View Full Version : Spurs vsKnicks Game 5 '99 on Australian TV
AussieFanKurt
10-06-2009, 09:39 PM
Wow, for the first time, i'll be able to watch our first championship. Dont think its ever been on. Is it a good game to watch for more than just the win? Exciting?
:downspin:
duncan228
10-06-2009, 09:41 PM
The Duncan - Sprewell shootout in the third/fourth is fantastic.
duncan228
10-06-2009, 09:47 PM
Never was the difference more apparent than in Game 5 when Sprewell and Duncan combined for what may well have been the most spectacular five minutes and 49 seconds in NBA Finals history. During that stretch that began with 2:07 left in the third quarter, Duncan and Sprewell scored 28 of the 29 points produced by the two teams. Sprewell had 14 consecutive Knicks points and Duncan countered with 14 of the 15 Spurs' points.
The two dominated in distinctive styles that were as different as Michael Jordan and Bill Russell, and so extraordinary were their respective performances that such comparisons were, for once, not overstated.
Sprewell sometimes controlled the ball from end-to-end and finished plays with an athletic and acrobatic flourish not seen since His Airness departed after the 1998 Finals. Whether it was a fallaway, three-pointer, driving layup or a jumper off a screen, Sprewell displayed a complete game that was pure Jordan.
Duncan had less flash but equal effectiveness as he hit his signature bank shots from 13 and seven feet, scored on a turnaround baseline jumper, executed a dazzling spin move and scored in the lane and threw in one 12-foot jump hook for good measure. He was so precise, fundamentally proficient and dominant on the inside that it was not an exaggeration to describe the performance as Russell-like.
"It was a terrific battle by two terrific players," said Spurs guard Mario Elie after the game. "Spree just was rolling tonight. But man, when you've got a 7-footer shooting 18-foot bank shots -- that's amazing."
Obstructed_View
10-06-2009, 10:07 PM
Yep. Sprewell was so good in that series, and that sequence was amazing. He had a chance going to the basket on the inbounds to steal that game at the end too.
mystargtr34
10-06-2009, 10:19 PM
What channel is this on?
ONE HD?
siraulo23
10-06-2009, 10:19 PM
Wow, for the first time, i'll be able to watch our first championship. Dont think its ever been on. Is it a good game to watch for more than just the win? Exciting?
:downspin:
damn it starts at 10 pm
:sleep
mystargtr34, 4:30pm Perth time today on OneHD.
RuffnReadyOzStyle
10-06-2009, 10:24 PM
You know what? Enough of the "biggest Spurs fan in Australia" bullshit - you haven't even seen the clinching game of our first trophy? C'mon.
tophy7
10-06-2009, 10:30 PM
I just checked on my guide channel and it's on at 10:00 pm here (I'm from Melbourne)
Luckily I already have that game courtesy of the 16 disc boxset.
Still good to watch it again.
I just checked next weeks game and it's game 5 Bulls Vs Cavs 89 AKA Jordan over Ehlo
mystargtr34
10-06-2009, 10:45 PM
mystargtr34, 4:30pm Perth time today on OneHD.
Thanks! But im still in Hedland working :lol we dont get that here.
Oh well.
TDMVPDPOY
10-07-2009, 12:37 AM
oi is it 10pm tonight?
AussieFanKurt
10-07-2009, 04:11 PM
You know what? Enough of the "biggest Spurs fan in Australia" bullshit - you haven't even seen the clinching game of our first trophy? C'mon.
ease up mate, its not supposed to be literal, i'm only 17, hard to be biggest fan, but i'm one of the biggest around
TDMVPDPOY
10-07-2009, 09:19 PM
i dont think he got to watch the games cause those finals games were showned pass his bedtime
AussieFanKurt
10-07-2009, 11:51 PM
ha yeah that'd be about right, being only 6/7
Everytime I watch that game it reminds me of how much I love Mario Elie.
senorglory
10-08-2009, 01:26 AM
Everytime I watch that game it reminds me of how much I love Mario Elie.
