<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>That big shot from Horry is comingHis playoff history suggests it's not a matter of if, but whenOne of the Mavericks' biggest fears is that one of those Robert Horry moments is waiting for them. Somewhere out there, Big Shot Rob is going to plunge a dagger into them. He's done it in so many other crucial playoff games that it seems almost inevitable. Avery Johnson will tell you that he fears every Spur when it comes to pulling off clutch plays. It could be Nick Van Exel or Michael Finley or Bruce Bowen. More MavericksBut for some reason, Horry always seems like he gets a chance for greatness in these situations. It happened in the NBA Finals last season, when Rasheed Wallace drifted away from him and allowed Horry to make a 3-pointer in Game 5, swaying the series in San Antonio's favor. Horry claims he doesn't feel the need to do something heroic. But he did allow on Sunday that he's always conditioning himself to be ready for the chance. "I never tell anybody this, but I'll tell y'all," he said. "I tell myself that all the time. When I was in high school, I took this positive-thinking class. Ever since then, I'm like, 'I'm going to have a good game tonight. I'm going to do this or do that.' "I probably let myself down 90 percent of the time. But I always tell myself that." By the way, Horry said he got an A in the positive-thinking class. "But," he joked, "they give all athletes A's." Van Horn inching closer: Keith Van Horn may or may not suit up tonight. But he'll almost certainly see action by Game 5 on Wednesday. He got through his second practice Sunday without incident. Also, Darrell Armstrong is doubtful with a left knee contusion. Even mom was stunned: It was only about 30 minutes into Mother's Day, but Jerry Stackhouse knew what was coming when he called his mother after Game 3. Stackhouse still was fighting off the embarrassment of his botched free throw, the one he was trying to miss with two seconds left Saturday night. "You know, when you do something bad at the end of the game, your momma is always the one who's like, 'It's all right, baby?' " Stackhouse said Sunday. "But she was asking: 'What were you thinking about?' "I screwed up a little bit. But we got the win as a team." Robert Horry's desperation shot missed to end Game 3, so he must be due. "He's kind of a Tony Parker lookalike in some ways," Avery Johnson said. "It's seldom you see a guy who even has an opportunity to run with Parker. He's our guy to try to do it. Devin's been doing a pretty OK job of it." Rest assured the Spurs are working on ways to deal with Harris in Game 4. But getting physical and knocking Harris to the floor isn't the obvious option. After all, the Spurs have already been doing that. "He's getting to the rack," Horry said. "Hopefully we can do something to deter him from getting there too easily. We had a game plan, and when we did it, he didn't get to the rack. The times we didn't execute it, he did get to the rack. "His speed is great. His change of direction is really good. And with Tony's leg like this, he's a little faster than Tony." Briefly: At practice Sunday, Gregg Popovich was wearing a 2003 NBA Finals shirt. Perhaps he was hoping to rekindle some good karma ... One week after starting Game 1 in the series, Adrian Griffin was reduced to playing three-on-three with low-minute players and Pavel Podkolzin and Rawle Marshall, who aren't on the playoff roster. As is always the case with Griffin, he will remain ready if he's needed later in the series ? or in the next one.</div>Link
The big shot from Terry is coming is my response to this article. Robert Horry wasn't even in the game at the end of the game. The spurs went small with Finley at PF instead.
Well, no matter what about this small talk, Mavs just need to make sure Dirk is alrite and WIN THE GAME without too much pressure near the closing minutes.
If the Spurs want to advance, theyll need a lot more than one game winning shot by Robert Horry. The amount of pressure the Mavs have put on them is incredible. I mean the Spurs barely win game 1 and then they lose three in a row. if the Mavs coulve pulled out game 1 the series would already be over. With the way the Mavs are playing, it will take a lot more than one game winning shot to win this series.
Well, the Spurs could logically be up 3-1, and the Mavs could even have swept the Spurs, but it's 3-1 for the Mavs, so it's all good in Big D.We just NEED to win this game.
Lolz, what do you mean?You said I replied to every topic in this board if my name wasn't on the Last Reply column, so I tried to spread around my posts.Anyway, we gotta win tomorrow. Sure, I've said it like ten times, but it's true.Mavs need to foul Duncan before his 3rd or 4th dribble.
