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Oh yeah. Don't know how I forgot that one.
1997 Indians? Franchise hadn't won a WS since 1948, city hadn't won a championship since 1964 and they were two outs away. IIRC they'd already sealed off the lockers with plastic, wheeled in the champagne, the whole bit.
Oh yeah. Don't know how I forgot that one.
Buffalo choked that game away in the second quarter when they had a 12-3 lead and the ball in Giants' territory on two separate occasions and failed to score. If they scored a touchdown to make it 19-3 that game would have been over by halftime. There is no way the Giants, with a backup quarterback and an offense predicated on running the ball and grinding out the clock, would have been able to overcome a 16-point deficit. Not to mention that large a deficit would have also bankrupted Belichick's defensive strategy, which involved practically conceding the run and baiting Jim Kelly into throwing into coverage. Should have never come down to Norwood trying a 47-yard field goal on grass.
Spurs hands down. Who watches hockey? Nobody I know.
It's funny to hear everyone who never watches hockey all of a sudden act like they're experts.
Even if Boston had only let one goal in, it would be going to OT where they could've lost. Not to mention that there was still a Game 7 to play. (And yes, I'd be a lot more pissed if it was Game 7.)
Whereas the Spurs had to grab a rebound once to pretty much seal the championship away. And they had two chances to do so. Anyone who says "Bruins" here is re ed, frankly. (Fwiw, once Quenneville decided to stop being an idiot and put Toews/Kane on the same line, Bruins had no answer. Chara and Seids had bad series.)
As Irishock noted, the Bruins were out of gas. And yes, it does suck to lose the Cup on home ice. I at least wish we could've held serve and got beaten in Chicago, considering how good we were at the Garden this year.
The Bruins would've been worse if it had happened in a game 7. But the Bruins weren't playing for the Stanley Cup last night - they were playing to stay alive. 28 is worse.
Cmon LkrFan, you know you were wearing your "Los Kings" jersey last year
Choking a game you had in hand that could have won a championship seems like a bigger choke than choking away a game you had in hand that could push the series to a 7th game.
If the Spurs win game 6, they win the le. If the Bruins win game 6, they could still lose and not win a championship. Seems pretty simple which should seem bigger.
Nah bruh. I can't even ice skate. Tried that once. Almost broke my ankles, and at least five 3-year olds passed me up several times. was embarrassing as tbh. I don't know how those aggressive figure skaters do it in the NHL.Cmon LkrFan, you know you were wearing your "Los Kings" jersey last year
I don't know much about hockey (stopped following it after Super Mario retired. Was a fanboy of his as a kid), so I have no idea who choked more, but I'll take your word for it.
I also think we overuse the word "choke" and blow the reality of the situation out of proportion. Sometimes the other team simply makes plays. Lebron and Allen still had to make those 3's. Chicago still had to score those goals. Freese still had to make contact.
The only pure chokejobs I can think of was Nick Andersen's 4 straight missed freethrows and the Webber timeout. Those were instances where the opposing team didn't really do much to affect the outcome and still wound up in a favorable position.
CRthough.
Of course the Spurs did. I didn't say otherwise. But usually a chokejob is aided by the other team making plays.CR
Fans do overuse the word, though.
Oh, this was another pure choke:
Kareem is sitting there with a one-on-one matchup in the post and Magic sits there dribbling like a zombie until the clock ran out.
Hey! I'm a long-time Kings fan!!! Quit trash-talking my Kings!Cmon LkrFan, you know you were wearing your "Los Kings" jersey last year
Quick trivia Venti, who was the best player ever to play for the Kings? No googling!
Kopi...I forgot! Kopi, that's him!!!Quick trivia Venti, who was the best player ever to play for the Kings? No googling!
Hey! I'm a long-time Kings fan!!! Quit trash-talking my Kings!Latin Kings are my favorite team all-time
LOL Magic Francis
What a weak pass.
Ouch.
What a weak pass.
Amazing the Lakers bounced back and won 3 more championships. Helps that their core was young, too. Sucks that the Spurs version of the '84 Finals happened when their core is past their prime, so they likely won't get revenge.
^It was death wish, he'd nearly given away the Dallas series earlier, not once, but twice.
That loss just made the Lake Show hungrier. They had a better team than Boston and they knew it. Plus with the West being as feeble as it was they practically had a free ride to the Finals in 1985.
Re: the 1984 Dallas-L.A. series; didn't Derek Harper pull a Magic and dribble out the clock in one of those games?
Says a guy who thinks superstar players should fight bruising defensemen just to show how tough they are.
What, Chara's not a superstar too?
And hey, if said superstar player doesn't want a fight, he probably shouldn't get in the grill of said defenseman.
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