2013 NBA Playoffs

[adonis]

Thank GOD it didn't come down to this on June 12th 2011, lol. No tension at all watching this game, hate both teams anyway.

[twelli]

Great game by both teams. James was on the brink of choking, Ginobili sucks.

I actually like the Spurs team, except for Manu (his elbow on James just reminded me of what kind of player he is). Duncan and Parker were great. Love Leonard. He will have nightmares of missing that free throw that could have sealed the win. Now Miami will surely win Game 7.

[Fidel]

The first NBA game I watch all season (except for maybe 20 of the Mavs regular season games, still love Dirk) and it ends in typical fashion. Those two non calls in the final 5 seconds are the exact reason why i stopped watching the NBA. It´s not even a sport, just "entertainment". Why have rules at all if you leave everything to the "judgement" of refs. And i didn´t even care who wins.

[Five-ofan]

Originally Posted by Fidel

The first NBA game I watch all season (except for maybe 20 of the Mavs regular season games, still love Dirk) and it ends in typical fashion. Those two non calls in the final 5 seconds are the exact reason why i stopped watching the NBA. It´s not even a sport, just "entertainment". Why have rules at all if you leave everything to the "judgement" of refs. And i didn´t even care who wins.

The ginobili play was a bad call. The bosh block on green absolutely was the right call

[OneLove22]

I thought the refs called the game no different at the end of the game than they had the rest of the game. They let a lot of contact go on all night. I saw nothing wrong with the non call.

[FreshJive]

The Ginobli thing was absolute bullshit. There is no argument. It looked like a foul real time and on any replay. They got the the three call right probably, but it doesn't matter. The refs are cowards. Bosh could have done anything there and they wouldn't have given him three free throws.

[jasonic]

Why in the NBA do teams prefer when they are in +3 not to foul? In my opinion i would prefer LeBron to shoot 2 free throws rather than Allen shooting a 3..
Also the Heat are not a good rebounding team.

[Five-ofan]

To be fair about the ginobili no call they owed the heat about 15 calls in that game

[spreedom]

And Ginobili appeared to take about 5 steps there. You can't go Adrian Peterson on offense and count on the refs to bail you out on the play. Gino should have called a timeout... better yet, Popovich shouldn't have had him in the game to start with.

This was an epic chokejob by San Antonio. No blaming this one on the refs... Turnovers, missed FTs, offensive rebounds allowed, and bad shot selection. The Spurs had a hundred chances to ice this game and failed every time. No excuses here.

[saclare]

Yep, Spurs lost this one. Thought the refs were pretty decent. Ginobili was awful, plain and simple. Does it always seem like he takes 3 gigantic steps? I'm watching and all I can say is "travel" every time I see him drive. Then when he sees it's useless, he jumps up in the air and throws the ball away. Ginobili, missed FTs, and the inability to rebound in key moments lost them this game. Don't think the Heat won this, more so the Spurs gave it away.

[GhostFace]

After loosing the way SA did, I don't expect them to win game 7. I'd rather get blown out than loose like that.

I don't even know what Manu was doing out there, what a terrible game for him. I wonder how long the leash will be in game 7.

[EricaLubarsky]

http://deadspin.com/hundreds-of-heat...mpaign=morning

Just makes you laugh at the pieces of shit in Miami

[jasonic]

Congratulations to those idiots who paid a 4 digit number for their tickets and missed one of the best comebacks ever in the finals.

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by OneLove22

I thought the refs called the game no different at the end of the game than they had the rest of the game. They let a lot of contact go on all night. I saw nothing wrong with the non call.

Not to mention that he traveled immediately before. If the refs call it by the book, it's Heat ball anyway. Who cares.

Great game, though.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by jasonic

Congratulations to those idiots who paid a 4 digit number for their tickets and missed one of the best comebacks ever in the finals.

Fairweather Heat fans can suck it.

[GhostFace]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

http://deadspin.com/hundreds-of-heat...mpaign=morning

Just makes you laugh at the pieces of shit in Miami

Wow.. you have tickets to the NBA finals and you're leaving early? I cannot compute.

[GermanDunk]

Originally Posted by jasonic

Congratulations to those idiots who paid a 4 digit number for their tickets and missed one of the best comebacks ever in the finals.

Well deserved.

[adonis]

I don't even leave during Seattle Mariners 10-1 blowout losses... and the tickets are like 5 bucks lol.

[EricaLubarsky]

"For all those guys who left, don't come back for Game 7." - Chris Bosh

It just keeps getting funnier.

[saclare]

I actually like Bosh for once. Said what needed to be said. It's my hope all NBA players feel this way, finals game or not.

[TripleDipping]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

http://deadspin.com/hundreds-of-heat...mpaign=morning

Just makes you laugh at the pieces of shit in Miami

Hah, you can see a guy wearing a Bucks # 34 jersey. Talk about throwback or too cheap to buy a new jersey.

