OT: What is the most brutal way to be knocked out of the playoffs?

[Doctor MJ]

-Trailblazers blowing a 15 pt 4th qtr lead in the WCF

This is also a great answer. Had to be so awful for Blazer fans.

[Doctor MJ]

Since we're mentioning other sports:

Every single football player who lets go of the ball before crossing the goal line more focused on celebrating their big moment than actually achieving their big moment.

[dhsilv2]

Haliburton's torn ACL on the game 7 of the Finals.

Honestly, I'd rather lose by failing in a huge way than get hurt like that. 100% agree here.

[Clav]

Haven't been banned once. You're acting irrational for no reason.

GOODBYE

It's an open discussion and was labeled as "Off-Topic" for a reason, I see no issue with it (less so since it was timely and others have posted basketball videos, too). Slim and Iwasawitness, please continue your disagreement in PM, put each other on ignore, or even better -- forgive and move on. Thank you!

-Clav

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[Lakers824]

So what if it just happened, again it's a basketball forum

Go whine somewhere else. We don't care what you think this forum is for. It's called "OT" for a reason.

Cool ok buddy have fun, wait haven't you been banned b4, ok cool have fun.

Edit: put me on your ignore list, because i have no further interaction with you, don't care what you have to say any further and i've never really done no harm to you in anyway of your posts, so goodbye.

That poster is poisonous. He sounds like a moron half the time and it isn't so loss for you. Cease to waste your own time conversing with troglodytes like that guy.

[Effigy]

Game 7 of the 2000 WC Finals was brutal for Blazer fans. Just awful.

[Lakers824]

Netherlands played Italy in the semi-finals of the Euro Cup, held in the Netherlands.

The Dutch had an absolutely stacked team, were crushing the competition having won each match leading up to the game while holding a 13-3 goal scoring advantage throughout those matches.

During the semifinals match, the Netherlands dominated possession and created 8 times as many shots on goal and +17 total shots. Italy conceded two penalties during regulation, both of which the Netherlands missed, and Italy had to play with 10 men for most of the game due to a red card after about half an hour of play. Italy's first shot on goal came 80 minutes into the match.

In the end, following a 0-0 draw in regulation and overtime, Italy won through a penalty shootout, extending the penalty curse of the Dutch squad which had been kicked out of 7 of the last 9 tournaments in penalty shoot outs.

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I watched this live and have the recorded match on VHS but I've only ever gone back to watch the penalty shootout and have absolutely no memory of the 2 spot kicks during regular play, or the red card

[Lakers824]

The Warriors going scoreless the last 6 minutes to lose game 7 in 2016 was brutal. So close total the title, and they wet the bed.

The Rockets missing 27 consecutive threes in game 7 to lose a 3-2 lead is a good call.

The Lakers losing the deciding game against Houston in 81 with Magic perplexingly doing that shot/pass airball was awful.

Orlando losing game 1 of the 1995 finals by somehow missing 4 consecutive free throws is comically bad.

Utah losing game 6 in 1998 after leading most of the way and having a 3 point lead with seconds to go against a drained Jordan and an injured pippen, sick ron Harper, washed and distracted Rodman was....crazy. if they had held on, they would have been in the commanding seat for game 7.

Spurs losing game 7 in 2013 against Miami with Duncan missing a 3 foot bunny that he's made 10 thousand times was crazy. Duncan looked distraught.

[Sane]

The Warriors won 70+ games. The following season, Kevin Durant joined prime Curry, Klay, Dray and Iggy. One of the most talented in history (if not the most). Any team in the NBA that had to re-tool or tank or punt for a season, they all went home except Cleveland. The Rockets said “no, let’s try to go for the jugular”.

Chris Paul is on his last legs as a full on star. He joins James Harden and a bunch of role players.

No way the Rockets can win it all right? Then they go on to win the West. Demolish the first two rounds. Get to the Warriors, shock everyone and bring them to their knees the series is 3-2 and they only need one win.

Chris Paul tears his hamstring in Game 5. Harden and role players obviously get thrashed by the Warriors, at some point barely being able to jump from how much they’re over compensating with effort. Warriors go on to win it all by sweeping LeBron’s Cavs easily.

Warriors won it fair and square but that really sucked. We earned the right to scalp the most obscenely stacked super team of all time for us and for all the fans who wanted to see the giant taken down.

Too bad.

[Dr Aki]

Brewers down 2-1, Turang dodges the potential Hit-By-Pitch with bases loaded, only to strike out swinging in game 1 to hand the Dodgers the win

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[Rust_Cohle]

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This was my first thought actually. I was a kid who had chosen to support Michigan because of their football helmet and was cheering the Fab Five on with my heart and soul, and I just couldn't believe it.

