2014 Playoffs - The Finals, Game 5 - San Antonio Spurs vs Miami Heat

[ElNono]

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vs

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2014 Playoffs - The Finals - Game 5



WHEN

Sunday, June 15th - 7:00 PM CT (8:00 PM ET)



WHERE

AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
1 AT&T Center Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78219

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TV

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TICKETS

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SERIES


SAS leads series 3-1

Game 1: SAS 110 MIA 95
Game 2: SAS 96 MIA 98
Game 3: SAS 111 MIA 92
Game 4: SAS 107 MIA 86



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:lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt2:

[Mugen]

:flag:

[Splits]

One for Duncan's thumb!

[Cherry]

Go for it :lobt2:

[baseline bum]

aSNJ00iAZ7I

Spurs 106
Heat 96

[100%duncan]

Dat nigga ElNono going for the win.

[timtonymanu]

:flag:

[dg7md]

Let's end it. Don't risk anything... Win it at home.

[ElNono]

OK, OP all done, enjoy :toast

[Brazil]

ElNono carrying the team and leading the spurs to a win :tu

[Mal]

Close this shit. :lobt2:

[mVp]

It's time... go for the kill!

[SupremeGuy]

:flag:

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

You've put your ass on the line here, Nono. If Spurs lose, you'll never start a Game Thread again. Congrats, ballsy move :toast

[r0drig0lac]

http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/images/smilies/lobt.gif just it

[808]

Make this the LAST game thread of the season!!!!!

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

FUCKING END IT

[ElNono]

Go for the throat :flag:

[jkid12456]

Certified by jkid. Official.s:hat:lobt2:

[ElNono]

http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/keep-calm-and-sweep-the-leg-5.png

[Uriel]

Final game thread of the season. :tu

[TampaDude]

Spurs are now up 3-1, but they haven't won shit yet. Thing is, they know this. After last year's heartbreak, they're not going to let it slip away this time.

After their performance in the last two games, I will be VERY surprised if the Spurs don't close it out at home in Game 5.

Miami coming back from down 3 games to 1 to win the Finals this year would be a trillion times worse than 6, and the Spurs know this, too.

NO MERCY!!! BURY THE FUCKING HEAT!!!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[MI21]

Monday morning game for me here in Australia.

Spurs win, MI21 doesn't know what to do to celebrate all day - any Perth Spurs fans about?? mystargtr34 DieMrBond

[ElNono]

Props to our Aussie fans... Patty been killing it!!!

[hommeaetage]

Go for the throat!

[MI21]

Props to our Aussie fans... Patty been killing it!!!

:tu

So shocked at Patty's performance. I watched this guy fucking suck in our national league only 3 years ago.. really amazing what he has done.

Manu been a bit quiet on the road, I'm expecting your client to bring it home in Game 5, tbh

[blkroadrunners]

1.

[BatManu20]

Step on their throats. One. More. Win.

[look_at_g_shred]

Kawhi going for Finals MVP imho

[Ron Swanson]

:flag:

[ElNono]

:tu

So shocked at Patty's performance. I watched this guy fucking suck in our national league only 3 years ago.. really amazing what he has done.

Manu been a bit quiet on the road, I'm expecting your client to bring it home in Game 5, tbh

El Cliente just needs to keep moving the ball and get out of the way when we're dominating like this... just get #5...

[21209]

The Spurs in the interviews are focused. They know they have unfinished business left.

[Brazil]

El Cliente just needs to keep moving the ball and get out of the way when we're dominating like this... just get #5...

The big 3 as a whole is getting out of the way of the young guns... Just showing how great and unselfish they are tbh

[hsxvvd]

Monday morning game for me here in Australia.

Spurs win, MI21 doesn't know what to do to celebrate all day - any Perth Spurs fans about?? mystargtr34 DieMrBond

I've already called in sick.

[TheGoldStandard]

When the Spurs beat OKC that was the championship. This is just cake because we match up so well against Miami.

I can't express the joy I feel right now knowing we are 1 game away, takes me back to 2007, 2005, 2003 and 99.

One more guys

[SpurPadre]

Let this be the last game thread of the season. Let's all will this team to win it on this thread, tbh.

[MI21]

I've already called in sick.

Nice mate, I'll be "busy in meetings" I've arranged on Monday...

[boutons_deux]

Props to our Aussie fans... Patty been killing it!!!

Abo Nation!

http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/arts/images/viscopy-9557660P.jpg

[OldSilentHill]

Kawhi going for Finals MVP imho

Ttbh

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

Spurs should come out absolutely strong in this. Shooting laser beams out of their eyes, breathing fire and running at supersonic speeds. Gotta make 'em run behind you, and then run some more, and then some more. Let's destroy this motherfuckers, give them no quarter.

[hsxvvd]

Nice mate, I'll be "busy in meetings" I've arranged on Monday...

I'm a school teacher, that was me today. My poor kids done so many tests, while I'm watching games on my laptop it's not funny. But I'm not 100% I'll be able to manage my emotions in front of a class of 25 15yr old Heat, Laker & Clipper Fans.

Last year I watched game 6 at lunch time with about 50 students all but 1 Heat fans... The tears were welling up with 25 seconds to go, and I was hugging the only other Spurs fan in the room when suddenly I realised the game was streaming about 70 secs slow and kids were reacting to the scores on their phones.... I pulled the cord and told them all to get outside! :lol

[gameFACE]

After last year's heartbreak, they're not going to let it slip away this time.

After their performance in the last two games, I will be VERY surprised if the Spurs don't close it out at home in Game 5.

Yep. I mean I can still see Miami winning a game but I don't think that will actually happen The crowd at AT&T is going to be fucking nuts!!

5.

[TheRemix]

ONE

[MI21]

I'm a school teacher, that was me today. My poor kids done so many tests, while I'm watching games on my laptop it's not funny. But I'm not 100% I'll be able to manage my emotions in front of a class of 25 15yr old Heat, Laker & Clipper Fans.

Last year I watched game 6 at lunch time with about 50 students all but 1 Heat fans... The tears were welling up with 25 seconds to go, and I was hugging the only other Spurs fan in the room when suddenly I realised the game was streaming about 70 secs slow and kids were reacting to the scores on their phones.... I pulled the cord and told them all to get outside! :lol

Real Spurs fan right here, tbh

[dg7md]

The crowd in SA will be rocking. The Heat will likely come out strong but I think they'll be worn out and we can close it out and win it at home, the better way tbh.

[jag]

ElNono. No regard for human life. No regard for his own personal safety. Strapping an entire team of grown ass men to his back. Carrying them to the finish line. He's been waiting for this moment his entire life. Doing what he was born to do. Game 5 letdown? "Not on MY watch!" says ElNono. Mama, THAT man is going IN. No hesitation. No fear. And no condom. He's not stopping till he gets #5.

ElNono :lobt:. Heat 0.

[SupremeGuy]

The Spurs need to contact the faggot ass crybabies metallica to open the game playing "one," tbh.

[spurraider21]

Take us nono. Take us to the promised land

[efrem1]

The Heat will put up a fight with an extra day of rest. I think the Spurs can brush them aside.

[dg7md]

The Spurs in the interviews are focused. They know they have unfinished business left.

While the Heat seem a little deflated in theirs... a good sign. :tu

[therealtruth]

Better not let that kid sing the anthem again.

[JR3]

Let's finish this!

[ElNono]

ElNono. No regard for human life. No regard for his own personal safety. Strapping an entire team of grown ass men to his back. Carrying them to the finish line. He's been waiting for this moment his entire life. Doing what he was born to do. Game 5 letdown? "Not on MY watch!" says ElNono. Mama, THAT man is going IN. No hesitation. No fear. And no condom. He's not stopping till he gets #5.

