Western Conference Finals: (1) San Antonio vs. (2) Oklahoma City

Barkley is mad

 

Shaq is mad. He doesn't fit on that show and he knows it. Trying his hardest to sound relevant in the conversation. He said a couple things to himself while looking up. Dude is an immature overgrown baby. Looks like he might take a swing at Kenny or Charles.

 

Seriously, How in the fck did the Mavs took the Spurs to 7 games.

Mindblown.

 

You clowns need to stop debating Westbrook vs ibaka vs Durant. The Thunder seriously lack depth so if any of them go out it's tough pickings. Westbrook went out last year and they were beaten early. They need a real coach and system, I like how the spurs win playing euroball and can easily find new players to plug into their system.

 

can I still vote for Spurs in 4?

 

His ego is also on another planet.

 

Miami plays defense and has a guy on the team that can do much more than shoot jumpers. OKC starts driving and getting all kinds of cheap fouls

You see WestBrooks reactions tonight when the refs weren't calling all of that cheap stuff they were calling on the Clippers, tonight.

They usually stay in games because of massive amounts of whistles, but when that's not happening you see the result.

 

You really that slow? Dirk, greatest stretch 4 of all time is 7 feet tall and can shoot lights out. Duncan or Splitter constantly has to go out to the perimeter to contest the shot while the other covers the other big or takes position to rebound. This opens up the lane for the Mav's to penetrate. They have the penetration tools to do it too.

 

Biggest story is OkC has 3 guys starting who are complete non factors offensively but people will keep blaming kd and russell

 

Safe to say it's over?

 

They went from having harden to Martin and now lamb. Also wasn't thabo supposed to be a lockdown guy?

 

Monta have it all.

 

I still think the Rockets could have give the Spurs a run for their money. We wouldn't beat them but I think it would of been a highly contested 6 game maybe 7 game series. Man f**k McHale.

 

Spurs would have gotten rid of Houston easily too most likely.

Don't let the regular season matchups fool you

 

Clearly you didnt watch the games.

Dirk didnt even show up until late in the series.

Mavs made it a series because of Rick Carlisle and Monta Ellis.

 

Maybe, but I sure would have loved to play them. Again, f**k McHale.

 

Dirk's reputation alone was enough in that series. If you have a guy that big at the 4 ready to shoot the ball do you not cover him? That alone opens up the paint for Ellis and others to go to work.

 

The refs tried to gift-wrap the Finals last year for San Antonio. It was ridiculous that the Spurs had a ft advantage in all 7 games and Miami set the record for fewest fts in a 7-game series.

The Spurs are unbelievably fortunate. Last year during the first 2 rounds they play against teams that had their best players either out due to injury or playing hurt and ended up sweeping a fool's gold Memphis team in the WCF, which gave them plenty of time to rest as Miami and Indiana beat each other up in a physical series in the ECF.

This year they also have a relatively easy path to the Finals after they were able to finally overcome the Mavs in round 1. A Portland team that was content with just getting out of the 1st round and now Ibaka goes down for the Thunder. Spurs are going to dispose of OKC quickly and have time to rest again for Miami.

Also, San Antonio is now officially the favorite to win it all. Today they moved to 11/10 to win it all just ahead of Miami at 5/4. I hate the Spurs. I hate all their flopping, whining, and complaining, but I've been riding them for a while now. I genuinely believe OKC would have won this series had Ibaka not gone down. I still think Miami has a chance to beat SA, because of their defense and I don't think Danny Green or anybody else will be setting a Finals' record for 3s and Spurs won't have another ridiculous ft advantage, but it will probably be another 7 game series with the final game in San Antonio this time.

I know a lot of people like to gush about the Spurs on ClutchFans, but until they beat Miami in the Finals, San Antonio has not beaten a legitimate title contender in the playoffs in almost 10 years when they barely got by Detroit in game 7 at home.

One last thing, for those that keep talking about how the Rockets would have given the Spurs a run for their money because they swept them during the regular season, please stop it. The Nets swept Miami in the regular season and basically tanked to get the 6 seed to play them in round 2 and we all saw the relative ease in which the Heat disposed of them.

 

How in the hell was Green open almost every single 3 point shot attempt? He made Durant look like Harden on one of those too.

 

It's a whole different beast when the playoffs start. Most of this gimmicky teams are like a bunch of gazelles crossing a croc infested river. The good thing is the river in the regular season isn't dry enough so they can come out slive. It's when the playoffs start that the drought begins with the hungry crocs now being able to clamp down on their victim easier. Some are bigger animals like wilder beast that can cross the river, pass the first round. Unfortunately we are goats and chickens crossing that river being guided by a blind man. We won't smell a chip for the next 10 years. That my friend explains my grumpiness.