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Thunder-Spurs role reversal has Popovich's attention
Coach Gregg Popovich recognizes how talented the Oklahoma City Thunder are, how three-time scoring champion Kevin Durant can go on a run at any time, as he has in leading his team to the brink of winning the Western Conference finals and getting to the NBA Finals for the first time.
"They're always gonna have that weapon. Nobody else has that kind of weapon," Popovich says. "Well I don't care about anybody else. We don't."
But with his team needing to win at Oklahoma City on Thursday, what has Popovich concerned is the turnovers his team mitted in the three consecutive losses that have turned around this series.
"They don't need our help," Popovich said Tuesday. "It's enough to make you kick yourself.
"It's frustrating and maddening more than anything, because we've played so poorly as far as handling the basketball. (The Thunder) deserve a lot of the credit for that. But it's also uncharacteristic of our guys."
The Spurs averaged turnovers during the regular season, third-fewest in the NBA and maintained exactly that average through the first 10 games of the playoffs. Then Oklahoma City ended the Spurs' 20-game winning streak in Game 3, and the Spurs have averaged turnovers since.
Popovich chalked it up to poor decision-making and late passes, not fati