i still does.. and i think it always will.
for some reason.. i just watched that games replay last night.. after duncan made his shot.. i switched channels
The Lakers ware playing much better, and with the Spurs winning game 5, the Spurs would had probably lost the series anyway. Even winning that series, Minnesota was a problematic matchup, and the Larry Brown Pistons ware definitely better than the Spurs in 2004.
Manu wasnt playing the same level as this year. Duncan was slowed down by an injury. We had no good backup PG. Horry was nervious. Hedo was playing awful during the playoffs. The Pistons would have won anyway.
It was 0.3, so the rule stands.
The shot was an amazing shot, but for every 0.4, there's the memorial day miracle, and there was the Horry shot. At least the Spurs are up 2-1 in that department.
No.
It has more to do with the Spurs offensive predictability than that "killer instinct". The Spurs, prior to this year, was the most offensively predictable team in the league, probably ever. Dump the ball to Duncan, 4 guys stand around and watch. It takes a couple of games to figure them out, and it's very much like the George Karl Sonics, they are great in the regular season, but when teams have a 5/7 game series to figure them out, they are much easier to beat.
A huge part of the Spurs success this year during the playoffs is their unpredictability. Manu off the bench, him freelancing and creating in the 4th quarter, lesser reliance on Duncan on offense and Barry and Horry offering different dimensions off the bench, these are all things that catch other teams off-guard, and require them to watch tape to come up with ways to match it up.
Very rarely has there been a team in the history where you KNOW exactly what they are going to do, and they do it over and over and over again to win a championship. It's one of the main reasons Malone and Stockton never won a championship, it's also why Barkley with his park his butt in the paint offense never won anything. Pop has grown as a coach, and is more willing to try different things, this makes the Spurs a much better team.
Good post.
Lmao@ the sidebustin Mavsfan tryin to get some side action. Your team sucks so bad that you have to bandwagon San Antonio just to throw jabs at us Lakers. Mavs have no real ammo of their own to fire off at us so hey let's pretend that being a Mavs fan is just like being a SAS fan.
Get the out out of here. Wake me up when Dirk becomes a superstar. Tell me when he gains an ounce of toughness. Tell your Herman Munster looking owner that he can't buy a championship. Obviously money can't buy him a haircut either or a new jersey aside from the same one he wears everyday. Why was your owner handing out jock straps and Gatorade from the bench in the playoffs?
Spurs are always CHAMPIONS in my BOOK!
Nah... We piss off far too many more teams far more often, so it's only fair that we get a taste of our own medicine once in a while.
(Of course, if we hadn't gotten our ring, I wouldn't be so forgiving.)
What pisses me off is that we didn't get another crack to play that same Lakers team last year. It would have been really sweet to get revenge on them in the playoffs, but the whole Lakers organization pretty much went down the gutter when Kobe started to think he was Jesus and Shaq started to think he was God. Oh by the way, Jerry Buss, doesn't it bother you that Phi Jackson is slamming your daughter every night. Great way to run an organization there Jerry!
What goes around comes around right? He's banging other peoples young daughters so I guess it's only fair that some old dude is banging his.
Regardless of what the rule is/was, you can't catch and shoot in .4 seconds. Impossible.
On a further note....
Seeing the Laker's plunge into mediocrity was payback enough.
Haw Haw!
Yes It Still Chaps My Ass
I was pretty pissed/shocked when it happened. When it was total bull cause the clock started late and such. But now I don't really care. Spurs are going on to win more les while the Lakers fall back into a draft team. Sucks to be the Lakers & Lakers Fans
you LL!
If I watch the whole game, I tend to tear up at the end. After Tim's shot, I thought for sure they had the win. The Spurs worked so hard and looked so dejected.
Talking big and inheriting our left overs only after the fact that we took ourselves out of contention is real tough guys. Atleast Shaq and Kobe are not no.1 lotto picks. Don't forget you got D.Rob and T.D. by sucking big time. One bad year doesn't take away from what the organization has done or us kicking your asses all those years.
What kind of fan would bring it up?
? The record from 99 to 04 in head to head is 3-2, advantage lakers, I wouldn't call that a major ass kicking.
Also, it's nice to build teams from smart trades and draft picks (Robinson, Duncan, Elliott, Manu, Parker, Kerr, Horry), rather than tampering.
And Shaq was a no1 pick, it's just that Orlando picked him.
And if you want to somehow discount drafting #1 picks for championship (why?), just see the five champions in the 80's, and look at Magic and Worthy.
You love it!
Yes i do love that shot oh so much
You love the fact that I flipped you off more though.Yes i do love that shot oh so much
lol yes i loved seeing an emoticon flippin me off...can you do it more often thats how much i love it
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