2013 NBA Finals, Game 1: Spurs @ Heat - June 6 @ 8 PM CT

[m33p0]

hmm... curious first move by kl. green light to pressure lb to defend him?

[Floyd Pacquiao]

lets go bitches! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Ball movement. Awesome. We don't look rusty at all. :wow

[timvp]

Just keep it up, come on.

[spurspokesman]

Jax probably threatened the heat lol

[phxspurfan]

Spurs gotta play perfect to win and I think they know it. Playing perfect so far.

[m33p0]

boom!

[spurspokesman]

Ball movement and D

[travis2]

One turnover...seems to have knocked off the rust...*knocking on wood*

[Arcadian]

Other than the bad pass leading to a dunk, good start.

[timtonymanu]

Good start. Leonard's free throws looked better at that trip.

[MeloHype]

Great start!

[angelbelow]

Great start.. need to be ready for Miami's counter punch.

[Jumi]

This is how we do it!!!!

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs will live with Lebron shooting off-balance 3s, Wade fadeaways and contested 3s from Bosh, tbh..

[BatManu20]

We're hitting our shots early which is a refreshing change. Now let's maintain it!

[backinblack]

Rust My ass. Let's do this.

[siraulo23]

cant ask for a better start

[m33p0]

yeah, i say they're rested. but still early goings. hope this keeps up.

[Richie]

Open 3, layups, Spurs with a great offensive start.

Heat have just taken tough shots

[TDfan2007]

Couldn't have asked for a better start except for that one turnover.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Solid start. Please dont let up :cry

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Man, we look like we played 2 days ago - D is on a string, ball movement and screen setting perfect. Not typical Spurs after a long break.

We will beat these fuckers in this series because we are NOT AFRAID OF THEM and we TRUST IN OUR SYSTEM.

:ihit

[Fireball]

No rust indeed ...

[alfredbird]

much better beginning than expected

[timvp]

Green hitting his first shot is pretty huge. Hopefully that removes any jitters.

[moisaenz]

hmm... curious first move by kl. green light to pressure lb to defend him?
CIA Pop make LeBron work on Leonard and tony

[spurspokesman]

One turnover...seems to have knocked off the rust...*knocking on wood*Ginobili should fix at. Hopefully not

[Brazil]

Solid start!

[capek]

Great start baby! GSG!!!

[Brazil]

I'm nervous as fuck

[m33p0]

i hope the heat thinks they're still playing the pacers.

[exstatic]

Heat ain't seen an offense like this.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Great start!

[Obilivo]

Great start,keep going!

[Spurs Brazil]

weak call

[BatManu20]

Stay down Leonard.

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

BS

[spurspokesman]

leonard has to be smarter

[Sleepy_Floyd]

Green hitting that shot and KL hitting his Fts is a good sign. Spurs role players going off would make us tough to beat.

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Miami starting to act.

[GaryJohnston]

fucking hate that pussy Bosh

[MeloHype]

Ball dont lie

[BatManu20]

No Splitter..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Oh man, Kawhi, don't waste your fouls!

[BatManu20]

Damn you Splitter

[m33p0]

CIA Pop make LeBron work on Leonard and tony

i hope he spends alot of time on tony so the spurs can put him through a wringer.

[Juggity]

Jesus, stay home on the shooters

[BatManu20]

So much for that hot start.

[spurspokesman]

bad stretch

[HarlemHeat37]

Parker falling asleep against a shooter, as usual..

[loveforthegame]

Ugh. :bang:

Play smarter.

[BatManu20]

Too many jump shots. You can't beat these guys like that.

[Juggity]

Let Bosh take 3s all damn day

[HarlemHeat37]

Give Tim a touch in the post, tbh..

[spurspokesman]

Ugh. :bang:

Play smarter.This

[Arcadian]

Tim needs more touches...every possession he should touch it

[Spurs Brazil]

FUCK, terrible call

[HI-FI]

Stern doing what he do.

[Pistons < Spurs]

sloppy pass followed by a Duncan foul. Not good.

[BatManu20]

FUCK YOU REFS

[spurspokesman]

charge

[loveforthegame]

BS foul.

[HarlemHeat37]

Can they post up Tim instead of Splitter?..smh..

[Pistons < Spurs]

BS

[GaryJohnston]

these fucking refs

[BatManu20]

That was a blocking foul.

[EVAY]

Total Charge. Tony fucking Brothers

[Johnny RIngo]

This is the best defense Spurs have faced all playoffs. Memphis D was overrated

[LeBronWillBeTheGOAT]

Ya'll Spurs Fans Ready for More of these Fouls? D-Whistle and LeFlop our Way To Another Ring!!!!!!!!

[Bill_Brasky]

Double screwed on that call

[spurspokesman]

refs in full effect

[HI-FI]

this going to be a long series with Stern styles. oh and fuck Steve Javie, typical company man.

