++ ROUND ONE: Series MVP + +

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Originally Posted by Martin R

I did watch the games. Manu passed the ball to a wide open Tim Duncan, who was the third option (Finley was number 1) in that particular play.
If Tim was an option, I am pretty sure Pop made them train that play at least a couple of times.

I am not saying Manu was so much better than Tony/Tim, I am saying that current result of this poll (2 votes for Manu vs 99 for Tony) makes no sense unless we only have short term memory.

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this is not a popularity poll. This is a poll of who was the best player in the series. This clearly was either Tim or Tony. Manu is far behind.

Why would anyone vote for Manu then??

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Originally Posted by Martin R

I did watch the games. Manu passed the ball to a wide open Tim Duncan, who was the third option (Finley was number 1) in that particular play.
If Tim was an option, I am pretty sure Pop made them train that play at least a couple of times.

I am not saying Manu was so much better than Tony/Tim, I am saying that current result of this poll (2 votes for Manu vs 99 for Tony) makes no sense unless we only have short term memory.

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Typical CoM symptom :sleep

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Originally Posted by timvp

People are being a bit hard on Ginobili. He was studly in the first three games. Game 4 he was good compared to how others played. In Game 5 he wasn't great offensively but he did good defensively and limited his turnovers, which had been plaguing him all series. Overall, Ginobili had a successful series. No doubt better than last year against the Suns.

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Saying Manu didn't play as great as Tony or Duncan is not being hard on Manu imo... just being realistic.

He did a good job, 3 great games, an ok game and a bad one, but compared to Tony and Timy, he clearly was not that good in this series.

Go Spurs! :flag:

IMO the MVP for each PO series is always TIM DUNCAN. It's just taken for granted.

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Originally Posted by nkdlunch

It has to be Tim Duncan. He made the miracle 3. He dealt with both Amare and Shaq. He was the most consistent.

Parker was awesome but he only had to deal with Nash. come on

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And Diaw... and Bell... and Barbosa... and double team... and triple team...
And in the paint : Shak and Stoudemire !

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Originally Posted by timaios

And in the paint : Shak and Stoudemire !

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That's almost like saying there was nothing there. They might as well be two standing pillars there instead. :lol

MVP: Steve Kerr

He is still a Spur, he's just running black ops for us over there.

TP and TD were both great but this is a team effort. The little things that the Spurs do to win games are done by the team. Case in point - Bowen's play on Nash in games 3 & 5 were very instrumental in the Spurs series win. We probably lose last night if Nash is anywhere near his average.