ElNono :lobt:. Heat 0.

:lol

[TheGoldStandard]

They need to bring that big headed jail bait over from Miami to sing

[bluebellmaniac]

El Nono with the goods!

:toast

[DieHardSpursFan1537]

I smell a beat-down. :flag:

[Sean Cagney]

SUNDAY GET ER DONE............ PERIOD.

[Mikeanaro]

Time to take it all :lobt2:
We were robbed last year so NO MERCY on these shitheads.

[Roxsfan]

Early congrats from Houston. No 3 peat for lechoke. Spurs are just on fire.

[TheGoldStandard]

It will be the sweetest Father's Day Gift ever

[Staplepuffs27]

:flag:Bring it home; drive for 5.

[myhc]

Let's do this. Time to send the demons of 6 back to hell where they came from.

1.

[capek]

In nono we trust :flag:

[MeloHype]

Easy win.

[loveforthegame]

Play focused and show no mercy.

Finish it.

:flag:

[slayermin]

FTY8H7zjdtc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTY8H7zjdtc)

kprazhF-VSY

I was in the slayer mosh pit at fun, fun, fun so I can post this without any qualms.

[Prime Time]

We haven't heard enough Breen "BANG!!!"s throughout these finals. I sure hope that changes in Game 5, in favor of the Spurs of course.

[4001 STEREO SPUR]

GO!! SPURS GO!!

1 more!!!

We got it!!

:flag: :lobt:

[Horry Hipcheck]

We haven't heard enough Breen "BANG!!!"s throughout these finals. I sure hope that changes in Game 5, in favor of the Spurs of course.

Still the best iteration of BANG for SA:


http://youtu.be/zjgyTabc6ok

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Bring the intensity, move the rock or die.

Believe

[Spur|n|Austin]

Nono with the Game 5 magic hopefully - we are witnessing something special, bring on Sunday!


Bring the intensity, move the rock or die.

Believe

Should be the team quote from here on out, tbfh.

[Spur|n|Austin]

duplicate.

[slick'81]

Gospursgo game 5 for #5

[Floyd Pacquiao]

Should be the team quote from here on out, tbfh.
It should and they should put it on a t-shirt, id buy it...

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Can't think about Finals MVP or anything else, nothing is given, Spurs have to win! This is a must win game, and they must go into this game with a sense of urgency, cause Miami will play as if their lives are on the line.

[heyheymymy]

:flag:

[heyheymymy]

ONE MORE

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[Sean Cagney]

Still the best iteration of BANG for SA:


http://youtu.be/zjgyTabc6ok
Ehhh that was last year, FUCK that finals now. NO relation to now on how that ended, forget it. I was happy then yes but forget it, this is a distant memory now.

[Sean Cagney]

Can't think about Finals MVP or anything else, nothing is given, Spurs have to win! This is a must win game, and they must go into this game with a sense of urgency, cause Miami will play as if their lives are on the line.
Sunday is a must win yes, can't let them go back there for a game 6 with energy and a chance to send this one to 7! Have to end this now. 5 will be the time to get #5 and end it, period.

[BatManu20]

Let's do this. Time to send the demons of 6 back to hell where they came from.

1.

:lol

[.G.]

Spurs are still coasting.... :lobt::lobt::lobt::lobt::flag: :lobt2:.

[hooperflash]

GO SPURS GO!
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[Nathan89]

Op did an excellent job on this game thread imho. Giving it his all just like my Spurs tbh

[timtonymanu]

One more. Just one f'ing more.

[spurraider21]

We haven't heard enough Breen "BANG!!!"s throughout these finals. I sure hope that changes in Game 5, in favor of the Spurs of course.
BANG just reminds me of 6

[heyheymymy]

"We put ourselves in a position where it is about making history," James said.

are you kidding me?

[spurraider21]

are you kidding me?
i didn't think it was a bad quote... they told him that no team has ever won from down 3-1, do you think you can make history.

he's either going to say "no, we're going to lose" or "to win, we're going to have to make history"

[Mel_13]

ElNono. No regard for human life. No regard for his own personal safety. Strapping an entire team of grown ass men to his back. Carrying them to the finish line. He's been waiting for this moment his entire life. Doing what he was born to do. Game 5 letdown? "Not on MY watch!" says ElNono. Mama, THAT man is going IN. No hesitation. No fear. And no condom. He's not stopping till he gets #5.

ElNono :lobt:. Heat 0.

:lol

[heyheymymy]

i didn't think it was a bad quote... they told him that no team has ever won from down 3-1, do you think you can make history.

he's either going to say "no, we're going to lose" or "to win, we're going to have to make history"


good call, i guess everything he says just gives off a pretentious vibe.

[spursmike.]

We need it :lobt2:

[hommeaetage]

This would be the perfect game for Danny to have a 7/9 3pointers, tbh

[kobyz]

No body should act like the series is over and the title is in our hands, last year Heat come back from situation more crazy!

[Prime Time]

Well everyone, this is it. After being getting embarrassed by the Lakers, after losing Ginobili to an injury, after the Richard Jefferson saga, after losing to an 8th seed, getting back-door swept, 6 , every "drive for five" road poster within the last 7 post-seasons, it all comes down to this. Just one more win, one more in front of the home crowd, one more for history to be made.

:lobt:

[sook]

we got this.

[99 Problems]

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

[ilovethespurs]

After all the heartbreak of the past 7 seasons, I can't believe we are on the brink of the Fifth.

I am looking forward to the Spurs closing this out in game 5. Go Spurs!

:lobt2::flag:

[lofds]

http://oi57.tinypic.com/faygwh.jpg

Heat fans feeling great or completely demoralised.

[spursparker9]

Too bad T-Mac couldn't win with us

[DieMrBond]

Monday morning game for me here in Australia.

Spurs win, MI21 doesn't know what to do to celebrate all day - any Perth Spurs fans about?? mystargtr34 DieMrBond

Haven't been on here for like two weeks, been flat out at work... but listening to every damn game of the playoffs. Been smiling pretty big all day. UNFORTUNATELY I have to work Monday, can't get out of that one (deadlines, etc). But I'll be bringing my Parker jersey to work, that's for damn sure. And hopefully, will be jumping for joy around 11.30am...

[th3answ3r]

finish these scrubs

[th3answ3r]

No body should act like the series is over and the title is in our hands, last year Heat come back from situation more crazy!


blowing leads in a game, ncaa style isn't crazier than blowing a 3-1 series lead.

[Muser]

Spurs by 25.

Please just fucking win. I can't take a pumped up Heat team in a game 6 in Miami.

[look_at_g_shred]

finish these scrubs

[TheGoldStandard]

Duncan will have his best game Sunday night

[TampaDude]

Just play like you did in Games 3 and 4, and it's a done deal.

[superbigtime]

Tim, Tony, Manu, Kawhi, Boris, Patty, Danny ... these guys are laser focused and on a mission. The fans are smiling right now, but the players aren't celebrating shit. Leave it all out on the court and kick the Heat's ass in game 5!

[MeloHype]

477363914167308289

[team-work]

Couldn't have imagined we'd have such a golden opportunity to get 5.

Looking at the focus and determination of this team, I think the wake-up call might be the game 7 vs the Mavs, in which the taste of another playoff exit and futile attempt for redemption give fuel to everybody for the final punch.

[BatManu20]

Just win Game 5. Don't let it go back to Miami. It will be the toughest game of the series.

[TampaDude]

Just win Game 5. Don't let it go back to Miami. It will be the toughest game of the series.

Yup...the winner of Game 5 will win the title, guaranteed.

