CubanMustGo
06-24-2005, 01:41 AM
Now I know why this clown is in Kansas City - he obviously doesn't know jack about basketball.
Just call it a Spur-fect ending - especially for Tiny Tim
By JASON WHITLOCK
Kansas City Star
SAN ANTONIO - Someone else will have to spin the fairy tale. Maybe the writers in Texas can romanticize the San Antonio Spurs' game-seven victory over the Detroit Pistons, maybe the eyes of Texas saw a classic finish to the NBA finals.
These eyes saw the Detroit Pistons lose. These eyes saw Detroit's foul trouble bail out Tim Duncan and the Spurs.
San Antonio and Duncan get credit for perseverance, nothing else. The Spurs were in the right place at the right time when the Pistons lost their footing on the tightrope they'd been walking since losing games one and two because of a Miami Heat hangover.
The first game seven in 11 years didn't live up to the hype. San Antonio outscored Detroit 81-74 in a game in which both teams sank fewer than 43 percent of their shots and no individual dominated.
The Spurs' Tim Duncan took home his third finals MVP award, but the trophy won't look near as shiny as the two others, considering the amount of damage Duncan's image endured during this best-of-seven series.
Tiny Tim finished Thursday's game with a decent stat line - 25 points and 11 rebounds. But his final numbers don't begin to tell the story. Duncan was dominant for one short stretch. While Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess were strapped to the Detroit bench with four fouls, Duncan scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in the third quarter.
Wallace and McDyess' foul problems turned the game. The Pistons led by nine points 5 minutes into the third quarter. Once Wallace and McDyess both had picked up four fouls, Duncan exploded and the Spurs erased Detroit's advantage.
Even during Duncan's stretch of good play, Tiny Tim hit just four of 13 shots. For the game, Duncan made just 10 of 27 shots. At one point during the second and third quarters, Duncan went 14 straight minutes without scoring.
"It wasn't the greatest of games, but there was one stretch where I felt really good," Duncan said.
There were no legends born during these NBA finals. San Antonio guard Manu Ginobili is as close as we got. Manu scored 23 points Thursday night and probably deserved the MVP award.
Again, this series will be known for killing legends. Duncan won't be compared to the all-time greats for quite some time. San Antonio point guard Tony Parker looks like a weakness, again. Coach Gregg Popovich benched Parker in the game's first 3 minutes. Parker fired up an assortment of wild, terrible shots early in the game. Popovich made a huge defensive adjustment, too, removing Parker from defending Chauncey Billups.
Remember Billups, the man compared to Tom Brady and Derek Jeter on Wednesday? Thursday night Billups looked like Bill Buckner. Foul trouble sidelined Billups in the first half. In the second half, with Bruce Bowen chasing him around the court, Billups couldn't buy a basket or an easy look.
In the game's final minute and the Spurs clinging to a five-point lead, Billups curled around a screen and tried to fire a three-pointer much too early in the shot clock. Bowen blocked the shot and ended the series. Billups finished the game with 13 points on three-of-eight shooting.
Detroit's Richard Hamilton couldn't take advantage of Parker. Hamilton took bad shots all game. Rip misfired on 12 of 18 shots. Detroit's frontcourt was in foul trouble all game, and its backcourt played horribly on the most important night of the season.
San Antonio didn't win game seven. The Pistons lost it, which cemented the legacy of the 2005 NBA finals. There were two good games in a seven-game series. This was the worst finals in the history of the league.
FUCK YOU ASSHOLE. STICK TO WHATEVER IT IS YOU KNOW, CUZ IT AIN'T BASKETBALL. LOSE A LITTLE MONEY ON THE GAME, DID WE?
Just call it a Spur-fect ending - especially for Tiny Tim
By JASON WHITLOCK
Kansas City Star
SAN ANTONIO - Someone else will have to spin the fairy tale. Maybe the writers in Texas can romanticize the San Antonio Spurs' game-seven victory over the Detroit Pistons, maybe the eyes of Texas saw a classic finish to the NBA finals.
These eyes saw the Detroit Pistons lose. These eyes saw Detroit's foul trouble bail out Tim Duncan and the Spurs.
San Antonio and Duncan get credit for perseverance, nothing else. The Spurs were in the right place at the right time when the Pistons lost their footing on the tightrope they'd been walking since losing games one and two because of a Miami Heat hangover.
The first game seven in 11 years didn't live up to the hype. San Antonio outscored Detroit 81-74 in a game in which both teams sank fewer than 43 percent of their shots and no individual dominated.
The Spurs' Tim Duncan took home his third finals MVP award, but the trophy won't look near as shiny as the two others, considering the amount of damage Duncan's image endured during this best-of-seven series.
Tiny Tim finished Thursday's game with a decent stat line - 25 points and 11 rebounds. But his final numbers don't begin to tell the story. Duncan was dominant for one short stretch. While Rasheed Wallace and Antonio McDyess were strapped to the Detroit bench with four fouls, Duncan scored 12 points and grabbed six rebounds in the third quarter.
Wallace and McDyess' foul problems turned the game. The Pistons led by nine points 5 minutes into the third quarter. Once Wallace and McDyess both had picked up four fouls, Duncan exploded and the Spurs erased Detroit's advantage.
Even during Duncan's stretch of good play, Tiny Tim hit just four of 13 shots. For the game, Duncan made just 10 of 27 shots. At one point during the second and third quarters, Duncan went 14 straight minutes without scoring.
"It wasn't the greatest of games, but there was one stretch where I felt really good," Duncan said.
There were no legends born during these NBA finals. San Antonio guard Manu Ginobili is as close as we got. Manu scored 23 points Thursday night and probably deserved the MVP award.
Again, this series will be known for killing legends. Duncan won't be compared to the all-time greats for quite some time. San Antonio point guard Tony Parker looks like a weakness, again. Coach Gregg Popovich benched Parker in the game's first 3 minutes. Parker fired up an assortment of wild, terrible shots early in the game. Popovich made a huge defensive adjustment, too, removing Parker from defending Chauncey Billups.
Remember Billups, the man compared to Tom Brady and Derek Jeter on Wednesday? Thursday night Billups looked like Bill Buckner. Foul trouble sidelined Billups in the first half. In the second half, with Bruce Bowen chasing him around the court, Billups couldn't buy a basket or an easy look.
In the game's final minute and the Spurs clinging to a five-point lead, Billups curled around a screen and tried to fire a three-pointer much too early in the shot clock. Bowen blocked the shot and ended the series. Billups finished the game with 13 points on three-of-eight shooting.
Detroit's Richard Hamilton couldn't take advantage of Parker. Hamilton took bad shots all game. Rip misfired on 12 of 18 shots. Detroit's frontcourt was in foul trouble all game, and its backcourt played horribly on the most important night of the season.
San Antonio didn't win game seven. The Pistons lost it, which cemented the legacy of the 2005 NBA finals. There were two good games in a seven-game series. This was the worst finals in the history of the league.
FUCK YOU ASSHOLE. STICK TO WHATEVER IT IS YOU KNOW, CUZ IT AIN'T BASKETBALL. LOSE A LITTLE MONEY ON THE GAME, DID WE?