Spurs Win By Largest Margin in Finals History

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In other words, Miami got whooped the hardest in all of nba history.
 
I guess yea. The point differential was the widest in history. They didn't just lose, which is heartbreaking enough for any team, they got destroyed.
 
They methodically dissected the Heat. It was incredible to watch.
 
Heat lost the series as soon as Melo's name was mentioned.
Really happy the Spurs won. Great coach, team and franchise.
 
I don't think even the pundits and odds makers saw this coming. The Heat were looking to 3-peat, they were a lock to win this championship by everyone not living in San Antonio. The beat down was extreme, it could easily have been a 4 game sweep.

Obviously the Spurs have a dynastic team so it should have been more obvious that at the least this would be a 6 or 7 game dog fight but it wasn't.

Is this because the Spurs are better than anyone expected or because the Heat are not as good as advertised? One thing I have always hated about Lebron James is how desperate he appears to make the NBA and commentators wish he was the new Jordan/Magic/Bird player but he certainly hasn't shown it in the Finals where he gets his ass kicked an awful lot.
 
The Heat wouldn't have made it out of the first round in the Bestern Conference. They were lucky to even be in the finals.
 
Revolver said:
The Heat wouldn't have made it out of the first round in the Bestern Conference. They were lucky to even be in the finals.
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Troof. Mavs (8th seed) took the champs as far as 7 games. Heat barely got a win vs the Spurs.
 
Lifer said:
Troof. Mavs (8th seed) took the champs as far as 7 games. Heat barely got a win vs the Spurs.
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Thing is the Heat went 4 finals in a row and lost to the Mavs and Spurs, two teams that are aging, that stress the fundamentals of basketball, and teamwork. It makes me wonder if the superstar roster of Miami needs a better coach or a different approach to the game. Now some may disagree with this but a different mindset in Miami might have won 4 championships instead of 2.
 
Revolver said:
The Heat wouldn't have made it out of the first round in the Bestern Conference. They were lucky to even be in the finals.
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lol Bern by himself is good enough to beat every other WC team in a 7 game series

For anyone who analyzes hoops in depth it's pretty easy to see why this was such a mismatch given Spo's insistence on playing a trap D that plays right into the hands of the Spurs. Miami would've been better served to play man D but Spo refused to adjust. Even Jeff Can Gundy was commenting on it by game 5.
 
What about the 01 Lakers? They went 15-1 in the playoffs (only losing when Iverson went off).
 
Its Me Austin said:
What about the 01 Lakers? They went 15-1 in the playoffs (only losing when Iverson went off).
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I'm assuming they didn't win the finals with an average 15 point victory in every game.
 
There is a graph in the link below that shows the worst beat downs in Finals history. The old record has been standing since 1965 and was held by the Boston Celtics. San Antonio put an ass kicking on the Heat that will be one for the ages.

Fans measure dominance in different ways, but no metric is more black and white than the final box score.

With that in mind, David Joyner of LittleWhiteStatistics.com (h/t Ross Benes of Deadspin) went about seeing exactly where San Antonio
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Damn bron bron in the papers for all the wrong reasons.

Where will he take his talents to next year?

Eastern conference is so weak compared to the west.
 
didn't think lebroom could top his 07 & 11 stinkers tbh, boy was i wrong.
 
Psh only happened because the heat like to play with their backs against the wall.
 
Not too flabbergasting in the context of the truth that the relative weakness of the Eastern Conference was also the greatest in history. Miami was just the champs of the JV conference.

A devastating loss seemed inevitable in retrospect.
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What about the 01 Lakers? They went 15-1 in the playoffs (only losing when Iverson went off).
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That was the most dominant postseason performance in history, but not in the Finals. They're margin of victory over the 76ers was a mere +44. Not even in the same ballpark. This was the most dominant performance on the biggest stage in the history of the league.

Yeah, sorry, Austin, that distinction belongs to the Spurs, too.
 
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Madmick said:
Not too flabbergasting in the context of the truth that the relative weakness of the Eastern Conference was also the greatest in history. Miami was just the champs of the JV conference.

A devastating loss seemed inevitable in retrospect.
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Its devastating alright. The previous record held by the Celtics has stood since 1965. It was truly an epic Finals beat down that could stand for the rest of your life.
 
For single game the record is held by the 1998 Bulls that beat the Utah Jazz 96-54 in game 3 of the Finals, 42 points.
 
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