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Just ask the Manu haters on here.
Out of curiosity
Just ask the Manu haters on here.
I think at the end of this series total Finals wins in the Spurs-Heat series will stand at 7 apiece. Next year will be the rubber match.
Depends on how many game threads you start tbh.
Oh yeah, ask the Pop haters on here too!
I had no doubt at all until Tony's very public admission he 'might not be 100%,but I'll be playing.' Not a very optimistic announcement. He's got 3 more days of treatment before he'll know exactly where he's at, so why say that now?
Heat already 3peated.
these are just formalities
I would say the series will go like game of thrones and lebron will do to duncan what the mountain did to the viper.... but that already happened in game 6 last year.
I don't agree with the Vegas odds or ESPN experts on this one.
This has all the writings of 1998 NBA finals, when a very determined Utah Jazz team went into the finals as slight favorites plus home court, they looked for revenge only to come up short after opening the series 1-0. I love Duncan but he is 38 against prime LeBron.
Spurs caught a lot of lucky breaks to be compe ive against the Heat last year. Parker's amazing shots at end of games 1/6, Green's historical shooting and the mind games LeBron could not get out of until the last two games of the series. Because Heat has the top two players on the floor by a good margin and doesn't have a coach as stupid as Scott Brooks, they simply have a higher ceiling than the Spurs. LeBron is shooting historical percentages and I am afraid leaving him open for jumpers won't work this year.
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/03/sp...ng-possum.html
LeBron, like Jordan is doing everything he can to get extra motivation for his troops. He probably feels he got snubbed by MVP and all-defensive team selections, he is using Duncan's comments and ESPN picks as well. I hope for the best but I see a Miami in 6 if they play at max potential.
In fact, call me a pessimist, if Ibaka was healthy from the start OR if Erik Spoelstra was coaching the thunder, I don't think the Spurs would have made it out of the west. Throw in Tony's injury (anyone believing the Spurs doesn't need Tony near 100% to win is an idiot), I think it is at least 70%/30% Heat.
Last edited by hitmantb; 06-03-2014 at 02:28 PM.
I always think we're gonna lose tbh
I'm WAY more confident about this year than last looking at the state of the two teams. The fact that we've already been through devastation and come back to this point taking the road we did makes me like our chances even more.
tbh my brain works the same way. It's pretty much a defense mechanism so I don't get so damn depressed when we DO actually lose. When did I let my guard down last year? With 28 seconds left in game 6...
I have no idea at this point... People overreact to everything tbh... We fell to 1-2 to an 8th seed not too long ago and now people predict the Spurs will win in 5 against a prime LeBron and an healthy Wade with or without TP...
IMHO, if someone professes to be a Spurs fan and thinks they'll lose, then they are really not Spurs fans.
I think we have a shot to win. That's all you can ask for at this stage, tbh...
You can be fan of the underdog... It's not like anyone is rooting for them to lose...
Spurs just beat a much better team than the Heat. Spoelstra is a much better coach than Brooks, and that may be the difference, but I give the Spurs the psychological edge. Plus the HCA, they should do it.
If Spurs play their type of basketball, they have a good shot. They need to play 48 minutes each game. Marco needs to get hot. Parker needs to play 100%. Diaw needs to be 2.0. Green needs to hit his shots on the road. Duncan needs an OKC Game 6 performance every game. Miami won't hand them the trophy just because Spurs want revenge. If the Spurs want to avenge themselves, they'll have to earn it.
Truth bombs. Spurs will need to play above anything else they have ever played to win this series
I dunno. The Heat haven't been putting together full games - they'll need to play full 48 minutes, especially if the Spurs' bench is producing. If Marco gets hot, that game is automatically won - the Heat cannot match a Mills or a Marco starting to pump threes in. Parker will not be 100%. Diaw needs to continue how he's playing, no question. Green does not need to hit shots on the road - the Spurs can win this handily at home. Duncan needs to post up the weak interior Heat defense and treat them like David West did. Not all the time, but throughout.
If you wipe away the history of both teams in the last few years, didn't know the Heat was coming off two championships, and looked in context at how both teams have been playing this year and the last few weeks, and knowing one of them had HCA and has been dominant at home, which one would you pick?
Yeah let's just say this year that until that final buzzer sounds, I'm not even going to think about celebrating.
The series definitely favors the Heat. I can't help but notice that Westbrook was near un-guardable in the WCF. He just blew past whatever defender that was on him and managed to get all the shots/layups he wanted. Westbrook just didn't play smart and forced too many plays. Now imagine a 6'8 Westbrook who is an elite passer and decision maker. That's just not fair. And that's only one of the weapons the Heat have. With Wade healthier and Bosh hitting his 3's in the playoffs, I don't know if the Spurs can guard the Heat effectively.
Spurs definitely look better than last year with a healthier Ginobili, Diaw playing his brains out, and Mills occasionally contributing a burst but it's hard to say that is enough. Everyone on the Spurs will have to play out of their minds to pull off an upset. They need last year's memory as motivation for blowouts. If the games go down to a knife fight, the Heat will win simply because they have the superior players that can execute.
Ugh - Same.Exact. ing.Thing.Here.
we have a decent shot to win that's all we can ask for
Get a room tbh.
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