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not as good as a one Steve Kerr & Action Jackson against the loser team up north.
It's got to be the mdm but horrys shot has to be number 2 if had not been for that shot we would have not won it all. but timmys shot should be in the top 5. (I was there)
not as good as a one Steve Kerr & Action Jackson against the loser team up north.
My first instinct was to say The TD 3 but when you examine everything, The Memorial Day Miracle was the shot that started it all.
MDM 3 BY Far...I was there in 124....and I watch my taped game every MD weekend!
Best Spurs Shots in playoffs
1.MDM 3
2. TD 3 to force ot... I get freaking chills when he dose the fist pump after smashing that 3!
3. Horry's 3 in Game 5 of NBA Finals
4. Horry's 3 vs Denver in 1st round
5. Wingate's last second 3 in 1990 WCSF Gm 5 v. Portland to force OT
The Horry shot was better than both..NBA Finals, and capped off his amazing run, maybe the most clutch performance in NBA history..
Poncho Punch. No question.
That's a easy one
MDM
I have never seen a Spurs game where so many people were crying tears of joy at the emotional roller coaster that was the Memorial Day Miracle. No contest. (Also, I was there.. :P)
They are my 2 favorite shots in spurs history, but i would put the MDM #1. The heels above the line, with the greatest call in spurs history by Bob Costas make it the best.
This isn't even a discussion, and I loved the out of Duncan's shot.
No MDM, Portland beat the Spurs in six games.
No 1999 le, the Spurs don't get the AT&T (nee SBC), Duncan leaves, Spurs move to Nashville.
Not to mention, the MDM was a way more difficult shot.
The Memorial Day Miracle was not only the biggest shot in Spurs history, but would have to be considered as one of the best in NBA history. The degree of difficulty and overall improbability of that shot going through the net easily beats Duncan's 3. I mean, Duncan was wide open and even though it was cool as , I really expected him to hit it. Elliott's shot just seemed like magic, or if it was a scene from a movie. Everything seemed so impossible that it almost looks choreographed. I remember that shot like I do like the Mexican standoff scene in The Good, The Bad & The Ugly.
What is Horry's 'F-bomb?' I probably know the play, I just don't remember that terminology.
I assume it's this one.
MDM:
Enjoy!
The Manu foul.
speaking of duncan shots, how about 1999 spurs vs. lakers game 2, tied with 20 second left, they send it down to duncan and he hits the clutch baby hook...while the 99 MDM shot was more phenomenal, i dont see how the spurs dont win that series even if Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Lu ck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_Luck_The_Fakers_ misses...they were just going to beat that blazers team..but LAL, if duncan misses that shot and they lose, its 1-1 going back to LAL and while i would take my chances the spurs would win, the lakers were one year away from winning three in a row, so they obviously could have won it in 1999...its a very underrated shot, and in my opinion, kind of got the spurs on a late game shot groove in the playoffs...havent watched it probably since it went in, might need to fire up the old vcr for that one.
MDM shot led to the 1st championship. It set the tone for the playoffs that year and it made the Trailblazers seemingly fall apart.
The MDM shot without doubt.
Do Spurs fans truly believe that if the spurs had lost that game, they would have lost the series? I personally dont think they would have. The 99 spurs were a team that would rebound after a loss. Their focus on the next game would be even better. I just think that series would have just gone 5-6 games with the Spurs winning it.
How can it not be the Memorial Day Miracle? That was the shot that started it all. Not to mention the degree of difficulty with Rasheed running at Sean full speed and nearly blocking it. There aren't a ton of specific moments that I remember as a young child, but I remember exactly where my 9-year-old self was and what I was thinking before, during, and after the ball went through the net.
He just might have. He said the fact that they'd already won one was one of the factors in his decision.
MDM....not to diminish the Timmy 3...it was exciting as , but it wasn't the same as Sean's baby...not even close.
Why would Portland beat the Spurs in 6? That Spurs team was masters of winning close games that entire playoffs, and they were way better on the road than at home the first two series. If Sean's shot rims out I think the Spurs still win that series in 5 or 6. They never panicked when Minnesota came in and stole game 2 in the Alamodome, and you'd have a hard time convincing me that team was mentally weak enough to get dragged down by one loss. Rob's shot in Detroit on the other hand almost unquestionably was the difference in winning a le or going home empty-handed. Detroit had balls in closeout situations, and came 12 minutes from winning the series anyways.
I gotta agree with Shoog on that one; no 99 le means no arena means the Spurs move to New Orleans or Anaheim.
That's exactly why I like Sean 3 better. Being in the dome was amazing that day
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