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Those game 6 4th qtr Z-Bo shots were truly ridiculous.
Season was completely different. Last year we got off to the smoking hot start and were stumbling at the end. If you will remember Tim got hurt with about 2 weeks or so left in the season and missed a couple of games. He was never quite the same after that. We went on a six game losing streak and weren't playing our best ball and we still had RJ. This year we got off to a slow start, got Manu's injury out of the way early, and are playing smoking hot ball at the right time...
Those game 6 4th qtr Z-Bo shots were truly ridiculous.
We'll sweep the Grizzlies if we meet them in the playoffs this year.
You people keep forgetting, the Spurs were horrible the last three weeks of season, they went 4-8 down the stretch.
Manu getting injured was just another reason to worry about that series.
This team is steamrolling into the playoffs, nobody is going to keep them from collecting their 5th and perhaps last ring.
Damn. I had almost forgotten that Bonner hit two clutch threes in Game 1.
It gives me respect for the Grizzles. They went for the kill when they smelled blood in the water! They played their asses off!! It's that simple. It also goes to show that Pop is a great coach/front office guy. The team needed toughness and a mental edge! It's the kinda humbling loss that makes a proud team comeback more focused. RJ had to go, period! He was like that guy from Apocalypto who had fear in his eyes so he couldn't be allowed in the tribe!
We have the same scheme, but players that have an edge to them. Green's swag and Leonard's "Duncan-like" calmness is like fire and ice! Gotta love it!!
Watching that made me laugh.
A lot
At first glance it has me a little worried tbh.
The offensive sets and attack were totally the same as this year, which isn't a bad thing
Obviously Green/Leonard/Jack/Diaw/Bonner/Neal/Splitter > Dyess/RJ/Hill/Bonner/Blair/Neal, and I have tons of confidence in our current unit offensively.
But we didn't look that much worse defensively in any of those clips than we do now.
Obviously 3 minute clips don't tell the whole story though
spurfan loves to wallow.
The only anger I get is seeing face jefferson....
Game 1 0 points
Game 2 6 points
Game 3 0 points
Game 4 4 points
Game 5 (wait for it) 16 points
Game 6 13 points
this dude, everything he was ever about.
Not withstanding a change in the first round result, Duncan going down was a good thing, thus not resulting in the potential combonation of franchise reg season win married up with first round ousting.
please, whats the direction your team has gone since the 2nd round sweep of last year?Watching that made me laugh.
A lot
Damn this series still makes my heart hurt, but if we meet them this year ----> payback time ----> sweep time
He got warmed up by abusing Bonner.
I'll never forget that game 5. Absolutely bananas.
I went to Game 1 last year and it was the longest walk to my car!
It destroys me that, if the Spurs don't win it all this year, their stars will still have 10's of millions for playing a game, and that they will vacation on islands in situations we only dream about.
Yeah, I'm crushed.
BUMP...Game 1
One of the most frustrating games I remember watching that season...of course at that point it was the most frustrating.
Game 2
Good overall game, if it wasn't for Manu's return, the series could have very well been 0-2 in favor of the Grizzlies.
Game 3
The Spurs were in the game at the end despite being down 10+ early. I specifically remember Randolph hitting a ridiculous amount of fluky shots culminating with a back breaking three point shot at the end. The Spurs could have tied it at the end had the refs seen Pop signaling for a timeout, but oh well, like the majority of the series proceeded the Spurs just couldn't catch that game winning break.
Game 4
Worst game of the series. Our guys just downright quit imo. Absolutely nothing was going for the Spurs this game. The entire Memphis squad were on a roll offensively hitting fluky shot after fluky shot coupling that with hustle on both ends. It was just an absolute abomination of basketball.
Game 5
Our guys got up early on the young squad only for them to come back and eventually take a lead throughout the fourth. Almost every player wearing white and black looked tired in the fourth but with the late game heroics of Manu and Gary, the series was to be extended for one last game.
Game 6
Back breaking game. The Grizzlies got up on the Spurs early on but the Spurs managed to make an admirable comeback. Randolph closed out the Spurs by making some of the most incredibly tough shots a bigman could take. As a die hard spur fan, I can't remember a more deflating and depressing moment. Getting knocked off and embarrassed by an eighth seed that wanted to play the Spurs.
Every now and then I look back to these highlights, particularly the ones from game 1, 3, 4, and of course 6, and take solace that I know these special group of players won't allow the same embarrassing to happen again.
I have said it here before countless times, I hope we draw the Grizzlies.
Payback is a motherf*cker.
What a difference two years makes tbh. No Jefferson, no gimpy washed up McDyess, no George Hill, less Bonner/Blair...
T Allen has it coming he disrespected the spurs all the way Memphis cant wait for it to start
Still the same...
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