[phxspurfan]

Here comes 5v8

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

We're playing dumb right now.

[TDfan2007]

Why don't they post Timmy?

[Arcadian]

Fucking morons missed the call 2 different ways...even if it was a foul, it wasn't a shooting foul.

[32fastest]

Aaaaand here come the refs.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Definitely a charge.

[spurspokesman]

make up call

[Southwest Texas Fan]

Feed Timmy!

[TDfan2007]

Timmy not hitting his shots...

[32fastest]

Beautiful floater.

[LeBronWillBeTheGOAT]

D-Whislte and LeFlop Our Way To Another Ring !!!!!!!!!!

[m33p0]

way outside and tim got there first.

[loveforthegame]

F Bosh.

[BatManu20]

Nobody other than Parker can create their own shot. That's going to be big trouble against this D.

[LeBronWillBeTheGOAT]

YOU CANT STOP THE KING we are witness!!!!!!!!!

[Spurs Brazil]

Yes Tony

[Pistons < Spurs]

strong move by TP. Needed that.

[BatManu20]

Seriously D? You can't give up lay ups

[32fastest]

Timmy with the hustle!!

[loveforthegame]

Looking good for the most part.

[phxspurfan]

Spurs look ok so far but Miami has clear HCA.

[Brunodf]

Defense not looking good, Tony missed Splitter/Kawhi wide open a couple times

[Tim_duncan21]

F Bosh!!

[BatManu20]

Nice save Timmy

[angelbelow]

Need to close out on Bosh a little bit better.

[Juggity]

YOU CANT STOP THE KING we are witness!!!!!!!!!

Can't stop James, but Wade is trash these days. He should be much easier to stop.

[timvp]

Not bad. Hanging around early is fine.

[HarlemHeat37]

Parker with a horrible shot, tbh..

Duncan needs post touches early, let him get in a rhythm..Spurs aren't going to win this series on the perimeter..

[007nites]

No post ups plays for Timmy?

[GaryJohnston]

need tighter D

[TDfan2007]

Spurs are getting great looks. They need to pay better attention to Miami's shooters

[BatManu20]

Miami on an 11-2 run.

[Brazil]

Still nervous as hell tbh

[spurspokesman]

Hopefully gi nobili doesn't share the ball with the heat

[LeBronWillBeTheGOAT]

Ya'll Better Get Your "Fuck D-Whistle and Fuck LeFlop" signs Ready!

[siraulo23]

miami's d is amazing

spurs gotta somehow take away bosh's jumpshot, i dunno how but they gotta do it

GSG!

[moisaenz]

Let see how game changes with Manu on the floor

[m33p0]

spurs missing shots. good thing tony came to play.

[easjer]

This game will kill me. Stop the jump shots, srsly.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Too many hero shots ATM and not enough ball movement. Endless screening and ball movement is the key to beating these guys.

I'm looking forward to some Manu-Splitter pnr cutting up the Heat 2nd team.

[TDfan2007]

The Spurs are completely ignoring Duncan on the block. He needs touches to get in a rhythm. He's the guy I'm most worried about with the layoff.

[Darius McCrary]

Heat are surrounding Duncan, there's no pass to him to be made.

[spurspokesman]

Bosh continuing his undressing of the spurs

[BillMc]

Not bad. Hanging around early is fine.

This

[mystargtr34]

Half way through the quarter and Tim hasnt gotten a touch in the post on Bosh/Haslem..

[GaryJohnston]

Think we are a bit rusty...

[Brazil]

I just smoked a cigarette in my house. FUCK!

:lol

[Keepin' it real]

So far so good. I was fearing an early Heat run.

[TDfan2007]

Heat are surrounding Duncan, there's no pass to him to be made.

That's a byproduct of poor post-up spacing.

[spurspokesman]

Lets go

[BatManu20]

Tim just got fouled! Fuck these shitty refs man, seriously

[TDfan2007]

:lol that was an obvious hack on Timmy. Refs swallowing the whistle early.

[HI-FI]

Verdeeeee

[spurspokesman]

Green with confidence

[GaryJohnston]

Good job Green

[Nathan89]

Refs just let lebron jump on peoples back. Fagots.

[BatManu20]

Come on Tim. He's gotta make that

[GaryJohnston]

Fuck, Timmy's shot is off

[TDfan2007]

Yeah Timmy is off :(

[Juggity]

Take it low tim.

[Spurs Brazil]

Boris!

