Monday, June 20, 2005
Clutch
"THe NBA needs to commision a statue of Robert Horry. Now.
34 years old. 5 titles. About to make it 6. 21 of the Spurs last 35 points, all in the last 20 minutes of the game. How many game-saving (and ultimately game-breaking) shots? Just about all of them, right? He saved Tim Duncan's ass, despite the big guy's vigilant quest to become the Nick Anderson of this year's NBA Finals.
This is ridiculous, but so was this dunk and the fact that 'Sheed didn't cover Big Shot Bob--you don't leave a guy with an AKA like that open with the game on the line--off the inbounds, so I guess it sort of makes sense. Just ask Bill Simmons.
Anybody else remember that game years ago when Horry was on the Rockets (it might even have been his rookie season) when he scored like 24 points, entirely on dunks? Dude has always had a flare for the dramatic.
