Been there, done that…
June 19, 2005 - 10:10 pm
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It looked like Duncan was trying to choke the game away.
And here I thought “Bob” was over-the-hill. He will soon have six titles.
Being a Kings fan, I am torn between hating Robert Horry and wishing that we had picked up his contract.
Getting beat by Horry is like getting a flu shot, if you close your eyes it’s over before you know it.
Roger:
Horry always presents certain problems. During the regular season he talks as if he is going to retire every other game and to hear him talk he is in such mortal pain you would think that he might not live let alone play.
But then the playoffs come. And in the fourth quarter of the playoff games he is incredible. And if it comes down to a last minute shot the play will be designed for someone else but it will end up in his hands and he simply never misses. Do you want a championship? Get Robert “Rings” Horry. It won’t make sense on the surface but do it anyway. He may appear to look like a junk bond sometimes but he is pure gold underneath.
Horry’s secret, and what Chick used to mention, is that Horry is very basketball smart. He understands the game, unlike most players these days, and doesn’t get frantic when the game is on the line.
The contrast between him getting looser late and the game and Duncan seeming to get tighter and tighter couldn’t have been more dramatic.
On the inbounds play he floated over to a good place behind the arc and was ready to receive the pass after Sheed left him to double team, and like so many times before he made the 3 pointer to end the game.
Alot of player’s seeing the double team would have moved out of position, but he trusted his teammate and was in place to make a great play.
If he chooses I bet he could be a great coach, even with his laconic demeanor.
I didn’t see the whole game but saw most of the 4th quarter at the bar. And Horry was a Rocket wayyyy before he was a Laker.
1) First good game of the series.
2) San Antonio controlled 4th quarter and the game was there’e to win.
3) Horry’s shot against Sacramento won a game for the Lakers they didn’t deserve to win and gave them a shot in a series they didn’t deserve being in. The refs then finished the Kings off.
4) Detroit and San Antonio are TEAMS. The Lakers were a bunch of babies.
5) Ginobli is still not close to 100%. He was the X factor that Detroit didn’t have an answer for and watching him its obvious he’s not even close to the same player right now.
6) The OT was Detroit’s to win. They were the stronger team but they didn’t put San Antonio away.
7) Detroit just lost the series.
People that never played ball and only look at statistics will never get it.
Magic, Bird, Jordan, Miller, Bibby, Horry etc…. when you’re playing or rooting against them you get it.
If you were a Laker fan you wanted anyone but Mike Bibby with the ball at the end of the game – hopefully Webber.
And right now Webber’s a Hall of Famer and Bibby isn’t.
Congrats to the Spurs. But I’m not counting the Pistons out by a long shot. They won two games in Miami, including game 7. The series isn’t over yet. Don’t count those rings before they’re hatched.
–from Ypsilanti, MI
As an ardent Laker fan, I really miss having Big Shot Rob with us. Sadly, he’s probably better off in his new home. His talents are for winning championships, not lotteries, and that’s where he’d be stuck right now had he stayed. I hope we can turn things around soon, and put ourselves back in need of Big Shots once more.
ì…and Duncan seeming to get tighter and tighter couldn’t have been more dramatic.î
I disagree. Time Duncan is playing with a lot pain. This is why Detroit still has a good chance of winning the series. The Pistons are not the better team, but Duncanís health problems may doom the Spurs. But are they not the red state team? Alas, my faith is being tested.
Until last night, what has been written and said about these finals has been much more entertaining than the games themselves. Last night and today there has been another 180 and now it’s the Spurs (who I’m rooting for) who are assured rings.
You have, probably, the two best coaches in the game seemingly unable to make effective adjustments in games 2 and 4 only to have their teams completely turn things around in games 3 and 5.
This was, in my view, the funniest comment contributed to this blog in months:
It’s hard to tell how much credit to give an individual on a team that is obviously built around Duncan, and make no doubt about it, Duncan can make everyone around him look better. But there’s something about Manu that is special; I swear his enthusiasm is contagious. Robert Horry, a fixture on championship teams his whole career, seems to be playing with the energy of a rookie.
—Captain Hate, Manu II
Big Game, Bobby (thanks Tim)—the perennial postseason rookie.
Here’s hoping the Pistons win game 6 (Tayshaun is due) and the Spurs win a game 7 in which the MVP hits his free throws (in other words, it’s close and the Spurs go to Tim down the stretch.) Then, in retrospect, these finals may turn out to have been more entertaining than the commentary upon them.
And Ben—keep the ‘fro.
Mike:
You are correct about the Bibby-Webber outlook. Your lucky to be rid of him. As a Laker fan and having had great fun at the Sacramento Kings expense I can’t begrudge you any shadenfreud that your are dealing with at the current and future humbling of the Lakers. But your bitterness is showing. For such a crummy team those Lakers have championship rings. And that is all anyone remembers. As a Dodger fan I still get high blood pressure when I remember how Reggie Jackson threw his hip out like a senior breaking his hip to intefere with a throw that changed the balance of the World series with the Yankee’s. Check the films. The umps blew it and the series was never the same. But no one but Dodger fans remembers or care. They never say”Oh yeah, thats the series the Yankee’s stole.” The Lakers will be a mediocre team for at least 3 to 4 years. The Kings have an opening. You better hope that your boys grab for the ring soon because we will be back. Your boys were not impressive this year. If they don’t do it in the next 2 to 4 years you may have to wait decades for your first championship. Right now the Lakers stink but at least we have won multiple rings. And if your Kings had won 3 straight titles with Shaq-Kobe you would not be harping on the lack of team quality.Multiple championships beats zero championships every time.
Fire, pure fire. This guy guy must feel a bit silly now. He wrote a scathing article about Horry’s (well deserved) praise after such clutch moments.
June 21
Game 6
Detroit 95
San Antonio 86
Don’t schedule a parade before you win. On to Game 7.