NBA Finals Format This Year: 2-2-1-1-1

[Gino-Step]

CIA POP. Going for #1 Seed knowing this year it's an advantage to have home court in the Finals.

GO SPURS

[look_at_g_shred]

No jinx but if we get home court throughout playoffs...it's gonna be damn hard to beat us.

[Sean Cagney]

No jinx but if we get home court throughout playoffs...it's gonna be damn hard to beat us.

It will be hard to beat us, Miami or OKC with HC in the playoffs. Flip a coin.

[DesignatedT]

How it should be

[Spurs16212]

If we go up against Miami or Indiana... Even with the changed format I am positive that the NBA will find a way for it to go 7. The NBA is going to try to maximize it.

[dunkman]

If we go up against Miami or Indiana... Even with the changed format I am positive that the NBA will find a way for it to go 7. The NBA is going to try to maximize it.

I don't know, the refs weren't a factor in the last season finals. The Spurs just passed the opportunity to win the 'ship in game 6.

[sananspursfan21]

I don't know, the refs weren't a factor in the last season finals. The Spurs just passed the opportunity to win the 'ship in game 6.

You're right. The refs were unbelievably fair in my opinion. Game 6 was a fluke as well as a missed opportunity. I can't stand to hear people say Lebron willed his team to victory in that game. Run the same 26 second scenario ten more times and the spurs would have won every one of them. No chance that would happen again and that's what bugs me the most about game 6

[Bill_Brasky]

You're right. The refs were unbelievably fair in my opinion. Game 6 was a fluke as well as a missed opportunity. I can't stand to hear people say Lebron willed his team to victory in that game. Run the same 26 second scenario ten more times and the spurs would have won every one of them. No chance that would happen again and that's what bugs me the most about game 6
Yup. It boggles my mind thinking how lucky the Heat are that LeBron completely air mailed that 3 ball. If it hits rim, it shoots into the air and wastes the precious few seconds they needed to get a quality look.

[heyheymymy]

I don't know, the refs weren't a factor in the last season finals. The Spurs just passed the opportunity to win the 'ship in game 6.

exactly. i was surprised how fair and balanced the refs were.

[Spurs 4 The Win]

exactly. i was surprised how fair and balanced the refs were.

Lol, how quick people forget ginobili getting mugged when we were down 1 at the end of OT in game 6... And then Green getting mauled by Bosh shooting a 3 as the game ended

[KaiRMD1]

I don't know, the refs weren't a factor in the last season finals. The Spurs just passed the opportunity to win the 'ship in game 6.

Probably the most fair finals I've ever seen called

[Kidd K]

Lol, how quick people forget ginobili getting mugged when we were down 1 at the end of OT in game 6... And then Green getting mauled by Bosh shooting a 3 as the game ended

One or two plays here and there don't matter. Compared to the series we lost in the year before against the Thunder, the Finals last year was called amazingly well and fairly. vs Thunder we got dicked over left and right by the whistle. In the Finals, you could scarcely pick out 2-3 whistles per game you didn't agree with.

[pookenstein]

Tbh, if you're not a fan of the Spurs, you could make a case that the refs actually were biased in favor of San Antonio.
158-118 FT-advantage over seven games. Thats 34% more FT's for us.

[xmas1997]

Last year the Spurs just ran out of gas as a team IMHO. And the Heat being the younger and more athletic team picked up momentum at the right time, having home court helped at the end, the refs had nothing to do with that.

[jARS mEsH sEt]

I don't know, the refs weren't a factor in the last season finals. The Spurs just passed the opportunity to win the 'ship in game 6.

Yeah last season's finals were incredibly pure. It was a joy to watch.

[james evans]

exactly. i was surprised how fair and balanced the refs were.
i agree. i didn't complain about the officiating once during the finals. there were a lot of things that we repeatedly did over and over(leaving mike miller open all season, ginobli turning the ball over, shitty substitutions) but officiating wasn't one of them. even the no call on ray allen at the end of game 6 was a good no call because ginobli took 4 steps before turning the ball over.

[Legacy]

Wow. They actually decided to do it ... and that's all I'm going to say.

[james evans]

Tbh, if you're not a fan of the Spurs, you could make a case that the refs actually were biased in favor of San Antonio.
158-118 FT-advantage over seven games. Thats 34% more FT's for us.
and i stated this as well to people. we were getting a lot of whistles that miami weren't. so i can't even blame punk ass crawford for the finals loss

[Raven]

You're right. The refs were unbelievably fair in my opinion. Game 6 was a fluke as well as a missed opportunity. I can't stand to hear people say Lebron willed his team to victory in that game. Run the same 26 second scenario ten more times and the spurs would have won every one of them. No chance that would happen again and that's what bugs me the most about game 6

it happens when the lakers are not involved tbh

[poeticism707]

Probably the most fair finals I've ever seen called


Agreed, O'l Sport.

Unfortunately, that doesn't mean Silver, his "undercover" boss Stern, and the ref goon squad, won't have the Spurs swept out of the playoffs in the first round.

