Harvey: Return To Cheap-Shot Rob: He's Left With One Response

[duncan228]

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Buck Harvey: Return to cheap-shot Rob: He's left with one response


Robert Horry’s reputation has preceded him.

The Hornets think Horry may have intended to do what he did to David West.

Put anyone else inside of the No. 25 jersey, and what happened Thursday would have been a basketball play with an unfortunate ending. But not just anyone was inside of No. 25. Horry was. When West fell to the ground in pain, ESPN cued up the tape from last year, and the connection was made.

In another second round, in another potentially series-changing moment, Horry had bumped into another guy with a bad back.

Horry’s response?

He has only one.

Horry knows the end is coming, and he’s already been thinking about his next career. He thinks coaching might be fun, but Horry has also wondered if he would be a good fit as an NBA coach.

“I know the at ude of some of the guys in this league,” he said a few months ago, and then he acted as if these kinds of players were standing in front of him.

He smiled as he pointed at each imaginary player. “I’d be like, ‘Cut, cut, cut.'”

That’s the Horry who has a sense of humor. That’s also the Horry who could be thinking about his next career as early as Monday.

And that’s the Horry who believes in the old-school at ude. He believes in guys who know the game and have experience, and the Spurs will lean on this in Game 7.

But Horry has never been known as particularly rough. He won seven rings with clutch shots and the good fortune of playing with great players.

That perception changed a year ago with Steve Nash, when Horry stuck out a hip.

Nothing was as spectacular Thursday. Whereas Nash was finishing off a win, West was slugging through another bad one. He finished with only 10 points.

None of this should make the Spurs feel confident about Monday. West had scored only 10 points in Game 4, too, and then he rebounded with a dominant 38 points in Game 5.

This time he had an excuse. After he iced his sore back Tuesday night, teammates noticed West walking gingerly into the arena Thursday.

Tim Duncan’s defense didn’t make him feel any better, nor did an inbounds botch to start the third quarter. Tony Parker took that gift for a layup and a nine-point Spurs lead.

Then came a rash of fouls against West and Chris Paul that made them feel as if they had their own Joey Crawford in the AT&T Center. After the two of them had been called for four fouls in about a minute, Paul leaned over the scorer’s table with a smirk.

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.’”

Them boys didn’t pull away until later, when Manu Ginobili and Ime Udoka began to throw in threes. Then, with the Spurs ahead by 21, West jumped just as Horry picked from behind.

“He took a good shot in the back,” Byron Scott said afterward.

They would say more in private, and Tyson Chandler summed up the mood of the locker room when asked if Horry’s blow had been intended for someone already with a bad back. Chandler admitted to not seeing the play, but Horry’s presence confirmed the worst. “I wouldn’t doubt it,” Chandler said.

They were angrier when the crowd chanted Horry’s name about that time, with West on the ground and in pain, and the Hornets had every reason to be angry. Horry deserved to have his name chanted at some point, considering Thursday could have been his last game in San Antonio. But not then.

For Horry, all of it added to his reputation. But just as it’s unlikely to think he knew he could persuade a few Suns to walk off the bench and into suspensions, isn’t it as implausible to believe he targeted West at his medical weakness and tried to injure him?

No one will give him this benefit of the doubt. There’s the connection, after all.

So he will do next what he’s done more than anyone in history, which is walk out into another playoff game. Then Horry will give the only response he’s capable of.

No one is made for a Game 7 like he is, after all.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

He took a good shot in the back,” Byron Scott said afterward.

They would say more in private, and Tyson Chandler summed up the mood of the locker room when asked if Horry’s blow had been intended for someone already with a bad back. Chandler admitted to not seeing the play, but Horry’s presence confirmed the worst. “I wouldn’t doubt it,” Chandler said.

Gimmie a break. Horry's been in the league for 20 frickin years, and one season changes all perceptions of him
Do your homework people!

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.’”

I hope the refs get wind of this and convene against Chris Paul.

Shouldn't that guy be a little more self-editing? Fans can joke that way, but not players.

So forthcoming

[Kori Ellis]

Then came a rash of fouls against West and Chris Paul that made them feel as if they had their own Joey Crawford in the AT&T Center. After the two of them had been called for four fouls in about a minute, Paul leaned over the scorer’s table with a smirk.