[007nites]

Diaw wtf lol

[spurspokesman]

Duncan looks terrible

[Johnny RIngo]

miami's d is amazing

yup, nothing coming easy for the Spurs


spurs gotta somehow take away bosh's jumpshot, i dunno how but they gotta do it

That's the nature of the Spurs defense though. We give up the mid-range. Ibaka killed us last year, Bosh will beat us this year

[ffadicted]

Ball movement looking solid so far tbqh, just need to cut down on turnovers

[BatManu20]

Can't leave Lebron wide open

[Spurs Brazil]

good job Manu

[loveforthegame]

Yes leave James open. smh

[Sleepy_Floyd]

Refs just let lebron jump on peoples back. Fagots. I saw that :bang

[spurspokesman]

flagrant

[BatManu20]

Manu looking fresh

[HI-FI]

I think this is going to 7. I think our depth and management of minutes will be key imho.

[32fastest]

That would've been sick!

[BatManu20]

FT's...

[TDfan2007]

Timmy is missing everything right now, but he's doing all of the little things. Manu with another missed FT per par...

[DAF86]

Fucking free throws.

[GaryJohnston]

should of been a flagrant

[Kidd K]

Diaw did like a mini Dr J layup there. . .

and dude just hit Manu in the head really hard. Barely even went for the ball.

[exstatic]

How is that not a flagrant on Haslem?

[Juggity]

Manu, take your time on the free throws. Knock them down. They matter.

[32fastest]

flagrant


No shit right?! Lol

[spurspokesman]

manu terrible

[BatManu20]

Their role players hitting = no chance for us

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Diaw is absolutely crucial for us.

Green doing a good job on LBJ for the moment.

[phxspurfan]

Allen still hates the Spurs

[HarlemHeat37]

Wide open 3 for Ray Allen..

Spurs perimeter D leaving shooters open, as usual..

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

How is that not a flagrant on Haslem?

Apparently Manu's foul a while ago was worse!? Bullshit, eh.

[spurspokesman]

Duncan is hurting us

[loveforthegame]

Duncan looks awful. :(

[Tim_duncan21]

come on TD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BatManu20]

Timmy with a horrible start

[DAF86]

I don't like Manu on Allen.

[Pistons < Spurs]

2 on Timmy. Not what I wanted to see.

[noles1983]

take a seat timmy, come back when u bring your game lol

[Spurs Brazil]

2nd on TD

[Johnny RIngo]

Horrible quarter from TD. On the bright side, he can't play any worse

[BatManu20]

Duncan plays like this we literally haze zero shot

[32fastest]

Patty getting crazy with the towel!

[HarlemHeat37]

Spurs have absolutely no chance with Duncan playing like this, tbh..horrible..

[GaryJohnston]

Come on Tim!

[angelbelow]

Unfortunately Duncan is ice cold right now.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Time to sit Timmy for Tiago... dammit, too late. :(

[Arcadian]

He's not scoring, but Tim has 5 boards and 3 assists

[m33p0]

gaddamit

[crc21209]

Manu left Ray wide open and didnt even attempt to get to him. :td

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Tiago plays superbly with Manu - don't know why Pop left Tim in.

[TDfan2007]

Well that hot start was nice while it lasted..

[Darius Bieber]

Lmao Spurs are gonna get swept like this..

[BatManu20]

Splitter's such a pussy

[007nites]

BS shot by Miller

[loveforthegame]

Defense needs to tighten up.

[timtonymanu]

The Heat have so many roleplayers that are Spurs killers :bang

[Grit and Grind]

Why did you guys not play like this vs Memphis lol OUR LUCK

[Obstructed_View]

Why the Spurs don't gamble.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

That's what I want to see - Manu to SPlitter.

[loveforthegame]

Manu!

[DAF86]

Decent finish.

[007nites]

Manu is vicious one D

[BatManu20]

Lucky to be down by 1.

[Brunodf]

Good end of quarter, please no Green on Lebron again

[Spurs Brazil]

not bad. Big problem is when Tony goes to the bench

[timtonymanu]

trailing by a point with Duncan looking like shit. I'll take it.

Though the Heat don't start turning it on until the 4th quarter.

[noles1983]

Why did you guys not play like this vs Memphis lol OUR LUCK

your team sucks thats why

[TDfan2007]

Well aside from Timmy missing every shot he took, that quarter wasn't so bad.

[32fastest]

GiGiGi GinObli!!

[phxspurfan]

Good defensive quarter by the Spurs. Missed a few chip shots. Good reppin by the Others. Expect a lot of 23-24 quarters if we're gonna win this

[HarlemHeat37]

Parker, Ginobili, Neal and Green ALWAYS fall asleep on shooters, tbh..

That can't occur in this series, Miami has too many shooters, this isn't Memphis..

[bryants2hot2handle]

Evening spurstalk...Please tear these fakers up!

[Juggity]

Manu came to play.

Once Tim comes back he'll be much better tbh. Rusty.

[Johnny RIngo]

Why did you guys not play like this vs Memphis lol OUR LUCK

Have you seen the Heat defenders? Memphis pick n roll D is slow as fuck compared to the Heat

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Neal on Allen is a recipe for disaster.

