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Why the Spurs Won

The Jazz, not surprisingly, went 0-3 against the Spurs. The silver lining is Favors completely destroyed their front line in 2 of the 3 games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO3P68IS94w
 
carolinajazz said:
...not even close! Those Knick teams were good, but check total assists vs. turnovers! Spurs almost averaging 30 assists in this Heat series!
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...ok, I was wrong. Those Blazer teams averaged 25 assists, while that one Knick team in 1973 averaged almost 27 assists! But I just remember how that ball would zip around the court so fast your head would spin before they ended up with a layup or dunk! This Spurs team averaged 25 assists for the season as well, but can't seem to find what they averaged in the Finals! A little help out there???
 
some notable regular season assists stat

87 lakers -29.6
86 celtics - 29
09 jazz - 26.7
05 suns - 26.6
03 kings - 26.2
02 jazz - 25.6


sloan is my hero
 
Why the Spurs won?

Because King Duncan is boss! Check out his new gf! Apparently, he went through a nasty divorce last year during the Finals. Is it just me or does she look eerily similar to another hot lady who was a mega Spurs fan and was associated with the Big 3...

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carolinajazz said:
...ok, I was wrong. Those Blazer teams averaged 25 assists, while that one Knick team in 1973 averaged almost 27 assists!
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theres an old reel of film with Howard Cosell describing that Knicks team as a "Gestalt" - 'Something greater than the sum of its parts'. Before beating Wilt and Jerry West's Lakers in the Finals they took out a 68-14 Celtics team in the ECF.
 
carolinajazz said:
...ok, I was wrong. Those Blazer teams averaged 25 assists, while that one Knick team in 1973 averaged almost 27 assists! But I just remember how that ball would zip around the court so fast your head would spin before they ended up with a layup or dunk! This Spurs team averaged 25 assists for the season as well, but can't seem to find what they averaged in the Finals! A little help out there???
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Spurs in the playoffs
510 assists in 23 games.
22.2 assists

Spurs in finals
127 assists in 5 games.
25.4 assists

compare that to

86 celtics in the playoffs
515 assists in 18 games.
28.6 assists

finals
164 assists in 6 games.
27.3 assists



so let's please not get carried away. spurs did have 3 great games in a row. but they didn't perform as well as they should be in first 2 games. pop did a brilliant job inserting boris diaw.
 
87 lakers -29.6
86 celtics - 29

...I knew they passed the ball around more in the 80's! Thanks for the find, Fab! What did the Spurs averaged against the Heat?
 
carolinajazz said:
87 lakers -29.6
86 celtics - 29

...I knew they passed the ball around more in the 80's! Thanks for the find, Fab! What did the Spurs averaged against the Heat?
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25.4 avg

game 1 - 30
game 2 - 26
game 3 - 21
game 4 - 25
game 5 - 25


so sometimes assists number doesn't tell the whole story. game 3 everybody was making shots without the assists. and great teams like MJ's bulls didn't have great assists numbers because they didn't need to.
 
100+ pts & 25 assists & low TO ratio are usually a good indication of a great ball movement. spurs definitely moved the ball well. but i think it was more noticeable because the ball wouldn't move on the other side. Heat really was awful to watch.
 
Tim Duncan has escaped TBOAT talks for years mostly because of his boringness. However, can't he now make a case for being better than magic and larry? Other than Jordan, who's better than the big fundamental?

Duncan recently sparked an interest in me watching old film. Dude was nuts. Could shoot the banker, could shoot the baseline, could post up, could shoot the hook... What we see now is merely a shell of what once was his devastating offensive game and yet he's still amazing.

5 rings, 2 MVPs, 3 Finals MVPs.... He's higher than Kobe, right?

Other than MJ, who's better than the big fundamental?

The funny thing is, if he and Mills come back next year, aren't they basically locks for the WCF again? If they can escape the west, aren't they basically guaranteed to win another title? The east is such a disaster area. All 8 WC teams would have romped the EC (other than Miami).

What happens if Duncan finishes with 6??? :0
 
The Thriller said:
Tim Duncan has escaped TBOAT talks for years mostly because of his boringness. However, can't he now make a case for being better than magic and larry? Other than Jordan, who's better than the big fundamental?

Duncan recently sparked an interest in me watching old film. Dude was nuts. Could shoot the banker, could shoot the baseline, could post up, could shoot the hook... What we see now is merely a shell of what once was his devastating offensive game and yet he's still amazing.

5 rings, 2 MVPs, 3 Finals MVPs.... He's higher than Kobe, right?

Other than MJ, who's better than the big fundamental?

The funny thing is, if he and Mills come back next year, aren't they basically locks for the WCF again? If they can escape the west, aren't they basically guaranteed to win another title? The east is such a disaster area. All 8 WC teams would have romped the EC (other than Miami).

What happens if Duncan finishes with 6??? :0
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Truth is:

A lot of Spurs run have been ended short because of injuries in the past. Their maintenance program gives them a good chance to be healthy at the end of the season but it is no guarantee as you could see last year and years before.

But at least they have a chance which is impressive given the age of their core.
 
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