BillMc
06-16-2014, 01:42 PM
It took him long enough but he gave praise in his Daily Dime article: http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-140615/spurs-earn-fifth-crown-historic-rise
Here's a nice excerpt:
Duncan, Tony Parker (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1015/tony-parker)and Manu Ginobili (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/272/manu-ginobili) outlasted the Shaq-Kobe Lakers, then reached two NBA Finals since the last time Kobe and Pau Gasol (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/996/pau-gasol)won a playoff game. The Spurs quelled the Seven Seconds or Less basketball revolution in Phoenix. And now they have exacted vengeance on the Miami Heat, the only team that could claim a victory over them in the NBA Finals.
Seven years after their most recent championship, long after we figured they were through, the Spurs sprinted to the finish. By the time the clock hit zero on their 104-87 victory in Game 5, the Spurs had outscored the Heat by 70 points over the course of the series, the biggest point differential in NBA Finals history.
Here's a nice excerpt:
Duncan, Tony Parker (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/1015/tony-parker)and Manu Ginobili (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/272/manu-ginobili) outlasted the Shaq-Kobe Lakers, then reached two NBA Finals since the last time Kobe and Pau Gasol (http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/996/pau-gasol)won a playoff game. The Spurs quelled the Seven Seconds or Less basketball revolution in Phoenix. And now they have exacted vengeance on the Miami Heat, the only team that could claim a victory over them in the NBA Finals.
Seven years after their most recent championship, long after we figured they were through, the Spurs sprinted to the finish. By the time the clock hit zero on their 104-87 victory in Game 5, the Spurs had outscored the Heat by 70 points over the course of the series, the biggest point differential in NBA Finals history.