Why were the Spurs a much better team than the Heat in 2014?

[3ball]

Duncan/Ginobili/Parker were 37/36/31 years old

Lebron/Bosh/Wade were 29/29/31

[Haymaker]

Duncan/Ginobili/Parker were 37/36/31 years old

Lebron/Bosh/Wade were 29/29/31

Coach Pop >Spo

[superduper]

Hey OP if I recall correctly there was a player who was playing to maximize his individual stats in a team-concept related game

[DoctorP]

Coach Pop taught Coach Spo something about team play vs talent in that series.

[Gileraracer]

Because a Lebron led team will never have good ball movement.

[Manny98]

Wade was 32 playing with bad knees

Spurs also had Kawhi,Green,Mills and much better coaching

[Prometheus]

that series was the worst I have ever seen wade look. danny green was dominating him. individually. wtf

[superduper]

This guy cited a team having Patty Mills to be a stacked team

[iamgine]

The main reason was Wade, who were killing Miami both on offense and defense. But he was pretty good before the finals. Definitely helped Miami made it to the finals. It's too bad he ran out of gas.

[3ball]

[COLOR="DarkRed"]The main reason was Wade[/COLOR], who were killing Miami both on offense and defense. [COLOR="DarkRed"]But he was pretty good before the finals[/COLOR]. Definitely helped Miami made it to the finals. It's too bad he ran out of gas.

You think the Heat win if Wade gets his ECF averages of 19 on 55%, instead of the 15 on 42% he got in the Finals???

I don't think so.. a blowout that severe is deeper than just "Wade wasn't good enough"

[tpols]

The main reason was Wade, who were killing Miami both on offense and defense. But he was pretty good before the finals. Definitely helped Miami made it to the finals. It's too bad he ran out of gas.

The whole Miami team gave up after getting avalanched to start game 3.

It really was as simple as that.

[SouBeachTalents]

You think the Heat win if Wade gets his ECF averages of 19 on 55%, instead of the 15 on 42% he got in the Finals???

I don't think so.. a blowout that severe is deeper than just "Wade wasn't good enough"

Agreed, but Miami had NO chance with Wade playing like that, but the loss obviously goes deeper than just his terrible performance

[3ball]

Coach Pop >Spo

The Heat won in 2013, so you're saying Pop got better than Spo by record amount in 1 year?

I don't think so.. A blowout that severe goes deeper than that

[StrongLurk]

Spurs were on fire from three and torched the Heat's defense.

They also shut down the Heat from three.

[HoopologyPhD]

Spurs were motivated by the loss the previous year to work hard and beat Miami easily.

They figured out Lebron's game and he no longer had explosive athleticism or a jump shot so he was unable to create any offensive opportunities for himself.