Sir Charles predicts Heat won't make it out of SA

[Spurfect21]

No link yet...but he was on DP and says he didn't think the Heat would make it out of San Antonio. Also said he wouldn't be surprised if we swept. Just a prediction so take it for what it's worth. But everyone knows Chuck knows his shit :toast

[Spurs9]

I hope thats the case, because I'm going to game 4!

[Fabbs]

Yeah like Memphis over the Spurs.

Chucks entertaining. Gets a lot of stuff right.
Gets a lot of stuff wrong.

[100%duncan]

B:lolrkl:loly

[Chinook]

I was going to say that Barkley hasn't exactly been on recently. He actually predicted a Pacers/Grizzlies Finals going into the third round.

[Chinook]

That being said, it's very possible. If the Spurs win Sunday, I'd say it's likely.

[Bill_Brasky]

Yeah like Memphis over the Spurs.

Chucks entertaining. Gets a lot of stuff right.
Gets a lot of stuff wrong.

Pretty much.

[mexpurs21]

I hope thats the case, because I'm going to game 4!

Me too, that would be dope

[moisaenz]

Even if spurs win game 2... spurs could still lose 2 games in san antonio..

[SA210]

Make sure the latest Heat trend doesn't happen to us (not letting them win right after a loss). Get Game 2 and put doubt/fear in them coming to SA for 3 straight. Play like this Game 2 is a must win. Period.

[thOOdee]

i doubt spurs steal a second one....

[thiste]

Just for info, Pop is 20/3 when winning game 1 of a seven games series... :)

[Spurminator]

I think this is going 6 or 7 and will be remembered as one of the greatest Finals series of all time.

[benefactor]

I think this is going 6 or 7 and will be remembered as one of the greatest Finals series of all time.
Agreed. Said that during the game last night.

[SenorSpur]

Personally, I've got too much respect for Miami to agree with Chuck, but I'll be happy to be wrong about his prediction.

I'm geeked to see the Spurs attempt to "steal" Game 2. If that were to happen, it would send shockwaves not only through the Miami lockeroom, but through all of South beach.

[jestersmash]

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Relevant quote occurs around the 5:50-6:00 mark, but Charles starts talking about the Spurs/Heat game 1 in general much earlier.

[TampaDude]

If the Spurs win Game 2, I can't wait to see First Take on Monday morning. :lol

[spurspokesman]

[QUOTE=SA210;6634469]Make sure the latest Heat trend doesn't happen to us (not letting them win right after a loss). Get Game 2 and put doubt/fear in them coming to SA for 3 straight. Play like this Game 2 is a must win. Period.[/QI agree. Get greedy

[spurspokesman]

If the Spurs win Game 2, I can't wait to see First Take on Monday morning. :lol Me also

[jestersmash]

Charles going ham on Miami in part 2:

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Said it's an insult to compare this Heat team to the 96 bulls or Magic's lakers/Larry's Celtics. He even said the Duncan/Robinson spurs would demolish them.

[urunobili]

He's always wrong :depressed

[TE]

I think this series goes back to Miami. Game 1 is just that, one game. This is a long series.

[jestersmash]

He's always wrong :depressed

He was right about the '11 Mavericks. That was the season where he kept referring to the Spurs as "the second best team in Texas."

[davidbowie]

He was right about the '11 Mavericks. That was the season where he kept referring to the Spurs as "the second best team in Texas."

yeah he predicted memphis would beat us that year too ha

[GSH]

i doubt spurs steal a second one....

There are only two ways the Spurs can win it all. They either have to win three games in a row at home, or they will have to "steal" another one on the road. To me, the two most likely outcomes are that they are either able to steamroll the Heat for the sweep, or they have to win Game 7 in Miami. Because if the Spurs can't win Game 2, it's not likely that they will win 3 in a row, even at home. And if they win 2 of the 3 at home, Game 6 will be the first elimination game on the road, which is a bitch to win.

