View Full Version : Heat: Biggest chokes I can remember in the playoffs, 1 game only.
Ghazi
05-15-2015, 01:42 PM
2015 Rockets @ Clippers Game 6- Clippers offense bogs down as veteran reserves tie series 3-3.
2013 Spurs @ Heat Game 6- we all remember this
2011 Mavs @ Heat Game 2- lest we forget, Heat had a 91-76 lead with less than 10 minutes left with a chance at a 2-0 lead, lost this game and went on to lose the series.
2006 Heat @ Mavs Game 3- 89-76 with less than 7 minutes left with a chance to go up 3-0, Mavs become inept and Wades brilliance makes it 2-1
2002 Kings @ Lakers Game 6
Ghazi
05-15-2015, 01:45 PM
I should also include the 2008 Game 4 Celtics @ Lakers... Lakers squander a 24 point lead and a chance to tie the series with Game 5 @ Staples. Eddie House, Posey clutch.. as well as Pierce and Allen. brilliant comeback, epic choke. Prevented Lakers from a chance at a 3-peat.
Clipper Nation
05-15-2015, 01:51 PM
2014 Clippers/OKC Game 5: Choke Paul does it again. Wasting the shot clock, turning it over, and trying to flop and trick the refs down the stretch instead of just playing basketball.
2006 Clippers/Suns Game 5: One of the worst examples of overcoaching I've ever seen. Even Poop was probably cringing while sniffing his wine when Dumbleavy brought in an ice-cold Daniel Ewing to guard Raja Bell in the clutch instead of trusting Cat Mobley. And this was after Dumb threw away Game 3 by inexplicably having Cassell ride the pine during the 4th.
Darth_Pelican
05-15-2015, 01:54 PM
This year's Pelicans-Warriors Game 3. The Warriors were 0-354 in franchise history when trailing by 20+ points going into the 4th Quarter. It worked out for the best for the Pelicans though, because this game may have been the deciding factor to fire Monty Williams.
TampaDude
05-15-2015, 01:54 PM
2002 Kings @ Lakers Game 6
That one doesn't really count. That game was fucking rigged and everyone knows it.
2013 WCSF Game 1: Spurs had trailed by 16 with 3:57 left in regulation, by five early in the first overtime, and then by one with 3.4 seconds left in the second overtime. They fought back repeatedly, retaking the lead for good on Ginobili's 3 from the left wing.
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Still one of my favorite playoff games.
Mugen
05-15-2015, 02:07 PM
-Kirby & Co. choking away a 3-1 lead in 2006.
-Kirby choking Game 2 against OKC in 2012 and then blaming Steve Blake for losing that game :lol
smaka
05-15-2015, 02:53 PM
2013 WCSF Game 1: Spurs had trailed by 16 with 3:57 left in regulation, by five early in the first overtime, and then by one with 3.4 seconds left in the second overtime. They fought back repeatedly, retaking the lead for good on Ginobili's 3 from the left wing.
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Still one of my favorite playoff games.
That Manu rainbow 3 though... :toast
Seventyniner
05-15-2015, 02:58 PM
2000 Lakers vs Blazers game 7 has to be on this list.
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 03:01 PM
2008 WCF Game 1 when the Spurs blew a 20 point lead halfway through the third quarter in Staples Center. I'm still mad as fuck at Pop for leaving Udoka guarding Bryant so long when Bowen had completely shut him down until that point. Udoka and Ginobili on Kobe was a nightmare.
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Infinite_limit
05-15-2015, 03:02 PM
2015
Bulls blowing 2-1 lead losing 3 straight
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 03:09 PM
The Lakers blowing Game 5 of the 86 WCF to lose 4-1 has to be up there. In Game 5 Mitch Kupchack baited Olajuwon into a fight and got him thrown out and the Lakers still blew the game and series at home.
TheSanityAnnex
05-15-2015, 03:12 PM
2002 Kings @ Lakers Game 6:lol I think you meant game 7 as 6 was the biggest rig I've witnessed in the NBA
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 03:13 PM
Of course 1999 WCF Game 2 when the Trailblazers choked away an 18 point lead to the Spurs. They led that game for 47:51 of the 48 minutes. :lol
Mitch
05-15-2015, 03:15 PM
The Lakers blowing Game 5 of the 86 WCF to lose 4-1 has to be up there. In Game 5 Mitch Kupchack baited Olajuwon into a fight and got him thrown out and the Lakers still blew the game and series at home.
