Oh god, please Calm down

[LoneStarState'sPride]

What are you talking about? In 2006, the Spurs were up 5 after one, the game was tied at halftime, and the Spurs were up 3 at the end of the 3rd.

Regardless, the fact of the matter is, homeboy up there made this comment that "if the roles were reversed, we would have blown them out." I pointed out a situation in which the roles WERE reversed, and the Spurs did not come anywhere close to blowing them out.

As for 2009, you can play the injury card all you like. Again, the fact is that the Spurs were in the exact same position as the Mavs this year and did not blow them out. So, his remark has little historical basis.

My point is, Dallas played their starters as hard as they could trying to get the closeout in Game 5 against a desperate Spurs team in '06. They failed, much like I believe SA would still have failed even if they had they kept running Timmy and Manu and Hill in the 2nd half.

As far as '09 goes, I honestly throw that series out in my mind the same as I do for the '03 series. Any win against a team with main stars like Manu or Dirk out must needs bear an asterisk.

I agree with you on the "no blowout" thing, though. I just believe there's a good reason for this particular game 5 being a blowout.

We cool?

[wijayas]

Interesting stat for y'all: Out of the 189 times a team has been down 3-1, that team has only come back to win the series 8 times, but 71% of those 189 teams actually won Game 5.

It's just "back against the wall" desperation. Let the Mavs shoot their wad tonight. The Spurs will win Game 6 by double digits and advance.

Thanks.

Calm down people....

[SinBAD]

this 71% is not an accurate reflection of the situation we have now.Probably the majority of these teams who closed out were the higher seed and clearly the better team.Spurs and Mavs are pretty even so this stat doesnt mean anything.This is one of the few times 1-8 have been really close.In the past you would get 7 and 8 seeds that were very weak.not the case this year

[siraulo23]

i'd rather be up 3-2 and have a chance to close out at home

than down 3-2, so its all good

[nbaman99]

Yep its soo better to finish Dallas at home

[samikeyp]

i'd rather be up 3-2 and have a chance to close out at home

than down 3-2, so its all good

+1

[DubMcDub]

Interesting stat for y'all: Out of the 189 times a team has been down 3-1, that team has only come back to win the series 8 times, but 71% of those 189 teams actually won Game 5.

Source? I find it almost impossible to believe that this is right. Generally, the team that's up 3-1 is the team with home court, which means that team has Game 5 at home and is already up 3-1 (e.g., Boston and Cleveland this year). I sincerely doubt that such a team loses Game 5 71% of the time.

I think you have this statistic flipped--I think the team that's up 3-1 wins Game 5 71% of the time.

[cherylsteele]

I am not upset they lost...just how they lost.
Why even travel to Dallas if you're not going to even show up to play.

1) Terrible "D", they left Mav shooters wide open constantly and they hit their shots.

2) Turnovers, just like game 1, but had more in game 5. You can't have 18 TO's and win a game

3) 35% from the field. In game 1 the Spurs hit their shots and made it close, that was the biggest difference, IMHO.