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Wade playing his best ball in years against little league teams..
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Thanks to unanimous acclaim, here is this year's Final 7 keys comrades and comrades. Much has changed since last year, but really has much changed?
El Che's 7 keys correctly predicted last year's Heat vs Spurs Finals, can they do it again this year? sure they can
The 7 Keys to the NBA Finals.
This methodology has predicted the correct outcome in every NBA Finals since long, long time ago...
Key #1: Which team's best player is better. This also might be the tie breaking key.
Once again, like last year, this Key goes to the Miami Heat easily.
Key #2: Which team has the better 2-4 players.
Last year this key went to the Spurs. But this year this key goes to Miami. Wade is playing his best ball in years and Bosh has been the definition of solid, for a man his skills that's huge. So Miami takes the 2nd key as well.
Key #3: Home Court Advantage.
The Spurs take this key from Miami this year. Commendable season to take a very important key. (although Finals format changes this year)
Key #4: Coaching Advantage.
Last year Spurs had this key. Erik Spoelstra has shown he is a great coach and he has Pat Riley right behind him which is huge. Still, Erik has to coach in game vs. Pop who is a lock to the HOF. Spurs take this key.
Key #5: Experience Advantage.
Last year noone took this key. Both teams had a very experienced superstar lineup and very inexperienced newcomer group. This year, you really can't take the key away from the Heat, they are the defending champs and brought pretty much their entire team intact (save key guy Mike Miller). Spurs potentially have fresh faces in Patty Mills and Bellineli that might not have the experience even a Battier or Chalmers have. Heat take this key.
Key #6: Defensive Advantage. Defense wins championships.
This Key goes to the San Antonio Spurs once again.
Key #7: Best 5-8 Players.
This is probably most important key of the 7 this year. It seems the players 5-8 of both teams will probably decide the series. The superstar groups for both teams are just too good, too experienced and too smart to outplay each other. Although the Heat role players Andersen, Lewis and Allen are playing very very well, you just can't ignore the fact that Danny Green and Boris Diaw are playing at incredible levels. Last year the key went to the Heat due to Andersen being supernova, this year it's got to go to the Spurs for Diaw's and Green's play (and Patty's play has to be commended too) If Marco Bellinelli decides to show up this could be a shorter series, but again, if Green and Patty decide to get back down to earth, Miami could possibly overcome this. Still, in the end the key goes to the Spurs.
There you have it. Last year it was all tied and had to go to the tie breaker (best player) This year, there is no need for that, the Spurs win the Finals with 4 keys to 3.
But as I said last year, and there is no need to say it again this year: it's very close and if you compare with other series this series has the potential to resemble the Pistons-Lakers of 04 or Mavs-Heat of 11 where both road teams ultimately prevailed.
Finally I would also be very shocked if this series goes less than 6 games. This could be one for the ages.
Last edited by cheguevara; 06-02-2014 at 05:38 PM.
Wade playing his best ball in years against little league teams..
We just beat a team that had the two best players on the court.
Gracias che...
Gracias Camarada. Los comienzos no van a ser faciles... van a ser muy dificiles...
Hasta la victoria!
Not sure about Key #2. Bosh + Wade + Allen(?) vs. Duncan + Kawhi + Manu seems to favor the Spurs, mainly because I don't even know who #4 for Miami is.
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I reallly have Duncan as our best player this year which leaves Parker, Kawhi and Manu to contend with Bosh, Wade and Chalmers. The pair of Bosh and Wade are shooting just too well and being more consistent that their Spurs counterparts. That's why Miami takes this key.
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True, but neither one of those was LeBron. LeBron might now be the GOAT, over Jordan.
Specifically, LeBron will not be doing the following like we saw in the OKC series:
- throw the ball away in key situations down the stretch (vs. Chimpbrook)
- rely solely on FTs to score. He can and will take it to the cup (vs. KD and the Chimp who whined and flailed for everything)
- shy away from the biggest game of his life (like KD did several times)
- get tired, ever (unline KD and the Chimp in game 6)
- refuse to run plays. He will run them expertly since his brain is the size of two normal brains (vs. the Chimp, who, while has a very very large forehead, has not yet filled it with brain cells)
- refuse to play defense after getting beat (like all of OKC beside Ibaka did). LeBron is the best in the league at erasing any advantage mid-play. We will see a lot of almost-scores this series.
LeBron has won multiple championships, unlike the ThunderTwins, and has the experience to pull off another one against us. I'd say our odds of winning are a coin-flip at best, even with HCA.
Last edited by phxspurfan; 06-02-2014 at 06:17 PM.
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Well since Parker is having an awful playoffs so far and he falls to the 2-4 group, I still think this is a toss-up. Here are their playoff numbers so far:
Code:TS% / PER / WS / WS-48 Bosh: .587 / 19.3 / 1.7 / .165 Wade: .578 / 21.0 / 1.6 / .147 Chalmers: .546 / 11.9 / 0.8 / .87 Manu: .578 / 21.1 / 1.7 / .182 Leonard: .565 / 17.2 / 1.9 / .163 Parker: .525 / 16.0 / 0.6 / .57
Russel Westbrook is a harder guard than Dwayne Wade but were all of a sudden going to struggle guarding him as opposed to Westbrook? Righty-o
I agree with this point. Wade is a smarter player than Westbrook but he's not as athletic or explosive as Westbrook at this point of time. That is why I don't see the spurs struggling that much with Wade since Westbrook was athletically more of a challenge.
Wade doesn't seem to regularly run to half court and shoot 26 footers with 20 left in the clock tbh
Westbrook was by far the 2nd best player in these playoffs, of course he's much better than current Wade..
Wade is the smarter IQ player(by far) and better defensive asset. Sure WB is an offensive beast but an offensive beast is probably not what Miami needs next to Lebron IMO
can you imagine Lebron's face if teamate WB runs and shoots a 30 footer with 21 in the shotclock
The argument isn't about who fits better next to Lebron, the argument is about which player is a more difficult matchup for the Spurs, and that's undoubtedly Westbrook, tbh..
Wade's style of play doesn't match up well against the Spurs..he's no longer explosive, he doesn't shoot 3s and he can no longer push the pace in transition..
I think Wade could be just as dangerous because LeBron will get him the ball in opportune positions, like timely cuts, etc. The Spurs defenders have to be on their a-game, can't lay off because Wade is less explosive than Westbrook
basketball is a team sport. which individual game is more difficult is really irrelevant and a Lebron/Wade cover is obviously a harder cover than a WB/Durant. thus was proven in the 2013 Finals.
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