Kawhitstorm
02-17-2016, 02:18 PM
The Spurs could have easily won that series if there was anyone on the team besides Tim that could make a shot in the 4th quarter. It was similar to the 2006 Spurs/Mavs series in how every game was basically decided in the final 2 minutes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_NBA_Playoffs#.282.29_San_Antonio_Spurs_vs._.2 83.29_Los_Angeles_Lakers
Steve Smith was absolutely fuckin' useless & Admiral was out for the majority of the series (Mark fuckin' Bryant was the starting center:lol).
***I'm going to summarize each game in detail b/c there were so many things that went wrong for the Spurs in the 4th quarter of EACH game (even the lone victory they squeaked out)***
Background: After getting demolished by the Lakers in the 2001 WCF, Pop acquired Bowen & traded Derek Anderson for Steve Smith. Avery was let go & Antonio Daniels was supposed to be the starting PG but Porker took his job with the first month. The Spurs eventually finish the season as the 2nd seed behind the Kings.
Tim had demolished the #7 seed Sonics in the 1st rd (http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2002-nba-western-conference-first-round-supersonics-vs-spurs.html) & put up Hakeem like numbers (26/11/5/6; FG: 50%; FT: 89%) in a 5 game series (he missed Gm 4 to attend his father funeral). Rookie Porker played the role of wingman by burning Gary Payton (who was at the tail end of his prime) for 17pt on 50% shooting. (Admiral only played in deciding Gm 5 & he only made a 7 minutes cameo appearance)
In the 2nd rd, the Spurs faced the #3 seed Lakers(who had swept the Blazers) but didn't have homecourt (lost H2H: 1-3):downspin:
-Gm 1: Mark Bryant started at center against PRIME Shaq but the 1st quarter end up being a defensive struggle & the Spurs go into intermission with a 38-32 lead dominating at STAPLES helped by Tim's flurry to end the 2nd quarter. The Lakers make a run in the 3rd quarter to tie the score but the Spurs end the quarter with a 4 point lead. At the 9 minute mark in the 4th quarter the Spurs still have a 4 point lead & Pop decides to rest Tim then all hell break loose. Shaq immediately score 6 points in a one minute stretch to give the Lakers a 1 point lead which is when Tim checks back into the game. Then both team exchange baskets & the lead all the way until the 1 minute mark when Shaq answers Malik Rose' basket to put the Lakers up 3. Bowen misses a 3 & Kobe score on the other end to put the Lakers up 5 with 24 seconds left in the game. Steve Smith gets blocked by Fox shooting a 3 but gets the ball back & missed again making it his third consecutive missed 3 of the 4th quarter. Shaq dominated the 4th quarter by scoring 13 points including hitting clutch FTs while the Lakers doubled Tim w/ Shaq (at time triple teams w/ Fisher digging in for the ball) & dared Malik Rose to beat them (Malik went 4-14:bang).
Gm 2: Mark Bryant starts at center yet again & the Spurs go into intermission with a 16 point lead at STAPLES thanks to Antonio Daniels balling out in the 2nd quarter & badly outplaying Kirby.:lol The Lakers try to make a run in the 3rd quarter led by Kirby/Snack & cut the lead to 4 at the 6 minute mark but Tim/Porker hold them off before the Lakers went on an 8-0 run to close the 3rd quarter, cutting the lead down to 8. At the 6 minute mark of the 4th quarter the Spurs have an 11 point lead after a Tim free-throw then the Lakers decided to triple team Tim & suffocate him meanwhile Shaq/Kirby/Fisher go on a run to cut the lead down to 1 with under 2 minutes left in the game. The Lakers double Tim & he finds Rose for a layup to give the Spurs a 3 point cushion. Shaq/Kirby miss shots but a loose ball foul gets called on Porker & Fisher hit one to cut the lead to 2 with 28 seconds left in the game. Shaq strips Tim with 8 seconds left in the game & Kirby get the ball with a chance to tie the game but he's called for traveling with 1 second left in the game.:lol (Tim had 10 turnover in that game flustered by the double/triple teams) The series is now tied 1-1 going to the Alamodome.
