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Probably. But really, does it matter?Danny White;1524671 said:
Spurs/Cavs...nba finals 2007
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By the way, I think it's time to break out the Denny Green:
"The Spurs are who we thought they were. They're who we thought they were. That's why we took the [bleep] field. If you wanna crown 'em, then crown their [bleep]. THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!"
"The Spurs are who we thought they were. They're who we thought they were. That's why we took the [bleep] field. If you wanna crown 'em, then crown their [bleep]. THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE!"
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103-92... Spurs put a lousy lineup in during the 4th and let the Cavs back into it. Then they put the starters back in and they were a little cold. But in the end, Parker and Ginobili hit some key shots and kept it from getting any closer than 8.
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StarKist;1524685 said:
103-92. The Spurs were up by 29 in the third and 27 in the fourth. The Cavs eventually cut the lead to eight points with three minutes left and the ball, but the Spurs got the ball back and Ginobili made a four point play to clinch it.
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this series is a JOKE.
my team is AWESOME and i LOVE them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my team is AWESOME and i LOVE them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I swear, I want the Spurs to finish out one game, JUST ONE GAME, on a strong note. When they got it down to 10 with about 6 mins left, I just about sh** a brick. I really do think the Cavs win one in Cleveland (I'm gonna go with game 4). I'm sticking with my prediction: Spurs in 5.
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Danny White;1524671 said:
Ummm........ no!
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I don't think the Spurs will do so this year, but they have a disturbing precedent of giving away games three (and sometimes four) after going up 2-0 in playoff series.
2005 NBA Finals
Game 1: SAS 84, DET 69
Game 2: SAS 97, DET 76
Game 3: DET 96, SAS 79
Game 4: DET 102, SAS 71
Game 5: SAS 96, DET 95 (OT) *The Horry Game
Game 6: DET 95, SAS 86
Game 7: SAS 81, DET 74
San Antonio won games one and two by a combined 34 points, and then got blown out in games three and four by a combined 48 points. This Spurs team is better than the '05 squad, and the Cavs aren't as good as that Pistons team - but LeBron is better than any player on that Pistons team, and the Spurs have had a breakdown in focus in the second half the past two series (which I guess tends to happen when you go up by 20 in the second and third quarters).
9 chances in 10 this series ends in Cleveland, but it gives you something to think about.
2005 NBA Finals
Game 1: SAS 84, DET 69
Game 2: SAS 97, DET 76
Game 3: DET 96, SAS 79
Game 4: DET 102, SAS 71
Game 5: SAS 96, DET 95 (OT) *The Horry Game
Game 6: DET 95, SAS 86
Game 7: SAS 81, DET 74
San Antonio won games one and two by a combined 34 points, and then got blown out in games three and four by a combined 48 points. This Spurs team is better than the '05 squad, and the Cavs aren't as good as that Pistons team - but LeBron is better than any player on that Pistons team, and the Spurs have had a breakdown in focus in the second half the past two series (which I guess tends to happen when you go up by 20 in the second and third quarters).
9 chances in 10 this series ends in Cleveland, but it gives you something to think about.
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Taps-n-1;1525043 said:Ummm........ no!
If Cleve doesn't win game 3 at home then it will be a sweep.
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wouldnt surprise me at all if the cavs won game 3, in fact im kind of expecting it, but thats all theyll get. I see the cavs taking a huge lead, but the spurs coming back and maybe winning, well see what happens, im just glad i dont have to wait 2 days!
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i think the cavs win game 3, and the spurs close it out in 5.
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peplaw06;1525624 said:I just hope you guys haven't printed the parade route in the newspaper yet:
we will probably just use the same one we used the last three times weve won a championship!!
:in all serious ness tho, its a pretty simple route. Riverwalk to alamodome, vuala!
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here is a nice little article on Avery and his opinion on these finals
Web Posted: 06/11/2007 11:25 PM CDT
Express-News
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/c...y.3605776.html
CLEVELAND — Avery Johnson says Gregg Popovich doesn't need his advice, and he's serious and respectful.
Does that mean AJ won't pass along his Finals road strategy of last year?
When things go wrong, switch hotels?
AJ laughed as if the joke was not yet funny. "Pop needs to put them in the right hotel the first time," AJ said.
But AJ still has a message as the Finals move out of Texas for Game 3 for the third consecutive June. And it's about what happened a year ago, when another product of the 2003 draft surged, and AJ saw his world come apart.
"Trust me," AJ said. "It can happen."
These last two springs have turned on Dallas with momentous cruelty, and most in America don't mind. Mark Cuban can have that effect.
But tied to the same fate has been AJ, and he says he'll never get over this year's first-round collapse. "Because I don't think you ever do," he said. "I don't think I've ever gotten over the Spurs' 1995 loss to the Rockets."
At least he's had time to calm down, and now he says he's rooting for the Spurs. "I'm Western Conference," he said. "I'm Popovich. I'm for him, for Texas and for the Spurs."
He said from the start of these Finals he thought the Spurs would beat Cleveland, and there's no reason for him to change his opinion now. But, as it is when any coach has too much time, he always saw potential doom.
"Cleveland is a dangerous ballclub right now," he said. "You only need really seven, eight days of good basketball for any team to come through. And we saw that with us last year."
AJ's Mavericks led the Finals 2-0, just as the Spurs do now, and just as the Spurs did two years ago when they headed to Detroit. Dallas city leaders were already planning a parade, and most in Dallas were convinced the Finals were over, just as most in San Antonio are now.
The Mavericks were up 13 points with just over six minutes left in Game 3, with Cuban poised to go into full gloat. Then the Mavericks took a turn the way John Daly's marriages do.
