I can't see Spurs winning this series

[kobyz]

Being down 1-3, Now Miami will feel they have nothing to lose, they will feel no pressure, now Lebron, Wade, Bosh and everybody else on them will play better... Also now when it's time to close it out, the trauma of last year might come into Spurs head...

[dg7md]

It still hurts. :cry

Which games have you been watching this series that makes you think we can suddenly play so terrible for 3 games straight while the Heat play so much better to beat us?

"They have nothing to lose" is a shit take reason for why you think the Heat will suddenly win 3 straight games when they literally had to win game 4 and they got obliterated. What makes you think they can respond to their backs against their wall so well now?

What reasons aside from our recent history of choking do you have?

[midnightpulp]

It still hurts. :cry

Which games have you been watching this series that makes you think we can suddenly play so terrible for 3 games straight while the Heat play so much better to beat us?

"They have nothing to lose" is a shit take reason for why you think the Heat will suddenly win 3 straight games when they literally had to win game 4 and they got obliterated. What makes you think they can respond to their backs against their wall so well now?

I said this in the NBA forum:


:lol 6 has made us into Cubs' fans like pessimists. All logic points to Miami having no chance. Not just because of the 1-3 deficit and the fact no team has ever comeback from one in the Finals, but because they're over matched. No PG rotation to speak of. Birdman, their backup C, is shot. Wade looks 40. And Lebron is too gassed to play both ends of the ball at 100%. He's a big part of their ball hawking, swarming defense, and he just looks sluggish in his rotations and close outs.

Yet, I still expect the worst. I expect Wade to magically find his youth. I expect Rashard Lewis and Ray Allen to hit every 3. For Bosh to hit every mid-range shot. For a desperation adjustment by Spoelstra (like inserting Beasley or Haslem into the rotation) to payoff like a loose slot machine. For Chalmers to outplay Parker, like he did in 6 and 7. And for Lebron to go God Mode.

And then I expect us to clank every open 3. For Kawhi to come back down to earth and be handcuffed by foul trouble. For Parker to overdribble and miss his 18 footers. For Duncan to miss bunnies. For Turnobili to reappear. I fear our guys will play tight, nervous, and careful, and shit themselves at the freethrow line.

My head believes. But my gut doesn't. It's almost like it's too good to be true.

:lol I just think after the 1995 WCF, .4, the Manu foul, 8, the 2012 WCF, and especially 6, we expect some voodoo, Universe-hates-us, shit to go down.

And if those Spurs fans in question happen to be Cowboys and Rangers fans, they're definitely living with constant indigestion right now.

[dg7md]

I said this in the NBA forum:



:lol I just think after the 1995 WCF, .4, the Manu foul, 8, the 2012 WCF, and especially 6, we expect some voodoo, Universe-hates-us, shit to go down.

And if those Spurs fans in question happen to be Cowboys and Rangers fans, they're definitely living with constant indigestion right now.

:tu

When it's put that way, it is improbable to suggest that we will suddenly rattle off 3 terrible games where all of our options can't do a single thing against an aging, tired team that is led by one man and a gimped squad that have not been challenged all playoffs long... while we've had battles throughout the whole season. This plays a huge part in terms of the position we are in now tbh.

[midnightpulp]

:tu

When it's put that way, it is improbable to suggest that we will suddenly rattle off 3 terrible games where all of our options can't do a single thing against an aging, tired team that is led by one man and a gimped squad that have not been challenged all playoffs long... while we've had battles throughout the whole season. This plays a huge part in terms of the position we are in now tbh.

Yeah, logically, there's no way the Heat win this series. Last year's events has conditioned us to expect the worst.

And really, game 6 wasn't even that much of an anomaly. 5 lead with 28 seconds left? Teams blow games like that all the time. Just the fact it happened in the Finals that made it unprecedented.

[admiralsnackbar]

Boring troll is boring.

[Emperor]

Up 3-1 and you still don't believe in your team? My goodness.

[ChumpDumper]

Dead yet?

[Poolboy5623]

Nothing to lose? They're back to back champions, for shit sake. They have everything to lose.

[Skoobz]

Dead yet?

Wishful fecking thinking......

[mudyez]

I said this in the NBA forum:



:lol I just think after the 1995 WCF, .4, the Manu foul, 8, the 2012 WCF, and especially 6, we expect some voodoo, Universe-hates-us, shit to go down.

And if those Spurs fans in question happen to be Cowboys and Rangers fans, they're definitely living with constant indigestion right now.

8?

[Harry Callahan]

The OP is a retarded turd/faggot.

Dwayne Wade is not stepping into a time machine and becoming DWade again. He is playing at about 60-70% right now and that is not changing the rest of this series.

Leonard can offset James enough to get the job done. LeBron is human (I think) and the amount of energy he will have to bring to drag the rest of his teammates to one (but more importantly three) wins is such a huge, draining task.

