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Hopes shattered on Ginobili "charge" on Harden that took the Kawhi 3 away. Knew at that point we wouldn't get a realistic shot at the game.
True Story:
Game 6 Western Conference Finals. 35 Seconds Left. Spurs are making a furious comeback to take game 6 and force a game 7. Two Spurs just missed 3 pointers, then Spurs get the offensive rebound, kick it to Tony Parker on the wing. I scream "NOOOOO, Don't Shoot it!!!", then he does, "clank.."
End of Story:
Anyone else have a similar experience?
Hopes shattered on Ginobili "charge" on Harden that took the Kawhi 3 away. Knew at that point we wouldn't get a realistic shot at the game.
Beat me to it.
I agree with you, it was so stupid, and rushed. He had to step back and take the shot and it was not a natural TP 3-point shot. They had PLENTY of time to get a 2, Tony or Manu should have drove. I was very upset with that shot, but whatever, it's a high risk high reward type of shot and it didn't fall.
It seems that all of the Spurs desperation, high-risk, late 3-pointers missed. The opposite for OKC.
Hopes began to shatter when the Spurs could not steal game 4, and then totally shattered when they played so ty with all the turnovers and tentativeness in game 5 at home. There were a few questionable calls in that game too, but that loss was inexcusable. That loss made what happened in game 6 just a formality.
Interesting views.
I agree that the offensive foul call on Manu really made me mad. More at the refs than anything.
Also, It was heartbreaking to lose games 4 and 5. but weirdly after, I felt good about Spurs chances to make game 6 compe ive, so my dreams weren't dashed yet.
However, TP's 3 pointer really dashed my hopes.
This series played out so similarly to the 2004 collapse. Beyond the winning streak turned losing streak, this is what happened in 2004 (if memory serves):
- Spurs lead series 2-0.
- Spurs get blown out in game 3
- Spurs fight hard in a close game 4 but lose in the final couple of minutes.
- Spurs play lousy in game 5 at home, but they rally in the 2nd half only to come up heartbreakingly short.
- Spurs jump out to double-digit lead in game 6 on the road, but they surrender the lead in the 2nd half.
- Given that the Spurs had the long winning streak and seemed unbeatable, everyone looked around in shock when it was over, wondering what the just happened?
That was 2004. Sound familiar? That's why I had ZERO hope for 2012 game 6, because I had already seen this before, so I knew how it was going to end.
the three at the end of game 5 by manu was more rushed
should have hit sj
That's the biggest frustration about this series. If Tony had played like he did in the first half in g5, we would be looking at a 3-3 series going home for a g7.
Oh well, now I have to hope the Heat beat the Celtics so I'll have somebody to cheer against in the finals. I just don't care enough about either OKC or Boston to watch a finals matchup between those two.
Hopes shattered when the Thunder erased an 18-pt deficit in one quarter.
The technical was disheartening. Followed by an offensive foul, or two. "Oh no." but yeah, the three was not great.
The end of this game was kinda like getting the wind knocked out of you, then socked in the eye, then kicked in the balls.
Hopes shattered when Pop didn't bench Green for Jax in Game 4.
OKC and the Lakers figured out the Spurs offense. Pop was slower to make adjustments, his adjustments worked to lesser extent. Sweeping the previous opponents prevented the Spurs from learning from the mistakes.
I'm not sure why the Spurs were so careless with the ball in game 5, I guess the rotation changes Pop made, the players needed some time to get used. Pop needed some in-game tweeks, not necessarily a rotation change.
Deep is overrated in the playoffs, Pop had to shorten the rotation. Against OKC Tue margin of error was minimal and Green sucking so much in that series should have been subs uted by Jack.
Pop could have worked with the Duncan - Splitter bigs rotation, also used Mills when a PG defense was important.
Last edited by dunkman; 06-07-2012 at 12:23 PM.
You mean the one where Manu had to step around the ref who just happened to be in his way, while Tim was setting a screen for Manu? That rushed shot.
Ducks..Go Quack yourself.
my hopes shattered when sj missed his last 3, we were just 4 down and by the way we were playing, if he missed then meant nobody could hit
Double this ^
No, no, no, no, no. Everybody and their mother knew OKC would get home-cookin' in this game, so the only way for the Spurs to combat that was to distance themselves from OKC. They did early on, but then proceeded to drop a deuce in the 3rd quarter. They have no one to blame but themselves.
With Parker struggling to score in the 2nd half, I thought he should've been setting up others, like Jackson, who was still on fire. Parker was getting into the paint, but he certainly lost his outside touch. He definitely shouldn't have been shooting a 3 in that situation. That's exactly what the Thunder wanted him to do.
They aren't that close without Parker's aggressiveness down the stretch, but I was disappointed with the shot for sure. I was more disappointed with the discombobulation that followed defensively, which allowed for Perkins to get a wide open dunk. Not that the Spurs were in the game at that point, but that sealed the deal.
Spurs were called for 6 more PFs (and one more tech) in a road playoff game. Pretty standard. Not sure why some Spurs fans keep acting like it's so egregious or unusual to see a disparity of that level.
Shattered when OKC cut the 15 pt lead to 1 by end of the 3rd..
That's a simplistic view because it doesn't take into account the timing of those fouls.
Spurs were in the penalty less than halfway through the quarter and that changed the entire complexion of the final six minutes. The Spurs aren't a great defensive team, but they can turn up the pressure for stretches. Facing elimination, I GUARANTEE the Spurs play much more aggressively to contest shots, close out, deny ball, and generally pressure the ball if they have fouls to give.
Losing Manu for a couple minutes due to his 5th foul on a BS call was also a game changer.
blowing an 18-pt lead in one quarter was a game-changer
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