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But, seriously, both teams had to play under this kind of heat, so what can we say, fair enough? And, this is just Game 1. Pacers won game 1 too but lost the next 3. That is what the Spurs should not do.
Ummm, btw, who's in charge of the Engineering Crew at AT&T? I'd like to ask him if this malfunction will last for 3 more games there? 
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The thing that concerns me about the Spurs is the many turnovers (>25) they had, despite winning the game. it is not a formula to beat the Heat. OTOH the Heat play well but it seems to get back to the one-man show called Lebron. In spurts Wade will look like his old-self but fade as the game progress. Yesterday he scored 19 points while he was needed when James went down. Bosh has fallen in love with the 3-point shot thus he doesn't play enough in the low post thus decreasing the field goal potential. Meanwhile SA is playing solid defense even against James.
It looks like the year of the Spurs if you ask me, if they win game 2 it will be really interesting. Statistics are not on their side as the Heat are 5-0 since 2011 after losing game 1. Looks like another great series, i am rooting for SA. I would like to see Duncan and Ginobli going into the sunset with one more ring.
The thing that concerns me about the Spurs is the many turnovers (>25) they had, despite winning the game. it is not a formula to beat the Heat. OTOH the Heat play well but it seems to get back to the one-man show called Lebron. In spurts Wade will look like his old-self but fade as the game progress. Yesterday he scored 19 points while he was needed when James went down. Bosh has fallen in love with the 3-point shot thus he doesn't play enough in the low post thus decreasing the field goal potential. Meanwhile SA is playing solid defense even against James.
It looks like the year of the Spurs if you ask me, if they win game 2 it will be really interesting. Statistics are not on their side as the Heat are 5-0 since 2011 after losing game 1. Looks like another great series, i am rooting for SA. I would like to see Duncan and Ginobli going into the sunset with one more ring.
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the game was close and could have gone either way until the final few minutes when LBJ went down and the Spurs never looked back. They need game 2 to give them any chance at winning
I'm a bit worried about all these jokes and memes about LeBron's cramps. While the media and netizens love to bash Lebron each time he has a 'down' event, that will only rile him up the next game and motivate him to silence his critics. Can't look farther than game 5 of the Eastern Finals a couple of years ago, Boston just took a 3-2 lead by beating Miami in Miami. Game 6 being in Boston, the press feasted on another chocking season for Lebron but he shot 45 points to drown the C's early and tie the series enroute to another victory at home in Game 7. He must have a good psychologist after the Dallas Finals loss, or he may be plain human after all.
And agree most definitely, Game 2 is a MUST WIN for the Spurs. 1-1 and 1-2 and 1-3 is all too common a losing formula.
And agree most definitely, Game 2 is a MUST WIN for the Spurs. 1-1 and 1-2 and 1-3 is all too common a losing formula.
I'm a bit worried about all these jokes and memes about LeBron's cramps. While the media and netizens love to bash Lebron each time he has a 'down' event, that will only rile him up the next game and motivate him to silence his critics. Can't look farther than game 5 of the Eastern Finals a couple of years ago, Boston just took a 3-2 lead by beating Miami in Miami. Game 6 being in Boston, the press feasted on another chocking season for Lebron but he shot 45 points to drown the C's early and tie the series enroute to another victory at home in Game 7. He must have a good psychologist after the Dallas Finals loss, or he may be plain human after all.
And agree most definitely, Game 2 is a MUST WIN for the Spurs. 1-1 and 1-2 and 1-3 is all too common a losing formula.
I am not a Lebron or Heat fan by any stretch. The infamous "Decision" did it him as far as I was concerned. Wade and others dirty tricks don't please me as a basketball lover. I do however find the attacks on Lebron uncalled for too nad like I worry he will have a monster game in store to silence his (many) critics. The Spurs have however shown they know how to defend against the Heat. We'll see . Still would love the Spurs to win.
Note: The author is a Celtics fan who, despite ample reasons to hate James, cannot bring himself to do so.
Well, to me it's a toss-up between him, Waylaying Wade, and Renegade Ray. It's a tough choice for me whom not to hate.
http://theweek.com/article/index/262731/stop-hating-on-lebron-james#axzz33oAfI3bo
Stop hating on LeBron James
Unless you root for Cleveland, it's time to ditch that LeBron voodoo doll
By Jon Terbush | June 5, 2014
The Decision was four years ago. Get over it.
our years ago, LeBron James made the biggest mistake of his professional career: He went on TV to announce that he was going to go play basketball with his friends.
Okay, so it was a bit more complicated than that. James made the announcement in the most inane way possible, with the nationally televised and eminently cringe-worthy "The Decision." He ditched his home state for Florida. He teamed up with two other superstars to form a tripartite basketball Megazord.