We just have to wait and see.

[dg7md]

Last year the Spurs just ran out of gas as a team IMHO. And the Heat being the younger and more athletic team picked up momentum at the right time, having home court helped at the end, the refs had nothing to do with that.

You're right about momentum, but the Heat were definitely not a young team that outran us. They had a lot of aging players that did us in in that series by just shooting the ball in catch and shoots. Ray Allen ended our chances, and Shane Battier killed us in game 7. Don't forget about shoeless Mike Miller, either. We didn't lose because of the youth of the Heat or anything at all.

If anything, terrible rebounding was the biggest problem in that series, as well as a lack of defense. LeBron could have scored 40 each game and we would have still won the series if we contained everything else.

[ThePop]

Who cares about the finals? We've got a tougher challenge in the WC playoffs.

[SpurSpurSpurs]

Last year the Spurs just ran out of gas as a team IMHO. And the Heat being the younger and more athletic team picked up momentum at the right time, having home court helped at the end, the refs had nothing to do with that.


Did you really watch the finals last year? Cos I really doubt you did. :depressed

[therealtruth]

We pretty much lost when Spoelstra decided to start Mike Miller and take Haslem out of the rotation. We didn't have a good counter. Before game 4, we had the much better offense and defense. Just look at margin of victory in game 3. In game 4 and later our defense got worse in part due to Splitter playing less. His presence wasn't just missed on defense. His ability to open up our shooters with his pick and roll game was missed. In games 6 and 7 our defense got better our offense never really clicked. I think we averaged 13-14 assists the last 2 games. That's alot of hero ball and not Spurs basketball.

[itzsoweezee]

We pretty much lost when Spoelstra decided to start Mike Miller and take Haslem out of the rotation. We didn't have a good counter. Before game 4, we had the much better offense and defense. Just look at margin of victory in game 3. In game 4 and later our defense got worse in part due to Splitter playing less. His presence wasn't just missed on defense. His ability to open up our shooters with his pick and roll game was missed. In games 6 and 7 our defense got better our offense never really clicked. I think we averaged 13-14 assists the last 2 games. That's alot of hero ball and not Spurs basketball.

Miami decided they weren't going to let Danny Green get open anymore. This gave Duncan easy opportunities to score, and he did.

[spurraider21]

Last year the Spurs just ran out of gas as a team IMHO. And the Heat being the younger and more athletic team picked up momentum at the right time, having home court helped at the end, the refs had nothing to do with that.
yes, game 6 and 7 was decided by the heat's athleticism and youth... roflmao

[xmas1997]

Did you really watch the finals last year? Cos I really doubt you did. :depressed

Where are you coming from?
I watched every single minute of it.
Did you?
I doubt it.
If you had been listening, and watching, you would have heard the announcers even commenting on it.
In game 7 the same energy level was not there, or did you miss that?

[tholdren]

You're right. The refs were unbelievably fair in my opinion. Game 6 was a fluke as well as a missed opportunity. I can't stand to hear people say Lebron willed his team to victory in that game. Run the same 26 second scenario ten more times and the spurs would have won every one of them. No chance that would happen again and that's what bugs me the most about game 6
who said lebron did shit? his last 4 min in 4th: miami up 3

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lmfao

allen saved any "legacy" he supposedly has

[jimbo]

who said lebron did shit? his last 4 min in 4th: miami up 3

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lmfao

allen saved any "legacy" he supposedly has

It was Wade coming back in that screwed up their spacing that led to those turnovers. Had Spo left Wade/Bosh out, it probably never comes down to Allen's shot.

[therealtruth]

It was Wade coming back in that screwed up their spacing that led to those turnovers. Had Spo left Wade/Bosh out, it probably never comes down to Allen's shot.

Also if Pop had protected the lead with TP/Duncan it never would have came down to that shot. I still can't get what Pop was thinking. It's possibly the last game of the season. There's no need to rest players.

[RD2191]

Also if Pop had protected the lead with TP/Duncan it never would have came down to that shot. I still can't get what Pop was thinking. It's possibly the last game of the season. There's no need to rest players.
exactly, i think we were up 8-10 going into the 4th and pop throws the bench out there ans kills all the momentum

[tholdren]

It was Wade coming back in that screwed up their spacing that led to those turnovers. Had Spo left Wade/Bosh out, it probably never comes down to Allen's shot.
smfh.... wade MADE lebitch to the ball?

[HI-FI]

Also if Pop had protected the lead with TP/Duncan it never would have came down to that shot. I still can't get what Pop was thinking. It's possibly the last game of the season. There's no need to rest players.
I don't like how that fourth quarter went down, for obvious reasons, especially with some of Pop's decision making. But it's possible he figured refs would drag the game out anyways, so better prepare the main guys for the end. Pop may not have been thinking that, but I know I was, i've seen too many games where one team suddenly gets hooked up and is back in it, so maybe Pop figured if he went for the jugular at the beginning of the fourth, the refs would still start calling ticky tack bs to extend things anyways.

