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Thunder not even close
Thunder not even close
Definitely Thunder. I was a fan of Nash and Diaw back then so there wasn't much hate. With the Thunder, they had it coming for all the rigging.
The Thunder series felt better, even though I agree with people who say the Suns were the fiercer rival. Watching the Spurs get harassed by the Lakers several years running was awful, and the petulant child-fan in me enjoyed that the Spurs became that monster for Phoenix. I actually enjoyed the 2005 Suns series better, only because the Spurs were not the sexy pick against the high octane 62-win Suns, and they obliterated them. Beating the Thunder, after the 2012 show, felt amazing. Mostly because they beat them, and none of the players celebrated. Tim delivered that line about finishing the job and it was like the entire team had simply dismissed the Thunder. Fantastic.
Thunder for me.
But Game 6 revenge was something else...
In particular, that rapage of Miami in the 3rd Q of Game 5.
Splitter blocked that , Wade, that led to back to back Mills 3's and then the one from Manu to put us 21 up...
'What an avalanche from San Antonio' will never get old.
Ever.
Thunder ... was in a hotel in Edinburgh ... overslept the first half of game 6 and was sad about the lead of the Thunder and the fact that Tony was injured.
Then this amazing display of Basketball happened ... Timmy sealing the deal in OT ... just awesome.
Enjoy.
Thunders no doubt. I was downtown and it ing erupted when kawhi got that block on the chimp
Thunder in 2014. Everything about the 2014 playoff run was incredible getting back to the finals to get revenge on the Heat.
Thunder by a mile.
Love that Manu-Patty-Timmy-Boris play.
Sending Fisher into retirement was a bonus.
I dont think there was a moment in '07 when i thought we would lose. '14 when Serge came back and we dropped 2 i thought maybe mentally the Spurs were shook. Plus like everyone said the thunder just seemed to have our number. they beat us 4-0 in the regular season and they got that emotional spark with ibaka back. it was much more satisfying beating them.
Chances are we'll see either the Clippers or the Griz in the playoffs, possibly both. We'll get to see some this playoffs again, injury gods willing.
Weirdly the most memorable moment to me was Durant slipping, probably because of this though.
Full. That was some OG right there.Thunder, then Timmy topped it off with the "We'll do it this time"
To the OP, Thunder hands down. Suns are still our puppets.
Personally feel like the Thunder series was way bigger. Thunder game 6 in 14 is in my top ten all time favorite games.
Rewatching this just brought back a whole wave of emotions. Man I remember how pissed off I was with the officiating in that game and how incredibly nervous I was. Duncan making Ibaka his in ot and then sealing the game with the bucket over the midgets. What a great game that was.
The officiating was horrible for stretches. Climax was the Manu goaltend. They get that play right, no need for OT.
They made up for it by not caliing the moving screen that freed Many up for tres
Yeah. of a game. I was ing mad with that bull refs. Thank god the guys bring us home.
Still gets my heart pumping. Great game.
Beating the Suns was routine then in the playoffs so there was no revenge, the Thunder on the other hand was the best series we won in a loooooooong time IMO (Sides the Heat blowout of course). I could not stand Westbrook then at all and wanted them to get revenge on that team badly, they were y and arrogant and just thought they had the Spurs number as you could tell in their body language.
Did I mention that asshole Perkins who shoved Duncan earlier that year in a game? Did I mention FISHER as well an sending him to retirement? Not even close.
No doubt at all. When they blew that 10 point lead in the 4th I said here we go again with this bull and expected a routine loss from a blown Spurs lead, but nope they had the resolve to calm down and take it home.
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