The Missing Rings - best teams to never win a le

[DeadlyDynasty]

Refs didn't help either, imho.

Don't go 16-30 from the FT line in an overtime game at home. No one to blame but themselves. They make just one more FT and they have a le.

No pity from me.

[baseline bum]

That makes it all the more impressive that they could hang with Jordan's Bulls.


I'm no Ewing-apologist (there's a Ewing-theory for a reason), and you're a cool scro BB, but you get real defensive about D-Rob. He was playoff choker.

There's nothing wrong with saying that. it doesn't make him a ty human being. I'm a Bills fan and I love Kelly, Thurman, Reed, Lofton, Tasker, beebe, Smith, Talley, Bennett, Hull, Hansen, et al...but they're ultimately chokers.

C'est la vie.

Robinson being a regular season player doesn't change the fact that New York was a really flawed team after giving Mark Jackson away for peanuts (can't believe they did the same with Strickland 2 years before).

[Nathan89]

Don't go 16-30 from the FT line in an overtime game at home. No one to blame but themselves... They make just one more FT and they have a le.

No pity from me.

...and the refs. Probably why it's one of the most controversial series of all-time.

[DeadlyDynasty]

...and the refs. Probably why it's one of the most controversial series of all-time.

Don't go 16-30 from the FT line in an overtime game at home. No one to blame but themselves. They make just one more FT and they have a le.

No pity from me.

[baseline bum]

Can't blame the refs for Stojakovic and Christie's airballs. I found it funny watching those mother ers choke that series away. That should have been over when they took a 24 point lead in game 4.

[baseline bum]

And I'll never consider a team who can't inbound the ball for 2 minutes an all-time great team. I'm surprised they didn't blow game 3 the way they did 4 and 7 tbh.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Can't blame the refs for Stojakovic and Christie's airballs. I found it funny watching those mother ers choke that series away. That should have been over when they took a 24 point lead in game 4.

[Nathan89]

So you don't pity a team getting cheated. Ok.

[DeadlyDynasty]

So you don't pity a team getting cheated. Ok.

If you pity a team that went 16-30 from the foul line in Game 7 at home then you have a weak cons ution and probably make a lot of excuses in your life.

[mercos]

The 2002 Kings immediately come to mind. Their offense was a thing of beauty. They clicked very well together. The 97-98 Jazz teams were also very good. Two all time greats playing for an all time great coach. Their finals against the Bulls were entertaining. The mid 90s Magic were pretty good as well. Just caught a highlight clip of Penny Hardaway on youtube earlier. Forgot how good he was for a while there. I'll never forget him hitting that halfcourt shot at the end of the first half against the Bulls in game 1 of the 1996 ECF.

[jjktkk]

what game was that infamous Rod Strickland turnover?

89-90 season.

[NewcastleKEG]

Can someone explain the background of this Rod Strickland turnover?

I was 5 years old & never seen it mentioned on NBAnetwork or ESPN

[jjktkk]

Can someone explain the background of this Rod Strickland turnover?

I was 5 years old & never seen it mentioned on NBAnetwork or ESPN

Rod's famous no look pass to Sean, who wasn't expecting the ball. it went out of bounds and pretty much killed the Spur's momentum.

[baseline bum]

Can someone explain the background of this Rod Strickland turnover?

I was 5 years old & never seen it mentioned on NBAnetwork or ESPN

About 35 seconds left in OT of game 7 in Portland with the score tied at 103. The Spurs have the ball and can't seem to run a decent play; the offense looks really chaotic on this possession. Strickland runs out to the right elbow to catch a pass from Robinson. Instead of turning around and facing up Porter, Strickland immediately throws the ball backward over his head, I guess expecting that Elliott was cutting baseline. Instead, Elliott was camped at the three point line. Kersey saves the ball, gets it to Drexler on the break, and Strickland shoves Drexler in the back, giving Portland 2 shots and the ball. Season over. A completely ridiculous blind pass to make in that situation.

[baseline bum]

That one pass basically ruined Strickland's career in SA. The fans always hated him for it and the cheap-ass owner Red McCombs used that as an excuse to let him walk for nothing in 1993. If that pass never happens that piece of Vinny Del Negro probably never puts on a Spurs uniform (he was McCombs' replacement for Strickland).

[DeadlyDynasty]

any youtube footage of that? Didn't see any at first glance

[baseline bum]

I don't know; I have the entire series on my computer. Did I mention how much I hated Del Negro? Think Honky Smush Parker.

[NewcastleKEG]

Whoa that sounds like something Westbrook would do

I'll be honest, never heard about the Spurs being that far in the playoffs with DRob, so I doubt the general NBA fan does either.

I just took a peak at your roster, pretty impresive

[baseline bum]

Here it is... a little after the 1 hour, 27 minute mark.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Here it is... a little after the 1 hour, 27 minute mark.

Danke.

[jjktkk]

Whoa that sounds like something Westbrook would do

I'll be honest, never heard about the Spurs being that far in the playoffs with DRob, so I doubt the general NBA fan does either.

I just took a peak at your roster, pretty impresive

Yea that roster was pretty stacked. Even though Strickland was a knucklehead, after they shipped him out, the Spurs never could find a decent pg, until Avery Johnson several years later.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Holy what a stupid pass

[NewcastleKEG]

Whoa. The balls to make that pass given the situation. You ain't gonna win a le with heroes like that

[ElNono]

Larry Brown with hair

[Jacob1983]

What about the Cavs from 2008 to 2010? They had the best record in the NBA in those two seasons and didn't even make it to the Finals.