Clutch20
01-29-2007, 04:01 PM
Can you guess which team is getting yelled at here, this probably goes on during every time out when a lead is slipping.........
Just exactly which teams are we talking about here?
Dumb post but I couldn't help it......
Article Last Updated: 01/28/2007 11:17:36 PM PST
"I told them that they were screwing it up," ______ said, "and they were going to mess this game up if they didn't start taking advantage of it."
For three-and-a-half quarters the _____ were on their way to a season sweep of the _____________ and a victory that would buoy them as they embark on an eight-game road trip beginning Tuesday.
Then they were watching ________ sink a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left in overtime that gave the ______ a 96-94 triumph, leaving the _____ with a lesson about a 10-point lead that wasn't enough.
"You let ________ hang around long enough, and they can find a way to win," ______ said. "They showed us how to close."
After taking a 67-57 lead into the fourth quarter, the ______ went more than eight minutes without a basket and lost in overtime at home for the second consecutive game. This one left the _______ locker room quieter, _______ said, than Friday's loss to ________.
The difference Sunday was ______ shot,
coming on an afternoon in which he hit 5of10 3-pointers and scored 17 points. But _________ could see the seeds of this loss already planted when he called timeout with the ______ leading 52-46 in the third quarter.
_________ had just come up empty at the foul line for the Lakers, who made just 18of 31 free throws (58.1 percent). All ________ could say afterward was that enough was enough.
"I told them we're not practicing them any more in practice," _______ said. "I'm sick and tired of taking 20 minutes out of practice to practice free throws when they're professional players. They have to do this on their own, this is their responsibility."
The _______ cause was helped by the _____ shooting 28.8 percent through three quarters. But ________ came alive in the fourth quarter.
______connected on two3-pointers, and the ______ tied the score with 1:19 remaining in regulation on two free throws by _________.
"You know what they're about," _________ said. "They're champions. You know they're just going to keep on playing. They're going to make a run. They're going to increase the intensity.
"Us as a young ballclub, we have to figure out how to sustain our intensity and even turn it up a notch, kind of tighten the vise on them a little bit."
The ________ went ahead 79-77 with 54.1 seconds left in regulation when ________ lobbed a pass to ____________, who immediately moved the ball to ________ for a 3-pointer from the corner. Before that basket, _______ had missed all six of his shot attempts.
Trailing 80-77 with 40 seconds to play in regulation, the ______ still had an opening. ________ drove on _____ but missed a dunk. _______ came up with the offensive rebound and found ______________, who tied the score with a 3-pointer.
After not playing a second in Friday's loss to __________, _________ was a surprise starter in place of _________, who was out with a sprained ankle. __________finished with 13 points in 35 minutes and hit the _________ biggest shot of the game.
The ________ jumped to an 84-80 lead in overtime as ________ and ________ got dunks off passes from _______. But the _______ couldn't hold on to the lead, even with ________ drilling two jumpers in the last 1:01 over ________.
There was no debate for the ______ about what to do late: They went after _______________ with _________, the former MVP center, and the player __________ idolized growing up. _________drove for a layup with 20.1 seconds remaining in overtime to give the _______ a 93-92 lead.
__________ answered with a 20-footer for the last of his 31points with seven seconds left to give the _______their last lead, 94-93. That set up the final possession, with the _______ inbounding the ball to ___________ and _______ facing a no-win decision.
In a split-second, ________ had to decide whether to help ______on _______ or stay at home on _______. He tried to do both before making a move at ______ and leaving ______ open beyond the 3-point arc.
"What are you going to do?" ______ said. "It's ________ with the basketball."
_______ passed outside to _____, who buried the shot from 28feet.
The _______ called timeout but couldn't inbound the ball to _____ for a final shot, leaving __________ with a desperation heave at the buzzer.
_______ and ________ led the Spurs with 21 points each. ____ finished with 18 points but went 4 of 10 from the foul line in his second game back from a knee injury. The ______ gave up 16 offensive rebounds and scored 13 points in the fourth quarter.
Afterward, the ______ went home to pack for the road, where they have won 8 of 19games. They will play threesets of back-to-back games on this trip, and ________ doesn't want to see the ________ stall at 10 games above .500.
"You just don't want to sit at that particular point and kind of cruise through this part of the year," ______ said. "You look at the road, if you can (be) .500 on the road, you're really happy about it.
"But we just can't be satisfied with that right now. We have to go on a road trip with a kind of (attitude), `Let's try to win six, let's try to push the limits of what we can do on this road trip."'
