[Andrew1984Participant]

If the WCF shapes up to be San Antonio-Oklahoma City, the matchup could be quite riveting!

San Antonio is characterized by its experience, poise, crispness, precision, high IQ, depth, solid fundamentals, and unselfishness.

Oklahoma City’s signatures are its explosiveness, matchup problems it presents, speed, youth, energy, and emotion.

Spurs lead the season series 2-1, with all three games going to the home team. Spurs would have home-court advantage as they went 50-16 and the Thunder 47-19. Both teams average 103 points and give up 96 points per contest. Spurs have won 15 straight and are 5-0 in the playoffs. The Thunder are 6-0 in the playoffs but were only one game above .500 in the last month of the regular season.

What would be the major keys, x-factors, and deciding elements of this potential series? Any thoughts?

[What The DevilParticipant]

 The Spurs having more than 3 reliable scorers is what gives them the advantage in my opinion.

[mj23mj23besteverParticipant]

 imo the spurs being able too go 11 deep gives them the advantage good mention too what the devil on the spurs having more than 3 reliable scorers

[Anton123Participant]

 Both teams are mainly jump shooting teams and both play terrific defense, both have great 6th men, that could start on just about any team

OKC has the advantage on the break, they’re obviously much faster, and will try to outrun the Spurs, testing the legs of their veterans. Tony Parker just can’t stop Westbrook. They do however rely on ISOs a bit too much and if one of their top guns isn’t playing well – they struggle

Spurs are crazy deep and are surely the smartest and most poised team in the league, they are probably a top5 passing team in the league

I’m an OKC fan, surely I want them to win, but you can’t hate the Spurs, they play basketball the right way

[scbe2223Participant]

 If I’m OKC, I’m pretty concerned with stopping Manu. As far as I know, he hasn’t played in any of the three previous games this year against the thunder. If the Thunder can slow down Parker and keep Manu from killing them off the bench, they will win the series because I have no doubt Westbrook and Durant will be able to score on the Spurs. I’ll say spurs in 6

[204ballerParticipant]

The key to this series is Durant, he has a mis-match over anyone on the spurs. Westbrook has the height advantage over Parker, Harden and Ginobili basically cancel eachother out, Durant will give Leonard and Jackson all they can handle, Duncan and Bonner/Splitter will have to be very physical agaisnt Perkins and Serge.

[apb540Participant]

KD is KD but Kawhi Leonard can play some defense. 

[IndianaBasketballParticipant]

The Spurs are the best team in the NBA and I don’t even think it’s that close.

I’m expecting them to win the title.

I have a feeling we’re going to see a Spurs vs Celtics Finals.

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