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Warrior said:
And why was Duncan out at the end there? To guard against the 3? There was nobody underneath to get the rebound on the miss, Bosh gets it and throws it out to a wide open Judas Shuttleworth, who naturally nails the shot to tie the game.
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jazzeum said:
sitting down key players at certain points. QUOTE]

if you can blame a loss on one person...I blame this loss on Popovich... I know you can look at every game and pick out 20 fouls the refs missed...or 20 mistakes each team made...and all could have made a point or two difference that could have turned a game...

but the most glaring ones to look back on...are in the last minute of the game...when mistakes can make or break you...in a close game like this one...the last minute or too is always most scrutinized...

why Duncan was on the bench on those 2 possessions...

you got me...

one rebound and this game was over...

I don't understand why Popovich did this...

but honestly...Popovich has forgotten more about basketball than I will ever know...so...if they had won...I would have called him a genius...

but...

instead they lost...
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Several days ago I picked San Antonio to win it going all the way to game 7. We shall see :rolleyes2:
 
mikemiller1955 said:
jazzeum said:
sitting down key players at certain points. QUOTE]

if you can blame a loss on one person...I blame this loss on Popovich... I know you can look at every game and pick out 20 fouls the refs missed...or 20 mistakes each team made...and all could have made a point or two difference that could have turned a game...

but the most glaring ones to look back on...are in the last minute of the game...when mistakes can make or break you...in a close game like this one...the last minute or too is always most scrutinized...

why Duncan was on the bench on those 2 possessions...

you got me...

one rebound and this game was over...

I don't understand why Popovich did this...

but honestly...Popovich has forgotten more about basketball than I will ever know...so...if they had won...I would have called him a genius...

but...

instead they lost...
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Popovich seems obsessed with resting his players. Didn't he bench several of his starters during one regular season game and get fined by the NBA? Some ESPN commentator said before game 6 that Popovich would have preferred not to play Duncan, Parker, and Manny at all in game 6 and save them rested for game 7. Rightly or wrongly he believes he has a better chance by limiting their minutes. If Ray Allen doesn't knock down that three, they are the champs. So whose to say? He's a great coach, but got burned by the way game 6 played out. If he rallies these guys and they steal game 7, no one will care. I have a sinking feeling that won't happen though. It was not only a crushing loss, but Miami must be feeling like they are fated to win.
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The last two games were two of the better games you'll ever see. Shame that the series and season is over.
 
Brad not a big basketball fan but that was a awesome finals series enjoyed it.
 
San Antonio had their chances...they didn't capitalize...Ginolbli was a disappointment...a major disappointment...I really thought they had a chance...again...they just didn't take advantage of it...
 
Outside of one game, he was awful the whole series.

And Parker was not 100%, that hammy was bothering him for most of the series.

San Antonio had their chance up by 4 with 28 seconds to go; they make both free throws, the game and the series is over, they made one and the rest is history.

Have to give them credit, they could have folded last night after that nut punch the other night, they battled all night long, Duncan missed a bunny hook shot to tie the game he makes 99 time out of 100, this time he missed.

It's crazy to think the Spurs were seconds away from winning this thing and Duncan is crowned the greatest player of his generation, the Heat and Lebron are labeled chokers for losing 2 of 3 NBA titles; instead, Lebron is MVP and the talk of a Heat dynasty is on.

Unreal.
 
mikemiller1955 said:
San Antonio had their chances...they didn't capitalize...Ginolbli was a disappointment...a major disappointment...I really thought they had a chance...again...they just didn't take advantage of it...
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Ginobili really made 3 critical mistakes during the last few minutes of game 7. 2 passes that were way off their mark and that shot attempt that should have been a bucket. Add to that Miami hitting the 3 pointers
while SA was missing many of these shots that were made in previous games in the series. Still a very intense and entertaining game to watch.
 
Riley is a realist. He knows how close they came to losing. I'm sure they will try to make changes.

Win or lose last night Duncan's reputation and place is assured as is Poppovich's. Of course, a fifth ring would have been nice.
 
Warrior said:
San Antonio had their chance up by 4 with 28 seconds to go; they make both free throws, the game and the series is over, they made one and the rest is history.


Unreal.
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I thinks SA's greatest mistake was not fouling 3 up with seconds left in game 6. If they had done that they would have been champions, period.

Paulo
 
VIRIATO said:
I thinks SA's greatest mistake was not fouling 3 up with seconds left in game 6. If they had done that they would have been champions, period.

Paulo
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Paulo,

That's not their philosophy, as their Coach said at a press conference.

Brad
 
jazzeum said:
Paulo,

That's not their philosophy, as their Coach said at a press conference.

Brad
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Yes Brad, I know, the «European» question. Still the fact remains. Time for a change of philosophy (certainly not with Pops...^&grin)?

Paulo
 
I have doubts that he's ready to be a coach.

Celtics are looking pretty good in getting rid of Garnett and Pierce. If this team doesn't turn it around soon, it will be a disaster.

NY basketball is in the toilet this season.
 
jazzeum said:
I have doubts that he's ready to be a coach.

Celtics are looking pretty good in getting rid of Garnett and Pierce. If this team doesn't turn it around soon, it will be a disaster.

NY basketball is in the toilet this season.
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I hope the Lakers do a little better...^&grin. The Clippers will do... So LA is relatively OK for now...^&cool


Paulo
 
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