No, the turnovers were also designed to beat Miami. Turnovers resulted in more fast breaks for the Heat, and thus making them run more and draining their energy more. It's all connected. The numbers are clear. It's a conspiracy. :grin:
Bosh also said he didn't have AC in high school, about the same time when Parker played in Europe. It just shows that Pop was not infallible. He didn't check out the fact that the heat wouldn't affect Bosh, or else he would have used some other shady tactics.
I made jokes about this too, but come on. Difficult conditions like this are always going to favor the younger team. It would make no sense for the Spurs to do that. Even as it was happening, I believe it was hurting the Spurs much more than the Heat - up until that precise moment when James went out, which was essentially an unpredictable fluke. If you're honestly suggesting that Popovich knew it would go down like that, then please take Pop out of them NBA and make him president or Secretary of Defense or something. Because that dude's a supervillain, best to keep him on our side.
To the OP's initial point/question, I am really usually 99.9% against conspiracy theories. *But* it is astounding to think that: this building didn't have this problem through about 50 games already this year; this building wasn't completely triple-checked before hosting the NBA Finals; this is the same team that oh-just-randomly had a snake in the visiting team's locker room, inside a locker. (That was so bush league and weird.) I honestly hope the NBA checks into this. It's all too WWF for me.
Major tinfoil hat territory. Also, home team is supposed to have the advantage. The Spurs were supposed to win. That's not where you want to increase uncertainty. The conspiracy theory might as well be that the Heat sabotaged the AC hoping the Spurs' older players would suffer heat exhaustion so they can steal an away game, and it just backfired on them. Makes more sense than the Spurs subjecting 20,000 fans to watching their team in 90 degree heat. AT&T Center seems to have issues anyway. They've had 2 bat incidents, a snake incident, and this AC issue. What else has gone wrong there?
Oh well on to game 2, both teams had to play through the AC going down. I am sure the issue will be resolved for game 2.
Agree but I'm just saying I understand why people would wonder. Things can get weird when millions and millions of dollars are bet on an event as well. The official statement: "An electrical failure for the power that runs the AC system". Okay, could have tried to draw too much current I guess. Maybe the load was greater with a few more people packed in, more TV lights, a much more agitated (and heat generating) crowd, etc.
IMO, a large percentage of the population is predisposed to believe conspiracy theories. You can't reason with them. The Spurs organization is embarrassed this happened.
man just reading you guys post is making me cringe.... this wouldve affected the old spurs more than the heat. Lelayup is just beta and couldnt handle a little heat. Stop making excuses lol
I'm a bit surprised that a major venue like the AT&T Center didn't have some sort of backup generator to fail-over to when the primary A/C system went out. And I wonder if the maintenance crew and/or inspection team went over the entire facility with a fine-tooth comb earlier in the week...something tells me they didn't. I'm no HVAC expert, but I suspect that HVAC systems usually exhibit some sort of detectable symptom(s) prior to failure. That said, sometimes s**t just happens no matter how well you prepare and check. Lots of moving mechanical parts are required to have the AT&T Center function properly and sometimes a part here or there can degrade and/or break. To even think "conspiracy" for this is lunacy. Not only are both teams affected, but so are the fans (although granted it's San Antonio and they're accustomed to heat). What if one of them suffered heat exhaustion? Also in addition to the heat, the lack of air circulation also hurt.
Spurs were favored. They have been dominant at home in the playoffs this season. They are probably better than last year, while the Heat are probably worse. Why on earth would they want to add an element of unpredictability to a game in this scenario? Uncertainty favors the underdog.
Duncan is like 40 years older than BronBron and he was still busting ass at the end of the game like it was a cool 70 degrees.