I don't see our supporting cast getting outplayed by Miami's. I don't know what the Heat can do other than hope for sub-par execution from the Spurs AT HOME. That won't happen again at home - especially twice. The Heat already got their freebie.

The Heat are literally dying out there with the higher pace the Spurs are throwing at them.

The Spurs are going to be an angry, hungry, focused pack of wild animals out there tomorrow. Redemption is close at hand and I'm very pleasantly surprised this day is coming.

[Doctor J]

8?

That should be Manu's 8 turnovers in the last year's Finals Game 6?!?

[mudyez]

ok...so 8 = 6 ?

or does it mean 8th seed (MEM)?

[mudyez]

my prediction:

Spurs somehow blow game 5 with insane stuff going on.
e.g. we are up 25 points at the half...we are up 20 with one quarter to go...we are up 5 with 5 seconds to go...we are up 3 with 2 seconds to go, but Wade gets 3 FT's because he is kicking Green while missing a 3pointer.

The next two days we'll spend discussing a possible new .4, 28 etc...calling it 25, 20, 55 or 3.

On Tuesday we humiliate Miami with some record setting stomp to the throat (think 30 point win, with Miami fans leaving after the 3rd quarter and LeBron making some obscene gesture to the booing fans during first half).

[Harry Callahan]

my prediction:

Spurs somehow blow game 5 with insane stuff going on.
e.g. we are up 25 points at the half...we are up 20 with one quarter to go...we are up 5 with 5 seconds to go...we are up 3 with 2 seconds to go, but Wade gets 3 FT's because he is kicking Green while missing a 3pointer.

The next two days we'll spend discussing a possible new .4, 28 etc...calling it 25, 20, 55 or 3.

On Tuesday we humiliate Miami with some record setting stomp to the throat (think 30 point win, with Miami fans leaving after the 3rd quarter and LeBron making some obscene gesture to the booing fans during first half).

I think it ends tomorrow with a reasonably comfortable final margin - 10-15 points. I can't lie - the booing "fans" and mass exodus on Tuesday and Thursday night in Miami were most enjoyable.

Still, don't want to go to game 6. The Spurs don't either. It's time.

[InRareForm]

Heat are in Cancun Cancun Cancun mode.

[Ron Swanson]

Boring troll is boring.

[biskvito]

game 5 has all facets of a trap game were Heat could wake up and do some damage, but Spurs players remember very well that game 6 pain, so they have something to avoid and something to achieve... I could see this being a disputed game, if Miami shows up (big if at this point)

[gnsf0946]

ok...so 8 = 6 ?

or does it mean 8th seed (MEM)?

8 is losing to 8th seeded Memphis.

[Horry Hipcheck]

Being down 1-3, Now Miami will feel they have nothing to lose, they will feel no pressure, now Lebron, Wade, Bosh and everybody else on them will play better... Also now when it's time to close it out, the trauma of last year might come into Spurs head...

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[Quiet Strength]

They will feel that they have nothing to lose and they will feel no pressure??? They're in the finals and they are the defending champions. They've got something to lose and they have to win 3 straight to a team that has pretty much owned them this series.. Yeah no pressure.

[xmas1997]

Boring troll is boring.


He is definitely a troll and a Heat fan like the Manu haters are.



Up 3-1 and you still don't believe in your team? My goodness.


He is a Heat fan through and through.



Dead yet?

:lmao
Good one, chump, in fact, one of your better ones.

[davidbowie]

i like the attitude kobyz. i'm with you. no celebrating til it's over. need to stay on our toes. and treat it as do or die.

don't wanna give them any hope. it ends tomorrow night.

[Darius McCrary]

You left out 2008 when Pop took Bowen out with 3 fouls, Kobe went god, and then Fisher power bombed Brent Barry's last second 3 with no foul call. That was bad.

[John_C]

fuck i don't care what you fucking heat fans say, you are going down on the 5th game

[SpursWoman]

I said this in the NBA forum:



:lol I just think after the 1995 WCF, .4, the Manu foul, 8, the 2012 WCF, and especially 6, we expect some voodoo, Universe-hates-us, shit to go down.

And if those Spurs fans in question happen to be Cowboys and Rangers fans, they're definitely living with constant indigestion right now.

:lol

I am becoming cautiously optimistic, though. They have played so remarkably well, you think how could they possibly lose? Then they turn around and shit the bed in royal fashion.

All I want is just 1 ... ONE ..... more free cup of coffee.

*sigh*

[xmas1997]

:lol

I am becoming cautiously optimistic, though. They have played so remarkably well, you think how could they possibly lose? Then they turn around and shit the bed in royal fashion.

All I want is just 1 ... ONE ..... more free cup of coffee.