[boutons_deux]

Yup...the winner of Game 5 will win the title, guaranteed.

Tampon Dude, GFY

[TampaDude]

Tampon Dude, GFY

What? You don't think the Spurs will win Game 5? They're gonna blow Miami off the floor...AGAIN.

[SpursNextRomanEmpire]

One

[beirmeistr]

Pop has done something miraculous with the 2014 Spurs, especially in the playoffs.
Sure we saw a lot of passing and ball movement during the regular season, when the second unit was playing and Tony was resting, but in the playoffs, particularly the Finals, Pop has emphasized sharing the ball and passing it to get a good shot. Remember after Game 2, Pop said that the ball was sticking and that they needed to move the ball or die. I think that was a message to Tony to move the ball more, like the bench does. The way the Spurs are playing right now, with great ball movement a lot of the time, the older players like Duncan and Ginobili can play several more years since the younger players----Parker, Leonard, Green, Mills, etc. can share the load at a fast pace. Under such a scenario, Tony would have to make an adjustment in his style of play, but in the long run, the Spurs might be able to get 1 or 2 more rings. I love the way the Spurs are playing right now.

[marzbarz]

One more win! Do it for the poor kids in Africa, those 2014 Heat champ shirts will go a long way.

:flag::lobt2::flag:

[BatManu20]

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[BatManu20]

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[TheGoldStandard]

Tim already knows what he's going to do and if I had to guess is that he'd walk away but winning on Sunday might give him something to chase, #6 and go in full force next season till the wheels fall off. Spurs might have already talked to him and said, "hey we need flexibility for next season, let's restructure that last year deal.

[Cloud786]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6awLLLgeYM#t=100
James Harden 2.0?

[z0sa]

Tim gets one for the thumb tbh

[Hemotivo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6awLLLgeYM#t=100
James Harden 2.0?

:wow

[spurs10]

1

[phyzik]

Is it Sunday yet?


http://www.rantsports.com/nba/files/2014/04/San-Antonio-Spurs11.jpg

ONE TEAM. ONE GOAL. GET. IT. DONE.

[spursparker9]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6awLLLgeYM#t=100
James Harden 2.0?

:lmao

[Capster]

Come on Spurs - Close it on Sunday!!!!

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/fa/fa13de201123a2004fd43057561689447bc030ece6564dba4a adb96b5bd38cf9.jpg

[Mugen]

Cap, you and me if the Spurs ring on Sunday?.....

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/04/23/article-2313418-1970FC5E000005DC-932_634x889.jpg

[wildcardX]

http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/keep-calm-and-sweep-the-leg-5.png

COBRA KAWHI!!!!!

[bobcatfan4life]

Is it Sunday yet?


http://www.rantsports.com/nba/files/2014/04/San-Antonio-Spurs11.jpg

ONE TEAM. ONE GOAL. GET. IT. DONE.

Damion James gonna get that ring!

[wildcardX]

They need to bring that big headed jail bait over from Miami to sing

They can bring Enrico Palazzo in to sing, as long as we win.

[LakerHater]

http://i57.tinypic.com/2nscqcw.gif

[Nathan89]

Is it Sunday yet?


http://www.rantsports.com/nba/files/2014/04/San-Antonio-Spurs11.jpg

ONE TEAM. ONE GOAL. GET. IT. DONE.


Danny Green getting bullied for leg space:lol

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Danny Green getting bullied for leg space:lol

:lol

[kobyz]

blowing leads in a game, ncaa style isn't crazier than blowing a 3-1 series lead.

No, it's much more difficult to make that comeback Miami did last year(down 2-3 + what happened in game 6) than just to win 3 games, game by game... Last year situation was more to have it in our hands than the current situation... Peapole have to stop acting like it's over...

[anakha]

No, it's much more difficult to make that comeback Miami did last year(down 2-3 + what happened in game 6) than just to win 3 games, game by game... Last year situation was more to have it in our hands than the current situation... Peapole have to stop acting like it's over...

http://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/general-miata-chat-9/38058-alternator-belt-squeel-related-subwoofer-extra-lighting-english-do-you-speak-demotivational-poster-jpg?dateline=1332738678

[MeloHype]

http://instagram.com/p/pNQr2gxh8W/

[spursparker9]

Damion James gonna get that ring!

So do Nando !!!

[ElNono]

Mugen, are you taking care of the AC for game 5? :lol

[HI-FI]

Mugen (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15519), are you taking care of the AC for game 5? :lol
damn scrah, you jumped on making this thread quick. maybe ElAgente and ElCliente want to exorcise the demons of ElOcho more than they letting on.

good to see you or either Mugen trying to grab the ball from around the rectangular area like Kawhi, slamming that shit back home.

[Mugen]

Mugen (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=15519), are you taking care of the AC for game 5? :lol

:lol I might go w/ the snake in the locker room again tbh.

[Rapper]

Come on America!

Do you guys think that the spurs really can win it in 5 ? 6? or 7? no way man. the league needs a game 7 yes a game 7!!!

try to imagine that if the heat and LBJ make a bounce back to game 7 then deliver a historical buzzer beater in 2OT to win over the spurs for the championship 3 in a row at AT&T Center!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW !!!

[TampaDude]

Come on America!

Do you guys think that the spurs really can win it in 5 ? 6? or 7? no way man. the league needs a game 7 yes a game 7!!!

try to imagine that if the heat and LBJ make a bounce back to game 7 then deliver a historical buzzer beater in 2OT to win over the spurs for the championship 3 in a row at AT&T Center!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW !!!

This will happen. It's okay, guys...four titles is still pretty damn good.

[Arcadian]

I'll be there.

[NASpurs]

I think the people intercepting Amused before he starts a game thread has been the most important aspect of this run. Even bigger than the AC malfunctioning, Kawhi going nuclear or Boris being inserted in the starting lineup. You guys are the real MVPs :cry

[r0drig0lac]

the longest days of the year for sure

[Spurs9]

http://i.imgur.com/XQ14jIw.jpg

[elec99]

Wade's knees are failing him, thanks for video. And that began in game ONE, or arguably all season, staff has been careful with his playing time all season. It's hard to see how he's dumped in 20+ pts in the games he has.

[Harry Callahan]

I knew wade had some physical problems, but wow! That looks like 4 on 5 out there a lot of the time. The Spurs know the only thing wade can do defensively now is play with his hands and try and slap the ball out as a dribbler blows past him. His knees and legs are shot right now.

There is a reason why the Heat are fortunate to even be in a game 5 at this point. Wade looks like a mess physically right now.

The Heat cannot be sound defensively if Wade is doing what I see on that video the rest of this series.

I wonder if he is getting his knee drained today. Or taking a heavy cycle of steroids or HGH. It still is likely not enough to stop is what going to happen.

[BillMc]

http://i.imgur.com/XQ14jIw.jpg

Awesome image!

[mudyez]

http://www.omega-level.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stomp1.gif

[spursparker9]

For those interested, spurs media availability is now

http://www.nba.com/live1/

[Manu'sMagicalLeftHand]

http://i.imgur.com/XQ14jIw.jpg

3 Spurs boxing out Miami's rim. These guys are toast :makemyday

[ElNono]

damn scrah, you jumped on making this thread quick. maybe ElAgente and ElCliente want to exorcise the demons of ElOcho more than they letting on.

good to see you or either Mugen trying to grab the ball from around the rectangular area like Kawhi, slamming that shit back home.

HoF legends Mugen and baseline bum both requested I start it in the Game 4 thread... after they carried the team through the finish line in the last two games, I had to oblige, tbh.

