Official 2012-2013 NBA Playoffs Thread

[007ELmO]

Bullshit call.

what the HELL is ginobli doing?

 

[dougp]

Here come the refs.

 

[007ELmO]

There we go, get birdman in foul trouble.

Somebody help this 37 year old man, Jesus.

 

[007ELmO]

Ginobli is fucking horrible. is he a double agent?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Duncan beasting. If he wills them to a win this would be an epic finals performance.

 

[007ELmO]

Spurs are going to lose, there is nobody on SA that's stepping up. Ginobli should be benched for the 2nd half, 4 TOs, absolutely worthless, he's not providing much Defense - what is he doing? Spurs are shooting 55% to Heat's 45%.

 

[007ELmO]

Duncan is on fire, and Ginobli is trying to lose. DUNCAN BEAST MODE, YOUNG BLOODS

 

[tfinch2]

Sit Ginobili's ass down and do not let him get up. Even for halftime.

 

[tfinch2]

Spurs are going to lose, there is nobody on SA that's stepping up. Ginobli should be benched for the 2nd half, 4 TOs, absolutely worthless, he's not providing much Defense - what is he doing? Spurs are shooting 55% to Heat's 45%.

Nobody for the Spurs are stepping up? TD has 25 and 8 in the first half. Not sure if serious...

 

[Engineer]

Spurs ripped the Heat heart out during the last 3 minutes.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Duncan is on fire, and Ginobli is trying to lose. DUNCAN BEAST MODE, YOUNG BLOODS

Duncan GETS BUCKETS!

 

[007ELmO]

Nobody for the Spurs are stepping up? TD has 25 and 8 in the first half. Not sure if serious...

nobody else, obviously duncan. tell me someone else? Leonard has some scrap plays. Parker is getting defended. Somebody else has got to step up, you don't let a 37 year old man go down guns a blazing like this. he is showing lebron how to make buckets.

Spurs up 10 or more if Ginobli didn't exist. Ginobli is a wasted possession any time he touches the ball.

duncan 25
leonard scrapping it up with 10
the rest? 4 (parker, getting guarded), 4 (diaw off the bench), 3 (neal, single 3), 3 (green, single 3), 1 (splitter), and ginobli with zero

close out game, someone else help that man

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

nobody else, obviously duncan. tell me someone else? Leonard has some scrap plays. Parker is getting defended. Somebody else has got to step up, you don't let a 37 year old man go down guns a blazing like this.

This is no ordinary 37 year old. You're talking about a nba legend son.

 

[dougp]

If the Spurs win tonight because Duncan put them on his back, does he get MVP?

 

[JJChicken]

Nobody for the Spurs are stepping up? TD has 25 and 8 in the first half. Not sure if serious...

I think he meant apart from TD. 11-13, what a beast. I think he read yesterday's thread on Kobe v TD and took personal offence to some of the posts.

Going to be an interesting second half, still think heat will pull through but rooting for the spurs.

 

[tfinch2]

nobody else, obviously duncan. tell me someone else? Leonard has some scrap plays. Parker is getting defended. Somebody else has got to step up, you don't let a 37 year old man go down guns a blazing like this. he is showing lebron how to make buckets.

Spurs up 10 or more if Ginobli didn't exist. Ginobli is a wasted possession any time he touches the ball.

I'd say Diaw is stepping up.

 

[UncleWai]

spoelstra is employing the mike brown offence, a completely worthless coach that rides on lebron.

 

[Attic]

If the Spurs win tonight because Duncan put them on his back, does he get MVP?

Yes.

 

[007ELmO]

i can't wait for mike brown to flop the cavs this upcoming season and "earn" his coach of the year.

I guess nobody needs to step up as long as Duncan is like perfect from the field, but doubt it will last...do the spurs have to really change anything at half, other than put a stop to chalmers?

 

[HendrixFan]

The rest of their team is playing pretty bad. Heat have locked Parker down, their offense is just Duncan. At some point, Duncan is going to miss...I don't see them getting any boards the way they're positioned to stop the fast break.

The Heat are staying out on the hot shooters leaving Duncan pretty much one on one. If he keeps hitting at his current rate the Heat will have to mix things up. Otherwise the smart thing to do is not give up 3 pointers at a 70% clip.

One thing about the Duncan ISO post game is it doesn't afford the Heat trapping opportunities like they are used to. Getting transition opportunities and getting the crowd riled up isn't going to happen without defensive pressure.

 

[edro]

Hell yeah Duncan would get the MVP.
This game's performance would have more weight than Green's 3s.

 

[Attic]

Spurs just need to curb the turn overs and dominate the boards.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

If the Spurs win tonight because Duncan put them on his back, does he get MVP?

I don't know. This has been a team effort. From Parker playing on a bad hamstring, Ginobili winning them the previous game, Neal basically winning them a game, Green shooting lights out, Duncan closing them out (so far). Too tough to call. It's Parker or Duncan imo. You cant have a spot shooter be a mvp no matter how good he shoots.

 

[007ELmO]

The Heat are staying out on the hot shooters leaving Duncan pretty much one on one. If he keeps hitting at his current rate the Heat will have to mix things up. Otherwise the smart thing to do is not give up 3 pointers at a 70% clip.

One thing about the Duncan ISO post game is it doesn't afford the Heat trapping opportunities like they are used to. Getting transition opportunities and getting the crowd riled up isn't going to happen without defensive pressure.

Watch Duncan in the 2nd half, most of the Spurs are not going for offensive boards and are trying to stop fast breaks. Only Leonard will try to sneak in (along with Duncan) for board help.

Spurs have been playing poorly when Duncan is on the bench.

 

[007ELmO]

Is Bosh really a hall of famer? Such a disparity between Duncan and Bosh, not a fair comparison I know...but there isn't such a disparity between Duncan, wade, LBJ....game changers.