Just exactly which teams are we talking about here?
Dumb post but I couldn't help it......
Article Last Updated: 01/28/2007 11:17:36 PM PST
"I told them that they were screwing it up," ______ said, "and they were going to mess this game up if they didn't start taking advantage of it."
For three-and-a-half quarters the _____ were on their way to a season sweep of the _____________ and a victory that would buoy them as they embark on an eight-game road trip beginning Tuesday.
Then they were watching ________ sink a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds left in overtime that gave the ______ a 96-94 triumph, leaving the _____ with a lesson about a 10-point lead that wasn't enough.
"You let ________ hang around long enough, and they can find a way to win," ______ said. "They showed us how to close."
After taking a 67-57 lead into the fourth quarter, the ______ went more than eight minutes without a basket and lost in overtime at home for the second consecutive game. This one left the _______ locker room quieter, _______ said, than Friday's loss to ________.
The difference Sunday was ______ shot,
coming on an afternoon in which he hit 5of10 3-pointers and scored 17 points. But _________ could see the seeds of this loss already planted when he called timeout with the ______ leading 52-46 in the third quarter.
_________ had just come up empty at the foul line for the Lakers, who made just 18of 31 free throws (58.1 percent). All ________ could say afterward was that enough was enough.
"I told them we're not practicing them any more in practice," _______ said. "I'm sick and tired of taking 20 minutes out of practice to practice free throws when they're professional players. They have to do this on their own, this is their responsibility."
The _______ cause was helped by the _____ shooting 28.8 percent through three quarters. But ________ came alive in the fourth quarter.
______connected on two3-pointers, and the ______ tied the score with 1:19 remaining in regulation on two free throws by _________.
"You know what they're about," _________ said. "They're champions. You know they're just going to keep on playing. They're going to make a run. They're going to increase the intensity.
"Us as a young ballclub, we have to figure out how to sustain our intensity and even turn it up a notch, kind of tighten the vise on them a little bit."
The ________ went ahead 79-77 with 54.1 seconds left in regulation when ________ lobbed a pass to ____________, who immediately moved the ball to ________ for a 3-pointer from the corner. Before that basket, _______ had missed all six of his shot attempts.
Trailing 80-77 with 40 seconds to play in regulation, the ______ still had an opening. ________ drove on _____ but missed a dunk. _______ came up with the offensive rebound and found ______________, who tied the score with a 3-pointer.
After not playing a second in Friday's loss to __________, _________ was a surprise starter in place of _________, who was out with a sprained ankle. __________finished with 13 points in 35 minutes and hit the _________ biggest shot of the game.
The ________ jumped to an 84-80 lead in overtime as ________ and ________ got dunks off passes from _______. But the _______ couldn't hold on to the lead, even with ________ drilling two jumpers in the last 1:01 over ________.
There was no debate for the ______ about what to do late: They went after _______________ with _________, the former MVP center, and the player __________ idolized growing up. _________drove for a layup with 20.1 seconds remaining in overtime to give the _______ a 93-92 lead.
__________ answered with a 20-footer for the last of his 31points with seven seconds left to give the _______their last lead, 94-93. That set up the final possession, with the _______ inbounding the ball to ___________ and _______ facing a no-win decision.
In a split-second, ________ had to decide whether to help ______on _______ or stay at home on _______. He tried to do both before making a move at ______ and leaving ______ open beyond the 3-point arc.
"What are you going to do?" ______ said. "It's ________ with the basketball."
_______ passed outside to _____, who buried the shot from 28feet.
The _______ called timeout but couldn't inbound the ball to _____ for a final shot, leaving __________ with a desperation heave at the buzzer.
_______ and ________ led the Spurs with 21 points each. ____ finished with 18 points but went 4 of 10 from the foul line in his second game back from a knee injury. The ______ gave up 16 offensive rebounds and scored 13 points in the fourth quarter.
Afterward, the ______ went home to pack for the road, where they have won 8 of 19games. They will play threesets of back-to-back games on this trip, and ________ doesn't want to see the ________ stall at 10 games above .500.
"You just don't want to sit at that particular point and kind of cruise through this part of the year," ______ said. "You look at the road, if you can (be) .500 on the road, you're really happy about it.
"But we just can't be satisfied with that right now. We have to go on a road trip with a kind of (attitude), `Let's try to win six, let's try to push the limits of what we can do on this road trip."'