Okay playtime is over Miami and the Diesel are next what are your thoughts??

[Chi-Ice44]

I say Spurs in a romp !

[Frenchise player]

Duncan-Shaq
Wade-Parker
Let's rock

[LilMissSPURfect]

Rasho & Manu will be difference maker! Spurs by12!


(Zo who? )

[2centsworth]

They are going to have a hell of a time with Tony and Manu. Also, Bruce and Manu are gonna puts the clamps on Wade. Diesel will be hell as always.

[T Park]

Parker is gonna have to bring his A game.

As will Ginobili and Duncan.


Toughest game to date since the 21st against Phoenix.

D Wade VS Parker

Shaq vs Duncan


an all star game in its own right.

[2centsworth]

Lets not forget, Miami has no bench.

[T Park]

I slightly disagree.

Jones, Doleac, Anderson, Dooling, are solid players off the bench.

Itll be a VERY tough game.

[Jimcs50]

Spurs will kill them on National tv.

[boutons]

I agree.

I think The Real Spurs, The Champsionship Spurs will show up and beat Miami, but it will be a close game.

I don't know why Rasho only played 12 m last night, but we wiil need him to play Shaq tough and use up Rasho's 6 fouls sending Shaq to the line. Same for TMass, Horry, Marks.

"If the Finals started now", these two teams would be it. This is as big a statement game as any game played against SEA or PHX.

[1Parker1]

Well, if you ask Sequ, he'll say Manu will have a monster game since its nationally televised :)

BTW, What happened to all you Vbookie money, T-Park? You lost that many bets? :)

[ALVAREZ6]

I want to see how Rasho and Duncan handle Shaq.

Manu and Bowen should play some really tough perimeter defense.

Miami is going to need back up from their perimeter shooters, so I hope we can contain Wade and Jones.

My biggest concern is Shaq...as long as Shaq get's in foul trouble, or he gets tired, the Spurs should win the game. No excuses. I wanna see a little winning streak going into all-star weekend.
:pctoss

[TwoHandJam]

I agree.

I think The Real Spurs, The Champsionship Spurs will show up and beat Miami, but it will be a close game.

I don't know why Rasho only played 12 m last night, but we wiil need him to play Shaq tough and use up Rasho's 6 fouls sending Shaq to the line. Same for TMass, Horry, Marks.

"If the Finals started now", these two teams would be it. This is as big a statement game as any game played against SEA or PHX.
I'm not so sure about that. Miami's record vs. the west is pretty poor compared to the Sonics or Phoenix and those two teams have similar or better records in a tougher conference.

Miami is still a young team without a lot of experience together. I would be surprised if they get past Detroit this year but anything's possible. Let's see how we stack up against them tomorrow. I think we'll play well coming off a nice 4th quarter win last night.

[T Park]

What happened to all you Vbookie money, T-Park

I incorrectly predicted Arenas would outscore Parker by 6-11 more points.

THe stiff shot so bad that he didnt.

i lost a bunch on that one.

[T Park]

Duncan needs to have a "Duncan" Game.

I know his hip, ankle, and knee are hurting, and he should be put on the IR.

But, he needs to come out, and bust a 30 and 15 on Miami.

That, and Ginobili needs to take the ball to the hole, and bust out the finger roll a couple times on Shaq.

If Ginobili, Parker, Duncan, and Barry, are agressive, they SHOULD win.

If Barry is tentative at the 3 point line,

parker and Ginobili and Duncan shoot jumpers, its gonna be deja Nets all over again.

[picnroll]

Manu with his ability to penetrate and slide either way, use either hand, gives Shaq problems. Put a few fouls on him Manu.

[1Parker1]

I incorrectly predicted Arenas would outscore Parker by 6-11 more points.

THe stiff shot so bad that he didnt.

i lost a bunch on that one.

:lol That's what you get for underestimating Tony!

