****The Official 2013-14 NBA Thread****

Van Gundy and ESPN just can't resist taking shots at the Heat fans. Dear god. Enough of these freaking clowns.

 

Oh well. Series is still ours in six. Wont back down from that prediction.

 

Green hit 1 three. He just took Duncan's points. Leonard was difference one, LeBron whiffing on the second half was part two, Chalmers playing an inexcusable 22 minutes was three, and Lewis being out after a hot start was four.

 

k see we win the next 3

 

Well before game two I said even if we lost, it wouldnt matter in the series. So had we lost...it would still be 2-1. Just because this one looked ugly I dont see why I should change, win game four and its 2-2 just like it would have been had we won both home games. SO its all good in my eyes.

 

I get it, Spo needs a plan. I could see possible 7 game if we lose game 5

 

Chalmers might be hiding an injury. There's no way he's this bad for this long without being injured.

 

I'm not really scared of game seven in their house. I'm more scared of our energy level. It can't be as bad as it was tonight early on. Just embarrassing.

 

Game 2 was on the road, still need to protect our home court, I guess we steal 1 on the road and they steal 1

 

On to game 4.

 

Road and home isn't that big of a difference to me. There is just nothing you can do when a team starts out unfathomably hot. Historically unprecedentedly hot.

 

The thing that pissed me off the most about the refs tonight was their horrible inconsistency. Early on it was even, then the Spurs got some calls. Then third quarter they let both teams play again, we even got a couple calls our way. Then it was all Spurs again.

Wasn't why we lost. Ridiculous shooting at the start made a comeback difficult, we had a chance and blew it. Shizz happens.

 

Yep that was the spurs alright

 

Did Amare ever heal his hand after he punched that fire extinguisher case?

 

Lebron was getting a lot of help from Wade. The problem is he kept trying to force the issue instead of feeding Dwyane.

He may be the best player in the world but you know what? He blew it tonight.

 

Would have been nice to win 1 game in SanAntonio now we have to win 2

 

Eh, 22 on 9-14 with 2 3's, 5 steals, 7 assists is hardly blowing it. If not for the unconscionable offensive 1st half for the Spurs we win this game.

 

Nobody is going to want to hear it because it sounds like an excuse but the fact of the matter is LeBron tired out tonight quicker than normal and I think there are two primary reasons that would happen. One is he played with high energy for 2.5 quarters trying to bail a sinking ship as the Spurs saw everything fall their way at a 90% clip. Two is he's still affected by the cramping from Game 1, which would be understandable. When you lock up like that you end up sore for days. It ruined his recovery between Games 1 and 2 and now they're in a game-every-other-night pace and he just doesn't have the gas in the tank that Spoelstra is used to him having.

You could see it with 7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter. James was down to 50% and he never came back from it, even after he took a break. After his breather he was playing at 75%, maximum. He was trying his best to play old man basketball, make up for his not being able to do what he's used to being able to do by being smart and passing the ball. But that's not what brung the Heat to this stage.

Clear as day what happened. LeBron isn't going to want to hear it but Spo may have no choice but to manage his minutes harder in the first half of Game 3. It seems like he has a tendency to run himself to the ground and then his body doesn't recover from it.

 

Well, there's the blowout Spurs game and the Tony Brothers game all in one convenient package.

Spurs make history and the Heat were still competitive. This is going to be a long series…

 

THIS is what aggrevates me even more than the 79 references of officiating I have just read.

No complaints of Wade or Bosh at any point of the series, but LeBron gets the grunt of the blame even from his own fanbase. It's supposed to be the big three remember?? Jesus, this guy can't catch a break anywhere he goes.

More than ever I hope he GTFO of Miami...and then you will see a team fighting for a low seed in the East every year.

 

Kawhi Leonard was the best player on the floor tonight. Damn.

Not sure what the hell happened to Chris Bosh, did the Spurs just zero in on him more?

I know Chalmers isn't all that good of a player anyway...but this dude is awful right now.

And yea, LeBron just brutal in the second half by his standards. Outplayed on both ends.

Game 4 will be intense.

 

And if the AC doesnt go out game one they are probably down 2-0 going into tonight. Point? If everyone made every shot all the time every game would be a tie.

Hey though...take pride in this. You wont get to see your team in the finals as long as Miami exists as a franchise. We will make sure of it.

 

Two can play this game. Ac doesnt go out, Bron stays in, HEAT are 2-0 going back to Miami.

 

Wade was tearing it up why would I crap on him? I crapped all over Wade in 2010 for playing Hero Ball which is what Lebron tried to do tonight.

Btw I already see one, they are called the New York Knicks.

 

If this goes 7, he is bound to ref another game.

 

I feel like I just made this point. What if's don't ****ing matter. Game 6 is a testament to that.

 

If this goes 7 lets just hope it came before game 7.

 

Your rants are hilarious, you just played a team that shot 76% in a half (NBA record) yet you naturally cried about the refs for 4 hours and then call out BY FAR your best player.

Is it Lebron? The officials? Obama??? ANYTHING besides they were just better tonight, never that.

 

Also, these questions in the media are freaking hilarious!! Idiots.

 

Umm wouldnt their being better imply that Lebron was worse than usual

If anyone plays poorly they should be called out. Enjoy your garbage *** team and filthy incestual city.

 

Lebron set a finals record for turnovers and just trashed himself at the podium and you want to lick his nuts. By the way...Knicks wont be relevant for the next 6-7 years at least. Lebron and Wade laughing together at the podium after a loss. Yeah this team is breaking up. Your star player is leaving and you can only get off by watching your rival lose. Becuase you wont be winning jack **** for the next ten years.

Pathetic + Worthless = Knicks. Now bend over so the Heat can anally rape you the next ten years.

 

I guess its hard when in 2010/11 we accomplished more than you had since 1999. Then did it again in 2011/12. Then 2012/13. Then 2013/14.

So each of the last four years we accomplished more than your team did over 15 years....must be tough.

 

Someone's emotional

 

I see those Heat fans bailing with 3+ minutes left and i'm surprised for some reason. Then I come on here and it all makes sense. People making excuses about the refs and LeBron's cramps that didn't affect Game 2 and yet they somehow bothered him Game 3. I mean, really.

I don't get why Heat fans have trouble saying that they weren't the better team tonight...or that Kawhi was simply better than LeBron and bothered him on both ends. Newsflash: this isn't the first time LeBron has disappeared in a Finals game, and it isn't the first time Leonard has played a great game against him.

 

I don't live there, it's not my city. Bosh and Wade took 16 shots between them...and MADE 12 of them!! Neither of them are aggressive, they sit back and wait on 6 to save the day. Lebron struggled no question, but after crying like a ----- about officiating like I knew YOU would, you're next outlet is your best player.

So in your mind the Heat are down 1-2 because of officiating, air conditioning, and Lebron James. Do I need to really explain why all that sounds more like a 4th grader in denial than an actual fan of a team sport??