NBA Conference Finals 2007

Guys, the Spurs went 12-4 in the playoffs. You can make all the excuses you want, but they only got beat 4 times (and don't give me crap about the Suns, if they were the better team they would've won the next two games). Tim Duncan is the most fundamentally sound player I've seen and could easily be argued as the best overall player in the NBA and one of the best power forwards ever. Sure I hate Manu's flopping, and Bruce Bowen's bull:skull::skull::skull::skull:, but if I had to bet money, I'd never bet against the Spurs. They've consistently proven the power of their team year in and year out. They've basically become the Patriots of the NBA, where everyone hates them just because they always seem to win without much flair.

As for the game tonight, I'm really glad Lebron finally stepped his game up in the 4th. Everyone knows he has the physical talent, but finally that mental toughness is starting to show. It's exciting watching a superstar grow so much at such a young age.

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Originally Posted by El Bandito

Guys, the Spurs went 12-4 in the playoffs. You can make all the excuses you want, but they only got beat 4 times (and don't give me crap about the Suns, if they were the better team they would've won the next two games). Tim Duncan is the most fundamentally sound player I've seen and could easily be argued as the best overall player in the NBA and one of the best power forwards ever. Sure I hate Manu's flopping, and Bruce Bowen's bull:skull::skull::skull::skull:, but if I had to bet money, I'd never bet against the Spurs. They've consistently proven the power of their team year in and year out. They've basically become the Patriots of the NBA, where everyone hates them just because they always seem to win without much flair.

As for the game tonight, I'm really glad Lebron finally stepped his game up in the 4th. Everyone knows he has the physical talent, but finally that mental toughness is starting to show. It's exciting watching a superstar grow so much at such a young age.

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Patriots of the NBA? These people look to the Spurs as the RAIDERS of the NBA...not in that they suck, but in that they're the bad boys of the NBA. At first, it kinda pissed me off. But you know what? If everyone's gonna make the Spurs out to be the bad boys of the NBA, then I guess I might as well take pride in rooting for the bad boys! Of course, I know a thing or two about rooting for those kinds of teams, since the Raiders are my second favorite NFL team (second only to America's Team).

Turns out Antonio McDyess will NOT be suspended for Game 6 for his flagrant foul on Anderson Varejao. However, Rasheed Wallace could still face a fine, or possible suspension for his reaction after the game, going after referee Bennett Salvatore. While he has been better behaved since being traded from Portland to the Hawks, and a week or so later, from the Hawks to the Pistons (though he still gets those technical fouls regularly), Sheed still has a bad history with refs. During his timultuous stay in Portland, he once threatened a referee at an arena parking lot, and that got him suspended for to 7 games, which I believe is the NBA record for longest suspension that did not involve physical contact or substance abuse.

And while I'm on the subject of Rasheed Wallace, he is already the league's leader in Playoff technical fouls with five already in this postseason. Two more, and he'll be automatically suspended for one game (should he get two in tomorrow's game and the Pistons lose, he'll have to serve that suspension on their season opener next season).