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Hollins was just hyped as many would be on a putback, I think he is sincere on not trying to taunt the great Timmay. Maybe he is just not trying to get blacked out on by Tim, but I think he did not mean to taunt Timmay and was just excited.
Duncan: ‘There's no magic answer'
Jeff McDonald
The Spurs know how high the odds are stacked against them in their first-round series against the Mavericks.
They are down 3-1, a deficit overcome only eight times in NBA history. It is history the Spurs will force themselves to ignore as the series resumes with Game 5 on Tuesday at the AT&T Center.
“We have to, or we're going to go home,” Spurs forward Tim Duncan said. “There's no two ways about it. There's no magic answer. We're going to go home and try to win that one.”
If not, it would mark an especially early vacation for Duncan. The Spurs have failed to advance past the first round just once since he joined in the team in 1997-98.
That early ouster came in 2000 against Phoenix, a series Duncan missed while nursing a knee injury.
Even before they left Dallas after Saturday's 99-90 loss in Game 4, the Spurs knew the history.
The last time a team recovered to win a series after falling in a 3-1 hole was 2006, when the Suns beat the Lakers in the first round. Later that postseason, the Spurs nearly pulled off the same feat against Dallas — but lost Game 7 at home in overtime.
“We know what's at stake,” Spurs swingman Ime Udoka said. “It's a chance for us to make something special out of this series.”
Time and a half: Duncan and Tony Parker each logged more than 40 minutes in Game 4, the first time that had happened this season in a regulation game.
Parker, who had only 12 of his career playoff-high 43 points after the half, appeared drained in the fourth quarter. By the end, his legs had cramped up on him.
“I was tired,” Parker said.
Duncan, who has been battling sore knees since just after the All-Star break, said he did not think the extra workload would bother him in Game 5. The Spurs did not practice Sunday.
“I feel as good as I've felt all year,” Duncan said.
Hollins' mea culpa: Ryan Hollins wants to make one thing clear. He did not intend to mock a future Hall of Famer.
In the second half of Game 4, Hollins drew a technical — not to mention the ire of some of his Dallas teammates — after he appeared to taunt Duncan after a putback dunk.
After the game, Hollins told reporters the celebration was not meant to be directed at Duncan. Mortified his actions were construed as a taunt, he says he apologized to Duncan.
“I was actually looking in the crowd,” Hollins said. “I wasn't looking at him. I didn't want him to have the impression that I was trying to taunt him or anything like that. I didn't want to make it seem like that.”
Hollins was just hyped as many would be on a putback, I think he is sincere on not trying to taunt the great Timmay. Maybe he is just not trying to get blacked out on by Tim, but I think he did not mean to taunt Timmay and was just excited.
What has been done cant be undone. TD will bring the hurt next game. We will protect our homecourt Mavs!!!
Great quote. Hope they all feel that way.
nice quote by Udoka, but the role players can say whatever they want to the press, they gotta actually prove it on the court.
Too bad Udoka's a scrub and can't do while he's out there to make a difference anyway. But keep talking, mutant arm.
Hollins reminds me of Jerome James, make a few good plays in one series, and then gets way to much praise, oh and James lost his series to the spurs.
GO SPURS GO!
Hollins can suck a fat one..no namer. TD will bounce back from that BS and this team WILL NOT die easily. It CAN be done! Believe damn it!
You're a sad excuse for a human being. Mutant arm? Seriously? Wow....get a life.
25/10/7 with 18 FTs should be good enough to win most nights. How much more "bouncing back" can he do in his current shape?Hollins can suck a fat one..no namer. TD will bounce back from that BS and this team WILL NOT die easily. It CAN be done! Believe damn it!
TD is and always has been a winner. He will not go down without a fight. Put him in a big game must win situation and he always finds a way to pull through...
Wait, people are actually upset over Holiins? Why?
He yelled and 'taunted' after the putback against Timmy.
Hollins' mea culpa: Ryan Hollins wants to make one thing clear. He did not intend to mock a future Hall of Famer.
In the second half of Game 4, Hollins drew a technical — not to mention the ire of some of his Dallas teammates — after he appeared to taunt Duncan after a putback dunk.
After the game, Hollins told reporters the celebration was not meant to be directed at Duncan. Mortified his actions were construed as a taunt, he says he apologized to Duncan.
“I was actually looking in the crowd,” Hollins said. “I wasn't looking at him. I didn't want him to have the impression that I was trying to taunt him or anything like that. I didn't want to make it seem like that.”
http://spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124352
We didn't protect our home court. That's the problem.
Hollins owns the tin man!! lol
says you
James was way more obnoxious, and intentionally so. Hollins sounds sincere.
The Spurs' 'hopeful' comments bring to mind the aftermath of Game 3 against the Lakers in 2001. You know they don't really believe what they're saying.
Wasn't that game the one where Duncan said "We have to make this last game as hard as possible for them?" or something along those lines when SA was down 0-3
Sean Elliott was telling reporters he believed the Spurs would be the first team ever to come back from 0-3, but with a facial expression consistent with being told his family had just been killed.
Man... I didn't want to laugh at that, but I did.
The imagery was great but little on the extreme side with the example.
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