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Go Spurs!

No Doubt!!! GO SPURS!!!

I better see this kind of support when Dallas goes for Lombardi number 6 this coming Fall from you Texans.:hell:

Yessir! GO SPURS GO!!!:notacrook:

I'm glad the Spurs beat NO (hate Chris Paul), but the Spurs are not going to beat LA. Why? Ratings. Stern and his bag of tricks wants a Lakers-Celtics Finals. That, and the Lakers are pretty damn good and better than the Hornets. They could win a Game 7 at home.

Ratings have never kept the Spurs out of the finals before, much to the chagrin of the NBA...

Go Spurs Go!

Lakers will be a tough series, no doubt. Doesn't help that they had to spend the night on their broken jet on the NO airport tarmac! It was already a quick-turnaround, now they have even less rest. Hopefully they can carry some momentum from the last game, though, to make up for it.

I would love to see a Celtcs/Lakers rematch if more white guys were involved (Bird, McHale, Ainge) otherwise the Spurs match up well with LA. Bowen and Kobe, Thomas/Duncan and Gasol/Odom. Ginobili/Parker and Fisher/?. Horry and Finley poppin em. Gangsta.

I know ratings have never kept the Spurs out of the Finals, but this year is a lot different. A lot. No explanation from me is needed.

Spurs can take the Lakers though. Going to be a tough series.

Oh i think it is needed, alot of us do not know what you speak of.

Whether or not the NBA would rather see a Lakers/Celtics final, the Spurs can overcome the refs...they only do it just about every game...

Ever since last summer, the NBA has been drooling over the possibility of a Celtics/Lakers Finals, and scared to death of another Pistons/Spurs Finals.

Some may be hoping for a Celtics-Lakers final but not this dude!!!! GO SPURS GO!!!!!!!!!!

:D

Every year is different, and every year the Spurs make it to the conference finals people alway says the NBA will never let it happen... cause no one will watch, the NBA doesn't want it, etc.

The magical Lakers-Celtics matchup just provides this year's conspiracy angle for when the refs make some bad calls on the Spurs.

But seriously, Spurs fans hear it every year.

Who?

The "revival" of the Celtics-Lakers rivalry (not sure if you could call it one now), would have Stern jumping up and down in joy. Replays of those Magic vs. Bird Finals games would not be stopped. Ratings would be high because LA is the number two market (and have fans across the country), and Boston is a big market, with a lot of new bandwagon fans across the country.

But like was said earlier, Spurs fans hear this all the time, but THIS year is different to me I think. I'm picking the Lakers in 7 over the Spurs though. If it was any other team, I would pick the Spurs.

But about the Pistons/Spurs finals, that was a great Finals series. You aren't a fan of basketball if you didn't like that one.

So are you suggesting that the games will be fixed for this series Trae? If so, please enlighten me as to how. Do you have any hard evidence that this has been done before?

I know what Stern and most NBA fans want around the country want. They certainly will all have Russia-sized grins on all their faces if San Antonio looses. But as a Texan AND Spurs fan, I want 'em to get one for the thumb. If they get it, I will officially lable them this state's official NBA franchise.
GO SPURS GO!!!

Have you been following the NBA at all? I'm not saying the Spurs suck or anything, but it is obvious that the league officials want a Celtics-Lakers Finals. Stern is a hypocritical guy (remember Kevin Garnett pushing the ref in the Hawks game and not getting even a fine, but Suns players last year come off the bench, and get suspended) and there are strong rumors of him fixing the NBA.

We all know Stern does not have the single and final say in those matters, although yes there are some strange varying judgments on those matters. Furthermore, those strong rumors are only rumors. All of this sounds like a conspiracy theory to me, until i see some true hard evidence.

I can't stand David Stern, he bothers the crap out of me. But I think the Spurs will win in 6, the Lakers are good, but we are better, even if the game is "fixed".

Regardless of what I said, Spurs are beastin' right now.

Might have spoke too soon. :D

Or not.

To echo Trae

Boston is the number one seed in the East. Lakers are the one seed in the West. The way this homecourt advantage is going both teams just need to win their home games and they will be in the Finals which is what everyone wants. No one (excluding SA & Det fans) wants to see the Pistons and Spurs in the finals. We all know that having the two most storied franchises in the NBA in BOS-LAL will bank and skyrocket the ratings. I still think that the Spurs can win this against LAL and this will go at least 6 games perhaps a seventh.

How much of last night's 'collapse' would you attribute to fatigue? Not to discount the very effective Lakers defense in the late 3rd-4th periods.... and lest we forget, Kobe.