One of my biggest regrets was not stomping on that clown's windpipe while he was down.
Sean Cagney
05-15-2015, 03:16 PM
I should also include the 2008 Game 4 Celtics @ Lakers... Lakers squander a 24 point lead and a chance to tie the series with Game 5 @ Staples. Eddie House, Posey clutch.. as well as Pierce and Allen. brilliant comeback, epic choke. Prevented Lakers from a chance at a 3-peat.
That game was crazy!
Portland in 2000 has to rank up there all times, can't forget that one.
Warriors up about 14 or so (More than that most of the game) mid to late 4th over the Spurs in 2013 game one and blow that lead and go on to lose the series. If they win that game the Spurs don't go to the finals that year.
Of course 1999 WCF Game 2 when the Trailblazers choked away an 18 point lead to the Spurs. They led that game for 47:51 of the 48 minutes. :lolYeah they were killing it man, a year later they repeat and blow a huge lead against LA in the 4th Q.
Boston with the biggest comeback (At the time) in playoff history over the Nets in 2003 is one I won't forget. I think it was game 4 or 5 but man they blew a HUGE lead that game.
2015
Bulls blowing 2-1 lead losing 3 straight
That is stuff only Bulls fans will care about or remember, sides 2-1 is hardly in control of a series with two more wins left to get.
He said game though right? Not a series :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO4caOwS6jI&app=desktop
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 03:17 PM
Knicks choking a six point lead with 18.7 seconds has to be up there
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:lol Starks
:lmao Ewing
How is Ewing not remembered as one of the all-time great choke artists?
Sean Cagney
05-15-2015, 03:21 PM
Knicks choking a six point lead with 18.7 seconds has to be up there
xHFqBRLNZXU
:lol Starks
:lmao Ewing
How is Ewing not remembered as one of the all-time great choke artists?
Ewing is known for that man, great player but he is widely known as a choker and ringless.
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 03:24 PM
It's funny, two of the biggest chokes I can remember were by teams who still won the title that year. E.g., Dallas blowing a 23 point lead to Portland in the first round in 2011 and the Spurs blowing a 15 point or so lead in Game 5 of the 2003 WCF at home.
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 03:26 PM
Nick Anderson's four missed free throws and his Magic blowing like an 18 point 3rd quarter lead in Game 1 of the 1995 Finals has to be up there too.
Jodelo
05-15-2015, 03:30 PM
Mavs vs Blazers Game 4 in 2011.
Thebesteva
05-15-2015, 03:47 PM
-Kirby & Co. choking away a 3-1 lead in 2006.
-Kirby choking Game 2 against OKC in 2012 and then blaming Steve Blake for losing that game :lol
Nah, that PHX teams was light years ahead of Lakers at the time and we had no business being up 3-1. It was clearly coasting on the part of the Suns
Venti Quattro
05-15-2015, 04:21 PM
Lakers blowing game 1 of the Semifinal series in 2011. They led by double digits in the third and lost the game. Well they got swept
timtonymanu
05-15-2015, 04:27 PM
Roy's Game 4 comeback against Dallas. I was always a big Brandon Roy fan and it was great seeing him turn back the clock to beat Dallas. That was the last memorable performance he had in his career.
timtonymanu
05-15-2015, 04:29 PM
Lakers blowing game 1 of the Semifinal series in 2011. They led by double digits in the third and lost the game. Well they got swept
That was the Corey Brewer game, wasn't it? :lol
hitmanyr2k
05-15-2015, 04:32 PM
The Blazers blowing a 15 point 4th qtr lead to Pippen and the bench in Game 6 of the '92 Finals.
Venti Quattro
05-15-2015, 04:54 PM
Boston blowing a 13 point lead in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals. They had the Lakers on the ropes and I also just gave up on the game. Thankfully the Lakers didn't.
2015 Rockets @ Clippers Game 6- Clippers offense bogs down as veteran reserves tie series 3-3.
2013 Spurs @ Heat Game 6- we all remember this
2011 Mavs @ Heat Game 2- lest we forget, Heat had a 91-76 lead with less than 10 minutes left with a chance at a 2-0 lead, lost this game and went on to lose the series.
