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05-08-2010, 01:35 PM
San Antonio Spurs 96, Phoenix Suns 110: A Dragic death from 15 feet
by Jesse Blanchard
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AT&T CENTER–The night belonged to Goran Dragic, but the story of his momentous fourth quarter (http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-100507/daily-dime) started long before he hit his first three-pointer. It began in the first half when working with an 18-point lead, the San Antonio Spurs needed only 15 feet of rope to hang themselves.
Mirroring Game 2 (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/05/05/san-antonio-spurs-102-los-phoenix-suns-110-reversing-the-curse-by-reversing-roles/), the San Antonio Spurs gave a dominant first quarter performance that they failed to sustain. The moment Manu Ginobili’s step back jumper ended the first half to give the Spurs a fragile six-point lead instead of the large double-digit advantage they once held, the game was over.
From that point on, there were any number of inevitable story lines the Phoenix Suns could have written in taking a commanding 3-0 lead in the series, Dragic was merely the vessel through which they were carried out.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/05/08/san-antonio-spurs-96-phoenix-suns-110-a-dragic-death-from-15-feet/#more-8148)
by Jesse Blanchard
http://www.nba.com/spurs/photos/100508_120.jpg
AT&T CENTER–The night belonged to Goran Dragic, but the story of his momentous fourth quarter (http://espn.go.com/nba/dailydime/_/page/dime-100507/daily-dime) started long before he hit his first three-pointer. It began in the first half when working with an 18-point lead, the San Antonio Spurs needed only 15 feet of rope to hang themselves.
Mirroring Game 2 (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/05/05/san-antonio-spurs-102-los-phoenix-suns-110-reversing-the-curse-by-reversing-roles/), the San Antonio Spurs gave a dominant first quarter performance that they failed to sustain. The moment Manu Ginobili’s step back jumper ended the first half to give the Spurs a fragile six-point lead instead of the large double-digit advantage they once held, the game was over.
From that point on, there were any number of inevitable story lines the Phoenix Suns could have written in taking a commanding 3-0 lead in the series, Dragic was merely the vessel through which they were carried out.
Keep reading → (http://www.48minutesofhell.com/2010/05/08/san-antonio-spurs-96-phoenix-suns-110-a-dragic-death-from-15-feet/#more-8148)