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dont remember specifically, but box score shows ferry going 2-10 from the field in game 2
I thought we had a really difficult path to the Finals, and TD wore out a bit at the end. We were running 4-down like every other play too.
- Phoenix wasn't much, but we started that series down 0-1 (det Marbury shot after TD missed the freebie)
- 3-peat defending champs Lakers. That was a battle, and once we got past them, I thought we had a legitimate shot.
- Nelson's Mavs, which were another hot team with a lot of talent and very good shooters. Thankfully Kerr saved our asses then.
Then the Nets were pretty good. Kenyon Martin wasn't the corpse he is today, he was a good defender with good length, RJ was still prime Jefferson, very athletic, and Kidd was at the top of his game. I mean, that Nets team went back to back to the Finals, so it was definitely a very good team.
dont remember specifically, but box score shows ferry going 2-10 from the field in game 2
Especially the storm one we got last year...
Don't forget also that David Robinson had back problems pretty much throughout...
Are you nuts? Game 6 vs Dallas wasn't memorable? Game 6 vs NJ with 21/20/10/8 for Duncan and 13/17 in DRob's last game? Game 3 vs NJ when Manu hit that baseline runner to put the game out of reach? Game 1 vs NJ when Duncan played probably the greatest game of his entire career? Game 2 vs LA when Bruce outscored Kobe Bryant and Speedy Claxton was flexing to the crowd as the Spurs ran right over the Lakers?
And the injury card, Sacramento wasn't nearly as good in 2003 as they were in 2002. No way that team was beating the Spurs with a healthy Webber. And 03 Dirk wasn't anywhere close to 06-12 Dirk, he was Nash bad on defense and Nelson having him guard Duncan was a disaster for them. When he was forced to go to Najera the Mexican actually guarded Duncan pretty well and forced the rest of the team to beat them.
Er... you really dont think SJax saving the day in the 4th quarter of a le winning game qualifies?
Come on son, Phoenix was a terrible matchup for the Spurs in 03. The Spurs were either 0-4 or 1-3 vs them in the regular season. Marbury lit them up worse than anyone else in the league that year. The Suns were the second toughest matchup the Spurs had in that postseason, with LA obviously #1.
David Robinson played his best series of that run in the Finals IMO.
You could really tell he was giving it every single usable bit of energy and strength he had left in his body.
tbh, I don't remember much of them outside TD missing the freebie and that lucky ass one legged 3 pointer... so I'll take your word for it.
Was a very tough matchup but I think if not for the BS Amare banker in game 1 we could have beaten them in 5 maybe 4.
Ferry was a monster on loose balls and got some really big rebounds that game. He was huge that game with no Robinson and no Willis in what was essentially a must win. People will re-write history and say "Ah, it was just Phoenix" but they had the Spurs' number that year and were an extremely difficult matchup.
It's hilarious how Nash was such a huge upgrade over Marbury against 28 other teams, but not the Spurs.
That's how I feel about the Finals if Stephen Jackson hadn't missed that wide open three with about 3 seconds left in Game 2.
That '03 run by Duncan is right up there with Hakeem's run in '94 when it comes to one-man shows winning a le. He was absolutely insane that year and the team really wasn't anything special outside of him. As others have said, it was a bunch of guys either before or after their primes.
To give you an idea...of the top 8 players on the Spurs by minutes played, only Duncan and David Robinson had above a 15 (league average) PER in the postseason that year. And Robinson was on his last leg and playing very limited minutes by that point.
Also, the Nets that year were really solid. They had the best defense in the league with prime Kidd running the offense. Not as much of a joke as some people make them out to be.
I'll never forget Kenyon Martin's game 6 performance. 3/23 shooting
He was the Spurs finals MVP after Duncan
Didn't Duncan also have an absolutely monster game 1 or 2 in the Finals? I know people always like to bring up his near quadruple-double, but I seem to recall him having a bat crazy game towards the beginning of the series.
It's really amazing what he did that series vs. a great frontline. Mutombo, Martin, and even Jason Collins were all excellent defenders.
I watched that one online when someone posted it, never would buy that crap. That was by far the worst one.
The only awesome thing about the 03 run was watching prime tim go to work carrying a bunch of scrubs and broken down vets through the postseason.
The series against the Lakers was the first time I really remember seeing the Eurostep. Manu was driving right at Shaq in the close out game and did this weird crazy legs thing and laid it up. I wasn't sure what I just saw.
Game 6 of the finals, and blowing out the Lakers in games 1 and 2 were nice....
Seeing Fisher and Kobe cried in the western semi-final
The Nets were an excellent defensive team w/ a legit superstar to go along w/ two borderline all-Stars while the Spurs were essentially a one man team surrounded by role players.
The Nets swept a Celtics team w/ two all-stars (Pierce/Walker) along w/ sweeping the same Pistons squad who went on to win it all the following season after acquiring Rasheed. The Spurs won b/c Tim absolutely dominated All-Star K-Mart on BOTH ends of the floor. Jefferson also choked in Gm 3 (entire 2nd half) & Gm 6 (4th quarter, including Manu picking his pocket on a moment changing play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq8y9P5yLNQ)
Besides, the '03 Suns gave the Spurs fits b/c Marbury used to own Tony:
PARKER FEARS MARBURY MORE THAN KIDD
SAN ANTONIO – Spurs point guard Tony Parker said yesterday he considers Stephon Marbury a tougher matchup for him than Jason Kidd. “He’s a scoring point guard, he attacks every time,” Parker said of Marbury. “You can’t get a rest because he attacks you again. Stephon is my toughest matchup. I have more problems against Marbury than Kidd. Kidd is a tough matchup, too, but I have more problems with Marbury.”
The numbers bear it out. Marbury, who was traded to Phoenix for Kidd in a move that resuscitated the Nets’ dead franchise, has destroyed Parker in his two years in the league. Marbury averaged 32.5 points and 8.8 assists on 54 percent shooting in the regular season against Parker.
http://nypost.com/2003/06/03/parker-...ore-than-kidd/
That was b/c Pop FINALLY put Bowen on Marbury after he destroyed Tony in the regular season.
2003 was my favourite championship mainly due to knocking off the 3 peat Lakers.. but so much more to it.. Timmy being so damn dominant... D-Rob's last stand ..role players like Malik.. i don't go more than 6 months without sitting through an hour or so of highlights from that run.
Nets won their two games that series by a combined three points. Two-point win in Game 2, one-point win in Game 4. The Spurs won their four games by a combined 38 points.
It was Game 1. 32 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 7 blocks.
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