Fvck Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111111111111

[timvp]

:elephant

A lot of reasons for the win but Tony Parker just authored the smartest basketball game I've ever seen. The Heat built their offense to confuse him and fluster him. He used genius level basketball IQ to know when to push it, when to trust his teammates and how to counteract whatever the Heat did.

YEssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!11111111111111one111111!!!11111

[~Sweetmelody~]

BELIEVE!!!

[capek]

http://images.wikia.com/glee/images/0/00/You're_adorable.gif

[baseline bum]

Oh my motherfucking god Tony Fucking Parker hitting the game winner under LeBron while falling over onto the floor!!!!

[Chris]

I have a headache and my voice is gone but it was worth it! :lol

[GaryJohnston]

I'll go ahead and say it...FUCK YES!!!!!!111111

[Hemotivo]

Tim Duncan
8-19, 20 Pts
14 Rebs, 4 Assists

[naico]

timvp going berserk

[Hemotivo]

Tim Duncan
8-19, 20 Pts
14 Rebs, 4 Assists

[m33p0]

i have a huge stupid grin on my face right now.

[math]

but but Heat in 5 right ?

[admiralfats]

yeah parker's box score doesn't reflect enough how amazing he was...except for this: ZERO TURNOVERS

[024]

This was a great win, anchored by defense. The Heat missed the shots they were supposed to miss (no bullshit 3's by Bosh). With the Heat's penchant for playing mediocre in game 1's, this was the perfect game to steal in Miami. Fucking Tony Parker giving me a heart attack when he tripped on that last play.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

that shot was fucking amazing...with lebron draped all over him wow! ahhhhhhhhhhh!

[Spurs Brazil]

GREAT win. Stay close the whole game and went for the kill in the 4th

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[timtonymanu]

I have no words.

[Keepin' it real]

Was that fucking intense or what???!!! The Heat played great at home and still lost. This is HUGE.

[21TimDUNCAN]

fuck yes!!

[Spurs Brazil]

GREAT win. Stay close the whole game and went for the kill in the 4th

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[polandprzem]

another pathetic thread by LJI thought it will not gonna get worse, but it sure got

[freetiago]

Tony Parker getting insane tweets on nba.com
144,691/hr
lawd

[Solid D]

Spurs going small for much of the 4th quarter with Kawhi at the 4 did the trick.

[Fireball]

Two weeks ago I had a heart attack (really!) ... I should not be watching such close games anymore

[Bill_Brasky]

Tony Parker & TD = elite

[ShoogarBear]

Dammit, I was hoping to see their one win in person. Now I guess my games 3 and 4 tickets are worthless. Anybody want to buy them? :depressed

[CitizenDwayne]

Aaaaaaaand I'm spent.

[Hemotivo]

yeah parker's box score doesn't reflect enough how amazing he was...except for this: ZERO TURNOVERS

exactly, the Spurs had 4 TO; :wow

and Popovich with a great game overall

[Budkin]

That shot will go down in Finals history forever. Tony Motherfucking Parker.

[emanueldavidginobili]

Im drunk and very very happy right now!

[siraulo23]

literally a finger tip away from winning the game

WTF hahaha they pulled it off holy cow

a bit flukish but wgaf, only thing i didnt like is tp taking lebron one on one spurs gotta run him through screens but once again wgaf they won the game

[timmy2003]

What a win!!!

[SpursFan0728]

Fuck yes!
3 more wins

[Captivus]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view2/1304273/star-wars-hump-o.gif

[jon123spurs]

Tony Parker best Point GOD EVER!!!!

[polandprzem]

It's just one win.
Important as hell but just one. For LJ Miami got to win 4 in a row now.

But the spurs needs 3 games. And damn game 2 must go our way. Not LJ's.

[Budkin]

ESPN crew upset LOL

[RashoFan]

GREAT win. Stay close the whole game and went for the kill in the 4th

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This

[T Park]

If they win this series, that shot will go up their with Horry's three in Detroit....

[spurs10]

That's what I'm talking about!! That's what I'm talking about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Samr.]

So about the Spurs' difficulty with those Grizzlies Timvp...

[Hemotivo]

Spurs going small for much of the 4th quarter with Kawhi at the 4 did the trick.

this, Pop is a genius sometimes

[~Sweetmelody~]

Two weeks ago I had a heart attack (really!) ... I should not be watching such close games anymore

Yikes! Hope your doing better, take care.

