# NBA Playoffs 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 26, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016 "2014-04-26T02:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/201 "2014-06-13T02:14:44Z")
Knocking on wood and all that, but I have to admit I am enjoying how this series is going. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/202 "2014-06-13T04:03:48Z")
I’m a little shocked. Miami looked borderline dominate in those two games in San Antonio, and now they’ve gotten their butts kicked in two games at home. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/203 "2014-06-13T04:50:09Z")
The Spurs are great and the Heat are dead tired. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/204 "2014-06-13T21:58:26Z")
Watching the Spurs dismantle brainless iso-chuck teams like the Thunder and Heat has been a treat. Too bad they had to choke it away last year. If they didn’t choke those four free throws in game 2 this would be a sweep. The most bananas thing is that not all that long ago Boris Diaw was fat and out of shape and getting waived by the Bobcats, looked like he was on the way out of the league. Then the Spurs dusted him off and now people are calling him Boris Godiaw. Walking mismatch. His defenders are either too small, or too slow. Kawhi is some sort of cyborg. No emotions. He can’t be bargained with. He doesn’t feel pity or remorse. And he won’t stop until he picks your pocket and jams it in your face. LeBron getting exposed yet again, but even as a hater I have to admit it’s not all his fault. Even with his horrible play he’s been their best player. Bosh and Wade have initiated ghost protocol. Looks like the only guys that gives a damn are Ray Ray, Haslem, maybe Birdman a little. Spo’s blitz defense is in flaming ruins. Wade rested so much just to play like this? There’s like a twenty foot fork sticking out of his back. A little sad, up until like 2010 he was a freak of nature and really fun to watch. But then he lost his athleticism and turned even more to flopping and ref baiting. Seems like the only way he can score now is to pump fake ten times and hope someone is dumb enough to fall for it. Spurs are like the best parts of the Nash Suns, KG Celtics, and Webber Kings. Only weakness is their main post options are either old or inexperienced. Manu and Parker can be a little careless sometimes. Other than that? Best team of the modern era? Or just beating up inferior competition? Maybe the Shaq-Kobe Lakers have something to say about that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/205 "2014-06-13T22:00:14Z")
Good lord, “iso-chuck team?” Give me a break. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/206 "2014-06-13T23:01:22Z")
Definitely applies to the Thunder. Maybe a little hyperbolic for the Heat, but sticks when they come down and James or Wade dribble out the clock before burping up a brick or passing it to a shooter at the last second. How about “unimaginative”? ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/207 "2014-06-13T23:07:27Z")
At this point “sweet georgia brown” should start playing when the Spurs get the ball. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/208 "2014-06-13T23:17:29Z")
Actually in that last game the Heat offense looked best when LeBron just came down and took a “dumb” pull up three. Whenever they try to actually run a set it blows up. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/209 "2014-06-13T23:19:58Z")
I never realized the Spurs were the younger team. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/210 "2014-06-13T23:30:04Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > At this point “sweet georgia brown” should start playing when the Spurs get the ball. I can’t wait till Duncan is 48 and averaging 12 and 8 with a pot belly and braces on both of his knees. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/211 "2014-06-14T00:58:06Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > Definitely applies to the Thunder. Maybe a little hyperbolic for the Heat, but sticks when they come down and James or Wade dribble out the clock before burping up a brick or passing it to a shooter at the last second. How about “unimaginative”? It does apply to the Thunder. For the Heat it’s not hyperbolic, it’s wrong. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/212 "2014-06-16T03:06:49Z")
The Spurs played 112 games this season, pre-season, season, and post-season, and still looked like they were improving as they won the NBA Finals tonight. I would have bet anything that last year killed the Spurs, that they weren’t coming back from 2 devastating losses and that we were seeing the last gasp of the Duncan era. But then they come back and throttled the team that killed them last year - in their four wins, the smallest margin of victory for the Spurs was 15 points. Amazing. Congratulations, Spurs. The best run organization in the NBA wins one for Duncan’s thumb, and they did it in dominating fashion. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016/213 "2014-06-16T20:56:22Z")
[Kirk Goldsberry](http://grantland.com/the-triangle/the-2014-nba-finals-illustrated/) with a nice article illustrating the higher gear the Spurs went into during the Finals. 53% from the field, 47% from 3 is freaking ridiculous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nba-playoffs-2014/687016.md?page=10)