Playing with house money in game 4, knock out punch if LeBron runs out of gas

[exstatic]

Keep attacking the paint and don't leave people wide open at the 3 point line

MAKE them play Birdman. Their offense is much less scary when he's on the floor.

[100%duncan]

Time for the knock out blow tbh. Although damn, those mother ers are good when their backs are against the walls. Just what champions do.

[will_spurs]

The Spurs certainly should go all out on Game 4, they have nothing to lose, and a win tomorrow would be huge: going up 3-1, 2 losses at home for Miami, actually 2 losses in a row or Miami...

[Spur|n|Austin]

Game 4 is not a must win. But with that said, the Spurs needs to go all out tomorrow. There is 3 days to rest before game 5.

Its so funny how fickle fans are on this board. LIke I said in previous post, do you think the Heat can sustain playing D for 4 quarters like they did in games 1 and 2. Spo said they had to. Let me just put it straight for the record, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO.

This Spurs team is better and deeper than last year. They still play a 9 man rotation which allows everyone to stay fresh. Heat have been playing a 7 man rotation and it showed last night as they were flat for most of the game.

Spurs just did what they did to the Mavs in game 7, attack the basket. It also helps that Parker finally realized he is not going to the be MVP of this series with the Heat doubling him again every time he touches the ball. He didn't force anything and basically serve as a decoy much of the night. It was great to see him swallow his pride and just take a backseat.

Yeah, that was huge indeed - Pop's comments to him definitely sunk in and the team reaped the benefits.

I also think Game 4 is not a must win, but being able to come back to SA with 2 days of rest AND a 3-1 lead in The Finals would be beyond huge. Hoisting up the LOB on Father's Day Sunday would be a picture perfect ending to the season.

One last thing... All the es on this board who jumped ship, then came crawling back, then jumped ship again throughout these playoffs should be banned, plain and simple.

[Expert]

Tempo, all about tempo. Parker slows the tempo and Miami flourishes. Dont allow time for their defense to set. No rest for them.

[Chomag]

Go for the kill shot now! Miami is going to come out with all of they got and if the Spurs stomp that effort all the momentum in the series will belong to the spurs. If they let Miami tie the series now this is going down to the last few possessions of game 7

[cjw]

We can't count on another hot shooting night like tonight

The Heat didn't shoot too poorly themselves either. Almost 50% from three and over 50% from the field.

[21209]

I don't view game 4 as house money. HCA hasn't meant much in this series and the Spurs have to have the mentality and the focus to keep the new-found momentum they have going.

You get the Heat down 3-1 and suddenly the LeBron led Heat are facing a situation they've never been in.

[Mr. Body]

Game 4 is not a must win. But with that said, the Spurs needs to go all out tomorrow. There is 3 days to rest before game 5.

Its so funny how fickle fans are on this board. LIke I said in previous post, do you think the Heat can sustain playing D for 4 quarters like they did in games 1 and 2. Spo said they had to. Let me just put it straight for the record, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO.

This Spurs team is better and deeper than last year. They still play a 9 man rotation which allows everyone to stay fresh. Heat have been playing a 7 man rotation and it showed last night as they were flat for most of the game.

Spurs just did what they did to the Mavs in game 7, attack the basket. It also helps that Parker finally realized he is not going to the be MVP of this series with the Heat doubling him again every time he touches the ball. He didn't force anything and basically serve as a decoy much of the night. It was great to see him swallow his pride and just take a backseat.

Heat have also not sustained defensive intensity at any point this year. It's worked, because their compe ion is generally poor. Didn't have to at any point in the playoffs. It's hard to suddenly do it in the Finals, even if they had the horses to do it.

[james evans]

It makes sense. Why would you tire out your best offensive player?

i agree it makes sense for the offensive team to hide their best player on defense, it doesn't make sense for the offensive team not to attack that best player. if u allow the best player not to play any defense, he's gonna use all of his energy on offense. that's one of the reasons lebron didn't kill us last night cuz leonard was attacking him.

[TampaDude]

Spurs have never won against Miami when leading in the series.

Sample size of 1. Nice try there.

[xmas1997]

Nobody, absolutely no one, is picking the Spurs to win game 4, in fact the Heat are favored by 5, because they have never had two losses in a row.
They were even laughing at the post game 3 press conference even though they got slaughtered.
All of that said, could they be a tad bit over confident?

[biskvito]

Heat is going after Kawhi, Parker will have more opportunities to play his game.

[webshad]

I don't want the Spurs to relax. Go out there and play a good game, this Miami team is definitely weaker than last year, however watch out for silly fouls, the refs will get involved in Game 4. So I truly urge Leonard and Green not to be too aggressive on defense in the 1st half.

Refs will definately try to take Leonard and Green out of their game tomorrow.

[Crookshanks]

People gotta stop saying this, we arent close to 3-0, we might have lost tonight if we were up 2-0 because the Heats backs wouldve been against the wall, and ths is why the "Heat could be up 2-0" arguments do not make sense, its all about the level of desperation, we wouldve won game 2 if we lost game 1, its 2-1, lets be happy

I agree. If the Spurs had won game 2, I don't think they would've had the same starting intensity for game 3, but the Heat would've been desperate - so I think the outcome would've been the same. Spurs up 2-1.

[Dex]

If the Spurs are going to win Game 4, they are going to have to completely sneak out a win.

[therealtruth]

i agree it makes sense for the offensive team to hide their best player on defense, it doesn't make sense for the offensive team not to attack that best player. if u allow the best player not to play any defense, he's gonna use all of his energy on offense. that's one of the reasons lebron didn't kill us last night cuz leonard was attacking him.

He still had 22 though. He's an incredible player. I just hope the Spurs keep it up and he eventually tires out.

[BackHome]

On a plus side the Heat had to expend a lot of energy to try to make the last game close so that should help us tomm!!

[MI21]

At some point, in order to beat the cHeat, the Spurs or any team have to win 2 in a row. I know I'm not exactly being Bill Nye over here, but it seems to be their strongest point. Spurs have never won against Miami when leading in the series.

If the Spurs go L, W, L, W from here on out they win the championship without beating the Heat twice in a row. They also no longer have to win against Miami when leading the series to win the championship.

[Thebesteva]

If the Spurs go L, W, L, W from here on out they win the championship without beating the Heat twice in a row. They also no longer have to win against Miami when leading the series to win the championship.

Thats not happening

[MI21]

Thats not happening

Not saying it will, but your statement couldn't of been more incorrect

[dg7md]

We will win game 4... book it.

The Heat seem like a sinking ship, reports leaking about a "big four" idea, LeBron and Wade getting weird questions in the presser, our lights-out shooting and our answers on their comeback... After 3 games we've seen the real Miami Heat and we've outplayed them in every game so far.