2006 Heat @ Mavs Game 3- 89-76 with less than 7 minutes left with a chance to go up 3-0, Mavs become inept and Wades brilliance makes it 2-1
2002 Kings @ Lakers Game 6
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2013 GSW @ Spurs game 1, GSW up 16 with 5 minutes left in the game and would go on to lose the game in double OT
Caltex2
05-15-2015, 05:26 PM
2015 Rockets @ Clippers Game 6- Clippers offense bogs down as veteran reserves tie series 3-3.
2013 Spurs @ Heat Game 6- we all remember this
2011 Mavs @ Heat Game 2- lest we forget, Heat had a 91-76 lead with less than 10 minutes left with a chance at a 2-0 lead, lost this game and went on to lose the series.
2006 Heat @ Mavs Game 3- 89-76 with less than 7 minutes left with a chance to go up 3-0, Mavs become inept and Wades brilliance makes it 2-1
2002 Kings @ Lakers Game 6
You should know full well Mavs fan about 2005 Mavs-Rockets Game 3 in the fourth quarter. If the Rockets win that, it's likely a sweep.
And how is Kings-Lakers a choke? More like Soviet Union-US 1972 screw job.
Venti Quattro
05-15-2015, 05:44 PM
Ah, the Horry shot in 2002... How could we forget that. The Lakers start the first 12 minutes of play down 40-20 to the Kings, and they somehow found a way to win that game.
They win that and the Kings are champions of the 2001/02 season.
Steve Kerr was a killer on that championship run. He made ice cold shots that usually losers miss and he swished them.
Stever Kerr once again, was a killer and people completely ignore he has..5 Championships.
djohn2oo8
05-15-2015, 05:51 PM
Ah, the Horry shot in 2002... How could we forget that. The Lakers start the first 12 minutes of play down 40-20 to the Kings, and they somehow found a way to win that game.
They win that and the Kings are champions of the 2001/02 season.
Yeah that team was fun to watch. The ball movement was insane, then you had Prime Peja, Turgolu, Bibby, Webber, etc.
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 07:01 PM
The Blazers blowing a 15 point 4th qtr lead to Pippen and the bench in Game 6 of the '92 Finals.
:lol losing a title to Bobby Hansen
Venti Quattro
05-15-2015, 07:16 PM
Kobe's airballs against Utah were pretty bad for a single-game choke too. And for their playoff campaign as well.
D-Wade
05-15-2015, 07:44 PM
The Grizz collapse against the Clips a few years ago was interesting. Not that the Clips did anything with it, but at least we can find one moment where the shoe was on the other foot. Swaggy P playing the Josh Smith role. :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avJmMXkRDJc
baseline bum
05-15-2015, 07:50 PM
Surprised no has brought up the Clippers blowing a 24 point lead to the Spurs in Game 3 of the second round in 2012.
lefty
05-15-2015, 08:57 PM
What about the Nets vs Boston in 2002 ?
100%duncan
05-15-2015, 09:57 PM
Surprised no has brought up the Clippers blowing a 24 point lead to the Spurs in Game 3 of the second round in 2012.
That shit was funny. They scored like 26 straigt points :lol
Splits
05-15-2015, 10:04 PM
That shit was funny. They scored like 26 straigt points :lol
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davethedope
05-15-2015, 10:07 PM
there's one currently in progress
100%duncan
05-15-2015, 10:15 PM
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Thanks :lol I remember them being down 20 plus and not worrying, I was actually not surprised they came back. Clips were so overmatched that year :lol
Venti Quattro
05-15-2015, 10:21 PM
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:lmao getting outscored 53-17
Thread
05-15-2015, 10:29 PM
Thanks :lol I remember them being down 20 plus and not worrying, I was actually not surprised they came back.
My ass. You were shittin' your pants like a Christmas goose, %.
100%duncan
05-15-2015, 10:32 PM
My ass. You were shittin' your pants like a Christmas goose, %.
Nope. You can't have it both ways. Go that path and I'm gonna say that you were mad stern vetoed the trade.
Thread
05-15-2015, 10:35 PM
Nope. You can't have it both ways. Go that path and I'm gonna say that you were mad stern vetoed the trade.
