lsearcy Posted June 6, 2014 Report Posted June 6, 2014 Born and raised in SA and a spurs fan since I was a kid watching the Ice Man in the old hemisphere arena. "If you can't stand the heat..." As they say. 1
scottfromiowa Posted June 6, 2014 Report Posted June 6, 2014 I shall be watching to see how those 3,4,5,6,or 7 go. Big ticket fans courtside looked like they were having a blast...of Heat, but not from the court.
scottfromiowa Posted June 10, 2014 Report Posted June 10, 2014 Game...3...Still 1 down three to go. 1
scottfromiowa Posted June 11, 2014 Report Posted June 11, 2014 Impressive Spurs....VERY impressive. 2-down...2-2 go 1
Mcstealth Posted June 14, 2014 Author Report Posted June 14, 2014 Thee down, and win the last one at home. Go Spurs Go!
fantom Posted June 16, 2014 Report Posted June 16, 2014 No surprise here about the result, except for the magnitude of the beat-down. The Heat problems during the season were magnified during the playoffs, and exploited by an excellent Spurs team, when they weren't whining about every call, in the finals. The Heat have no big minutes shot blocker, no consistently reliable point guard, a lackluster defense, too many mindless turnovers, an aged bench, Bosh disappearing from the offense and Wade just not contributing. During the season, and in the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Heat was able to kick it up a notch at critical times, usually relying on the very broad shoulders of James, but none of that worked against a team with the talent, depth, experience and motivation of the Spurs. Most of the Heat players seem to have lost their passion for the system along the way, counted too much on James bailing them out in crunch time, and grew too fatigued, perhaps as much mentally as physically. Bad habits that kept getting worse, and when the Spurs exposed them, they had no answers. The Heat did try to "conjure up" past greatness in this series and at other times this year, but you can't just skate through the regular season as they did and stay sharp. Wade sat out 28 games, upsetting the teams timing and balance, setting a poor tone for everything. The defense never was the force it needed to be and that became evident against top competition. Bottom-line: The regular season does matter and actions speak louder than words. We'll see soon if James can be surrounded, in Miami, by the supporting cast he needs and deserves, if Wade and Bosh will accept salary cuts and if Melo will take his talents to South Beach. The heat will need to play the free agent game once again. The off season will be vexing and most interesting. The media will have a blast. Changes are coming for the aging Spurs also, but they seem much better prepared for them. A great championship win for a most deserving TEAM.
carusoam Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 Gary's quite the writer this evening! Best regards, -a-
DonMuncy Posted June 17, 2014 Report Posted June 17, 2014 He is also knowledgeable about basketball. 1
Mcstealth Posted June 17, 2014 Author Report Posted June 17, 2014 While I do agree arguing every call is funny,the fantom calls were far from funny when when the Spurs were down 6-22. They are now forgotten as the Spurs overcame both the points deficits and the imagination of the refs. Did you see the first one where Parker was whisled? There was over a foot of space between the two of them. Horrible is to light a word for that made up 'foul'. I agree with your observations though I do feel the Spurs have a relatively easy off season ahead. Certainly not the issues Miami has going forward as you already stated. The big question, does Duncan go one more year?????? quote name="fantom" post="154959" timestamp="1402961531"]No surprise here about the result, except for the magnitude of the beat-down. The Heat problems during the season were magnified during the playoffs, and exploited by an excellent Spurs team, when they weren't whining about every call, in the finals. The Heat have no big minutes shot blocker, no consistently reliable point guard, a lackluster defense, too many mindless turnovers, an aged bench, Bosh disappearing from the offense and Wade just not contributing. During the season, and in the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Heat was able to kick it up a notch at critical times, usually relying on the very broad shoulders of James, but none of that worked against a team with the talent, depth, experience and motivation of the Spurs. Most of the Heat players seem to have lost their passion for the system along the way, counted too much on James bailing them out in crunch time, and grew too fatigued, perhaps as much mentally as physically. Bad habits that kept getting worse, and when the Spurs exposed them, they had no answers. The Heat did try to "conjure up" past greatness in this series and at other times this year, but you can't just skate through the regular season as they did and stay sharp. Wade sat out 28 games, upsetting the teams timing and balance, setting a poor tone for everything. The defense never was the force it needed to be and that became evident against top competition. Bottom-line: The regular season does matter and actions speak louder than words. We'll see soon if James can be surrounded, in Miami, by the supporting cast he needs and deserves, if Wade and Bosh will accept salary cuts and if Melo will take his talents to South Beach. The heat will need to play the free agent game once again. The off season will be vexing and most interesting. The media will have a blast. Changes are coming for the aging Spurs also, but they seem much better prepared for them. A great championship win for a most deserving TEAM.
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