The team that wins Game 1 goes on to win the Championship 78% of the time. The Heat know that as well as anyone, and they will be all-out in Game 2.

[TampaDude]

He even said the Duncan/Robinson spurs would demolish them.

That's likely true. The "Twin Towers" Spurs had an absolutely suffocating defense. They would probably sweep this Heat team.

[moisaenz]

I think this series goes back to Miami. Game 1 is just that, one game. This is a long series.

game 2 will decide that..

[Old School 44]

If the Spurs win game 2, I can see the divide between Miami's Big 3 getting larger. There already seems to be hints of this through comments by LeBron and Wade that were made in their prior series. If the Spurs sweep, Miami's Big 3 are done. I can see LeBron taking "his talents" else where.

[TE]

game 2 will decide that..

Most def. Even tho we have three straight games in SA, I don't see us beating this Heat team three straight games. It won't happen imho.

[moisaenz]

Charles going ham on Miami in part 2:

KWeOrKlUqzU

Said it's an insult to compare this Heat team to the 96 bulls or Magic's lakers/Larry's Celtics. He even said the Duncan/Robinson spurs would demolish them.

Barkley on Griffin and ESPN "If you dunk once or twice ESPN is going to make you a star".... hahaha everyone attacking ESPN nowadays..

[eyeh8u]

charles sucks at predictions so take this with a grain of salt

[DOS CHAINZ]

We def need to close them out at home.

[moisaenz]

If its a close game 2, I do think spurs can close out in SA. Role players play better at home.

[hooperflash]

i doubt spurs steal a second one....You're right. I have confidence that we can outright win the next one.

[TheyCallMePro]

I really didn't like how he never ate crow after saying we were going to lose to Memphis.

I kept waiting on the TNT pre-game and post-game shows to admit that he was dead wrong and he never did. In fact, he pretty much ignored our series entirely.

And him picking us over the Heat does not surprise me. He always picks against the Heat. Unfortunately, he's always wrong too.

[BatManu20]

He also said the Pacers would win in 6.. I don't really take Chuck seriously when it comes to predictions.

[41times]

Well if the Spurs win Sunday Up Chuck will be right.

[lefty]

Even if we win game 2 ....



In 93, Barkley and Co lost the first 2 games at home, then won 2 out of 3 in Chicago

[chazley]

You wouldn't want Charles Barkley taking your 5th graders state and capitols test, but his perspective on basketball and life in general makes his opinions very well-regarded and everyone wants to hear them. Always been a huge fan.

[hater]

Chuck also predicted Indiana to beat the Heat and Memphis to beat the Spurs. :lmao

he's pretty much the timvp of television at this point :lol

[Stabula]

I liked the interview. Barkley dropped truth bombs on the Clippers, Blake Griffin, Miami Heat, Dwayne Wade, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard, and Jeremy Lin.

[timtonymanu]

Chuck needs to stop denying that he's a Heat hater. :lol

But yeah I wouldn't take his prediction as a good thing since he predicted a Grizzlies/Pacers finals.

[HI-FI]

that second clip posted above is hilarious, Chuck dropping lots of truth bombs as usual and even admits he's come to agree with Shaq on Howard not being a leader.


I predicted early on that this series will go to 7, I don't give a shit where it ends as long as Spurs can walk away victoriously. Game 2 will be a bloodbath though, because Spurs are just starting to get into a good rhythm and Heat will play desperate. I agree with teh comment above that the Heat will come apart quicker than us if shit hits the fan, because their team a)has more pressure and b)they don't have the years of chemistry we have.

[Sean Cagney]

charles sucks at predictions so take this with a grain of salt

I agree here, the only comforting thing I see right now is Phil saying he thinks the Spurs will win the series. I have to take it seriously when he says it lol.

[Crookshanks]

The Spurs would have to play out of their minds to sweep the Heat because there's no way David Stern wants to go out that way.

