The Power Of Team Play

Is there any doubt that the best team in the NBA is the San Antonio Spurs.  Take  away four missed free throws in game two the Spurs would have three games which would be considered routs and one by less than two points.  A four game sweep over the two time defending champions.

Do I think the Spurs are better? You bet I thought they were the best last year and lost on a three pointer from the first row by Ray Allen in game six.  The Spurs improved from the team they were last year. I think the Heat made few changes during the off season and they did't make themselves better.  I fully expect the series to end Sunday because the Spurs defense bottled up LaBron and made him pass over being able to drive to the basket.

I think there is another issue that has affected the Heat.  If you remember last season when they won 28 games in a row they started believing they could win any time they needed too.  During that streak if you remember that created bad habits and even though they won the title last year they beat average teams and had good luck with the Spurs. So what have they done this year they talked after Christmas about it didn't matter whether they had home court advantage.

I think since Christmas they coasted at 75/80 per cent wide open and up to this series that has been good enough.  This is the improved Spurs  and even if they could go 100 percent they are mentally and physically not  capable of playing at the Spurs level every night.  I think if you look at sports in general when teams are satisfied fat and sassy  and lose the hunger to get better they lose their edge.

I  am watching the replay coverage of the US Open on TV now but during the day I listened on radio and I find it amazing how sports reports have kept asking the question when is he going to fall back.  There is no doubt Martin Kaymer is playing a different course everyone else is.  I have no idea if he
will win the open or not but please give him credit for what he has done so far.

If it was Tiger the reporters who be yelling that Tiger is back. Yet, Tiger is not been Tiger  in five years and the reporters still try to make him the greatest player right now.  This tells me National reporters are lazy sit in the press tent and watch on TV on then go in the interview room ready to ask the question they asked ten years ago.

Look at 35 years old  Martin Kaymer has been number one in the world once in 2011.  He won the 2010 PGA so he is a major winner plus he won the Players Championship just last month.  This guy is not a no name who nobody knows.

I hope I don't have too many Honey Do 's Saturday afternoon.  There is  North Carolina native that will play with Kaymer.  Brendon Todd who graduated from a Green Hope High school and was the 4A golf state champion  and plays out of Prestonwood CC in Cary.  Like I said last night I'm pulling for any one associated being from North Carolina. What time do the leaders tee off?