BadAss2961
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He's the real deal, but he is pretty soft upstairs. This wouldn't be that big of a deal if he didn't have a history of folding.
He kept pulling himself out of the game from before he locked up.
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He kept pulling himself out of the game from before he locked up.
BronsonLee
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You guys are fighting a battle with the wrong guy here. For this series, it was the smart thing to keep him out, especially since I'd bank on this shit going 7 again. And like I said, Pop would do the same thing in a heartbeat with his starters.
You don't need to explain cramps to me, I kinda understand the concept
But you throw personal bias + a probable thought process that Lebron is 'soft', and of course it provides something to harp on him about. That's obvious. You're looking at it logically, they aren't.
jordan0386
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I dunno how you can be soft and help take a team to 4 straight finals.
How do you forget 37 in game seven of the Finals. How?!
Internet is a weird place.
How do you forget 37 in game seven of the Finals. How?!
Internet is a weird place.
Tragicomedy
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Things will only get worse when the games shift to Miami's arena, where there's a lack of real fans.
BadAss2961
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They have 3 star players. Is that not what people expected when they came together?
Plus the East has been both bad and banged up the last couple seasons.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Any word from Skip Bayless yet?
theignoramus
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So I rewatched the game entirely last night since I missed some parts and man, I think those Heat fans in here that were crowing about Miami's elite D need kill that noise. San Antonio was getting open threes, especially from the corner the entire night. (Hence the 51% shooting from deep) Getting uncontested layups in the paint. They looked sloppy in the third quarter, when they turned the ball over 9 times, then reasserted themselves in the fourth. I saw no evidence at all that San Antonio cant continue their formula with good success. Boris Diaw causes real problems for Miami with his versatility and ability to create offense off the dribble.
On the other side of the coin, the three areas I saw Spurs vulnerability was Duncan passing out of double teams, Ray Allen/Bosh threes, and Bosh being able to take Duncan, face up, off the dribble, though that advantaged is probably negated by Duncan being able to abuse Bosh in the paint with his back to the basket.
On the other side of the coin, the three areas I saw Spurs vulnerability was Duncan passing out of double teams, Ray Allen/Bosh threes, and Bosh being able to take Duncan, face up, off the dribble, though that advantaged is probably negated by Duncan being able to abuse Bosh in the paint with his back to the basket.
BadAss2961
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First Take is on, i'm sure he had a good time. I'll watch it later.
This still boggles the mind. Only on the Spurs is this possible.
Byakuya769
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No one's trying to hear that shit.
Tell LeBron to bring his cranberry juice next time.
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What team do you like?
illmatic19
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Hoo boy the Heat shot selection was terrible when Lebron went out the game. And you're never in a good position when Mario Chalmers is handling the basketball in the fourth quarter of a finals game. Chalmers lost himself a lot of money he would have made otherwise in these playoffs.
BadAss2961
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Salty Bulls fan here.
Wade throwing shit up like it was 2006 or something but nothing falling this time
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The whole heat team seemed exhausted besides Chalmers, who was just fresh enough to energetically fuck up at an impressive rate.
Jag
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You would think they have a game plan when Lebron gets knocked out. It's happened before and happened when he had his 5 fouls.
It's almost if the Heat mentally fold when their Champion is down and the other teams are emboldened.
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haha, you think Powerade has their top men looking into Crampgate? I'd love to be a fly on that wall.
In Game 5 of the conference finals they almost beat the #1 team in the east, at their house, with almost 0 help from Lebron. I think it's fair to say that yesterday's game was just fucking weird for everyone.
lol hoking his own product
Bam Bam Baklava
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If it really is a superior product (as he says) to gatorade and powerade then why wouldn't he? Maybe it could have really helped.
I know he dismisses bulletin board material but all this shit talking around cramp-gate, if and when it starts to fester into the media, is probably gonna make lebron absolutely go off in this series a couple games to try and shut it up.
Double edged sword for the anti-lebron crowd.
Double edged sword for the anti-lebron crowd.
UnObtainium17
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Lmao. Kobe is soo good with these timely statements.
BadAss2961
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This pic...
It's like he came back from the future where he had already trolled this moment.
It's like he came back from the future where he had already trolled this moment.
UnObtainium17
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BronsonLee
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Fucking dead at those last two tweets here, jesus!
I must say I am pretty stoked we're past that Complete Player shit with Lebron
Why is the whole discussion around Lebron? He cramped up, end of story. I'm sure he will be ready to go game 2.
The Spurs played a freaking amazing 4th quarter last night. Probably one of the best quarters in NBA Finals history. They were on a mission to take that game back.
This series already seems like it's going 7 games, as if there was any doubt before. Can't wait to see how it unfolds.
The Spurs played a freaking amazing 4th quarter last night. Probably one of the best quarters in NBA Finals history. They were on a mission to take that game back.
This series already seems like it's going 7 games, as if there was any doubt before. Can't wait to see how it unfolds.
PlayALLtheGames
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Plays for a team called Heat.
Can't handle heat.
Can't handle heat.
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it's about lebron because he's softer than drake in a goose down pillow fight
This is pretty much exactly how I feel. I wanted the Spurs to win, but I didn't feel so good about it afterward. I hate the Heat, but if they lose, I want it to be at full strength.
I also knew today would be a bad day to listen to talk radio and read article comments, but I guess that's true every day.
That's funny, but he really isn't. The guy misses almost no time. I'd wager nobody's played more minutes than him over the last four or five years. Well, Thibs probably still has Jimmy Butler running around a court at this very minute, somewhere...
they need to get rid of Chalmers as soon as he gets free agency. Dude has the same mentality as Westbrook without the talent or athleticism.
Ninja Scooter
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That says far more about his "critics" than it does about him. They're idiots.
MetalFearSolid
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I would disagree, Rashard Lewis and Ray Allen had 26 points together. Big 3 played good, I don't see Ray Allen having 16 points again. I think Spurs win game 2.
There's so much cognitive dissonance to be found in Heat haters. When they win, it's because LeBron had so much help, when they lose it's because LeBron is the only good player on the team.
This is true.
When your star player goes out and your other two "stars" allow the other team to go on a 36-9 run(or whatever it was) I think you officially just lost the ability to call yourselves the "big 3."
If anything this game showed me just how pivotal Lebron is to that teams success. They looked like a lottery team out there without him.
Thank you.They're not looking at this event as evidence that can persuade them one way or another. They're using it as a convenient tool to confirm a bullshit narrative they wrote for LeBron years ago. (I always root against LeBron on the court, but some people are ridiculous when it comes to judging him for moments like this.)
Battersea Power Station
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Those are fairly amusing but I think we need to have an intervention about that status bar. You're reaching grandma-using-Windows XP levels there.
I mean, this is mine right now and I only haven't gotten to that notification because I'm typing this up.
Forceatowulf
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Look at sage as fuck Kobe trying to educate these fools.
They ain't even worth it, Mamba.
BronsonLee
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That's basically what I was getting at. Their mind is already made up, no matter what Lebron (or to a larger extend, The Heat) has done. The reality is though, they lost that game because he wasn't there. I think that one's pretty definitive. Everything else is whatever.
Either way I'm a bigger Ray Allen fan anyway
MorisUkunRasik
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Poor Kobe. Gotta keep his name out there somehow now that he'll never sniff June again.
MetalFearSolid
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Kobe is cashing in on the situation smart.
Byakuya769
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He'll get back there with the Hornets.
ryutaro's mama
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Most likely not.
It's only worth playing in June if you can win it all.
I mean, seriously, who hangs conference championship banners?
He talked about how LeBron should have prepared more (hydration I guess), and how he hasn't heard of someone being prone to cramping.
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Spurs so classy.
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