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Watching the spurs play ball is a thing of beauty. It really is.
I'm so glad these two teams were the ones to make it out of the conference finals. The other two teams don't run an offense like the Spurs and Heat (or at all, really).Originally Posted by kclaboy504
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Spurs better be happy LBJ left the game early. They were on the way to being down 0-1. Miami shouldn't be down about this loss and the Spurs shouldn't be excited about this win.
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The flip side of the coin is the Spurs had 23 turn overs. As soon as they stopped shooting themselves in the foot they started winning. The LBJ going out thing sucked for Miami to keep up the scoring but I don't know that him being in the game would have been enough. The Spurs offense was just clicking as soon as they stopped throwing the ball into Miami's players hands.
The flip of the flip is that when LBJ was in the game, he was leading the way on the defensive end which caused all of the to's. When LBJ went out, the defense left with him allowing the Spurs to get in a better rhythm.
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Agreed. While it's apart if the game that guys come in and out due fatigue/injury. I'm not sure how anybody can argue losing the games best player down the stretch didn't put the Heat in a down right impossible position.
It would have been far more damaging if this happened in Miami. They can still split in San Antonio.
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I don't think so. Most of those turnovers were mental errors. I don't think you can tie them to LeBron and the defense. Tons of cross court passes that were ill-advised. Pop is going to get on them about it. I don't expect 23 turnovers next game.
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Not arguing that. I'm saying even with LBJ in there the heat don't win it.
I disagree. The tide clearly changed when LeBron started struggling with the cramps. Not to say the Spurs can't win with a healthy LeBron on the court. I just don't know how you say for sure they do.
With LeBron on the court they had already caught up. It was the 23 turnovers where they threw the ball away that was the issue. The Spurs missed 2 shots in the 4th. 2. The whole team.
LBJ there or not wasn't going to stop them from winning the game. It would have been closer, but Miami still loses the game.
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I think you misread my post. I said when he started dealing with the cramps not when he was sidelined by them.
Differences of opinion. We'll just have to agree to disagree.
Has nothing to do with The Spurs getting hot and going 14/16 and 6/6 from 3 in the 4th. LeBron played almost 5 minutes in the 4th before the cramps and didn't stop them.
Like I said. LeBron or no LeBron wouldn't matter once the other team got that hot.
I agree once LeBron got the cramps the Heat had no chance. But I just happen to believe they had no chance at all even with him with that shooting.
I doubt the Spurs can stay that hot going forward though.
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The Heat play tough D when LeBron is in. But it isn't like LeBron had a dozen steals. A lot of the Spurs turnovers were just bad basketball plays. Terrible passes. Dribbling into trouble.
Once they cleared them up and found their stroke from deep? Game was done. Irrelevant to speculate. We're gonna get game two, preferably with a working A/C. And we can pick up the debate then.
The thing about 3pt defense is that 3pt% defense is largely random between teams, but the better defensive teams just allow fewer attempts. My best guess as to why is because players generally won't shoot a 3 unless they feel comfortable with it so their shooting percentage stays the same. The thing to do on defense is to never let them feel comfortable taking that 3. IIRC, the Spurs were getting looks from 3 throughout the game.
1: 4/7
2: 3/7
3: 0/5
4: 6/6
Odds are the Spurs won't be that hot from 3 again (52%) but I don't see any reason why they can't keep getting 20+ of them up a game. They shot 21 a game at 40% during the regular season (comes out to ~8.5 makes a game). The Heat were allowing 24 3pa a game during the regular season, which was one of the worst marks in the league.
Solid post
Saw this:
@netw3rk Air conditioning went out at the Bellagio once and MJ still played blackjack for 32 straight hours
Probably a few months before he "retired"
If anybody thinks that all these to's for the Spurs is not because of the Heat's defense, they're not watching the games.
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Every time Leonard puts the ball on the floor I cringe. For a guy who can spot up and defend he doesn't need to be trying to create and far too often he's gotten the ball late in the shot clock and asked to do something tonight.
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