I said it & I'm standin' by it:::Christmas---fuckin'---goose.
100%duncan
05-15-2015, 10:37 PM
I said it & I'm standin' by it:::Christmas---fuckin'---goose.
Then you were mad that Stern vetoed the trade. Who knows how many titles you're light?
Ha, ha.
Thread
05-15-2015, 11:03 PM
Then you were mad that Stern vetoed the trade. Who knows how many titles you're light?
Ha, ha.
You have no fuckin' restraint, %. None. You can never take it without lashing out like a 5-year-old.
100%duncan
05-15-2015, 11:04 PM
You have no fuckin' restraint, %. None. You can never take it without lashing out like a 5-year-old.
You can dish it but never could take it. Christ!
KaiRMD1
05-16-2015, 12:28 AM
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The highlight was the shot of Parker, Duncan & Pop chillin on the bench without a care in the world, down 20. Fn priceless
KaiRMD1
05-16-2015, 12:33 AM
The OKC - Clippers game 4 last year should be up there also
Dred Scott vs Sandford.. 7 to fucking 2
elmanutres
05-16-2015, 12:47 AM
doesn't seem to count but honorable mention. i remember during game 7 mario chalmers missed 2 straight freethrows. the score was 88-90 heat lead with 1 minute 30 secs to go and chalmers coudlve made it a 4 point game. What ended up happening was that the heat failed to score afterwards and the spurs had a 2 pt deficit with 1 min to go. But afterwards duncan fucked up that layup and slammed the floor. Had duncan made that layup and had they won the game chalmers would've been the most hated man in miami history. He was lucky the spurs fucked up harder than him. I never noticed this until i saw the game again after we won 2014.
freethrows at 28:20
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x123acv_nba-finals-2013-game-7-spurs-vs-heat-part-4_sport
Yeah not really. Kawhi missed a ring winner and wasn't hated. Manu became the Heat ball boy for most of the 4th and OT and wasn't hated.
Thread
05-16-2015, 03:59 AM
That 1 game where they were selling Spurs Title gear on the television.
Clipper Nation
05-16-2015, 10:53 AM
Surprised no has brought up the Clippers blowing a 24 point lead to the Spurs in Game 3 of the second round in 2012.
Ehh, in a vacuum, that was a pretty bad choke, but we got swept, were injured from the previous series with far less rest before Game 1, and didn't even stand a chance against the Spurs even if 100% healthy and well-rested. The surprise was that we ever had a 24-point lead to begin with, not that we blew it.
Caltex2
05-16-2015, 11:44 AM
Ah, the Horry shot in 2002... How could we forget that. The Lakers start the first 12 minutes of play down 40-20 to the Kings, and they somehow found a way to win that game.
They win that and the Kings are champions of the 2001/02 season.
The officiating in that game was just as bad as Game 6 and there is a documentary on it (at least one), not that you wanna hear that.
That 1 game where they were selling Spurs Title gear on the television.
You mean in 2014? I remember that. It was after we destroyed Miami.
Thread
05-16-2015, 11:58 AM
You mean in 2014? I remember that. It was after we destroyed Miami.
Read the title, D. You fucked up.
Ghazi
05-16-2015, 12:03 PM
honorable mention? 2003 Spurs @ Mavs Game 6 when Kerr went crazy? Mavs had a 13 point lead entering 4th Q, but no Dirk for rest of series. so it was bleak anyway. imo.
Venti Quattro
05-17-2015, 12:53 AM
How about the Sharks blowing a 3-0 series lead?
:lmao Blizzardwizard
Blizzardwizard
05-17-2015, 08:04 AM
How about the Sharks blowing a 3-0 series lead?
:lmao Blizzardwizard (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=42696)
Kangs not even making the playoffs :lol
Biggest choke in NHL history :lol
Lolsenal biggest chokers in EPL history :lol
Venti Quattro
05-17-2015, 08:57 AM
Lolsenal biggest chokers in EPL history :lol
:lmao Wigan
:lol Relegated twice in three years
Blizzardwizard
05-17-2015, 09:28 AM
:lmao Wigan
:lol Relegated twice in three years
Still fucked Arsenal. :lol
2-0 after 80 minutes lose 3-2. :lol
Lolsenal :lol
chokers :lol
Clipper Nation
05-17-2015, 11:55 AM
Kangs not even making the playoffs :lol
Biggest choke in NHL history :lol
Lolsenal biggest chokers in EPL history :lol
Sharts: only team in California without a Cup OR a Stadium Series win.