[easjer]

Dammit, I was hoping to see their one win in person. Now I guess my games 3 and 4 tickets are worthless. Anybody want to buy them? :depressed

:rollin

[phxspurfan]

Love the halftime adjustment by Pop to slow the game down and make the Heat defense rotate more. Run sets and stop running the break so much. I even saw Tony skip passes for layups a couple times just to slow the game down. Fast games with frenetic defensive energy are what the Heat thrive on. Slow down games focused on precision execution are what they will struggle with against our defense. Especially when we finally start to GUARD THE SHOOTERS

[DatBoyGood]

Damn what a game. Expect a much more selfish post up Lebron in game 2. TPMVP

[Austin_Toros]

HUGE win for the Spurs. I went hyperactive at the siren! :flag:

[Slomo]

Dear timvp. No swearing in thread titles. Kori ban his ass!

:elephant

Oh and FUCK YEAH!!!

[L.I.T]

Fuck.

[benefactor]

Shades of the Duncan 3 versus the Suns tbh.

[it's me]

FUUUUUUUCCCKKKKKKKKK YESSSSSSSSSSS..... man I forgot the finals feeling, so freaking nervous, this is big, now it's time to make them pay.

tbh... TP redeemed himself with a lucky shot after a stupid selfish play............ but I take it 1000 times (if the ball goes in).

[loveforthegame]

Damn good satisfying win. :tu

[OldSilentHill]

Oh my motherfucking god Tony Fucking Parker hitting the game winner under LeBron while falling over onto the floor!!!!

This.

THIS.

THIS.

THIS!!}


I just had an orgasm.:wakeup

[TXstbobcat]

I am so fired up right now! I am leaving for Florida on Saturday morning to go see game 2. After that game 1 win I am so excited I can't sleep.

[Keepin' it real]

Huge minutes for Neal. Give him props.

[phxspurfan]

lol, love how Magic flip-flops every series after game 1. But he's right, LeBron can't guard Parker. I saw that from before the series. Parker is too crafty and too quick.

[phxspurfan]

Bill Simmons also on point by saying Spurs don't care where they play. Love how their game is so portable like a hibachi grill

[Das Texan]

Kawai was kinda good tonight.


Imagine if he could make a fucking 3....

[SPARKY]

*sniff*

[dbreiden83080]

TD 20 and 14 one of the great finals players ever..

Tony keeps stepping up..

[timmy2003]

Kawhi's defense tonight was huge

[Jumi]

This was great! That's all!!

[Solid D]

While Parker keeping the ball on the final Spurs' possession may have seemed selfish, it was what the Spurs wanted him to do. Run clock all the way down and make a play.

[TheGoldStandard]

Real Motherfucking G's... Parker and Duncan playing huge! Kawhi being a silent assassin if he hit those open 3's we're coasting in this game.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

Unbelievable

[Tim_duncan21]

oh sh*t. what a game. what a game. 20-14-4-3blks from Duncan too!

[Seventyniner]

Dear timvp. No swearing in thread titles. Kori ban his ass!

:elephant

Oh and FUCK YEAH!!!

Swearing? I thought "Fvck" was some sort of old Yugoslavian expression of joy or something.

[Floyd Pacquiao]

tony parkers got bigole balls niggas!!!

[ShoogarBear]

Kawai was kinda good tonight.


Imagine if he could make a fucking wide open 3....

FIFY.

Exactly. Spurs played pretty damn good, but there are still some things they can improve on.

[polandprzem]

FIFY.

Exactly. Spurs played pretty damn good, but there are still some things they can improve on.

They shook the rust off, and played better D in the 2nd half. hopefully it will continue to improve.
Typical opponents game vs Pop who kills Leflops scoring and want everybody else to beat us. It almost happened as Allen was hitting huge. Bosh with gr8 plays and also Andersen with follows.

Crucial game changer could be that Gino block when he came back from ofensive end

[CubanMustGo]

Is this not a good time to mention that every time the cHeat have lost Game 1s in their kind-of-Big 3 era, they have swept their opponent?

[Spurs9]

Man that was exciting!!!!

[Penya]

"Chances are I am not going to ever get another chance so I am not letting this chance go." -- Duncan :cry:cry

[TampaDude]

Mother.