In the RealGM era, probably the most brutal one to me was the 2007 Suns-Spurs series where Spur Horry committed an egregious foul on Nash, and when Nash's teammates reacted in the moments like human beings, it ran afoul of a ridiculous rule, and NBA leadership chose to literally enforce that rule, essentially handing the series - and the eventual championship - to the Spurs. This would then result in NBA people convincing Suns ownership to give up on pace & space while those of us analytically inclined already knew it wasn't a gimmick but the way forward for NBA offensive strategy.

In the years since, in all similar situations, the NBA has made the opposite call despite not actually changing the rule, further illustrating that the 2007 playoffs were determined by a blip of reasoning more concerned with not having to admit they made a bad rule than ensuring the best basketball.

While it was unfortunate about the suspensions, even Nash’s teammates admitted Nash flipped on the play making it far worse than it needed to be. Horry’s play was dirty no doubt, but nash flinging himself into the first row made it much worse.

Suns had a chance to force game 6, but got wrecked. Spurs always had their number. I do agree it was a lame way for that series to go, but nash didn’t need to flop as hard as he done on a bad play.

https://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/did-suns-guard-steve-nash-embellish-robert-horry-s-infamous-hip-check-that-led-to-suspensions-

[Rust_Cohle]

The Warriors going scoreless the last 6 minutes to lose game 7 in 2016 was brutal. So close total the title, and they wet the bed.

The Rockets missing 27 consecutive threes in game 7 to lose a 3-2 lead is a good call.

The Lakers losing the deciding game against Houston in 81 with Magic perplexingly doing that shot/pass airball was awful.

Orlando losing game 1 of the 1995 finals by somehow missing 4 consecutive free throws is comically bad.

Utah losing game 6 in 1998 after leading most of the way and having a 3 point lead with seconds to go against a drained Jordan and an injured pippen, sick ron Harper, washed and distracted Rodman was....crazy. if they had held on, they would have been in the commanding seat for game 7.

Spurs losing game 7 in 2013 against Miami with Duncan missing a 3 foot bunny that he's made 10 thousand times was crazy. Duncan looked distraught.

Game 6 of 2013 sucked as a spurs fan, but losing game 7 always felt inevitable. We sagged off lebron way too much in game 7 and Danny green came crashing down to earth games 5-7. Battier went god mode going 6-8 from downtown in that game 7.

Thank god for cathartic 2014.

[jtan08]

Haliburton's torn ACL on the game 7 of the Finals.

Honestly, I'd rather lose by failing in a huge way than get hurt like that. 100% agree here.

Totally agree, when you were hot and aggressive and have a chance to takeover the game and win a title, then torn ACL. That is really brutal.

[TroubleS0me]

2011 mavs vs lakers game 4

[Lakers824]

The Warriors going scoreless the last 6 minutes to lose game 7 in 2016 was brutal. So close total the title, and they wet the bed.

The Rockets missing 27 consecutive threes in game 7 to lose a 3-2 lead is a good call.

The Lakers losing the deciding game against Houston in 81 with Magic perplexingly doing that shot/pass airball was awful.

Orlando losing game 1 of the 1995 finals by somehow missing 4 consecutive free throws is comically bad.

Utah losing game 6 in 1998 after leading most of the way and having a 3 point lead with seconds to go against a drained Jordan and an injured pippen, sick ron Harper, washed and distracted Rodman was....crazy. if they had held on, they would have been in the commanding seat for game 7.

Spurs losing game 7 in 2013 against Miami with Duncan missing a 3 foot bunny that he's made 10 thousand times was crazy. Duncan looked distraught.

Game 6 of 2013 sucked as a spurs fan, but losing game 7 always felt inevitable. We sagged off lebron way too much in game 7 and Danny green came crashing down to earth games 5-7. Battier went god mode going 6-8 from downtown in that game 7.

Thank god for cathartic 2014.

I expected Miami to win game 7 easily, but it didn't play out that way. The Spurs had a lot of resolve and they feel that they easily could have won it.

Chalmers hit a huge deep 3 as time expired in the 3rd quarter, without which Miami would have gone into the fourth quarter trailing and a quiet crowd.

You're right that they lost it in game 6, though. Still seems impossible to lose from that position. Allen backpeddled exactly where he needed to be, otherwise that could have been a long two.

Next year was surprisingly one sided, for me. Didn't expect the Spurs to ravage Miami that way but it looked like men against children at times, especially that fifth game.

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[Doctor MJ]

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This was my first thought actually. I was a kid who had chosen to support Michigan because of their football helmet and was cheering the Fab Five on with my heart and soul, and I just couldn't believe it.