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.’”

[2centsworth]

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.’”

that deserves an ass kicking on Monday.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.’”

seriously, GO YOURSELF! you little princess! all you want, you're going down on Monday little whining piece of crap

[ChumpDumper]

If Stern was enforcing rules anymore, that Paul remark would get a fine.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

seriously, GO YOURSELF! you little princess! all you want, you're going down on Monday little whining piece of crap

He's too comfortable to make comments like that. Wayy too overconfident to be so damn casual.

Gotta give the Spurs a LITTLE credit. Refs didn't will in Manu and Udoka's three bombs.
Plus all those calls were LEGIT calls. The easiest calls to make in the playoffs.

Two pushoffs, West all arm contact, a tech, and a charge! Gimme a ing break. It's not like they were ticky-tack bull .

[Brutalis]

He really said that?

wowww

[san antonio spurs]

how much does he get fined?

[whottt]

LOL @ Tyson Chandler's opinion...this dude just about broke Parker's tailbone earlier in this series...and he enjoyed doing it. Exact same type of play as West was injured on...difference being he put about 10 times more kick into it than Horry did and Parker is about half the size of West.

[MaNuMaNiAc]

how much does he get fined?

Hopefully enough so that he'll learn to keep his sorry ass mouth shut!

[WildcardManu]

that, I'm glad that went down, I felt sorry for their asses before the comments but I rather stand by Rob who is Spur than let these punk ass es disrespect him and the team by saying dumb like that.

[mVp]

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.”

OMG

I can't believe he said that

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.’”

What a . That should be a fine, too.

[tmtcsc]

Hearing the crowd chant "Horry ! Horry ! Horry!" was a little disturbing. I didn't see what had happened but when I saw an opposing player down I knew something was up.

I think the crowd responded to Horry playing tough basketball. If West wasn't already hurt, that hit wouldn't have put him down. That's a joke.

Chris Paul, Bonzi Wells, David West, Melvin Ely and Mo Peterson have ALL thrown cheap shots in this series. Man up or go home.

[pooh]

Revenge will be sweet on Monday when the Hornets dismantle the Spurs.

[Borosai]

If West hadn't jumped at the last second, he wouldn't have gone down like that. It would have been just another pick. Who cares. There's a game on Monday that the Spurs must win.

[PlayoffEx-static]

Revenge will be sweet on Monday when the Hornets dismantle the Spurs.

Don't you have another 19 page novel to write? They say everyone has one good book in them. We're still waiting for yours...

[gospursgojas]

Paul's a punk .

And people need stop fooling themselves and look at the tape again.
Horry knew what he was doing and was deliberate in doing it.

And I chanted his name, playoff basketball. Anyone with 7 rings knows whats up.

[MannyIsGod]

Chris Paul won't get fined. He didn't say that to reporters. He said it during a game.

[Supergirl]

LOL. All of a sudden Horry has a "reputation"? For a decade he was known as a spot up deadly three point shooter, not much more, now all of a sudden he's "dirty." I call BS.

Horry plays old school, which is to say hard defense. If West wants to play with the big boys, let him play like the big boys. STFU with the whining. It was a good, clean, hard foul. Nothing more.

[gaKNOW!blee]

I cant believe how much of a pussy Paul is.

[ThomasGranger]

If Stern was enforcing rules anymore, that Paul remark would get a fine.

The league will probably ignore what Paul said and fine/suspend Horry.

[DarrinS]

Then came a rash of fouls against West and Chris Paul that made them feel as if they had their own Joey Crawford in the AT&T Center. After the two of them had been called for four fouls in about a minute, Paul leaned over the scorer’s table with a smirk.

“It’s like they got a phone call at halftime,” Paul said of the referees. “And they said, ‘Let them boys win.’”

There were some pretty lame calls a against the Hornets. BTW, nice rack.

[DarrinS]

LOL @ Tyson Chandler's opinion...this dude just about broke Parker's tailbone earlier in this series...and he enjoyed doing it. Exact same type of play as West was injured on...difference being he put about 10 times more kick into it than Horry did and Parker is about half the size of West.

Great point.


After watching it again, it didn't look like much of anything. David West's back must have been hurting already.