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Parker was playing on one leg the second half of the series and still hit the two biggest shots that everyone would remember if it wasn't for missed free throws by Ginobili and Leonard.
I'm still taking Game 6 in 07. Games don't get any more important than that one, and Manu played a killer all around game to clinch the 07 le. I still remember how Phoenix was right there to force a Game 7 and then Manu went HAM to end the third and begin the fourth, and that was game and season.
Parker was playing on one leg the second half of the series and still hit the two biggest shots that everyone would remember if it wasn't for missed free throws by Ginobili and Leonard.
Still doesn't mean that his '13 finals can be placed among his best series ever, tbh.
And if he was on one leg why the did he chuck 23 shots getting specailly bad at the end of the 3rd/start of the 4th when the Spurs had created a double digit lead by moving the ball? Sorry, but the Kobe Bryant style of clutch doesn't fly with me.
Manu and Splitter were the ones killing the Spurs when they blew that lead to begin the fourth in 6.Still doesn't mean that his '13 finals can be placed among his best series ever, tbh.
And if he was on one leg why the did he chuck 23 shots getting specailly bad at the end of the 3rd/start of the 4th when the Spurs had created a double digit by moving the ball? Sorry but the Kobe Bryant style of clutch doesn't fly with me.
It was a combination of many things but Parker's "drible, drible, drible chuck" trying to steal finals MVP when he thought the thing was sealed was one of the most important ones. I vividly remember cussing at the TV for Tony to stop hogging the ball.
Yeah... once we got past the Suns the Spurs had the championship in the bag.
LOL yeah, it wasn't Manu repeatedly throwing the ball to LeBron and then missing a free throw that would have won the le.
Parker shot 6-23 in game 6. 3-12 in game 7. If that's his best series, I don't want to know what the his worst series is.
I already said it was a combination of many things. I also remember screaming at my TV for Pop to bench the out of Manu but nobody comes here pretending like Manu played a good series, tbh.
The '07 WCF, Deron Williams was playing the best ball of his career. Him and Boozer together were damned tough. Parker just cut their hearts out. The Spurs destroyed the Cavs in the Finals, but Utah was the better team. For my money, that was Tony's best series ever.
He didn't score as many points, but there was a game against Dallas in '07 when Tim was out. Bowen shot a big goose-egg for the game, and Oberto and Elson in the starting lineup weren't much help. Manu scored close to 40, and just willed the team to a win.
Both of those were great performances. I liked the one without Tim, because it was almost exclusively him who won that game.
I think it has more to do with Spurs fans just not wanting to ing remember that series so only the good things stand out. But I don't know about basketball other than you need to put the ball through the hoop more times than the other team to win.The ?
Some folks have Tony's perfomances on that series all ed up because of a couple of clutch shots. He was abysmal on that series, specially for the way he was playing up until that point.
That was in the 07-08 season, the one that ended in bowing out to the Lakers. Manu had 37 points including a top 10 all-time NBA dunk in the third quarter (Bill: "OH MANU HOW ABOUT THAT SUCKER and amazed that no foul was called"; Sean: "Well get a towel and wipe the spit off that one, DeSagana Diop")... We went from being down 12 in the first half to up 12 early in the 4th quarter to almost losing it in the end but Dirk missed an open corner 3 at the buzzer which would have won it.
TD had 25 in the first half and the Heat had no answer for him. In the second half the Spurs went away from what got them their lead. Tony especially. He forced way too many shots for a guy who was playing hurt. But yes, Manu and Splitter were garbage in that game. Ugh...
I forgot how amazing Manu was in that game. The big 3 all stepped up in a big way in that clincher. It's crazy to think that despite all of their years together, there were only 2 postseason runs where all 3 were healthy and in their primes, 2006 and 2007. What could have been...
Tim: entire 2003 playoff run
Manu: 2005 Denver was my favorite
Parker: I think he went ape one year vs. Dallas when the spurs were old and injured I wanna say 2009 without looking it up
Yeah, Manu was out and MVParker had to step up. We lost that series though.
My god he was so good
Yeah I remember that, it was amazing. Manu the very next game scored 37 again vs the Jazz
That's my pick.
tim: '03 nets
manu:'05 sonics
tony: '07 cavs
Duncan went godmode in Game 7.
Duncan- 12-24 FG, 17-23 FT, 15 Rebs, 6 Asts, 3 blks.
If i remember correctly, he hit his first 11 shots.
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260522024
Big 3 scored 88 points on 55 shots
Pretty sure it was '09. That was Parkers best series. I consider that series the beginning of the second act of the Spurs era. Alot of pick and rolls and much less of Duncan post ups. Parker was filthy in that series. He ran out of gas because he had to carry the team.
I watched the Cavs Spurs elimation game ( 2007 Game 4) i forgot just how good he was. Nailing threes, knifing his way to the rim, throwing ridicoulous passes.
He hit his first 11 shots in game 5. Timmy was legendary in that series.
Duncan went godmode in Game 7.
Duncan- 12-24 FG, 17-23 FT, 15 Rebs, 6 Asts, 3 blks.
If i remember correctly, he hit his first 11 shots.
http://espn.go.com/nba/boxscore?gameId=260522024
Big 3 scored 88 points on 55 shots
Are we still on the Mario Chalmers outplayed Parker narrative? Let me refresh everyone:
Series:
Parker: 15.7 PPG, 6.4 APG, 1.9 RPG, 1.0 SPG, 2.1 TOV, on 41% shooting
Chalmers: 10.6 PPG, 2.1 APG, 2.7 RPG, 0.7 SPG, 2.6 TOV, on 39% shooting
No one would argue that the 2013 Finals was Parker's best series, but to act like he got outplayed by Mario Chalmers is dumb. And if you're going to cherry-pick a few individual games that Chalmers "outplayed" Parker...if that's the worst you have to use against someone...individual game...man please don't take up a career in player analysis. You might drive yourself pretty crazy. But just to address your statements, let's look at the facts:
Just Games 6 & 7:
Parker: 14.5 PPG, 6.0 APG, 1.5 RPG, 2.5 SPG, 1.0 TOV, on 26% shooting
Chalmers: 17.0 PPG, 2.0 APG, 2.0 RPG, 1.0 SPG, 3.5 TOV, on 50% shooting
Yah, Chalmers had a pretty good G6&7...pretty much outplayed most Spurs for that matter. But it's always funny when people do that for individual games. By that standard, Kawhi got outplayed by Matt Barnes last year in G7 and by Thabo Sefalosha in G6 of the OKC series we lost.
I mean seriously? Here was Kawhi's stat line in OVER 40 minutes of play that game: 5 pts, 2 reb, 1 ast, 1 stl on 29% shooting. Meanwhile Parker goes for 29/12 in that closeout game. You can cherry-pick any player for any series, even in closeout games. It's not hard.
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No amount of logic or facts are ever going to fix stupid.
Good logic and facts, BTW.
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