NBA Finals Prediction: Miami Heat Vs San Antonio Spurs

I don't really care about the 2013 NBA Finals. I do, but I don't. I don't want to care. The person involved in this finals I care the most about is Gregg Popovich. He is the most deserving to win another NBA championship. My plan is follow the first two or three games from a polite distance and tune-in only if the Miami Heat ever gets in trouble. After seeing them walk through the opposition like the Detroit Red Wings on Stan Marsh's team, I want to see them suffer.

The reason why I don't like the Miami Heat is mystery to me. Last week, I almost convinced myself I should like them. Watching their crushing victory in game 7 against the Indiana Pacers last night, playing the way they should always play, under a ridiculously delirious crowd, I couldn't help but find them irritating. They're like the Romans. When they lose, it's because they've defeated themselves and when they win, it's what was supposed to happen. The presence of NBA's #1 bandwagoner Justin Bieber in ridiculous leather attire may or may not have contributed to the atmosphere of ongoing bacchanalia. Coach Pop, please deliver us of this grotesque America.

Sympathy for the Devil : The 2013 Playoffs and the Miami Heat's Legacy

According to this map, nobody likes the Miami Heat, except the people living in Florida and the people who actively want their opponents to lose. The reasons for that are pretty clear. Contrary to what the Heat's fans would like to believe, nobody's "hatin'". A team like that just take the fun out of sports, unless they are losing.

See, watching sports is a highly emotional activity. When your team hits the floor, their fate is decided by a bunch of factors that are both scientific, chaotic and intangible. You don't know what's going to happen until the final buzzer. You're not supposed to. A team like the Miami Heat, build through big dollars and free agency is deliberately trying to control as many of these factors as it can. A team like that is supposed to win, especially in the weaker of the two NBA conferences.