It Still Hurts

[superjames1992]

It still hurts.

[look_at_g_shred]

OP

[dg7md]

[sook]

how the is he still not back yet? Or is he posting under a troll...

[Prose]

It's been approximately 162,000 minutes since it happened . . . and, honestly, it hurts. It's a pain deep in the soul that I probably won't ever shake. To be that close to such a great moment -- only to see it slip through the fingers -- is still devastating. Somehow, it seems to have hurt more and more as the summer progressed as the realization set in regarding what exactly was at stake.

Sure, in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't mean much. It's not something real. It's not a death or some other sort of real life tragedy. But given that following the Spurs is my only hobby in life, it's painful. I'm not going to even try to lie. It hurts.

I've tried getting away from it all to try to forget about it. But there I was, in the middle of the Pacific on a cruise ship in a pitch black room trying to fall asleep, and all that I can see are those 28 seconds replaying again and again.

Logically, I know the pain doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's just a basketball game. And the Spurs already have four championships. And going into last season, a trip to the Finals would have been seen as a great success. , going into the playoffs, I thought getting to the Western Conference Finals was a success.

Logically, what the Spurs did last year was a great accomplishment. A year ago, if you told me the Spurs would be 28 seconds from a championship, I would have been thrilled.

But damn.

This pain doesn't compare to anything else I've experienced in my Spurs fandom. Yeah, .4 sucked. The foul was tough to swallow. The no-look pass was unpleasant. The backdoor sweeps weren't fun. The frontdoor sweeps weren't enjoyable. But all of those don't even register compared to this.

I've had an extremely busy summer. Life is great -- never better. But it continues to haunt me.



Hopefully going to the game tonight will provide some sort of relief. The great thing about sports is there is always tomorrow. For now, at least, the pain of yesterday outweighs the excitement of tomorrow. I'm hoping that changes. Starting tonight.

it feels like I went through a brake up...scars don't go away.

[SpursFan86]

how the is he still not back yet? Or is he posting under a troll...

Plot twist: jkid is timvp's troll

[superjames1992]

Back to the WCF for the 3rd straight year, but it still hurts!!!

[soxxx]

Back to the WCF for the 3rd straight year, but it still hurts!!!

Just rewatched it....its so bad honestly. Missed free throws, could get the rebounds off of Lebrons misses. Ugh

[superjames1992]

[Budkin]

Come on timvp. We're getting close to winning the West again. Is it going to hurt until we actually win it? Maybe he doesn't want to jinx us by chiming in before we do it.

[bobby4germany]

Here we are again!

[Uriel]

Don't think timvp will come back until the season ends, tbh. Probably doesn't wanna risk jinxing the good mojo the Spurs have had when he hasn't shown up.

[noles1983]

is dude still alive?

[mando6599]

I don't believe in jinxes, yet I do believe in this team to win it all this year, no matter what it takes! GO SPURS GO!

[KoolAid Mans Brother]

quitter

[webshad]

Hurt this! We are the champion babayyyyyyy

[Rummpd]

Better this way..............

[313]

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[jeebus]

quitter

[Thebesteva]

Congrats Spur fan

[siraulo23]

it doesnt hurt anymore...

tbh

tbh

5th 'ship!

[Budkin]

Not anymore!

[100%duncan]

Not anymore!

Feels good.

[illusioNtEk]

wtf, tim vp really said this?

[21209]

Amazing how this le puts last years pain in the rear view mirror.