[hater]

Chuck needs to stop denying that he's a Heat hater. :lol


Kenny is a Heat hater too. And Shaq is not far behind. I would know :lol

don't know why but the entire NBA on TNT really don't like the Kang. I can imagine the conversations they have in the green room :lmao

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

If the Spurs take Game 2 like the Mavs did in 2011 of the Mavs-Lakers WCSF, the odds would suddenly be overwhelmingly in San Antonio's favor.

[Horry Hipcheck]

I fully expect the Spurs to lose Game 2. It just seems highly unlikely that the Heat don't respond. For me, the key is keeping the game close and not letting the Heat run away with it heading to SA. Both squads can improve, and I believe they will. My original prediction for the series was L-W-W-L-W-W for the Spurs, and now I don't view a W-L-W-L-W-W outcome as unreasonable. Sets up an epic Game 5 in San Antonio and gives the Spurs the clincher before a do-or-die Game 7.

[T Park]

Barkley is exactly right. It's been said by many bloggers on twitter too who were shouted down for daring to say such things. Miami is a flawed ball club. To win they rely a bit on the other team being dumb. They lose when they face smart teams. IE dallas in 2011. The problem is, wade is not only hurt, but he wasnt playing that fantastically healthy. I guarantee one adjustment will be is to make Wade a jump shooter.

[Kool Bob Love]

This Spurs team is greedy on the road. I have a feeling the Spurs will win game 2 Sunday.

[m33p0]

No link yet...but he was on DP and says he didn't think the Heat would make it out of San Antonio. Also said he wouldn't be surprised if we swept. Just a prediction so take it for what it's worth. But everyone knows Chuck knows his shit :toast

only if we like what he said.

[m33p0]

i doubt spurs steal a second one....

spurs ain't stealing game 2. they're gonna come in there and take it away.

[gnsf0946]

Kenny is a Heat hater too. And Shaq is not far behind. I would know :lol

don't know why but the entire NBA on TNT really don't like the Kang. I can imagine the conversations they have in the green room :lmao

The Decision tbh.

[KenziE]

This Spurs team is greedy on the road. I have a feeling the Spurs will win game 2 Sunday.

This

look back to Game 4 road lost in Golden state i think they learned a good lesson loosing that game, was pretty much a won game and they blew it and showed in the Grizzlies series they could have let off the pedal in game 4 and win at home in 5 but they know better not giving opponents life .


i say Spurs win game 2 by 9 book it

[moisaenz]

This

look back to Game 4 road lost in Golden state i think they learned a good lesson loosing that game, was pretty much a won game and they blew it and showed in the Grizzlies series they could have let off the pedal in game 4 and win at home in 5 but they know better not giving opponents life .


i say Spurs win game 2 by 9 book it

its probable but Heat has not lost 2 games in a row in awhile and hav enot lost b2b games in the playoffs.

[ironman2886]

Charles is horrible at picking winners. I'd rather have Kenny behind the Spurs than chuck. Having said that, Chuck is one entertaining mother%#^+=>.http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/2215049/rachelcoke.gif

[cd98]

Don't know about a sweep, but Spurs will have to win two games in Miami to win the title. Book it.

[sananspursfan21]

ok, i believe in my spurs, i really do. but i've seen this movie before. heat play around for a couple games then turn it on. i still think san an will win in 5 or 6 but don't count them out just at the snap of the fingers. if any team in history could come back from a 3-0 hole, this heat team is most likely.

i don't understand why they screw around so long. they could do like the 2000-02 lakers do and just take care of business early and have an easy ending to the series.

like i said above, i still have a lot of confidence in san antonio, but i just think it should be kept in perspective. miami won't go down that easily.

