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I really wanted someone, any team (besides Lebrons) to end the Warriors arrogance. Then OKC coach Billy Donovan blamed the game 5 loss on the officiating. Really? After the Spurs had every reason to blame the refs and were too classy to make excuses. I'm gonna choose to take this as proof that minus several terrible calls at critical moments, the Spurs should of been the ones to advance. Karma....
Kobyz
Wasn't a choke....Warriors finally woke up and are clearly the better team....but I have a feeling there going to lose against the Cavs......Illuminati Lebron James is going to ring...
Curse of the Spurs lives on! Any team that gets by us with the refs help are doomed! Lol!
Not the biggest choke in NBA history - that was us in 2013. There were many parallels between game 6 2013 and this game 6, actually.
NO they choked...
No biggest chokejob in NBA history sadly was game 6 of the 2013 NBA finals Spurs vs Heat, the Spurs next season redeemed themselves by blowing Miami out of the gym, but this chokejob by the Thunder is right up there. That Warriors team has been so lucky imo, to have a team choke a 3-1 lead and least seasons watered down playoffs (Thunder, Spurs out, injured Cavs team). The Cavs are healthy now so they will face another obstacle, but I don't think Cleveland chokes this if they get up 3-1. All these insanse 3's that Warriors team makes in these games, it's skill and luck basically.
They have a rabbits foot up their ass it seems for sure.
Actually, they were just better than OKC. Not just Steph and Klay hitting 17 and 13 3s in games 6 and 7, but Iguodala stopping KD cold when it mattered in game 6, and their paint-collapsing D doing the same to Westy.
And when you have two players shooting 45% from 3, those scoring binges are more skill than luck.
These guys are just really ing mentally tough, and really ing good.
Every team has a stretch where they don't play well. The Warriors happened to hit that stretch in the playoffs, and still managed to make it to the finals. Pretty ing amazing team, tbh.
In 2013 the Spurs were up 3-2 not 3-1. Big difference especially considering Game 6 and 7 were in Miami. Lebron did what LeBron does and bricked a 3 so bad the rebound bounced out of the paint and into Allens hands. No choke.
How about what OKC did on offense during the 8:00 run in Game 6.
Turnovers, missed shots.
Certainly was not due to Golden States defense.
Choke absolutely.
look at the final Mins of Game 6 and 7 OKC just gave up defensively....and the bed
Spurs style...
Why didn't he ring last year. This is the most ridiculous I've read. So that is the reason why he's going to ring? Why hasn't he rung every year.
You want to know the reason why teams like the 2004 Lakers, 2006 Mavericks, 2008 Lakers, 2012 Thunder lost? It's because they weren't good enough to be there in the first place. The Spurs got screwed over in all those seasons and those teams got their asses beat cause they simply weren't good enough to be there in the first place. They all got what they deserved.
I'm going to say OKC was bigger than the Spurs because they just gave up in these games when it mattered. The Spurs despite losing game 6 came out strong and game 7 was compe ive for the whole entire 48 minutes. The thunder came out strong for this game but once the Warriors took the lead 59-58 they quit and gave up.
Because irvying played only one game and love played none?
Some of those threes were just video game type of threes though from Klay in game 6, damn. I know they make those often though so it's not a fluke as you said, but my GOD how do those shots fall at a high clip? They are hard shots. They are all you said and even lucky as well at times, but every le has some luck here and there.When that lead was gone that game was over and you could tell. When Curry hit that three to put them up I said that is it, game over.
They were only better than cOKC when durant and westbrook played scared. The end of the 4th q in game 6 had NOTHING to do with skill and EVERYTHING to do with composure. Thunder were done after that. Game 7 end of second q sealed the deal.
All goes back to making a play at a certain time are worth more to a team than just the stat of scoring, assisting, rebounding, stealing, etc. The psychology behind the timing of the play should be the REAL advanced stats.
Just looking at all the teams that have blown 3-1 leads in NBA history there has only been 2 teams to bounce back and win les with pretty much the same core. The '81 Sixers blew a 3-1 lead to the Celtics but 2 years later won a championship with the same core plus the addition of Moses Malone. The Lakers blew a 3-1 lead in '06 against the suns and won the le in '09 with the same core plus the addition of Gasol. In both case the Sixers and Lakers added major upgrades to their core that allowed them to bounce back. I don't think the Thunder will be able to do the same.
The Spurs had their chances but they didn't take advantage of it. At the end of game 5, KL got his hands on some balls at the end but then the Spurs botched the offensive possessions. That wasn't the case for the Warriors in game 6. They took advantage of every late turnover they got. Playoff basketball is a game of mistakes and you can't blow opportunities to score. If the Spurs win game 5, then they probably at least have a chance to win game 7 at home.
GSW are a one-dimensional team. OKC's choke was massive, they played right into GSW strengths - inexplicably going away from got them up 3-1 in the first place.
I suppose in a very remote small way, OKC deserves credit for not being intimidated by GSW - at least for a few games. That's more than we can say for the Spurs. They would have gotten absolutely obliterated by GSW. It's as if the Spurs are ing hypnotized against them.
Um, I'm well aware of what happened, and that's not it. You have conflated 2 different plays. The play where LBJ bricked it was the previous play starting with 28s to go. He bricked it so badly that it came off Kawhi's gigantic hands straight up into the air, then Kawhi, Boris and Manu (I think) spoiled each other going for the secondary rebound while Wade sneaked in to steal the ball from them. He dished it to LBJ who hit his second chance. Then Kawhi missed a FT (I don't blame him - the poor kid was so young), and then the Allen play.
In the final minute both Manu and Kawhi missed FTs, and we couldn't secure either of two rebounds that would have closed the series. And yes, maybe Pop was to blame for not having Timmy in the game for those rebounds. Up 5 with 28s to go we were 98% favourites.
Convince yourself of whatever you like, but it is a dangerous thing to explain away past errors as bad luck. 4 unusual plays all going badly (any one of them going our way wins the game and the series), but that's still a choke - a team choke, not an individual one.
Still, it worked out well, because I doubt we'd have won in 2014 if not for 2013, and in many parallel universes we won both!
Choking means you miss clutch shots. The Spurs were heroic in the loss. Pure heartbreak
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