Coincidentally, I also did the closeout Game 5 thread against the Blazers... Hopefully this is the last game thread of the season :flag:

[sammy]

Go Spurs Go! Finish them! Spurs win 120-100 in total domination! Leaving no doubt who is the better team in the entire NBA!

[r0drig0lac]

waiting for kawhi leonard overall in 2k15

[Spurish]

We got this. Spurs will give that one last push to bring the championship home.

:flag:

[spursparker9]

Seems like Pop will continue to coach after Timmy retires

[Splits]

When Pop was asked at his media session today what his plan for the future are, once Tim retires, he said he wants to keep coaching because he's not tired. Duncan said he's not commenting on retiring or coming back, then said he's always maintained he will continue to play as long as he feels he's effective and in his reduced role he feels that is true.

These guys aren't going anywhere, they'll be back next year. Pop even sounded like he would stay after Timmy left.

[spursparker9]

When Pop was asked at his media session today what his plan for the future are, once Tim retires, he said he wants to keep coaching because he's not tired. Duncan said he's not commenting on retiring or coming back, then said he's always maintained he will continue to play as long as he feels he's effective and in his reduced role he feels that is true.

These guys aren't going anywhere, they'll be back next year. Pop even sounded like he would stay after Timmy left.

Yeah that what I feel also after hearing what Pop said.

Especially from the sign that there are no clear indication of who his successor will be.

[Splits]

Yeah that what I feel also after hearing what Pop said.

Especially from the sign that there are no clear indication of who his successor will be.

It was pretty clear to me that if Pop had any timeframe in mind, Bud would have never left, the job was his. As if he and Pop don't talk about that? Yeah right.

[velik_m]

I expect this to be the hardest game of the final and that the Spurs will come up on top. :flag:

[TampaDude]

Go Spurs Go! Finish them! Spurs win 120-100 in total domination! Leaving no doubt who is the better team in the entire NBA!

I don't see Miami sniffing 100 in Game 5.

[TampaDude]

I expect this to be the hardest game of the final and that the Spurs will come up on top. :flag:

Yup...the Heat will hurl themselves into the fucking abyss to not lose Game 5. The Spurs just have to build a good lead like in the last two games and weather the inevitable storm in the second half.

A double-digit lead also takes the refs out of the equation.

The Spurs ARE better than Miami. The Spurs had to play in the West and still finished with the best record in the NBA, 62-20, which is 8 games better than the 54-28 Heat, who played in the much less competitive East. None of the East teams besides Indiana and Miami would have made the playoffs in the West. This disparity is rearing its ugly head for Miami now. TBQH, the Spurs were a few missed free throws away from SWEEPING Miami this year. The Heat have no answer for Diaw...NONE. It's over. Spurs in 5. BOOK IT.

BTW, I can't wait for the 2014 Championship DVD!

[Chillen]

Spurs need to finish them off, if Miami wins that gives them hope, life. Things can turn around quickly, lose game 5 and 6 and than you have to play a game 7 vs the Heat. This Heat team has made the Finals 4 straight seasons, I don't think they are the better team this year, the Spurs are but they need to show it. If you can blow them out in their own gym in games 3 and 4, there is no excuse to not seal the deal in game 5. The Spurs are going to have to dominate them to win the NBA title, get it done quit gifting Miami championships, close it out when you have the chance. Go Spurs Go!

[TampaDude]

Spurs need to finish them off, if Miami wins that gives them hope, life.

Yup...and the Spurs know this. They will be utterly merciless in Game 5. Can't give Miami even the slimmest hope of pulling off a miracle. It ends tomorrow night. :toast

[Pound the rock]

I believe!

[apalisoc_9]

waiting for kawhi leonard overall in 2k15

:lol

probably around 83-86...

i'd go ahead and say 85

[heyheymymy]

waiting for kawhi leonard overall in 2k15


lol it'll be 72 because spurs... meanwhile cp3 will be a 94 and tony will be 89 pffffffft.

but yeah, after a title win, this game is gonna be sick. they can't ignore shit now, and diaw, leonard, green , SPLITTER (lol at 72ish for the 14 season) and patty will get some respectful overalls.

[heyheymymy]

Lebron/Spol to Duncan/Pop after sunday night. Heat bout to get Ceasar'd like Vercingetorix.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Siege-alesia-vercingetorix-jules-cesar.jpg

[Texas_Ranger]

lol it'll be 72 because spurs... meanwhile cp3 will be a 94 and tony will be 89 pffffffft.

but yeah, after a title win, this game is gonna be sick. they can't ignore shit now, and diaw, leonard, green , SPLITTER (lol at 72ish for the 14 season) and patty will get some respectful overalls.

Tony is like 10th best pg rating in 2k. Fucking jrue holiday is rated higher.

[heyheymymy]

Tony is like 10th best pg rating in 2k. Fucking jrue holiday is rated higher.

classic 2k tbh.

i just customize it as fairly as i can. i bumped splitter up to 77ish from what was he in 2k13? 72? once he hit 77 he starting doing the things you see him do in the real games.

it's ridiculous. lebron is a 99. cmon that's bullshit.

[DatBoyGood]

classic 2k tbh.

i just customize it as fairly as i can. i bumped splitter up to 77ish from what was he in 2k13? 72? once he hit 77 he starting doing the things you see him do in the real games.

it's ridiculous. lebron is a 99. cmon that's bullshit.
I was so done when I found out Jrue Holiday rated higher than TP :lol he should be aleast a 90. I can see KL going up to an 86-87

[Spurs9]

Just saw the heat bus being escorted by police to the la cantera hotel, I should have followed it.

[MeloHype]

http://i.imgur.com/CPYEit4.jpg

[Spurs9]

http://i.imgur.com/CPYEit4.jpg

68% :wow

[Harry Callahan]

The second half was almost a glorified garbage time - when LBJ scored most of his points anyway.

Lebron also stated today is foot is getting worse as the games wear on right now. He apparently hurt it in game two......

Ironic.

[rwb]

The Spurs won the Finals on Fathers Day in 2003. I consider it a good sign.

[ace3g]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEUv8_5WZVE

[vander]

random thought about game 4: that first quarter seemed cold, clinical, detached, automatic, like I have never seen from a spurs team. Spurs success has always depended on the collective confidence in the jumper: they go on runs and life is good when the 3 is falling, or the team collectively goes cold and no one can make anything... Game 4 was the first game I remember where this did not apply at all. it was just step 1, step 2, step 3, shoot, step 1, step 2, step 3, rebound...

and I looked up, and could not believe what I saw on the scoreboard.

[silverblackfan]

I think the people intercepting Amused before he starts a game thread has been the most important aspect of this run. Even bigger than the AC malfunctioning, Kawhi going nuclear or Boris being inserted in the starting lineup. You guys are the real MVPs :cry
Truth.

[Mel_13]

The Spurs won the Finals on Fathers Day in 2003. I consider it a good sign.

More than that, Father's Day in 2003 also fell on June 15th.

[BatManu20]

7 years ago today, the Spurs won Game 4 of the 2007 NBA Finals and swept Lebron and the Cavs. Let's close it out tomorrow in memoriam.

[rwb]

How come you can edit your post but not delete it when you screw up?

[soxxx]

Damn in about 24 hours we should be celebrating a title....

[bigzak25]

Just win. Go Spurs!

[kobyz]

Damn in about 24 hours we should be celebrating a title....

Why the premature talk? You didn't learn anything?

[soxxx]

Why the premature talk? You didn't learn anything?
O trust me im not celebrating until the clock hits zero. Ive been waiting about 7 years for this. I was a freshman in high school last time they won, im now graduated college. Its like a lifetime ago and back then it didnt hit me as hard as it will if they win it in 2014.