Yep. God bless Mario Elie. Rockets or Spurs version.
RuffnReadyOzStyle
10-08-2009, 01:30 AM
ease up mate, its not supposed to be literal, i'm only 17, hard to be biggest fan, but i'm one of the biggest around
Well, change your signature to "one of" then.
I just find it a bit of an insult given the history of my Spurs fandom (2 trips to SA to watch games, been to practice and met players and coaches, met DRob, have many friends in SA, been a fan for 20 years, etc.), and that of some others around here. Even with all that, I don't claim to be the "biggest" Spurs fan in Australia because, well, who knows?
AussieFanKurt
10-08-2009, 07:06 PM
oh christ... who cares. once i have the opportunity, i'll be over in a flash.
how you can find that to be an insult confuses me. lighten up.. im a spurs fan too, not a lakers fan.. fuck
bigbendbruisebrother
10-08-2009, 07:10 PM
All right, Sheilas. Mellow out.
i'm the biggest spurfan period so
AussieFanKurt
10-08-2009, 07:20 PM
you could very well be
RuffnReadyOzStyle
10-08-2009, 11:38 PM
oh christ... who cares. once i have the opportunity, i'll be over in a flash.
how you can find that to be an insult confuses me. lighten up.. im a spurs fan too, not a lakers fan.. fuck
I care, that's why I've raised it. I could turn the question on you and ask why are you so wedded to it when it's a load of bullshit? It's false advertising and basic disrespect.
As I said, change it to "one of" and I won't want to throw a brick through the screen every time I see it. I don't want to dislike you, but every time I see that I do, because it's disingenuous.
TDMVPDPOY
10-09-2009, 12:16 AM
this thread has kayne west all over it,
hey you might be the biggest spursfan down under, but ........is the biggest spursfan of all time
AussieFanKurt
10-09-2009, 02:29 AM
Although you may be overexaggerating a little. I see your point I guess and i'll change it as long as you stop having such a deep hate for me and your true points
Happy?
senorglory
10-22-2009, 05:46 PM
Although you may be overexaggerating a little. I see your point I guess and i'll change it as long as you stop having such a deep hate for me and your true points
Happy?
In my book, you will always be the biggest Spurs fan in Australia. No matter your signature.
hsxvvd
10-22-2009, 06:03 PM
I was told by a friend that the Memorial Day Miracle Game v Portland was going to be televised on ONE.
Was he mistaken? Is it this game instead?
I saw the Knicks/Spurs series a couple months back when I got my 16 dvd boxset of the Spurs championship games.... this was one of the better games to watch.
AussieFanKurt
10-22-2009, 06:09 PM
Yes your friend is right, the memorial game is on this sunday. Be good to watch it again
RuffnReadyOzStyle
10-22-2009, 10:09 PM
Wow, awesome news, except that I'm drafting most of the time.
Because I'm lazy, what time is it on (feel free not to answer and I'll look it up :lol ).
AussieFanKurt
10-22-2009, 11:51 PM
It is on at 8:30pm QLD time and 9:30pm NSW and VIC time on ONE i'm fairly sure.
Suchhh a good game. Havent seen for a while
lefty
10-23-2009, 09:19 AM
Damn
Spree was an amazing player
senorglory
10-23-2009, 02:18 PM
Damn
Spree was an amazing player
Crazy Good.
Crazy + Good.
baseline bum
10-23-2009, 05:21 PM
Damn
Spree was an amazing player
Damn, and the Spurs were so close to trading for him in 98. I guess I can't complain too much, seeing how Sean got a ring in 99 and the Spurs were forced to go with the youth movement that got us Tony and Manu. Still, Spree would have really leveled the playing field against LA in the early 2000s.
RuffnReadyOzStyle
10-23-2009, 07:03 PM
Yeah, Spree's game was as explosive as his personality! :lol
It is on at 8:30pm QLD time and 9:30pm NSW and VIC time on ONE i'm fairly sure.
Suchhh a good game. Havent seen for a while
Thanks. Good timing too, as I'll be done with other things by then. :)
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