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If pistons were heathy enough , they would've knocked Celtics down .
injuries beat both us and pistons
nah, 06 was their year man. nobody was going to stop the HEAT that year.
Wade was a freak, he played like MJ and he was still 100% healthy back then. and shaq was still motivated to win his first ring after kobe/lakers.....you had a starving Pat Riley that would do anything to win a ring again........gary payton the same.........antoine walker the same.........Alonzo mourning.......
that team was not going to lose
If pistons were heathy enough , they would've knocked Celtics down .
injuries beat both us and pistons
The playoffs are as much about attrition as talent and experience. It was not only the injury bug that caught up to the Spurs during the playoffs, but their age, inability to generate offense, a lack of contributions and depth from the role players also contributed to their demise.
lmao.. refs handed games 5 and 6 to the Heat. Everybody knows that.
Amazing comeback by the Celtics led by their defense to go up 3-1. Defense is the reason the Spurs were not playing against Boston tonight.
Cant discount those factors, I still believe it was mainly our mental block regarding the Lakers. We competed much better against the Suns and Hornets.
Had we not curled up on the floor in a fetal position in game 1, who knows? It seems we were so close to getting the monkey off our backs and then...look, there's no other way to put it, we got scared.
Honestly, the combination of .04 and this year, plus all the other BS history, I hope we never see these ers again in the playoffs.
We need an X factor against the Lakers. Maybe next year we'll find it. Business as usual won't cut it.
Good points, but where we probably would have a problem would be with Posey, Poe, and possibly PJ with KG in the game at the same time. Even though it was a regular season game, Big Baby had a good game against us and he's not even sniffing playing time in this series. Our weakness is definitely not having long players to defend the rim - other than Timmy.
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Too bad we couldn't have picked up this dude...He's been frick'n HUGE for them.
PJ Brown >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kurt Thomas
in any David stern era, there has never been 7 games in 14 days in a western conference finals
ever
the hornets were the spurs' toughest foe. and the spurs paid a heavy price for it by losing in miserable fashion the next round.
don't be such an idiotic homer
our role players would pretty much take care of them? WHAT FREAKING ROLE PLAYERS...we don't have any. They are garbage players, we have the big 3 but nothing after that...NOTHING
Spurs would be lucky to score 70 against this celtic defense...it's quite amazing.
I wouldn't count out the Spurs if they had gotten on the Finals stage, because of our big three/four....
but...Like the Suns, Celtics are the better talented team, and way deep. And they actually play well-disciplined defense, with average to good defenders from their bench to their starters. Beating them would have required our big 3 averaging 80 PPG, like against the Suns , against an inadequate coach....
Spurs fans would more likely have been sick ALL summer from a Finals, Near-Repeat disappointment, than having undergone
their typical even year exit before the Finals.
Our Big 3 > theirs (slight to good edge)
Their bench + Role Players >>>>>>>> ours, and this series I didn't realize how lucky Boston was.
Everyone overlooked the small acquisitions and additions they've had Posey, House, Rondo's rebounding and defense, PJ Brown.
All we had this year was Barry stepping up.
Oberto stepped back,
KT too new on O,
Finley
who else?? How many players played for us again?
Would you knock it off with that crap about our record against the best teams in the regular season ? It doesn't mean . Last year, the best team in the East swept us in the regular season. What happened to your logic when we faced them in the Finals ?
We SWEPT their asses. Dude, you need to find another team to cheer for. You're a negative little ninny. Pop can't do this, the Spurs can't do that, we aren't good, we weren't good...just negative bull . Go jump on Boston's bandwagon.
BOS would have obliterated the Spurs. People are seriously underestimating how good their team is because of their early playoff struggles.I wouldn't count out the Spurs if they had gotten on the Finals stage, because of our big three/four....
but...Like the Suns, Celtics are the better talented team, and way deep. And they actually play well-disciplined defense, with average to good defenders from their bench to their starters. Beating them would have required our big 3 averaging 80 PPG, like against the Suns , against an inadequate coach....
Spurs fans would more likely have been sick ALL summer from a Finals, Near-Repeat disappointment, than having undergone
their typical even year exit before the Finals.
Our Big 3 > theirs (slight to good edge)
Their bench + Role Players >>>>>>>> ours, and this series I didn't realize how lucky Boston was.
Everyone overlooked the small acquisitions and additions they've had Posey, House, Rondo's rebounding and defense, PJ Brown.
All we had this year was Barry stepping up.
Oberto stepped back,
KT too new on O,
Finley
who else?? How many players played for us again?
Keep your head in the sand dumb and stupid.
oh yeah and how could i forget...the easiest answer of them all..........we are not in the finals because(drum roll) we didnt have Homecourt Advantage....like an old lp stuck cos the needle is worn out, we only needed a few more wins and ladys and gentlemen we would still be playing.....and i agree with whomever said we could beat the celtics in a 7 game series.....its that simple.....pop and buford wasted away games trying to teach mighty mouse a system he wasnt gonna learn anyways...and the kurts move so late in the season, once again, pop and buford bonehead moves...we pretty much dismantled a proven championship team in the middle of the season, by letting beno go(then tp gets hurt) waste games with damon(which failed so we had togo with manu at point which drained him leaving him unhealthy for the PO's) and then waste games teaching kurt our system(in which imo pop finally just got tired of watch players make layups on us and finally said heck with it kurt go in and play whatever style you play and benched horry)....i also agreed with whomever said our defense which was at its worst of our championship years....next time pop says homecourt isnt that important, dont believe him......go spurs go
Really? Do you really believe the Spurs have a mental block against these Fakers? Never thought about that. If what you're saying is true, then that would imply that the Spurs haven't buried 0.4. It means the Spurs were psyched out by a Kobe, Fish and bunch of younger guys.
Personally, I don't believe that to be true simply because the Spurs had trouble holding big leads all season. They played down to the level of interior compe ion all season and they never "flipped that switch" during or after the Rodeo Road trip. One last thing, Bryant, Walton and Fisher are the only holdovers from that 2004 Fakers team.
I simply believe they were gassed, injured and couldn't match the energy and athleticism of a younger, hungrier team. Our big three was simply worn down from carrying the load every single game. The lack of contribution from the bench players hurt the team all season. It shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone that they failed to come through during that series.
I remember reading somewhere that the Spurs were one of several teams that did try to pry Brown out of retirement. I believe he rebuffed them.Too bad we couldn't have picked up this dude...He's been frick'n HUGE for them.
PJ Brown >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Kurt Thomas
The weak defense of the Spurs held the Lakers to 93.4 points per contest through five games.
The best defensive team of all-time AKA the Celtics have held the Lakers to 94.2 points per contest through five games.
Again, I fail to see how defense was the downfall for the Spurs this season. If Manu would have played as well as Ray Allen, the Spurs would still be alive ... or perhaps floating down the San Antonio River.
Ah well, injuries happen.
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