Tim Duncan heartbreaking game 7 post-presser

"Heartbreaking" is a little over the top for sports events. Losing is part of the game. I'd reserve that word for athletes who get injured in key games for which spent their whole life preparing. That's "heartbreaking."

That said; yeah, he gives a nice interview. He keeps it real. Gotta feel for him.

 

why do people keep saying he missed "a layup" or "a bunny"?

sure it wasn't extremely high on the difficulty scale as far as tim duncan's skillset goes, but that was certainly an excusable miss...a running hookshot fading past the basket with battier jamming him along the way: not exactly a gimme.

 

That's what Tim Duncan called it. His exact words in that presser, in fact. He called it both a "layup" and a "bunny." Is it surprising many people are using Duncan's description of his own shot???

 

He got a divorce too, either his heart is broken or he knows what being heartbroken is. Or something.

 

i know, as have a ton of other people.

i'm saying he's being unnecessarily hard on himself.

 

I posted something similar in the game thread -- that wasn't a layup it was a tough shot.

 

Yeah, that was a tough shot to make. Not exactly a Patrick Ewing missed layup vs. the Pacers.

 

I think he was also referring to the missed put back right after.

But i think you might need to look at it again. He got a great look on that shot. Yeah, he got pushed around as he made the move, but Battier didn't really disrupt him as he was releasing it, he backed off and just swiped at the ball, no contact. I think TD expected contact throughout, so he was pushing through, when there wasn't any contact at the end, his momentum took him too far right and that's why the ball ended up on the right of the rim, instead of the center.

 

I'd say he was point blank, and Battier was a complete non-factor on that shot after Duncan's, classic HOF move.

When a top 10, HOFer like him says it was a "bunny," I'm sure he fully believes that that is exactly what it was for him. Once he successfully completes that move, elevates, turns and looks right at the rim from 2 feet away, he probably makes that, or converts with the point blank tip back, over 95% for his career.

Maybe you are trying to say that for o'fer Bosh that is no gimme. :grin:

 

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I can totally understand why Duncan called it a "bunny." As JVG said twice, it is absolutely point blank with a defender beat and forgotten (stay down, Battier).

If I were a 7' HOFers staring eye-to-eye at the rim, I'd be hugely pissed at myself, too. It's like us playing on a 8' rim against our 4'10 younger brother.

 

he's still a top 10 player of all-time

 

And you people were cheering on an arrogant man who pushed a handicapped child rudely out the way.

Has to deal with his cheating wife and now this. Godspeed, Timmy D.

 

you're certainly seeing it differently than i am. and to say that battier pushing him off of his path had no effect on him is nuts. and, yes, i saw battier's presser too, before you post that.

it's like calling a dream fadeaway a bunny. sure, he is going to make it more often than no, but it ain't a layup, and it ain't shocking when he misses one.

 

Eh. I am sorry but when a 7 footer is a couple of feet away from the basket with a SG on him, and especially when that 7 footer is an all-time great, thats a "layup" or a "bunny" and even a "gimme" to me.

He had a SG on his back in a one-on-one situation and he didnt covert.

You dont need to to see anything other than his reaction on the court after he missed that.

He had missed the shot previous to that pretty badly as well.

Can you even imagine the backfire had Lebron missed those??

 

I, too, thought this was a heartbreaking loss for Tim Duncan until remembering how much these athletes are paid to play a sport they love.

 

How do we go from point blank look, fully facing the basket to a "dream fadeaway" level of difficulty....which is like the highest level of difficulty there is of all the classic big man moves. What kind of logic is that? I suppose you are another one of those stupid Spurs fan. And in this case, you are arguing with Tim Duncan about his meaning of the word "bunny." Because you can't bring yourself to agree with him.,

Look, I'm not trying to slight the man. I just don't understand you lack of wanting to see the play through his eyes. I'm actually trying to completely agree with him and explain why he feels that was a "bunny" to him. I can feel for him. That's a very tough miss and miss of the put back. Unpossible for Tim Duncan.

You're not disagreeing with me; you are disagreeing with Duncan.

 

Although I agree with what most people here are saying in that it Duncan would usually make that shot and is understandably disappointed, I see what cardpire is saying too.

It's being a little exaggerated simply because it's Duncan and how important of a time the missed shot came at.

You don't have all this oh he should have made that if it happened with 11 minutes and 39 seconds left in the 1st quarter of game 5.

 

To say that was a difficult shot must of never played bball before. If you are any good thats a shot you should make with ease.