Comments on: Robert Horry talks about ‘the shot’ and playing defense against Rasheed Wallace

By: tarsier

tarsier — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 19:05:30 +0000

Horry is an appropriately glorified role player. He has hit key shots in many championship runs. But he is also the everyday strawman grab for people arguing against the idea that rings are everything (e.g. so you’re saying the horry was better than barkley? omg/lol/smh you’re an idiot.). Anyway, I think most fans realize he played an imporatant role well but was no great shakes and was fortunate to be on the right teams at the right times. But much of that fortune came from the fact that those right teams wanted him because he was a reliable role player.

By: Max

Max — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:33:11 +0000

I took Bird’s steal on Isiah much worse but I was a kid. Nevertheless, I think that game compared regarding heart break. The ‘Stones had still yet to win a title and hadn’t just won one which took some of the sting for me in 05.

By: apa8ren9

apa8ren9 — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:28:29 +0000

Yeah. that game was heart breaking. Horry was clutch. I was in the stands with my best friend and all we kept saying during the timeout before was – whatever you do DO NOT LEAVE ROBERT HORRY!. We knew if he were open he would make it. I mean they could have played diamond and 1. We kept saying dont leave him under ANY circumstance, but like everyone else said, Heartbreak.

By: shawn brown

shawn brown — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:39:42 +0000

not overrated at all. perhaps the best role player of the 90s. clutch shots defined him.

By: damian

damian — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:22:55 +0000

robert horry is the definition of a role player, one of the most clutch at that. he may be one of the best role players of all time. overrated? hell no.

By: frankie d

frankie d — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:50:10 +0000

agreed. no other game even compares. incredibly depressing.
great interview, however.
i definitely recall watching the game and being concerned when he made a shot, after being so cold, all game long.
it was almost as though the pistons kind of forgot about him because he’d been so cold. getting out on him did not seem to be a real priority, but seeing hit one shot and then a second shot gave me chills.
i was thinking…this is robert freaking horry…this guy will kill you if you let him get hot. and that is exactly what happened. he even made an incredible dunk over i don’t remember who, but he went right at someone and just flushed it.
it was almost like sheed forgot also, which is why he doubled and tried to trap the passer in the corner. with any other shooter out there, that is a good play. but with robert freaking horry out there, you just cannot give him an open shot in a clutch situation.
overrated?
heck, luck and just being in the right place at the right time doesn’t knock down all those jumpers in the clutch.
it wasn’t like he was just hanging around, like john salley did when he won a ring with the lakers. no, horry, at every step of his career has made a habit of knocking down clutch shots.
luck has nothing to do with that. just a coldblooded assassin’s eye .
yea, i guess you can call him a “role” player if you want. call him whatever you want. fact is that robert horry made some of the most clutch jumpers in clutch situations over the last 2 decades or so. and there are very few, if any players, who’ve made as many clutch shots. he got his rings the old fashioned way…. he earned them.

By: gmehl

gmehl — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:32:42 +0000

It’s ok patrick i have blocked out all major details from that game as well. Game 5…game 6 it all ended the same way…heartbreak

By: Tiko

Tiko — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:56:18 +0000

most depressing game ever

By: Patrick Hayes

Patrick Hayes — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:23:53 +0000

My fault. Fixed. Thanks.

By: Serrano

Serrano — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:12:06 +0000

It was Game 5, actually. The Pistons won Game 6 in San Antonio.