Most egregiously, he looked downright giddy while doing it.
With nine simple words — "I'm going to take my talents to South Beach" — not to mention the subsequent braggadocio-soaked prediction of the Miami Heat winning "not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven" NBA championships, James suddenly became the most villainous human being in the NBA. And so began the biggest bandwagon in the league — bigger than even the Heat's own bandwagon — of hating on LeBron James.
In the years since James skipped south to Florida, the simmering hatred has continued unabated. Fans giddily jeered his failures, taunted his fourth quarter disappearing acts, and mocked him with memes. When their "choke" joke reserves ran dry and James went Super Saiyan to win two titles, the haters turned to James' hairline for new fodder.
With James on the verge of a dynastic three-peat, haters are once again poised over their keyboards, canned jokes at the ready, prepared to fire off trite, lazy snark with every missed shot and turnover to sate their schadenfreude. But why? Why is James still the NBA's heel despite all his success and newfound humility?
The anti-James bandwagon was borne of a few general sentiments. First, fans feigned outrage that he picked a new suitor in free agency (the horror!) and created a super-team. Second, they groused, if not as loud, that he had the audacity to select a basketball team besides their own. And third, even if his choices weren't flawed, his pomposity and attitude were mind-blowingly tone-deaf, and thus grounds for hatred.
These gripes are absolute bunk.
It's willfully ignorant to believe that "unfair" free agency moves like James' have never, ever, ever happened in basketball before. Ever. James even took a smaller contract to play in Miami, so you can't pull the old "It was about the money" card either.
And though The Decision TV special was one giant facepalm, let's remember, James was 25 years old at the time and already being heralded as potentially the greatest of all time. Though we may wish our stars were infallible, James should be forgiven for having a little (okay, a lot of) youthful pride. This transgression was hardly worthy of a lifetime branding as an egotistical pariah.
Are fans really so selfish that they'd loathe a star player simply because he's a video game character come to life who keeps hogging all the championships? "My team didn't sign the best player in the game so nuts to that guy" is a petulant argument that is less of a demerit against James than it is against those myopic enough to hold the opinion.
Moreover, James seems like a genuinely decent guy. He's married to his high school sweetheart, isn't a bad karaoke singer, and encourages kids to exercise. What a jerk, right?
James is the greatest player of his generation, but people can't stop hating on him because it was the cool thing to do four years ago. It was a gross overreaction that has only grown vindictive, clueless, and stale. And in blindly loathing James, critics are failing to appreciate his awe-inspiring talent. Shouting "Hallelujah!" at every missed free throw elides every thunderous dunk, and turns watching basketball into a petty, shallow business.
You don't need to cheer for James and the Heat in the Finals. The Spurs are a compelling team that, despite what you've heard, are not boring.
But please, enough with the schadenfreude. This year, root for something — not against someone.
Note: The author is a Celtics fan who, despite ample reasons to hate James, cannot bring himself to do so.
Well, to me it's a toss-up between him, Waylaying Wade, and Renegade Ray. It's a tough choice for me whom not to hate.
http://theweek.com/article/index/262731/stop-hating-on-lebron-james#axzz33oAfI3bo
Stop hating on LeBron James
Unless you root for Cleveland, it's time to ditch that LeBron voodoo doll
By Jon Terbush | June 5, 2014
The Decision was four years ago. Get over it.
our years ago, LeBron James made the biggest mistake of his professional career: He went on TV to announce that he was going to go play basketball with his friends.
Okay, so it was a bit more complicated than that. James made the announcement in the most inane way possible, with the nationally televised and eminently cringe-worthy "The Decision." He ditched his home state for Florida. He teamed up with two other superstars to form a tripartite basketball Megazord.
Most egregiously, he looked downright giddy while doing it.
With nine simple words — "I'm going to take my talents to South Beach" — not to mention the subsequent braggadocio-soaked prediction of the Miami Heat winning "not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven" NBA championships, James suddenly became the most villainous human being in the NBA. And so began the biggest bandwagon in the league — bigger than even the Heat's own bandwagon — of hating on LeBron James.
In the years since James skipped south to Florida, the simmering hatred has continued unabated. Fans giddily jeered his failures, taunted his fourth quarter disappearing acts, and mocked him with memes. When their "choke" joke reserves ran dry and James went Super Saiyan to win two titles, the haters turned to James' hairline for new fodder.
With James on the verge of a dynastic three-peat, haters are once again poised over their keyboards, canned jokes at the ready, prepared to fire off trite, lazy snark with every missed shot and turnover to sate their schadenfreude. But why? Why is James still the NBA's heel despite all his success and newfound humility?
