The last Spurs game I saw live, Brent Barry was on the team. He and Ginobili were raining threes. Parker was a DNP I believe. I tried to make it out to a game @LAC last February, but stuff came up.
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The last Spurs game I saw live, Brent Barry was on the team. He and Ginobili were raining threes. Parker was a DNP I believe. I tried to make it out to a game @LAC last February, but stuff came up.
Haven't been to many games but...
Best: 2014 Opening Night
Worst: My first Spurs game in 1993 at Hemisfair (got busted by an usher for videotaping part of the game but talked my way out of losing my tape) and we ended up losing to a shitty Kings team wearing baby blue unis.
Man I can't believe you were at game 6 of the 2006 playoffs and .4, talk about deflating going home after those losses. Like you said the high of Duncans shot and the low of Fishers a moment later, then the obstacles overcome (Down 3-1 and then 20 in game 7) looking like the Spurs would do the impossible against their rivals and then Manu's foul came :( Talk about some real highs and lows to witness first hand there, must have sucked.
2014?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sausage
Best Playoffs:
G5 vs Heat 2014
G5 vs Heat 2013
G1 vs Warriors 2013
G7 vs Mavs 2014
G5 vs Thunder 2014
G3 vs Clippers 2015
G2 vs Grizz 2013
Worst Playoffs:
G2 vs Mavs 2014
G2 vs Warriors 2013
Best:
2005 Game 7 of the Finals
2014 Game 5 of the Finals,
2003 (Game 2?) Bruce Bowen's 3pt assault on the Lakers in the second round
December 2001(?) TD's 53 pt game against the Mavs. Spurs lost but a Mavs fan down the row started shit and someone clobbered him.
Worst:
.4,
2006 Game 7 WCF - Manu's foul..............
2015 3OT game against the Grizzlies
yeah, I was at .4 too.... fucking horrible
Best: the Spurs @Knicks during the horrible Thomas head coaching era. They were getting destroyed all game. Spurs didn't lead all game till Finley tied it to push it to overtime. Spurs ended up winning. The Knicks were so bad at the time, it felt like a Spurs home game.
Worst: wasn't because of the Spurs play, as a child I peed my pants at Spurs/Nuggets game in hemisphere arena. It's the reason I wear diapers to all Spurs games ever since.
Game 4 of the 2001 playoffs when they eliminated the Timberwolves in round one at Target Center was my best.
The 2014 game at AT&T when Reggie Jackson went nuts in the fourth quarter and Kawhi broke his hand was easily the worst. Made a rare trip to SA for that one.
I live up in Northern Minnesota, so I don't get to see the Spurs in person very often. I do watch all of their games on league pass and nationally televised games.
Yah man, I should probably put 2006 G7 as worse than 0.4 because it actually ended the season. I went to that game with my Dad and a lady he took out, so I drove home by myself :( Talk about depressing. The 0.4 game was more shocking than anything. Because we really hadn't seen it live in a great slow-mo replay until we got home, I honestly thought somehow the league would overturn it or something. I though, there's no way that if a player needs 0.3 to catch and shoot, that in 0.4 Fisher could have caught an inbound pass below his hip, made a full turn to the basket, and released it above his head in less than 0.4. Well, as we all know, the clock operator started it about 0.2 late (of course one can argue the Duncan basket went in before 0.4, etc), but I still held out a little hope for G6, but not much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sean Cagney
I also live in Minnesota. Moved here from Texas about 10 years ago. I go to the games when the spurs play at the target center and I try to see them play when they travel to Milwaukee, Chicago, or Indianapolis. I usually make it down to Texas a few times per year to see some spurs games but League pass is usually my only option to see them play.Quote:
Originally Posted by 21209
Spurs @ Heat January 24th 2014. Drove from Tampa Fl, they got blown out and it was not pretty!
Probably my first game was the worst. Sat behind a column, David didn't play, Sidney Green did. Spurs lost. Still probably my favorite.
BEST
1. 2005 NBA Finals G7 vs Pistons - Won Championship
2. 2003 NBA Finals G6 vs Nets - Won championship
3. 2008 Game 1 vs Suns in 1st Round of Playoffs - Tim Duncan makes 3 pointer to send game to double O.T. and eventual victory
4. 1989 - Opening Night vs Los Angeles Lakers - David Robinson and Sean Elliott's first regular season games as rookies.
