tough to say. as overall teams, the gap was much bigger in the mavs/warriors series, but head to head the warriors just owned the mavs even in the regular season while this was pretty even so i'm not sure. neither seemed that crazy once the series started. now sonics/nuggets felt like a miracle all the way to game 5.
If you can respect the org, the coach, and the players, why can't you utterly refuse to root for them? They're not Dallas. They've never schooled us - heck it's been the opposite, whether 13 in 33 or Olajuwon showing who was the boss. Part of me is utterly outraged, but a part of me is melancholic. Because it's the end of Duncan, probably the one star from the past decade who really should be respected unlike annoying brats like Kobe or Lebron.
you seem to have it backwards. 80-79 O.J. Mayo enters the game for Tony Allen 82-89 Tony Allen enters the game for O.J. Mayo allen was on the bench during the 10-2 memphis run. shane was putting the game away.
I respect them immensely but I couldn't root for them because I love underdogs. Also the Spurs/Cavs finals made me want to blow my brains out and I couldn't fully forgive them for that. Anddd this Memphis team is amazing. They are pretty much what the Rockets were in the Lakers series, scrappy, hardworking, underappreciated.
Spurs had a good run. A damn good run under Duncan. Lot's of respect to Duncan on an amazing career. Dude was a relentless beast in his prime that controlled the paint on both offense and defense.
isn't it ironic that the team with arguably the best big man in our generation lost to a team due to their size? end of an era. but the spurs have good management so i don't care much for them.
Wow, what a pretty depressing point. It says more about the Rockets' lack of playoff success than anything else.