Of.

God.

What a game!!!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[ace3g]

Internal Improvement

[Arcadian]

:lol everyone who thought the Spurs had "no chance" of winning the title this year

(not saying it's done yet, but obviously we have a chance)

[Hemotivo]

tp postgame press conference on NBATV

[ca®lo]

fuck yes spurs talk what a game!!!

[tesseractive]

Is this not a good time to mention that every time the cHeat have lost Game 1s in their kind-of-Big 3 era, they have swept their opponent?
It's fine to mention it. But personally, I'm filing it in the same file as "Spurs have never lost an NBA Finals." The Heat are still incredibly dangerous even down a game, but we already knew that, right? And some streaks will continue while others end.

We just have to worry about not relaxing our intensity for Game 2, along with looking for new wrinkles we can add to the schemes to try to keep Miami a step behind in making adjustments. If we can keep the effort level high for the balance, I like our chances.

[objective]

great win, unexpected.

Less Neal and Bonner please.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Well, that one surprised the hell out of me. I thought the rust would do us in as it usually does after a long rest, but instead the team came out and slaughtered the Heat. If we'd made 2 of those 6 straight missed 3s it wouldn't have even been close.

I figured we'd suck in game 1 and steal game 2, but now I wanna go home 2-0!

GO SPURS GO!!!! :flag: :smokin :D

[BillMc]

My blood pressure was through the roof!!! Thank god we won!

[Juggity]

Kawai was kinda good tonight.


Imagine if he could make a fucking 3....

I think Kawhi was better than kinda good tbh. His defense was elite.

[baseline bum]

Well, that one surprised the hell out of me. I thought the rust would do us in as it usually does after a long rest, but instead the team came out and slaughtered the Heat. If we'd made 2 of those 6 straight missed 3s it wouldn't have even been close.

I figured we'd suck in game 1 and steal game 2, but now I wanna go home 2-0!

GO SPURS GO!!!! :flag: :smokin :D

The Spurs only shot 41.7% tonight. To go out and win this game on the road on a night they weren't hitting the three (7-23, 30.4%) is enormous. I still think the Spurs are going to have start really hitting the three to win this series, but to get one on a night when their shot was way off is just beyond huge.

[BatManu20]

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo)19m (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/342854719938650112)
4th time Heat have lost a Game 1 in the Bosh/James/Wade Era. Heat went on to sweep the next 4 games in each of the previous 3 instances


:depressed

[mando6599]

I believe that may have been the best game Miami will play in this series other than LBJ. Seriously, Bosh, Wade, Allen, Anderson, even, were hitting pretty much everything tonight and we still won!

By the way, I totally called the Bosh choke job before Spoelstra even put him back in! What does he do as soon as he enters? Bricks a wing 3! PFF! HA!!

mando

[J_Paco]

That was a great, intense battle by two championship caliber teams, but the good guys won in the end. Gotta continue to play as a team (execute) and limit the turnovers. Oh yeah, Parker and Duncan are the shit too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DarrinS]

Spurs didn't even play particularly well and still won. Love it.

Kawhi continues to be great, under the radar.

[Arcadian]

37-year-old Duncan: 20
Prime Lebron: 18

:lol

[Spurminator]

I thought Lebron seemed passive, and I think that may have been an effect of the Heat role players hitting so many shots. If they're not hitting, maybe Lebron feels more responsibility to take over the offense.

[buujness]

Awesome game! Also, on a night where no one else could make a 3, Danny Green stepped up big time with 4 of them. If Green can somewhat offset Wade, that'll be huge.

[BatManu20]

Great, great game. So happy for the W. But it is still just one game. You know Miami is going to come out with a vengeance next game. Lebron will prob post up and go ham, imposing his will. But, we needed to split to have a chance, and that's what we did. Incredible considering how poorly we shot the ball. Hopefully some of those start falling, esp for Kawhi. He played solid D though. Neal and Bonner playing so much threw me off. Neal hit a couple big buckets though.

[Spurminator]

I think I already said this, but holy shit, this is going to be an awesome series.

[gameFACE]

The Spurs only shot 41.7% tonight. To go out and win this game on the road on a night they weren't hitting the three (7-23, 30.4%) is enormous. I still think the Spurs are going to have start really hitting the three to win this series, but to get one on a night when their shot was way off is just beyond huge.

