NBA: Is 2013 going to be like 2007?

[mercos]

The Westbrook injury really made this postseason remind me of 2007. In 07 it wasn't an injury, but the Warriors taking out the Mavs. That opened the door for the Spurs and made it feel like the championship was ours to lose. After the Mavs went down, all we had to do was get past Phoenix in round 2 and the le was pretty much on lock. It was looking like a tough series until A'mare and Diaw came off the bench and gave away any shot the Suns had at beating us. This year's version of the Suns is the Heat. We should be favored against the Warriors and Thunder/Clippers/Grizzlies. There is even the slight (extremely slight) chance that the Knicks could beat the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, in which case we would be favored against them as well. The door could open even further for the Spurs if D-Wade's knee continues to act up.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

It's going to be like a series finale for the Tim Duncan era, where there will be call backs and references to all sorts of stuff through the years. Sweeping the Lakers from 99, injuries taking out key players for the opposing teams like in 03, handprints left on D'Antoni's ass like in 05 (where his starting SG was hurt) and 07 (where his star big did something stupid).

[ffadicted]

The Cavs are sh*t tier compared to the heat this year lol

[Spurs 4 The Win]

This isnt like 07. There isnt a defacto NBA finals happening in the WCSF like their was with pheonix in 07. Now if Miami got knocked out by NY that might be a different story.

[Clipper Nation]

The Mavs were huge underdogs and didn't have HCA against the Heat in 2011. Why couldn't this year's Spurs do that? They have Tim Duncan. Tim in Duncan. He is much better than Tyson Chandler and who the is going to guard him on the Heat? Lebron or fruity bas Bosh? You serious?

The Heat have given Gaycob the biggest case of asspain in recorded human history, tbh...

[Jumi]

I think the winner of the Knicks/Pacers series has a damn good chance of beating the Heat. I would like it to be the Knicks, considering the fact I'm an undercover Knicks fan, but Miami's path to the le will be a lot tougher than most fans seem to think! The first round is over, it's time for some "big boy" basketball!! Put the women and children to bed, this is about to get real!!

[Latarian Milton]

our path to glory will be tougher this year than last year, not just because the spurs have been playing their best games since 07 but also that the east is also much tougher than last year. knicks seemed to have picked up the superb form they had early on in this season, and s like TC & kidd know how to beat this team even though we're also a better team than the 11' one.

i have total confidence we'll beat the bulls in the 2nd round but the series won't be easy either. they play grinding-out defense on a lental basis which will minimize the threat of our offense, and i believe that if the bulls got above-average offense, they would have a legit chance to upset us. our offensive efficiency against half-court defense ain't too good imho, due to the absence of a low-post scorer and a play-making PG

[100%duncan]

our path to glory will be tougher this year than last year, not just because the spurs have been playing their best games since 07 but also that the east is also much tougher than last year. knicks seemed to have picked up the superb form they had early on in this season, and s like TC & kidd know how to beat this team even though we're also a better team than the 11' one.

i have total confidence we'll beat the bulls in the 2nd round but the series won't be easy either. they play grinding-out defense on a lental basis which will minimize the threat of our offense, and i believe that if the bulls got above-average offense, they would have a legit chance to upset us. our offensive efficiency against half-court defense ain't too good imho, due to the absence of a low-post scorer and a play-making PG

Dafuq bruh. Bulls won't do to you tbh.