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[TheGreatGatsby]

I don't care if the Spurs won by 15; that was some brutal officiating once again.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

LOL @ LBJ pretending to be cramped. He had been bitching about the heat and had to go out of the game twice; and he knew that his image was going to take a hit if he didn't fake.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Rashard Lewis is no Mike Miller. The Heat should've paid the man!

 

[High_Gravity]

LOL @ LBJ pretending to be cramped. He had been bitching about the heat and had to go out of the game twice; and he knew that his image was going to take a hit if he didn't fake.

Kobe does the same thing, all these bastards are dying to have one Michael Jordan flu game so they can go down in history.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

LOL @ LBJ pretending to be cramped. He had been bitching about the heat and had to go out of the game twice; and he knew that his image was going to take a hit if he didn't fake.

Kobe does the same thing, all these bastards are dying to have one Michael Jordan flu game so they can go down in history.

I hadn't quite thought about that...I actually think that Lebron thinks he can go out early in a Finals with some made up ailment. I think he thinks its his birthright. Hasn't he done this a couple times now?

But honestly, he knew the talk was gonna be about his conditioning if he didn't fake. That's how image conscious this dude is. He wouldn't even do the post game presser because he wasn't sure if he'd tell the right lies to cover his tracks.

Re-watch the game and you won't see a guy that is even grabbing his legs like someone would do if he was actually cramping. It's always just a grimace; fake injury tbd.

 

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Y! SPORTS

 

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Back to the Spurs; man, they were in Game 7 suck mode for a lot of the game. Nine or ten turnovers in the third quarter alone.

I was rewatching some of the games from last year though. I forgot that Manu had a subpar playoffs and first 4 games of the finals til they inserted him to the starting line-up for Game 5. He had a funny quote though. He said something like it's not cos I'm feeling bad. I'm just off. The dude was right. He came back this playoffs.

Also, Leonard is much more of a force. He was way more reserved last year. Patty Mills is also a good option that wasn't really there. And hopefully Parker will be a bit healthier. Even Bellinelli gave the Spurs some quality minutes in Game 1.

And I think the Spurs learned some lessons about guarding Lebron better. They were constantly giving him way too much space last year. I mean the dude has an inconsistent shot, but you got to put some pressure on him.

 

[High_Gravity]

LOL @ LBJ pretending to be cramped. He had been bitching about the heat and had to go out of the game twice; and he knew that his image was going to take a hit if he didn't fake.

Kobe does the same thing, all these bastards are dying to have one Michael Jordan flu game so they can go down in history.

I hadn't quite thought about that...I actually think that Lebron thinks he can go out early in a Finals with some made up ailment. I think he thinks its his birthright. Hasn't he done this a couple times now?

But honestly, he knew the talk was gonna be about his conditioning if he didn't fake. That's how image conscious this dude is. He wouldn't even do the post game presser because he wasn't sure if he'd tell the right lies to cover his tracks.

Re-watch the game and you won't see a guy that is even grabbing his legs like someone would do if he was actually cramping. It's always just a grimace; fake injury tbd.

Its all part of the Michael Jordan Lore, that flu game was a historical moment and Kobe and Lebron are basically trying to follow in his foot steps, you constantly see Kobe coughing pretending to be sick and pretending his ankle is rolled, than he goes up for a 36- degree dunk SMFH, and Lebron also wants the same game, if Miami had won it would have been the legendary over heated gym leg cramp game for him.

 

[High_Gravity]

Back to the Spurs; man, they were in Game 7 suck mode for a lot of the game. Nine or ten turnovers in the third quarter alone.

I was rewatching some of the games from last year though. I forgot that Manu had a subpar playoffs and first 4 games of the finals til they inserted him to the starting line-up for Game 5. He had a funny quote though. He said something like it's not cos I'm feeling bad. I'm just off. The dude was right. He came back this playoffs.

Also, Leonard is much more of a force. He was way more reserved last year. Patty Mills is also a good option that wasn't really there. And hopefully Parker will be a bit healthier. Even Bellinelli gave the Spurs some quality minutes in Game 1.

And I think the Spurs learned some lessons about guarding Lebron better. They were constantly giving him way too much space last year. I mean the dude has an inconsistent shot, but you got to put some pressure on him.

The Spurs are better than last year and it looks like Miami has gotten a little worse, and they still have not addressed their issues with their big men, playing Birdman for 48 minutes a game is not going to cut it, Miami has gotten away with having no big men for years now. They are lucky they did not play in the 80s and 90s when the league was chalk full of all star big men they would have never won a championship, imagine the 86 Celtics with McHale and Parrish against Bosh and Birdman? it would be a massacre.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Back to the Spurs; man, they were in Game 7 suck mode for a lot of the game. Nine or ten turnovers in the third quarter alone.

I was rewatching some of the games from last year though. I forgot that Manu had a subpar playoffs and first 4 games of the finals til they inserted him to the starting line-up for Game 5. He had a funny quote though. He said something like it's not cos I'm feeling bad. I'm just off. The dude was right. He came back this playoffs.

Also, Leonard is much more of a force. He was way more reserved last year. Patty Mills is also a good option that wasn't really there. And hopefully Parker will be a bit healthier. Even Bellinelli gave the Spurs some quality minutes in Game 1.

And I think the Spurs learned some lessons about guarding Lebron better. They were constantly giving him way too much space last year. I mean the dude has an inconsistent shot, but you got to put some pressure on him.