:lol "Best hockey in Cali"
:lol Pretending that a fluke down season for the Kangs is a bigger choke than blowing a 3-0 series lead
:lol #ItWas3-0
:lol Literally hanging Regular Season Champions banners
:lol Next up will be WNBA-style Attendance Champions banners
:lol Choke Thornton
:lol Gagtrick Marchoke
:lol Chokemas Hertl
:lol Socialism
:lol Gagtti Niemi
:lol Choke Pavelski
:lol Chokin' Choketure
:lol Choke-Édouard Gagsic
:lol Blowen Noring
Blizzardwizard
05-17-2015, 12:00 PM
Sharts: only team in California without a Cup OR a Stadium Series win.
:lol "Best hockey in Cali"
:lol Pretending that a fluke down season for the Kangs is a bigger choke than blowing a 3-0 series lead
:lol #ItWas3-0
:lol Literally hanging Regular Season Champions banners
:lol Next up will be WNBA-style Attendance Champions banners
:lol Choke Thornton
:lol Gagtrick Marchoke
:lol Chokemas Hertl
:lol Socialism
:lol Gagtti Niemi
:lol Choke Pavelski
:lol Chokin' Choketure
:lol Choke-Édouard Gagsic
:lol Blowen Chokelan
Good good, let the Banner Night anguish flow through you.
Clipper Nation
05-17-2015, 12:03 PM
http://i.imgur.com/8c9Impz.jpg
:lmao Sharts
Clipper Nation
05-17-2015, 12:06 PM
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:lol The words that initiated The Choke
AlexJones
05-18-2015, 08:06 AM
Nobody mentioned Orlando-Boston 2010? Unbelievable how the Magic lost that series with homecourt and were on this crazy 20 game winning streak dating back to the reg season.. Don't think anyone saw them losing
How about poverty ball when that stadium fell and all those people living under it died.
Mugen
05-18-2015, 08:22 AM
:lol Sharks, f'n ashamed to call them a California team tbh
The Clippers of NorCal...
I should also include the 2008 Game 4 Celtics @ Lakers... Lakers squander a 24 point lead and a chance to tie the series with Game 5 @ Staples. Eddie House, Posey clutch.. as well as Pierce and Allen. brilliant comeback, epic choke. Prevented Lakers from a chance at a 3-peat.
The Lakers won back-to-back rings after 2008, tbh.
Sean Cagney
05-18-2015, 01:29 PM
Nick Anderson's four missed free throws and his Magic blowing like an 18 point 3rd quarter lead in Game 1 of the 1995 Finals has to be up there too.
Watched that a little while back, he was excited when he got the rebound after the 2nd missed FT and a chance to redeem himself and nearly ice the game, then proceeds to miss two more. RIP to his career then, his FT% after that was awful and effected him mentally for a long time.
baseline bum
05-18-2015, 01:46 PM
Watched that a little while back, he was excited when he got the rebound after the 2nd missed FT and a chance to redeem himself and nearly ice the game, then proceeds to miss two more. RIP to his career then, his FT% after that was awful and effected him mentally for a long time.
Really? I always remembered Anderson looking scared as shit when he got that rebound.
Sean Cagney
05-18-2015, 03:14 PM
Really? I always remembered Anderson looking scared as shit when he got that rebound.
I had it somewhere on a youtube video, he might have been but I am sure a sigh of relief came over him when he missed two and then had a shot again to redeem himself and ice the game, THEN he BLOWS IT again! I know that must have been devistating.
baseline bum
05-18-2015, 03:27 PM
Too fucking bad Manu committed that retarded foul on Nowitzki in Game 7. People forget how badly Dallas choked in that game, they were up 20 in the third quarter and then by the last 30 seconds of regulation Ginobili hit a three to put the Spurs up 103-100 or something like that. Guess the Game 3 Finals choke in Miami shouldn't have been such a surprise after seeing them come so close to blowing Game 7.
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