Blazers after Greg Monroe

Yeah, they tore apart our offense. Defense is needed in the playoffs and it showed during that series.

 

Their d was superb, but their ability from mid range completely destroyed any possibility of a come back/

 

Tony Parker killed us in all areas. He was the key to them beating us. He didn't miss.

 

Neither did Leonard/Mills/Diaw

 

Leonard was also money from mid range

 

This season, they brought back their core (and the best defensive lineup in the league) with one more year together in their system. Though no player averaged 30 minutes per game, they again ranked in the top five in defensive efficiency. And in the Western Conference playoffs, they got those “stops on demand,” holding the offenses of both the Portland Trail Blazers and Oklahoma City Thunder well under their regular season efficiency marks and setting up a Finals rematch.
The Miami Heat have gone in the opposite direction in the last two years. After ranking in the top five defensively in their first two seasons together, the Heat ranked seventh last season and 11th this year.

http://hangtime.blogs.nba.com/2014/06/16/spurs-and-heat-help-prove-that-defense-wins-championships/


Not saying the spurs offense wasn't great. . . . with the way the spurs ate up everyone in the playoffs, it was both their defense and their offense that was a thing of beauty.

 

Iv got leonard in their

 

It was crazy to see how easy Parker was getting pass Lillard on a bum ankle.

 

But he was injured and played less than one half with little impact in their series clinching win.

We got so dominated you could remove any single player or any single advantage their team had over us and we still lose. Can't remember ever seeing that in a playoff series in NBA history.