Game 1 results: San Antonio karbashes Miami

[AbdiJohnson]

Abdi weren't you crying when your boy crush Peyton lost

The turning point of the game was LeBron leaving just as they started to dominate the game. How can a team with 20 turnovers win unless the other team was suppose to lose? The spurs were locked out of the center until the third quarter, are you serious when you think they can win the series? They got so happy when LeBron left the game.

LeBron left in the last 3 minutes. Spurs were already well ahead. Hes out of shape. His fat cramps had no direct bearing on our predicted and expected and certain win. 20+ turnovers and they still karbashed the Heat. You just said LeBron got paid to "lose". He's worth $150M. He wants another ring. He doesnt care about money. You need to be more mature

I am,

Abdi "Your excuses are boring" Johnson

[SultanOrder]

The series will be done in six games don't cry when another team of yours will lose

[metamorphosis]

I knew the spurs would win when I saw what they did to okc, a team that the heat really wrestled with last finals.

[barbarossa]

Lets not get ahead of ourselves here. After all, this is but the first of seven-game series. Personally, I am rooting for the Spurs to win this year, simply because this maybe the last shot at a championship for one of the hardest working, most respected group of aging veterans in NBA history. Having said that, lets not forget that Miami is still the reigning champion and has as good of a chance as SA to win it all.

I cannot help but think, though, when this is all said and done, and god forbid Miami takes the NBA trophy home, what will be AJ reaction and how would he cope with yet another total collapse of his 'beloved' Spurs? Would he have to resort to his old ways of initiating frivolous petitioning campaigns asking the White House to strip Ginobili or Parker off of their American citizenship for poor play, as he has done last time San Antonio lost the NBA championship?

[AbdiJohnson]

I'm not as emotional anymore. I won't take their hypothetical loss to heart

I am,

Abdi "Its just a game" Johnson

[FAH1223]

Abdi weren't you crying when your boy crush Peyton lost

The turning point of the game was LeBron leaving just as they started to dominate the game. How can a team with 20 turnovers win unless the other team was suppose to lose? The spurs were locked out of the center until the third quarter, are you serious when you think they can win the series? They got so happy when LeBron left the game.

Spurs won with 23 turnovers and then going 14-16 from the field and 6-6 from 3 point land in the last 7 minutes.

And it started before LeBron went out with the cramps.

If the Spurs take care of the ball in Game 2 and keep getting good shots, they will win. Who is supposed to guard Tim Duncan on the Miami Heat? He went 9-10 with 21 points and 10 rebounds. Tiago Splitter scored 9 straight points in the 3rd/4th quarters to keep the Spurs within striking distance.

When the Spurs were turning it over like crazy and only up 4, I knew something was wrong.

Spurs had more assists, more rebounds, more free throws...

LeBron will have to score 45 points or something like that.

[BlackRain]

Spurs will have to win on Sunday and they have pretty much won it. If they lose the second game, it will be like Indiana and they will not win another game

[FAH1223]

Spurs will have to win on Sunday and they have pretty much won it. If they lose the second game, it will be like Indiana and they will not win another game

don't think so, Spurs are capable of winning in Miami

But they MUST win Game 2... Heat are 5-0 in the Big 3 era since 2010 when they lose Game 1

[SultanOrder]

The spurs are not always going to get lucky by always shooting from the perimeter. Heat dominates the Center while spurs dominate the perimeter, but my bet is that taking it in will decide the championship, which Heats have the advantage.

Also, why don't the spurs get rid of the useless midget parker?

[FAH1223]

The spurs are not always going to get lucky by always shooting from the perimeter. Heat dominates the Center while spurs dominate the perimeter, but my bet is that taking it in will decide the championship, which Heats have the advantage.

Also, why don't the spurs get rid of the useless midget parker?

What are you talking about?

The Spurs are dominating the interior by getting points in the paint using their size, getting rebounds, and when they get in the paint, they have knock down shooters.

If the Heat trap the pick and roll, the Spurs will have a wide open shooter after the roll man gets the ball and swings it one more time.

The Heat get in the lane only cause of Bron and Wade. If Bron is out the game, they settle for jumpshots a lot more often.

And the Heat have no big men. They are the worst rebounding team in the NBA and rely on turnovers to overcome it.

[FAH1223]

http://www.grantland.com/the-triangle/n ... e-matchup/

The Spurs’ most-used lineup in Game 1 was the one I featured in my preview: Parker, Ginobili, Kawhi Leonard, Diaw, and Duncan. That group outscored the Heat by 22 points in just eight minutes, and Gregg Popovich will likely use it more going forward; Leonard got in early foul trouble last night, and the stupid temperature issues screwed up everyone’s rotations.
Popovich quietly slid that lineup to the front of his cupboard this season. It logged just 58 minutes in the regular season last year, and just 33 in the playoffs — including a paltry four total minutes in the seven-game Finals against Miami, per NBA.com. Pop used that group for 193 minutes in this regular season, and it has already piled up 90 minutes over the playoffs. It features San Antonio’s two best defenders and two best ball handlers, and there is no safe place to hide Allen. The Spurs used it for twice as many minutes in Game 1 last night as they did in the entirety of last year’s Finals.