Spurs @ Cavs 3/4/14 - 39 Assists on 43 Baskets

[davehos]

... great team ball. Deserves a thread.

"The Spurs blew away their previous season-high assist mark of 34 with 39 on 43 baskets, which is the seventh best assist to field goal ratio of all-time. And every player on the active roster had at least one."

http://www.nba.com/spurs/video/2014/03/05/140305assistsmp4-3182864

[T_L_P]

We played like shit in the 1st quarter. Then everything was falling and Mills was going off :pimp:

[SHAQisGOAT]

:applause:

Spurs always on their throwback shit.

[MichaelCorleone]

Team ball. Beautiful.:applause: :cheers:

[Eric Cartman]

Still can'tt beat the heat even with great team play.

[SCdac]

Epitome of teamwork

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/messenger/files/2011/04/14spursteam-offthedribble-blog480.jpg

[MichaelCorleone]

Still can'tt beat the heat even with great team play.
They came close.

[inclinerator]

are they good? can the heat get them?

[RedBlackAttack]

We played like shit in the 1st quarter. Then everything was falling and Mills was going off :pimp:
It was amazing. Really a pleasure to watch. Crisp passes and everything they threw up splashed through the hoop.

I honestly didn't even think the Cavs played all that bad, and we still lost by 20. That is as well as I've ever seen an offense play. Beautiful.

For me, much more enjoyable than watching one guy go off for 40-50 points.

[T_L_P]

Still can'tt beat the heat even with great team play.

As if they should even come close to beating that team? :roll:

[Uncle Drew]

You know what really grinds my gears? People who say the Spurs are boring. They play the way basketball should be played: together, as a team. I won't call myself a Spurs fan, but I do watch most of their games, because of roots/relatives/Duncan favorite player/etc., and I'm enjoying every single second of it.

[Rose'sACL]

Still can'tt beat the heat even with great team play.
i believe they still can this year. OKC is a tougher matchup for them than heat just like pacers are tougher matchup for heat than OKC.

[inclinerator]

As if they should even come close to beating that team? :roll:
team basketball> super star isos

larrybird celtics> heat

[JohnFreeman]

Mills for sixth man!

[RedBlackAttack]

You know what really grinds my gears? People who say the Spurs are boring. They play the way basketball should be played: together, as a team. I won't call myself a Spurs fan, but I do watch most of their games, because of roots/relatives/Duncan favorite player/etc., and I'm enjoying every single second of it.
I don't know how anyone who calls themselves a lover of basketball can call the Spurs "boring." For my money, they're easily the most entertaining team to watch in the league. Other teams may have the star power and the hype, but if you are a purist that really loves the game, the closest thing to "perfect basketball" the league has to offer is the Spurs.

Nothing but respect to that whole organization. They do everything right.

[T_L_P]

team basketball> super star isos

larrybird celtics> heat

orly? Because, if I'm not mistaken, Miami also play some of the best team basketball in the league.

:oldlol: at you think a 37-year-old Tim Duncan, 36-year-old Manu Ginobili, 31-year-old Tony Parker and a bunch of role players should be able to beat that Heat team, that only has to play one hard series before facing their matchup in the Finals :oldlol:

[inclinerator]

orly? Because, if I'm not mistaken, Miami also play some of the best team basketball in the league.

:oldlol: at you think a 37-year-old Tim Duncan, 36-year-old Manu Ginobili, 31-year-old Tony Parker and a bunch of role players should be able to beat that Heat team, that only has to play one hard series before facing their matchup in the Finals :oldlol:
they are good at it but spurs are better

[T_L_P]

they are good at it but spurs are better

Perhaps, but again :oldlol: at you for thinking the Spurs should beat the Heat.

They have the best player in the world; the Spurs don't have one in the top 20. Then they have Wade who, when healthy, is probably better than any of the Spurs players too. Then they have that incredibly easy ride to the Finals.

