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amen.
That's Three.
I don't give a damn how bad Tim struggled and turned the ball over, or how crappy Parker shot. Or how they couldn't stop DWill at all. I don't care if JV sucks or Elson is useless.
This is the kind of win that Championships are made of. The Jazz were extremely physical and beating up Parker/Ginobili in the paint, but they kept driving and driving. The crowd was freakin hostile - shouting obscenities at Oberto from start to finish, throwing stuff on the floor when the game was still being played. The Spurs were battered and bruised but they hung and battled. And when the Jazz got close, the Spurs battled some more.
And then, when it mattered in the fourth quarter, the Spurs rallied together and with all their heart and grit and desire they took this in win.
Four months ago, very few of us (including me) would have said the Spurs were going to make it to the Finals. Our swingmen were old. Ginobili wasn't himself. Our centers sucked. Our bench was weak. Duncan was past his prime. Parker was still inconsistent.
And I'm not jumping the gun and saying the Spurs are there, because the Jazz are a very, very good basketball team that present the Spurs with a lot of problems. And there's still basketball to be played.
But right now, the Spurs are going to head home up 3-1 in the WCF. And it's damn sweet.
And haters can call for an asterisk in the Suns series and whiners can complain that the Spurs would have never gotten past the Mavs. But that.
Spurs are one win away from going to the 2007 NBA Finals.
Get One.
amen.
of a post, I agree. And for all of the Parker vs. Manu camp, Elson vs. Oberto, Finley vs. Barry, etc., the fact of the matter is the team stepped up and grabbed control in the fourth while Utah self-destructed.
yeah
Well said.
One of the better playoff victories of recent memory.
Couldn't have said it better myself! GO SPURS GO!!!
This was one of those grind it out wins that shows why we are champions. And for the record, I feel kind of bad for the officiating crew. Granted there were ty incosistancies all over the place, but damn having the whole arena yell "You suck!" that's pretty bad. I'd high tail it outta there quick if I was them.
Man this win feels better and better the more it sinks in... I can't believe we are one game away from another Finals berth!
Well said Kori.
It was nice to see them stay in it and not implode.
Utah is tough, but I see the Finals clearly now.
Here's to the Spurs fourth, and hopefully Duncan's fourth Finals MVP.
Too in' right.
Potential 2007 NBA Championship **
yeah it was awesome freaking jobbing.
908928137089123 fts for the spurs* in the 4th against 2 fts for the jazz!...what a freaking joke!...talk about biassed and incompetent officiating
It's nice to see the Hunger and the drive, team wide. Tonite, the team saw the light. We be ready. BRING IT!!
On Kori's note, I have to bring attention to the fact I gave the Spurs no chance to get this far and I kicked them to the curb.
I'm a bandwagon fan, but oh well.
It was great to see Manu tear Fisher apart at everything Fisher tries to do to other people.
I still don't think the Spurs are talented or athletic enough to be where they are, but I think that speaks more to the system and the team than anything else.
That win was about guts, fighting through the physical play, the strips, the swipes, the bumps, the hits, the fouls, and keeping at it. What better example of pounding the rock? I think Pop was waiting for the 4th to unleash some adjustments, and there wasn't time for them to counter-adjust. Then they got frustrated and we got stronger. Ginobili as closer, just like the "old days". That was a great win, a championship-type win.
thewatcher, two simple solutions to that stat:
1) tell the Jazz to quit fouling
2) tell the Jazz to quit settling for jumpers. You don't shoot FTs on jumpers.
I almost felt bad for Jazz fan having to watch their team implode.
But they didn't fare any better by chuckin on the floor. Totally classless.
Here's to a game 5 win and another finals berth.
yeah it was awesome jobbing.
908928137089123 fts for the spurs* in the 4th against 2 fts for the jazz!...what a freaking joke!...talk about biassed and incompetent officiating
I believe Artie Lang says it best......Waaaaaahhhh!!!!!
we won this game with blood, sweat, tears and heart. 4th quarter was nothing but intense defense and awesome execution...championship basketball.
we gutted it out. i believe!!!!
lets get one and prepare to get 4 more!
Word.
I believe™.
These are the kind of games that separate the teams with championship experience from those without. The Jazz may get there, but not this year.
Go Spurs.
Don't like the Spurs shooting free throws, quit the damn fouling all the time.
Jazz may be physical, but by god they foul almost every defensive possesion.
Can't even keep from fouling just running up the floor. They still feel the need to jab an elbow at someone.
I certainly think the fat lady is warming up for a Wednesday night song.
Damn good job guys, and I guess the SLC Jinx is officially over.
when you shoot mid range jumpers, you won't get any calls. when you drive the lane, you get the calls. that's the reason for the disparity.
yeah it was awesome freaking jobbing.
908928137089123 fts for the spurs* in the 4th against 2 fts for the jazz!...what a freaking joke!...talk about biassed and incompetent officiating
the fact that the Jazz fans were all worked up made the win all the more sweeter
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