LMFAO,do you guys even watch the Spurs during the season?!?
Parker has been on a MISSION(besides his March ankle injury period)
Dude has been on fire all season,those shots weren't lucky,he's the BEST finisher at the rim in the NBA
The Heat peaked too early,Spurs are clicking at the right time,plenty of rest during the regular season will help
We blew a bunch of chippies/got out-rebounded and the new guys got a little rattled under the Finals glare
Big deal,poundin' that rock got the W!!!!!!
We take IMHO a must win game 2 and this is over in 5 @ SA
Lebron looked scurred out there,he knows whats up....
Yeah well this "so fatigued" Lebron still managed to have a monster triple double...
So we'll see in the up-coming games but I believe that guarding Parker for long stretches won't hurt his overall offensive impact as much as expected by some here (that being said, I hope I'm dead wrong here)
1/ Won't happen, last year WCF meltdown is in eveyone minds right now
2/ Not a problem if the Spurs shooters hit their own wide open shots
3/ In Pop I trust
Hmmm...monster triple double in a loss....that's not "monster" to me, sorry..
I thought Pop threw in a nice wrinkle when Bron switched to TP. Having Kawhi be the screener instead of Duncan forced the switch a couple of times. Kawhi's man doesn't have the length to help as opposed to someone like Bosh helping on that. Didn't have too much success but I'll take a switch where Mike Miller or Ray Allen ends up on Tony tbh.
LeBron needs to score more than 18 pts...that's 4.5 pts/qtr. Not gonna get it done.
Spurs can win game 2, there is enough rest between both games, although heat are coming with a vengeance. I still think Manu needs to try to score a bit more. The biggest concern is how pop is going to defend that line up with Miller and Allen on the floor, and LeBron playing point forward.
Game 2 will be the toughest game in the series for the Spurs. Expect a blowout loss in game 2.
The loss is not on him (cough Chris Bosh cough)
Disagree. LeBron gets tired at the end when he doesn't pace himself. Parker is much more used to running around all game. LeBron has burst mode speed, but Tony has better stamina.
The toughest game is always the up-coming one
Seriously a guy Lebron's size is going to have more stamina than a guy Parker's size? Besides all the things that Lebron has to do besides guarding parker and scoring? If he guards parker more than a quarter Spurs could win the battle of the boards... Lebron not crashing the boards is a big advantage for our wings specially leonard.
I hope you're wrong but I sure wouldn't be surprised to see exactly what you predict. In fact, I kinda expect it, too. Then I think both teams will settle down and it will be a very close series of games.
Lebron did a pretty good job but the Spurs responded in the best way possible. Lebron is very capable of locking down Parker, the evidence was in the few broken plays in the fourth. Even though Parker couldn't take on Lebron 1v1 or 2v2, he scored in transition, Green hit a 3, Duncan drew a foul, and Parker hit a wild shot at the end. I think Parker also scored off a jumper in a set pick and roll, which was encouraging. Lebron disrupted Parker's offense in the end and the Spurs have to find other ways to score. 50% of the time he might get a decent shot off, the other 50%, just hope someone hits a prayer shot or draws a foul.
Lebron on TP full time is fools gold. He'll lose his jumper come the fourth quarter due to exhaustion. Also, his rebounding opportunities would be severely limited by guarding TP. It's okay at certain moments of the game, but would hurt the Heat if they tried to implement throughout the game.
A great point someone mentioned is that if Lebron is out on the perimeter defending Parker, he won't be able to rebound. Without his rebounding, the Heat could get blown out
He became fatigued getting his triple double. He only had 6 points in the 4th and made bad decisions, a lot of that has to be down to fatigue
I guess we will have the opportunity to check that out very quickly...
That being said, IMO, if the Lebron-on-Parker option is used for long stretches, it will have a bigger impact on the Frenchman offense than it will have on Lebron own offense
I don't think the Heat have lost two in a row yet this year!
You've got a point here but nobody's saying Lebron will be on Parker full-time. I guess it's up to Spoelstra to find the fair balance
I'd rate all 3 of these higher than worrying about a gassed Lebron trying to navigate through 2-3x screens and still blanketing Tony. He wasn't able to do it last night and he wouldn't even be able to do it if he came in fresh with zero minutes played in the game. He is simply too massive to keep up with a tiny waterbug like Parker not to mention navigate through the obstacle course of screens he will encounter.
If that's Spoelstra's ace in the hole I feel pretty good about the spurs winning their 5th.
LeBron can't guard Parker the entire game - he'll get worn out. But the Spurs should definitely expect more of it. Maybe have Ginobili handle some end-game possessions. But it was very effective.
I guess I saw a different game then. All I saw was Lebron switching on the first half assed P&R that came his way. Like he was saying " this !.. somebody else take this guy I'm not!"
Well nobody thought the spurs would sweep the grizzlies either but they did. Everybody knows the Pacers Heat series should not have gone to 7 and it did. So anything can happen, Miami sooner or later will lose two games in a row. Why not against an experienced and well coached team like the Spurs? Besides the spurs have to win two games in a row at some point I do not think the spurs can get the trophy without doing so.
He guarded Parker only for short stretches if I remember correctly so the fatigue was not "Guarding-Parker" related (it seemed the whole Heat team was tired in the 4th)
His scoring was not great last night, not just in the 4th (his 6 points in the 4th have to be related to his 12 points during the first 3 quarters)
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