Exactly. I mean the Heat will come out and play better in Game 2. But so will the Spurs. Hell yeah!!!!

My heart hadn't beat that hard during a game in a long time. Whew!

[ilovethespurs]

Whew, what a game!! Huge win for the Spurs..I'm ecstatic!!

3 more wins boys...:flag:

[silverblackfan]

That was a great win! My heart is still hyper and there is no way I can sleep. The Spurs really just kept pushing the ball and staying within the system, waiting for the Heat to make mistakes. Close at the end, but Tony and Tim are on a mission.
I originally would have been happy with a sweep, but making 3 closer to their average could send the Spurs home 2-0. Ok, getting ahead of myself...

Still a great night!

[ace3g]

I think TD knows for sure now he can dominate in the paint during this series and doesn't have to throw a lot of post moves to get his shot off.

[HI-FI]

I think TD knows for sure now he can dominate in the paint during this series and doesn't have to throw a lot of post moves to get his shot off.
this. i laugh how some people were saying Indiana had this great advantage with Hibbert and we don't. Just typical lazy journalism, Hibbert still has a long way to go to be on Timmy's level.

also, it's already been mentioned but Kawhi was huge despite not shooting particularly well. If he had a couple of his 3s connect, holy shit, because he was doing what Kawhi typically does, comes up with huge rebounds and steals at key moments.

[Cry Havoc]

http://i.imgur.com/gP544.jpg

[Mugen]

F'n stole a game tbh. Lot of room to improve with a 1-0 lead in the Finals. I'll take it.

[TimmehC]

I know this sounds stupid, but isn't game 2 a must-win?

[Ginobili2Duncan]

Is this not a good time to mention that every time the cHeat have lost Game 1s in their kind-of-Big 3 era, they have swept their opponent?

So I guess the Spurs should've dropped Game 1 then? The last time the Heat won Game one of the NBA Finals they lost in 6.

[Budkin]

F'n stole a game tbh. Lot of room to improve with a 1-0 lead in the Finals. I'll take it.

Seriously... the Spurs missed a fuckton of shots and still won with their D.

[nevitt_&_smrek]

Wish you guys the best of luck. Knock off those Miami Douchebags.

[phyzik]

TimVP going bandwagon again this year per par. :lmao:flag:

:toast

Please keep having semi-meltdowns TimVP... It's working.

[phyzik]

Was at a friends apartment for the game. The Neighbors are from Miami so they where cheering most of the time until the 4th.... They are a cool couple though. Talked friendly trash with them throughout the game. Had a few drinks... Good time.

[Darius McCrary]

their game is so portable like a hibachi grill
That could be an awesome rap lyric, tbh..

[Brunodf]

Don't overreact, just one game

[Darius McCrary]

My blood pressure was through the roof!!! Thank god we won!

You have a great sig.

[Nbadan]

Over-reacting is what Spur fans do best...but it is only one game....game 2 will be very telling..if the Heat come out and smoke the Spurs, we're going to have a 6 or 7 game series, but if the Spurs can keep it really close, or win, Spurs will win this in 5 or 6

[BillMc]

You have a great sig.

Thanks man. Can't wait to add the final "X".

[Spur|n|Austin]

Im drunk and very very happy right now!

[Darius McCrary]

http://i.imgur.com/gP544.jpg
WTF did I just see :lmao :rollin
Awesome!

[crc21209]

What a game. What a win. And damn, that easily has to be one of, it not THE biggest shot of Tony's career thus far. I agree with everyone as well that the Spurs can improve ALOT even after winning this game. Sure the Heat can improve too, but the Spurs missed a ton of wide open 3's that could have easily gone down...

[TE]

What a game tbh

[Budkin]

SpursTalk... immediately after the game...

http://i.imgur.com/g6dDhHg.png?1

[T Park]

Over-reacting is what Spur fans do best...but it is only one game....game 2 will be very telling..if the Heat come out and smoke the Spurs, we're going to have a 6 or 7 game series, but if the Spurs can keep it really close, or win, Spurs will win this in 5 or 6

Agree. Miami,s chemistry is not good at all.

[Sean Cagney]

Two weeks ago I had a heart attack (really!) ... I should not be watching such close games anymore

Heart attack? You had one? Take some Cayenne Pepper daily in your food and fish oil etc. Just what I read alot of times for your heart, look into if if you will! I am not telling you to eat more of it or take it if you can but that is good for the heart. Ginger is too.

