I dont feel bad about 0.4 to be honest, look at it this way

[sananspursfan21]

That 04 Spurs, IF they had gone past the Lakers (still got 2 more games to play), won't beat that 04 Pistons in the final, that defensive juggernaut team won't be denied that year.

they would have beaten detroit, LA completely choked in the finals. that detroit team was no different than the next years pistons, and don't we remember what happened that time?

[TD 21]

Bring on the 99 Bulls.. They almost lost to the Pacers in 98. Jordan's prime was basically over, The Jazz should have won but Malone was an expert at playing like trash in big moments..

This (though you forgot to mention the fact that Jordan getting away with that blatant push off on Russell may very well have prevented a game 7 . . . which the Bulls probably would have found a way to win, but still).

I've always felt that the Spurs would have beaten the Bulls in '99. They were running on their fumes fumes in '98 and were so thin up front that they were basically down to a three big rotation of Longley/Rodman/Kukoc in the latter stages of the playoffs. That doesn't sound so bad . . . if it were 2013. Back then, that was a woefully undersized front line and they only got by with it because the Jazz had a gaping hole in the middle and no true second big period. That's the thing about Jordan. People always bring up the fact that he won six les without a dominant big, but he also never had to face anything close to an elite center in the Finals.

[Blackjack]

Creating a thread 9 years after the fact, clearly shows it bothers you.

And Duncan didn't bank that shot in. If he had, or had the shot rattled through the rim - not gone in on such a steep trajectory, hitting the bottom of the back of the rim, forcin it through with a quickness - there very well could have been less than .4 on the clock.

Game. Over.

happens - and Fisher's .

[Texas_Ranger]

being scared of Fisher is like being scared of Steve Blake right now. It's not 04.

[Poolboy5623]

I will NEVER get over ".4"..but it doesn't affect my daily life, and never did. One of those moments I'll never forget...between that and the "and 1" w/Dirk, the Spurs should have had a 5 peat!...or better yet a sinco peat? Shucks...I'd let some of .4 go though if they could somehow get Timmy #5...

[SpursIndonesia]

they would have beaten detroit, LA completely choked in the finals. that detroit team was no different than the next years pistons, and don't we remember what happened that time?

No, the hungry factor, that Pistons team had great reg season record of their own, they were legit & stepping up their game in the post season. The Spurs had Turkeyglue and inconsistent Manu + TP, though TD's beasting, won't be good enough.

Because of that conscience, that .4 never bothers me all that much, that in stupid foul by Manu in 2006 WCF series is much more bothersome, a real pain in the rear. We should have threepeated with that year championship.

[mute]

I will NEVER get over ".4"..but it doesn't affect my daily life, and never did. One of those moments I'll never forget...between that and the "and 1" w/Dirk, the Spurs should have had a 5 peat!...or better yet a sinco peat? Shucks...I'd let some of .4 go though if they could somehow get Timmy #5...

That's because you don't account for the times that we've been bailed out in the past. Horry's shot in 2003 was half way in... and somehow managed to rim back out. The Suns lost arguable their best scorer and Mr. Triple Double (that's like losing Duncan and Ginobili for the Spurs).

[Thebesteva]

It doesnt bother anyone so they post about it 9 years later
Small market

[Poolboy5623]

That's because you don't account for the times that we've been bailed out in the past. Horry's shot in 2003 was half way in... and somehow managed to rim back out. The Suns lost arguable their best scorer and Mr. Triple Double (that's like losing Duncan and Ginobili for the Spurs).

No...I spend a few seconds thinking that way, but why would I spend more than that? I'm a spurs fan and I want them to have as many championship dvds as possible...4 is awesome but most will agree they should have 1 or 2 more..

[cheguevara]

I watched this game live (on TV), and it broke my heart. I felt sick to my stomach for the next 3 days. The fact of the matter is that Duncan made a bogus, lucky shot that had no business going in... in the first place. All fisher's 0.4 shot did was fix what was suppose to happen. It was a game we should have lost anyways.

Ur therapist told you to make this thread. Didnt he?

[FkLA]

Duncan's shot went through the hoop at .8 which is why I don't have a problem with .4 outside of the fact that it knocked the wind out of us.

The refs didn't stop the clock immediately after Duncan made the shot. .

Ive heard this same argument from Laker fans tbh. Its true that Duncans shot went through the hoop at 0.8 but if youre gonna do that and look at the second to last play how far back do you go with that? Do we also look at the third, fourth, fifth to last plays? I think its kind of an accepted fact that a couple of tenths of a second will be lost after every made shot.

