something really different this year...

[CosmicCowboy]

It's a pivotal closeout game that could very well determine the NBA champion.

I drove 18 miles from my house to downtown this morning right down I-10 and didn't see a single Spurs flag.

Whats up with that?

[samikeyp]

A lot of Spurs fans are spoiled by the success of the team.

[ducks]

sa is lucky spurs stay there

[Jimcs50]

It's a pivotal closeout game that could very well determine the NBA champion.

I drove 18 miles from my house to downtown this morning right down I-10 and didn't see a single Spurs flag.

Whats up with that?

They are worried about retribution by a whacko Suns' fan. They might be run off the road by some disgruntled sun- baked Suns' fan who blames the Spurs for 37 years of playoff failures.

[Extra Stout]

The fans are complacent.

[Amare_32]

They are worried about retribution by a whacko Suns' fan. They might be run off the road by some disgruntled sun- baked Suns' fan who blames the Spurs for 37 years of playoff failures.


What do you mean? I have not left yet for San Antonio.

[Dingle Barry]

Occam's Razor: Everyone realized flags are gay.

[GrandeDavid]

What do you mean? I have not left yet for San Antonio.

:lol

Seriously, Spurs fans had better get up for this game.

[MavericksDynasty]

San Antonio is Dallas-occupied territory. Until we release them from the chains of our dominance, they are not allowed to fly the colors.

[spursfan09]

I think because honestly we don't want to see what happened last year again. Lose in a game 7 in the second round for a second straight year.

[FromWayDowntown]

We need something to be different this year -- since 2003, the Spurs are only 4-4 in closeout games at home. If you just consider games past the first round, the Spurs are 2-4 in home closeout games over that time. Among those losses is the Game 4 loss in 2005 to the Suns.

[steppy]

I guess the trucks that have 20 Spurs stickers on the windows don't count. I"m a fan but some people go a little crazy. I do however like those Spurs people are putting on the back of cars. Similar to the Longhorn a lot of people have.

[degenerate_gambler]

while i don't see the car flags much anymore, i do see much more spurs gear being worn by people here in the past week than say during the denver series.

[Dingle Barry]

San Antonio is Dallas-occupied territory. Until we release them from the chains of our dominance, they are not allowed to fly the colors.
You can tell this is false merely by looking at the relative dearth of fake tits and facelifts in SA.

[fyatuk]

I have no decorations anywhere, and the only Spurs clothing I have is a cap, which I only wear in the offseason.

Spurs loose if I put up any Spurs stuff :(

[kps0001]

We need something to be different this year -- since 2003, the Spurs are only 4-4 in closeout games at home. If you just consider games past the first round, the Spurs are 2-4 in home closeout games over that time. Among those losses is the Game 4 loss in 2005 to the Suns.


Thanks for posting that. I honestly would have though the Spurs faired much better than that.

I noticed and mention the same thing to buddy at work yesterday about the Phoenix fans. I remember back in the Barkley era there was so much fan fare around town. Flags, signs, paiting on cars. It is still there but not near the amount that we saw back then. That was the NBA Finals and this is only the 2nd round so I am sure a lot of has to do with the bandwagon fans not jumping on yet because this isn't a championship series in the real sense. I believe the winner of this series is going to be hoisting the trophy this year.

At least I hope so and if not either of these teams it better be the Jazz. I can't live with another East team winning the championship.

[GrandeDavid]

You can tell this is false merely by looking at the relative dearth of fake tits and facelifts in SA.

:lol

I don't know, I'm starting to see an invasion of silicone north of 1604.

[FromWayDowntown]

Thanks for posting that. I honestly would have though the Spurs faired much better than that.

Well, the broader number is a bit more impressive. Since the start of the 2003 playoffs, the Spurs are 11-4 in close-out games. That means that they're 4-4 in home close-out games and 7-0 in road close-out games.

For whatever it's worth, during that time, there is only one instance in which the Spurs had a close-out game and didn't end up winning the series -- the 2006 series against Dallas.

[saporvida]

San Antonio is Dallas-occupied territory. Until we release them from the chains of our dominance, they are not allowed to fly the colors.

dallas a dominant team? cough cough... 8th seed busted a nut in your eye and yall went crying back to momma in dallas!

dominance comes with rings and trophies... not with division titles and wcf banners... remember the spurs have been down both those roads and some that dallas hasnt.

dallas aint ever gonna be shit... theyll always be shitty though.

go dirk yourself!

[Obstructed_View]

Here's a thought: It's not the NBA championship. It's a second round series. If the Spurs win they are halfway there. The Suns act like it's the finals because it is for them, which is also why they don't mind cheating to win. This is a big game, but the city isn't going to start throwing all their money and effort at drumming up support for a team that can't get out of the second round two years in a row. Maybe the city is spoiled, and I haven't lived there since the team started winning titles, but they have championship expectations, and the momentum typically builds after the second round.

[timvp]

Spurs fans don't start caring until the WCF.

[FromWayDowntown]

Spurs fans don't start caring until the WCF.

Some Spurs fans don't start caring until the WCF.

I've been all in since the 33-29 first quarter against Adecco ASVEL.

[SpursWoman]

My truck is black & sliver ... that's not enough? :spin

[E20]

I've noticed that the Spurs crowd isn't very loud and just doesn't give a fuck. In Game 7 of the 2005 finals everybody expected the crowd to go berserk and people said they did, but I watched the game and it was probably like .1 decible higher than it usually is. Pretty pathetic. I can't wait for the Duncan era to be over and the Spurs go through a Golden State phase where every season is a fight to get over .500, then I guess the fans will cheer more or something, because sometimes it's sickening to hear the crowd dead silent in the 1Q or when the Spurs have a big lead and vice versa. I'm fucking yelling my balls off everytime someone scores a point in the 1Q and I give thumbs up to ever Spur I see and a middle to every opposing player.

[MavericksDynasty]

I've noticed that the Spurs crowd isn't very loud and just doesn't give a fuck. In Game 7 of the 2005 finals everybody expected the crowd to go berserk and people said they did, but I watched the game and it was probably like .1 decible higher than it usually is. Pretty pathetic. I can't wait for the Duncan era to be over and the Spurs go through a Golden State phase where every season is a fight to get over .500, then I guess the fans will cheer more or something, because sometimes it's sickening to hear the crowd dead silent in the 1Q or when the Spurs have a big lead and vice versa. I'm fucking yelling my balls off everytime someone scores a point in the 1Q and I give thumbs up to ever Spur I see and a middle to every opposing player.

Wow, dude, you're hardcore. :clap

[Budkin]

Game 6 of the Finals in 05 was the most Pathetic showing our crowd has ever had.

[Obstructed_View]

Wow, fortunately the Spurs are a team that doesn't play with, rely on, or feed off emotion.

[FromWayDowntown]

I've noticed that the Spurs crowd isn't very loud and just doesn't give a fuck. In Game 7 of the 2005 finals everybody expected the crowd to go berserk and people said they did, but I watched the game and it was probably like .1 decible higher than it usually is. Pretty pathetic.

I was at that game -- and have been at more than my fair share of Spurs games since the late 70's -- and I can assure you that the crowd was far better than you think it was. It was incredible and anyone who was there would tell you so. The building was rocking 15 minutes before the tip and it seemed like it never stopped. It was still outrageously loud on the concourses an hour after the game ended, when people were in line to buy t-shirts. It's shameful for you to suggest that the crowd was apathetic that night. It was anything but that.