Poorest final 30 seconds in team history?

[Man In Black]

At least all 3 real key people were responsible for the loss. While the refs blew the travel call on Andre Miller on the play that led to the Nic Batum free throws and that they didn't check the replays to see if Manu actually touched the ball or not, with Tony going brain dead with a 4 point lead and using the dribble hand CLOSEST to the defender and then Manu going crossover to the front instead of playing the ball to the back like he tends to do, those 2 mistakes were the start to the debacle. When Matthews stole the ball, that was a legal play. His foot was planted and Manu dribbled off it, hence the funny bounce. And Pop. You have no size without Duncan, you need to match size with .9 seconds to go. The Spurs have some recent and memorable losses with lob plays to the rim in the final seconds. It should have been Jefferson on that last play to play the switch and defend Batum. With .9 seconds, the likelihood of the Blazers getting that clean a look on a jumper would have been harder than lobbing to a 6'8 jumping bean at the rim over either Parker, who was forced to switch since Manu cheated, or Manu, had he played the play correctly.

I'm bummed and pissed, but I think the Spurs still have the #1 seed locked up. I hope Tim is working really hard on the rehab. I think about now that he'd be in the middle of massage session pushing out any remaining swelling. It hurts like but it speeds up the process.

[Man In Black]

At least all 3 real key people were responsible for the loss. While the refs blew the travel call on Andre Miller on the play that led to the Nic Batum free throws and that they didn't check the replays to see if Manu actually touched the ball or not on the Novak pass, if he di touch it, there is less time on the clock, with Tony going brain dead with a 4 point lead and using the dribble hand CLOSEST to the defender and then Manu going crossover to the front instead of playing the ball to the back like he tends to do, those 2 mistakes were the start to the debacle. When Matthews stole the ball, that was a legal play. His foot was planted and Manu dribbled off it, hence the funny bounce. And Pop. You have no size without Duncan, you need to match size with .9 seconds to go. The Spurs have some recent and memorable losses with lob plays to the rim in the final seconds. It should have been Jefferson on that last play to play the switch and defend Batum. With .9 seconds, the likelihood of the Blazers getting that clean a look on a jumper would have been harder than lobbing to a 6'8 jumping bean at the rim over either Parker, who was forced to switch since Manu cheated, or Manu, had he played the play correctly.

I'm bummed and pissed, but I think the Spurs still have the #1 seed locked up. I hope Tim is working really hard on the rehab. I think about now that he'd be in the middle of massage session pushing out any remaining swelling. It hurts like but it speeds up the process.

[duncan228]

...Afterward, Ginobili compared Friday’s debacle to the 2005 loss to Houston, when Tracy McGrady scored 13 points in 33 seconds. Parker recalled Derek Fisher’s 0.4-shot to send the Lakers over the Spurs in Game 5 of the 2004 Western Conference finals.

“Nothing was worse than that,” Parker said.

Batum tap silences Spurs in Portland
Jeff McDonald

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...itical-gaffes/

[tlongII]

I don't know about you guys, but I feel GREAT!

[Harry Callahan]

I don't know about you guys, but I feel GREAT!

What will also make you feel great is a 3 step walk in the morning. Just like the one Andre Miller took.

Home cooking at its NBA finest.

[TE]

I don't know about you guys, but I feel GREAT!

Good for you.

[Sean Cagney]

I don't know about you guys, but I feel GREAT!

Good win, but nothing like the Memorial day miracle or the LA game in 00 playoffs I bet there , this regular season win will not come close nor is it significant in the big picture like those were there.

[ego]

Fisher 3pts in the final 0.4s one shoot It's hard on playoff game but winner shoot at the buzzer is "ordinary"

Batum 4 pts in the final 0.9s with 2 FT and one shoot (96-90 at 01:21) Very good play from Batum and I think the Spurs don't play during 1 minute

Tracy McGrady 13 pts in the final 35 seconds including a game-winning 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds (74-64 at 1:02) very great too!. I don't remember exactly but I think TD was on the floor.

[spursbird]

Poorest final 1 second for sure.

[Giuseppe]

Like that idiot coach for Utah who let his player make the second free throw the other night, Pop tryin' to make a point with Novak. Even after 4 rings, Pop remains insecure & puny for some gd reason.