The Spurs are better than last year and it looks like Miami has gotten a little worse, and they still have not addressed their issues with their big men, playing Birdman for 48 minutes a game is not going to cut it, Miami has gotten away with having no big men for years now. They are lucky they did not play in the 80s and 90s when the league was chalk full of all star big men they would have never won a championship, imagine the 86 Celtics with McHale and Parrish against Bosh and Birdman? it would be a massacre.

Spurs are better. But they're likely gonna have to face-off against the Crawfords in the next couple games--Joey Crawford in Game 2 and Danny Crawford in Game 3.

The Heat don't have any big men. It is a joke that CA is the only guy playing. And they don't even let him take any shots that aren't put-backs and hand-offs by the basket. That makes Duncan's defensive assignment easy, and he then has energy to tear Bosh apart at the other end.

Yea, people wonder if Jordan's 90s Bulls would have won one championship in the 80s. And those teams are definitely better than the Heat. McHale and Parish (and Bird) would have killed the Heat. McHale averaged 25.8, 8.5 rebs, 2.5 blks on 57 percent shooting versus The Twin Towers in the 86 Finals. He would have won Finals MVP except that Bird averaged a virtual triple double -- 24.5, 9.7, 9.5. Walton wasn't too shabby that series either at 8 points per game off of the bench on 62 percent shooting.

 

[High_Gravity]

Back to the Spurs; man, they were in Game 7 suck mode for a lot of the game. Nine or ten turnovers in the third quarter alone.

I was rewatching some of the games from last year though. I forgot that Manu had a subpar playoffs and first 4 games of the finals til they inserted him to the starting line-up for Game 5. He had a funny quote though. He said something like it's not cos I'm feeling bad. I'm just off. The dude was right. He came back this playoffs.

Also, Leonard is much more of a force. He was way more reserved last year. Patty Mills is also a good option that wasn't really there. And hopefully Parker will be a bit healthier. Even Bellinelli gave the Spurs some quality minutes in Game 1.

And I think the Spurs learned some lessons about guarding Lebron better. They were constantly giving him way too much space last year. I mean the dude has an inconsistent shot, but you got to put some pressure on him.

The Spurs are better than last year and it looks like Miami has gotten a little worse, and they still have not addressed their issues with their big men, playing Birdman for 48 minutes a game is not going to cut it, Miami has gotten away with having no big men for years now. They are lucky they did not play in the 80s and 90s when the league was chalk full of all star big men they would have never won a championship, imagine the 86 Celtics with McHale and Parrish against Bosh and Birdman? it would be a massacre.

Spurs are better. But they're likely gonna have to face-off against the Crawfords in the next couple games--Joey Crawford in Game 2 and Danny Crawford in Game 3.

The Heat don't have any big men. It is a joke that CA is the only guy playing. And they don't even let him take any shots that aren't put-backs and hand-offs by the basket. That makes Duncan's defensive assignment easy, and he then has energy to tear Bosh apart at the other end.

Yea, people wonder if Jordan's 90s Bulls would have won one championship in the 80s. And those teams are definitely better than the Heat. McHale and Parish (and Bird) would have killed the Heat. McHale averaged 25.8, 8.5 rebs, 2.5 blks on 57 percent shooting versus The Twin Towers in the 86 Finals. He would have won Finals MVP except that Bird averaged a virtual triple double -- 24.5, 9.7, 9.5. Walton wasn't too shabby that series either at 8 points per game off of the bench on 62 percent shooting.

Rik Smits would have obliterated Miamis front line, I don't even want to think about McHale would have done. The Spurs are going to be tested by the Crawfords in Miami, they are going to be playing in a very hostile environment 8 on 5. It looks like Miamis Greg Oden experiment is a failure, has that guy even suited up yet?

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

What front line? LOL If this Heat played the 86 Celtics in a Finals; they'd beat em by 30 every night.

 

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I think Miami Heat fans have to be the biggest bunch of posers in the world.

 

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Spurs went up 25 points (55-30) in 15:52 of play; and then the refs went into game manager mode.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

60-40 Spurs...Wade goes through two Spurs gets a ghost foul whistle, then makes sure he takes the third step to balance himself for an easy floater.

98-84 Spurs...Wade goes into the lane. Anticipating the contact he tries to lunge into Diaw; but Diaw backs up and makes no contact. When Wade grunts, they call the foul anyways.

Just a couple of the usual many bad calls the refs made to keep the Heat in the game. And why? The Heat look like paper champs out there anyhow. Lewis and Battier look geriatric out there. It's all about getting Lebron his three-peat though.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Wow...98-84. I think Ray Allen threw a punch into Parker's sternum. There was no replay of course. And of course, no flagrant foul. It may have been less...but hard to tell. It looked a bit vicious though....Ray Allen complained about the call. Dude went into villain mode. Freaking traitor.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

98-84...Ray takes three steps on the way to the basket (you can do that when you're on Lebron's team) and throws it off the backboard. Then, Mister Dirty himself, D-Lame undercuts Manu on the board. Wade keeps his back turned and his momentum subtly going forward to act like it's no thing.

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Wow. Oden looked like he was playing in an old-timer's game out there.

 

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At the very end of the game, Heat fans (who stuck around) were chanting 'reffing sucks.' Yea, it was the refs fault that they lost by 19! Nevermind all the nonsense the refs gave them__ like I said; biggest posers in the league. When the Spurs fans chant that, it's based on egregious WWE officiating. Heat fans are just wannabes.

 

[High_Gravity]

The refs tried their hardest to help but theres only so much they can do, you really feel the refs presence more in close games. The Spurs made history last night with their white hot shooting I don't think theres too much Miami could have done, but you already know the company men are going to be on a mission next game, they will do everything in their power to stop the Spurs going up 3-1.