NBA Games Discussion Thread - Part 2

hands11 · Post #321 » by **hands11** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:05 am

miller31time wrote:Who will be the Spurs' Mario Chalmers or Shane Battier? That will determine the 2nd half, as far as I'm concerned.

Can you also tell me what stocks to pick ?

queridiculo · Post #322 » by **queridiculo** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:26 am

Unreal those turns by Ginobli.

Post #323 » by **miller31time** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:35 am

I really hate Shane Battier. I really, really, really do.

queridiculo · Post #324 » by **queridiculo** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:47 am

Ginobli may have singlehandedly cost the Spurs a title.

Between the turnovers last game and today, it's a pretty easy case to make.

truwizfan4evr · Post #325 » by **truwizfan4evr** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 3:58 am

queridiculo wrote:Ginobli may have singlehandedly cost the Spurs a title.

Between the turnovers last game and today, it's a pretty easy case to make.

No case needed to be made.

Post #326 » by **miller31time** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:00 am

queridiculo wrote:Ginobli may have singlehandedly cost the Spurs a title.

Between the turnovers last game and today, it's a pretty easy case to make.

Danny Green's 1-12 performance might have something to say about that.

Post #327 » by **Ruzious** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:20 am

miller31time wrote:
queridiculo wrote:Ginobli may have singlehandedly cost the Spurs a title.

Between the turnovers last game and today, it's a pretty easy case to make.

Danny Green's 1-12 performance might have something to say about that.

Following a 1 for 7. The pressure got to Danny, while Leonard had a star-making performance - he's no longer just a spot-up 3 point shooter. Just a tremendous series. Grats to Battier for picking the right day to come out of his slump. Bosh - 0 points, yes 0 points, 7 rebounds, 5 fouls. He did not shine against Indiana and SA.

Knighthonor · Post #328 » by **Knighthonor** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:27 am

closg00 wrote:I need therapy, every time I see Leonard score, an image of Jan Vesely in a Wiz uni flashes in my mind.

EG did what he did for a reason. People over looking it. Just trying to stay positive I guess.

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #329 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:30 am

Duncan missed at the rim. Leonard was great but he missed long shots late. Parker kept getting his shot blocked. Popovich coached a bad end to game six. Green was shut down both games in Miami. Manu had turnovers ...

No need to blame any one Spur. It will happen.

I'm down but feel like Miami did what they had to do to win.

Kanyewest · Post #330 » by **Kanyewest** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:33 am

miller31time wrote:
queridiculo wrote:Ginobli may have singlehandedly cost the Spurs a title.

Between the turnovers last game and today, it's a pretty easy case to make.

Danny Green's 1-12 performance might have something to say about that.

And his performance from game 6. That Danny Green from the OKC series from the Western Conference showed up. He looked like Thabo Sefolosha tonight.

Kanyewest · Post #331 » by **Kanyewest** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:34 am

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:Duncan missed at the rim. Leonard was great but he missed long shots late. Parker kept getting his shot blocked. Popovich had a bad end to game six.

No need to blame any one Spur. It will happen.

I'm down but feel like Miami did what they had to do to win.

I agree. Duncan had to make that shot especially with Battier guarding him.

Kanyewest · Post #332 » by **Kanyewest** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:36 am

Ruzious wrote:
miller31time wrote:
queridiculo wrote:Ginobli may have singlehandedly cost the Spurs a title.

Between the turnovers last game and today, it's a pretty easy case to make.

Danny Green's 1-12 performance might have something to say about that.

Following a 1 for 7. The pressure got to Danny, while Leonard had a star-making performance - he's no longer just a spot-up 3 point shooter. Just a tremendous series. Grats to Battier for picking the right day to come out of his slump. Bosh - 0 points, yes 0 points, 7 rebounds, 5 fouls. He did not shine against Indiana and SA.

Bosh played great defensively though. They wouldn't have won without him. But I agree, Wade+James did bail him out offensively.

dangermouse · Post #333 » by **dangermouse** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:24 am

Just a friendly reminder: We skipped Leonard in the draft

LeBron was just too good. He took what SA gave him, and made his shots. Quite a performance.

FAH1223 · Post #334 » by **FAH1223** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:27 am

miller31time wrote:LeBron officially has no weaknesses. He does absolutely everything either above average or exceptional. It's just not fair.

Yup. The Spurs were smart and played tendencies rather than percentages. LeBron is an improved shooter but the Spurs pretty much said, if you're going to beat us, beat us doing that consistently.

LeBron did it when it counted. The Spurs had their chances though... but man, it will eat at them for a long time that they had this finals won.

hands11 · Post #335 » by **hands11** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 8:00 am

FAH1223 wrote:
miller31time wrote:LeBron officially has no weaknesses. He does absolutely everything either above average or exceptional. It's just not fair.

Yup. The Spurs were smart and played tendencies rather than percentages. LeBron is an improved shooter but the Spurs pretty much said, if you're going to beat us, beat us doing that consistently.

LeBron did it when it counted. The Spurs had their chances though... but man, it will eat at them for a long time that they had this finals won.

Could just have come down to Parker getting injured at the wrong time and Green going 1-12

So Ray Allen made the huge shot in game 6 and now he has his ring.

Shane Battier and Ray Allen on the bench vs Gary Neal and Cory Joseph

Oh well, back to the draft.

closg00 · Post #336 » by **closg00** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:08 pm

The Spurs are a well-coached team, but it's time for some up-grades in the back-court. Manu had one good game, Don't know if Patty Mills could have helped but they need younger, fresher legs out there.

Post #337 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 12:42 pm

Glad I feel asleep and didn't get to see the outcome. And to think, just 3 days ago we were 25 seconds away from an awesome summer of LeBron humiliation and Bosh trade rumors.

Thanks, Spurs. Thanks for NOTHING!

:nonono:

Chocolate City Jordanaire · Post #338 » by **Chocolate City Jordanaire** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:06 pm

The worst part is now I respect the Heat. I have lost my hate for them. They all scrapped and kept coming back all series. the Heat were the team to finally win two in a row. All their players had good moments.

Benedict Allen hit a gigantic three in game six. James had huge games in six and seven. Wade had monstrous defensive efforts and played with great energy. Bosh called out Green and did shut both Green and Parker down with rotational help defense. Bosh also hit the boards hard. Miller made a lot of good defensive plays, and forced his way into minutes from Spoelstra. Battier once again went off in the final game. The whole team played together with little showboating. No dirty plays.

I think SA was a little more frail between Parker's injury and Manu's waning game. Ginobili still scores but he's getting weaker and doesn't make the spectacular pass without turnovers. I think SA had inflexible lineups and this wasn't Popovich's finest coaching. Green was so great the first five games, but was the opposite the last two. Diaw was solid but maybe didn't play enough. Splitter was generally not athletic enough but still showed up nicely. No Blair was a curious move.

I can accept evil winning this series.

Post #339 » by **LyricalRico** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:11 pm

Chocolate City Jordanaire wrote:I can accept evil winning this series.

NEVER!!!

Post #340 » by **Zonkerbl** » Fri Jun 21, 2013 1:13 pm

Hm. I was on travel for the entire finals.

Probably would have missed it anyway. My desire to watch non-wizards bball is absolutely nil.