If the Spurs lose on Thursday, where does Game 6's chokejob surpass...

[DeadlyDynasty]

2011 Rangers (Game 6 double-meltdown), and/or Jean van de Velde's British Open triple-bogey on 18?

[HarlemHeat37]

I don't believe a choke can rank on a high tier when the team that choked is the heavy underdog in the series, tbh..

[midnightpulp]

Not even close to the Rangers. I'm not a Ranger fan and even I felt heartbroken.

Or this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Norwood

Or the Bartman game against the Marlins.

[midnightpulp]

:lol And all I ask for before the game was the Spurs don't lose this shit on a missed FT.

Fuck me.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I don't believe a choke can rank on a high tier when the team that choked is the heavy underdog in the series, tbh..
When you're 20 seconds away from a title with 5-pt lead--and the league has roped off the sidelines to give you the LOB--then yeah, it's a pretty epic choke regardless of what the Vegas #'s were

[DeadlyDynasty]

I mean the goddamn platform was being brought out right in front of them...

[irishock]

What about the Miami security guards trying to rattle Tim Duncan's inbound pass? :lol he might've put the ball in Parker's hands instead and it'd be a 4 pt lead.

[midnightpulp]

When you're 20 seconds away from a title with 5-pt lead--and the league has roped off the sidelines to give you the LOB--then yeah, it's a pretty epic choke regardless of what the Vegas #'s were

Yeah, it was pretty fuckin' bad.

Baseball probably still has the biggest all-time chokes, though. Redsox in '86. Redsox storming back from 0-3 against the Yankees. The Cubs meltdown in the Bartman game was probably the most painful choke job/meltdown of the 21st century, considering how star-crossed the Cubs' franchise is.

Patriots, who are funny enough always compared to the Spurs, have 18-1 and Welker's dropped catch.

Us Spurs fans have been extremely lucky in this regard. .4 and the Manu foul weren't necessarily chokes, since the Spurs came back from 18-20 point deficits in each game. So I guess we were due to get our ripped out.

[DeadlyDynasty]

I still think 2011 Rangers was worse, but I'll have to let this one marinade for awhile if Miami wins on Thursday. The "we'll never get this close again" factor might eventually put them over the Rangers

[jeebus]

Spurs choked at the line. This was their game and they chucked it in the shitter. lol Manu

[Jacob1983]

Probably top 100 but not in the top ten or 20. Bartman, 2006 Mavs, 2011 Rangers, 2004 Yankees, 2002 Kings, St. Louis Blues, Buffalo Bills, 2010 Boston Bruins, etc... were much worse than this.

[irishock]

2009 Detroit Tigers.. game 163 deserves a mention tbh

We weren't beating the Yankees that year, but still

[DJ Mbenga]

this was rangers like, but the thing about baseball, its so fucking harder to score, in the nba scoring happens all the time.

[baseline bum]

Holy fuck, this is how Red Sox fan must have felt with the Buckner play. Well, with the Buckner play and then Kevin Mitchell raping their sister.

[Rogue]

how about the 08' game 6? When there's such a discussion started, Laker fans always tend to forget about themselves imho

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Getting an out in baseball is harder than making a free throw in basketball, so I'm inclined to say the Spurs if they lose game 7.

[midnightpulp]

I still think 2011 Rangers was worse, but I'll have to let this one marinade for awhile if Miami wins on Thursday. The "we'll never get this close again" factor might eventually put them over the Rangers

Yeah, but at least the Spurs got 4, so that offers some solace. Actually, a lot of solace. As the saying goes, "Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes it gets you." Spurs got it in '05 with similar heroics in game 5 vs. Detroit, and they got "got" tonight.

But man, couldn't imagine the devastation for some fans if this was the Spurs first chance at the title.

[baseline bum]

That's honestly the most crushing defeat I have ever seen in NBA history, and I have been watching since before Magic seroconverted.

[TrainOfThought5]

Probably top 100 but not in the top ten or 20. Bartman, 2006 Mavs, 2011 Rangers, 2004 Yankees, 2002 Kings, St. Louis Blues, Buffalo Bills, 2010 Boston Bruins, etc... were much worse than this.

the fact that this list doesnt have the 07 Cowboys... or the other when we lost to he giants. nah. this was admirable effort from a resurgent timand an underdog group of old/ragtag castoffs.

fuck Manu tho.

[Jacob1983]

This is probably the worst lost for Spurs' fans. It was their 2006 NBA Finals game 3 and they blew it just like the Mavs and it was against the shitty Heat.

[AchillesHeel]

worst choke in NBA history. You're up 10 to start the 4th, you give that lead up, you come back up 5 and there's 30 seconds to go and people are preparing to bring the trophy out, you give up a 3 after giving up an offensive rebound, miss a FT and give up another 3 after giving up another offensive rebound, there's nothing worse than this.

[pongo]

2007 suns weren't a choke, but I think that'd be worse than losing it on free throws. To have the refs pretty much take a title from you had to have been devastating. Worked out well for us, though.