The Great Loss

[TD=old&busted]

laugh while you can... this is the year of 1... of the first time for everything.... enjoy the ride...

i think it's cute you Spurs fans come together and hold hands after a brutal loss. No way the Spurs win 4 of 6 from a better Laker team, especially when the Lakers can win on the road

[urunobili]

i think it's cute you Spurs fans come together and hold hands after a brutal loss. No way the Spurs win 4 of 6 from a better Laker team, especially when the Lakers can win on the road

well... let's be witnesses then... u nervous that u have to say the same thing over and over? why post it time after time if you are so sure?

[TD=old&busted]

well... let's be witnesses then... u nervous that u have to say the same thing over and over? why post it time after time if you are so sure?

Spurs cant win 4 of 6 against the Lakers, especially now since the Lakers can be down by as much as 20 late in the second half and still win. I wouldnt be able to watch games if I were a Spurs fan because I would know they were about to blow it at any second

[Yuixafun]

Thank you for the quality post. I enjoyed the marathon analogy very much.

The end result, losing is dissapointing naturally and the fasion in which it occurs gives the loss context.

But this is a series and one game, although important, is not a portent of whats to come.

The slew of analysts quick to herald 'the emotional implications' of such a loss suffered by the Spurs is sickening. If it's one thing the media should know by now it's that the Spurs are devoid of emotion.

Ok, not really, but they are not a team to get too high nor low, after victory or defeat. So for the Spurs to be too emotionally crippled by losing a 20 point lead - to the extent that it would be the reason for losing the series - is a stupid supposition. It's lazy and shallow thinking and reinforces the thought that just because someone played basketball they should be handed a TV gig.

It's frustrating that these commentators make such asinine correlations and generalizations.

It was one game, the opening exchange in a chess match, let us enjoy a compelling conference final without all the useless lamenting which amounts to nothing.


Please if the mood strikes you feel free to Ramble to your hearts content again. I think its great that you drew your own picture after the loss rather than just accepting the ones the media held up for us.

[TD=old&busted]

the Lakers have control of the series, for the Spurs to take control they have to win 2 in a row. that's seems like a huge deal to me

[Yuixafun]

First to four however it goes down.

But if the Spurs won tonight they would be 'in control.'

[TD=old&busted]

First to four however it goes down.

But if the Spurs won tonight they would be 'in control.'

how so, control means winning the series. After tonight the Lakers will be up 2-0 and then the Spurs will have to win 3 a row to take control. Spurs fans overrate their homecourt advantage, you guys lost at home to the Raptors this year. So they wont be in control even if they win this game

[GrandeDavid]

Not sarcasm. You are a very good writer. Do you really live in Brazil?

Yes. Born in Houston, raised in Houston and San Antonio and have lived in Brazil since I finished my MBA, which makes 9 years. I love this country.

[GrandeDavid]

So the Spurs are really off pace in this marathon, but they enter a stretch of familiar terrain, so look for the gap to be closed dramatically over the next few days. 2-2 come Wednesday.