[Highlight] Spurs open up a 26 point lead in the first 18 minutes with 3 by Wemby
Wemby getting comfortable this early is scary. Spurs just look locked in right now
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Calling him overrated after a start like this is wild. Dude’s already impacting both ends and he’s just getting comfortable.
lol don’t feed the trolls people
flair up pussy
it’s probably israel
Flair up, okc fan
You make it too easy
Can we get to Spurs vs Thunder WCF already
It’s going to be like the Miracle on Ice. The real “Finals” is going to be the WCF.
Like back in the early 2000s
Forgot 99-03 was just 5 straight years of Lakers and Spurs dominating
It’s really just a solid decade, or more like 15 years
1999: Spurs Twin Towers. 2000: Lakers with peak Shaq. 2001: Timmy gets clapped by peak Shaq and Kobe because they’re peak Shaq and Kobe. 2002: Lakers threepeat. 2003: Spurs Big 3 finally arrives. 2004: Kobe gets his PhD in statistics by chucking away a fourpeat while Big Ben actually puts the screws on Shaq. 2005: Spurs win again because they’re still good.
2006: ayo what the fuck neither the Lakers nor Spurs made the WCF, Dirk is crazy
2007: Spurs win again lol 2008: Kobe beats the Spurs in the WCF but loses to the Celtics and tbh there’s no shame in that. 2009: Kobe the Leader arrives. 2010: Kobe cements his legacy with his best Finals.
2011⁄2012: Is new talent finally changing the landscape???
2013: lol Spurs are back but the Heat did their thing 2014: lol the Spurs won again
It really took prime LeBron and the Warriors dynasty to push out Timmy and Kobe
2005 was more like “Spurs Big 3 finally arrives”, 2003 was a Duncan carry job
Perfect write up! Lmao at the 2011⁄2012 thing.
Spurs even had the 1 seed in 2011 and then won 10 straight playoff games in 2012 until Serge Ibaka’s athleticism absolutely overpowered Duncan.
The 02 Kings kinda got hosed, though
Vast majority of the seasons since Jordan retired
‘99, ‘00, ‘01, ‘02, ‘03, ‘07, ‘18. 7⁄27 seasons
Pump the breaks on this vast majority shit fucking Jordan this and that.
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That’s mid-2000s
No one expected the Pacers to give the Thunder a run for their money last year so I would hold your horses on that one.
Celtics are legit, so if they make it then the finals will be equally sick imo. Any other east team tho gets swept
You didn’t watch them tonight then
You’re adorable
The Celtics are well coached, and Tatum is getting back to full speed.
It wasnt that long ago that they won the championship
Yea we gotta play serious, it ain’t no breeze beating a team with championship experience even if they played like trash today
Celtics not getting past NY
You dropped 2 to the Hawks.
Who hasn’t these days?
Underrating the Cavs
Not to be pedantic, but there was no semi-finals/ gold medal final game in the 1980 Olympic hockey.
The final round was four team pool play. If the US lost their final game against Finland, then the Soviets would have still won the gold medal and the US would have placed third.
Also, even if it was a gold medal game, Finland had more than a shot at beating the US team in the final game.
I think this is true, but the winner of the WCF vs the Celtics will probably also deliver.
Did they not just lose by 16 to the 76ers a couple hours ago?
Sixers when fully healthy have a strong roster. Are we pretending that team doesn’t have a high ceiling when Joel Embiid is at his best? Also, Spurs games were really down to the wire against the Celtics after Tatum came back.
… that’s the kind of thinking that gets us gentleman swept by the celtics or some shit
idk getting out of the West is gonna be such a dogfight, the East team will have a chance I think. Like they won’t be favored, but a chance.
We are sweeping the Thunder
lol, I love how Wemby runs to rebound all his own shots, b/c he can
He’s trying to recreate the putback off his own missed 3 play he had in France
and when it happens it’ll b glorious
Trying to recreate that putback dunk off a missed 3
Stepback is a 3
Step in is a dunk
Casual 22 yo 7’4” dpoy center step back 3 while following his shot up 26 in a playoff game. Totally normal things happening
Yes, carry on
onslaught
Pretty sure they’re outscoring Portland by like 60 in the last 3.5 quarters
58 the last 4 quarters now
It’s gonna get ugly
They don’t even need wemby to score. He just stands menacingly under the basket and that’s it.
Yes. There were games like these when all of the spurs are connecting offensively they don’t need wemby to score. Him protecting the paint and securing rebounds is enough.
But at times when the spurs in general are not playing well, or playing tougher opponents, that’s when wemby comes in to dominate.
I like it better when the entire team is hot coz the lead easily balloons to 20+ compared to wemby the only one scoring.
This game has single-handedly convinced me the NBA is right that it’s time to flatten the lottery odds.
Dude harper is doing that crap and he’s not even a starter! He’d be a featured star for any other team
Didnt think that spurs fans had bots
What lottery odds? The draft is clearly rigged.
Feels like the spurs gained a level from all that playoff experience.
All that and it’s 4 games 😂
losing by 15 and winning by 15 is definitely an impactful experience boost, they are confident
I’ll say it again: playoff experience doesn’t matter that much if at all. It’s just that most inexperienced teams just aren’t all that good yet. What’s the sample size for inexperienced teams with 62 wins in the season?
Detroit fans look away
Even for them the issue isn’t experience. They have only one offensive weapon. All the experience in the world can’t make up for that.
Wemby’s dad is unfazed
Spurs vs. OKC will be the NBA Finals. The East doesn’t have a chance this year.
Did anyone see Wemby push his teammate back into position after they got crossed by a Blazers player before this lol
Being a floor general through leadership is out.
Being a floor general by physically maneuvering every player on your team is in.
Thank god we have this dude to become the face instead of the horse lover and the corny foul merchant
Yeah. Nothing worse than unethical basketball
https://www.reddit.com/r/Nbamemes/s/HAoRUNvtKV
We actually prefer to dress up like frogs and listen to punk rock
This is what happens when your franchise is gifted the 1st overall, 4th overall, and 2nd overall pick, 3 years in a row.
Tragic when Cleveland really fumbled getting 3 1st overall picks between 2011 and 2014.
Anthony Bennett lmao.
If that happened to the Hornets, they would still be tanking right now
If only the Hornets drafted Kobe or SGA.
Kobe would be a roleplayer if he was developed by the Hornets
Of course. There is a reason why bad orgs are always bad orgs regardless of the toys they get.
Spurs are an elite organization for many decades now. When a team like that lucks into great players they do great things.
Doesnt mean much. You still got to pick the right guys and they have to play well together.
Hmm do we pick the 7’4” freak of nature or Brandon Miller? Tough choice.
Ben Simmons and Markelle Fultz send their regards
Such a tough decision to choose Wemby. Lol
Doesn’t mean much? It literally means everything.
Fuck yeah it is. Get ready for the next decade.
B2a
This Wemby guy is pretty good
Tim of power, Tim of might, heaven and earth are filled with your glory, hosanna in the highest
B 2 A
belt to ass. send this poverty franchise home
Just wait until til our new owner saves enough money to make us a middle class franchise
I’m remembering how hard Spurs fans make it to not root against them now that they exist again.