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2014 NBA Finals: San Antonio vs. Miami

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by J.R., May 31, 2014.

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San Antonio vs. Miami

Poll closed Jun 4, 2014.
  1. Spurs in 4

    1.5%
  2. Spurs in 5

    4.2%
  3. Spurs in 6

    30.5%
  4. Spurs in 7

    33.2%
  5. Heat in 7

    8.0%
  6. Heat in 6

    21.4%
  7. Heat in 5

    1.1%
  8. Heat in 4

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  1. underrated015

    underrated015 Member

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    this is going 7. spurs are going to win a game in miami.
     
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  2. pacertom

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    The Wade knee to the head was an accident, but not the kick with the other foot to the head that followed it
     
  3. VanityHalfBlack

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    thank you. This guy knows.
     
  4. Firebomb525

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    You good bruh. I would never cheer for the Mavs again. I didn't want the Heat to win last year because then they'd eclipse us in championships.

    I cheer for the teams that have never won it or for the squads that I like better.

    Glad the thunder lost. Based God curse in effect. Thunder keep losing, Durant may leave for Houston. Spurs win now, chances Duncan and Pop retire increase.
     
  5. RedRedemption

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    <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/N32ozuW-VNQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Ehh...
    He didn't really maneuver his leg to connect with Paul's head. It was just in the way. Still think its unintentional.
     
  6. Harden2Dwight

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    Oh please...people who say they hate florida only started saying that when lebron went to the heat. did you hate florida when wade and shaq beat the mavs? hell, did you want the mavs to beat the heat that year? :rolleyes:
     
  7. RedRedemption

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    Spurs win, their whole team retires.
    Thunder keep losing. Heat lose and Bron realizes Wade and Bosh suck.
    Durant and LeBron sign in Houston for vet min.
     
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  8. Kwame

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    Good point...I'm not sure the Spurs can keep up this kind of % from 3 pt land, which is troubling if you're SA because if it wasn't for the A/C going out and LBJ subsequently cramping, this series could easily be 2-0 Miami. Also, I would add that the Spurs' defense is suspect. Miami is getting a lot of good open looks, especially from 3 pt land and some of those are going to start going in eventually. Their role players will go off in at least 1 game, most likely in Miami.
     
  9. Mr. Space City

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    why are we talking about the trash ass pacers in a finals thread.
     
  10. Firebomb525

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    I like you.
     
  11. RedRedemption

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    Honestly it hurts being okay with LeBron losing in this series, but its better for the Rockets indirectly lol. I'd much rather have LeBron, a two way player, than Melo on this Rockets team.
     
  12. t_mac1

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    Pacers are 2nd class compared to the Spurs/Heat. Don't bring that garbage in here.
     
  13. solid

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    After the flagrant foul on Parker the Spurs (Parker and Duncan) missed four straight free throws. Had they made them they would have had a six point lead. They didn't…...Game, set, match.
     
  14. RedRedemption

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    I really don't think you should be complaining about Wade when you have Stephenson lol.

    Whatever their antics, they cancelled each other out.
     
  15. RedRedemption

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  16. VanityHalfBlack

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    No, this goes beyond sports. Not because of Lebron being on the Heat, lol.
     
  17. lalala902102001

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    we are witnessing the greatest player of this era doing special things. History in the making.
     
  18. cheke64

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    didnt watch the game but the refs jobbed the spurs
     
  19. mfastx

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    Refs noticed and awarded a flagrant foul. Spurs just choked at the line.
     
  20. The Cat

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    I'm starting to wonder if Parker's absence in the second half of Game 6 in OKC might have been a blessing in disguise. They were clearly outmanned from an individual talent perspective, so they had no choice but to trust the system... and it worked. It kind of reminded me of the game the last week of the regular season at Toyota Center that the Rockets needed to win for HCA, and the Spurs only made it interesting AFTER Parker/Ginobili left the game.

    Not saying the Spurs are a better team on the whole without Parker. And I understand that he had a big 3 late tonight. But every other time the Spurs have had a chance the past two years to put a hammerlock win on a team with a better lead dog, (Games 2/4/6/7 last year and tonight vs. Miami/LeBron, Games 3/4 vs. OKC/Durant), they've failed. A couple have been blowouts, but the majority of those games have been relatively close... only to have the Spurs not show up offensively in the last 5 minutes of a tight game.

    Miami played good defense, but looking at it from a Spurs perspective, every possession after the under-3 timeout amounted to dribble... dribble... dribble. No ball movement whatsoever. (They did move the ball on a couple of possessions before the timeout only to have the Heat get stops with good defense, and from then on, it was as if SA just quit on the concept.) That's not how you succeed when you don't have the best player on the floor, and maybe not even the second-best. It feels like Parker/Ginobili get sucked into the moment and playing the clock and/or traditional playoff style, rather than looking to execute the system that's gotten them this far.

    They're not better off without Parker, of course... no way they can win 4 out of 7 that way. But it needs to serve as a wake-up call for how to play down the stretch. The Spurs just aren't going to beat Miami four times playing 1-on-1 basketball when it matters.
     
    #1000 The Cat, Jun 8, 2014
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