Not to sound like a Suns fan or anything, but did you see that elbow Kobe used to get Bruce off of him on his last drive (with 20 seconds or so left)? Dude's really been working on his MJ impression.

That having been said, the Spurs lost this one plain and simple. I expect them to better pace themselves in the first half of next game, and for Pop to better manage their minutes (particularly Manu's).

While I am a die-hard Los Angeles Laker fan, I will say that I like the attitude displayed by the San Antonio Spurs. They play clean, and have a solid defense.:yes:

Considering how they changed how they were doubling Duncan... its half and half. The lack of points was because of the Lakers. The lack of getting loose balls and such... well that was fatigue.

I'm not really a Spurs fan. Mainly because of Ginobili. He's a guy who flops alot, yet never thinks he commits an offensive foul. Kinda like Rasheed Wallace and Richard Hamilton. When he cries to the refs, it definitely hurts there chances.

I haven't heard of an NBA conspiracy that involves the Spurs losing in a while. Sure is refreshing. :) Go Spurs dang it.

As a dedicated Spurs fan, here's a few of my thoughts on dropping a 20 point lead and loosing last night:

:rant: :pissed: :gaah: :brickwall: :ahhh: :tantrum:


...even so there's still a lot of games to play and I still like our chances.

When Bowen sat down with this fourth foul in the third quarter, that is when Kobe went off on his point scoring show. Bowen didn't come back until the 4th, when the momentum swung the Lakers way. Down by 20 in the mid-third, just to come back and win by four.

The lakers are on their game-- don't be like Suns fans. Spurs can pull it off!

Pop needs to return Manu to the bench. The second unit needs some energizing, with Udoka looking lost and Finley suffering from a lack of open looks. I really think Tim and Tony can hold down the fort for the first 6 minutes of each half. And besides, exploding out of the gate hasn't helped them in 4 of the last 8 games, so they might as well try to pace themselves.

Ran themselves down again-- and when the lakers were flagging, the Spurs were already packing up.

What is pop doing?! Oh well, the Lakers are on their game!

GO SPURS GO...

Love it. Time for a drink now...

:cheers:

Spurs just need to take care of business on their home floor tomorrow and we've got a best of three series. Otherwise, it'll be a tough row to hoe.

Spurs need to shoot 45%

They need to outrebound LA

Timmy, Manu, and Tony need to score 70+ combined.


If any combination of those things happens, I think we've got them tomorrow.

Did anyone see the shot of downtown TNT showed a little while ago (in the 2nd quarter)??? Man, the Grand Hyatt and Vidorra really made an impact I thought :tup:

skyline is dark, but impressive.

Sigh. . . Fisher robs us again

And yeah, downtown looked good

Point OH Four. With all due respect to his daughter and her health, i HATE that guy with a passion. But yeah, this one's on the ref...

Actually, in the last 2 games (esp with the Dodge commercials), there have been quite a few shots of SA and the skyline. Complete opposite of the Hornets series.

But if I have to watch that damn Godzilla Autotrader or stupid Volkswagen commercial again I may become violent. Don't they have any other sponsors?

Yeah, Brent Barry should've got the foul call at the end.......

You know what I'm tired of seeing? I'm tired of seeing House of Pain, Bill Engvall, My Boys, The Closer, and Saving Grace :haha:

HA! I was just about to say the same thing.... especially Bill Engvall. Even Tyler Perry's show, which is supposed to be hillarious. Oh well...

Well it was a good run this year, but the guys looked a step slow against the Lakers. Probably the last time Horry will play for the Spurs, maybe even Finley. Here's to next year!:cheers:

Wait, it was an even-numbered year?! What were we thinking!

Great run anyway. Looks like '09 will be time for #5.

Congrats to the Lakers. They had a step on us down the stretch in a couple of important games, and that's all it took.

Conspiracy like I said? I think so. No foul call on Derek Fisher at the end of Game 4? Yes.

The Spurs overall played horrible. To base one missed call a conspiracy is silly. The Spurs blew a 20 point lead in the first game. No show the second game. Last night, blew another 17 point lead. I love my Spurs but they deserve to lose the series.

Agh..... Oh well. :( Good run Spurs and great season. The Lakers are a tough team to beat. But in the off season they need to pick up someone young and athletic. He still needs to fit in with the Spurs, but they need some sort of new and fresh spark to get them going against a team like LA.


Go Celtics!

I wasn't mad about the missed foul call until the news guy said it was none other than... JOEY CRAWFORD. :o