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LMAO i think its safe to say manu choked.
I give them all the credit in the world. In the end, because of Wade and experience...they were just the better team. And Dallas blew their chance in game 3.
LMAO i think its safe to say manu choked.
LMAO you ing moron i give you credit, you just made me spew my drink all over the computer when i read this.
Walker>Stackhouse? Whatever you say buddy, how bout the mavs just keep stackhouse.
Terry=Williams? Lmao if Avery Johnson called Pat Riley and offered him that trade im sure he'd get so excited he would piss his pants. LMAO thanks man, i really needed a good laugh.
wow..stackhouse used to be one of the best in the league and yet people compare him to walker..and williams is also nothing close to being terry..although terry doesn't know how to do a layup with his left hand
People throw around choke so much and don't even know what it means.
No, it doesn't mean you lost. You can choke and win. Blowing a 28 point lead to a 3 point lead is choking. Losing by 1 point isn't.
Unfortunately both Dallas and San Antonio are excellent at not being able to hold on to massive leads. Spurs have better clutch players though. Dirk and Terry need to find out how to not shoot 2 for 11 or whatever horrid percentage they shot when they choked against Miami those few times.
While the Mavs shot a poor % in the finals vs. the Heat, you have to give the Heat credit for playing good defense. No one in the playoffs to that point (except the Griz in round 1...they just didn't have enough offense) had played ANY defense vs. the Mavs so it was an adjustment for the Mavs to not be able to get to the rim anytime they wanted and actually have someone contesting all their shots. While the Spurs of old were a great defensive team, they were not in the Mav series cuz they had to the Mavs and play small ball. The Phoenix series well...they don't care about defense.
finally some sense.
when you lose now, the new word
for it is choking.
Ok, maybe Game 7 but but but but but.....we still have three championships? haha jk.but not game 7??
Granted that trio scored but they did not score at will because if they did The Spurs would've not been able to tie and almost win the series. D-Wade on the other hand just blew by everyone the Mavericks' defense. Even when Miami lost the first 2 games D-Wade just got to the rim and scored.The Spurs couldn't even keep Devin Harris, Josh Howard & Jason Terry from getting to the hoop...how do you expect them to keep Wade from getting there
And you think the Spurs would have kept Wade from doing that to them when they couldn't keep much lesser players (Harris, Terry & Howard) from getting to the rim against them? Especially, with 1-2 players having to account for Shaq. Hey, I'm not saying the Spurs couldn't have beat the Heat but it wouldn't be because of their ability to keep Wade from getting to the rim.
Just the same I think D-Wade wouldv'e had less points, attempts and drives to the basket if they played the Spurs.
Not to mention that the agressive offensive play of Parker and Ginobili as slashers plus Duncan's interior game would have offset what Wade had done. IMO, San Antonio just matches up better with Miami than Dallas does.
Another thing in SA's favor is that they rarely lose games if they're leading by 8-10 points on most nights. Yeah, Dallas did beat SA in the second round, but I also remember them blowing double digit leads to the Spurs in games 3, 6, and 7 despite barely holding on and winning a couple of them. San Antonio is a more composed team than Dallas in terms of holding leads. I doubt we would have seen the Spurs collapse with a 13 point lead with six minutes left in game 3 like Dallas did.
Yeah, I'm sure holding leads will be a point of emphasis this season with Avery. They were terrible at it last season (regular season & playoffs). It's one of the next steps of improvement for them. Fortunately, they have guys that learn well and want to improve.
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