Man that was dramatic. The second half and overtime of Game 6 kept me on the edge of my seat even knowing the outcome. Loved seeing Timmy down in the post like the old days taking us home. And on that last shot of his, Westbrook gets so close to stealing it or at least disrupting the shot not once but twice.
But, of course, it is Leonard's stripping the ball from Westbrook in the waning seconds that was probably the play of the playoffs for the Spurs. All the finals MVP stuff from Kawhi was great, but that play may have been the season. Legendary.
Yeah, this probably doesn't deserve its own thread, but its mid-August, we're all bored, and reviewing this game is just too much fun.
Badass game. That steal was the best play of the playoffs. Then the Tim Duncan shot right afterwards. The 3rd best play was Manu with the three right b4 overtime I think. All in one game. This game had everything you could expect and more.
Yeah man it is very boring. I just wanna make some troll threads, but I fight off the urge.
I actually watched it again last Friday night, and I ing love how epic Kawhi and Duncan were to close that out. It's also pretty crazy cause I don't know if the Spurs would have had anything left in the tank for game seven, so man, seeing Timmy put the team on his back was just so ing epic.
It was so scary because it was 100% like game 6 against Miami, and if we would have lost in OT, we would have been exhausted playing OKC in 7.
7 Would've been at home. Role players play better at home. Spurs still win the series.
Yeah, love the Manu 3 and Timmy eradicating Fisher on the screen. I couldn't have enjoyed it more if Fish just burst into flames.
Considering it was on the road, against a team that had beaten us what seemed like a hundred straight times in OKC, without Tony in the second half and with the prospect that by going to overtime we risked wearing out Timmy and Manu for a Game 7, it was really as much as an "all in" game 6 as you'll ever see. Great play after great play by both teams.
Agree 100% bro.
Great game, indeed. I'm sure it aged me as well.
Here's a good portion of the 4th quarter and all of OT.
Agreed.. I don't know why it was not emphasized that much in the Championship DVD...
I was very mad because the refs missed that goaltending call. Kawhi block was amazing
We would have blown them out again per par in game 7. This team wasn't going to be denied this year...especially against the Thunders' 2.5 man, no bench to speak of squad. We beat them by an average of 27 pts at home. 27, emasculating, feet on their necks & balls, points.
That third quarter was awesome. Green just straight took Durant's cookie four times on post-up attempts. Diaw was unstoppable offensively. Even Bonner did work. Best playoff performance since Game Three of the 2012 WCSF.
OKC was tired as too... the Spurs completely obliterated their bench + Sefolosha...
It's been a couple weeks since I watched this game; think it's time to give it another viewing. It really was an exceptional game!
I keep watching the games. Games 3 and 4 of the Finals just need to be framed, put on an endless loop and displayed for everyone to enjoy. Masterful basketball.
I also have all the pre-game and post-game shows for every game in the Finals, and there's some really neat nuggets in there too. Analysis game to game, etc.
Love that play at 3:46. A thing of basketball beauty.
Yup...I remember that one...that play was pure sex. The Thunder didn't know what hit 'em.
takeaways from this game:
- Manu redeemed himself in a huge way with that bailout 3
- Duncan with ridiculous patience and control in crunch time
- Westbrook with so many awful decisions down the stretch
- Kawhi with one of the best steals in franchise history
I don't think it's an exaggeration to say this is one of the all time great spurs wins. It was the best game the spurs put together against a bitter rival at full strength (Ibaka's mind games notwithstanding) and might have been just as meaningful as the finals victory itself.
OKC remains the single greatest obstacle to the spurs winning again. But the spurs completed the revenge circuit in 2014 and nobody will ever be able to take that away.
Keeping his composure when Westbrook was flying around him... I remember that play specifically stressing me the out.
... and Spurs closing out their big rival on the road.
When we finally beat them it was surreal, it was as if we won the le. It takes a Herculian effort to beat them (and the refs). I had only feared them the entire playoff run and to finally knock them off (like we shouldve in 2012) was incredible, especially on the road and despite reffing.
Only thing that was missing was stomping on the Lakers.
For this reason, and the fact that this OKC team might be my least favorite team of all time, the game 6 win was my favorite win as a spurs fans not counting wins in the finals. We really did go all in, and Tim really put us on his back for some huge buckets down the stretch. The Kawhi strip in real time happens so fast it's kind of hard to understand how incredible of a play it is, but watching this game back got me so excited.
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