Signs That 2003 is Happening Again

[emveepee]

Remember when we lost Game 1 of the 1st Round to the Phoenix Suns (Starburry's miracle heave) ? We all felt down but we came out on top eventually. Expect us to lose game 1 of the WCF too!

Also, we had a Robinson on the line-up in 2003. We have one again this year. Relax guys. I'd rather have us struggle early and squeak out victories and peak late in the play-offs than follow last year's trend of dominating early before falling into a tailspin. :smokin

[T Park]

Game 1 was 03 esque, and the whole team has been (goofy turnovers, young fresh faces, blowing easy leads in the 4th quarter of games)

[Tom_Foolery]

2003 had Speedy & Manu coming off the bench for us.

2005 has Barry & Udrih coming off the bench for us.


Big difference, very big difference. Speedy & Manu saved Jax & Parker on half the games and even won some games for us as well. If I recall, Speedy & Manu were both on the court in the ending seconds as we won the championship.

I don't see that happening with Barry & Udrih.

[xcoriate]

Uhuh?

Remember that huge Phienix Game this year, the one in Phoenix with the playoff like atmosphere. We were down and a huge come back was made.

Do you remember?

Do you?

Barry and Udrih were on the floor.

[boutons]

The tough-minded, healthy, road-dominant 03 Spurs played hard in a tough game1 and got beat by a lucky, miracle shot.

The weak-minded, unhealthy, road-wimp 05 Spurs played a shitty game1, and beat themselves by not playing hard, by not being ready for the playoffs.

Big difference.

Splitting @SBC is a disaster for these Spurs, against these Nuggets.

Why weren't the Spurs prepared, focused Sunday night to avoid disaster?

[whottt]

Why weren't the Spurs prepared, focused Sunday night to avoid disaster?



http://espn.go.com/media/nba/2003/1229/photo/a_popovich_vt.jpg

[gospursgojas]

Yeah they just couldnt hit thier shots....that wont happen again.

[boutons]

"they just couldnt hit thier shots"

BS. 17 straight missed shots, 17 TOs, in Game1 is not being focused, not prepared to play. That's mid-January shit, not mid-April playoffs.

[Tek_XX]

Worlds of difference between 03 & 05 in terms of confidence and chemistry. Did anyone believe we would lose to phoneix that year, they won on a lucky shot. If we don't show up today we could be gone.

[Mr. Body]

This Denver team would wipe out that Phoenix team. That San Antonio team would likely beat both of them and this San Antonio team pretty handily.

[emveepee]

It all depends on the 2-time MVP. In game 1 , he was 60% w/c translates to a modest 18 and 11. If he is at 80-85 % , we should be fine and by game 3 , we expect him to be 90 up % for saturdays showdown in Colorado.