The Spurs right now are the '98 Jazz. The Heat are the '93 Bulls.

[RedBlackAttack]

It works like this, guys...

Spurs franchise > Your favorite NBA team

What they've done over the last two decades has been amazing. Nothing much else to discuss.

[JohnFreeman]

How are the Spurs boring? Duncan in the post is incredible :cheers:

Patty Mills for Sixth Man

[MichaelCorleone]

It works like this, guys...

Spurs franchise > Your favorite NBA team

What they've done over the last two decades has been amazing. Nothing much else to discuss.
Heat franchise > Suns franchise > Spurs franchise > Your favorite NBA team

[SCdac]

You know what really grinds my gears? People who say the Spurs are boring. They play the way basketball should be played: together, as a team. I won't call myself a Spurs fan, but I do watch most of their games, because of roots/relatives/Duncan favorite player/etc., and I'm enjoying every single second of it.

Yeah it's wack. Spurs play great basketball and didn't lack athleticism and great playmaking.

In my estimation, outside of players' personalities, part of the reason the Spurs were considered boring for much of the last decade was they didn't dunk. They were perennially very low in team-dunks.

2003 championship year --- 322 regular season dunks (10th in league)
2005 championship year --- 187 regular season dunks (29th in league)
2007 championship year --- 128 regular season dunks (30th in league)

To put in perspective, from 2005-2009, Dwight had 1,062 dunks by himself

[Uncle Drew]

I don't know how anyone who calls themselves a lover of basketball can call the Spurs "boring." For my money, they're easily the most entertaining team to watch in the league. Other teams may have the star power and the hype, but if you are a purist that really loves the game, the closest thing to "perfect basketball" the league has to offer is the Spurs.

Nothing but respect to that whole organization. They do everything right.
It might surprise you, but a lot of people think the Spurs are boring. I'm just assuming most of those people are casual fans, who only care about dunks or other athletic plays. Or maybe it's because of their image. That old, defensive-minded team.

But I agree with you, if basketball knows perfection, it's SAS. I could watch hours of Duncan posting up, Manu being Manu, or Parker running the court. Let's just hope MB gets our team to do this, like he wants.

[QUOTE]The question was about Cavaliers coach Mike Brown and[B] his stated goal to model his team

[T_L_P]

I think Parker was on the money when he said people consider the Spurs boring because they're the only team with the same core since the early 2000s, and thus the reputation of them being a grind-it-out, defense-beats-offense team has stuck with them.

[Marlo_Stanfield]

Perhaps, but again :oldlol: at you for thinking the Spurs should beat the Heat.

They have the best player in the world; the Spurs don't have one in the top 20. Then they have Wade who, when healthy, is probably better than any of the Spurs players too. Then they have that incredibly easy ride to the Finals.

The Spurs right now are the '98 Jazz. The Heat are the '93 Bulls.
Duncan is a top 10 player in the playoffs just like Parker if he isnt chocking.
Ginobili was top 20 at least too last year till he went full retard in game 6 and 7:coleman: :coleman:
SPurs have a strong core, good role players and a GREAT coach.
STACKED:coleman: :coleman:

[k0kakw0rld]

#goat Team

[T_L_P]

Duncan is a top 10 player in the playoffs just like Parker if he isnt chocking.
Ginobili was top 20 at least too last year till he went full retard in game 6 and 7:coleman: :coleman:
SPurs have a strong core, good role players and a GREAT coach.
STACKED:coleman: :coleman:

Is Duncan a top 10, or 20 player this season? No.

And there's a difference between the Spurs 'stacked' and the Heat 'stacked'. The Spurs draft and develop. The Heat destroy entire conferences by acquiring all the great ready-developed talent.

And again, the Heat play in the East. Their ride to the Finals is ten times easier than the Spurs'.

[LONGTIME]

Perhaps, but again :oldlol: at you for thinking the Spurs should beat the Heat.

