The Kings got rolled, but they're capable of blowing us out as well.
Remember last year with the Sonics, and how badly the spurs beat them.
Then everyone assumed it was over. So I think the spurs are a bit far from saying it's over. Get my drift?
No doubt, the spurs sent a message to Sacramento, but I fear this team could come back and make us eat our words.
Stay tuned.
That was a Sonics team which was hurt at certain points in that series. I don't believe the Spurs ever sustained a 34 point lead over them at any point, let alone for over a half.
There's a sleeping giant which has been awakened in this series by the antics of their opponent. That giant doesn't wear purple.
Well yeah, I was there!
I enjoyed that asswhipping they gave to the queens.
But I'm just saying it will take the spurs bit longer to eliminate the kings, than what people are saying. That's all.
Sorry, but I do not like Nazr's response. He said he just wanted to get a shot up and not turn it over. The Kings were not even covering him. And when they asked him what Pop said, he replied, "Nothing." We all know that's a lie. I understand wanting to keep what goes on within the team within the team, but Nazr should have been a man and said he made a mistake and got caught up in the moment.
Ploto, why dont you drink some more?
Damn, you'd think Nazr bit someone...
My sentiments exactly. It's time the Spurs showed some killer instinct. I only wished they would have beaten them by 50.
Ron Artest will shut down Gino....
Mike Bibby will own Tony Parker
Ron Artest is the REAl DPOY
It's not hate. It was stupid and wrong. He should have been remorseful.
Look, it's not my opinion. Did you see Pop go off? Well, I did, up close. Did you hear Bruce? Those opinions matter more than any of ours.
When Pop was asked about Nazr's three, he said he was pleased with the way the bench played tonight.
I even said, Nazr played well, but he tainted it with one stupid act. Rasho played well, too. The whole team played well and it was a great game, so I hate to end a wonderful game on a sour note. The Spurs this week have been all about RESPECT- respect for the opponent. This showed a lack of it.
You'd think Nazr missed a half-court shot when the Spurs were down by one on the last play of Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
nazr has the best spurs all time career 3P%, hes 2 for 2
It's not hate. It was stupid and wrong. He should have been remorseful.
Look, it's not my opinion. Did you see Pop go off? Well, I did, up close. Did you hear Bruce? Those opinions matter more than any of ours.
When Pop was asked about Nazr's three, he said he was pleased with the way the bench played tonight.
I even said, Nazr played well, but he tainted it with one stupid act. Rasho played well, too. The whole team played well and it was a great game, so I hate to end a wonderful game on a sour note. The Spurs this week have been all about RESPECT- respect for the opponent. This showed a lack of it
Yeah I guess Pop and Bruce Bowen are drinking "haterade" too.......
imo why should we respect our opponents, we are the defending champions, and the queens have done nothing to get any respect from us. a win is a win, big n deal, we get it any way we have to; this is the playoffs not the regular season
I'm as hard on Nazr as anyone, but damn, it's a VERY low percentage shot, and nobody was guarding him. As per usual, he wasn't thinking, but that's nothing new. There's not a mean or showy bone in his body. Unfortunately, there aren't any smart ones, either.
Any anger by Sacto will realistically last maybe a few minutes in the first quarter. You cannot maintain that in the crucible of the playoffs. If you need emotion to motivate you, you're through already. It's not like the Spurs don't have enough motivation of their own, with Clubber Lang Artest out there whacking everyone with follow through elbows....
I'm quite certain Nazr had no intention of that shot going in. But that kind of just seems to follow Nazr.
Remember a few games back when he tried to miss a free throw, so the clock would run out on the rebound and he accidentally made it.
But the Spurs had to shoot sometime before the shot clock ran out. He shot one that he probably wouldn't make again in twenty tries and it went in. Big Deal. No need to make more of it that it was. An accidental 3 pointer.
Geez. It's going to take more than that for the Kings to put up a fight, if the rest of today is any indication.
I don't know what the fuss is about...he should've waited until the shot clock was all the way down to take a shot, but he made a mistake and shot early...oh well, it was a 3 that he should've missed, but he didn't. Barry also shot a 3 early in the shot clock but missed...if he had made that, imagine the uproar.
