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I believe Game 5 was the game Horry had the monster dunk near the end that he made into a poster for himself.
*edit* I guess I hit the character limit in the subject line and the "s" in "Spurs" got cut off
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2017/02/24/with-stunning-story-richard-hamilton-opens-up-about-finals-loss-to-spurs/
Richard Hamilton enjoyed triumph after triumph with the Pistons, but one loss was so haunting he couldn’t speak about it for nearly 12 years.
He broke his silence on Friday, facing those demons from 2005 when the Pistons fell to the Spurs in the NBA Finals.
“And I’m going to tell you what’s crazy about it. It wasn’t the Game 7 that we lost in San Antonio, but Game 5 in Detroit,” Hamilton told the Jamie and Stoney Show on 97.1 The Ticket.
“This is the first time I’ve ever even talked about it, to be 100 percent honest with you, because it was one of those situations where we knew we had ‘em. We just knew we had ‘em.”
Looking for their second consecutive championship, the Pistons were blown out in the first two games in San Antonio. They came home for three games at the Palace knowing they had to seize the opportunity.
“We’re thinking in the back of our heads, ‘Same thing as last year against the Lakers, we’ve gotta get these three games,'” Hamilton recalled.
The Pistons took care of business in the first two contests, throttling the Spurs in back to back games to knot the series at two.
“And then the third game,” Hamilton said, “Robert Horry hit that shot.”
That shot. It likely saved the Spurs’ lives. A former Spur told Hamilton so himself.
“Years later, I got a chance to play with Nazr Mohammed in Chicago,” Hamilton explained. “Nazr was on that (Spurs) team, and Naz was like, ‘Hey Rip, you don’t understand how mentally broken we were after you guys beat us the first two games in Detroit. We were lost. We thought the series was over.’”
Hamilton could hardly believe his ears.
“I’m thinking to myself, ‘Man, when you’re competing against Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobli, Tony Parker and the crew that they had, it was like, alright, you beat ‘em two games, but these guys are going to come back and they’re going to come back harder.’ Not at one point did you think in the back of your mind that these guys were thinking they might lose this series,” Hamilton said.
But Mohammed laid it all out there. The Spurs – mentally, anyway – were finished. Horry’s shot and that Game 5 victory brought them back from the dead.
They would win the series on their home floor four days later.
“So, for me personally, I feel like we let one slip anyway,” Hamilton said. “But it is what it is, that’s the game of basketball for you.”
I believe Game 5 was the game Horry had the monster dunk near the end that he made into a poster for himself.
It was.
Its also largely why Pop gave Horry so much la ude to essentially do whatever he wanted during the remainder of his time with the Spurs.
Likely the most riveting game I've ever seen. It blew my mind.
One of the best games I've ever watched, tbh..it was a superhuman effort from Horry, I still don't know how he made some of those shots..
It's a forgotten series in NBA history, though, due to the era it was played in..a lot of people don't realize how close Duncan was to not having 5 and how much he struggled in that series(similar to Kobe in the 2010 Finals)..
Horry and Manu really saved the Spurs..
Which is why I continue to insist Manu should've been Finals MVP over TD there.
Thats correct, it was during game 5, anyway you cant expect to win 3 games in a row in the Finals.
Unless you're not facing a store-bought Lebron team in the Leastern Conference, tbh.
TD had a terrible game. missed an uncontested put-in to send game to OT
Man, i remember feeling like crap after game 4. It almost felt like we completely lost our way and to have to play at Detroit again felt even worse. When Duncan missed the tip in to end regulation, i thought for sure we were going to lose. I believe we got down right away in the first minute of overtime, and then thats when the Horry heroics began.
But that was definitely a great game and so happy to see the spurs come out on top
Manu was on another level, but Duncan battling the Wallace Brothers on two bad ankles was downright heroic. I was at Game 7. Duncan willed us back when we were down in the 3rd Quarter.
it was the greatest moment in the history of basketball
still get goosebumps thinking about dat game 5.... Rasheed u da real MVP!
Bull . Maybe you thought that, but I guarantee you Tim Duncan didn't think that way. Nor did Rob, nor did Manu, nor did Tony, nor did Pop.
They just responded and won the damn championship.
Now, the '13 Heat? THEY knew they were finished. That would be a better example of that.
he was up against the best defensive frontcourt tandem he'd ever face and one of the best in league history, after the ankle injury before the postseason and during the Sonics series, some struggling was expected tbh
I agree. Like the Pistons went on another gear on defense that Spurs started to wilt. Fortunately, Horry took into to some crazy level and refused to lose!
There's a three video limit to a single post, who knew
Yep, agree with all of that, but just saying..
i was outta town that game. so happy i still caught it on tv. it was crazy was horry did for us.
never liked rip. respect though.
manu's metrics vs the pistons are so much better than kobe's when he played them the year before.
big rasheed fan, i wanted him to be a spur.
did as good a job as anyone when it came to defending duncan imo.
also:
The next year, the Pistons were bent so far on revenge that when the Spurs went splat against the Mavs they kind of fell apart and didn't make the Ginals because they lost focus. The Heat snuck in and got ref gifts to Dwyane Wade to give the Heat their first championship.
What a Playoff performance.
Good memories
That was such a crazy series. I couldn't believe when they ran all over the Spurs to begin Game 1. Like 4-5 minutes into the game the Pistons were up 17-4. I'll never forget Glenn Robinson coming in having three huge blocks and turning that game completely around. After Pop called that timeout to put Robinson in the Spurs finished the game 80-52. From that low to the Spurs dominating the first two games and making a sweep look possible. Then Detroit dominating the next 2. Then Game 5 is the most tense game I have ever watched. Then Detroit coming back pissed and taking Game 6. Then Detroit having that 9 point lead in the third quarter of Game 7 until Duncan started getting the Wallaces and Dice in foul trouble in the third (lol Tayshaun Prince trying to guard Duncan in the post). That Finals and the Dallas series the next year were the two that took the most time off my life.
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