[adonis]

Spurs will lose in the Finals for once.

welp looks like we're still the last team to beat the heat, lol.

[Underdog]

Manu is done.

[TripleDipping]

Damn. This will haunt the spurs like the way it did to the Mavs in '06.

[mac222b]

Originally Posted by adonis

Spurs will lose in the Finals for once.

welp looks like we're still the last team to beat the heat, lol.

Small consolation

[mac222b]

Dont understand them going away from Duncan for so long. Bosh in foul trouble, Birdman cant check him.

[DirkFTW]

Manu must have made a fortune on his Miami Heat bets.

[Dirkadirkastan]

Originally Posted by TripleDipping

Damn. This will haunt the spurs like the way it did to the Mavs in '06.

Boom. They need to know what this is like.

[mac222b]

Pop the genius chumped it big time end of game 6. Not fouling up 3-- "oh you mean the 'European way'?" as he sarcastically called it. And then he smiled and gave Wade a big kiss and bear hug after they lost tonight. You'd think HE won the freaking championship the way he was beaming and carrying on. And Breen on cue says "what class!". Please! he treats reporters, essentially working class folks, like scum of the earth and belittles them for asking questions they're essentially obligated to ask. And bear hugs and kisses walking sleaze on the team he helped gift the title too... end rant, i apologize. what a depressing end to a GREAT series

[mac222b]

Dont even care that LeBron gets another collusion enabled championship. I like Spoelstra- dude's all class. Its Wade and Riley and carpetbaggers Battier and Ray Allen and the Miami "fans"

[adonis]

Miami won't repeat next year for sure, imo. Bulls and Pacers should be able to take them out with Wade and Bosh's continued decline.

I'd say a revamped Lakers squad or the Spurs win it all.

[ribosoma]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Manu is done.

Manu's pass to the broadcast booth in the 4th made absolutely no sense. And the late drive into a double-team jump pass while flying out of bounds was equally as puzzling. I've rarely seen one player cost his team the game down the stretch in the Finals like that. It has to be killing him. You could tell that Pop and his teammates were shocked at what he did out there.

The Spurs floor spacing in crunch time these past two games was a joke. I'm sure that Parker's injury played into that, being that he was having great difficulty getting to his spots late in the game.

Parker was clearly not 100% these last few games. If he was, there would be no Game 7. He was even more of a defensive liability than he usually is. They were defending Lebron in the middle high screen and roll by running Parker at him as soon as he moved inside of the wing, and instead of getting to his spot, Parker would just throw a shoulder into the freight train that is Lebron James, get bounced out of the way, and put Leonard in a terrible position of having to choose between Lebron up high or letting the screener blow past him backside. It worked all night long. They were getting many of their most important buckets off of that play or in the resulting breakdown in defensive rotations on the backside of the play, leaving wide open looks for Heat shooters.

[Bayliss]

Spurs needed a 7 foot German. And I don't mean Femerling.

[EricaLubarsky]

Originally Posted by adonis

I'd say a revamped Lakers squad win it all.

Wat?

[adonis]

Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

Wat?

They're the Lakers after all, lol. I wrote them off the Playoffs during the 2007 offseason. They'll spin Pau Gasol for some quality talent

[LonghornDub]

Originally Posted by saclare

I actually like Bosh for once. Said what needed to be said. It's my hope all NBA players feel this way, finals game or not.

I have grown to like Bosh more and more since a bit before the '11 Finals. He is by far the most likable of the three.

[Day1MavsFan]

Originally Posted by LonghornDub

I have grown to like Bosh more and more since a bit before the '11 Finals. He is by far the most likable of the three.

Isn't that like saying you prefer Muammar Qaddafi over Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden? Bosh dissed his hometown team and fans. He's also a bit too cocky considering how far down the list of power forwards he is. He's barely a star, if at all. But, yeah, I like him better than the other two.

[dirt_dobber]

Originally Posted by mac222b

Pop the genius chumped it big time end of game 6. Not fouling up 3-- "oh you mean the 'European way'?" as he sarcastically called it. And then he smiled and gave Wade a big kiss and bear hug after they lost tonight. You'd think HE won the freaking championship the way he was beaming and carrying on. And Breen on cue says "what class!". Please! he treats reporters, essentially working class folks, like scum of the earth and belittles them for asking questions they're essentially obligated to ask. And bear hugs and kisses walking sleaze on the team he helped gift the title too... end rant, i apologize. what a depressing end to a GREAT series

well put. I felt the same way.

[dirt_dobber]

I don't think a "player" technical foul was called the entire series....

[Underdog]

Miami's Big Three are 11-1 in playoff series... Glad to be a fan of the only team that could stop them.