In the RealGM era, probably the most brutal one to me was the 2007 Suns-Spurs series where Spur Horry committed an egregious foul on Nash, and when Nash's teammates reacted in the moments like human beings, it ran afoul of a ridiculous rule, and NBA leadership chose to literally enforce that rule, essentially handing the series - and the eventual championship - to the Spurs. This would then result in NBA people convincing Suns ownership to give up on pace & space while those of us analytically inclined already knew it wasn't a gimmick but the way forward for NBA offensive strategy.

In the years since, in all similar situations, the NBA has made the opposite call despite not actually changing the rule, further illustrating that the 2007 playoffs were determined by a blip of reasoning more concerned with not having to admit they made a bad rule than ensuring the best basketball.

While it was unfortunate about the suspensions, even Nash’s teammates admitted Nash flipped on the play making it far worse than it needed to be. Horry’s play was dirty no doubt, but nash flinging himself into the first row made it much worse.

Suns had a chance to force game 6, but got wrecked. Spurs always had their number. I do agree it was a lame way for that series to go, but nash didn’t need to flop as hard as he done on a bad play.

https://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/did-suns-guard-steve-nash-embellish-robert-horry-s-infamous-hip-check-that-led-to-suspensions-

None of this changes the fact that the rule wasn't something that realistically factored in what humans do when a they see something violent happens on the court, and the NBA after this one time stopped following it without taking it off the books.

Re: had a chance to force Game 6, but got wrecked. I think you mean they had a chance to go up 3-2 in Game 5 without their two players, but couldn't quite do it despite burning their nitro on the game because they knew that this was their home game, and Game 6 would be on the road.

Re: Spurs always had their number. I mean, that's what people were saying going into the 2010 series where the Suns swept the Spurs. For some reason, people tend to forget about this when they look to make a simple narrative about the matchup.

[Rust_Cohle]

This was my first thought actually. I was a kid who had chosen to support Michigan because of their football helmet and was cheering the Fab Five on with my heart and soul, and I just couldn't believe it.

In the RealGM era, probably the most brutal one to me was the 2007 Suns-Spurs series where Spur Horry committed an egregious foul on Nash, and when Nash's teammates reacted in the moments like human beings, it ran afoul of a ridiculous rule, and NBA leadership chose to literally enforce that rule, essentially handing the series - and the eventual championship - to the Spurs. This would then result in NBA people convincing Suns ownership to give up on pace & space while those of us analytically inclined already knew it wasn't a gimmick but the way forward for NBA offensive strategy.

In the years since, in all similar situations, the NBA has made the opposite call despite not actually changing the rule, further illustrating that the 2007 playoffs were determined by a blip of reasoning more concerned with not having to admit they made a bad rule than ensuring the best basketball.

While it was unfortunate about the suspensions, even Nash’s teammates admitted Nash flipped on the play making it far worse than it needed to be. Horry’s play was dirty no doubt, but nash flinging himself into the first row made it much worse.

Suns had a chance to force game 6, but got wrecked. Spurs always had their number. I do agree it was a lame way for that series to go, but nash didn’t need to flop as hard as he done on a bad play.

https://www.abc15.com/sports/sports-blogs-local/did-suns-guard-steve-nash-embellish-robert-horry-s-infamous-hip-check-that-led-to-suspensions-

None of this changes the fact that the rule wasn't something that realistically factored in what humans do when a they see something violent happens on the court, and the NBA after this one time stopped following it without taking it off the books.

Re: had a chance to force Game 6, but got wrecked. I think you mean they had a chance to go up 3-2 in Game 5 without their two players, but couldn't quite do it despite burning their nitro on the game because they knew that this was their home game, and Game 6 would be on the road.

Re: Spurs always had their number. I mean, that's what people were saying going into the 2010 series where the Suns swept the Spurs. For some reason, people tend to forget about this when they look to make a simple narrative about the matchup.

Yeah, and 2010 required the Suns moving away from 7 seconds or less with an entirely different coach and lots of different players from the D'Antoni era. 2008 was his nail in the coffin against the Spurs.

Spurs have won 6 of their last 8 playoff series. they absolutely had Phoenix's number, nothing controversial about that.

And yes, it is a stupid rule, but Nash flopping did just as much harm even getting it to that point.

Game 6 the Suns had a chance to level the series, and the Spurs didn't have Robery Horry. The Suns always had a mental block against San Antonio, not sure why every excuse needs to be made for them. In Game 6 Suns got a rested Diaw and Amare back, while the Spurs were the ones who had to fight back in Game 5 tooth and nail to the Suns credit.

Spurs having the much better coach, and Tim Duncan went a long way.

[Capn'O]

Haliburton's Achilles injury in G7 last year has to be up there.

This is the one that was most personal to me:

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