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One helluva game. Old champions don't die easy. Gotta kill em.

Anyone think Pop starting Ginobili threw the Spurs' balance off?

I don't believe so. I understand the argument against it but I think Pop felt like he had to do something. They went with a shorter bench anyway so I'm not sure it affected rotations.

Right now we are all happy for KD and lets not forget about Roy.
But a part of me is sad for the game of basketball as I really think it would have been good for the game if San Antonio was able to win a championship with this style of play.
I really think it had the possibility to change the model you build teams with.
Unfortunately I fear if the Heat come back and win and you have Heat vs Thunder you are going to have a ton of hero ball one on one because both teams will have athletic guys on the perimeter in terms of defense.

How good was KD in this series?

29.5 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists (more than 2/1 A/TO ratio), 1.7 steals and 1.5 blocks. 58-109 from the field (53.2%), 10-28 from three (35.7%) and 51-56 FT's (91.1%).

In the playoffs, his scoring and rebounding are virtually the same as the regular season, but his TO's are down and assists up.

Great, great clutch and dominant performance.

+1

Glad you pointed this out............Colin Cowherd has been saying for a couple of years Durant was not a clutch player. Of course this is the same guy who said for years Aaron Rodgers was over-rated. (when Rodgers won a Super Bowl Cowherd then says I've telling you guys how good Rodgers is)

I would add I think KD played the entire game last night

Cowherd is an idiot. He laughed at people that said Durant should have been drafted first overall instead of Greg Oden, primarily because Durant couldn't bench press a certain amount of weight. I mean, bench press. Cowherd seriously criticized a basketball player with a freakish wingspan for not being able to bench press weight. Nothing about his shot, or basketball IQ, or body control, or passing ability, but bench press. Bench press. We talkin' 'bout bench press. Not his game. Not his game. Bench press.

They should have given the MVP Trophy to the Portland Trailblazers for taking Greg Oden #1 over Durant. Presti is a great GM, he was responsible for the Spurs taking Parker, but what a gift for Kevin Durant to fall into your lap.

Tim Duncan is this you?

Prometheus,

I think I saw 1 call that was truly bad, but it was a case of cosmic justice. Manu ran around all series damn near spontaneously combusting with the slightest contact, so it seemed fitting that Harden did it to him on that last 3.

Other than that I saw the aggressive home team get the calls they typically get.

I have the game recorded. If you can recall specific situations (score, play, etc), I'll go and review the game.

I blame Obama. Obama and the gays. And Joey Crawford. So Obama, homosexuals and Joey Crawford plus I should probably throw in a terrorist or two.

Big fan of Jack. Love what he brings to the table.

Via Marc Stein of ESPN.com: “It sucks,” Jackson said after the media crowd around him dispersed, not quite believing that his near-perfect evening didn’t do more to stop the young-no-more Thunder from closing out the Western Conference finals. “But those mother——s,” Jackson quickly conceded, “were just better than us.”

And at all the Okies that love a Horn.

Someone else said this a few weeks ago, but KD should run for president. Who else could get Okies to call a Horn their favorite player and Texans to route for an OKC team?