#1 seed with the best record losing a best of 7 series to a #8 seed playing without their best player(rudy gay), who had never even won a single playoff game in franchise history?
Last edited by ecksrobecks; 04-29-2011 at 11:23 PM.
I think Golden State/Dallas was worse since these grizz are a much different team than those that came before.
GS had 25 wins less than Dallas, and Dallas was a unanimous choice to win the trophy. No one was picking the Spurs to win it all going into these playoffs.
It's obviously an upset, but not the biggest "choke" of all time.
yeah Dallas still wins that, 67 win season with their players in their prime, not at the end of their run.
far from it. it will always be seen as a 8 beating a 1, but everyone knows the grounds on which it occurred. not your regular eight seed, not your regular one seed either. dallas-gs will always be the bigger choke.
07 Mavs take that cake
Not the biggest upset, because the Grizz tanked to get the Spurs, but the biggest choke? Yeah. Pop thought he could just give the Grizzlies game one at home by benching his best player. Pop thought he could just trot Matt Bonner and Antonio McDyess out there to get raped over and over and over and admitted what a mistake it was, once again, by playing the guy he should have been playing all year long, once again. The Spurs had no ability to adjust, couldn't stop anyone when it counted, couldn't make simple inbounds plays or get a good look at a basket coming off timeouts.
Hubris in the face of reality is a stinky cologne. I hope the Spurs enjoy the smell of it through the offseason.
With the way the Spurs finished the season they shouldn't even have been a number one seed. With the way the Grizz finished the season, they should have been higher than an eight seed. Just the way things worked out for the worse though.
Yeah, wasn't Dallas the team everyone was picking to win it all? Nobody thought these spurs could get past the Lakers if they made it that far.
Are you ing high? One more time if Manu does'nt get hurt against phoenix, tonight would probly have been game one for us against the thunder. Your best player does'nt play game 1 and is not himself most of the series you have a good chance of losing. Sadly we still should've could've won with a little more focus and giving a just a little more.
The Mavs series was more of a choke.
dallas series was the purest choke ever... dallas in its prime, super winning season and no one absolutely thought dallas would lose
for this series most people actually thought the spurs may lose
yep biggest choke ever
We had injured players and literally limped into the post season... so no.
Get laid dude. Please. You're embarrassing yourself.#1 seed with the best record losing a best of 7 series to a #8 seed, who had never even won a single playoff game in franchise history?
No, the grizzlies are just better.
Unfortunately, this was not a choke. If only . . .
No.
without their best player
Why does it matter? This one and the Mavs' in 2007 were both embarrassing. Who cares?
I wouldn't say so.
Dallas was completely embarrassed and blown out multiple times. Spurs got blown out once and loss 3 close games. Loss game 1 by a big 3 by Battier without Manu.
It is what it is sometimes it doesn't bounce your way. Could have easily gone the other way Mavs got destroyed.
Mavs were worse, they had no injury going into their series...this is the 2nd biggest upset/choke in NBA history though...
No, it was a massive choke job, but not even close to the top IMO..
- Spurs didn't play like a #1 seed for the entire 2nd half of the season, their flaws were glaring..
- Memphis was the 8th seed by choice..if they played it out, they would have been at least the 6th seed..they found a favorable match up, they took it..
forgot about that.... thanks. editedwithout their best player
worst number 1 seed: Maybe
biggest choke: No
The fact remains that it is, by far, one of the two worst playoff chokes in NBA history. I'm not sure what comfort we should be taking trying to avoid that truth.
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