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But we've faced several TEAMS better than the Cavaliers.
No but Detroit was a much better team
But we've faced several TEAMS better than the Cavaliers.
Small surprise, with a weakened East. The Finals, save one year, were never much of a problem.
And you think about how tough all those teams turned out to be...
Every single one of them was tougher than expected...
Having the goal in clear site makes teams fight a lot harder.
But we've faced several TEAMS better than the Cavaliers.
One...the Pistons, the team LeBron just destroyed just about single handedly, and they almost beat us...it took a miracle game from Horry.
I know this Pistons team is not as good...and thank goodness...it took us 7 games to beat them. LeBron did it in less to this team, in more impressive fashion.
Not the same team.One...the Pistons, the team LeBron just destroyed just about single handedly
Different coach, different center, different at ude.
Way to equivocate.
That's because our toughest match-ups are generally in the West. I think that's the point.
Save for a Bavetta special, NY was a sweep.
Really?
That didn't turn out to be true in 05.
It's arguable if that was true in 03...
And scoreboard says that wasn't true in 99 either.
Good thing Bavetta is retired...
yeah, but i'm not sure the spurs have ever been better as a team. 99 team couldn't score without duncan, the 03 team had manu and tony nearly rookies, 05 duncan, manu and tony were hurt (the last two from what i've read on this board). gotta count for something.
The 99 team could score without Duncan...Drob could still score then, in fact he did so.
The 03 Team was the best Spurs Team ever IMO.
The 05 Team was lucky to beat the Pistons...it took the clutch performance of Robert Horry's career. Will he even be on the court in this series?
Duncan wasn't healthy in '05.
A heathly Duncan means more to the Spurs as a whole than anything else.
horry's shot didn't win game 7, though. and regardless, it still doesn't address the fact that maybe horry isn't that big a hero if duncan et al are fully healthy. i mean, , the spurs blow out detroit in the first two games and magically tank on the same night that ginobilli gets kneed?
the 03 team was good but, again, how much better is that team with ginobilli playing at 05 level and tony at 07 level? i think 03 gino and 07 gino are pretty even. at the same time, robinson's back was giving out, jackson would score and then charge someone, and who was the bench outside of gino?
the 99 team relied enormously on duncan, much, much more so than the subsequent teams. the 99 squad does not beat phoenix in 05 the way the spurs did during the reg season.
Holy Jesus....
Are you on their payroll like he is?
ROFL
Of course he will.
Stop yer in'. You can leave off the ! on mine all you want you egotistical
yah but what if they left off the d? BeerIsGoo
Not so classy then is it?
and what about the cavs in all this? pavlovic hasn't hit double figures since the semis, z had problems with webber who is not duncan, lebron doesn't appear to play much defense (that's where he lacks in relation to jordan), tony seems able to score at will, and the spurs averaged more assists than the cavs so the passing issue seems to be a push or to favor the spurs.
Pavlovic sucks...he might be the best player we have in this series. Let's hope for a lot of PT for him...and lots of touches.
The Pistons team that took the Spurs to 7 in '05 was much better than the s of a team that got worked by the Lebrons.
Bad comparison.
I agree with you on this, he's terrible
They don't have Ben Wallace anymore and Flip is their coach...
We don't really have Robert Horry anymore...we've got Finley.
better yet, the spurs have gino, brent barry, horry and finley. certainly one of them can hit a three while duncan can be a bit better than c-webb.
Horry = 6 rings
Finley = -1 ring(and that's just for us) +1 Finals for Mavs
He's almost like SARs that way.
It's true - Lebron is the first team the Spurs have faced in the Finals with a bona fide superstar of their own . But that certainly doesn't mean they've never faced a superstar of Lebron's caliber in the playoffs, and prevailed. Think Kobe, Steve Nash, Kevin Garnett. And Deron Williams and Carmelo Anthony played like superstars for much of their playoff runs against the Spurs, just this year.
But the point is this: The Cavs cannot win a 7 game series with Lebron alone. I know his heroics in Games 5 and 6 of the series against the Pistons make it seem like it, but those games are not why the Cavs won the SERIES. The Pistons never played like they wanted to win, they never dominated the Cavs in the way I expected them to. That was clear in the first two games, even though the Pistons lost. And the Cavs smelled the Pistons fear and pounced, came back to tie the series, and then went for the jugular in the last two games.
I don't think they'll be able to do that against the Spurs - the Spurs have shown that when they lose even one game they tighten up and come back and defeat their opponent in the next game. So although I can imagine the Cavs might win 1, maybe 2 games in this series, I don't see how they can win a series against this team. Tim Duncan is too good, and the Spurs are too disciplined and poised.
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