EPT2014 NBA Finals - Page 18
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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cLutZ
United States19574 Posts
On June 11 2014 12:14 usedtocare wrote: Lol they call travel on Bron. Now ive seen it all AKA the best call of the series. Its sad how we much applaud the refs when they make a mildly difficult, but correct, call. | ||
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usedtocare
United States243 Posts
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rei
United States3594 Posts
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LunarDestiny
United States4177 Posts
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ticklishmusic
United States15977 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On June 11 2014 12:59 rei wrote: I always thought the American philosophy is the less pass the less turnover. But damn look at the spurs, every single position there are 10+ passes. It helps when almost everyone on the team has been there for 3+ years. | ||
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On June 11 2014 13:12 Jerubaal wrote: Every game in this series feels like a must win. It helps when almost everyone on the team has been there for 3+ years. The Spurs also heavily favor Euro players, just look at their roster. | ||
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icystorage
Jollibee19350 Posts
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On June 11 2014 13:23 DystopiaX wrote: The Spurs also heavily favor Euro players, just look at their roster. Are you suggesting that Euro players pass the ball better? Even if I were to accept that, it would still require coaching and a system. | ||
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Pantagruel
United States1427 Posts
Anyhow, I think the key to this series is Boris Diaw. The Spurs' defense is not as good with Diaw on the floor as opposed to Splitter, but the offense is astronomically better. This can be seen not only in the games in the finals and the playoffs, but throughout the entire regular season as well. Aside from being a very adept offensive player, able to score in a variety of ways as well as being a brilliant passer, his presence gives the Spurs superior spacing on the floor which allow other players better opportunities to score. I've liked Diaw since he was excellent on the Phoenix Suns, and even in Charlotte when Larry Brown was the coach he was also very good. When the Bobcats completely fell apart after Brown left Diaw declined in production and more or less quit on the team. The fact remains though, that he was an excellent player and he's been an incredible pick-up for the Spurs. It's actually surprising to me how long it has taken Pop to completely integrate Diaw into the Spurs' system and benefit from his many talents, especially considering he is perfect in the Spurs' system. The Spurs could have been up 3-0 if they had managed to make their free throws in game 2. The Heat are at their best when the pressure is on them though so we'll see what happens in game 4. I pick the Spurs to win it this year however. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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DystopiaX
United States16236 Posts
On June 11 2014 16:21 Jerubaal wrote: Are you suggesting that Euro players pass the ball better? Even if I were to accept that, it would still require coaching and a system. From what I've seen of Euro teams they seem to emphasize team play over star power, but my comment was more directed to Rei's American philosophy thing, just pointing out that the Spurs are perhaps the least "American" team in the league at least based on the roster. I am not suggesting that the Spurs coaching/culture has nothing to do with the way they play basketball. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
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Pantagruel
United States1427 Posts
EDIT : Apparently RC denied this rumor but who knows really. | ||
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Ru ba
Serbia1812 Posts
https://vine.co/v/Mj5gaKF7350 this guy was born to play for the spurs | ||
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MassHysteria
United States3678 Posts
And people need to realize that the reality of this series is the best team going against the best player. Spurs need to keep up their great passing/teamwork to win. Kawhi had a great game though. And the Heat need to find where they left Mario Chalmers at. edit: http://grantland.com/the-triangle/we-went-there-the-spurs-pressure-cooker/ | ||
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Dreamer.T
United States3584 Posts
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XaI)CyRiC
United States4471 Posts
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FakePseudo
Belgium716 Posts
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