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i thought if they missed the threes they would have a better chance of winning tho.
Official Miami Heat (4) vs OKC Thunder (1) NBA Finals Thread - Miami Heat NBA Champions
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this, cuz I'm not a big baseball fan, and football dont start till september
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The real winner of this series will be Phil Jackson.
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still got the WNBA
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How are they going to afford it?
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Can't see Presti going for the short term "fix" when he's always been about the long term.
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Wouldn't surprise me AT ALL
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Originally Posted by NobleKane
thank you captain obvious
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so durant guarded chalmers and chalmers goes off for 25?
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ThanksOriginally Posted by CertifiedSW
Originally Posted by NobleKane
thank you captain obvious
Someone give this dude his Ph.D immediately.
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okc fans now know how spurs felt regarding officiating
c's took 3 in a row so it's not that impossible, even though nobody has overcome 1-3 in finals
c's took 3 in a row so it's not that impossible, even though nobody has overcome 1-3 in finals
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stats and records are on our side, but stats and records have been broken before...
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If there's any team capable of coming back from a 3-1 deficit it's the Thunder. They have the weapons to do it. The skills and physicality are there. It's just a matter of mind game right now. They got to take this thing one at a time. It'll get very interesting if this series go back to OKC
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Originally Posted by toine2983
Maybe after tonight, LeBron and co. can ease up on the verbal abuse of Rio.
Im surprised Rio hasn't snapped on them yet.
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I still wonder if the ref. didn't have the respect for KD. Many apparent looking fouls wasn't given to him then Bosh went superman.
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If Miami doesn't wrap it up in 5, this will definitely go 7 in my mind. It's very important for Miami that they approach game 5 as a must-win and not get complacent.
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There were way too many shoves in the backs that the refs didn't call against the heat that were blatantly obvious. But that doesn't take anything away from the fact that the Thunder cannot play IQ basketball. They need a new coach. How long are we going to watch KD lose a post-up battle on the perimeter? How hard is it to call a screen or a play for KD to get open. This has been going on all season and playoffs. Scott Brooks hasn't signed an extension for a reason.
I heard Phil Jackson turned down the Orlando job because he had his eye on something else...
I heard Phil Jackson turned down the Orlando job because he had his eye on something else...
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There is nothing long term about Brooks; that's for sure.
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Magic did a complete 180 as well. "I now realize Russell Westbrook has to play this way for the Thunder to win. He was sensational. Go on Russ, you play your game and don't listen to Magic!"
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This has to be my favorite drama to catch up to after a game lol.....
"1 Championship doesn't mean much, in the GRAND SCHEME of things."
hahahahah thanks for the material buddy
"1 Championship doesn't mean much, in the GRAND SCHEME of things."
hahahahah thanks for the material buddy
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Harden & Ibaka are up for extensions by 2013-14.
By that time, OKC is on the hook for $48 mil without extensions for those 2.
The luxury tax is $70 mil now, and it increases along with revenue.
Assuming 4% growth in revenues (not profits), it could be as high as $76 mil in '13-'14.
That gives them $28 mil to split between those 2 guys and if Harden accepts lower than the max, OKC may even be just under the tax after signing him & Serge.
If the squad keeps making runs to the finals, at the very least Bennett can pay the escalated tax for the 2 seasons that OKC will be over the tax limit, which ends at the conclusion of the '15-'16 campaign. Or if Bennett deems the more-than-doubled luxury tax penalty too much for '15-'16, he can make trades just before that season to get OKC under the tax threshold.
If he makes trades just before the '15-'16 season, then counting this year's run that will have given OKC 4 runs together with this core, which is plenty.
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I bet you've never played organized basketball before in your life.
You have to play organised basketball to get cramp??
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dat gif
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This. If the series goes back to OKC, I don't like Miami's chances (even though one could argue Heat outplayed Thunder in both games in OKC).
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Originally Posted by acidicality
at people actually thinking LeBron would "fake" a cramp to take himself out of the game in the biggest game of his career when he was 1 rebound short of a triple double.
Anyone who's even played semi-competitive pick-up basketball would know better than that. Or you just hate LeBron.
Tell me you're joking....no one really said Lebron faked a cramp in that moment???
Gotta be a joke/trolling. No other explanation.
*Cramps SUCK. Anyone that has ever had one while playing sports SHOULD know how painful they are.
