Round 1: Clippers (3) vs. Spurs (6)

[SPURt]

[Cicero]

[Phreak50]

Pat Mills 13-22 on 3's in this series. Nice to see at least one of our guards stepping up.

Parker looks like he is done. He isn't bringing much at all and Green has been the same really.

Really ugly game to watch. Ugly series actually. The Clippers are a dirty team at the best of times and I hate the way Paul dribbles around constantly moving screens. Pretty damn easy to create your own shot or one for teammates when you do that. Not impressed with that aspect of the modern game. Many teams do it.

Also have to laugh at the thread in the main boards and the wrap ups saying how lucky the Spurs were and how Doc Rivers is crying about calls again. The block on Baynes was a joke, it should have been offensive on Davis. The Clippers also pulled about 5 or 6 shots out of their *sses, pretty much hail mary shots from Rivers, Crawford, Davis at time.

I think at times our offense struggled when Kawhi had the ball. Quite a few times he was looking for his own shot first, before seeing what the play was creating for everyone else. No surprise he had the worst +/- of the team at -11 (Splitter was worse but barely played).

Definitely need to wrap this up next game.

[Nolan]

Tough game but a win's a win and now we just need one more to close out this series.

Duncan, Manu and Patty were all amazing tonight.

Kawhi struggled from the field but he was taking good shots. At this point i'd rather have him forcing up make able shots than watching Tony toss up garbage.

[imagump1313]

Just like Game 2, I'm totally shocked that we won by the way we played. Nolan is right. I can't believe how careless we have been with the basketball in a playoff game. At least guys made plays when we needed it the most (most of all, Boris).

[imagump1313]

Kawhi struggled from the field but he was taking good shots. At this point i'd rather have him forcing up make able shots than watching Tony toss up garbage.

I was surprised to see Kawhi actually get mad a couple times last night. I even saw him get on a ref about a no call. I'm liking his aggressiveness.

Splitter and Parker are just plain injured. Anything we get from them will be a bonus the rest of the way I'm afraid. They have both been reduced to eating up minutes here and there so others can get a break.

I'd also like to thank Matt Bonner! I can't remember the last time you hit a three bro!

[co_laper]

I'm just gonna say that I think the Clippers are one hell of a team. If they had a better bench, they'd be crazy good. It's probably the only thing keeping them from advancing.

Right now I'm just glad we're up 3-2. It really doesn't feel like we've played well enough to be up 3-2. We haven't played well enough to advance to the 2nd round. And if we get to the 2nd round and don't play better, we're gonna get knocked out. Splitter and Parker needs to show up.

[SPURt]

I thought Parker had a decent last few minutes, minus the free throw miss. His shooting is terrible, but I fell like we could get some great play out of him still.

Splitter is the one that is really a shell. Baynes played just enough to help, The Clippers are the worst matchup in these playoffs for us, sort of like the Mavs last year. Really talented offensive bigs hurt us.

[Lindecision]

I just want to say congrats on winning the series. Despite the loss, it was a pleasure witnessing such a high level of basketball from both teams. Well, apart from our bench. How 39 year old Duncan is posting 20 and 10's and carrying this team is beyond amazing. I don't know what you guys think, but to me this was basically a conference finals matchup. All the little things cost us, but at least its good to know we can hang at this level. Kind of dumb that some people are saying we should break up our team because of this, but whatever. That being said, I smell a blowout in game 6. Again, congrats.

[Phreak50]

Break up the team? You might not have a choice if Jordan leaves. And not to be rude, but how many players will want to join a team with players that throw tantrums at teammates and spit on the court? Tough team, very skilled, but almost impossible to like.

[imagump1313]

I just want to say congrats on winning the series. Despite the loss, it was a pleasure witnessing such a high level of basketball from both teams. Well, apart from our bench. How 39 year old Duncan is posting 20 and 10's and carrying this team is beyond amazing. I don't know what you guys think, but to me this was basically a conference finals matchup. All the little things cost us, but at least its good to know we can hang at this level. Kind of dumb that some people are saying we should break up our team because of this, but whatever. That being said, I smell a blowout in game 6. Again, congrats.

We won the series?

[Nolan]

Good game so far. Let's close this out!!

[Nolan]

Clippers made a bit of a run to end the half so we need to come out strong to start the 3rd.

[SPURt]

I hated how Pop managed the end of the 2nd quarter. Beli was our saving grace. Let's get it done!

[imagump1313]

Ugh! Splitter has to be the weakest guy I have ever seen going to the basket and I've seen a lot of weak MFers in my day.....

[Cyrusman122000]

What happened to our shooting this series? It's been pure trash! Any ideas?

[SPURt]

This one hurts... I'm curious to see what happens without big baby.

[imagump1313]

Sigh. I never thought we would win another title this year anyway, but we don't deserve this series either.

[imagump1313]

What a crappy day. The Spurs play like crap again and my favorite NFL team since I was a kid (Tampa Bay) drafts an idiot #1.....

[Nolan]

We looked really tired in the 2nd half, none of our shots were dropping.