[boutons_deux]

It's the Role Players Who Have the Spurs Rolling

Tony Parker is still thankful for the role players who helped carry San Antonio to its last NBA title in 2007.

There was Robert Horry, a seven-time champion and official finals good-luck charm if there ever was one. Michael Finley, who was hitting 3-pointers at a much better rate in those playoffs than he did in the regular season that year. Fabricio Oberto, who probably never had a play called for him but found ways to get things done.

The Spurs had a 'Big 3' then, the same one that they have now.

But three is rarely enough, and that's been proven once again in these NBA Finals.

Kawhi Leonard and Boris Diaw have been exactly what San Antonio needed in this matchup against the Miami Heat, and might be the two biggest reasons why the Spurs are one win away from their fifth NBA championship. The Spurs lead these finals 3-1, and will look to end Miami's reign in Game 5 at home on Sunday night.

"If you want to win championships, obviously you need a 'Big 3,'" Parker said. "But you need your role players to play great too. And every time we won championships in the past, the 'Big 3,' we played great, but we had great role players. ... If you want to go all the way, you need the whole team to play great."

That's what the Spurs are getting.

Parker is leading the Spurs in scoring, Tim Duncan is leading in rebounding and the Western Conference champions are outscoring Miami by 62 points so far with Manu Ginobili on the floor — so yes, the 'Big 3' is doing its part.

But when the Spurs took control of the series by winning Games 3 and 4 in Miami, Leonard led the charge by averaging 24.5 points on 68 percent shooting. And Diaw has 23 assists so far in the series, more than anyone else and none probably better than his behind-the-back offering out of the post that set Tiago Splitter up for a dunk in Game 4.

There's already talk that Leonard could be in line to win MVP of the finals. In an absolutely not-shocking development, he wanted no part of that talk.

"It feels the same for me as any game going into it," Leonard said of the anticipation level for Game 5. "All I'm thinking about is playing. I'm not worried about what if we win or lose, and we just want to go out and play."

Such is the Spurs' way.

The makeup of a player who perfectly fits into the San Antonio system has remained unchanged for the better part of two decades. He values team play over any individual accolade. He never says too much, particularly about himself. He stays in the moment, avoiding the urge to look ahead or behind.

Leonard and Diaw meet all those characteristics.

"San Antonio is playing great," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "They're moving the basketball. They're exploiting where we're normally good, so we have to do a better job. Even when we've made adjustments, they've still been able to stay in a rhythm and a flow."

It's hard to remember now that Diaw couldn't get minutes with the 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats — a team that finished with the worst record in NBA history — in part because then-coach Paul Silas was frustrated with Diaw's penchant for passing the ball instead of taking shots at times.

(http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/06/14/sports/basketball/ap-bkn-nba-finals-spurs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss#story-continues-2)So the Bobcats waived him late that season. The Spurs picked him up and in Game 4 of these finals, Diaw had more assists (nine) than shots (six).

Go figure.

"He really has a high basketball IQ," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said of Diaw. "I think he raises the level for everyone. At the defensive end, he's pretty heady, not the quickest guy in the world, but really smart. Does his work early and understands what's going on. At the offensive end, he can score inside and out, and he passes the ball really well. He's a consummate team sort of guy."
Diaw is just the third player to have a game with at least nine rebounds and nine assists during these playoffs, with Oklahoma City stars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook being the others.

For his part, Diaw said he's never cared about scoring. If the team scores, that's good enough for him.

"It's just moving the ball, playing with everybody," Diaw said. "There is nobody really just watching. Everybody's involved, and everybody gets the ball at some point. So it's been good."
Good, indeed.

One more win, and these Spurs officially become great.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/06/14/sports/basketball/ap-bkn-nba-finals-spurs.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

[boutons_deux]

LeBron With a Simple Message: 'Why Not Us?'

SAN ANTONIO — Early Sunday evening, LeBron James will gather his Miami Heat teammates around him and offer a few final words of wisdom before they try to extend their reign as NBA champions.

James never rehearses the speech, but already knows what the gist will be.

"It would be in the range of, 'Why not us?'" James said Saturday. "Why not us? History is broken all the time. And obviously we know we're against the greatest of odds."

Against the greatest of odds, against maybe the greatest of San Antonio Spurs teams, too. Both are very much against the Heat now, and both are winning. The Spurs are a victory away from their fifth championship, and will go for it at home Sunday night in Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

The Spurs are the 32nd team in NBA history to hold a 3-1 lead in the finals. All 31 of the previous teams have won the title.

"History is made to be broken, and why not me be a part of it? That would be great," James said. "That would be a great story line, right? But we'll see what happens. I've got to live in the moment, though, before we even get to that point."

The Spurs have the same way of thinking.

They took command of the finals in stunning fashion by not just winning in Miami, but winning twice — and winning big. San Antonio won Games 3 and 4 on the road by a combined 40 points, never trailing by more than two in either contest and running out to 25-point leads in each.

"We've got to act like we're coming into it like it's a road game," Spurs guard Danny Green said. "It's a mentality thing. We have to come up with the same mentality we do on the road and try to protect home court and play with desperation."

There was no talk from the Spurs on Saturday about closing in on a title, or anything remotely close to that topic. They thought they had it wrapped up with 28 seconds left in Game 6 last season against Miami and saw it slip away — so even with a 3-1 lead and being at home instead the road for this potential clinching situation, it's pretty clear that San Antonio isn't willing to leave anything to chance.

"They're going to come out and give us their best punch possible," Spurs star Tim Duncan said. "We know that they're back-to-back champs and they've been in this situation before and they have all the confidence in the world that they can win these games. So we have to do just the same. Come out there and say, hey, we're going to take it little by little, quarter by quarter, and see what happens."

That all sounds good, and he meant every word.

Thing is, the Heat — these Heat, anyway — haven't been in this situation before. Since James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh teamed up, the Heat have never trailed 3-1 in a series.

Until now.

"We're not so entitled or jaded that we're above having to fight for it, and that's what it is right now," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "It's competition. So we've got to find a way to fight and get this next game, and that's what it's all about."


Miami took a day off Friday. Mario Chalmers played with his son, James watched some film and rested at home, Udonis Haslem tried to relax with family. Wade, who missed nine of his first 10 shots — raising questions about his health — went a different way.

He went into the gym, by himself, looking for answers.

"I have very good reason that everything could change," Wade said. "As I continue to say throughout the season, it's a game-to-game thing."

Wade was down 2-0 in the 2006 finals, and trailed by 13 points in the fourth quarter of Game 3 of that series against Dallas. The Heat won that championship in six games.

"You have to pull from your experiences," Wade said, "and know where you came from to know where you're trying to go."

That also applies to the Spurs.

Losing the last two games of the finals last year still stings San Antonio. That series was portrayed widely as the Spurs' last hurrah — an aging team with old stars, there's no way they could come back from something as devastating as letting the 2013 championship slip away, right?

Wrong.

The Spurs finished with the best record in the regular season, and are one win shy of just being the best team, period.

"Whatever success anyone has is due to a lot of factors," Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. "Some of it is not even your doing. Sometimes things just happen. So success is a pretty complicated thing."

So are comebacks.

But James is eager for the chance.

"For me, it's like you either don't make the playoffs or you win a championship," James said. "There's no in-between."

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/06/14/sports/basketball/ap-bkn-nba-finals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

"Why not us?" ... because the Spurs are better.

[efrem1]

O trust me im not celebrating until the clock hits zero. Ive been waiting about 7 years for this. I was a freshman in high school last time they won, im now graduated college. Its like a lifetime ago and back then it didnt hit me as hard as it will if they win it in 2014.

