It took me a while to really understand what happened in this game and honestly I still have no idea. This game was over. I already had texts and tweets typed up ready to hit send. I was ready to talk trash to both the Heat fans in the world. Lebron had two awful late game turnovers and bricked a couple shots. He was about to face a looong summer of criticism. He was never to be compared to Jordan again..
And then it happened.
Manu Ginobli. Wow what a game by him. He really showed up and made some big plays. 8 turnovers in an Nba Finals game. That doesn’t even happen by accident. You have to wake up with the mind state of “I’m going for double digits tonight baby” to be able to accomplish something like this. The man had goals and tried his best to reach them. If he hits both of his free throws, the Spurs win the championship.
Kawhi Leonard. Kawaghilli! Why man?? You played the game of your life. All you had to do was hit both free throws. The Heat were down 2. If the Spurs went up 4 they would have raised the trophy that night. Kawhi would have smiled for the first time in his life.
Lebron played terribly for the first 3 quarters in this game. His legacy was going to take a real hit. Then it got hot in there and he and Mike Miller started taking their clothes off. Lebron lost that headband, let his hairline flow freely in the wind and completely dominated the fourth quarter. You have to give him credit there. He knew what was on the line and he went after it. Why doesn’t he ALWAYS play like that? Bigger guys can’t keep up with him. Quicker guys are too weak for him. I don’t understand why he continues to give me reasons to criticize him. Even with that amazing fourth quarter, he still turned it over twice with under a minute left and he got bailed out in this game.
Ray Allen of all people had to do it. The same Ray Allen that broke my heart when he left my Celtics. I hate you so much man. He back-peddled like 10 feet and somehow knew exactly where the 3 point line was, raised up and buried the 3. The shot was amazing.
The team that won this game turned the ball over 3 times in the last minute of regulation. This game made no sense.
Stop crying about the referees. Neither the Ginobli drive or the Bosh block at the end was a foul. I’m glad this game wasn’t decided by a call made by the refs.
I won’t make any predictions about this game tonight. I don’t even know what to think anymore.