Just goes to show, when facing a roided up juggernaut like the Heat, the margin of error is very slim.

[boutons_deux]

Also if Pop had protected the lead with TP/Duncan it never would have came down to that shot. I still can't get what Pop was thinking. It's possibly the last game of the season. There's no need to rest players.

he did the same in Game7, Tim and Tony on the bench for a few minutes to start 4th qtr. I guess he was resting them for training camp.

[jimbo]

Also if Pop had protected the lead with TP/Duncan it never would have came down to that shot. I still can't get what Pop was thinking. It's possibly the last game of the season. There's no need to rest players.

and instead of either of the two, Ray Allen silences everyone


smfh.... wade MADE lebitch to the ball?

is that a sentence?

[heyheymymy]

the nba paid the spurs to sit duncan/dive the title so they could sell fuckin shoes. it's sad but true.

only explanation for pops sub there at the end. stern/silver must've dangled the spurs a 2-peat in 14 and 15 to go out on as the trade off.

[TampaDude]

the nba paid the spurs to sit duncan/dive the title so they could sell fuckin shoes. it's sad but true.

only explanation for pops sub there at the end. stern/silver must've dangled the spurs a 2-peat in 14 and 15 to go out on as the trade off.

Heh...it's as good an explanation as any... :lol

[Beaverfuzz]

This is the way the Finals should be played out. Having three games in a row in one place is stupid. Some of us were alive when the Finals were in this format back in the 80's.

[xmas1997]

This is the way the Finals should be played out. Having three games in a row in one place is stupid. Some of us were alive when the Finals were in this format back in the 80's.

I agree.

[heyheymymy]

shouldve changed the format years ago, or never changed at all

[SpurSpurSpurs]

Where are you coming from?
I watched every single minute of it.
Did you?
I doubt it.
If you had been listening, and watching, you would have heard the announcers even commenting on it.
In game 7 the same energy level was not there, or did you miss that?

I don't care what the commentators said. All I care about is how the game was played. We were 28 seconds away from being the NBA champions, until everyone contributed for that disastrous loss. Kawhi, Manu, Tony, Tim and Pop all made mistakes which basically costed us the game. Nothing to take away from LBJ 3, Bosh's rebound and Ray Allen's game tying 3, but we slowly gave them chance for a comeback. We still fought through OT, but was eventually denied. We lost by ONLY 3 in OT, if you can't remember that.


For game 7, it was one of the greatest championship deciding game ever. Lead changes was just back and forth. Final 2 minutes of the game and we were only down by 2, 88-90. Duncan tried a hook but missed, then he was able to tip it in but missed it again. Pretty sure you remember this part since IF you really are a Spurs fan, you knew how heartbreaking it is for your future HoF to miss that tip in. From there on, the current best player on the planet sealed the game with a jumper and 2 free throws, that's 4 straight points plus a made free throw by Wade.

Now tell me, how can you base everything on energy level and commentators when you're team is not playing on their home court? 30 teams play 82 regular games for nothing KID, it's meant for deciding games like this and it eventually paid off for Miami big time! Not to add the momentum they have going in to game 7.

Watch it again buddy. You might have been watching the 2007 NBA Finals where our team doesn't need energy level against a young LBJ. :lol

[sananspursfan21]

who said lebron did shit? his last 4 min in 4th: miami up 3

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goat?

lmfao

allen saved any "legacy" he supposedly has

I agree my friend. But ask most people who aren't biased and aren't a spurs fan and they will claim it was lebrons will to win that saved that game....

[therealtruth]

I agree my friend. But ask most people who aren't biased and aren't a spurs fan and they will claim it was lebrons will to win that saved that game....

Yeah before Wade came back he kept them in the game.

[21209]

Homecourt in a 2-2-1-1-1 sequence is really only important in games 5 and 7.

True champions always find a way to win a road game if it's absolutely necessary.

[TampaDude]

We got #5. Dealwiddit.

[Dex]

Homecourt in a 2-2-1-1-1 sequence is really only important in games 5 and 7.

True champions always find a way to win a road game if it's absolutely necessary.

Considering a series with the Heat or Pacers would be guaranteed to go at least 5, I'd say that's pretty important.

[look_at_g_shred]

No jinx but if we get home court throughout playoffs...it's gonna be damn hard to beat us.
:hat

[DMC]

btw the Spurs did not run out of gas last year. They sucked from game 1 even though they won that game. If Gary and Danny don't go cheat mode on the Heat, Spurs probably lose in 5.

[look_at_g_shred]

btw the Spurs did not run out of gas last year. They sucked from game 1 even though they won that game. If Gary and Danny don't go cheat mode on the Heat, Spurs probably lose in 5.
lol how is that cheat mode? More like bad defense by Miami :lol

[Beaverfuzz]

This is the old school Finals scheduling and the way it should be.

[DMC]

lol how is that cheat mode? More like bad defense by Miami :lol

I didn't say they were cheating. If you've ever used a cheat mode on a game you'd know that it lets ordinary players do extraordinary things. AKA God mode.