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another time, another series.
Remember 2003, round1, game 1? We led against Starbury's Suns until the mid-4th quarter, and were then sunk by 2 banked 3s: first by rookie Amare Stoudemire from the top of the key to force OT, then by Starbury himself to end the game 96-95. There is a strange symmetry between that game and game 1 this year. Hopefully that symmetry will not continue on to the rest of the series.
OTOH, that win the other night showed such grit and determination to win by both teams, rugged and playoff battle-tested as they are, that I'm pretty sure this series will go 7 games to the wire.
As an aside, I was in Bozeman, Montana, watching that game shortly after my first SA pilgrimage. It left a horrible taste in my mouth. However, Big Sky Country is gorgeous, and my mate Roi and I decided to drive on to Missoula where we spent the night getting drunk with U. Montana students to wipe away the misery. By the time we reached Vegas a week later the series was done and the bitter taste swept away. Good times.
another time, another series.
Well, I knew as scary at those Suns were, it still took 2 very long shots to win. I knew they wouldn't do that every game.
In that series, Amare had one very nasty stuff of Tim.
Tony started his amazing growing up process, was transformed by the end of the series. Starbury was riding high then, had awed Tony. Look where they are now.
get out of here with this bad omen talk. we dont need any of it floating around.
C'mon, I had to point it out since no-one else did. The symmetry is freaky.
However, as m33p0 said, "another time another series", so don't freak out. This one is going the distance, and may well be one of the great series in NBA history by the time it's done.
Barring serious injury, the winner of this series plays the Celts in the Finals IMHO.
Well the difference is that the Spurs were obviously the better team than the Suns in that series. In this series, it's rather unclear who the better team really is.
I remember that game.
I see the symmetry, but I'm not worried about it.
Amare has hit more than 1 three against us in the playoffs... for similitude sort of thread.. we should have lost the game and we didn;t... useless thread
I don't think so. This is a great series, but I don't expect the winner to survive the next round.
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Um, yes, we lost the game 96-95 in OT, dumbass. The similitude is perfect - Amare=Finley, Starbury=Duncan. The only difference is that the recent game went to 2OT.
Don't call my thread stupid when you don't even know your Spurs history!
Is Shaq missing game 2 due to aback injury and a tall old white guy starting in his place? And is one of their important back up bigs gonna miss the game due to a stupid elbow thrown at the opposing big's throat?
Just curious
Finley's shot was alot more drawn up than Amare's and Starbury's heave was off one foot while Duncan's was plant set shoot
Pretty big differences, but I see where your going.
I don't plan on Manu going 0-6 from downtown in Game 2, either. Or Parker getting a near-concussion and being useless in the first half because he's so dizzy he thinks Barbosa is Eva and needs to hug her/him just as he's shooting a three.
That game was insane. I didnt really expect any thing from that team so i was estactic. It seemed like Marbury really had Parkers number back then.
Dont forget Jake Voshkuhl of all people hitting a game winner in game 3 or 4.
Thats the only time Ive been to a game that has had a game winner.
4Dont forget Jake Voshkuhl of all people hitting a game winner in game 3 or 4
shooting a one handed blind hook over Duncan,
and they call Duncan's shot lucky?
it seems that being a native is still not enough for you to understand the english language... where in my post did i use the word stupid? also... 1OT vs 2OT games is what makes your thread useless. and no comparison valid.. u should be bringing something positive not negative omen... if you had a bad day... just suck it already...i don;t even know about Spurs history? i dare you to a trivia with anyone as the mediator aussie ... bring it on!
dude uru
lol
chill out man
The Spurs played badly and got beat by the Suns at home.
The Spurs played badly and almost got beat by the Suns at home.
yeah i feel bad about my post knowing how cool of a guy Ruff is and i hope he doesn;t have any hard feelings for me from now on as i like him a lot...
and btw.. the intent was "suck it up" not anything else...:
The more disturbing parallel is with 2006. The Spurs won a close game at home and seemed happy with the "split" so nobody but Duncan showed up for game 2. Pop then decided that what the series had been so sorely lacking was his incredible coaching ability, so he put both the centers at the end of the bench and let the Mavericks shoot 70 percent on Smallball© for five games.
ya ya ya.. spurs will lose..Remember 2003, round1, game 1? We led against Starbury's Suns until the mid-4th quarter, and were then sunk by 2 banked 3s: first by rookie Amare Stoudemire from the top of the key to force OT, then by Starbury himself to end the game 96-95. There is a strange symmetry between that game and game 1 this year. Hopefully that symmetry will not continue on to the rest of the series.
OTOH, that win the other night showed such grit and determination to win by both teams, rugged and playoff battle-tested as they are, that I'm pretty sure this series will go 7 games to the wire.
As an aside, I was in Bozeman, Montana, watching that game shortly after my first SA pilgrimage. It left a horrible taste in my mouth. However, Big Sky Country is gorgeous, and my mate Roi and I decided to drive on to Missoula where we spent the night getting drunk with U. Montana students to wipe away the misery. By the time we reached Vegas a week later the series was done and the bitter taste swept away. Good times.
I hate talks like these.. doesn't serve the purpose at all..
Ruff... I did bring it up... both games were separated by exactly 5 years.
April 19, 2003
April 19, 2008
Remember last year when Spurs won Game 1 in a tight battle?
Remember 2003, round1, game 1? We led against Starbury's Suns until the mid-4th quarter, and were then sunk by 2 banked 3s: first by rookie Amare Stoudemire from the top of the key to force OT, then by Starbury himself to end the game 96-95. There is a strange symmetry between that game and game 1 this year. Hopefully that symmetry will not continue on to the rest of the series.
OTOH, that win the other night showed such grit and determination to win by both teams, rugged and playoff battle-tested as they are, that I'm pretty sure this series will go 7 games to the wire.
As an aside, I was in Bozeman, Montana, watching that game shortly after my first SA pilgrimage. It left a horrible taste in my mouth. However, Big Sky Country is gorgeous, and my mate Roi and I decided to drive on to Missoula where we spent the night getting drunk with U. Montana students to wipe away the misery. By the time we reached Vegas a week later the series was done and the bitter taste swept away. Good times.
Spurs will besoon
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