Spurs in the finals...Western Conference Champs.

[greenbriar]

AWESOME


bring on the cavs/pistons..who cares

spurs great

[Awsi Dooger]

1. The last of the wimpy uptempo teams has been ousted

Great job, Spurs ($). Now we're guaranteed a real final, with two teams whose games averaged in the 180s.

The West is so overrated it's a farce. The Spurs are a legit power team but the rest of it is offensive hype and that is always crap. Tonight was delightfully pathetic. The Jazz faced an elimination game and were content to allow 109 points. The Spurs in a similar situation would have been looking to hold Utah in the 70s.

The teams in the West playoffs all raised their scoring averages this year, some to ludicrous numbers like the Suns above 110. League scoring went up to over 98, primarily due to the shoot out games in the West. So it's natural and predictable that all those point happy teams were shot down early in the playoffs. It can't even be denied that Utah got this far only because they faced an even softer team in Golden State.

[erpowers]

2. Jazz Gave Up?

I am not trying to insult the Spurs. I was actually rooting for them to win. I am a pretty big Ginobili fan. So, congrats to the Spurs and their fans. However, did the Jazz give up on the final game. I listend to the end of the game on the radio. I tuned in with a little more than ten minutes left in the game and it seemed like the Spurs team had already cleared the bench.

[Longhorn]

3. I don't think they truly gave up.

They knew it was a tough situation and may not have expected to win but I do think they initially gave it a good effort. But it had to be pretty demoralizing to get down by so many points in the first quarter and everything seemed to be going right for the Spurs -- I think the announcer said they were hitting something like 73% in the first quarter! They might have been holding out hope that Derek Fisher would return in time to give them some spark -- he didn't get there until halftime. Then Deron Williams played with a sprained ankle from the end of Game 4. :shrug:

It's tough to lose like that -- and it's happened to everyone. I think the Spurs are the better team but the Jazz have a lot going for them.