Gm 3: Admiral makes his series debut & the Spurs finish the 1st quarter with a 4 point lead thanks to Porker's 12 early pts. In the 2nd quarter Kirby starts chucking away & scores 12 pt on 13 shots:lol & the Lakers go into intermission with a 1 point lead at the Alamodome. In the 3rd quarter, things go south for the after Tim gives the Spurs a one point lead at the 8 minute mark. Shaq isn't bothering to guard Admiral who misses a put back shot & a wide open baseline shot eventually he picks up two fouls on one play ending his 3rd quarter at the 7 minute mark. Rose checks in & Shaq bulldozes him for 10 consecutive points while the Spurs exchange shots with him. Fisher scores the last 5 points for the Lakers & they end the 4th quarter with a 3 point lead. Shaq/Admiral check into the game early in the 4th quarter with the Lakers up 5 & Tim/Admrial combine for 6 to put the Spurs up 1 at the 8 minute mark. Then there is a scoring drought by both teams until the 5 minute mark before Kirby makes a layup to put the Lakers up 3. The Lakers then triple team Tim & there is a jump ball between Fisher/Tim. Tim ends up winning the tip but he gets triple teamed again & turns the ball over. Kirby hits a shot to put the Lakers up 6 with under 3 minutes left in the game then Admiral gets fouled by Shaq sending him to the foul line......& he missed BOTH FTs.:bang Horry score on the other end at the 2 minute mark to put the Lakers up 8 & the game was essentially over. (Admiral fouled out in 22 minutes:rolleyes & Kirby scored 31 on 31 shots :lol)
Gm 4: The Spurs backs are against the wall but they are playing on their home turf. The game starts with Tim/Tony/Admiral exchanging shots with Horry/Fisher/Shaq with Horry scoring 8 quick points to put the Lakers up 6 at the midway point of the 1st quarter but the Lakers go on a 4 minutes scoring drought & the Spurs take a 2 point lead at the 2 minute mark courtesy of an Admiral layup. The 1st quarter end in a tie with Horry/Admiral scoring 8 points each while Kirby only has 2pts. Both team score only 6 pts each in the first 5 minute of the 2nd quarter before Shaq/Tim start exchanging shot at the 7 minute mark & the Spurs have a 5 pt lead at the 3 minute mark thanks to Kirby shooting brick during the Shaq/Tim duel. The teams go into intermission with the Spurs up 4. The Spurs start the 3rd with a flurry to take a 9 point lead. Kirby/Snack try to cut the lead but the Spurs keep them at bay & finish the quarter with an 8 point lead after Snack commits a flagrant foul on Antonio Daniels. Aside a Rose basket to put the Spurs up 10, neither team could score in the first 3 minutes of the 4th quarter. The Spurs still had a 10 pt lead at the 6 minute mark of the 4th quarter after Tim hit 2 FTs. Starting at the 5 minutes mark the Lakers started triple teamming Tim & Porker startered unraveling, within 50 seconds the lead is cut to 5. The Lakers then dared Ferry to hit a shot which results in two bricks on consecutive possession thus the Spurs were unable to quell the Lakers run. Kirby hits a 3 to cut the lead to 2 after faggot ass Antonio Daniels leaves him WIDE open to freelance (got him immediately benched) which was when Tim decided he was going to take matters into his own hand. He gets fouled while forcing a shot & hits one FT then Kirby hit another 3 to tie the game at the 2 minute mark.
The Spurs finish the game without scoring in the final 2 minutes:
-Admiral bricks a wide open baseline shot after Tim kicks it out to him when Shaq doubled:bang
-Bowen bricks a desperation 2 pointer after Tim steals the ball:bang
-Tim gets pissed at his teammates & tries to force a shot resulting in an offensive foul
-Tim is guarding Horry who misses a 3 but faggot ass Admiral is boxing out Fox instead of Shaq (Ferry was on him:lol) who gets the offensive rebound with 29 seconds remaining in a tie game
-After milking the clock Kirby dribbled the ball off his feet & almost commits a backcourt violation:lol but Fisher saved the ball & took a desperation jumper with 7 seconds remaining.
-During the scramble Porker was switched onto Kirby but his faggot ass turns his back when Fisher put up the shot instead of putting a body on Kirby who swoops toward the rim unheeded & gets the offensive rebound for a put back which ended up being the game winner.
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Conclusion: Porker has ALWAYS been a front-running/choking ass faggot & ALWAYS seemingly shows his true colors when the game is on the line (Fuck outa here with those LUCKY/DESPERATION baskets against the Heat in the 2013 Finals: banking in a shot after falling on his knees:lol, stepback 3:lol). The biggest shot of his career is scoring on a fastbreak against Chalmers.:lol
Fuck Gm 5 other than the fact Tim had 34/25/4 & averaged 29/17/5 vs. Prime Snack (21/12/3) (Kirby didn't have to play defense b/c he hiding on Bruce Bowen but that all changed when Jack/Manu arrived in 2002-03....the Spurs would have beaten the Lakers in '02 if Tim had Manu/Jack/Speedy & we would have seen an epic Kings/Spurs series:bang)
Steve Smith was absolutely fuckin' useless & Admiral was out for the majority of the series (Mark fuckin' Bryant was the starting center:lol).