[Tim_duncan21]

2 fouls on timmy already

[Kool Bob Love]

down one.

they knock off the rust.

Go HARD SPURS

[hater]

role guards playing great.

bigmen sucking including duncan

[Bill_Brasky]

Not really a bad quarter at all. Heat still have a few tricks up their sleeves I'm sure but we held our own.

[m33p0]

that first foul called on td was huge.

[BillMc]

Well, our rusty quarter is over with. Were good to go I think.

[HarlemHeat37]

Duncan needs to park his ass in the paint and keep taking shots like his last attempt..no more mid-range fades and bullshit, tbh..

He doesn't have the same strength as he once did, but he's still stronger than Bosh, and he's much taller than Haslem..wake the fuck up, tbh..

[BatManu20]

Once the heat crank up the D in the 4th qtr, I have no idea who is going to score for the Spurs other Tony. I could see Miami pulling away then.

[100%duncan]

Good finish to a shitty quarter.

[Warlord23]

This is the one series where Pop can give Duncan some post-ups to get him going, his jumper is off

[TDfan2007]

Timmy is a rhythm player, and he's completely out of it right now. Hopefully he can get a few looks in the paint to get his confidence up. Otherwise this will be a long night...

[Kidd K]

Has anyone noticed that the only blown call (and another questionable call) of the game both led to fouls on Tim Duncan? I hope that's just a coincidence.

On a side note: Everyone saying Duncan is playing like shit is blind. He has 5 boards and 3 assists and only has one real defensive mistake. So what if he hasn't scored yet? He's only missed a few shots. Stop being points whores and appreciate the other aspects of the game.

[timtonymanu]

Positives is that Danny Green still has his confidence.

Tiago has regressed back to softie though so far.

[moisaenz]

that first foul called on td was huge.
Homer call

[dg7md]

Impressed with how we started — I expected a major Heat run to start us out.

Get that rust shaken off. We can win this.

[Nathan89]

Are the refs going to let Lebron jump on top of people and then call fouls on Tim when taking a charge the entire series?

[siraulo23]

hmmm

TD hasnt played well and the spurs have taken a couple of bad shots but overall good first q

neal on allen scares the hell out of me, well neal on anybody scares me :lol

Im actually ok with diaw on james, could buy the spurs a couple of mins

GSG!

[hommeaetage]

that first foul called on td was huge.

BS fouls tbh, those are not fouls to be called in a Finals

[Keepin' it real]

that first foul called on td was huge.

He's didn't realize that was Timmy. He doesn't take those charges too often.

[TDfan2007]

Duncan needs to park his ass in the paint and keep taking shots like his last attempt..no more mid-range fades and bullshit, tbh..

He doesn't have the same strength as he once did, but he's still stronger than Bosh, and he's much taller than Haslem..wake the fuck up, tbh..

Completely agree. His jumper has been very inconsistent all playoffs. He needs to take it to the whole or get some nice shots in the post.

[drexya]

The Heat defense looks much better than the Memphis one…

[DAF86]

Fuck Ray Allen.

[BatManu20]

Damn Miami on fire. We're fucked.

[Spurs Brazil]

damn Neal

[Spurs Brazil]

another crap call

[SanAntonioSpurs23]

Fucking Gay Allen

[spurs10]

Bad calls on Tim....the charge ??? come the fuck on!

[TDfan2007]

Gary Neal is an absolutely atrocious defender.

[timtonymanu]

Gary Neal, of course.

[100%duncan]

C'mon spurs

[Baam]

Pop gets exactly what he deserves from Neal, what did he expect?

[Kidd K]

LeBron just took 3 steps THEN jumped and landed. Not a travel? :lmao

[HarlemHeat37]

:lmao Gary Neal doing what he does best..sucking..

[NRHector]

FML spurs can win this fucking game

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Good end of quarter, please no Green on Lebron again

I thought he did okay, and without Jax around, Danny and Boris HAVE to play on LBJ at times.

[m33p0]

spurs shooting 41%
heat shooting 56%

[TDfan2007]

Nice move Kawhi!

[Juggity]

Leonard with the GOT DAMN move on James

[007nites]

Kawhi!

[Crookshanks]

Is it really wrong that I hope LeBron injures himself somehow? Like maybe slips in the shower or cuts his shooting hand. Because that looks like the only way to slow him down.

[Kidd K]

Great play by Leonard there. Looked like an old Jordan move

[loveforthegame]

Leonard nice move!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Pop was nice to Doris! :lmao

[Johnny RIngo]

Gary Neal getting a lot of playing time will ensure Ray Allen finishes with 30+ points

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I told you Neal on Allen was a recipe for disaster... :rolleyes

[HarlemHeat37]

Kawhi is playing at a different level right now..get to that next step, tbh..