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I like how game 6 vs Thunder started, too
We weren't underdogs in 2014 against the Thunder and I never considered the Suns a threat to those Spurs teams. We finished the Suns 2-4 and beat them on their court twice to do it. The beat down we gave OKC was more satisfying because it exercised the demons of the previous playoff encounter. Those scrubs had it coming to them and nothing was going to get in the way of the Spurs winning. Damn, that was a great Championship run.
I like how game 6 vs Thunder started, too
Thunder in 2014 OBVIOUSLY because of the revenge factor and because they had our number big time (both regular season and playoffs) since 2012. Spurs were expected to beat the Suns in both 2005 and 2007 so it wasn't a big deal. I would put the 2005 Sonics above the 2005 & 2007 Suns, honestly. There really wasn't a great team we beat in 2007, and this partially contributed to this year being by far my least favorite le.
But if you had to give me an all-time favorite playoff series victory... at least out of the West... it would be 2003 Lakers, easily, hands down.
Thunder thumping in Game 6 was glorious and badass. Just watched that clip...thanks daleondale!
Man, Westbrook went full re in OT of game 6.
2014 was the most satisfying of all the championship runs, for a variety of reasons
My only regret is jackson not on that 2014 team.
He deserved to be there the way he played against OKC back in 2012.PERIOD
Lakers in 03. The belief that the Spurs just couldn't beat those guys was so great by the time that series rolled around with the debacles of 2001 and 2002 still fresh. It's been so long, I doubt many even remember just how frustrating that matchup was and how much talking yourself into belief was mostly just a matter of pure faith.
Other than the les, I'm not sure that I've celebrated a series win as joyously as I did that one.
I felt the same way. Those Laker championship teams were extremely hate able especially after all the trash they talked about the '99 le not being legit. I remember Duncan having the meniscus tear before the '00 playoffs made it so much more frustrating because I felt if Duncan could have played the Lakers would have lost in '00. I had the belief in the summer '00 once Duncan resigned that the spurs would beat the Lakers in the playoffs. Then losing the '01 playoff series the way the spurs did was devastating. In '02 I didn't have the expectations the Spurs could beat the Lakers but I was just hoping they could make it compe ive and which they did. Even though spurs lost in '02 it gave me confidence that they were just player away from taking out the Lakers. I felt very confident going into the '03 playoffs the Spurs would finally topple those arrogant bums. I remember after the spurs won game 5 Kobe and Shaq started talking a lot of trash about how they were going to win game 6 and 7. They both assumed they were going to be able to comeback like they did a year earlier against the Kings. It was great seeing Duncan go off in game 6 against the Lakers especially after all the trash they talked about him not being the real mvp the last few years. It was awesome seeing Kobe and Fisher in tears along with seeing Shaq in shock sitting on the bench. I despise the 3 peat Lakers there has never been a team with so much arrogance starting from the coach to the stars and even the role players. There was so much satisfaction in beating that team more so than any other spurs rival.
Thunder, and it's not even close. That 07 series against the Suns was still fun to watch, though.
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