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2003 Spurs turned the ball over a lot that year, which NJN was a fast break team. Took advantage of several turnovers. Both of there wins were very close by 4-5 points or less I believe.
the 2003 spurs weren't that great. struggled to get by the mavs even with dirk going down. even the shitty suns took us to 6 (stoudemire banked a 3 to send game 1 to overtime, marbury won it with a buzzer beating prayer... but still, that should have been an easy sweep)
2nd year tony parker and stephen jackson were our 2nd and 3rd leading scorers.
the only really impressive part of that run was duncan's individual brilliance, and the ballsy shots hit by SJax (and kerr against dallas, claxton against NJ)
the nets were actually a pretty good team, but we held them to 37% FG for the series. as said above, a lot of spurs turnovers, a lot of reliance on duncan to do everything
^Yup, the 2003 Spurs weren't all that good compared to the competition. Duncan was amazing but the rest of the roster was name players either before or after their prime.
Kittles tbh
Spurs were a one-man-wrecking crew that year: peak TD was surrounded by washed-up vets + on-the-come-up prospects.It was all on him..
2003 was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the Spurs. Spurs got hot at the end and others suffered injuries (Kings, Mavs). Every series the Spurs played was ugly. The only memorable game during that run was the closeout game against the Lakers.
I actually hoped that Spurs would win that year because it was Admiral's last year.
Every series the Spurs played in that year went 6. The Spurs of 2003 simply werent capable of overwhelming teams with stellar offense and ball movement like a lot of later iterations of the ball club has done. They grinded out almost every possession, relying on Tim Duncan on both ends of the floor to be the centerpiece.
How shitty must one's life be to make 37,000 posts as a Spurs fan pretending to be a Clippers fan...on a Spurs forum...while also managing another account as a Spurs fan with over 15,000 posts?Quote:
Originally Posted by Clipper Nation
The amount of faggotry involved is mind boggling.
The 2003 Spurs did have the best championship DVD though...loved those 4th quarter closeouts of every series...
As spur raider mentioned, give credit to the Nets. That was their consecutive Finals appearance after being throttled by the Lakers the previous year. It was basically the same guys so they had continuity and motivation not to go out like punks again. Not to make excuses but Parker was only 21 and Robinsons back was shot. The Admiral had in the Finals probably the gutsiest performance of his career.
Really? Who else does he post as?Quote:
Originally Posted by jag
They were a really good squad.. 2 years in a row in the finals..
And 2003 Spurs were Duncan at his very best carrying a young team and old D-Rob, to the finish line..
The Kidd vs. Parker matchup. That wasn't the same Parker who became awesome in later years, those first couple years Tony hadn't yet cracked the code and was a bit of a mistake machine. Meanwhile Kidd was at his apex and most awesome in 03. Nearly everywhere else we had the advantage over the Nets except for the point matchup.
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Originally Posted by Obi Juan Kenobi
You didn't enjoy Cuban's salty tears when they lost game 6 at home, after being up like 17 going into the 4th?Quote:
Originally Posted by scanry
I forgot they even played the Nets in a Finals.Quote:
Originally Posted by TE
Which is amazing in itself, Tim was on a whole different level that year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seventyniner
That game was great man, still remember it and where I was and what I was doing during that comeback. That is very memorable.Quote:
Originally Posted by exstatic
No DVD was close after that one TBH. That is a classic DVD there, the rest sucked compared to it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Obi Juan Kenobi
kerr against mavs tbhQuote:
Originally Posted by scanry
also sjax nailing all those consecutive 3's against the nets
Didn't Byron Scott put Kittles on TP and that changed the series? It seems like there's always been a direct correlation between TP struggling and the team struggling in the playoffs. I remember Speedy Claxton saving the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by look_at_g_shred
The Suns owned the Spurs that year, Marbury just bullied the shit out of 20 year old Parker. That series was scary as fuck going into Game 2 with David Robinson injured and Kevin Willis suspended for the elbow he laid into Scott Williams in Game 1. Danny Ferry probably played the greatest game of his Spurs career that night to keep them from falling into an 0-2 hole, that game was very much in doubt until the fourth quarter if I remember correctly.Quote:
Originally Posted by spurraider21