•• The Miami Heat will win it in 4-to-6 Games (reasons)...
1) Lebron James. (player) in regular circumstances.
2) Lebron James/Miami Heat.. (proving a point)
3) Youth and Endurance. The "Big 3" of Miami are younger, faster and stronger than the Big 3 of San Antonio.
(Duncan, Parker, Ginobili)
4) Recognition/Legacy. stuff like this: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story...s-horace-grant
** a) if Horace Grant truly feels like this, the smart play is to remain silent, and hope they lose. Coming out and saying this, only serves to tip the scales in the favor of the Heat.
** b) People claiming that last year's outcome was 'lucky'. This, again will only motivate Lebron and his teammates further.
5) Parker is gassed. Tony Parker actually practiced/played most of last summer in the Eurobasket Tournament. His team (France) won the tournée.. and he took home MVP honors.. but all of that comes at a price– his body never had an off-season. If the Spurs start lose Game 1, look for that ankle to start making more noise (most athletes' fallback excuse).
6) MVP Honors to Kevin Durant. I think Lebron may wish to demonstrate that there is more to being an MVP, than a monster scoring streak. (although hugely* impressive) but there is much more.. nevertheless. Lebron knows, he has done both, and understands the difference.*
7) Heat 'less' taxed this year. i felt the 27-game win streak was a mistake from the beginning. The only real luck the Heat had last year was that they were fortunate enough to overcome that expenditure of energy.
8) Spurs*'more'*taxed this year*Popovich made the very same mistake of allowing the same thing: a meaningless 19-game win streak toward the very end of the season. Feb 26-April 2nd. People think i am crazy, but energy is finite. It has an opposite state. Everything does.
9) Spurs best in West? San Antonio might not be in the Finals if Ibaka has not missed Games 1 and 2 of the Conference Finals. Some might say that the Spurs are 'lucky' to be here at all. *
10) Heat do not require 'homecourt', just ask Indiana when they were down 37 pts. to the Heat before Spoelstra took out the starters. When was the last time a No.1 Seed was down 37 pts in an elimination game? When was the last time a No.1 seed was not even favored in a series?*Think about that for a second.*
11) Heat underdogs, playing on the road.*When was the last time a repeat champion was an underdog?
This favors the Miami Heat for the above mentioned motivational reasons. Las Vegas has to go "better-record/homecourt", but i do not understand why given what we saw vs. Indiana.
.. after evaluating all of this, i can only predict Miami in 4-to-6 games.. the Spurs just do not possess the physical or psychological weapons to defeat this Miami Heat team, led by the present-day Michael Jordan.*
2) Lebron James/Miami Heat.. (proving a point)
3) Youth and Endurance. The "Big 3" of Miami are younger, faster and stronger than the Big 3 of San Antonio.
(Duncan, Parker, Ginobili)
4) Recognition/Legacy. stuff like this: http://espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story...s-horace-grant
** a) if Horace Grant truly feels like this, the smart play is to remain silent, and hope they lose. Coming out and saying this, only serves to tip the scales in the favor of the Heat.
** b) People claiming that last year's outcome was 'lucky'. This, again will only motivate Lebron and his teammates further.
5) Parker is gassed. Tony Parker actually practiced/played most of last summer in the Eurobasket Tournament. His team (France) won the tournée.. and he took home MVP honors.. but all of that comes at a price– his body never had an off-season. If the Spurs start lose Game 1, look for that ankle to start making more noise (most athletes' fallback excuse).
6) MVP Honors to Kevin Durant. I think Lebron may wish to demonstrate that there is more to being an MVP, than a monster scoring streak. (although hugely* impressive) but there is much more.. nevertheless. Lebron knows, he has done both, and understands the difference.*
7) Heat 'less' taxed this year. i felt the 27-game win streak was a mistake from the beginning. The only real luck the Heat had last year was that they were fortunate enough to overcome that expenditure of energy.
8) Spurs*'more'*taxed this year*Popovich made the very same mistake of allowing the same thing: a meaningless 19-game win streak toward the very end of the season. Feb 26-April 2nd. People think i am crazy, but energy is finite. It has an opposite state. Everything does.
9) Spurs best in West? San Antonio might not be in the Finals if Ibaka has not missed Games 1 and 2 of the Conference Finals. Some might say that the Spurs are 'lucky' to be here at all. *
10) Heat do not require 'homecourt', just ask Indiana when they were down 37 pts. to the Heat before Spoelstra took out the starters. When was the last time a No.1 Seed was down 37 pts in an elimination game? When was the last time a No.1 seed was not even favored in a series?*Think about that for a second.*
11) Heat underdogs, playing on the road.*When was the last time a repeat champion was an underdog?
This favors the Miami Heat for the above mentioned motivational reasons. Las Vegas has to go "better-record/homecourt", but i do not understand why given what we saw vs. Indiana.
.. after evaluating all of this, i can only predict Miami in 4-to-6 games.. the Spurs just do not possess the physical or psychological weapons to defeat this Miami Heat team, led by the present-day Michael Jordan.*