***I'm going to summarize each game in detail b/c there were so many things that went wrong for the Spurs in the 4th quarter of EACH game (even the lone victory they squeaked out)***
Background: After getting demolished by the Lakers in the 2001 WCF, Pop acquired Bowen & traded Derek Anderson for Steve Smith. Avery was let go & Antonio Daniels was supposed to be the starting PG but Porker took his job with the first month. The Spurs eventually finish the season as the 2nd seed behind the Kings.
Tim had demolished the #7 seed Sonics in the 1st rd (http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2002-nba-western-conference-first-round-supersonics-vs-spurs.html) & put up Hakeem like numbers (26/11/5/6; FG: 50%; FT: 89%) in a 5 game series (he missed Gm 4 to attend his father funeral). Rookie Porker played the role of wingman by burning Gary Payton (who was at the tail end of his prime) for 17pt on 50% shooting. (Admiral only played in deciding Gm 5 & he only made a 7 minutes cameo appearance)
In the 2nd rd, the Spurs faced the #3 seed Lakers(who had swept the Blazers) but didn't have homecourt (lost H2H: 1-3):downspin:
-Gm 1: Mark Bryant started at center against PRIME Shaq but the 1st quarter end up being a defensive struggle & the Spurs go into intermission with a 38-32 lead dominating at STAPLES helped by Tim's flurry to end the 2nd quarter. The Lakers make a run in the 3rd quarter to tie the score but the Spurs end the quarter with a 4 point lead. At the 9 minute mark in the 4th quarter the Spurs still have a 4 point lead & Pop decides to rest Tim then all hell break loose. Shaq immediately score 6 points in a one minute stretch to give the Lakers a 1 point lead which is when Tim checks back into the game. Then both team exchange baskets & the lead all the way until the 1 minute mark when Shaq answers Malik Rose' basket to put the Lakers up 3. Bowen misses a 3 & Kobe score on the other end to put the Lakers up 5 with 24 seconds left in the game. Steve Smith gets blocked by Fox shooting a 3 but gets the ball back & missed again making it his third consecutive missed 3 of the 4th quarter. Shaq dominated the 4th quarter by scoring 13 points including hitting clutch FTs while the Lakers doubled Tim w/ Shaq (at time triple teams w/ Fisher digging in for the ball) & dared Malik Rose to beat them (Malik went 4-14:bang).
Gm 2: Mark Bryant starts at center yet again & the Spurs go into intermission with a 16 point lead at STAPLES thanks to Antonio Daniels balling out in the 2nd quarter & badly outplaying Kirby.:lol The Lakers try to make a run in the 3rd quarter led by Kirby/Snack & cut the lead to 4 at the 6 minute mark but Tim/Porker hold them off before the Lakers went on an 8-0 run to close the 3rd quarter, cutting the lead down to 8. At the 6 minute mark of the 4th quarter the Spurs have an 11 point lead after a Tim free-throw then the Lakers decided to triple team Tim & suffocate him meanwhile Shaq/Kirby/Fisher go on a run to cut the lead down to 1 with under 2 minutes left in the game. The Lakers double Tim & he finds Rose for a layup to give the Spurs a 3 point cushion. Shaq/Kirby miss shots but a loose ball foul gets called on Porker & Fisher hit one to cut the lead to 2 with 28 seconds left in the game. Shaq strips Tim with 8 seconds left in the game & Kirby get the ball with a chance to tie the game but he's called for traveling with 1 second left in the game.:lol (Tim had 10 turnover in that game flustered by the double/triple teams) The series is now tied 1-1 going to the Alamodome.
