SAN ANTONIO – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters told ESPN on Wednesday that the San Antonio Spurs are over-relying on their All-Star power forward, LaMarcus Aldridge.
His comments were made following the first two games of the Western Conference Semifinals.
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"One man can't beat you," Waiters said to ESPN. "So we're fine with that. If they want to continue to get out of their offense and throw the ball down there to him, we're fine with that. One guy can't beat us, no matter how much he scores."
San Antonio Spurs forward LaMarcus Aldridge in the first two games of the series has scored 79 points on 33-of-44 shooting.
Aldridge led the Spurs with 41 points in Game 2 making 15 of his 21 shots, but the Thunder still escaped with a 98-97 win to even the series against San Antonio 1-1.
The Spurs remaining starters in game 2 combined to score only 32 points on 14-of-46 shooting.
"We've just got to make adjustments, try to make it tough on him," Waiters said. "He's a great player in this league, an All-Star. He's going to make shots. He's playing tremendous right now. But we're fine with one guy just beating us."
Game 3 is Friday night in Oklahoma City. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN.