easjer
05-22-2007, 03:17 PM
As I (continue to, even now) read about the Suns loss to the Spurs and it's injustice, I am reminded more and more of how we as Spurs fans felt after 2004 and how the final truth is the same for both teams.
In 2004, we won 2 games, dropped 2 games and returned for a hard fought battle in Game 5, conventional wisdom spelling out that whoever won game 5 would win the series. At the end, one of the most amazing clutch shots ever by Timmy went in to take us up 2 with .04 seconds remaining. As timeout after timeout drew it out for nearly 20 minutes, the announcers kept talking about how physically impossible it is to get a good shot off in that amount of time. The pure adrenaline of game 5 against a hated rival that we just couldn't really seem to shake or get around, and the amazing shot that put us up had us elated and on our feet. And then came THAT shot. In. Buzzer. Over. The season was over.
Except that we still had to play game 6, because really, the series was only at 3-2.
If the Spurs had wanted it enough and had played hard enough, they'd have won in LA and returned for Game 7 in SA. But that shot defeated them and they couldn't pull it together in Game 6, and LA, smelling blood, did what good teams do - they shut it down.
It seems that in the midst of all the injustice and fury that continues into game 2 of the WCF, people are conveniently forgetting what Spurs fans conveniently forgot - there was still a Game 6 that had to be played and if they were truly the better team, they'd have won Game 6 and made Game 5 irrelevant.
And that's not even talking about the previous 3 games they lost, where Pheonix had a chance in each of them to win.
So I wonder when the injustice that Pheonix suffered will die down. Perhaps, for the fans, it'll remain that unspeakable, inexcusable, unwatchable moment that makes your stomach churn. But surely, the media could let it go soon?
In 2004, we won 2 games, dropped 2 games and returned for a hard fought battle in Game 5, conventional wisdom spelling out that whoever won game 5 would win the series. At the end, one of the most amazing clutch shots ever by Timmy went in to take us up 2 with .04 seconds remaining. As timeout after timeout drew it out for nearly 20 minutes, the announcers kept talking about how physically impossible it is to get a good shot off in that amount of time. The pure adrenaline of game 5 against a hated rival that we just couldn't really seem to shake or get around, and the amazing shot that put us up had us elated and on our feet. And then came THAT shot. In. Buzzer. Over. The season was over.
Except that we still had to play game 6, because really, the series was only at 3-2.
If the Spurs had wanted it enough and had played hard enough, they'd have won in LA and returned for Game 7 in SA. But that shot defeated them and they couldn't pull it together in Game 6, and LA, smelling blood, did what good teams do - they shut it down.
It seems that in the midst of all the injustice and fury that continues into game 2 of the WCF, people are conveniently forgetting what Spurs fans conveniently forgot - there was still a Game 6 that had to be played and if they were truly the better team, they'd have won Game 6 and made Game 5 irrelevant.
And that's not even talking about the previous 3 games they lost, where Pheonix had a chance in each of them to win.
So I wonder when the injustice that Pheonix suffered will die down. Perhaps, for the fans, it'll remain that unspeakable, inexcusable, unwatchable moment that makes your stomach churn. But surely, the media could let it go soon?