*sigh*

I agree, this is why I never ever bet on or against my Spurs. I will "hope" with the best of you.
And if they come through, then I will celebrate with the best of you.
But if they somehow improbably lose, then it won't cry or lose any sleep over it, or cast blame.
No, I will look forward to next year with equally high hopes again, as I have done this year, and every year.
I am a loyal Spurs fan and I will keep pounding on the rock until it breaks.

[benefactor]

Really starting to think kobyz is timvp.

[xmas1997]

Really starting to think kobyz is timvp.

:lmao
No one, absolutely no one could be as depressingly crazy as kobyz.

[kobyz]

Nothing to lose? They're back to back champions, for shit sake. They have everything to lose.

Nothing to lose and no pressure cause right now no one accept them to come back, so everybody on them gonna play better...

[The Reckoning]

word. grats to the heat on the threepeat. well done fellas, you deserved it.

[Spurs21Fan4Ever]

Did Pop show the team game 6 highlights yesterday or today?

[KaiRMD1]

As is the case with this series,the Miami Heat best chances are the spurs committing as many errors as possible for them to eek out a victory. The Spurs are not the Bobcats, the Nets or the Pacers and the Heat are not the Mavs, the blazers or the Thunder. Sadly, the Mavs were the toughest team the Spurs faced, having been blown out by the Spurs once compared to the rest of the teams.

[~~~~~~]

SA will come out strong in the 1st Q, like all the other games, and have it wrapped up by the end of the half.

Wade and Bosh, for the most part, have conceded defeat and you can see it in their eyes.

[Cry Havoc]

I said this in the NBA forum:



:lol I just think after the 1995 WCF, .4, the Manu foul, 8, the 2012 WCF, and especially 6, we expect some voodoo, Universe-hates-us, shit to go down.

And if those Spurs fans in question happen to be Cowboys and Rangers fans, they're definitely living with constant indigestion right now.

It's pretty crazy how close Duncan is to having four MORE rings. He could seriously be sitting on 8 or 9 titles right now with 4 different ball bounces. That's absolutely insane.

[anakha]

Dead yet?

[Harry Callahan]

It's pretty crazy how close Duncan is to having four MORE rings. He could seriously be sitting on 8 or 9 titles right now with 4 different ball bounces. That's absolutely insane.

The fifth actual ring is the key right now. It's there for the taking.

[spurs10]

Really starting to think kobyz is timvp. I've thought that too. Just him having fun stirring the pot. If not, then I have no doubt that person would indeed crumble at the first sign of trouble.

[therealtruth]

Hopefully we can win it in 5. We need to match the Heat at their best. That should also make it more satisfying. They will be well rested and focused. Probably a number of Spurs could make an argument for Finals MVP if they have a good game.

[kobyz]

They will feel that they have nothing to lose and they will feel no pressure??? They're in the finals and they are the defending champions. They've got something to lose and they have to win 3 straight to a team that has pretty much owned them this series.. Yeah no pressure.

The pressure is off now when they play against all odds and you need to consider also that Lebron wanting to make that history...

[Aztecfan03]

8?

I think he means losing to 8th-seeded memphis.

[TampaDude]

The pressure is off now when they play against all odds and you need to consider also that Lebron wanting to make that history...

Tell ya what, brah...if the Heat pull off the miracle comeback and win the title this year, I will personally buy a LeBron #6 Heat jersey and wear it proudly all year. I'll even post a pic on here for everyone to see. Fair enough?

[xmas1997]

The pressure is off now when they play against all odds and you need to consider also that Lebron wanting to make that history...

So what you are saying is that James and the Heat planned to be down 3 to 1 so that they can lull the Spurs into feeling over confident and that way come back and win 3 straight games in order to make history?
Are you serious?
Or are you just a manic depressive crazy idiot?
I say the latter.
:lmao

[Aztecfan03]

The pressure is off now when they play against all odds and you need to consider also that Lebron wanting to make that history...

Hence the pressure on the heat....

[TampaDude]

So what you are saying is that James and the Heat planned to be down 3 to 1 so that they can lull the Spurs into feeling over confident and that way come back and win 3 straight games in order to make history?
Are you serious?
Or are you just a manic depressive crazy idiot?
I say the latter.
:lmao

For real. The only realistic way Miami wins the title this year is massive unbridled rigging by the NBA, and that would make the title meaningless.

[xmas1997]

No, the only logical explanation is he is a troll because no one is this idiotic, not even the Manu haters.

[kobyz]

Hence the pressure on the heat....

I think they have no pressure, high motivation to make history but nothing to lose...

[Skull-1]

OP has a point. The meltdown around here Sunday night is gonna' be epic. Then we lose Game six in Miami.... Oh Lordy...

A snake can still bite long after you cut its head off. Miami ceases to be a threat when we WIN.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Really starting to think kobyz is timvp.

Could be. Only kobzzz starts erroneous threads then sits back and doesn't comment.

