Heat or Spurs

[Oskitopee]

With yesterday's insane shot, the Spurs won Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
Who do you think will win? Who do you want to win? Post your thoughts below!
Happy discussing!

Mostly since I live in Miami, I want the Heat to win.

[Redtank]

Heat

[Argyros]

Spurs won?

[lightzone]

Spurs to the end!

[Spyce]

Personally want the Spurs to win.
Which they WILL.

Miami is doubling the pick and roll so that's easy points for Tiago Splitter and Tim Duncan.
Kwahi Leonard and Danny Green are 3 point shooters so you can't double team.


Gg Miami.

[CrimsonTider]

Personally want the Spurs to win.
Which they WILL.

Miami is doubling the pick and roll so that's easy points for Tiago Splitter and Tim Duncan.
Kwahi Leonard and Danny Green are 3 point shooters so you can't double team.


Gg Miami.

Oh young one, how you miss the intricacies of a complicated defense. There is more to Miami's defense than doubling up on the ball handler during a pick and roll. It has been a stable of their defense for years now. With the team speed and versatility they have, they use a similar defense to the "40 Minutes of Hell" defense the '94 Arkansas Razorbacks used during their National Championship run.


And last I checked, Green and Leonard are two potent 3-point shooters. Miami has at least 6 players who are more than proficient from behind the arch. Do not count out the Heat because of one game. Only Broadway Joe (Roll Tide) was capable of predicting outcomes with absolute certainty.

Gonna be a long series: Heat in 7.

[Argyros]

Personally want the Spurs to win.
Which they WILL.

Miami is doubling the pick and roll so that's easy points for Tiago Splitter and Tim Duncan.
Kwahi Leonard and Danny Green are 3 point shooters so you can't double team.


Gg Miami.

They did win?

[Iphoneington]

Spurs

[gison]

Spurs

[Caiahar]

Man whole class talking about today...never heard Heat and Spurs so much in one day before..

[Spyce]

Oh young one, how you miss the intricacies of a complicated defense. There is more to Miami's defense than doubling up on the ball handler during a pick and roll. It has been a stable of their defense for years now. With the team speed and versatility they have, they use a similar defense to the "40 Minutes of Hell" defense the '94 Arkansas Razorbacks used during their National Championship run.



And last I checked, Green and Leonard are two potent 3-point shooters. Miami has at least 6 players who are more than proficient from behind the arch. Do not count out the Heat because of one game. Only Broadway Joe (Roll Tide) was capable of predicting outcomes with absolute certainty.



Gonna be a long series: Heat in 7.

I wasn't born in '94 so I wouldn't know.
Miami is to small inside to grab boards. (Worst rebounding team in the NBA)
Bosh and Haslem vs Duncan and Splitter.

All Green does is shoot 3s.
He averages 2.18 3s per game which is 12th in the league.

[Noi`ya]

I hear Gladiator is HUGE spurs fan, despite being in Miami.

[Spyce]

They did win?

I know that..
Watched the game.

[CrimsonTider]

I wasn't born in '94 so I wouldn't know.
Miami is to small inside to grab boards. (Worst rebounding team in the NBA)
Bosh and Haslem vs Duncan and Splitter.

All Green does is shoot 3s.
He averages 2.18 3s per game which is 12th in the league.

I know who Danny Green is and what he is capable of. As a Carolina fan (long story), I watched him all four years at UNC and knew he would contribute in the NBA.

The "rebounding" stat for the Heat is very misleading. Other factors go into this stat than just missed shots. As the number 1 defensive team in the NBA, Miami forces a lot of turnovers through bad passes and traveling (due to that trapping you think is flawed), steals, and blocked shots. They are also one of the best shooting percentage teams in the NBA, thus, cutting down on offensive rebound total. And since we are talking size, outside of Timmy and Splitter, what other players with height do they have? Miami has Haslem, Bosh, Anthony, Birdman, LBJ, and Lewis.

Pretty sure Miami was "smaller" than Boston, New York, Indiana, and OKC last year. How'd that work out? Smaller than Chicago qnd Indiana this year. How'd that work out?

Don't listen to everything you hear on SportsCenter. I mean, Alabama didn't stand a chance against ND in January did they? And for your info, you need to watch the ESPN 30 for 30 on the '94 Razorbacks "40 Minutes of Hell." According to the experts, they didn't stand a chance against Duke that year. One of my favorite teams of all time.

[Spyce]

I know who Danny Green is and what he is capable of. As a Carolina fan (long story), I watched him all four years at UNC and knew he would contribute in the NBA.

The "rebounding" stat for the Heat is very misleading. Other factors go into this stat than just missed shots. As the number 1 defensive team in the NBA, Miami forces a lot of turnovers through bad passes and traveling (due to that trapping you think is flawed), steals, and blocked shots. They are also one of the best shooting percentage teams in the NBA, thus, cutting down on offensive rebound total. And since we are talking size, outside of Timmy and Splitter, what other players with height do they have? Miami has Haslem, Bosh, Anthony, Birdman, LBJ, and Lewis.

Pretty sure Miami was "smaller" than Boston, New York, Indiana, and OKC last year. How'd that work out? Smaller than Chicago qnd Indiana this year. How'd that work out?

Don't listen to everything you hear on SportsCenter. I mean, Alabama didn't stand a chance against ND in January did they? And for your info, you need to watch the ESPN 30 for 30 on the '94 Razorbacks "40 Minutes of Hell." According to the experts, they didn't stand a chance against Duke that year. One of my favorite teams of all time.

Without rebounds there is extra possessions or to secure the other team won't get a second chance to score.
They have Birdman, Bosh, Haslem, Anthony, and King James. (Lewis is a 4 but he's a shooter not a rebounder)
They should be doing there job on the boards.

Miami uses there speed and quickness aganist the bigger and stronger teams.

I wanted Indiana to be in the Finals instead of the heat because Paul George went to Fresno State.
That's where I live.

[CrimsonTider]

Without rebounds there is extra possessions or to secure the other team won't get a second chance to score.
They have Birdman, Bosh, Haslem, Anthony, and King James. (Lewis is a 4 but he's a shooter not a rebounder)
They should be doing there job on the boards.

Miami uses there speed and quickness aganist the bigger and stronger teams.

I wanted Indiana to be in the Finals instead of the heat because Paul George went to Fresno State.
That's where I live.

You didn't read a word I said. That's ok, my 32 years of basketball experience and knowledge was all for nothing I suppose.

I'll leave you with this:

The 2005 and 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPION UNC Tar Heels led the nation in a lot of categories: Scoring, field goal percentage, free throws made vs free throw attempts by opponent, and turnovers. The reason for the high turnover rate? Not because Raymond Felton and Ty Lawson (both led the NCAA in assist to turnover ratio) couldn't hold on to the ball. Not because Tyler Hansbrough (National Player of the Year the year before his championship) was clumsy. It is because they aimed to have 15-20 more possessions per game than their opponents. With the speed they played at, they also turned the ball over at, what seemed, very high rates. In reality, they actually had the ball more.

Statistics are misleading. Period.

We shall revisit this point in a couple of weeks.

[Nihiliste]

Lmao, yeah right Chris. Not gettin into a Heat and Spurs argument, Crim has got that covered! GO HEAT.

[Spyce]

Lmao, yeah right Chris. Not gettin into a Heat and Spurs argument, Crim has got that covered! GO HEAT.

Crim wins the Spurs vs Heat argument.
I would only win on the topic of Rockets, OKC, Cavs, Warriors, and Pacers.
Gg Crim.