[Thebesteva]

This is every Spurs fan in this thread tbh

[capek]

So a thread started by either a moron or an idiot Lakers troll gets this much response. Really? smh

[Sean Cagney]

And if Horry doesn't go ape in Detroit, we'd have 1 less ring.

move the on

BINGO, and to the guy who said Horry's shot rimming out in 03 as well! BINGO! If Horry does not go ape in 05 we lose that le and if Horry's shot goes in in 03 we lose that series in 6 games out of shock TBH! Thats two less les! I mean seriously good happens and bad happens, get the f OVER It already that shot dropped and LA went on to get their ass whipped against Detroit that year. I am not so sure we beat Detroit if we make it there anyways, we needed Nazr and Barry that year to beat them! We did not have either that year and Detroit was on a roll!!!!!!! It is not as easy as SA fans think there, Detroit was tough and took us to 7 a year later and with a better team than we had in 04 (Our 05 team was better face it).

[Sean Cagney]

No...I spend a few seconds thinking that way, but why would I spend more than that? I'm a spurs fan and I want them to have as many championship dvds as possible...4 is awesome but most will agree they should have 1 or 2 more..

Most should say they should have more if not for this and that, Pistons with the phantom call in 87, Kings should have one if not for the game 6 or Horry's shot! LA should have one more if they did not blow that huge lead they had against Boston in 08! Pistons should have one more and a back to back if Sheed did not leave HORRY open! Dallas one more if they did not lose that huge lead in game 3 to the Heat! That turned the series. Heat should have been up 2-0 on Dallas and went back to back if not for a huge blown lead in 011 in game two. You could go on and on for teams! Boston should have beaten LA up big in that game 7 with Kobe 6-24 on and on. Get over it, you lose a le or two over a game or play or two, it happens to ALL.

I will NEVER get over ".4"..but it doesn't affect my daily life, and never did. One of those moments I'll never forget...between that and the "and 1" w/Dirk, the Spurs should have had a 5 peat!...or better yet a sinco peat? Shucks...I'd let some of .4 go though if they could somehow get Timmy #5...

How the do you figure the Pistons would be easy that year when it took it 7 to beat them a year later when our team was better than our 04 team? That 04 Pistons team was very good, at their best IMO with Sheed out there etc., they were on a roll! Heat in 06 we probably beat IMO, but what if we got shafted by the Refs for calls? Anything can happen there, it's only heresay we would just get there and win! What if our guy gets injured there in the finals etc.? It played out the way it did, period.

[SURGE]

0.4 was horrible just as much as the no call in 08 when fisher fouled Barry

[Drachen]

Ive heard this same argument from Laker fans tbh. Its true that Duncans shot went through the hoop at 0.8 but if youre gonna do that and look at the second to last play how far back do you go with that? Do we also look at the third, fourth, fifth to last plays? I think its kind of an accepted fact that a couple of tenths of a second will be lost after every made shot.

Funny, I have never heard this argument from a lakers fan (and I always wondered why not). Anyway, you don't go back many plays. What you do is accept that there is a small human error that we all have to accept and that this is just an example of that and not of some conspiracy. Fisher made a great, well defended, ing flukey lucky shot. It's no darker than that. Someone upstream trying to say that it was a more egregious example of NBA favoritism than the kings lakers series is ing re ed.

[TampaDude]

.4 sucked, but the no-call by our pal Joey in 2008 was just plain criminal. Why can Fisher get away with like that? Do they still feel sorry for his daughter? SMFH

[Budkin]

Worst moment in Spurs history. It will be tough to top it.

[elemento]

Every time I remember the 0.4 shot I also remember how Kobe got his ass kicked badly by Detroit in the Finals, so non-issue.

[benstanfield]

Ban.

[DMC]

It shouldn't bother you, the players made millions and don't even know you exist (and don't care). Also, it's one game in a series. It's not why we lost the series. First find a way to escape the denial that we had opportunities and didn't capitalize, and the rest will just vanish in a puff of logic.

[therealtruth]

Most should say they should have more if not for this and that, Pistons with the phantom call in 87, Kings should have one if not for the game 6 or Horry's shot! LA should have one more if they did not blow that huge lead they had against Boston in 08! Pistons should have one more and a back to back if Sheed did not leave HORRY open! Dallas one more if they did not lose that huge lead in game 3 to the Heat! That turned the series. Heat should have been up 2-0 on Dallas and went back to back if not for a huge blown lead in 011 in game two. You could go on and on for teams! Boston should have beaten LA up big in that game 7 with Kobe 6-24 on and on. Get over it, you lose a le or two over a game or play or two, it happens to ALL.

How the do you figure the Pistons would be easy that year when it took it 7 to beat them a year later when our team was better than our 04 team? That 04 Pistons team was very good, at their best IMO with Sheed out there etc., they were on a roll! Heat in 06 we probably beat IMO, but what if we got shafted by the Refs for calls? Anything can happen there, it's only heresay we would just get there and win! What if our guy gets injured there in the finals etc.? It played out the way it did, period.

The Mavs loss in '06 to me is more about the Mavs losing than the Heat winning. If they played the same way they played against us or in games 1-3 they should have won in a sweep. Instead they had their confidence shaken and DWade took advantage.