Ludden: Double-OT games fail to break the Spurs' resolve

[TOP-CHERRY]

I saw Timmy dancing and jumping on the sidelines after TP made his last shot and wondered when he was gonna get his ass back to playing.

Sweet Timmy, was like "COME ON!!!! GET YOUR Y ASS UP ALREADY!!!"
hahaha!!

Reminded me of game 6 in the 2003 WCF, when DRob was jumping and spinning on the sidelines with his bad back while Kerr and Jax were going nuts.

Oh man... those were the golden days!!! Very, very awesome to see the boys so ecstatic!

[milkyway21]

Oh, definitely.. But then the team wouldn't have been able to gain experince from those games, which would help them become more deep and solid in the playoffs.

Also, did you see how quickly their morale was boosted? How Timmy reacted when he saw his teammates push and tear, and give their heart, tears, and sweat to pull out wins??!! You think that won't motivate Timmy into compensating their teammates and coach by pushing them to the Finals when he gets back??!!

I don't know about y'all, but I have a gut feeling this is gonna be an awesome postseason!!!!

sure it did show the potentials of Nazr and it was a statement game for the Spurs.

Timmy liked what he saw, you can see how happy he was being the team's cheerleader. We like what we saw. Everybody liked what they saw, maybe except the rest of the teams heading into the playoffs .

[ZStomp]

Bowen hasn't missed a game since 2001-02.

Kori's a Huge Bowen fan!!

[whottt]

It's a good thing too...the last time Bowen missed some games we totally sucked. Drob said it best about Bruce...you don't notice how much Bruce does until he's not there on the court.

Finding Bruce's everyday replacement as he hits his mid 30's is the number one challenge the potential dynasty faces...is why I want to limit his minutes to prolong his career and keep him fresher at the end of the season...I have a feeling it's going to be hard to replace him...a lot of guys want to be stars...not many want the toughest, hardest, and most thankless job on the court...

[milkyway21]

http://www.nba.com/blog/blog31.html

i just remember Bowen's blog on NBA.com:

"And that's the cool thing about us, is that team aspect. If someone goes down, we always have some one to step in. Yeah, we depend a lot on Tim, but we put players around Tim to make our team better. In Chicago, they put guys around Mike to make their team better. The had role players around Mike to allow Mike to do even more on the court. That's what we have in San Antonio.

Speaking of which, I noticed Tony Parker was featured on NBA.com this week. Tony has grown since he's been here because he's been in the system a while now and people are recognizing that.

As far as Tony breaking out, as some would say, I couldn't point to something and say: "Well, he's done this, done that and done that," because it's been part of the plan all along. He's grown within the system and become the point guard we thought he could be.

That's what I mean when we talk about being a team. We have Tony, who's not an All-Star caliber guard if Tim's not on the floor. But those two feed off one another and they get better with one another. And Manu Ginobili isn't an All-Star guard without Tim, Tony or myself. "

...and Bruce loves Timmy Duncan