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How The Hell Do You Leave Horry Open For 3?!
cheesebeef said:nice tip in miss by Duncan at the buzzer to go along with 1-6 fromt he line in the fourth. It's starting to bother me that SA beat us as easily as they did, especially in light of their struggles here and their struggles against a MASH unit in Seattle. To lose in 5 with homecourt advantage just sucks.
elindholm said:Stellar game from Horry tonight. By my watch, he contributed a grand total of one rebound over the final seven minutes. Of course, we won't "remember" his performance in this game, so it doesn't count against his legacy, right?
elindholm said:Stellar game from Horry tonight. By my watch, he contributed a grand total of one rebound over the final seven minutes. Of course, we won't "remember" his performance in this game, so it doesn't count against his legacy, right?
elindholm said:How did I know this post was coming.
Because I've finally made you think clearly about the issue?
3 of 5 - 8 points - not a "bad" game from a role player off the bench.
No, it's not. But give any other half-decent role player 200 playoff games, and he'll come up big in ten or twelve of them as well.
elindholm said:As I said before, what made Horry's outburst in Game 5 so memorable is precisely that, in the context of his entire postseason career, it was so surprising.
elindholm said:I'm really curious where this number of 10 to 12 keeps coming from. JUst this offseason alone, Horry's been a huge contributor in SIX playoff games:
Yes, I saw that list before. If that's your standard for "huge," then my guess is most veterans have had a lot of huge playoff games. Is every three-pointer in the fourth quarter HUGE? If so, then Horry sure has a lot of company.
elindholm said:In your list, you identify Game 5 as "without a doubt the most ridiculous Horry game ever." So if that's true, why take it as representative of his career?
cheesebeef said:who said it was representative? It was merely just another example of clutch play.
Tell me this Eric - if the guy isn't clutch - why would Larry Brown apparently tell his guys 25 times to NOT leave Horry open. Stressing to NOT leave Horry open? It couldn't be because one of the best coache sint he game is fearful of a shooter who makes big shots, could it? Is he just as fooled as all of us who believe Horry to be clutch as well?
Chaplin said:The problem is not that you're labeling him "clutch", I think it's safe to say that he is clutch. But what you constantly harp about is how great the guy is because he is "clutch". Robert Horry is not a "great" player. Period. And he's certainly not the greatest clutch role player in NBA history--which is what you've been implying all along.
Chaplin said:which is what you've been implying all along.
elindholm said:okay - I'll take you up on this - like who? Who are the other role players that have done similar things.
I don't have access to the statistics. But there are a lot of playoff games every year, many of them are close, and most close games feature big shots and key plays. If someone sticks around long enough, he's bound to be involved in some clutch action now and again.