2013 NBA Finals thread: San Antonio Spurs vs. Miami Heat

Originally posted by blizzuntz:
Parker's MRI reveals only a slight hamstring strain.

Anything with the hammy is never fun. Well, maybe cramping would be nothing. Hammy strain still makes it difficult to explode. I don't think we see a full speed Tony in G4 unless they treat it like crazy and even then, muscle strains...sometimes there's nothing you can do with them.

To win G4, Spurs are going to seriously need Manu to do some great things.

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by blizzuntz:

Parker's MRI reveals only a slight hamstring strain.

Anything with the hammy is never fun. Well, maybe cramping would be nothing. Hammy strain still makes it difficult to explode. I don't think we see a full speed Tony in G4 unless they treat it like crazy and even then, muscle strains...sometimes there's nothing you can do with them.

I think he rests for the pivotal game 5

Originally posted by blizzuntz:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Originally posted by blizzuntz:
Parker's MRI reveals only a slight hamstring strain.

Anything with the hammy is never fun. Well, maybe cramping would be nothing. Hammy strain still makes it difficult to explode. I don't think we see a full speed Tony in G4 unless they treat it like crazy and even then, muscle strains...sometimes there's nothing you can do with them.

I think he rests for the pivotal game 5

Never.

Originally posted by Joecool:

Seriously, folks. It was not a must win game for Miami. Spurs better have a good plan for Game 4 because Miami will be coming full speed all game.

Teams that win game 3 of the NBA Finals after the series is tied 1-1 go on to win the championship 92% of the time. Not a must win?

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Seriously, folks. It was not a must win game for Miami. Spurs better have a good plan for Game 4 because Miami will be coming full speed all game.

Teams that win game 3 of the NBA Finals after the series is tied 1-1 go on to win the championship 92% of the time. Not a must win?

Those stats are always silly. Miami won game 3 against Dallas after the series was tied 1-1. I don't think it was must win for either team. What bugs me is, Miami played poor defense for majority of the 48 minutes. I don't even care about offense...the defense was the biggest problem. The kind of shots Spurs were gettin' from the get-go...Miami wasn't going to win even if they played well offensively.

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Seriously, folks. It was not a must win game for Miami. Spurs better have a good plan for Game 4 because Miami will be coming full speed all game.

Teams that win game 3 of the NBA Finals after the series is tied 1-1 go on to win the championship 92% of the time. Not a must win?

Those stats are always silly. Miami won game 3 against Dallas after the series was tied 1-1. I don't think it was must win for either team. What bugs me is, Miami played poor defense for majority of the 48 minutes. I don't even care about offense...the defense was the biggest problem. The kind of shots Spurs were gettin' from the get-go...Miami wasn't going to win even if they played well offensively.

Call it what you will, history says the Spurs are well beyond more than likely to win this series.

So if the Heat win Game 4, the headlines will be all about how Lebron is the best player ever, there's no way the Spurs can win with 2/3 in Miami, and blah blah blah.

LOL @ the NBA playoff hyper knee jerk reactions. So glad the games come every other day from here on out.

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Seriously, folks. It was not a must win game for Miami. Spurs better have a good plan for Game 4 because Miami will be coming full speed all game.

Teams that win game 3 of the NBA Finals after the series is tied 1-1 go on to win the championship 92% of the time. Not a must win?

Those stats are always silly. Miami won game 3 against Dallas after the series was tied 1-1. I don't think it was must win for either team. What bugs me is, Miami played poor defense for majority of the 48 minutes. I don't even care about offense...the defense was the biggest problem. The kind of shots Spurs were gettin' from the get-go...Miami wasn't going to win even if they played well offensively.

Call it what you will, history says the Spurs are well beyond more than likely to win this series.

The winner of Game 4 will win this series.

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:
Call it what you will, history says the Spurs are well beyond more than likely to win this series.

Ok what are the chances the G4 winner wins the series? Or the G2 winner? I'm sure it's over 75% in both cases.

Originally posted by Ninerjohn:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Seriously, folks. It was not a must win game for Miami. Spurs better have a good plan for Game 4 because Miami will be coming full speed all game.

Teams that win game 3 of the NBA Finals after the series is tied 1-1 go on to win the championship 92% of the time. Not a must win?

Those stats are always silly. Miami won game 3 against Dallas after the series was tied 1-1. I don't think it was must win for either team. What bugs me is, Miami played poor defense for majority of the 48 minutes. I don't even care about offense...the defense was the biggest problem. The kind of shots Spurs were gettin' from the get-go...Miami wasn't going to win even if they played well offensively.

Call it what you will, history says the Spurs are well beyond more than likely to win this series.

The winner of Game 4 will win this series.

First team to win 4 games will win the series, BOOK IT

Done

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by 49ersMyLife:

Originally posted by TheSixthRing:

Originally posted by Joecool:

Seriously, folks. It was not a must win game for Miami. Spurs better have a good plan for Game 4 because Miami will be coming full speed all game.

Teams that win game 3 of the NBA Finals after the series is tied 1-1 go on to win the championship 92% of the time. Not a must win?

Those stats are always silly. Miami won game 3 against Dallas after the series was tied 1-1. I don't think it was must win for either team. What bugs me is, Miami played poor defense for majority of the 48 minutes. I don't even care about offense...the defense was the biggest problem. The kind of shots Spurs were gettin' from the get-go...Miami wasn't going to win even if they played well offensively.

Call it what you will, history says the Spurs are well beyond more than likely to win this series.

...which means nothing, as I gave you an example of that. Miami Heat was the first team in the history of the league to be down in 3 different series and went on to win it all. So, it doesn't really matter what the history says. Now, Spurs may very well go on to the win the title in 5...but history has little to do with it.

Right now, game 4 is probably a must win for Miami and if they do that - then game 5 becomes a must win for Spurs. It's a 7 game series...odds change rather fast.

So is Parker playing tomorrow or what

Originally posted by JerryRice1848:
So is Parker playing tomorrow or what

I hope he does. Miami has a tendency to take things lightly. If Parker is out, they may do that. They need to be scared before the game, like they were before game 2.

Parker has a strained hammy. Hopefully he will play. We need dat pentration