Which outcome, to you, was the most disappointing/unfortunate in the TD era to date?

[RD2191]

You waited for months to start this thread in the middle of the best offseason in Spurs history?

You're like the forum wife who wont quit ing. Start a thread for once if you don't like the content, got.

[soxxx]

Six will sting for eternity for me. I wanted to beat that Miami Heat team, the Miami Heat team that won 66 games, the Miami Heat team that won like 28 in a row, the Miami Heat team that had just added Ray Allen, the Miami Heat team every last person picked to win it all, the Heat team era in all its prime and glory.

Sure we got revenge, but the significance of that 2013 le would have been much larger than the 2014 le. The Spurs were about to pull the big upset and have there absolute shining moment, would have been 5-0 in the finals. The way the finals played in 2014 was not as climatic as it was when Manu was running up the court and Allen fouled him. The high at that point was off the charts, I didnt honestly think they were going to win it all year but when Manu got that rebound, it was like oh crap its happening....absolutely surreal. It was like when the Giants beat the undefeated Patsies......

[Obstructed_View]

His injury.

But that was a sweet dunk on Scot Pollard.


BTW, someone needs to add Juwan's Foul to the list. That's probably number two for me after 2006.

[ChumpDumper]

You're like the forum wife who wont quit ing. Start a thread for once if you don't like the content, got.

You're like the forum sexual who won't quit ing and at the same time can't break out of his third grade mentality.

Grow up, pal.

[RD2191]

You're like the forum who won't quit ing and at the same time can't break out of his third grade mentality.

Grow up, pal.

2/10

[ChumpDumper]

2/10

Better than anything you do.

Grow up.

[RD2191]

Better than anything you do.

Grow up.

1/10

[pgardn]

But that was a sweet dunk on Scot Pollard.


BTW, someone needs to add Juwan's Foul to the list. That's probably number two for me after 2006.

Mainly because It was Pollard.

[ChumpDumper]

1/10

Keep ing, berto.

[RD2191]

Keep ing, berto.

0.5/10

[ChumpDumper]

0.5/10

Keep going. You know you have to.

[RD2191]

Keep going. You know you have to.

[Horry Hipcheck]

1. 6. Nothing could ever be worse, save for Duncan literally dying on the court. I don't know that any team will ever be so close to a le, only to let it slip away. I will never watch a video or replay of Allen's dagger. I could go my entire life, suffering misery after misery, and on my death bed I will still rank this moment No. 1.

2. The Foul. The first iteration of the Spurs "super team", where an offseason brings in some high profile veterans (Van Exel, Finley) to join the championship core, and those 63 wins going into the playoffs felt good. It felt like the Kings first round series ended and the Dallas series immediately began, and before anybody blinked the Spurs were down 3-1. Bruce Bowen had that season-saving block on Dirk to end Game 5, Finley had a monster dunk and headbutted the ball in a can't-believe-they-won-that Game 6, and then roared back from an early, lengthy deficit to tie Game 7 on Manu's three. For a few minutes, it felt like the Spurs were destined to come back in that series all along, and then there was The Foul. It was a heartbreaking loss, but also perhaps the absolute best chance the Spurs had at repeating as champions.

3. Point Four. This one remained agonizing for a long time, and has only faded recently because of the Spurs' rampant success since 2012 and the Lakers' hilarious decline into mediocrity. At the time, I remember being ecstatic that Timmy had somehow put that shot in over Shaq and on his way down. Fisher's shot, which only came after an unusually large amount of time dedicated to restarting and setting the clock, elicited a loud " ." from my mother, and then nobody else said anything. It's in the past, and the Spurs have won 3 of their 5 les since then, so the pain is mostly gone. It ranks this high purely for how devastating it was at the time, and how it will always be an iconic playoff moment.

[RD2191]

1. 6. Nothing could ever be worse, save for Duncan literally dying on the court. I don't know that any team will ever be so close to a le, only to let it slip away. I will never watch a video or replay of Allen's dagger. I could go my entire life, suffering misery after misery, and on my death bed I will still rank this moment No. 1.

