Finals thread.

#601
#601
zjcvols said:
I love Durant, but if we are going to be in this age of blaming superstars for everything game to game, then Durant's game was shying away.

9-19 shooting. Only 8 FT attempts. Two rebounds. Three assists. Lazy defense.
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Exactly. He didn't come close to having a "superstar" game
 
#603
#603
zjcvols said:
I love Durant, but if we are going to be in this age of blaming superstars for everything game to game, then Durant's game was shying away.

9-19 shooting. Only 8 FT attempts. Two rebounds. Three assists. Lazy defense.
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Yep. If we're going to evaluate Durant by the same standard that we've been holding LeBron to, then he was pretty weak tonight.
 
#609
#609
VolsByNature said:
Heat played better D on him tonight. Actually. And 28 points isn't exactly far from having a superstar game
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That was ZJC's point. We're in the era of Hero Ball where superstars are supposed to win the game, where the only thing that matters is what you do in the 4th quarter, blah blah blah. That's the standard LeBron has been held to his whole career. By that standard, Durant was soft and weak tonight and didn't get it done when it mattered.

I'm not saying that the standard is fair. I'm saying that's what it is in the ESPN era.
 
#610
#610
Vercingetorix said:
That was ZJC's point. We're in the era of Hero Ball where superstars are supposed to win the game, where the only thing that matters is what you do in the 4th quarter, blah blah blah. That's the standard LeBron has been held to his whole career. By that standard, Durant was soft and weak tonight and didn't get it done when it mattered.

I'm not saying that the standard is fair. I'm saying that's what it is in the ESPN era.
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He was outplayed by Mario Chalmers.
 
#611
#611
If the Heat lose on Thursday, there'll be more pressure on LeBron to win one of those two games in OKC than on any athlete in my lifetime.
 
#614
#614
I was mildly rooting for OKC as the series started, but now that we're here I think I'd really like to see Miami go ahead and win it, just so the sports world can shut the hell up about LeBron and talk about something else for a change. I hope.
 
#615
#615
Vercingetorix said:
I was mildly rooting for OKC as the series started, but now that we're here I think I'd really like to see Miami go ahead and win it, just so the sports world can shut the hell up about LeBron and talk about something else for a change. I hope.
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More Tebow.
 
#618
#618
So I have a question.

I understand that Miami, preferably, would rather the series not go back to Oklahoma City (and I'm not overly familiar with the effects long term - if any at all - with cramps regarding basketball players), but with a 3-1 game lead, would there be any benefit to the Heat resting Lebron a little more this next game, if this series were to drag out to a game 6 or 7?
 
#621
#621
TrueOrange said:
So I have a question.

I understand that Miami, preferably, would rather the series not go back to Oklahoma City (and I'm not overly familiar with the effects long term - if any at all - with cramps regarding basketball players), but with a 3-1 game lead, would there be any benefit to the Heat resting Lebron a little more this next game, if this series were to drag out to a game 6 or 7?
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I would think there wouldn't be much of a benefit in doing that. I'm sure they don't want to let up either.
 
#622
#622
TrueOrange said:
So I have a question.

I understand that Miami, preferably, would rather the series not go back to Oklahoma City (and I'm not overly familiar with the effects long term - if any at all - with cramps regarding basketball players), but with a 3-1 game lead, would there be any benefit to the Heat resting Lebron a little more this next game, if this series were to drag out to a game 6 or 7?
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Personally I don't see Spo sitting LeBron. Honestly with more of LeBron's, legacy in the line, even if Spo wanted to sit him, I doubt LeBron would really agree to it. Also I believe they want to shut people up and definitely don't want it going back to OKC
 
#623
#623
VolsFan4Ever-11 said:
Personally I don't see Spo sitting LeBron. Honestly with more of LeBron's, legacy in the line, even if Spo wanted to sit him, I doubt LeBron would really agree to it. Also I believe they want to shut people up and definitely don't want it going back to OKC
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It is not going back to OKC; Westbrook broke at the end of game four. He is done.



Note: Westbrook will probably go off for 50 in game five, and everyone here can call me out for being dead wrong.
 
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