****The Official 2013-14 NBA Thread****

electrolytes and salt

 

Hydrate, potassium... Regular maintenance on the a/c.

Once you start cramping up, it's hard not to re-aggravate it in a short period of time. Thankfully he will have until Sunday night to heal. I imagine he will be sore tomorrow and maybe Saturday.

 

The fact that Miami was up 7 at one point in the 4th. Spurs missing 2 shots the whole 4th quarter was rough. CML showed up...of course. In retrospect, he is due for a good game now.

 

Especially considering they're hosting the nba championship.

conspiracy

 

Not when it takes your favorite teams best player out of the game multiple times. Such horse sh*t.

 

Lots of fluids the day/night before. Eat a bunch of bananas/potassium.

 

If one team relies on athleticism, fast breaks, and more on starters/less on bench...then that team is definitely at a disadvantage.

 

Nobody should have to deal with it.

LeBron had to take himself out halfway through the third. He didn't play the last 7 minutes. His cramping pretty much dictated the game.

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Nobody should have to deal with it.

LeBron had to take himself out halfway through the third. He didn't play the last 7 minutes. His cramping pretty much dictated the game.

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Mike Inglis saying that AC won't be fixed by Game 2

 

That's ridiculous, the NBA should delay the game.

 

That's right. You have to adjust to the conditions. Lebron will be fine by game 2 and he'll learn from this.

Other than that, it was a very enjoyable game. The series will be close. The game was sloppy i think because excessive sweating makes handling the ball harder. It's a tough series to call but I think the series will come down to whichever team can defend the long range shots.

 

Rent another venue then. This is some serious shenanigans. Why can't things be normal?

 

Spurs commit a boatload of stupid turnovers and still drop 110?? That's a problem.

The Heat defense is not what it was last year. Bosh/Bird/Lewis got eaten alive in the paint...Duncan and Splitter combined to go 14-16, and Parker was wheeling around in there with too much space. If the Heat tighten that up they'll be fine, imo.

 

Well, no. LeBron is 260 lbs of Muscle, Timmy nor Parker are, and that does make a big difference.

 

The heats average age is older than san antonios. You're not going to convince me that the spurs were going to win had lebron not been forced from the game. Conspiracy or not, it's a ****ty thing to happen that played a factor in the game.

 

It's really interesting because I truly think both of these things happened tonight.

 

To the rescue

 

The Spurs outscored the Heat 33-12 in the second half when Lebron was out of the game. It's pretty freaking obvious what happened here and not all that coincidental that the usual suspects would be taking up the position that what happened tonight was valid.

The conditions they played in were not basketball. It would be like if two NFL teams showed up to a game and were informed by the officiating crew that tonight they'll not be allowing a huddle. It's fair because it applies to both sides, right? Wrong. Some teams practice the no-huddle more than others, or have a style of offense that lends itself to the HUNH.

Tonight instead of playing a basketball game we're going to have all of the players duke it out in a battle royale. What? Your team has people that are good at basketball but not people that are good at fighting? Too bad. Same rules apply to both sides, may the best basketball team win.

This isn't the NFL where games are commonly played in poor conditions for which you have to be ready. Between their deeper rotation and less energy-intensive playing style (especially on defense) the San Antonio Spurs were better equipped to play a basketball game heavily influenced by non-basketball circumstances. Congratulations?

 

"The conditions they played in were not basketball."

I have no dog in this fight because I don't have a favorite NBA team (just hated ones, like the Mavericks and Lakers). But what is basketball then. 70F and less than 25% humidity? Is there a league regulation that requires the temp be below a certain temp?

Theoretically, even if they fix the AC, do they have to run it? I'm sure they will, just saying theoretically.

Plus I don't find any of your analogies all that compelling. Yours include rule changes or conditions of how to play the game. No huddle or battle royale. This involved a mishap with the temperature control system. A more apt analogy may be, the weather report said it was going to be sunny so everyone left their rain cleats at home and it rained. One team is built for passing, one built for running. Tough ish. Nothing was intentional, it just happened.

In any event, did anyone other than Lebron cramp up? Or just Lebron?

Unfortunately, it sounds like Lebron's body is wired in such a way he's prone to leg cramps, as he suffered them again at the beginning of the 2012-2013 season.

EDIT: And my questioning of whether this was basketball ... well I'll let Magic Johnson say it:

https://twitter.com/MagicJohnson/statuses/474763644426027008

It happens is what he's saying.

 

The Spurs stopped making careless turnovers?

Wade and Bosh got shut down when their team needed them?

The Heat defense (Wade) got lazy closing out shooters (Green)?

The Spurs shot the lights out in the 4th quarter by getting easy high-percentage points in the paint against a weak Heat interior, which set up their cold shooters (Green and Leonard) with open looks to get them going?

 

Yes it was all an obvious ploy to get Lebron to cramp up because its impossible to beat them right? I mean its not like the Spurs didnt nearly do it just last year.

I'm sure those damn Spurs new Parker on a bad ankle could somehow play in those conditions but not Lebron.....

 

I blame my missed game 1 prediction on the heating and cooling division in San Antonio....

See, I'm not dumb.

 

Also, the dopes who are claiming LeBron should've "played through it" has obviously never had a severe cramp. I have and you literally can't walk.

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Poetic

http://touch.sun-sentinel.com/#section/-1/gallery/p2p-80425673/


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And den...

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Neither Duncan or Parker are as good as LeBron, and neither averages as many minutes.

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Hes "prone to leg cramps" because he plays so many minutes at such a high level. The point here is that the heat forces his to rest rather than just play the entire second half.

I'm not really sure what happened in the 80s was comparable, but at the very least that was the norm. The teams were conditioned for those environments.

Also, I think a more analogous situation to the NFL would be some type of field issues, like grass coming off the field.

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For all the talk of LBJ "quitting" he still played more minutes than Duncan, Parker and Ginobli.

Good for SA having depth and whatnot, but that gave them a distinct advantage under these conditions.

NBA basketball isn't a game that's supposed to be played in the elements. The arena was borderline unplayable last night. If the AC isn't fixed, and the arena remains closed for another two days in the sweltering Texas heat (it's not like they can open up the windows) the building will be unsafe for players and fans by Sunday night.

They won't be able to keep condensation off the floor.

If SA can't prove to the NBA that the AC is working by Saturday morning the game should be moved. Both Houston and Dallas arenas should be available as they both made the playoffs and should have held the Finals dates open. If both are for some reason unavailable, either pick a neutral NBA arena somewhat in the median between SA and Miami or move the game to Orlando, since both teams are scheduled to be in Miami Sunday night after the game anyway.

 

If the Spurs can't provide a safe environment, the Heat should get an additional home game.

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According to Rod Thorn they expect the AC to be fixed and the game to be played as normal Sunday. Right now, there don't appear to be any contingency plans but Adam Silver is supposed to have a press conference so I guess we'll know more then.

An NBPA executive ripped the league and stated that the game should have been postponed and should be moved if the arena is not back to normal NBA standards by Saturday

 

This isn't an excuse guys come on, consider the old Boston Garden had NO AC......

Heat fans please don't use it as one too, it isn't a good look on you guys especially being where you are from....

 

Its not and is an excuse at the same time.

Any time your best player has to leave the game when he wouldn't otherwise....its an excuse. That said we still could have won.

 

A very weak one.....