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lesson learned.......................
........................... and applied.
With 26 secs left, the Spurs were up 3, so the Spurs virtually gave Diaw a layup, knowing that 2 points would not hurt them, because they had the clock and good foul shooters on their side.
This caused me once again to lament the same situation in the 2006 game 7 with Dallas, with almost the same amt of time on the clock. Had the Spurs just gaven Dirk that layup(instead of Manu's block attempt) like they gave Diaw the layup, the Spurs would be going for their 4th straight championship and 6th overall, this year. Had that happened, there would be no doubt that the Spurs were the 2nd greatest dynasty in NBA history, behind only Boston, and IMO ahead of Chicago)
I am just glad that history did not repeat itself.....I guess the Spurs learned a valuable, but costly lesson.
Last edited by Jimcs50; 04-30-2008 at 08:53 AM.
lesson learned.......................
........................... and applied.
I guess we can hold on that comfort.
Ironically if you re-watch that play from yesterday, Ginobili did once again try to go for the steal/block. He was just lucky that the contact was minimal.
I would have personally driven down to SA and shot Manu, had Manu given them a 3 pt play again and lost that game in OT again.
I thought of a name for Diaw's critical turnover with 30 secs left when he threw the pass into the stands.
The French Mis-Connection
I thought of a name for Diaw's critical turnover with 30 secs left when he threw the pass into the stands.
The French Mis-Connection
How about Le Rod Strickland?
Why does everyone assume that we would've beaten Miami? It could've easily been us that Wade and Salvatore went off on.
The Mavericks choked that series away. They were trying to wrap up the le before the end of the weekend.
The Spurs would have won in 5 at worst....that is without question.
There is no way of knowing how much the Spurs would've won by, or if they would've won at all. They performed their own choke job in both series. Who is to say they wouldn't have done the same in the finals. It's great to be a hardcore Spurs fan (and I never thought I would say this), but myopia is never beneficial to any fan base.
Not myopia, hindsight.
Not hindsight, wishful thinking.
Potato- Potato
Tomato, tomahto!
Let's call the whole thing off!
That was fun.
For the same reason you assume we would've beaten the Suns in the conference finals.
That Dallas series was not for the NBA championship.
Funny of you to bring this up. When watching that play and seeing that Diaw had Manu isolated in the post, I remembered thinking the same thing. In fact, I yelled at the TV, "Dammit Manu. Don't foul him this time!"
You gotta pass six first, until then....
I really can't assume that they would've beaten Phoenix in the conference finals, although the Suns were missing Amare. Who knows what would've happened injury wise.
In the game chat, I wrote "glad Manu didn't foul" immediately after that play, folllowed a few seconds later by Spurm.
How about Le Rod Strickland?
How about the Damon-to-Tucson pass?I thought of a name for Diaw's critical turnover with 30 secs left when he threw the pass into the stands.
The French Mis-Connection
Considering it a foregone conclusion might have been a little strong, but the Spurs matched up pretty damn well with Miami - better than Dallas did. Taking that into account and realizing that mental toughness was all that Dallas needed to win the series (which the Spurs obviously have), it's not unreasonable to expect that the Spurs would have won it all that year.
Ifs and buts though, they lost and it's still 4 in 9.
So, I guess we all learned something in 06.
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