[ShoogarBear]

I don't know about you guys, but I feel GREAT!

You had happy ending.

[K-State Spur]

I don't know about you guys, but I feel GREAT!

well...i'd rather feel like last night than feel like a week and a half into the playoffs as blazer fan will.

[ego]

You had happy ending.

An happy ending is to get a ring ! but I 'm glad for Portland. This is a good team and very unlucky with a lot of injured players.
I think is very good warning before the playoffs for the Spurs. It's not normal for a pro team to end a game like that. I don't know how you say in english but in french : « Il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué »
perhaps "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched".

[Solid D]

you can only do so much against a great player pulling up for 28 footers....

you can actually prevent dribbling off a guys foot or letting Andre Miller rip you clean....

They were both bad but, as was shown in the video in another thread of the "McGrady Game", you can also actually prevent yourself (Devin Brown) from inexplicably falling down with 4.5 seconds left at your own end... giving the ball up for a last second game-winner.

[John Basedow]

you can only do so much against a great player pulling up for 28 footers....

you can actually prevent dribbling off a guys foot or letting Andre Miller rip you clean....

[Solid D]

From crc21209 for just the last play, move the video scroll bar to the 4:15 mark.

[SilverSpur]

EVERYONE CALM THE DOWN! Yes we ed up big time. Yes Tiago should have been in the entire fourth quarter. This will help us in the playoffs. Manu and TP will not up again. This makes us hungry and opens our eyes. We can ing beat legit teams in Denver and Portland without TD, so with TD we will be fine. Yes this lost hurts like a mother er, but its a learning lesson. This kind of doesn't happen a lot kind of like T-Mac going ape on us in the last minute. We are preparing for the playoffs, so calm down and keep the negative bull away. GO SPURS GO!

I agree. We lost the last two games by two points each, because of OUR mistakes. It would be different if we had been blown out in both games because the other two teams had DOMINATED us, but that did not happen.
Be positive, Duncan is getting rest, Splitter and Novack are getting playing time, which is going to payoff come playoffs. Lets make are mistakes now and learn from this.

PS: What you imagine or think of will manifest. So think of these guys winning and SEE them holding up the championship trophy at the end.

[silverblackfan]

It's up there. 0.4 will ALWAYS be the worst, most heart-breaking loss in Spurs history. Just the high I was on after Timmy made that unbelievable difficult shot over Shaq, there was no way in anyone would think we would lose that game, and we did. After that, I knew anything in the ing NBA was possible. That and of course the damn 13 points in 35 seconds McGrady ....

Feel the same. Also think that 35 seconds was McGrady's best game in a while. At that time I didn't realize it would be the best of his career...

[spurtech09]

no turnovers and no mistakes....spurs would of won against denver and portland...spurs need to stop beating themselves period

[spurtech09]

yeah whats the deal with andre miller traveling and not being called....portland barely beats the spurs and without timmy d ?you feel great ....you should feel puzzled....portland ain't that good ....

[duncan228]

Spurs’ horror and heartbreak
Mike Monroe

...Where does Friday rank among the most mind-numbing Spurs losses during the 13-year Tim Duncan era that has produced 12 consecutive 50-win seasons and four NBA les?

http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...nd-heartbreak/

[my2sons]

I sure as can't recall any worse. It's like the team was throwing the game.

Aldridge gifts us 2 missed FTs, team is still up 4 with ball.

Tony INEXPLICABLY (really, this was one of the most ridiculous plays i have seen) just lets miller take the ball from him. Manu lets a guy on his heals take the ball from him - Portland then tries to blow a fast break, but draws a foul on the offensive rebound. Pop then goes all big with Manu the only option Portland has to worry about - so Novak tosses it out of bounds, because 'why not?' - and then we allow a play so obvious that even Portland's idiot announcers (and they are complete idiots) said was coming beforehand.

Damn, that's going to take at least one more bourbon to get rid of...

I remember a 79 eastern confernce playoff game against washington that was much worse than this one

[cherylsteele]

That game 7 in Portland (of all places) with Rod Strickland doing the over the head pass and all was pretty bad as well.