[elmanutres]

Amazing shot, its one of those shots people will talk about 10 years from now. If we win the series, it will be awesome on the championship DVD

tbh thou, it was an ugly win. im surprised we weren't getting blown out at the second and third. biggest heat lead was like what? 10 points?

[Fireball]

Heart attack? You had one? Take some Cayenne Pepper daily in your food and fish oil etc. Just what I read alot of times for your heart, look into if if you will! I am not telling you to eat more of it or take it if you can but that is good for the heart. Ginger is too.

Thanks!

[cute_spursfan]

good kick-off to the series....:flag:

[TampaDude]

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo)19m (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/342854719938650112)
4th time Heat have lost a Game 1 in the Bosh/James/Wade Era. Heat went on to sweep the next 4 games in each of the previous 3 instances


:depressed

The Spurs have NEVER LOST an NBA Finals. :hat

[rjv]

:elephant

A lot of reasons for the win but Tony Parker just authored the smartest basketball game I've ever seen. The Heat built their offense to confuse him and fluster him. He used genius level basketball IQ to know when to push it, when to trust his teammates and how to counteract whatever the Heat did.

YEssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!11111111111111one111111!!!11111


when TD came back in and spoelstra left birdman out there, TP just kept getting it to TD who just punished the bird. he was definitely reading the game at a high level last night.

[Brazil]

The Spurs only shot 41.7% tonight. To go out and win this game on the road on a night they weren't hitting the three (7-23, 30.4%) is enormous. I still think the Spurs are going to have start really hitting the three to win this series, but to get one on a night when their shot was way off is just beyond huge.

and get out rebounded by Miami.

We won thanks to T/Os limitation and efficiency at the line. I don't believe we will continue to keep T/Os this low, so obviously Spurs need to shoot better the ball but also put more effort on the rebounding side.

[pikkiwoki]

ESPN Stats & Info ‏@ESPNStatsInfo (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo)19m (https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/342854719938650112)
4th time Heat have lost a Game 1 in the Bosh/James/Wade Era. Heat went on to sweep the next 4 games in each of the previous 3 instances


:depressed

2011 Conf Finals vs. Bulls - Miami lost game 1 on the road. All the Bulls did was hold serve.

2012 NBA Finals vs. Thunder - Again, game 1 was a Miami road loss.

2013 Conf Semis vs. Bulls - No Rose, no Hinrich, no Deng. Good effort from the Bulls, but unsustainable given their injury situation.

[superbigtime]

Me and my buddy were going nuts! Tony is the man!

[Arcadian]

Now that 0.1 happened, perhaps we Spurs fans can finally let go of 0.4.

We got our justice.

[Bruno]

I'm late but Fuck Yes indeed.

[capek]

Now that 0.1 happened, perhaps we Spurs fans can finally let go of 0.4.

We got our justice.

No. That shot shouldn't have counted. This one should have, and did. Not the same thing at all. Never forget, never forgive.

[Maddog]

After Parker hustled into the winning locker room, his teammate, Gary Neal, told him: "I'm glad you clipped your nails today."
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nba--tony-parker-s-stunning-stumble-and-duck-shot-give-spurs-control-of-heat-in-nba-finals-opener-074434976.html

[Budkin]

The Spurs have NEVER LOST an NBA Finals. :hat

Irrelevant stat (the one you quoted about them sweeping). OKC in the Finals had no experience and the rest were shit Eastern Conference teams.

[superbigtime]

No. That shot shouldn't have counted. This one should have, and did. Not the same thing at all. Never forget, never forgive.

100%

[Maddog]

2011 Conf Finals vs. Bulls - Miami lost game 1 on the road. All the Bulls did was hold serve.

2012 NBA Finals vs. Thunder - Again, game 1 was a Miami road loss.

2013 Conf Semis vs. Bulls - No Rose, no Hinrich, no Deng. Good effort from the Bulls, but unsustainable given their injury situation.
Definitely a different scenario- although I hope the Spurs see this and remember last years Western Conference finals


You can definitely toss out that last one
The first was impressive- but you are talking about a one trick pony team offensively
The OKC bit was impressive. Although I always felt OKC collapsed more than the Heat beat them- (probably not true)