[Frenchise player]

This game will be difficult if the supporting cast of Miami (Haslem, Damon and Eddie Jones) begin to shoot the ball well.
I think that the Spurs defense can handle just Shaq and Wade, but if the other have a good day shooting, it will be a really tough match.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

PEOPLE!! lets not forget that we've beaten them already! Shaq and all! I say we beat them again!

[td4mvp21]

umm actually we beat them without dwayne wade. but we should still be able to beat them again.

[Rummpd]

This will be a great and exciting game, Spurs pull ahead late.

Spurs 105 (Spurs have never lost this year when got 100)

Heat 97

Shaq with 34 but fouls out.
TD 24, 14, 6 assists and 6 blocks
Wade 20 points
Parker 22
Manu star of the game 35!!!!!

Unsung star of the game Malik Rose, 10 boards.

[T Park]

but fouls out

Shaq will NOT foul out.

He may get 4 if the Spurs are agressive, but they wont dare foul him out on a nationally televised game.


Manu getting 35 happens if he goes to the hole, and nails his threes.


I can see Malik getting 10 boards as well.

[T Park]

^^^ Love that Sig hehehe.

That was the best part of the whole damn movie.

[NCaliSpurs]

The Heat r het be$t.

The SPVURS svks so bad not l33t like m1am1

I am 12 yaears lod

And ym name si W0lve$ 009

[ducks]

I think bowen will have to bring his game against wade

tp has a decent game
duncan and shaq will cancel each other other
hopefully wade and tp will cancel each other out

then spurs rest of the players are better then the heats

[NCaliSpurs]

Tony Parker and Manu need to penetrate and attack Shaq off the dribble. That has always been the key to beating Shaq.

We need to play excellent defense to win tomorrow, regardless of what our offense does.

Houston tried matching shot for shot, and got worked a couple of Sundays ago.

Other keys:
Keep Wade off the free-throw line. He is so good at attacking and getting guys in foul trouble. If our guys are in foul trouble, they will be tentative on defense and we will be vulnerable.

If we double Shaq, double very aggressively, and try to make his passes to the 3pt shooters as tough as possible.

Defensive rebounding and Turnovers. We need to limit the number of possessions that Wade and Shaq have in order to keep them from scoring or getting to the free-throw line.

[TDMVPDPOY]

to win this game, bowen has to pull another VC job on wade, wait he doesnt have to cose wade is injury prone....keep shaq from playin his game and make wade take more jumpshots from 20ft and not let him get inside....the factor in here would be doleac :( (shaq thinks his best backup center in the league) rose or horry would be enough to manhandle him. gino would put dooling on poster and brent barry n udrih would just camp outside from 3 for the airstrike, yahay mate this game will be a 10pt win for the spurs.

[NCaliSpurs]

to win this game, bowen has to pull another VC job on wade...

Implying he did something wrong. I'd disagree.

[The_Game]

people who are predicting a blowout Spurs win are simply homers. Heat are at home and we all know Shaq gets up for these type of games against Duncan. Wade should have a big game, he is due.

[PM5K]

people who are predicting a blowout Spurs win are simply homers. Heat are at home and we all know Shaq gets up for these type of games against Duncan. Wade should have a big game, he is due.

The Spurs average margin of victory is eleven points per game, predicting that isn't exactly what I'd call a "Homer"....

I'm not saying the Spurs will win by eleven but it's certainly not impossible or out of the ordinary for them to beat any team by eleven points, I'd even venture to say it's more likely they would beat the Heat by eleven or more points because they don't get complacent like they do when they play teams with bad records, even though this game starts early everyone will be up for this one....

[The_Game]

i know what the spurs average margin is but the heat are at home..Shaq is there. I refuse to believe this will be anything over a 5-6 point game either way. Heat are a great team and it's hard to blowout great teams out on their home floor.

i may be wrong at the end of the game but i find it hard to believe this won't be a very tight game.

it was a tight game even when wade was out at the sbc center.