NBA FINALS 2013: WHO'S THE BEST OF THEM ALL

          It's a classic showdown between Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs as these two great teams collide to gain the coveted crown as 2013 NBA Finals champion. These elite teams have both this top three players on their line-up. For the San Antonio Spurs, they have Manu Ginobili, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker while on the other end, the Heat have Lebron James, Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. 

          Moreover, these two teams have passionate and great coaches. Gregg Popovich, the Spurs coach, is heralded as currently the longest tenured coach of one team in the NBA. He was handling the main coaching position of the Spurs since 1996.  On the other hand, the Heat's coach is Erik Spoelstra who has been bringing the club to glory since 2008. 

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          Currently, their showdown is tallied at 2 all.Who will emerge as this year's eventual champion greatly depends on the consistency and persistence by players of both teams. These star players cannot and never can do it alone. The rest of the team has lots of things to do to make their own worthy contribution.

          Whoever will emerge as the over all champion this year, CONGRATULATIONS and may this triumph serve as inspiration to others to continue striving for perfection and greatness. Never retreat in giving up any competition but rather, consistently aim for the top position.

  

The Triumph of a Great Champion

          One of my favorite tennis players is Rafael Nadal and he did it again this time by topping the recently concluded Roland Garros tournament- the second of the annual four grand slam tournaments. He defeated his fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the finals with the score: 6-3, 6-2, 6-3. 

          Just to share with you a little background of this annual event, here is a part of an article of this famous event:

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          The French Open, often referred to as Roland Garros (French: Les internationaux de France de Roland-Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros, IPA: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁɔs]), named after the French aviatorRoland Garros, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between late May and early June inParis, France, at the Stade Roland Garros. It is the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world and the second of the four annual Grand Slam tournaments – the other three are the Australian Open, US Openand Wimbledon. Roland Garros is the only Grand Slam event held on clay and ends the spring clay court season.

          It is one of the largest events in tennis and by far the largest clay-court tournament.^[2] Because of the slow-playing surface and the five-set men's singles matches without a tiebreak in the final set, the event is widely considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. (Source-Wikipedia the free encyclopedia)

          Thus, the recent victory of Nadal is a major one since it happened in one of those major tennis annual events. What made it more historic and meaningful for Nadal is that it marked his 8th triumph of this said tournament thus earning him the title of the first player to win 8th titles on this famous tournament. 

          Moreover he is such a powerful player that his arsenal is consists of the following: "His formula includes speed, balance and steely defense. It features a left-handed forehand that he can curl inside every line with sonic speed, or hit with so much topspin on it that it’s near impossible to respond to with a winner off of it if the shot lands deep.

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It includes a twisting serve that usually results in a weak reply that can be buried for a winner. It includes a competent net game, an efficient drop shot, a steady, effective and improving backhand and a library’s worth of strategic knowledge." - Roland Garros 2013 official site.

          Thus, the world celebrates with this great Spaniard as he reasserts himself as one of the greatest players of the game. He joins the likes of those great names in tennis such as Rod Laver, Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, John Newcombe, and many more. What made it sweeter for him since he just came back from a long break due to his injury. Welcome back and congratulations Nada.