Where does Brent's shot stand in Spurs' lore?

I am gonna remember that shot...the bounce makes it even more memorable, and BTW, aren't they all lucky shots? .04 was lucky, so was Horry's buzzer beater against the Kings(lucky because the ball got tapped right out to him). And sorry but Elliott's MDM was lucky too....that's why we call it a Miracle.


Fact is Barry hasn't missed a late game winner or shot to tie the game, yet in his Spurs career, he hit several of them last season for us(that no one seems to want to remember) and that was probably the biggest shot of Brent Barry's career...I knew it was going in, and I would have been surprised if it didn't...and something tells me Barry would have been surprised too.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

Them's fightin words. I was a Knicks fan (Clyde+Pearl=Best Backcourt Ever) and a, believe it or not, Virginia Squires fan before SA got a team. Which of course meant I despised the Celtics, always have, always will.

Living in Boston for 17 years was sheer torture in that regard.

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My bad...it must have been the way you swing off Bill Russell's jock that confused me. Point made.

I think if the Sean misses the MDM, we still win the series in 6 or 7, IMO they were too mentally tough to let one game detour them from the Championship.

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Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown

So, 1999 happened before 1983 (when the Sixers went 12-1)? Just curious.

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The records change in each year that the number of games changes...get it????

#1 always rests with horry

i want to know how many times that man has single handedly changed the outcome of an entire championship

Judging by the ring count I'd say six times.

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Originally Posted by Jimcs50

The records change in each year that the number of games changes...get it????

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I dunno if the record you are talking about was ever that big of a deal...what is it? Best winning % in a best of 26 playoff?

The one I remember...and the one the Spurs still hold, is most consecutive wins in the playoffs, 12....

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Originally Posted by whottt

My bad...it must have been the way you swing off Bill Russell's jock that confused me. Point made.

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:lmao This from the guy who uses DRob's old jocks as ski masks. In summer.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

:lmao This from the guy who uses DRob's old jocks as ski masks. In summer.

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Hater!

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Originally Posted by GINNNNNNNNNNNNOBILI

I think if the Sean misses the MDM, we still win the series in 6 or 7, IMO they were too mentally tough to let one game detour them from the Championship.

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The MDM was the turning point in Spurs history, and the moment in which they became, mentally tough.

Prior to that shot, "mentally tough" and "Spurs", were seldom used in the same sentence together...at least not without the word, "lack" being included.

Before the MDM, the Spurs were one of the few teams who had blown 3-1 series leads. In fact, they almost did it twice.

Before the MDM, the Spurs were the team that lost games after blowing big leads (well, okay, they still do that). But also before the MDM they never came back from big deficits to win playoff games. Since then, there have been plenty.

Maybe you just had to suffer a lot pre-MDM to really appreciate what it was.

What I'm wondering is how Brent's shot ranks in Kings lore.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

Maybe you just had to suffer a lot pre-MDM to really appreciate what it was.

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I think that's precisely the point. The 1999 Spurs may have still won a title without Sean's shot, but that shot -- for me at least -- will always be the embodiment of the split-second that the Spurs went from being contenders to champions. Champions make that shot; contenders don't.

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Originally Posted by spurster

What I'm wondering is how Brent's shot ranks in Kings lore.

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:lmao

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Originally Posted by spurster

What I'm wondering is how Brent's shot ranks in Kings lore.

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Well the beauty of the Kings fans...they love their torment and dwell on their failures more than any fandom I can remember.


I was reading their game log and honestly...I felt sorry for them...

They already called our bench the, "Kings Killers", because of Finley, Van Exel and Horry, who have all screwed the Kings at some point in their careers...

Horry is the worst one, they call Horry, "he who shall not be named", :) Seriously.

Right before that shot all the Kings fans were going, "guard Horry, please guard freaking Horry, triple team Horry"...

Barry was about the only guard/shooter on our bench that hadn't hurt them at some point, I think even Rasho had a big game against them one time(I think his career high 9 blocks came against the Kings)...they'll remember, maybe more than Finley and Van Ex, but not as much as they remember Horry...Horry definitely stole their ring.

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Originally Posted by whottt

Well the beauty of the Kings fans...they love their torment and dwell on their failures more than any fandom I can remember.


I was reading their game log and honestly...I felt sorry for them...

They already called our bench the, "Kings Killers", because of Finley, Van Exel and Horry, who have all screwed the Kings at some point in their careers...

Horry is the worst one, they call Horry, "he who shall not be named", :) Seriously.

Right before that shot all the Kings fans were going, "guard Horry, please guard freaking Horry, triple team Horry"...

Barry was about the only guard/shooter on our bench that hadn't hurt them at some point, I think even Rasho had a big game against them one time(I think his career high 9 blocks came against the Kings)...they'll remember, maybe more than Finley and Van Ex, but not as much as they remember Horry...Horry definitely stole their ring.

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In case Kings fan forgot what it looked like (and a bonus note since Hedo "Mr. March" Turkoglu is standing right there), here it is.

Thanks, Misti!

http://www.mistilynn.com/rh02-25.jpg

"SA was better than LA"

no, they weren't. "The better teams always prevails in 7 game series", and the Lakers flat-outplayed and out-coached the Spurs for 4 straight Ws.

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Originally Posted by Johnny_Blaze_47

http://www.mistilynn.com/rh02-25.jpg

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And standing in for the role of Rasheed Wallace is his good friend Chris Webber!

Youngsters.

MDM is #1; w/o it I think that series becomes a tossup - that Portland team was stacked and about as athletic as any team EVER; the sweep occurred BECAUSE of the MDM - also, level of difficulty AND how far down the Spurs had come (and ALL of Elliot's other 3's to get them even back into it) make it tops. Also, it was Sean - his jersey in the rafters, the kidney, the Detroit give and go; too much nostalgia and love for him not to occupy the top spot; FOREVER.

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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear

Before the MDM, the Spurs were one of the few teams who had blown 3-1 series leads. In fact, they almost did it twice.

Before the MDM, the Spurs were the team that lost games after blowing big leads (well, okay, they still do that). But also before the MDM they never came back from big deficits to win playoff games. Since then, there have been plenty.

Maybe you just had to suffer a lot pre-MDM to really appreciate what it was.

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Word.

(Spurs fan since 1976)

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Originally Posted by Ed Helicopter Jones

Word.

(Spurs fan since 1976)

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Hell, you don't have to be old school to understand it. I've been pulling for the Spurs since I was 5, which means that I had about a decade (or two thirds of my young life as of '99) worth of Spurs playoff heartache. I understood what a huge deal that shot was then, and my understanding and appreciation of it have only grown since then.

What if we say the shot turned the team on? Someone said earlier today...."Barry hit the three and then they realized they were the Spurs again." So, I say the shots following Barry's were of moere importance, even though this one was more exciting.

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But The Barry Bounce was still great.[/QUOTE]


:D Kori, I love that name for Brent's shot! Good Call!

Barry's shot definitely is up there. I can only think of Sean's MDM and Horry's game 5 dagger as being more dramatic.

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Originally Posted by UtownSpur

But The Barry Bounce was still great.

:D Kori, I love that name for Brent's shot! Good Call!

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Solid used that name for it at 7:25AM, and Kori used it about an hour later.

They'll have to arm wrestle or something over who gets credit for it.