I have been waiting since I left Sacramento and now live in Phoenix with the Suns fans. The Spurs know what they gotta do. Finish them off quickly and hopefully the riverboats will be gassed up by this time tomorrow.

[Knoxxx]

The second half was almost a glorified garbage time - when LBJ scored most of his points anyway.

Lebron also stated today is foot is getting worse as the games wear on right now. He apparently hurt it in game two......

Ironic.

LeBron is not right physically. I saw it when he went up for a breakaway dunk and just dropped the ball in.

HEAT ARE DONE DONE DONE

[ElNono]

Getting 100+ pts has been the hallmark for the Spurs this series... if we can put together a couple of 30pts quarters, we should be in great shape...

[soxxx]

LeBron is not right physically. I saw it when he went up for a breakaway dunk and just dropped the ball in.

HEAT ARE DONE DONE DONE
He has a sprained ankle since game 1, thats according to Ira Winderman. Lebron hasnt said much about it. Wade looks injured to. The Spurs will close it out tomorrow night, I believe it.

[soxxx]

I have been waiting since I left Sacramento and now live in Phoenix with the Suns fans. The Spurs know what they gotta do. Finish them off quickly and hopefully the riverboats will be gassed up by this time tomorrow.
Look I thought the Spurs were done after 2010, it just seemed over. At the time it looked dead because the Lakers were coming off beating the Celtics and looked unstoppable, then Lebron decided he was going Miami. At that point it was just like damn, how the hell will the Spurs ever get through both LA and Miami while we are declining? I didnt think they were going to win another title, then in 2012 we saw a rebirth, and now here we are in 2014. Its simply amazing, just 1 win and it will go from being 8 years of dominance to 15 years of dominance.

[hooperflash]

O trust me im not celebrating until the clock hits zero. Ive been waiting about 7 years for this. I was a freshman in high school last time they won, im now graduated college. Its like a lifetime ago and back then it didnt hit me as hard as it will if they win it in 2014.

:toast

[ace3g]

478024092444942336

[MeloHype]

Hope its similar to the Celtics/Lakers game 6 in '08

[Danny.Zhu]

Let's do this.

Go Spurs Go.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Alright 5K posts. Championship tomorrow, see y'all Sunday around 11:00 PM.

[Sean Cagney]

Hope its similar to the Celtics/Lakers game 6 in '08

I hope it's similar to the Pistons and LA game 5 '04, thats more like it.

[ElNono]

http://i.imgur.com/H7NqXp4.gif

[timtonymanurich]

http://i.imgur.com/XQ14jIw.jpg


"SKY-KAWHI"
Kawhi is too modest and humble to ever really decide a nick-name for himself. "Sugar K Leonard" just doesn't roll off the tongue the way it should. I'm liking "Sky Kawhi".

[Mikeanaro]

I want to see the heat having dissipation like a burp after meal.

[Jimmy Cobaine]

"SKY-KAWHI"
Kawhi is too modest and humble to ever really decide a nick-name for himself. "Sugar K Leonard" just doesn't roll off the tongue the way it should. I'm liking "Sky Kawhi".

What about Kiwi Lemon?

[DPG21920]

Go Spurs.

[xtremesteven33]

Im thinking and hoping the Spurs will be culminating their 7 year journey to attain another World Championship on Sunday. I saw Lebrons press conference today and he said "Its just basketball." If im a Heat fan that is a sign for concern. Your leader cant just dismiss this as something that is just basketball like we would play on any other day. This is your career validation, and since hes getting curbstomped he just acts like its nothing. Fuck this guy, really. Hes so afraid of public perception, he spins stories to make people believe the NBA Finals is insignificant compared to family. Well, ok thanks Lebron but im not falling for that. Own up and promise to play better.

Im a fan of Lebrons and would like him to achieve greatness but definitely not at the expense of our Spurs. Spurs got this. No fucking way this team or the city of San Antonio let this opportunity slip thru their hands. Im not really sure what to expect from the Heat. Lebron sounds like hes conceding and they look like they are literally breaking down before our eyes. I said this about Lebron in Game 1 as well. Body shots and left hooks will be thrown hard from Miami. Its just a matter of time till they break down. The Spurs are way too deep and way too hungry. If the Spurs lose this game........fuck that.

Spurs win 111-76.

:flag:

[LoneStarState'sPride]

Game day has arrived.

Give 'em 48 minutes of hell, San Antonio. Just win.

GO SPURS GO

[Kool Bob Love]

Alright 5K posts. Championship tomorrow, see y'all Sunday around 11:00 PM.
-Five

[heyheymymy]

Alright 5K posts. Championship tomorrow, see y'all Sunday around 11:00 PM.

once I got to 1,500 posts it all started clicking for the spurs, i think 5 is an omen. now i can't post much b/c i don't want it to go to 1,600 for superstitious reasons. haha

[smaka]

once I got to 1,500 posts it all started clicking for the spurs, i think 5 is an omen. now i can't post much b/c i don't want it to go to 1,600 for superstitious reasons. haha
Lol, be careful because you only got 7 left. If you screw it up, we know who is to blame :lol

[FromWayDowntown]

Scott Foster
Marc Davis
Ken Mauer
Alt. Bill Kennedy

[TampaDude]

This will be the most brutal 48 minutes of basketball the Spurs have played all season. One more mountain to climb, and they win it all.

5.

JUST DO IT!

GO SPURS GO!!!!!

[jhuan16]

5.

[Mr Fundamental]

Dreamed of this moment for 1 year.

Now it's time to close it.

Go Spurs Go !!

[foodie2]

Gah. Woke up this morning already nervous. Finish it.

[TampaDude]

Gah. Woke up this morning already nervous. Finish it.

I'm not even going to watch the game tonight. I'll check the score every so often, and might watch the last couple of minutes if we have a huge lead at the end.

[boutons_deux]

Spurs’ Mastery Putting LeBron, Heat To Shame

To call this a clinic is to devalue the immensity of the masterpiece. How do we deify the Spurs with the right words today? Answer: Describe their performance as an art form, an extravaganza rarely seen even on a championship level. All it took was Gregg Popovich to utter six words after their only sluggish game of an epic week — “You move it or you die’’ — for the Spurs to propel their long-sustainable system of selfless, expertly efficient basketball to new heights in the NBA Finals.

When was the last time we saw a team operate with such wondrous, mesmerizing precision? When was the last time you said “Wow!’’ or “Damn!’’ dozens of times about the same team on a June night? Normally, the Finals have some semblance of two-way competitiveness, but the Spurs have been so spectacular the last two games, they’ve reduced LeBron James to an afterthought and the rest of the Heat, including the suddenly useless Dwyane Wade, to bit players.

Yes, the Heat are playing like demoralized dogs who lack heart and desire and are diminshing the legacy of James, who kept holding his midsection throughout a lackluster Game 4.

A second straight Finals blowout at home, this time to a 107-86 tune, must have made him sick to his stomach. There were times during this debacle that the Spurs, with no-look bounce passes and breathtaking ball movement, looked like the Harlem Globetrotters, which reduced LeBron and the Heat to the Washington Generals.

What you’re hearing, people, is the ceremonial opening of one door and the disgusted shutting of another. The Spurs, a special if nationally underappreciated empire since Popovich and Tim Duncan started making sweet titles together 15 years ago, are about to enter the pantheon of America’s all-time glorious sports teams. Unless they become the first ever to blow a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals — their predecessors with that advantage are 31-0 — they will back up Duncan’s Swaggy T prediction of revenge over the Heat after last year’s Finals collapse. And unless James and his big-mouth entourage — didn’t I say the Carmelo Anthony-to-the-Heat whispers, which came straight from LeBron’s camp, would have a distracting effect? — sign the Eastern Conference All-Stars to join James before Game 5, this series will be over Sunday night in Texas.

