Tonight, San Antonio went into Cleveland and won game three of the NBA Finals to take a 3-0 series lead. They are one win away from claiming their fourth NBA Championship.
San Antonio is generally viewed as a boring team. Their star player, Tim "Big Fundamentals" Duncan, is notorious for his efficient, but non flashy style of play. He's the ultimate "lunch pail" guy. What's more, he doesn't smile or exhibit any other marketable outward expression of personality.
The rest of the team follows Duncan's lead. Even Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker, two formerly flamboyant players, have toned down their play. They've become solid pros, quite different from the gambling, ballsy, yet turnover prone daredevils that they once were.
Bruce Bowen is probably the best on the ball defender in the league. He absolutely locks guys down. Because of that, one might expect him to be widely hated, as he plays the role of the foil to the league's high scoring superstars. Yet, even Bowen elicits a yawn from the typical observer.
People just don't get the San Antonio Spurs.
But we here at Drive and Dish really like them. San Antonio is our favorite NBA team, at least in part, because of the aforementioned reasons. San Antonio is a great, veteran team that exemplifies professionalism. Year after year, game after game, they just go out and get it done. Drive and Dish loves them for that.
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3 comments:
I cant stand taht f-ing Oberto. I don't know why, maybe his hair, maybe the way he flops, cuz he looks like a foreigner,whatever it is, just cant stand that dude.
The spurs don't have anybody who you can root for. They are boring to watch they dont have a real star, and lots of there players are not americans.
Cedar Falls Hawk,
Are you rooting for the Cavs because too many of the Spurs players aren't American? If so, have you actually watched the Cavs play? Apparently, you aren't aware that the Cavs have Zydrunas Ilgauskas (Lithuania), Anderson Varijao (Brazil) and Sasha Pavlovic (Serbia) in their rotation.
Peace.
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