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yea,you right scalabrine...nothing is guaranteed but im going with wat is highly,highly likely,that is all we can do in betting and it is more than reasonable to expect another very solid showing from the thunder bench,just as we saw in the previous games in oklahoma...slight regression from spurs reserves being away from home and a big step up from okc's after a pretty dismal effort last time out shud redress a rather glaring disparity and be worth as much as +15 points value perhaps from the final result in game 5.
no,to the average on-looker the thunder never had a chance (at a certain point in time this became obvious)in that 2012 finals and may not do this year either shud they get there......but the important thing is that the players BELIEVE they have a chance,and if they do strongly then,no matter how deluded others may think it is,then that is all that counts in terms of the drive to achieve their goal...i personally wudnt put it too much below that of the spurs,but will concede that with time running out it is put it all on the line time for san antone moreso than for any other team in terms of getting hardware RIGHT now.
as for popovich's line-up change,well obviously everything looks brilliant wen it comes off and i am in agreement with all others in labelling brooks a dunce for his ability(or lack there-of)to make any meaningful adjustments so dont really see a "counter" as such from him.....time will tell,but just remember that diaw and bonner,or whoever it is that plays in that slot,STILL has to hit shots and be effective to make the tactic continue to be viable....diaw cudnt do so last time in oklahoma and bonner cudnt even hit his shots at home......now they gotta get it done on the road in a hostile,desperate environment???.....of course not impossible,but i go with the odds and say that that change may not prove as effective second time around so long as the thunder are putting up points at the opposite end of the floor to alleviate pressure...will that stretch 4 produce this time around??if he aint hitting shots or being effective in some way then ibaka can stay down low and do wat he does.and on the flip side bonner/diaw can be a defensive liability also if matched up with ibaka,expect him to improve from his last showing
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...plus no parker for a half to boot
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