong side in round 3.

How will he have a ton of space. Green can stop him. Jackson can stop him too. When the defense shifts on the double team that leaves either Ibaka, Perkins or Sef open on the wing not Westbrook. I'd take my chances with them shooting anyday. You have no idea.

The whole concept of double teaming a star player is too make his other teammates beat you instead of him.

How does it make any sense to pull this out all the sudden when it would have made MUCH more sense to do this on home court?

Role players have a much harder time playing well on the road and thus pulling out the double team on Durant would have been much more logical when the game was in SA then on the road in OKC where theres a much better chance that the others will be able to step up and win the game.

LOL at Stephen Jackson stopping Westbrook.

SA might cover this 5 points but they arent winning and all the sudden doubling Durant out of nowhere seems silly. If they thought this was a usefull tactic then it would have been employed by now in the series.

Put Jackson in the starting lineup and they're a better rebounding team and better defensive team and still have the same offensive power. No one knows what Pops will do for sure but i expect him to do something like this.