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  1. ADKOBE

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    What do you mean? All they have to do is close the deal? They are in the finals and beat the Champs. This could be their year and get even better next year. Game 1 was a dog fight and came down to the last few minutes. Its not like NY was dominating them. Brunson just made some big Plays and Fox wet the bed.
     
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    The spurs have a Dearen Fox problem. He’s looking like Chet Holmgren.

    Coaching is just as important as playing. Dumb coaches get you in trouble.

    Mitch Johnson is getting out coached. He’s over thinking it. You got Carter Bryant on the bench. So you think it’s better to bench him and have Harrison in there.

    put Carter Bryant on Brunson and make him work. s*** put Stephen Castle on Brunson and make him work. I’d sit Vassell if I had to.

    But the only way the Spurs are winning this series is Dylan Harper has to play 35 minutes. And he has to be the primary Ball handler. Put Wemby at the post in the post not at the top of the key.

    some things you just see in Basketball whether it be Demarcus Cousins or Wemby or Davis some post players bigs love dribbling like they are point guards to get in the paint.

    start at the post and your already there. Don’t have players playing hero ball that shouldn’t be playing hero ball like Fox. Fox got the yelps. Games too much for him.

    They popped Champagne when they beat the Thunder and thought they had it won and they forgot that they still have a game.

    They got 4 more but they keep playing and this will be over in a week.

    That’s maturity not recognizing the moment. Wembys Shaq in 1995 not 2000.

    Wembys not Jabbar. I said that.

    Yall talk about him not knowing how to play but damn. That’s the coach design some plays in the post to make him feel comfortable to get him going.

    sure next game they’ll get out to a 15 point lead how do they keep it. All New York is going to do is shoot 3’s how do they play in New York.??? That will be the challenge with that crowd.

    The Knicks want to make this a perimeter game. That’s the only shot they have to win it. The Spurs have to make this a slow it down post game. They can’t run with the Knicks.

    And the scouting report on Wemby will be get in on him get your body on him and he’ll get get your body on him and get physical with him and he’ll just fall like a pogo stick.

    but it’s all on Mike Brown who’s destroying Mitch Johnson. It just goes to show you. You can’t have a rec league coach coaching NBA players even when you got the best player you still can’t win.
     
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    The Knicks have another gear of shooting they’ve been showing this whole playoffs. That was a cold night for them, so if they have a normal night or a hot night shooting, they could get out ahead real quick.

    Most young teams need to lose one time before they break through - it would certainly be unique if the spurs won it all on Wemby’s first time into the playoffs. There is still some growth for them to have and I think they’ll be greatly improved because of it.
     

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