Fighting Back Death

[spurs10]

Also, I'd like to add how happy I am for your family and you! Love and will are powerful things. All the best to you, Kori, and your beautiful children!!!
And yes, this game is absolutely winnable. I expect them to be loose, poised, and focused.

[Solid D]

Phenomenal thoughts, timvp! The only thing that can keep this series from going like it did vs. the Lakers in 2004 (2-0, then 0-4) is:
H-E-A-R-T for 48 minutes or however long the game goes.

The transition from the Game 2 clinic to the Game 3 facial was as though the Spurs and Thunder had exchanged uniforms. It had me scratching my head wondering if Derek Fisher had dialed-up the Jim Cleamons Hot-line for their 2004 defensive strategy and let Scotty Brooks listen-in...and then pulled out the Spurs' offensive spacing principles and implemented them to perfection.

Sheer will and heart will be the order of the evening.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Huurah!! I'm actually quite calm today. I have a very calming feeling that we're gonna be fine tonight

GO SPURS GO!!

[Walton Buys Off Me]

All day yesterday and today I was mentally prepared to sit this one out tonight. I have two young children and felt like a total ass when I woke both of them up yelling from the basement in game 5. My wife ripped me into me Gregg Popovich-style for that one

I told myself I would sporadically follow online tonight and force myself to be distracted by the Stanley Cup Finals.

Now I log on and read this goose bump-inducing post by timvp and my outlook has changed.

If this is our 'last night on Earth" so-to-speak, let's go out with a bang.

I don't put our chances at more than 20% but it's a chicken move to abandon your team in possibly their darkest hour.

Ball So Hard, June 6, 2012

[Ishta]

I am glad your health has improved! Great Post as always!

Believe............
Go Spurs GO!!

[Spur|n|Austin]

believe

[ElNono]

Apples and oranges, tbh.... for starters you're not French, which automatically means you have the fighting gene in you... If you would have told yourself in your deathbed "I'll try harder in the 2nd half" you would probably be dead now.

Thanks for the writeup though

[joeyjfive]

Yesterday I got super drunk trying to forget game 5. I ended up fighting some guy twice my size and somehow whooped his ass. This was an omen, the Spurs are gonna pull it off.


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[tomtom]

Great take, thanks

[T Park]

Theres two bad things of Parker hounding Westbrook,

1, foul trouble
2, fatigued and playing badly or worse on the offensive end.

[Mugen]

Yesterday I got super drunk trying to forget game 5. I ended up fighting some guy twice my size and somehow whooped his ass. This was an omen, the Spurs are gonna pull it off.


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Does "somehow" mean shot him with a gun?

[silverblackfan]

Inspiring, to say the least. Thanks! It sets the right mood for this game.
The Spurs will not go into this night quietly. They will rage.
They will show their desperation. They will show their heart.
They are aging champions, but champions none the less.
I pray that they can pull this game away from a young Thunder juggernaut that is on a roll.

[SpursWench21]

Thanks timvp for the awesome post! I was very down to see you give them 2% on a previous thread, but I understand the feelings game 5 brought to many of us fans. Your life or death experience put into words was truly moving, and makes me appreciate mine all that much more. Glad you and your fam are doing well and tell Kori she is awesome for all the things she did to help you and your family get through that tough time.

With that said, calm and collective, tough-minded and physical, with a ton of heart and spirit and some good shot taking the Spurs will take game 6. I feel it.

B E L I E V E

[joeyjfive]

Does "somehow" mean shot him with a gun?

Haha I only emphasized the somehow because there was no way I should have won. It just happened.

[Obstructed_View]

Theres two bad things of Parker hounding Westbrook,

1, foul trouble
2, fatigued and playing badly or worse on the offensive end.

1. If Parker can't avoid foul trouble in the biggest game of the year, then the Spurs don't deserve to win.

2. "Pop, I'm 29 years old!"

[DPG21920]

Parker is playing average on offense anyways, he can offset that by wrecking Westbrook - which he has done consistently when he is guarding him.

Foul trouble is a concern, but we have to trust our best player to rise up to the challenge and play smart.

TP is dat playa.

[timvp]

Parker is like the 4th least foul prone player in the NBA. If anyone can play pressure defense without fouling, it's him.

[thispego]

Haha I only emphasized the somehow because there was no way I should have won. It just happened.

this makes you....cool?

lol fighting

[phxspurfan]

At some point, don't the Thunder have to cool off? I know the Spurs aren't exactly a defensive force but OKC has been hitting long jumpers at a ridiculous rate these last three games.

This. But I can't say they'll cool off in this series. I just don't see it. The Thunder have so much confidence right now that it may take more than one or two more games (unless we stomp the crap out of them in game 6) to take away their undeniable swag. And the Spurs always seem to get all random role players' unbelievable performances in the past. I hate that when I watch Spurs games.

Since the Spurs' game plan is usually to take away the opposing team's #1 and 2 options and make their role players win, I guess it's par for the course.

[DAF86]

That fluky "long two's" stat made me angry.

[DAF86]

timvp do you know how the Thunder shot in those long jumpers against the Spurs in the three games of the regular season?

[Crookshanks]

The Spurs know, that in the OKC arena, Western Conference Championship t-shirts are ready and waiting - let's hope that inspires them to play out of their minds and steal that championship!

[ace3g]

Luckily Westbrook tends to go for step back jumpers more than drive to the basket once they get into halfcourt sets, so it is easier for TP to harass not worrying about that.

[crc21209]

Damn, if reading that story doesnt get you fired up, nothing will. I'm glad all is well with you timvp. Now lets get a W damn it....

[beachwood]

Keep Pounding the Rock!