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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP
No, still expect Miami to win. Just stating facts.
Fact: Both teams are within 1 win of each other over the past 3 years.
Fact: One of those teams has made the Finals 3 straight times.
Fact: The other made the Finals once.
Yet 1 is success and 1 is failure? Ok.
The question isn't about the Heat. It's about the Spurs and why winning an average of 56 games/year yet 0 champs and only 1 Finals appearance to show for it isn't considered failure when a team who has achieved more in the same time span would be ridiculed as a failure.
No excuses. Still think they win.
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Because the Spurs have won their rings. They have 4. They are old and no fans had the lofty expectations that the HEAT themselves put forward when they created this ridiculous team. You are also defending champions and that carries a ton of weight.
It's really not that difficult, unless you want to stick your fingers in your ears and pretend both are on equal footing in the public's eye.
The Spurs are the model franchise. They do everything the right way.
The Heat are the Playstation franchise.
When you make declarations, have the regular season success they did this year, you have a huge target on your back and those expectations have to be met or the season is a failure.
Why are you so against the word failure? Was the goal not to win a ring?