They have the best player in the world; the Spurs don't have one in the top 20. Then they have Wade who, when healthy, is probably better than any of the Spurs players too. Then they have that incredibly easy ride to the Finals.

The Spurs right now are the '98 Jazz. The Heat are the '93 Bulls.

:biggums: They were 28 seconds away from beating them last year until they pissed it away.

[toooo]

Love watching the Spurs play. When Mills gets hot he's unguardable.

[T_L_P]

:biggums: They were 28 seconds away from beating them last year until they pissed it away.

But they had no business taking them to a game 7...that's what I'm trying to say. It's all about expectations.

[RedBlackAttack]

Heat franchise > Suns franchise > Spurs franchise > Your favorite NBA team
Don't quote or reply to my posts. Just assume I'm not directing them at you. TIA

[gin17]

Duncan is a top 10 player in the playoffs just like Parker if he isnt chocking.
Ginobili was top 20 at least too last year till he went full retard in game 6 and 7:coleman: :coleman:
SPurs have a strong core, good role players and a GREAT coach.
STACKED:coleman: :coleman:
can we see your list of 2013's top 25 players?

Spurs is probably one of the least stacked teams in terms of superstar power. They've just been really good at utilizing and developing D-leagers and junks of other teams

[HomieWeMajor]

Spurs are a rich man's Showtime Lakers

[Artillery]

Duncan is a top 10 player in the playoffs just like Parker if he isnt chocking.
Ginobili was top 20 at least too last year till he went full retard in game 6 and 7:coleman: :coleman:
SPurs have a strong core, good role players and a GREAT coach.
STACKED:coleman: :coleman:

Parker's one of the worst playoff performers of his generation

[ninephive]

Parker's one of the worst playoff performers of his generation
Howso? He scores more in the playoffs than the regular season, has a FMVP, and breezed his team to the Finals last year. And he's the only player ever to sweep Lebron (or even beat Lebron in less than 6 games for that matter)! Add to that his clutch Game 1 shot and his ridiculously clutch Game 6 sequence to seal the championship. (Down 3 with less than 2 mins left, Parker takes over and hits the straightaway 3 over Lebron, steals the ball, hits the leaner to go up 2, steals the ball again, and outlets to Ginobili to push the Spurs up by 4 with under a minute to go.

[Overdrive]

Spurs are one of the only teams I've ever seen that plays to all of its players strengthes. Maybe because they lack an iso superstar, but I think even KD could average 30 on this team and still not disrupt the offense.

Ironically they were more successful when their superstar was in his prime and they played a more stagnating offense running through Duncan. Too bad they lost last year, because that would've shown that they can succeed even reinventing themselves, something almost any championship team failed at.

[davehos]

I think Diaw is a huge part of what the Spurs are doing right now. Without him they are not in the 2013 finals.

[SCdac]

Spurs are one of the only teams I've ever seen that plays to all of its players strengthes. Maybe because they lack an iso superstar, but I think even KD could average 30 on this team and still not disrupt the offense.

Ironically they were more successful when their superstar was in his prime and they played a more stagnating offense running through Duncan. Too bad they lost last year, because that would've shown that they can succeed even reinventing themselves, something almost any championship team failed at.

I hear that, but there's really nothing ironic about it (the best players in the game generally win the most in their prime), and stagnating probably isn't the best way to put it. Slow-paced, methodical, offense based out of the post ("4 down" was the Spurs average play) but still flowed (Spurs played inside-out, always relied on the three ball, from Elliott, Elie to Manu, Kerr, Horry, Finley, and so on). Tim Duncan was dominant in his prime and probably any offense built around him would get you to the finals or conference finals. He's not Kareem or anything but over his career he has dropped hundreds of 25+ point games and that kind of scoring combined with his playmaking, defense, and basketball IQ can essentially carry a team. I agree though, it's always nice when team-basketball, even distribution of star talent/scoring, proves successful. 2003-2006 Pistons are one of my favorites