Originally posted by Tafkap
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Take in easy man, I am a Spurs fan, and while there were indeed questionable calls in the Spurs series, I don't think they lost for those reasons.........For the first time SA lost a series and as a fan I don't feel bad. the Spurs faced a team that was younger and quicker than they were. While Duncan , Parker, Ginobili and Stephen Jackson played well, the younger players on the Spurs like Danny Green, Splitter, Bonner and those guys wilted under the pressure in the OKC series.
That had nothing to do with the Refs. It wasn't the refs that made Ibaka shoot 11 of 11 FG in game 4, it wasn't the refs that made Durant scored 18 straight down the stretch...........C'mon man, when the refs screw up indeed we should call them out, and I don't know how the owners tolerate David Stern's quickness in fining every player and coach that criticizes the refs but accept terrible officiating.............but the Spurs lost to a quicker, younger team, not because they were screwed.
With respect to Boston, the Celtics are a tough team, and they get a lot of scoring inside from KG. Rondo gives the Heat problems because he is a true point guard. Paul Pierce even though he is slow, is big and strong enough to guard Lebron for stretches......
The difference in OKC is that Miami has good interior defenders in Haslem and Joel Anthony, that nullifies the effects of Perkins and Ibaka, Kevin Durant nor anyone else on the OKC team cannot contain Lebron James, he is too big, too strong and too quick, but even though Lebron is 1-2" shorter than Durant, he is big and strong enough to make Durant, who is really a 6'10" guard and not a forward struggle............
Westbrook was good in this series, Harden struggled and no one expected Mike Miller, Chalmers and Shane Battier was gonna be as big as they were in different games.......the same way we never expected Ibaka and those role players to step up against San Antonio.
I don't think we have seen the last of OKC,
Durant is not overrated, he has work to do, but without question, he is the best sharp shooter in the game now, ...................
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