"I'm not telling the Spurs anything they don't know," AJ said. "But beware. It can change."
There are differences, of course. AJ had never been on that stage as a coach, and Popovich has been through this Finals pressure three times before.
The franchises reflect the same contrast. The Mavericks, for example, wrestled last year with the best way to celebrate their first Western Conference championship. They delayed a ceremony until the next season, and then they delayed that. Instead of raising the banner when the Spurs were in town for the opener, they waited for their second home game.
That was Golden State. Appropriate karma followed six months later.
The Spurs? They hung their 2007 conference banner before these Finals began, as if they were hanging a curtain.
Other differences are more clear on the court. Miami was the experienced team last year, for example, whereas the Spurs are now. And while the flu weakened Dwyane Wade in the first two games in Dallas last year, Bruce Bowen weakened LeBron James.
Yet another: Wade had Shaquille O'Neal on his side, and even an older, slower Shaq is better than anyone James has.
The setting differs, too. The Mavericks faced the distractions of South Beach, prompting AJ to move his players out of the area in mid-trip and pair them with roommates. Popovich not only has a team of professionals, he also has Cleveland on his side.
Still, as it is with the Spurs now, there was nothing in the first two games in Dallas to suggest the Mavericks would ever lose. Then Gary Payton hit his first and second meaningful shots of the season. More meaningful was Wade.
He's never been much of a 3-point shooter, with a career average of less than 25 percent. But in that Game 3, facing elimination, Wade turned in the corner and threw in a late three that changed everything.
Suddenly he couldn't be stopped, and in those last four games he scored 36, 43, 36 and 42 points. Wade was, if anyone from that draft class deserves such a name, The Chosen One.
Can James be the same? Can his teammates chip in? Can the Spurs lose what seems to already be theirs?
"Miami was the best team on the planet when it mattered," AJ said.
And he wasn't laughing when he said it.
Web Posted: 06/11/2007 11:25 PM CDT
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http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/c...y.3605776.html
CLEVELAND — Avery Johnson says Gregg Popovich doesn't need his advice, and he's serious and respectful.
Does that mean AJ won't pass along his Finals road strategy of last year?
When things go wrong, switch hotels?
AJ laughed as if the joke was not yet funny. "Pop needs to put them in the right hotel the first time," AJ said.
But AJ still has a message as the Finals move out of Texas for Game 3 for the third consecutive June. And it's about what happened a year ago, when another product of the 2003 draft surged, and AJ saw his world come apart.
"Trust me," AJ said. "It can happen."
These last two springs have turned on Dallas with momentous cruelty, and most in America don't mind. Mark Cuban can have that effect.
But tied to the same fate has been AJ, and he says he'll never get over this year's first-round collapse. "Because I don't think you ever do," he said. "I don't think I've ever gotten over the Spurs' 1995 loss to the Rockets."
At least he's had time to calm down, and now he says he's rooting for the Spurs. "I'm Western Conference," he said. "I'm Popovich. I'm for him, for Texas and for the Spurs."
He said from the start of these Finals he thought the Spurs would beat Cleveland, and there's no reason for him to change his opinion now. But, as it is when any coach has too much time, he always saw potential doom.
"Cleveland is a dangerous ballclub right now," he said. "You only need really seven, eight days of good basketball for any team to come through. And we saw that with us last year."
AJ's Mavericks led the Finals 2-0, just as the Spurs do now, and just as the Spurs did two years ago when they headed to Detroit. Dallas city leaders were already planning a parade, and most in Dallas were convinced the Finals were over, just as most in San Antonio are now.
The Mavericks were up 13 points with just over six minutes left in Game 3, with Cuban poised to go into full gloat. Then the Mavericks took a turn the way John Daly's marriages do.
"I'm not telling the Spurs anything they don't know," AJ said. "But beware. It can change."
There are differences, of course. AJ had never been on that stage as a coach, and Popovich has been through this Finals pressure three times before.
The franchises reflect the same contrast. The Mavericks, for example, wrestled last year with the best way to celebrate their first Western Conference championship. They delayed a ceremony until the next season, and then they delayed that. Instead of raising the banner when the Spurs were in town for the opener, they waited for their second home game.
That was Golden State. Appropriate karma followed six months later.
The Spurs? They hung their 2007 conference banner before these Finals began, as if they were hanging a curtain.
Other differences are more clear on the court. Miami was the experienced team last year, for example, whereas the Spurs are now. And while the flu weakened Dwyane Wade in the first two games in Dallas last year, Bruce Bowen weakened LeBron James.
Yet another: Wade had Shaquille O'Neal on his side, and even an older, slower Shaq is better than anyone James has.
The setting differs, too. The Mavericks faced the distractions of South Beach, prompting AJ to move his players out of the area in mid-trip and pair them with roommates. Popovich not only has a team of professionals, he also has Cleveland on his side.
Still, as it is with the Spurs now, there was nothing in the first two games in Dallas to suggest the Mavericks would ever lose. Then Gary Payton hit his first and second meaningful shots of the season. More meaningful was Wade.
He's never been much of a 3-point shooter, with a career average of less than 25 percent. But in that Game 3, facing elimination, Wade turned in the corner and threw in a late three that changed everything.
Suddenly he couldn't be stopped, and in those last four games he scored 36, 43, 36 and 42 points. Wade was, if anyone from that draft class deserves such a name, The Chosen One.
Can James be the same? Can his teammates chip in? Can the Spurs lose what seems to already be theirs?
"Miami was the best team on the planet when it mattered," AJ said.
And he wasn't laughing when he said it.