[KenziE]

its probable but Heat has not lost 2 games in a row in awhile and hav enot lost b2b games in the playoffs.

we shall see .... sunday cant come here fast enough

[ironman2886]

ok, i believe in my spurs, i really do. but i've seen this movie before. heat play around for a couple games then turn it on. i still think san an will win in 5 or 6 but don't count them out just at the snap of the fingers. if any team in history could come back from a 3-0 hole, this heat team is most likely.

i don't understand why they screw around so long. they could do like the 2000-02 lakers do and just take care of business early and have an easy ending to the series.

like i said above, i still have a lot of confidence in san antonio, but i just think it should be kept in perspective. miami won't go down that easily.
The Heat can be great when healthy and motivated, but I don't know if they will be able to beat this Spurs team. Spurs played mediocre honestly. I'd be worried if the Spurs played a great game and barely won game 1. Heat can play better, but Spurs best is better than Miami's best.

[Kidd K]

Yeah, Chuck forgot to wait and see if the Heat lost game 2 first.

Like the poster above me just said, IF the Heat also lose game 2, then it is not going back to Miami. Spurs will likely win 2/3 in SA. Miami badly needs game 2 then they're going to have to take one at SA then hope to win two straight on the Spurs in the last 2. That's the only way they can take it. At reasonably worst I see the series being 3-2 Spurs going into game 6 as it stands now unless shady reffing or Super LeBron shows up.

[boutons_deux]

the visitor winning NBA Finals game 1 has only .500 chance of winning the series:

"When leading a best-of-7 NBA playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Antonio Spurs have a 24-5 series record (with an active three-series winning streak) and a 22-7 Game 2 record."

http://www.whowins.com/2013series/nba2013o.html (http://www.whowins.com/2013series/nba2013o.html)

Let's finish MIA Sunday night, and take the LOB Game5 in SA. Always crazy better winning the 'ship @ATT.

[Barfunk]

I've been a fan of Chuck for a while on TNT and while of course he doesn't get em all right, he's gotten a few of his predictions right. Here are just a few that I can remember that involved us:

2003: He picked the Spurs to win it all.

2005: He picked the Spurs to win it all.

2008: He picked the Lakers to beat us.

2011: He picked Memphis to beat the Spurs.

2011: He said Dallas was better than the Spurs and picked Dallas to take the finals over the Heat.

Again, those are just a few of the predictions that I can remember from him about the Spurs and the Dallas-Heat finals.

[tony77]

He was right about the '11 Mavericks. That was the season where he kept referring to the Spurs as "the second best team in Texas."

Barkley was right alot of the time in 2011.

[DMX7]

Charles said Tim should retire after last year's playoffs and that he was done. 2013 1st Team ALL-NBA... lol.

[Budkin]

Just for info, Pop is 20/3 when winning game 1 of a seven games series... :)

Let's see if I can name the 3...

2004 vs. Lakers
2006 vs. Mavs
2012 vs. Thunder

[Sean Cagney]

This Spurs team is greedy on the road. I have a feeling the Spurs will win game 2 Sunday.

If they win that one they definitely are not going back to Miami! If they win game 2 though I definitely see a game 6.

[Sean Cagney]

That's likely true. The "Twin Towers" Spurs had an absolutely suffocating defense. They would probably sweep this Heat team.

Can you imagine a young TIM and a still then All Star D ROB playing against this weak frontline? That would be UGLY! GOOD LORD. Bosh would stay out 20 feet or so lol.
I've been a fan of Chuck for a while on TNT and while of course he doesn't get em all right, he's gotten a few of his predictions right. Here are just a few that I can remember that involved us:

2003: He picked the Spurs to win it all.

2005: He picked the Spurs to win it all.

2008: He picked the Lakers to beat us.

2011: He picked Memphis to beat the Spurs.

2011: He said Dallas was better than the Spurs and picked Dallas to take the finals over the Heat.

Again, those are just a few of the predictions that I can remember from him about the Spurs and the Dallas-Heat finals.

I still remember and I will never forget in 03 when we made the finals he said I have been picking SA in every series but now I am going to pick against them! This when we were meeting the Nets. He said this after our game 6 against Dallas and I still remember it. He might have picked us to win ealier in that run but he switched to the Nets.

