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| Spurs are the 2014 NBA Champions |
The Spurs are the best team in the world, and it turns out
it wasn't even close.
After falling down early in the first quarter 22-6, San
Antonio went on an incredible 50-20 run. They finished game 5 the same way they
finished their previous three wins this series, in blowout fashion.
Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard led the team with 22 points and 10
rebounds, but in classic Spur fashion, this was an all-around team effort. Five
players scored in double figures, including back-up point guard Patty Mills who
hit five dagger three-pointers.
Not every Spur played flawless in game 5, Danny Green went
scoreless and Tony Parker missed his first 10 shots, but that’s the great thing
about depth—you don’t need any one player to be flawless when you have
legitimate 7th, 8th, and 9th options on your team.
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| Kawhi Leonard, 22, became the third youngest player ever to win NBA Finals MVP. |
The Spurs left no doubt about who was better. The 14
points-per-game differential between the two teams this series was the largest
in NBA Finals history. The only real question left is why are we so surprised?
All year San Antonio was dominant. They had the best record
in the regular season, 8 games better than Miami. They played in the vastly
superior conference out West, while Miami played against the cakewalk that was
the East. They went nine deep, while the Heat depended too heavily on just
three players, and in the Finals, just one player.
All year San Antonio looked and played better than the Heat.
And all year we let the individual greatness of the Heat’s one star blind us
from the greatness of the Spurs’ 15.
Lebron is great, but basketball is a team sport, go figure.
Congrats San Antonio. You earned it.
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