The anti-James bandwagon was borne of a few general sentiments. First, fans feigned outrage that he picked a new suitor in free agency (the horror!) and created a super-team. Second, they groused, if not as loud, that he had the audacity to select a basketball team besides their own. And third, even if his choices weren't flawed, his pomposity and attitude were mind-blowingly tone-deaf, and thus grounds for hatred.
These gripes are absolute bunk.
It's willfully ignorant to believe that "unfair" free agency moves like James' have never, ever, ever happened in basketball before. Ever. James even took a smaller contract to play in Miami, so you can't pull the old "It was about the money" card either.
And though The Decision TV special was one giant facepalm, let's remember, James was 25 years old at the time and already being heralded as potentially the greatest of all time. Though we may wish our stars were infallible, James should be forgiven for having a little (okay, a lot of) youthful pride. This transgression was hardly worthy of a lifetime branding as an egotistical pariah.
Are fans really so selfish that they'd loathe a star player simply because he's a video game character come to life who keeps hogging all the championships? "My team didn't sign the best player in the game so nuts to that guy" is a petulant argument that is less of a demerit against James than it is against those myopic enough to hold the opinion.
Moreover, James seems like a genuinely decent guy. He's married to his high school sweetheart, isn't a bad karaoke singer, and encourages kids to exercise. What a jerk, right?
James is the greatest player of his generation, but people can't stop hating on him because it was the cool thing to do four years ago. It was a gross overreaction that has only grown vindictive, clueless, and stale. And in blindly loathing James, critics are failing to appreciate his awe-inspiring talent. Shouting "Hallelujah!" at every missed free throw elides every thunderous dunk, and turns watching basketball into a petty, shallow business.
You don't need to cheer for James and the Heat in the Finals. The Spurs are a compelling team that, despite what you've heard, are not boring.
But please, enough with the schadenfreude. This year, root for something — not against someone.
Note: The author is a Celtics fan who, despite ample reasons to hate James, cannot bring himself to do so.
That's pretty much what Doc said after James drained 45 points on them on elimination night. That is was time to put all those news item that James is a choker to rest. Doc was lamenting he really didn't need all that press 'motivation'.
The reason for hating LBJ is simple. If you aren't a Heat fan, the moment he gets the ball, you're filled with fear and anxiety. Well known formula for loathing!
Well Jack, I now recall I didn't hate him as much or even at all when he was in Cleveland. And that's because he kept losing to our Celtics.
The Decision was a landmark case too for me for hating, and the 7 ring promise welcoming party struck a dagger in my basketball heart. I was thinking if other past greats ever did that...So when Dallas beat them, I felt as good a Maverick fan as I am a Celtics fan. For me, the Decision and the Party cannot be reversed. In my mind, it's about him promising 7 titles..., not just individual touches.
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The Decision was the tackiest thing you would ever see on TV. ESPN is at fault too for having aired this nonsense. The Party was another showing in bad taste. The thing though is that the man delivers. He is flat out the best player on the Planet and his sidekicks are good enough to help him beat most teams on the NBA. If the Heat stay as they are they will continue to dominate the East for at least 5 more years and aside from SA in the West you don't see many teams capable of standing toe-to-toe with the (hated) Heat... 7 is not out of the question with these guys. Look at the West: OKC is not a winner, the Lakers a shell of its former self, Houston doesn't have a leader, Portland is not ready for prime time, Golden State Warriors? Let's wait and see, Nuggets? A few years and a couple of stars off the path to Prime TIme . The teams to watch in the West are the Clippers: They have one of the best coach in the game, young stars and a check book that can afford any star they want within the constraint of the cap and The Spurs, they have Popovitch, enough said . This year looks like the year of the Spurs... or so I wish
The Decision was the tackiest thing you would ever see on TV. ESPN is at fault too for having aired this nonsense. The Party was another showing in bad taste. The thing though is that the man delivers. He is flat out the best player on the Planet and his sidekicks are good enough to help him beat most teams on the NBA. If the Heat stay as they are they will continue to dominate the East for at least 5 more years and aside from SA in the West you don't see many teams capable of standing toe-to-toe with the (hated) Heat... 7 is not out of the question with these guys. Look at the West: OKC is not a winner, the Lakers a shell of its former self, Houston doesn't have a leader, Portland is not ready for prime time, Golden State Warriors? Let's wait and see, Nuggets? A few years and a couple of stars off the path to Prime TIme . The teams to watch in the West are the Clippers: They have one of the best coach in the game, young stars and a check book that can afford any star they want within the constraint of the cap and The Spurs, they have Popovitch, enough said . This year looks like the year of the Spurs... or so I wish
Hi
The Decision was the tackiest thing you would ever see on TV. ESPN is at fault too for having aired this nonsense. The Party was another showing in bad taste. The thing though is that the man delivers. He is flat out the best player on the Planet and his sidekicks are good enough to help him beat most teams on the NBA. If the Heat stay as they are they will continue to dominate the East for at least 5 more years and aside from SA in the West you don't see many teams capable of standing toe-to-toe with the (hated) Heat... 7 is not out of the question with these guys. Look at the West: OKC is not a winner, the Lakers a shell of its former self, Houston doesn't have a leader, Portland is not ready for prime time, Golden State Warriors? Let's wait and see, Nuggets? A few years and a couple of stars off the path to Prime TIme . The teams to watch in the West are the Clippers: They have one of the best coach in the game, young stars and a check book that can afford any star they want within the constraint of the cap and The Spurs, they have Popovitch, enough said . This year looks like the year of the Spurs... or so I wish
I wish too, Frantz. I've been wishing it since last year's Game 6.
