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Originally Posted by Sazelyt
Same old words...How can you guarantee Spurs will not choke at the end? Detroit was expected to win, but they lost. In the West, there were also many surprises. Spurs were lucky against the Phoenix (yes, lucky, we have seen many times a single shot or game changing the course of a series). Against Utah, the 4th game, which was the key game, was also won because of the opponent's and at the time, the court's most important player's illness. Let's see if they will have the same luck, this time, against Lebron, especially if the league decides to protect Lebron against Spurs, like they did for Spurs against the Suns...
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The league did not "protect" the Spurs. If you think the league is out to fix the playoffs and decide matchups themselves, you shoot yourself in the foot thinking they would protect the Spurs of all teams. If the NBA were really being sneaky, the Finals would be Kobe vs Lebron, or Kobe vs Shaq, or Suns vs Lebron. The league was halfway to creating that Suns vs Lebron until Amare Stoudemire decided to forget the rules.
The Spurs are ratings kryptonite for the NBA. No way would Stern legitimately fix games to get them in the Finals.