McDonald: Robert Horry says no to Mother's Day

[Spurs Brazil]

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Jeff McDonald: Robert Horry says no to Mother's Day
So, the folks for TNT were on hand at Spurs practice Saturday, in preparation for their coverage of Game 4 tomorrow. As part of the prep work, TNT producers were looking for Spurs players to record generic Mother's Day promos for use in the broadcast.

"I'm Joe Blow, wishing all the moms out there a Happy Mother's Day" -- that sort of thing.

The producers made the mistake of asking Robert Horry, who flatly declined. No, Horry has nothing against mothers (and, last we checked, he harbors no ill will toward apple pie and puppies, either).

Horry, it seems, is just really supers ious.

"The last time I did that for Mother's Day, we got our ass kicked," Horry said.

The way Horry remembers it, he wished all the moms out there a Happy Mother's Day one year, then watched his Houston Rockets get spanked by the Phoenix Suns.

It's almost certain that Horry's memory is playing a little bit of a trick on him. The Rockets twice faced the Suns on Mother's Day during Horry's tenure in Houston, and though Phoenix won both games, neither could be considered a blowout.

The Suns won 91-87 in Game 1 of the 1994 Western Conference semifinals, and 114-110 in Game 4 of the 1995 conference semis. And, in both cases, Houston went on to win not only that series, but an NBA championship.

Still, Horry isn't tempting fate this time around. He isn't publicly wishing anybody anything on Mother's Day.

"I'm supers ious," Horry said.

Rebuffed, TNT turned to Damon Stoudemire instead.

Horry, by the way, has enough on his mind. Should he play in Game 4, it would mark his 237th career playoff game, matching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar atop the NBA's all-time list.

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Damon Stoudemire

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Well I guess it's alright if it's for supers ion. If he said no just because he doesn't want to, then that would've been a whole other issue.

[1Parker1]

I'm Joe Blow, wishing all the moms out there a Happy Mother's Day

Hmmm, I wonder what's on Jeff McDonald's minds these days....

[SAtown]

Horry, it seems, is just really supers ious.

"The last time I did that for Mother's Day, we got our ass kicked," Horry said.

At least it's for a good cause.

[Deb]

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Jeff McDonald: Robert Horry says no to Mother's Day
So, the folks for TNT were on hand at Spurs practice Saturday, in preparation for their coverage of Game 4 tomorrow. As part of the prep work, TNT producers were looking for Spurs players to record generic Mother's Day promos for use in the broadcast.

"I'm Joe Blow, wishing all the moms out there a Happy Mother's Day" -- that sort of thing.

The producers made the mistake of asking Robert Horry, who flatly declined. No, Horry has nothing against mothers (and, last we checked, he harbors no ill will toward apple pie and puppies, either).

Horry, it seems, is just really supers ious.

"The last time I did that for Mother's Day, we got our ass kicked," Horry said.

The way Horry remembers it, he wished all the moms out there a Happy Mother's Day one year, then watched his Houston Rockets get spanked by the Phoenix Suns.

It's almost certain that Horry's memory is playing a little bit of a trick on him. The Rockets twice faced the Suns on Mother's Day during Horry's tenure in Houston, and though Phoenix won both games, neither could be considered a blowout.

The Suns won 91-87 in Game 1 of the 1994 Western Conference semifinals, and 114-110 in Game 4 of the 1995 conference semis. And, in both cases, Houston went on to win not only that series, but an NBA championship.

Still, Horry isn't tempting fate this time around. He isn't publicly wishing anybody anything on Mother's Day.

"I'm supers ious," Horry said.

Rebuffed, TNT turned to Damon Stoudemire instead.

Horry, by the way, has enough on his mind. Should he play in Game 4, it would mark his 237th career playoff game, matching Kareem Abdul-Jabbar atop the NBA's all-time list.

[Deb]

Hey, you go Big Shot. Don't need no bad luck tomorrow.

[CubanMustGo]

At least this way Damon will get some face time during the game tomorrow.

[ducks]

this is a stupid article

[T Park]

Ah here comes another thread full of internet know it alls getting ready to RIP this article...

[missmyzte]

Bad article le, he's not saying no to Mother's Day, he's saying no to filming a silly segment. Spurs had better not lose tomorrow...

[WildcardManu]

Third one's the charm?

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I wish there was a way to trade local beat writers.

[theroc5]

I remember we got slaughtered in 04 on mothers day, anyone remember the last time we played and won on mothers day?

[whottt]

The only quote I want to hear from Damon Stoudamire is, "No team with Tony Parker as it's starting PG will ever win a 5th NBA championship".

[1Parker1]

The only quote I want to hear from Damon Stoudamire is, "No team with Tony Parker as it's starting PG will ever win a 5th NBA championship".

I don't get it. He spoke smack about Parker before?

[whottt]

No, he said, "No team with Avery Johnson as it's starting PG will ever win an NBA championship"...

[carina_gino20]

It's all about Father's day for Rob. I don't know why he McDonald thought he had to write about this though.