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
Clippers owner Donald Sterling yet to sign off on deal
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling still hasn't signed off on the deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer because the NBA won't revoke its $2.5 million fine and lifetime ban, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.
The individual, who wasn't authorized to talk publicly told The Associated Press that Sterling had agreed to sell the team Wednesday and drop his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA assuming "all their differences had been resolved." But now he's considering continuing the suit after being told by intermediaries the NBA won't budge on the punishments doled out by Commissioner Adam Silver after Sterling's racist comments were publicized.
Sterling's consent to his wife Shelly Sterling's potentially record-breaking $2 billion deal was the first sign of an end to weeks of uncertainty. The NBA's owners must approve the deal.
Donald Sterling's comments to V. Stiviano included telling her to not bring black people to Clippers games, specifically mentioning Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. They resulted in a storm of outrage from the public and players and even prompted President Barack Obama to comment on what he called Sterling's "incredibly offensive racist statements."
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ultimately decided to ban Donald Sterling for life and began efforts to force Sterling to sell the team.
The lawsuit alleges that the league violated his constitutional rights by relying on information from an "illegal" recording that publicized racist remarks he made to a girlfriend. It also said the league committed a breach of contract by fining Sterling $2.5 million and that it violated antitrust laws by trying to force a sale.
For weeks, Donald Sterling said through his attorneys that he would fight the NBA's decisions to try to force his ouster as a team owner. But last week Shelly Sterling utilized her authority as sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers, to take bids for the team and ultimately negotiate a deal with Ballmer. And though his attorneys said that Donald Sterling had agreed, days of radio silence followed when he didn't put ink to paper.
The NBA hasn't officially commented on the deal yet, but the individual said it appears that the ball is now back in Donald Sterling's court.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Donald Sterling still hasn't signed off on the deal to sell the team to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer because the NBA won't revoke its $2.5 million fine and lifetime ban, according to a person with knowledge of the negotiations.
The individual, who wasn't authorized to talk publicly told The Associated Press that Sterling had agreed to sell the team Wednesday and drop his $1 billion federal lawsuit against the NBA assuming "all their differences had been resolved." But now he's considering continuing the suit after being told by intermediaries the NBA won't budge on the punishments doled out by Commissioner Adam Silver after Sterling's racist comments were publicized.
Sterling's consent to his wife Shelly Sterling's potentially record-breaking $2 billion deal was the first sign of an end to weeks of uncertainty. The NBA's owners must approve the deal.
Donald Sterling's comments to V. Stiviano included telling her to not bring black people to Clippers games, specifically mentioning Hall of Famer Magic Johnson. They resulted in a storm of outrage from the public and players and even prompted President Barack Obama to comment on what he called Sterling's "incredibly offensive racist statements."
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver ultimately decided to ban Donald Sterling for life and began efforts to force Sterling to sell the team.
The lawsuit alleges that the league violated his constitutional rights by relying on information from an "illegal" recording that publicized racist remarks he made to a girlfriend. It also said the league committed a breach of contract by fining Sterling $2.5 million and that it violated antitrust laws by trying to force a sale.
For weeks, Donald Sterling said through his attorneys that he would fight the NBA's decisions to try to force his ouster as a team owner. But last week Shelly Sterling utilized her authority as sole trustee of The Sterling Family Trust, which owns the Clippers, to take bids for the team and ultimately negotiate a deal with Ballmer. And though his attorneys said that Donald Sterling had agreed, days of radio silence followed when he didn't put ink to paper.
The NBA hasn't officially commented on the deal yet, but the individual said it appears that the ball is now back in Donald Sterling's court.
Steve williams
Site Founder, Site Owner, Administrator
A good day and a bad day. I was at the Hollywood Bowl last night with my wife fora James Taylor concert which was terrific BTW. As a result I didn't see the game and awoke today to see the series tied as the Heat eeks out a 2 point victory. Is this déja vu once again. Spurs need to win in Miami or this will be a threepeat
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