[Kool Bob Love]

Let's see if I can name the 3...

2004 vs. Lakers
2006 vs. Mavs
2012 vs. Thunder

All 3 teams loss in the finals too.:toast

[BatManu20]

Don't know about a sweep, but Spurs will have to win two games in Miami to win the title. Book it.

Yup. And there's no way in hell we're sweeping.

[ca®lo]

didn't he also predict the spurs will never win a championship? :P

[thiste]

Yup. And there's no way in hell we're sweeping.

No one thought we would sweep the Grizzlies either...

[ginobilized]

Even if spurs win game 2... spurs could still lose 2 games in san antonio..

spoken like a true Spurs fan

[BatManu20]

No one thought we would sweep the Grizzlies either...

Miami is far and away a better team than the Grizzlies. And they have the best player on the planet. Much different.

[Obstructed_View]

Chuck's been on the ESPN "say whatever's outrageous and take a chance that you might be right" Koolaid the last few years. He's kind of a dumbass.

No way the Spurs are sweeping this team. If they want to celebrate the title at home, they'd better win game 2.

[Obstructed_View]

No one thought we would sweep the Grizzlies either...

I did.

[TXstbobcat]

I just flew in to go to game 2. I think the spurs will take game 2. I think that game 5 will be the close out game for the spurs.

[Spurs and Mavs fan]

Chuck's been on the ESPN "say whatever's outrageous and take a chance that you might be right" Koolaid the last few years. He's kind of a dumbass.

No way the Spurs are sweeping this team. If they want to celebrate the title at home, they'd better win game 2.


Doesn't have to be a sweep. If the Spurs win in 5 games, then the series would technically not need to return to Miami.

[dbreiden83080]

That's the kiss of death..

Thanks Chuck..

[Obstructed_View]

Doesn't have to be a sweep. If the Spurs win in 5 games, then the series would technically not need to return to Miami.
Point is, the Spurs probably aren't going to win all three games in San Antonio, whether they win or lose game 2. If they don't want to return to Miami, they need to win game 2.

[Sdayi135]

Point is, the Spurs probably aren't going to win all three games in San Antonio, whether they win or lose game 2. If they don't want to return to Miami, they need to win game 2.

So you're saying we aren't good enough to win three straight at home????

[Nbadan]

Spurs would either have to win game 2 or win 3 straight at home...not impossible, but also not likely...Spurs probably win this one on the road...

[Obstructed_View]

So you're saying we aren't good enough to win three straight at home????

Who the fuck is we? What position do you play?

Teams don't usually win all three at home since the 2-3-2 format came into being. It would be stupid to count on it.

[ohmwrecker]

You guys realize that nothing any broadcaster or analyst says has any bearing on the actual games, right?

[jettruickk]

i see a sweep

[TampaDude]

Teams don't usually win all three at home since the 2-3-2 format came into being. It would be stupid to count on it.

Well, to be fair, the Spurs have never played in a Finals where they didn't have HCA, so you never know, they just might sweep at home and win in 5, even if Miami wins tonight.

[TampaDude]

i see a sweep

If Miami loses Game 2, they're getting swept. Book it.

[capek]

You guys realize that nothing any broadcaster or analyst says has any bearing on the actual games, right?

Prove it!

[Budkin]

If Miami loses Game 2, they're getting swept. Book it.

I say Spurs in 5 if we win tonight. If we lose tonight I feel like we'll win in 6.

[therealtruth]

For all the people that complain about the 2-3-2 format, the finals is probably the round where home court matters the least. At this level everyone is capable of winning a road game. The only time home court really matters is in game 7 if the series gets to a game 7.

[Obstructed_View]

Well, to be fair, the Spurs have never played in a Finals where they didn't have HCA, so you never know, they just might sweep at home and win in 5, even if Miami wins tonight.

Hey, I'm all for that. I'm simply saying that it would be foolish to count on it. You and I both know the Spurs are going to go out and try to take this game.