2. The Foul. The first iteration of the Spurs "super team", where an offseason brings in some high profile veterans (Van Exel, Finley) to join the championship core, and those 63 wins going into the playoffs felt good. It felt like the Kings first round series ended and the Dallas series immediately began, and before anybody blinked the Spurs were down 3-1. Bruce Bowen had that season-saving block on Dirk to end Game 5, Finley had a monster dunk and headbutted the ball in a can't-believe-they-won-that Game 6, and then roared back from an early, lengthy deficit to tie Game 7 on Manu's three. For a few minutes, it felt like the Spurs were destined to come back in that series all along, and then there was The Foul. It was a heartbreaking loss, but also perhaps the absolute best chance the Spurs had at repeating as champions.

3. Point Four. This one remained agonizing for a long time, and has only faded recently because of the Spurs' rampant success since 2012 and the Lakers' hilarious decline into mediocrity. At the time, I remember being ecstatic that Timmy had somehow put that shot in over Shaq and on his way down. Fisher's shot, which only came after an unusually large amount of time dedicated to restarting and setting the clock, elicited a loud " ." from my mother, and then nobody else said anything. It's in the past, and the Spurs have won 3 of their 5 les since then, so the pain is mostly gone. It ranks this high purely for how devastating it was at the time, and how it will always be an iconic playoff moment.

To this day I still haven't seen it.

[K...]

The question was most disappointing not must heartbreaking. It's not six.

Six hurt, but it was a seven game series and Duncan had memorable moments. We got beat by hof quality players making amazing plays. I think it's Memphis. That was sad. No defense. Slow Duncan. Spurs were the worst kind of frontrunners them.

[BillMc]

To this day I still haven't seen it.

You're lucky, my friend. They showed it on International League Pass at least twice a game during commercials in 2013-2014. That and LeBron blocking Splitter. Made me ill every game...

[UNT Eagles 2016]

1. 6. Nothing could ever be worse, save for Duncan literally dying on the court. I don't know that any team will ever be so close to a le, only to let it slip away. I will never watch a video or replay of Allen's dagger. I could go my entire life, suffering misery after misery, and on my death bed I will still rank this moment No. 1.

2. The Foul. The first iteration of the Spurs "super team", where an offseason brings in some high profile veterans (Van Exel, Finley) to join the championship core, and those 63 wins going into the playoffs felt good. It felt like the Kings first round series ended and the Dallas series immediately began, and before anybody blinked the Spurs were down 3-1. Bruce Bowen had that season-saving block on Dirk to end Game 5, Finley had a monster dunk and headbutted the ball in a can't-believe-they-won-that Game 6, and then roared back from an early, lengthy deficit to tie Game 7 on Manu's three. For a few minutes, it felt like the Spurs were destined to come back in that series all along, and then there was The Foul. It was a heartbreaking loss, but also perhaps the absolute best chance the Spurs had at repeating as champions.

3. Point Four. This one remained agonizing for a long time, and has only faded recently because of the Spurs' rampant success since 2012 and the Lakers' hilarious decline into mediocrity. At the time, I remember being ecstatic that Timmy had somehow put that shot in over Shaq and on his way down. Fisher's shot, which only came after an unusually large amount of time dedicated to restarting and setting the clock, elicited a loud " ." from my mother, and then nobody else said anything. It's in the past, and the Spurs have won 3 of their 5 les since then, so the pain is mostly gone. It ranks this high purely for how devastating it was at the time, and how it will always be an iconic playoff moment.

I was 10 when Fisher's .4 bull shot happened. It clearly shouldn't have counted. That was the night I went ballistic and tore down my grandma's bedroom closet light fixture. Gotta love my childhood.

[Beaverfuzz]

Nothing is even close to 6. It's a silly poll tbh.

Agreed, stupid topic.

[Seventyniner]

Keep going. You know you have to.

It will never end.

[Horry Hipcheck]

The question was most disappointing not must heartbreaking. It's not six.

Six hurt, but it was a seven game series and Duncan had memorable moments. We got beat by hof quality players making amazing plays. I think it's Memphis. That was sad. No defense. Slow Duncan. Spurs were the worst kind of frontrunners them.

