This One Hurts

[Venti Quattro]

I'm sure you thought about ending it all. If that is the case once again, acting on those thoughts wouldn't be a bad idea.

The viability of suicide

[benefactor]

The viability of suicide

I am a BUMP disciple when it comes to this.

[DeadlyDynasty]

All right, 2005-2007. Does it make any difference to you?. Tell me one season where the Spurs didn't go the playoffs in the last decade. There's no much difference between 5 and 4 NBA les.

PS: I was watching the Spurs dominance

Yeah, the difference is the Lakers won more championships...ipso facto, The Spurs dominating the decade statement is ing re ed.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Also, nobody gives a if you went that long without missing the playoffs. Utah and Portland had longer streaks, and STILL nobody gave a .

[SpurNation]

It's over now. 2012 now approaches. No interior improvement as of yet. Signed same crew as last year. Expectations not high for a different outcome than last season.

Famous quote..."If you're not getting better...you're getting worse." Take it for what you want. Have the Spurs improved their weakest attributes from last season?

[DeadlyDynasty]

No, it's not. If four les, five WCF, ten straight playoffs appereances (the entire decade), the greatest winning percentage during a decade in all major sports is not "dominating the decade" for you, then you are clueless. Besides, I didn't say the Spurs were the only ones who dominated the league. Ask anyone (apart from Lakers fans) who dominated the NBA in the 00's and they would tell you Lakers and Spurs.

Wrong again. You can't call it dominance when you couldn't even string 2 truly dominant years together b2b. Dominant teams defend les. San Antonio was 0-4 in that department...in fact, they only even went as far as the WCF in 1 of those le defense years. Lame.

Yeah, I bet all my money that Kobe didn't give a as well

That makes no sense whatsoever.

[timtonymanu]

Meh. I'm over it. If the Spurs couldn't hold an 18 point lead, they weren't destined for a le this year. I still think they wouldn't have beaten the Heat anyway. LeBron was on a mission last season. No one was stopping him.

[Obstructed_View]

Also, nobody gives a if you went that long without missing the playoffs. Utah and Portland had longer streaks, and STILL nobody gave a .

Clearly you give a , since you're in here fighting so vehemently about it.

[Sean Cagney]

Meh. I'm over it. If the Spurs couldn't hold an 18 point lead, they weren't destined for a le this year. I still think they wouldn't have beaten the Heat anyway. LeBron was on a mission last season. No one was stopping him.

True..

[DMC]

Wrong again. You can't call it dominance when you couldn't even string 2 truly dominant years together b2b. Dominant teams defend les. San Antonio was 0-4 in that department...in fact, they only even went as far as the WCF in 1 of those le defense years. Lame.

The "dominant teams defended les" is non sequitur. You just created a prerequisite out of thin air and passed it into law without so much as a vote. Bird never defended his le, yet his team was dominant. Sure he had compe ion, but no one who knows anything about the game would say the Celtics of that era weren't a dominant team.

When a team can win every other year for 5 years, they are doing something right. Any stacked team can carry a streak. The Spurs were never stacked. It's those who can get back to the crown again and again that truly illustrate resolve and leadership.

Spo's team has been to the Finals 2 years running, and they will likely go again this year. That's called being stacked. It has nothing to do with being able to defend a le, but to repeat as champion. Boxers don't count their le defenses as "I have 20 championships". No, they have the le, and they've defended it 20 times. In football, baseball and basketball, the term "Defend the le" is just media bull . You won or you didn't. Rings are rings.

[spurs10]

Also, nobody gives a if you went that long without missing the playoffs. Utah and Portland had longer streaks, and STILL nobody gave a .

The Spurs are the most winning team of all team sports for 10+ years. That's pretty dominate. Seeing how you've posted on their website 16 thousand times, it looks like they've got your attention. That's the equivalent of once every day for 32 years. Yeah,they're really lame!

[Ross Parrot]

The Rockets are more of a dynasty than the Spurs

[rascal]

Miami would have easily beaten the Spurs. The spurs 4-0 unbeaten championship record stays intact.

[Sean Cagney]

Miami would have easily beaten the Spurs. The spurs 4-0 unbeaten championship record stays intact.

Yep, I like it just like that.

[SpursFanInAustin]

Immediately after Game 6, some of the pain was dulled by the fact that the Spurs put up a good fight in a hostile environment. The opposition did what they set out to do and the Thunder played well too. The Spurs did all they could given the cir stances, IMO.

But, damn, this one hurts. Bad. I never allowed myself to get too high even as the Spurs were on their historic run. I've seen too many harsh U-turns occur in the NBA playoffs to get too caught up in any hot streak. And I know it's just a game, blah, blah ... but this morning, after soaking everything in, I can honestly say that was the most painful end to a season I've ever experience.

The Spurs weren't a perfect team. Despite the hype, if they won it all, I would have maintained it was the fifth best of their championship teams. But, man, they were right there. One more win in their last four games and their chance at a championship is pretty damn good. If they would have won it all, it probably would have been the sweetest of the five just because the ride was so enjoyable due to the low expectations at the outset of the season.

And then you add in the fact that this was very likely their last chance to get it done, and the pain is magnified. The Spurs needed a miracle just to stay this healthy for this long. Duncan was able to somehow turn back the hands of time for one final glorious run. Ginobili, despite declining physical skills, was able to remain relatively close to his best level. But add another year to those two and we probably see a huge drop in play by next season's playoffs. With that, San Antonio's chances go from slim to none.

I've been a hardcore fan since David Robinson's rookie season. In that time, the most painful defeats I've experienced in order:

1. 2012
2. 2006
3. 1995
4. 2001
5. 2004


Ugh.

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[in2deep]

[SpursFanInAustin]

disagree, we all thought window was closed long ago.

Suns sweep was one time everyone thought we were done.

last year same thing.

anything could happen next year. this is not an issue.

Spot on

[N0 LyF3 ScRuB]

Im still in the anger phase. I can't stop thinking about the huge amount if ridiculous calls that went against us.

Hope this doesn't happen again.

[cheguevara]

Spot on

dang I forgot how wrecked this site was after that loss

of course El Che was the voice of reason:

You allowed the homerism to take over your generally good reasoning. Had you looked at both teams neutrally, you would have seen OKC big 3 are much better, younger, hungrier than Spurs big 3. You would have seen OKC frontline is more built for a championship. Spurs frontline of Bonner/Tiago/Blair, o???

no way in this defeat is as bad as 04, 06. Even the 11 defeat was worse than this one. This one was too obvious.

disagree, we all thought window was closed long ago.

Suns sweep was one time everyone thought we were done.

last year same thing.

anything could happen next year. this is not an issue.

[Budkin]

Nice Che! That was painful and I never thought we'd make it back.

[Bobby Peru]

"this one hurts"??? if this hurt what Lebron is about to do to your team will make the OKC beating seem like a night at pleasure palace

bless these little emo spursfans bless em