[Sean Cagney]

Yeah, logically, there's no way the Heat win this series. Last year's events has conditioned us to expect the worst.


Not just last year, the 012 WCF and then last year! Add on to that .4 and the Dirk Foul! They will condition you at times for the worst and you become immune to it.
So what you are saying is that James and the Heat planned to be down 3 to 1 so that they can lull the Spurs into feeling over confident and that way come back and win 3 straight games in order to make history?
Are you serious?
Or are you just a manic depressive crazy idiot?
I say the latter.
:lmao

That dude has problems! He is the one all summer is till hurts like he lost his first born or some shit.

[boutons_deux]

Being down 1-3, Now Miami will feel they have nothing to lose, they will feel no pressure, now Lebron, Wade, Bosh and everybody else on them will play better... Also now when it's time to close it out, the trauma of last year might come into Spurs head...

G F Y

[kobyz]

It's possibility that Lebron and the Heat gave us the 3-1 lead to make a crazy comeback and mess with our hearts...

[LoneStarState'sPride]

It's possibility that Lebron and the Heat gave us the 3-1 lead

Many things are possible.

This is not one of them.

[Strange Love]

This is why I dont come up here as often.

Pessimist idiots. Some of you could never see the good in this team. Up 3 games to 1 and you still dont believe.

[ErnestLynch]

Heat might make a game of it with 3 days rest. But then they play again in two days, and then again in two days if they won game 6 and eventually they just get run out of the gym again. Spurs lose game 5 they just lose game 5. But they aren't losing game 5. I don't think the Heat want to show their face in Miami for a while, TBH. Spurs are going to go at 'em hard in the first quarter and crack that nut open, break their will, and that will be that. It becomes a question of how is it going to be ref'd. That is the question. We'll know within 6 minutes how this thing is going to turn out, IMHO.

I'll say this as well. IF the Heat were to make a historic comeback, the refing better be perfect along the way or all hell would break lose and the NBA brand would be damaged. It would have to be 'perfect'.

[Skull-1]

Heat might make a game of it with 3 days rest. But then they play again in two days, and then again in two days if they won game 6 and eventually they just get run out of the gym again. Spurs lose game 5 they just lose game 5. But they aren't losing game 5. I don't think the Heat want to show their face in Miami for a while, TBH. Spurs are going to go at 'em hard in the first quarter and crack that nut open, break their will, and that will be that. It becomes a question of how is it going to be ref'd. That is the question. We'll know within 6 minutes how this thing is going to turn out, IMHO.

I'll say this as well. IF the Heat were to make a historic comeback, the refing better be perfect along the way or all hell would break lose and the NBA brand would be damaged. It would have to be 'perfect'.


Expect foul trouble early for Leonard and Green again.

NBA can't have its golden manchild humiliated.

[TampaDude]

Expect foul trouble early for Leonard and Green again.

NBA can't have its golden manchild humiliated.

^ this, tbh

The refs will deliver the threepeat for LeBron and the Heatles. Spurs just playing the part of the Generals again. It is what it is.

[Harry Callahan]

I think Pop got in Danny's and Kawhi's ear the last couple of games. Now they know to play close (but not too close), move your feet, and not bail them out with the hands in foul.

We need those two on the floor a lot tonight in order to finish this. I think they understand how this needs to go.

Lebron and Wade (and probably Bosh) will go 38-40 unless it goes blowout city. If the ball moves on the offensive end as it should, those three will be dying out there in the 4th quarter.

Our guys just have to watch out for cheap shots from Chalmers, Allen, Wade, and Birdman. Ray Allen has been trying to injure Manu all series.

[therealtruth]

Heat might make a game of it with 3 days rest. But then they play again in two days, and then again in two days if they won game 6 and eventually they just get run out of the gym again. Spurs lose game 5 they just lose game 5. But they aren't losing game 5. I don't think the Heat want to show their face in Miami for a while, TBH. Spurs are going to go at 'em hard in the first quarter and crack that nut open, break their will, and that will be that. It becomes a question of how is it going to be ref'd. That is the question. We'll know within 6 minutes how this thing is going to turn out, IMHO.

I'll say this as well. IF the Heat were to make a historic comeback, the refing better be perfect along the way or all hell would break lose and the NBA brand would be damaged. It would have to be 'perfect'.

The Spurs also got the rest and they're pretty good when they get rest. I think the Heat blew their chances.

[DPG21920]

I said this in the NBA forum:



:lol I just think after the 1995 WCF, .4, the Manu foul, 8, the 2012 WCF, and especially 6, we expect some voodoo, Universe-hates-us, shit to go down.

And if those Spurs fans in question happen to be Cowboys and Rangers fans, they're definitely living with constant indigestion right now.

Not everyone, Mid. Some see through the noise:

[Stabula]

lol bitch