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| San Antonio Spurs take on the OKC Thunder in the WCF. Photo credit NBA |
The OKC Thunder may have swept the San Antonio Spurs in the regular season, but the NBA Playoffs are totally different. We take a look at the big question marks for this series and prediction.
by Rodney FisherWe could not of asked for a better series...
Questions
The Thunder advanced past the Los Angeles Clippers with a big casualty by possibly losing Serge Ibaka for the remainder of the post season. I believe that he will play by Game 3 in Oklahoma City. He is just to valuable for the Thunder and his injury is not great enough to cause him to miss that many games. Reigning NBA MVP Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook will need to score big for the team to steal one in San Antonio. Defensively they will have to a much better job than they did against the Clips if they plan to slow down the best pick-and-roll offense in the league. Can Scott Brooks make the right adjustments without Ibaka in the lineup? Can Durant and Westbrook have a Jordan-Pippen type moment?The well-oiled machine of the Spurs does not need much adjustments. If they continue to play like they have since Game 7 against the Dallas Mavericks then the Thunder have no chance. For some reason, my gut tells me that this will be a tough series them especially on the road in the loudest gym in the association. The Spurs are focused on winning a title, so could that make them overlook Durant? Can the Spurs continue to get great production from the bench in order to rest their veteran stars?