In the end, someone was going to have to shoot...that's just the way it is. It would be more of an insult to not shoot and just turn the ball over...who the does that anyway? I'm sure it won't happen again...everyone has learned their lesson...move on.
I didn't like Nazr showing up the Kings like that. The only time I've ever liked a shot like that was when Steve Smith and Danny Ferry did it to the Lakers in game 6 of 2003, but only because in 2001 Kobe was showboating so much while up 30+ in games 3 and 4.
I don't give a damn on what Nazr made. He had no intention to disrespect the losing Kings.
Remember what Jerome James said to the Spurs when the Sonics won? That was classless and not what Nazr did a while ago.
Nazr wasn't showing up the Kings. Had he wanted to show up the Kings he would have held the ball and knowingly let the shot clock expire. If he wanted to show up the Kings, he would have driven in to an unnecessary monster dunk. I don't know what he really was thinking, but he's not the kind of guy to show someone up.
Besides, does it really matter how far the shot clock has ticked down? It seems that some of you are making a big deal out of this because there were still 14 seconds on the shot clock, but if you're under 24 seconds left in the game, it doesn't matter when you take the shot. Once the game clock is under 24, you can take a shot at any time and then whoever gets the rebound runs out the clock. So what if the shot was taken with 14 ticks left or 4? Doesn't make any difference.
Now can we get back to enjoying being up 1 - 0?
Mohammed's last shot not so hot
The partisan crowd at the AT&T Center loved it Saturday when Spurs center Nazr Mohammed fired up — and made — a 3-point shot with 25.9 seconds left in Game1 of the Spurs' first-round playoff series against the Sacramento Kings.
Spurs' coach Gregg Popovich wasn't quite as amused.
With the Spurs leading the Kings by 31 points when Mohammed launched just the third 3-pointer of his seven-year career, Popovich was upset about one of his players showing disrespect to an opponent.
Within moments of game's end, Mohammed got a face full of his head coach, who let him know how he felt.
Asked after the game if Mohammed's shot — his sixth make in six attempts but his first all season from 3-point range — had upset him, Popovich turned coy.
"I thought the group off the bench did a pretty good job in the second half of trying to maintain a rhythm, and I thought everybody participated in that pretty well," Popovich said, before making a quick sideways movement with his head and shoulders.
"That's called a dodge," Popovich said, "which you all know very well."
Spurs forward Michael Finley, who has made 110 more playoff 3-pointers than Mohammed, was less diplomatic but did his best to show some understanding.
"It wasn't the shot I would have taken in that situation," Finley said. "You don't want to kick a man when he's down. But he was hot, and I guess he just wanted to see how hot he was."
Mohammed's explanation for taking the shot, which he made just a few feet from Kings coach Rick Adelman: "I was just trying to finish the game out. I was sitting there by myself, so I shot it."
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/b...k.31284ce.html
What did I say about respect?
Man, all the hating on Nazr is sad
I am 90% sure that if Tim Duncan did the same thing, nobody would say anything.
Someone had to shoot it. What is a more low % shot than Nazr Mohammed for 3?
Now, if he had shot it with the shotclock turned off when the Spurs could of just ran the clock out, fair enough. But that isn't what he did, in my opinion there was nothing wrong with this.
There's being respectful and then there is just going overboard in trying to be "classy".
Let it go.
Nazr's a nice guy, but basketball dumb .
This faux pas was just another indication of how little he understands the game,
was not Nazr being mean or "disresepctin".
Pop was not happy about Nazr's shot at all.
I think that's probably the only opinion that matters.
I, for one, won't be losing any sleep over it. The Spurs were going to have to take a shot. Nazr was open, he shot it. If it was Beno or Barry instead, would it have made much of a difference? Just because they're guards?
Nothing to be sorry for. It's only rubbing it in if the shot clock is turned off. If _ramento can't handle it, no sweat off my sac.
I freaking love Nazr... but that shot was showboating. That's the first thought I had when he hit it. I won't shed a tear though, after the way Artest ran his mouth.
BTW, amazing av! Bruce has to be my 3rd favorite Spur all-time (obviously Tim and Dave are the top #2).
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