Five titles in 15 years shouldn’t happen in the age of opt-outs and luxury taxes. But it’s happening for the Spurs and their crusty coach, Popovich, who thrives on a 21st-century sideline with military-school methods of discipline, ego compromise and team cohesion. “”I’m pleased that they performed as well as they did while we’ve been in Miami, and that’s about as far it goes,” Popovich grunted afterward. “Now, we’ve got to go back home and play as well or better.”

And what was that James said a while ago about “not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven’’ championships?

If the Heat are closed out, he’ll be 2-3 in the Finals, and while the current collapse is more about weak links being exposed and embarrassed by the optimum-performing, 10-deep San Antonio lineup, all future attempts to compare him to Michael Jordan will cease. As in Game 3, we kept waiting for James to assume control with his teammates looking awful, which is what basketball greats do if they aspire to be on the sport’s Mt. Rushmore — his stated goal. Put it this way: If anyone was starting to chisel his likeness on a mountainside, he went home for the summer.

James has 15 assists and 18 turnovers in four games. Last year, in a seven-game triumph for the Heat, he had 49 assists and 18 turnovers. Do not make the mistake of letting him off the hook. Since quieting the social media in Game 2, LeBron has been ordinary and, at times, almost resigned that he can’t win this series.

“They smashed us,” James said. “Two straight home games, got off to awful starts. They came in and were much better than us in these last two games. It’s just that simple. They’re a high-oiled machine, and they move the ball extremely well. They put you in so many difficult positions. If you’re not right on time, right on target, they’re going to make you pay for it.”

Now LeBron suggests the Heat will win the final three games. “We put ourselves in a position where it is about making history,” he said. Really?

Has he noticed the Spurs are fashioning one of the great postseason runs ever, having won 11 games by 15 or more points?

Does he realize the Spurs are shooting almost 55 percent, the highest field-goal percentage for a Finals team through four games since the shot clock was implemented in 1954?

Does he realize the Spurs have put together entire quarters in which they rarely miss a shot?

Has he noticed that Kawhi Leonard — tell me Mark Jackson didn’t say on the ABC telecast, “Who? What? When? Where? And Kawhi?’’ — followed his Game 3 breakout by filling out the stat line with 20 points, 14 rebounds, three assists, three blocks, three steals and more athletic-lockdown defense on James and other Heat players?

Did he see Boris Diaw come close to a triple-double?

Did he notice Tony Parker and Patty Mills again shame Mario Chalmers?

How Danny Green doesn’t miss a shot anymore?

And did he see the Little Two, Wade and Chris Bosh, shoot a combined 8 of 24 from the field?

Did LeBron hear the boos reign down on the two-time champions in a town spoiled by success but also disturbed right now by an alarming lack of effort?

“They played great and I can honestly say I don’t think any of us were expecting this type of performance,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “They were great. You have to give them credit for that. We just couldn’t get into a rhythm on either side of the ball, and it went from there.”

Didn’t expect it? Might another coach have been better prepared? Spoelstra’s players seem more like impressed spectators than serious challengers.

“They put you in positions that no other team in this league does,” James said.

“It’s tough because you have to cover the ball first, but also those guys on the weak side can do multiple things. They can shoot the ball from outside, they can also penetrate. So our defense is geared toward running guys off the 3-point line, but at the same time those guys are getting full steam ahead and getting to the rim too.”
“They’re just one of those teams,’’ Bosh said, “where if you make mistakes, especially early, they’re going to capitalize very quickly.

They’re doing a very good job of starting fast. Not only starting fast, but they’re hitting their shots and getting to the basket, getting to the free throw line. They’re pretty much getting everything they want.”

Maybe the James camp leaked the Anthony conjecture to plant a seed: LeBron needs help, because the teammates around him are fading fast.

You know will see two days of stories linking him — he can opt out of his contract in three weeks — to the Knicks, Lakers and Cavaliers. And you will keep hearing about Anthony. With billions of dollars swirling in a 21st-century sports blizzard, the art of the deal too often takes precedence over the bouncing balls. Yet never have we seen business interrupt a championship series quite like the buzz in Miami before Game 4.

The Heat should have been concentrating on nothing but how to stop a Spurs team that is healthier, deeper, hungrier and better than a year ago.

Read more at http://www.sportstalkflorida.com/spurs-mastery-putting-lebron-heat-shame/#60Bksgg4Pj5TpdgX.99

[TampaDude]

Wow...the media is gonna have egg on their faces big time if the Spurs can't seal the deal. :lol

[ace3g]

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[ace3g]

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[sook]

I have a feeling that the heat will win today.

[EVAY]

Referees for tonight:

Scott Foster
Marc Davis
Ken Mauer

Alt. Bill Kennedy

[EVAY]

I have a feeling that the heat will win today.

I have the same feeling. But I would soooooooo love to be wrong. And I hope you are wrong too.

I fear that folks are counting out the Heat just as people were counting out the Spurs after game 2 of this series and game 4 of the WCF. There always seems to be a tendency to go beyond what the facts are to what we WANT them to be.

I hope so much that the Spurs can repeat the performances of the last two games, but we have to remember that the Heat have had an extra day off, which is more important to them than to our team at this point, I think. And they are still proud.


I would love to think that we could humble them again tonight and for the rest of the off-season.

[EVAY]

If JVG and Mark Jackson go off tonight about how ''disappointed" they are if the Heat don't play well against us, I would love to know how to email them.

I have looked around and can't find a way to contact them. Anyone know?

[szkorhetz]

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[EVAY]

Officials for tonight's game are

Scott Foster
Marc Davis
Ken Mauer

Alt. Bill Kennedy

[EVAY]

Just as in the first game, the Heat will come out in the passing lanes, trapping, and fouling. If they get called for the fouls, Spurs win. If they don't, our players can get hurt.

James will be going to the rim every possession for the first ten possessions, imo, and if Spurs get called for fouling him, they could get taken out of any sort of offensive rhythm and be in trouble.

I also expect Udonis Haslem to start and be very physical against Tim. Boris will once again be the key, imo., one way or the other.

[Old School 44]

My son's baseball team's (I'm an asst coach) playoff game is this afternoon. If we win, we play for the Championship next Saturday. I'm excited, nervous and thankful for this opportunity. Our favorite pro sports team can win the NBA title tonight. My son and I will be there. The LOB trophy will be in the house. I'm excited, nervous and thankful for this as well!

Win or lose (of course I hope we win), it's going to be a great day to share with my son.

To all the dad's out there....HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!!! :toast

[Sigz]

Trap game.

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I'm not even going to watch the game tonight. I'll check the score every so often, and might watch the last couple of minutes if we have a huge lead at the end.

Dude, this is what we fans wait for! Watch the game or you'll regret it. Trust our guys: they are mentally bulletproof and have the right system to beat the Heat. What's more they have 3 games to do it. ;)

I'll sure as hell be watching. Crush them, Spurs. :flag:

[cd98]

Wow...the media is gonna have egg on their faces big time if the Spurs can't seal the deal. :lol
I think it's their reverse jinx.

[Prime Time]

Honestly.. if the Spurs were able to steal both games at Miami (in a dominating fashion), I'm convinced that anything is possible.

With that said - I expect the Heat to play very, very well tonight. I just hope the Spurs play better.

[Harry Callahan]

If JVG and Mark Jackson go off tonight about how ''disappointed" they are if the Heat don't play well against us, I would love to know how to email them.

