2013 NBA Playoffs thread

Rooting for the Spurs in this series.

This was NOT the 2002 WCF Game Six. That game was full of bizarre calls in the entire fourh quarter.

San Antonio had this game in the bag. Make the free throws. Get one more rebound.

Magic on ESPN said Spurs won't recover. I agree. They were so close.

Like the blackjack player who one winning $50 hand away from leaving up $1000. Now he's up $200 and on tilt. Very difficult to get back to up $950.

 

Don't know what you guys are arguing about....the banner ads I'm seeing here proclaim the Spurs the 2013 World Champions. Shop Now.

 

Has Manu stopped traveling yet? Of course you're going to get fouled when you run the ball through the defense like a running back and take four steps to the hoop.

 

It is, you know, kinda hard to dribble while both arms are being held down.

 

Am I the only person in the world who thinks Allen stripped ginobili cleanly? Live I assumed it was refs swallowing whistles, but upon seeing replay, Allen got ball. Bosh got all ball up top, green initiated contact with body because his only hope was getting a foul call. Sick of the confirmation bias from conspiracy theorists that comes with Miami winning. All this crap about Danny Crawford preface and nobody mentioned he refused the two games James has ever fouled out of in the playoffs, both on questionable calls.

 

If ginobili was fouled, as pointed out it was after a clear travel

 

NBA conspiracy theorists (including some I know and like very much) are still among the dumbest people on the planet.

 

I heard that someone on ESPN yesterday floated the notion that Pop should rest his players in Game 6.

I guess he listened and agreed!

 

This was not a conspiracy, fixed game by Stern and Co. No way they would let it come down to Allen's final 3 if they were deciding this game.

Also, I like the comparison to the 2011 World Series. If I was a betting man, I'd pick Heat by double-digits in Game 7. Not necessarily to the extent that they finished off OKC last year, but it will be decided with plenty of time left in the 4th is my prediction. Spurs won't be able to recover after being so close, just like the Rangers in '11.

 

I'm surprised nobody else is talking about the Miami fans leaving early.

 

People who are saying Ginobili took three steps might want to note that Allen's left forearm and elbow were on Ginobili's right shoulder and upper chest and impeding his progress by the end of the first step.