re: Good times versus bad times since NBA returned to 504 twenty years ago

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2. Sweeping Portland and giving GSW a scare in the mid 2010's

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We lost in 5 to GSW, it wasnt very competitive lol, i get your point though. I believe AD recently came out and said we would have won it all that year if boogie didnt go down before the playoffs. We were one of the hottest teams in the league but i dont think we were on the warriors level even with boogie.

That 07-08 year was so awesome. David West punked Dirk that first playoff series the entire series. We had a prime spurs team down 3-2 and dead to rights. 17 year old me was so upset when we blew it. If i remember correctly Popovich let CP3 get his, and decided to focus on stopping Peja's perimeter shooting instead and it worked the last 2 games.

I'll add 2 more:

1. Beating the spurs in last game of the season in 14-15 to sneak in the playoffs as the 8 seed. We got swept by the warriors but it was the first time we'd made the playoffs in the post chris paul era and the future seemed bright with AD. Watched that game at pluckers with some buddies and we were pumped. There was rumors Pop let us win because him and monty were friends and they had alreaady locked up their seed but whatever.

2. The suns series 2 years ago. Pels get hot and improbably snag the 8 seed after 2 play in wins. Willie had the famous speech in the clippers come back. We get a 60 win suns team without zion and absolutely show that we belong. BI balls out and the media is crowning him as the next superstar, zion wants to sign an extension, and we push the 1 seed to 6 games. I went to the game 4 win to tie it at 2-2 and its one of the best sporting events ive ever been to, i legit believed we could take the series. Fast forward 2 years later and we've done nothing but regress with the same team. How fricking depressing