2013-2014 NBA Season

[thelakelander]

This sums up the Spurs/OKC series.....

[funwithteeth]

I love watching the Spurs casually destroy teams.

[thelakelander]

Shuttlesworth Lives!

[KenFSU]

Spurs over Heat in 6

[thelakelander]

LeBron will be LeBron. Give me a healthy Wade and at least one guy to knock down open threes consistently, and I like their chances. However, it would be great to have Bosh playing up to his contract again.

[funwithteeth]

I don't know. LeBron will be LeBron, but this Heat team really isn't as good as they were last year and the Spurs are looking better than they did last year.

The Heat need a new power forward; Battier and Haslem aren't cutting it anymore. And Birdman, as effective as he is, is old and has to play limited minutes. What about the Heat making a serious play for Kevin Love? If they can get LBJ to stay, I can see it being enough of an incentive for Love to stick around.

[thelakelander]

They've coasted most of the year but look about the same to me. Battier and Haslem didn't cut it last year either and Mike Miller's impact was pretty overrated, IMO. The thing about their bench is some random guy always steps up in crunch time. It's been that way for three years now. Nevertheless, any regression in the bench has been made up with a healthy Wade, who hasn't been healthy during the playoffs since the 2011 Finals loss to Dallas.

Nevertheless, they will retool this year. Outside of Norris Cole, nearly every guy's contract is either up or they have the ability to opt out.  My guess is LeBron, Wade and Bosh end up staying (still no better alternative out there) and Riley retools the rest of the roster to get more young and athletic (something he would have did if they lost to the Spurs last year).....or basically what the Spurs have done in recent years. With that said, I wouldn't mind Love taking the place of Bosh.

As for the Spurs, they look good right now with OKC being limited in the middle but they are beatable (Dallas almost took them out).  Should be a great series again if they both can get past this round.

[Keith-N-Jax]

That was a great win last night. I just wish they play better in the 1st half. If they make it to the finals, it would be wise not to fall to far behind the Spurs. They seem to be clicking on all cylinders right now.

[thelakelander]

[tufsu1]

yawn

[Keith-N-Jax]

^^ Yeah that's what the Pacers did for 4 quarters last night.

[thelakelander]

That type of night. Calling it now. Lebron goes for 40 as the Heat close out Indy on Friday!

[I-10east]

^^^I agree. The Pacers almost choked game 5 away. It's only a matter of time when the Heat closes out the Pacers, and ultimately wins another NBA Championship. I can't say that I'm a Heat fan in anyway. I respect my friend who despite being from MIA is a diehard Magic fan, and refuses to jump on the bandwagon.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Heat 3. Pacers 1. Refs 1.

[thelakelander]