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1. Spurs never stole game 1 from the Heat. They played well and got the win. If by stole game 1 meaning they stole home court advantage then yeah but by no means did they steal game 1. Spurs are a well drilled side and they have been to and won the finals many times before.

2. George Karl was sacked because he wanted a 3 year contract extention which the Nuggets would not commit to given his age and recent surgery. He has 1 more year on his contract and the Nuggets were afraid Karl might cause trouble from being disgruntled is he coached next season. So the Nuggets made a pre-emptive move before any problems can progress further.

Its funny how many Coaches of the Year get fire after winning the award. 3 or 4 times so far in the last 10 seasons:

2005–06: Avery Johnson, Dallas Mavericks, 60–22 (Fired April 30, 2008)
2006–07: Sam Mitchell, Toronto Raptors, 47–35 (Fired December 3, 2008)
2007–08: Byron Scott, New Orleans Hornets, 56–26 (Fired November 12, 2009)
2008–09: Mike Brown, Cleveland Cavaliers, 66–16 (Fired May 24, 2010

Last edited by Managed by a computerised player at 6/7/2013 12:41:30 PM

my stole was aiming towards the HCA. in my post, i stated that it wasn't as if the Spurs didn't deserve to win:

i agree on the statement concerning Lebron guarding Parker.

And i know about the Thunder/Heat. Still, stats are that if you win game one, there is a 71% chance that you'll win the finals. Game 2 will be instrumental. if you lose twice on your own court, then it's gonna be hard. Let's wait and see. If the Heat lose, that could burst their bubble of having multiple championships. Then again, i don't like Duncan. Never liked him as a player, and the fact that i'm a Laker fan means i'd prefer the Heat over our 'hated' rivals (the Spurs).

Either way, should be interesting to see what Spoelstra can do. let's see if he can match up against Pop or if he's totally clueless.

Funny how now that the spurs won game one people are giving them some respect, they pretty much steamrolled the far stronger western conference and people were saying they would be swept or lose in 5. They are a big side which the heat have big problems with because guys like wade and lebron who are great slashers find it a lot harder once getting in the lane to get their shots over multiple seven footers and are forced to shoot more jumpers. Lebron blamed the loss on being tired from a big series with the pacers yet after game one against the bulls which they lost he blamed the long layoff after round one. I think it's more to do with the fact that they don't always try until their backs are against the wall, they came back from 20 to 30 points down plenty of the times throughout the season against crap teams, most sides would have lost these games but the heat have a gear no one else can get to which is why they will eventually win probably in 7. They have now made it very hard for themselves with the shitty 2-3-2 format they have in the finals, San Antonio will be saying to themselves that this series isn't heading back to south beach after game two. It all makes for a very interesting series.

Go Knicks 2014

Heat got a great run going in the 3rd and slapped the spurs like they should have in game 1.

Heat 4-1!

you know the game is over when the spurs 5 on the court includes Blair/Mills/McGrady

Mcgrady 24 rebounds, 24 assists, 12 blocks..... Set him free!


Per 48.

and at his age 1 heart attack if he ever played 48 minutes ;)

I think it's time for Tiago Splitter to retire out of shame.

hehe that was a good rejection from Lebron. Splitter needs to take a page out of KJ.

'94 conference finals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifx_gRF-ouU

goaltending
ball was on its way down.

LOL just kidding. Crazy block by Lebron, that block and his monster dunk a few players later pretty much killed San Antonio. Pop was smart to put his rejects on to play out the remainder of the game. No point in risking an injury in a game that was pretty much unwinnable.

Yeah I watched the game live and have to say the spurs were actually in the game until LBJ went crazy. Funny thing was, he wasn't scoring!