Fair, but I'd contend that being 28 seconds from a le and blowing it, even to a team of HOFers, is pretty disappointing.

[Phenomanul]

1 - Game 6 2013. 5 pts lead in 28 secs and I remembered that TNT Open Court had discussed before that 7 or 8 things have to occur successfully in order to lose that lead in 28 secs and all the 7 things happened. (missed FT, couldn't secure Def Reb, missed FT, couldn't secure Def Reb, Heat hit 3 pts etc etc) What are the odd that it happened tbh...and it happened.


2 - Game 7 2006. Most classic example of Manu gave and Manu took away. The big 3 were playing out of their mind the entire series (each avg around 25 pts) but somehow the Spurs were downed 3 - 1. Somehow managed to fight back to have a chance at a game 7 and the Spurs were down 20 at one point of the game. Finally took the 3 pts lead with a clutch Manu's 3 in the final minute but that stupid and-1 foul cause the game into OT where Timmy who was having an incredible game (40 pts) eventually cramped and Mavs won the game. Got to admit that Dirk was having an insane series and Pop eventually had to put Bowen on him. Just wow. Josh Howard was un-guardable too and Jason Terry was hitting clutch shots everywhere. Even Devin Harris played as well as Enrique or maybe even better. Was really happy that Mavs choked in the Finals and Miami won


3 - Game 5 2004 - Didn't held much hope prior to the series as LAL added HOF Malone and Payton, not to mentioned that Prime Shaq and Kobe were still on the team too while D.Rob, Kerr and others had all retired. At that time, I don't think there is even a big 3 in the team as Enrique was in his 3rd season and Manu in his 2nd. Surprisingly, Enrique's speed killed the Lakers in game 1 and 2 but Phil Jackson adjusted and they evened the series coming into game 5. Spurs were down and were playing catch-up the entire game 5. Timmy's miracle shot over Shaq was crazy and it was nice seeing the entire team ran up to Timmy and hugged, grabbed him all that. [I don't remember seeing this kind of celebration ever since(not counting winning championship)]
Then the 0.4 nightmare came as Fisher hit that impossible shot. I thought the ball will be going to be passed to Kobe for sure and Fisher hit the game-winner. Really sucked the life out of me to see the Spurs lost like that.

Every one of those tragic losses resulted in a trophy the following season... hoping that this season's demise will produce the same result next season... Given our offseason, things appear to be shaping up that way...

[pgardn]

Nothing is even close to 6. It's a silly poll tbh.

Washington Bullets v. SA Spurs

Spurs up 3-1 to go to their first championship. Lose 4-3. Horrible moving screen called on Billy Paultz after a James Silas jumper I believe. We had that series wrapped up.
Learn the history of the team you now root for.

There should be massive protests that this series was not added to the poll so we could find the posters that are about to enter nursing homes. Even if it was not in the TD era it must be added.

[daledondale]

Washington Bullets v. SA Spurs

Spurs up 3-1 to go to their first championship. Lose 4-3. Horrible moving screen called on Billy Paultz after a James Silas jumper I believe. We had that series wrapped up.
Learn the history of the team you now root for.

There should be massive protests that this series was not added to the poll so we could find the posters that are about to enter nursing homes. Even if it was not in the TD era it must be added.

Thanks for the info. I'm Spurs fan since 2003 and didn't know about that.

[UNT Eagles 2016]

Washington Bullets v. SA Spurs

Spurs up 3-1 to go to their first championship. Lose 4-3. Horrible moving screen called on Billy Paultz after a James Silas jumper I believe. We had that series wrapped up.
Learn the history of the team you now root for.

There should be massive protests that this series was not added to the poll so we could find the posters that are about to enter nursing homes. Even if it was not in the TD era it must be added.

Yeah, but I was like -15 years old when that happened... the original Twin Towers had just been built, Jimmy Carter just proved that he was a buffoon for not saving our Western-friendly regime in Iran, and my mother was 21 at the time and employed at a run-down nightclub in Pearsall, Tx. as a multi-employee working 16 hour shifts (manager by day, full body strip dancer by night)... rock 'n' roll led the pop charts, and social life was still good in America.