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!!!!!!!!!!!

The Spurs will need rope to control KD.....Westbrook and the bearded wonder will not allow the double team..KD is to quick off the dribble ..then it becomes a game of  ....2 many shooters ..Spurs have lost their mojo..put a fork in them they are done...

The double team will come trust me. Harden is off the bench. Green and Jackson pose a threat on defense. And i'd leave sefolosha or Perkins open any day to double Durant. Have you looked at Westbrooks FG%? Ibaka won't go 11-11 again. OKC can not win without Durant and i'm sure most who have some sense would agree. Look for SA to clamp down on Durant. If you smuther Durant and give him no room to beat you off the dribble he moves left to right and shots don't fall.

Man, I hope the Spurs win too but why are you starting like 16 threads? Relax.

KD is very quick off the dribble with space. If you smother him a little he moves left and right. I've seen this many times before.

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

so your planning on winning the under by 2 points -_-

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.

It's not weak logic. Westbrooks numbers aren't that great so you have to take the chance by stopping Durant first. I personally think we haven't seen the best of the Spurs. Diaw, Leonard, Green and Neal all play better than what they have played. This game is a must win for the Spurs and with money on OKC and Crawford in the picture i like the spurs. If OKC takes it they will not cover.

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.

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

haha that was cold as ice need2cover

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.

If Perkins, Ibaka, and Sef are forced to take shots then SA can control the glass which means they will control the game. Think.

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.

Also if the Double team comes Westbrook needs to move towards the ball because he is the point guard and he would have to help.

They doubled him Game3 and Sefolosha erupted.

They doubled him Game4 and Ibaka erupted.

They doubled him late in Game5 and Harden erupted.

I think Spurs had learned their lesson. Too bad, it's too late.

We'll just have to watch the game. If i were Pops i'd force the ball into the hands of Seflosha and make him take jump shots. As long as they limit Durants touches they can win. The double on Durant may come before he even touches the ball. I see SA forcing the ball to the opposite side of Durant all game. Why try something new on the road? Because when nothing else is working that's just what you do. Take chances.

IF Spurs slow things down, the way Boston does, taking a shot with about 6 seconds left on the shot clock, then they will have a chance to win tonight.

BUT that was the Spurs 5 years ago when they were a defensive oriented team.

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.