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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, MAY 4, 2015
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Absolutely... They had seen part of the play. It was going to be tough anyway."
Gregg Popovich on whether the early buzzer affected the game FoxSports.com
FACT OF THE DAY
The Spurs classic "Big 3" of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobilli combined to score 52.9 percent of the team's 109 points in
all games.
game seven.
— ESPN.com
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: How many players on the Spurs are 35 or older?
A. Three — Matt Bonner (35)
Manu Ginobili (37) and Tim
Duncan (39).
ESPN.com
THE MORNING BREW
Timekeeper's gaffe a giant factor in Spurs' loss to Clippers
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After six hard-fought games, the San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers squared off in game seven, which fittingly went down to the wire.
The referee handed the ball to Boris Diaw, the inbounder on the play.
With one second left, the Clippers found themselves clinging to a two-point lead, but the Spurs had the ball, which meant they had a chance.
Matt Bonner ran to the corner on the strong side and Danny Green began to cut toward the inbounder, and Kawhi Leonard ran to the top of the key and started to cut back to the rim.
The familiar sound of the final buzzer halted play, as the players looked around to see what had happened. Somehow the clock had started before the ball was inbounded, and Spurs coach Gregg Popovich was furious, and rightfully so.
The Clippers got a sneak-peek at the play the Spurs were going to run, but rather than use his last timeout, Popovich ran the same play again.
This time, when Leonard cut to the rim, Clippers forward Matt Barnes was in much better position to defend, helping way off one of the best three-point shooters in the playoffs, Marco Belinelli.
Diaw threw the lob to Leonard, but Barnes swatted it away. That was that. The Spurs were eliminated in the first round, after reaching the NBA Finals each of the past two seasons.
That buzzer going off, whether inadvertently or on purpose (as some have theorized on Twitter), may very well have not only altered the course of the game, but the course of history.
After all, the Spurs came into the postseason having won 11 of their past 12 games and 21 of their past 25. They were one of — if not the — hottest team in the NBA, and their roster of legends seemed ready to make another run at a championship.
Bovada, an online betting site, had the Spurs as the third most likely team to win the championship coming into the playoffs, behind the Steph Curry-led Golden State Warriors and LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers.
But it wasn't meant to be.
A win could've put the Spurs on their way to winning their sixth NBA championship, all of which have come
But it wasn't meant to be.
since the team drafted Tim Duncan in the 1997-98 season. For Duncan, a sixth ring would've added that much more to his already ridiculous legacy. Leonard, on the other hand, could have continued to grow his legacy with a second title
reggie with a second title and, potentially, a second Finals MVP award, all before his 24th birthday.
The game, the series, the legacies: all were altered by a buzzer going off before it was supposed to. And considering that this may have been the last season for Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili, who are 39 and 37, respectively, the buzzer may end up being the perfect metaphor for the end of one other thing: the Spurs' title window.
Kansas track and field wraps up regular season at home
At least with the current core
Edited by Kayla Schartz
G.J. MELIA
@gjmelia
The Kansas track and field team grabbed 13 total event victories Saturday in the Rock Chalk Classic. In their regular season finale, the Jayhawks hosted athletes from Kansas State, Oral Roberts, Wichita State, UMKC and Air Force.
On the women's side, the team won 10 events, three coming in the field and seven on the track. The men were able to win three events, all in track competition.
The women took the top
four spots in the 1,500 meters with sophomores Nashia and Malika Baker finishing first and second. