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It's intelligent design.
I'm sure this issue has at least been touched upon in this forum before, but I'm brand new (and too lazy to read through the archives), so I thought I'd post my rant about it.
Has anyone noticed how many striking similarities there are between the endings of Game 5 of the 2003 Western Conference Semis and Game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals? Horry took both shots to win those games from the exact same spot on the court. In both instances, he was left wide open while the opponents double-teamed the sensational off-guard in the corner. The only substantive difference was that one time he missed the shot, and one time he made it.
Now the plays that each team ran were different. Phil designed that play exclusively for Horry to take the shot, knowing that the Spurs would double Kobe when he dribbled to the corner. Phil also knew that Horry would be open roaming the perimeter because his defender (TD) would decide to double on Shaq in the low post. The Spurs, by their own admission, lucked out. Horry wasn't the primary option in the play that Pop designed. Pop never expected the best defensive team in the world to double Manu and leave Horry wide- ing-open. But they did, and Horry nailed the shot.
Even the shots themselves are eerily similar. Both have a high arch to avoid the defender running to contest it. Both rattle back-and-forth in the cylinder. But the more times I watch the 2005 shot, the more I think it shouldn't have gone in. Conversely, the more times I watch the 2003 shot, the more I think it should have. Both times, someone saved the Spurs from a disastrous collapse.
Now I know there is a rational explanation for why Horry made one and missed the other. Sometimes your shots just fall, and sometimes they don't. It's all just physics, and it's all seemingly controlled by the guy who releases the shot. But I've watched those replays on the Championship DVDs hundreds of times, and I just can't shake the thought that something else was involved. I'm not really much of a spiritual person, so I'm reluctant to say that there was "divine intervention," but it's still interesting to me that the same guy in the same situation from the same spot did two different things, and each time the outcome benefitted the same people, the same organization, and the same city.
Admiral Dave said in an interview about Horry's '03 shot, "Things happen in the playoffs; there are always one or two little moments that are kinda magical for you. Either they go for you or they go against you, and those are the things you remember." Why is it that Horry is so often a part of those moments?
It's intelligent design.
my very first thread on this board was exactly like this
If I remember correctly Horry was shooting horribly that year, but I still got/get chills watching game 5 of the 2003 WCF
All I know is Big Shot Bob saved the Spurs on both occasions
Speaking of Robert Horry and Game 5s, he was also physically in that exact same spot on the court for Derek Fisher's "0.4" shot.
3 years in a row the man is in the exact same spot on the court with seconds remaining in a Game 5. 3 years in a row, each game basically decided the Championship.
No, conqueso, you are right. That was...divine intervention. You know what divine intervention is, Vincent?
Yeah, I think so. That means God came down from Heaven and stopped the shot from going in?
Yeah, man, that's what is means. That's exactly what it means! God came down from Heaven and stopped the shot.
I think we should be going now.
Don't do that! Don't you in' do that! Don't blow this off! What just happened was a in' miracle!
Chill the out, Jules, this happens.
Wrong, wrong, this doesn't just happen.
Do you wanna continue this theological discussion in the car, or at the jailhouse with the cops?
The Lakers should have won 4 straight in' les, my friend! What we witnessed in 2003 was a miracle, and I want you to in' acknowledge it!
Okay man, it was a miracle, can we leave now?
How about big shots "give up " last night with the quick fouls?
.......ever seen that show "NBA's Greatest Games?" I was watchin' it once and this guy was on it who was talkin' about this time he got into this game and its tied with only seconds left. Then this guy, Jerry West wins the game on a buzzer beater. And this guy was at half court. It's a freak incedent, but it happens.
If you wanna play blind man, then go walk with a Shepherd. But me, my eyes are wide in' open.
I know that's right!
Can we say that in both cases the coach designed the play intelligently and that while this was not a primary option, it was put there as a threat for a reason. Therefore, I say that it was intelligent design. Hubie Brown also thought that Manu deliberately drew the two defenders to himself, thus leaving Horry open.
I can't say for sure that God took Horry's 2003 shot out and made sure Horry's 2005 shot went in through direct divine intervention. When both teams are praying, whose prayers is He answering? I do say that there is such a thing as cause and effect and that God works almost always through means.
In terms of 4 Lakers championships, did you miss the last game of the 2003 season (for the Lakers that is)? Talk to me about that game.
What I want to know is which team is better in LA? The Clippers looked better last year. Y'all can battle blog it out.
@ Jules & Vincent
where have you guys been??
Oh my god, that was hilarious!
Well, basically, What I have been doing, and will continue to do, is walk the earth.
where have you guys been??
What do you mean, walk the earth?
You know, like Caine in "KUNG FU." Just walk from town to town, meet people, get in adventures.
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