Playoff Flashback... 4th qt game 6 WCF vs. Mavs

[Texas Chili Dog]

didnt game one, the mavs were 50 for 50 from the line...and dirk went down in the third quarter in game 3, when the spurs were already up 10 or so, so even with dirk, the spurs were up 2-1 in the series and game 1 was a fluke. plus, the game 5 the mavs won, the spurs were up 20, somehow the mavs came back....with dirk it maybe goes 7, but i still think it ends in 6. dirk was still young then.

close, 49 for 50...and they missed the first one via Najera.

[bus driver]

mavs suck!

still get the chills when i watch this game!

[MI21]

The Mavs were actually a tougher out with Dirk gone... He wasn't as big of a Spur killer back then as Malik usually did a decent job on him. Dirk out changed there lineup and the Nash/Van Exel backcourt for heavy minutes was a big problem for the Spurs.

Stephen Jackson's efforts in that game are often forgotten. Before Kerr hit his 3's, Buckets was hitting from all over the place and had a particularly sweet pull up 3. Kerr was the clincher, but Buckets brought the Spurs back into the game.

[chreph]

I remember I was so pissed off that I left the apt to go wash my car. As I was drying it and cleaning the interior, I caved in and turned on the radio right before Steve Kerr went on his run. I honestly didn't completely believe it until I got home and saw for myself lol Part of me was thinking I was just hearing what I wanted to hear

[G-Nob]

This is the feel-good thread of the year!

[Shank]

This is the feel-good thread of 5 years ago!

[Findog]

Ahhhhhm on fi-yaaaaaa 2nite!

God, you post some gay-ass .

[Sausage]

That playoff run was great in 2003. Every clinching 4th quarter the Spurs seemed to always be behind and needed a huge run to comeback and it was always someone else to get the team going.

[Budkin]

Goddamn that was an amazing comeback... I was so down after the way game 5 ended and by the end of the 3rd had pretty much given up hope. Then that happened. Awesome.

[RobSM64]

BTW, thanks to the OP for posting those clips.

no problem

[BlackBellamy]

I watched this game in a bar in Fort Worth. Me and my buddy were the only Spurs fans in the place. I was trying to be reserved and not piss people off to begin with, but when the Mavs were up, people there were being so f*cking obnoxious. So, Steve Kerr goes on his run and the place goes silent, outside of screams of delight (and a bit of taunting) from this humble fan and friend and the occasional grumble or sour grapes/ tough guy comment from a DFW townie. To be faced with a hostile environment and for them to just shut it down for me. That was one of the proudest social Spurs fan moments that I've had, save the championships. Beautiful. I've never felt better about coming very close to getting my ass kicked viciously. Anyways, Go Spurs!

[Josh810]

My favorite quarter of any game ever. Steve Kerr = awesome. I think the best part was watching DRob jump around more and more after each 3.

[WildcardManu]

"Malik you're a punk! You're a punk Malik!" I remember that.. that still makes me laugh.

yeah, but i thought he was saying "you're a bum"

[mexicanjunior]

That playoff run was great in 2003. Every clinching 4th quarter the Spurs seemed to always be behind and needed a huge run to comeback and it was always someone else to get the team going.

Except for the Lakers series, we lead that one pretty much the whole way in the 2nd half...

[nkdlunch]

damn. Spurs used to move the ball a LOT back then.

[baseline bum]

It's not unreasonable that the Mavs could've won that series with the services of Dirk. Game 5 was won w/o Dirk and Game 6 there was a double digit lead heading into the 4th.

Not making excuses, we probably would've lost in 7 anyway, but never know!!!

Yes it is. The Mavs were a way tougher matchup for the Spurs with Najera in place of Nowitzki. Anytime Dirk guarded Tim it was an automatic 35/15 game. Najera's physical D frustrated Duncan in games 5 and 6, and Finley, Van Exel, and Nash more than made up for the scoring Dirk provided. Dirk getting hurt in game 4 was the best thing that ever happened to the Mavs for that series. It would have been over in 5 if Dirk never got hurt.