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Maybe we should call it "23.9" then.
Difference was Fisher never actually got that shot off - ball was just inbounded with 0.4. Parker's play took a whole "26 seconds".
Maybe we should call it "23.9" then.
Not sure if it will be official but I like it
Irrelevant, if the Spurs don't win the series.
I think this is sort of like a nickname. You can't give yourself one unless you want to come across as a prima donna...or a dork. Maybe a combination of the two. If that shot proves historically relevant, let the outside world christen it something other than "that amazing panic shot Tony Parker made as the shot clock expired at the end of Game 1 in 2013."
As cinematic as Parker's shot was, it wasn't a game-winner like Horry's or Eliott's or even Manu's this season.
The media (ever eager for a story) act as if the Spurs lose if that shot doesn't go. Spurs fans should know better.
In fact, at worst, the Spurs are up 2 and Miami has the ball with 5.2 seconds left -- likely less than 5.2 if the ball clangs off the rim and a time-consuming scramble ensues. The Spurs might have snagged the offensive rebound -- game over.
Aesthetically, it was a 10. But the odds were at least 3-1 that the Spurs win even if TP misses that shot. That's why it doesn't get to that next level of discussion unless you're just trying to spin things.
You do remember that there were still 9.5 seconds left after Sean made that shot? It was only a "game winner" because Portland couldn't score on it's last possession. If Tony's shot doesn't go down, I like Miami's chances of at least going to overtime. Hand it to LeBron, and let him freight-train to the rim. What do you do? Let him go to tie the game, or defend hard and take a chance on it being a 3-point play to win the game?
I don't know what the media is saying, but I said from the start that IF the Spurs go on to win it all, that shot will be a permanent part of Spurs lore. Winning Game 1 is HUGE. And having a 4 point lead vs. a 2 point lead was huge, because it left Miami without time to run that play to LeBron, and still have time for another possession. Go back through the game thread, and I guarantee you nobody was breathing easy until we found out that shot was going to count. For the most part, getting that close and then having it jerked away at the very end takes a lot out of a team. The Spurs needed points on that possession, and that was about as clutch as it gets.
We can agree to disagree, but I don't think you're going to convince too many people that it was just another shot.
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Precisely. It was a HUGE shot no matter how you slice it. To act like it wasn't is plain stupid.
It was a big shot, because of how Tony was trapped, but it didn't necessarily win the game for them. It just capped off an amazing performance by the Frenchman.
Since Parker has one eye, I called it the "One Eyed jack beats the King" shot, since he jacked it up.
I don't know what the big deal about the shot was. It was not some acrobatic lucky shot, just a clutch shot, really nothing special about the shot at face value.
So it has to be lucky to be famous and get praise and such?
The thing is, that shot won't mean anything unless we win the le. Sure it'll be remembered. But it will have about the same significance as Tim's pre-0.4 shot.
KSAT is doing a poll and some of the choices are the sameones that we have in this forum
It only gets a name if the Spurs win the series.
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