NBA 2012/13 Season Discussion Thread

[DoGu]

Not bad, Miami Heat. Not bad. That Ray Allen clutch three tho. Pretty good series from the games I've actually seen. But.... go Spurs. Although I'm a fan of neither team.

 

[chronoxiong]

So weird seeing Lebron James without a headband. He felt naked out there without it. But yeah, Game 6 was a classic and I was entertained for the whole game. This game was filled with so many twists and turns in one game containing all kinds of emotions. We all thought the Spurs were going to win when they got a 10 point lead. Then the Heat came back and got the lead. Then Tony Parker nailed a straight-ahead 3 and a little layup to maintain the lead. Then guys kept missing free-throws and missed rebound opportunities leading Bosh to grab a board and pass it to Ray Allen to nail the tying 3. Awesome game. Everyone on the Heat contributed for this win but I will give most of the credit to Allen and Bosh. Bosh had two sick blocks in the OT session as well. Oh yeah, to those that are claiming Ginobili got fouled in the last seconds of OT, he also traveled. Watch the replay. He took three steps. Onto Game 7 and it should be another great game to watch.

 

[kuroihikari]

LeBron should be eternally grateful to Ray Allen. Had they lost that game after his performance, he would have been ridiculed the rest of his life.

Now he has a chance to redeem himself in Game 7.

 

[Galaxian]

Happy that the Heat won, but now I won't be able to sleep due to the people celebrating in the streets... :disappoin

 

[Kivat]

Happy that the Heat won, but now I won't be able to sleep due to the people celebrating in the streets... :disappoin

Celebrate with them. :thumbs:

Now here on my end, I am greatly disappointed in the Spurs. This is a team with hall of famers that have 'Been there, done that' but in the end made rookie mistakes.

 

[chronoxiong]

It hurt to watch the 49ers lose in the Super Bowl earlier this year. So I kinda thought that the Spurs were going to suffer the same fate in these Finals and they did. The Spurs had the Title within their grasps but they choked it away. If people believe that they should be the Champs, they are in denial. It was a choke job. The Heat did what they had to do to tie Game 6 and then made enough shots to win Game 7. I was impressed with Lebron James ability to make jump shots from all over the court. If he can do that consistently, he is going to be even more unstoppable. So yeah, congrats to the Heat for getting the job done. Lebron deserved to win another Title. Juwan Howard gets his second Title and Tracy McGrady continues to live out his career with a big "what if."

 

[Galaxian]

Battier took Miller's role from last year's finals of 3 point-shooter :laugh:

 

[kuroihikari]

I don't really think the Spurs choked. They've always played that way. They are generally an extremely disciplined team that every once in a while can fall into bouts of chaos. And they're not used to that, so they tend to fail when that happens. Up until the final moments they had a chance, and generally made good decisions that just didn't paid off. If Duncan had made that shot over Battier, the result might have been vastly different.

I think the most important thing is that LeBron stepped up in Game 7 into something worthy of what he (and his fans) thinks of himself. He was wishy-washy for all of six games and played stellar in the game that counted. If that Game 6 Ray Allen shot had not fallen in, this Finals would have been remembered as the Finals LeBron sleep-walked through. Of course, it helped that Wade and BOsh woke up at around the same time.

I honestly don't like Miami winning the championship. I don't think arrogance should be rewarded and am not looking forward to some of my friends gloating. However, they did play great that last game and deserve this win.

 

[Milky Rose]

I like this win for the Heat. It not only Validates LeBron as one of the greats, but it keeps them on track for a three-peat, which will match the Shaq-Kobe Lakers, at the very least.

As for the Spurs, They battled hard until the end, and that's something I'm sure everyone can respect. Just...it's kinda sad to know that this may very well be the end of the Spurs as we have come to know them.

 

[Galaxian]

During the celebrations last nights, the news reported that there were Heat fans waiting by the Spurs' buses to boo them when they came out. I'm a Heat fan, but that still pissed the hell out of me.