5. 2000 - Spurs vs Atlanta - Sean Elliott's first game back after Kidney Transplant
6. 1990 - Bulls at Spurs - Drob's first game against MJ. Scored 33 pts / 21 Rebs in 112-111 victory.
7. 1983 - Lakers at Spurs - 1st and only double-header game. Spurs won appeal and were allowed to replay Norm Nixon's final FT attempt for 1st victory. Spurs won full game 2. I spoke to G. Gervin's brother while sitting on my older brother's shoulders. I was 12 and D. Gervin played for UTSA.
WORST
1. 2004 WC Semis G5 vs Lakers - Duncan fadeaway over Shaq, Fisher 0.4 game-winner.
2. 2006 WC Semis G7 vs Mavs - Down 1-3 in series, down 20 in the game, Manu 3 to tie, Dirk And-1 for OT.
3. 1995 WCF Game 1 vs Rockets - Horry makes jumper to seal game on road against Spurs.
4. 2003 WC R1 G1 vs Suns - Stoudemire banks in 3 to force OT, Marbury game-winning runner 3.
MEMORABLE GAMES
1. 1994 Opening Night vs Warriors - 1st game played at Alamodome. Water Cannons went off due to pregame fireworks
I don't really have a worst since I haven't had the chance to go to too many. Easily the best though was the one against the Pacers for Pop's 1000th victory.
Best:
'14 title clinching game
'11 Game 5 vs Memphis
Rique game-winner opening night vs OKC 2-3 yrs ago
Closeout game vs GS couple yrs ago
Worst:
'13 Game 4 vs Heatles
+some random reg season game losses
BTW does anyone know the bald white guy that always sits front row? Usually wears a black jersey and sits next to Spurs Jesus from time to time. That nigga is living the spursfan dream tbh.
Man, I need to go to San Antonio.
Went to one game and sat really close to the court. We destroyed the Pelicans, and I got to see Anthony Davis at a young time of his career.
Where you from brah? You never seen a Spurs game live?Quote:
Originally Posted by timtonymanu
I live in Portland (moved to the US in 2010) and have watched the Spurs play here a couple of times, but I'm sure the experience is even better in San Antonio.Quote:
Originally Posted by FkLA
Followed a lot of the Blazers too so it's pretty cool how Aldridge and MVPatty ultimately ended up playing for the Spurs.
This was my first ever Spurs game I watched, ending with this moment unfortunately. :lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpBq6LHvks8
Best
2008 game 1 vs. Suns ...the Timmeh 3pointer!
2010 game 6 vs. Mavs ... Eliminated the higher seeded Mavs to avenge '06 heartbreak and '09 ass kicking. Typical Spurs Mavs game. Spurs roar to 20 point lead, Mavs erase deficit in blink of an eye, but good ole George Hill saved the Spurs bacon.
2011 game 5 vs. Grizz ... Manu's insane corner 3 that wasn't. Gary Neal's 3 pointer at the buzzer to force OT. Spurs staved off elimination. At that time, most of us still thought the Spurs would come back and win the series.
Worst
2010 games 3 and 4 vs. Suns ... Spurs get swept. Timmeh looked done. End of an era ... Or so we thought.
2013 game 5 vs. Thunder ... So much for the 20 game winning streak. Spurs played like dog shit, yet managed to stay alive until Harden's dagger 3. I still wonder if Manu's last second 3 would have gone in if he hadn't stepped on the ref's foot. Yes, the ref was ON THE COURT instead of out of bounds.
1995 game 1 vs. Rockets ... That was finally supposed to be "our" year. Top seed. "5-0" wins MVP. A very entertaining series, but a horrible result, starting with game 1.
Best
2014, Dallas game 7
2014 Thunder game 5
?worst
2015, Clippers game 6
Best games: MDM, and G5 2014 Finals.
Worst games: .4
Have to ponder a bit to think of my worst...but my best was definitely the 2012-2013 season-opener against the Thunder when Tony hit the game-winner. Felt so good to beat them after they had just knocked us out of the playoffs. I knew that shot was good as soon as it left Tony's hands.
Still gives me goosebumps.