2013 NBA Finals, Game 7: Spurs @ Heat - June 20 @ 8 PM CT

[hsxvvd]

Not great now.... but I think in coming round. As proud of this season as any championship year.

[quentin_compson]

Throughout the game, I kept asking myself how the Spurs managed to keep up with the Heat. I mean, LeBron and Wade got their midrange game going (James his three-point shot as well), Battier was shooting lights out from downtown, the Heat's defense was good. On the other hand, it was clear pretty much after the first couple of minutes that TP just didn't have anything left in the tank. Green was being made a non-factor offensively by Miami's defensive attention to him, Neal wasn't hitting his shots as well - and yet, the Spurs were right in this game till the last minute.
You gotta tip your hat to Duncan, KL and Manu. Sure, Manu had a hand in a couple of turnovers late in the fourth quarter, but he played with great energy, attacked the rim and made a lot of good plays for his teammates. Overall, I think he really played well. The same goes for Tim, who amazingly looked like one of the fresher players out on the court in this game. Sure, his point-blank miss down two points hurts, but stuff like this happens, even to all-time greats.
As to Kawhi, I think he was just monumental. To me, he was the best Spur in Game 7. Heck, he even might have been the second best player on the floor after LeBron. You can't blame Leonard for keeping on daring James to shoot, because that clearly was by design. Overall, Kawhi had a fine performance defensively, and he keeps on growing before our very eyes offensively. I don't think you can play much better as a second-year guy that is still a roleplayer in a Game 7 in the NBA Finals than KL did.

Overall, I think our guys did an amazing job of staying in the game, considering a lot of things just weren't working for them, especially offensively. Being this close in a road game in the fourth quarter is all that we could hope for after Game 6, actually probably even more than we could have hoped for. In the end, they just came up short, but what an effort, what a series, what a season.

[AztecSpur]

Just ecstatic over KL's. development this year when you consider he'd be a senior at SDSU, Spurs were really a godsend for him to tutor under the big 3. But I'm very concerned for his future, the big 3 are clearly at the end, if it was just one guy OK, but how are you going to replace all 3. I guess the one take away is we'll finally get to see if he can be a star, but how good will he really be without stars around him?

[silverblackfan]

It was a brutal loss, but honestly Game 6 helped ease the pain by splitting the disappointment into two nights. I am very proud of this team and the effort they put in. Danny Green finally regressed to the mean with his shooting, but Miami did have a lot to do with that. Kawhi was a monster and really kept the Spurs in the game many times. Tony was gassed and I assume Tim was too, but did not show it much.
of a team we have here with Kawhi and Danny getting better each year and the possibility of Joseph, De Colo, and Banes giving this team some more depth next year.


BTW, Stern should give that $250,000 back to the Spurs for being such good patsies and providing his beloved Heat a 7 game exciting series. "Play it to seven games, keep it close, but let them win it in the end."

[LakerHater]