Gm 3: Admiral makes his series debut & the Spurs finish the 1st quarter with a 4 point lead thanks to Porker's 12 early pts. In the 2nd quarter Kirby starts chucking away & scores 12 pt on 13 shots:lol & the Lakers go into intermission with a 1 point lead at the Alamodome. In the 3rd quarter, things go south for the after Tim gives the Spurs a one point lead at the 8 minute mark. Shaq isn't bothering to guard Admiral who misses a put back shot & a wide open baseline shot eventually he picks up two fouls on one play ending his 3rd quarter at the 7 minute mark. Rose checks in & Shaq bulldozes him for 10 consecutive points while the Spurs exchange shots with him. Fisher scores the last 5 points for the Lakers & they end the 4th quarter with a 3 point lead. Shaq/Admiral check into the game early in the 4th quarter with the Lakers up 5 & Tim/Admrial combine for 6 to put the Spurs up 1 at the 8 minute mark. Then there is a scoring drought by both teams until the 5 minute mark before Kirby makes a layup to put the Lakers up 3. The Lakers then triple team Tim & there is a jump ball between Fisher/Tim. Tim ends up winning the tip but he gets triple teamed again & turns the ball over. Kirby hits a shot to put the Lakers up 6 with under 3 minutes left in the game then Admiral gets fouled by Shaq sending him to the foul line......& he missed BOTH FTs.:bang Horry score on the other end at the 2 minute mark to put the Lakers up 8 & the game was essentially over. (Admiral fouled out in 22 minutes:rolleyes & Kirby scored 31 on 31 shots :lol)
Gm 4: The Spurs backs are against the wall but they are playing on their home turf. The game starts with Tim/Tony/Admiral exchanging shots with Horry/Fisher/Shaq with Horry scoring 8 quick points to put the Lakers up 6 at the midway point of the 1st quarter but the Lakers go on a 4 minutes scoring drought & the Spurs take a 2 point lead at the 2 minute mark courtesy of an Admiral layup. The 1st quarter end in a tie with Horry/Admiral scoring 8 points each while Kirby only has 2pts. Both team score only 6 pts each in the first 5 minute of the 2nd quarter before Shaq/Tim start exchanging shot at the 7 minute mark & the Spurs have a 5 pt lead at the 3 minute mark thanks to Kirby shooting brick during the Shaq/Tim duel. The teams go into intermission with the Spurs up 4. The Spurs start the 3rd with a flurry to take a 9 point lead. Kirby/Snack try to cut the lead but the Spurs keep them at bay & finish the quarter with an 8 point lead after Snack commits a flagrant foul on Antonio Daniels. Aside a Rose basket to put the Spurs up 10, neither team could score in the first 3 minutes of the 4th quarter. The Spurs still had a 10 pt lead at the 6 minute mark of the 4th quarter after Tim hit 2 FTs. Starting at the 5 minutes mark the Lakers started triple teamming Tim & Porker startered unraveling, within 50 seconds the lead is cut to 5. The Lakers then dared Ferry to hit a shot which results in two bricks on consecutive possession thus the Spurs were unable to quell the Lakers run. Kirby hits a 3 to cut the lead to 2 after faggot ass Antonio Daniels leaves him WIDE open to freelance (got him immediately benched) which was when Tim decided he was going to take matters into his own hand. He gets fouled while forcing a shot & hits one FT then Kirby hit another 3 to tie the game at the 2 minute mark.
The Spurs finish the game without scoring in the final 2 minutes:
-Admiral bricks a wide open baseline shot after Tim kicks it out to him when Shaq doubled:bang
-Bowen bricks a desperation 2 pointer after Tim steals the ball:bang
-Tim gets pissed at his teammates & tries to force a shot resulting in an offensive foul
-Tim is guarding Horry who misses a 3 but faggot ass Admiral is boxing out Fox instead of Shaq (Ferry was on him:lol) who gets the offensive rebound with 29 seconds remaining in a tie game
-After milking the clock Kirby dribbled the ball off his feet & almost commits a backcourt violation:lol but Fisher saved the ball & took a desperation jumper with 7 seconds remaining.
-During the scramble Porker was switched onto Kirby but his faggot ass turns his back when Fisher put up the shot instead of putting a body on Kirby who swoops toward the rim unheeded & gets the offensive rebound for a put back which ended up being the game winner.
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Conclusion: Porker has ALWAYS been a front-running/choking ass faggot & ALWAYS seemingly shows his true colors when the game is on the line (Fuck outa here with those LUCKY/DESPERATION baskets against the Heat in the 2013 Finals: banking in a shot after falling on his knees:lol, stepback 3:lol). The biggest shot of his career is scoring on a fastbreak against Chalmers.:lol
Fuck Gm 5 other than the fact Tim had 34/25/4 & averaged 29/17/5 vs. Prime Snack (21/12/3) (Kirby didn't have to play defense b/c he hiding on Bruce Bowen but that all changed when Jack/Manu arrived in 2002-03....the Spurs would have beaten the Lakers in '02 if Tim had Manu/Jack/Speedy & we would have seen an epic Kings/Spurs series:bang)