I have looked around and can't find a way to contact them. Anyone know?

I found that "disappointed" comment to be strange from Jackson. Why should he be disappointed? Is he jonesing for that Miami job? I wouldn't put it past him.

[Harry Callahan]

Honestly.. if the Spurs were able to steal both games at Miami (in a dominating fashion), I'm convinced that anything is possible.

With that said - I expect the Heat to play very, very well tonight. I just hope the Spurs play better.

I think Miami will fight for about a quarter and a half. Then the Spurs group of ten will squeeze the life out of them like an anaconda. The SAS have been waiting a year for this moment.

Manu, Tim, and Tony in particular will not allow this opportunity to be wasted. I'm not sure what Miami can really exploit. The Spurs had to kind of gift game 2 to them when they were still feeling out the Heat.

This will be a 10-15 point margin for the Spurs tonight.

[Prime Time]

I think Miami will fight for about a quarter and a half. Then the Spurs group of ten will squeeze the life out of them like an anaconda. The SAS have been waiting a year for this moment.

Manu, Tim, and Tony in particular will not allow this opportunity to be wasted. I'm not sure what Miami can really exploit. The Spurs had to kind of gift game 2 to them when they were still feeling out the Heat.

This will be a 10-15 point margin for the Spurs tonight.
Oh, I'm at least 90% sure the Spurs will win the whole thing. I'm just not sure if it will be tonight per se, Miami may have one more win deep inside of them. Should be an incredible game nonetheless.

[biskvito]

http://i.imgur.com/zQrj83Y.jpg

[Rapper]

Heat in 7

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

If Kawhi gets in early foul trouble, I think game 5 will go down to the wire as LBJ goes off for 30+ and a couple of their role players turn up. If not, I think we beat them handily. The Spurs were the better tema last year although the record books don't reflect that, and they're clearly superior in all aspects this year. Time to crush the Heat in 5.

[Ron Swanson]

Time to end this tonight.

[look_at_g_shred]

I'm not even going to watch the game tonight. I'll check the score every so often, and might watch the last couple of minutes if we have a huge lead at the end.
Lol wtf

[RD2191]

I'm not even going to watch the game tonight. I'll check the score every so often, and might watch the last couple of minutes if we have a huge lead at the end.
:toast

[Mugen]

Pop's philosophy of "appropriate fear" has never been more applicable tbh. I think the Spurs have been looking forward to this opportunity for a long time and I think they come out with a great effort tonight.

[Dex]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/sites/spurs/files/imagecache/image_gallery_default/152060689_Jazz_Spurs_EvansCE051.jpg

Here we are.

It’s taken 360 days and 5,328 basketball minutes. It’s taken an offseason of regret fueled into a new season of determination. It’s taken award-winning play and coaching and management. It’s taken a perilous postseason run against bitter rivals and rising powers and former demons. It’s taken two of the most amazing Finals games that will ever be played back-to-back. And now…here we are.

One win away.

After an incredible shooting display stunned the Heat in Game 3 of the 2014 NBA Finals, the Spurs pulled off the improbable by playing a Game 4 that was arguably more dominating and impressive. You can’t expect the Spurs to come out and shoot 19-for-21 or 25-for-33 in a half like they did in Game 3. Like Coach Pop said himself, “I don’t think we’ll shoot 76% in a half..ever..again” What you can expect, however, is Spurs basketball: motion, spacing, ball movement, and most importantly, defense. In Game 4, the Spurs were once again the clinicians, and these were the concepts they were teaching.

The Heat are now in a hole that no NBA team has ever climbed out of. They went into Game 4 calling it their Game 7, and they were absolutely demoralized on their home floor. Now they have to survive three more Game 7s if they hope to three-peat, and it’s easy to question their ability to do so after the absolute ass-whoopings they’ve just received.

Now is not the time to be satisfied, though. Now is not the time for assumptions. As dominating as this 3-1 series lead feels, remember this: The Spurs were actually closer to a title last year than they are this year. And they still don’t have it.

San Antonio was mere inches away from the gold last season. They could see it from the goddamn bench. It was so close they could probably taste it. And it all got ripped away.

Now the Spurs need to win one more whole game again, and don’t count these Heat out. They are the one team in the league capable of flipping the switch and suddenly becoming gangbusters, and you know the NBA wouldn’t mind helping them along the way if it means another blockbuster Game 7. The Spurs must maintain their focus and be prepared for this to be a battle to the death.

Fortunately, I take comfort in this one fact: if there is one person in this world who really truly understands this…it’s Tim Duncan.

Here we are again.

Go get it, Timmy.

FTH.

5.

http://i.imgur.com/wGc3Hnz.png

[efrem1]

I like to be a fly on wall in the Spurs locker room before the game. Pop will be telling them to focus like they never have before. Unleash everything you got, team!!!

[Mugen]

Dex :tu

[Texas_Ranger]

Dex :tu

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

http://www.nba.com/spurs/sites/spurs/files/imagecache/image_gallery_default/152060689_Jazz_Spurs_EvansCE051.jpg

Here we are.

It’s taken 360 days and 5,328 basketball minutes. It’s taken an offseason of regret fueled into a new season of determination. It’s taken award-winning play and coaching and management. It’s taken a perilous postseason run against bitter rivals and rising powers and former demons. It’s taken two of the most amazing Finals games that will ever be played back-to-back. And now…here we are.

One win away.

After an incredible shooting display stunned the Heat in Game 3 of the 2014 NBA Finals, the Spurs pulled off the improbable by playing a Game 4 that was arguably more dominating and impressive. You can’t expect the Spurs to come out and shoot 19-for-21 or 25-for-33 in a half like they did in Game 3. Like Coach Pop said himself, “I don’t think we’ll shoot 76% in a half..ever..again” What you can expect, however, is Spurs basketball: motion, spacing, ball movement, and most importantly, defense. In Game 4, the Spurs were once again the clinicians, and these were the concepts they were teaching.

The Heat are now in a hole that no NBA team has ever climbed out of. They went into Game 4 calling it their Game 7, and they were absolutely demoralized on their home floor. Now they have to survive three more Game 7s if they hope to three-peat, and it’s easy to question their ability to do so after the absolute ass-whoopings they’ve just received.

Now is not the time to be satisfied, though. Now is not the time for assumptions. As dominating as this 3-1 series lead feels, remember this: The Spurs were actually closer to a title last year than they are this year. And they still don’t have it.

San Antonio was mere inches away from the gold last season. They could see it from the goddamn bench. It was so close they could probably taste it. And it all got ripped away.

Now the Spurs need to win one more whole game again, and don’t count these Heat out. They are the one team in the league capable of flipping the switch and suddenly becoming gangbusters, and you know the NBA wouldn’t mind helping them along the way if it means another blockbuster Game 7. The Spurs must maintain their focus and be prepared for this to be a battle to the death.

Fortunately, I take comfort in this one fact: if there is one person in this world who really truly understands this…it’s Tim Duncan.

Here we are again.

Go get it, Timmy.

FTH.

5.

http://i.imgur.com/wGc3Hnz.png

Now THAT is a post! :toast :D

[SnakeBoy]

C'mon Spurs get this done!

http://oi59.tinypic.com/2mw5fy9.jpg

[Manu20]

Spurs slowly breaks Heat's will throughout the game..

Spurs 108
Heat 92

[mudyez]

F***, I'm nervous as hell!

[Typical London Boy]

Woke up this morning thinking, "Fuck, we can win the NBA Championship TODAY"! Not getting too carried away, but can't remember being this excited for quite some time.

Dex with the goods too, as usual. Wish we had more posters like him.