They may have felt down after game 4, but with two games at home after having beaten Detroit in San Antonio convincingly, I seriously doubt they gave up after game 4 and felt that it was over at that point. Maybe Nazr did, but I doubt the top 4 or 5 players on the team did.
I put Manu in that category. As I said above, he used to always come up with a timely dunk that got everyone in their feet.
Or a steal or great pass or drive. But I guess that was maybe a function of always playing hard and never quitting. Maybe the anti Horry. Rob just always seemed so unfazed. Manu would go on tilt with effort.
But both came up big in crucial moments.
I agree with all of this.
Oh yeah I remember that game, that dunk and those shots lol
That's why Big Shot Bob will always be in our hearts.
Btw I didn't remember MVParker saving our asses again with that defense on the last play
I actually typed that Manu was a close second, and deleted it because I decided I didn't feel like getting into any of the usual tonight. I agree with everything about Manu, I just saw Horry as something different and unique. Manu might go crazy and be everywhere on the court for a stretch. But Horry was like an assassin who knew just where and when to stick in the dagger. I know that's pretty dramatic, but he did it way too many times for it to be coincidence.
The real shame about that infamous "hip check" against Nash was that he alllllmost managed to pick up a charge. He had gotten knocked to the floor, got up, and sprinted to get in front of Nash. That wasn't a dirty play - it was a split second short of being sheer court genius. Had he gotten that charge, I'm convinced the Spurs would still have won that game.
My goodness, thank you for this thread.
Awesome memories flooding back, from the playoff run.
Manu was amazing. Getting cheapshots all playoffs long, but still not retaliating like most players would. Only answering back with clutch plays and insane hustle.
Yes he should have gotten Finals MVP IMHO.
Hated his hair, though. lol.
That was a real man series not like the pussy shows of nowadays.
Bith teams were mentally and testicularly massive. Plus the head coaches had anacondas in their trousers.
Nowadays we have jefferson, lebron and kerr and eliancito and donkey looking like a bunch of s.
Real bad ass classic series IMO. I completely terrorized my neighbors on that game 1 win and then on the game 5 win I almost set the whole block on fire.
was wild
That game 1 win was almost as big as game 5 imo. If I remember correctly Pistons came in and were beating us up and then we wome up and came the back like Rocky 1
I don't disagree with anything you said.
I think Horry just had that " it" mentality. He just didn't give a what the situation was. He was going to play his game.
Yeah...the whole hip check thing was bull . It was just normal bball. Just unfortunate that Nash looked like damn Gerry Cooney when it was done.
#InstaBan
haha
Loved the clean cut look, the first time Team Argentina blew my mind in the 2002 Worlds.
What? The hip check thing was awesome dirty or not. That play have it's own iden y. Playoff ball at his best. Not that soft flock played today tbh.
Horry had 17 in 4th + OT, IIRC
Big Shot #%^€in' Bob!!
Yeah...that was my point. Just basketball.
The Spurs looked "shook" and were definitely questioning themselves after getting owned in those first two losses. However, I seriously doubt they believed they weren't as good as the Pistons. Naz may have doubted himself but dude wasn't even there for the whole year. That's why Horry and Manu have multiple rings and Naz never sniffed another championship.
I was in school that time, but couldnt believe the Horry was pulling when I watched the replay.
That stretch dunk was awesome.
Nazr and Beno were both shook that series... most shook since nick anderson
Damn. Poor Sheed. Didn't realize he had been on the wrong end of two of the biggest shots in Spurs history.
I don't know if it was because I was too young back then or what, but I never felt like the Spurs could lose that series. Even being down 10 in the 2nd half of game 7 I expected them to win. Probably because of Manu, fresh of winning the Gold in 2004 and playing the best basketball of his life. I felt he was like Jordan out there, there was no way he couldn't go out a winner.
Remember Glen Robinson won a le and the few minutes he played, he actually defended
That series was a nailbiter, I remember being in full nervous breakdown mode after game 6. That game 5 on father's day Horry's heroics were just incredible, that was an awesome and fun game to watch. That 2005 Piston's team was a great basketball team, Spurs had to play on another level just to pull that series out. Great series.
What a terrible team
Duncan, Horry, Bowen, Ginobili, Parker and that's it. Everyone else shat the bed, especially Udrih.
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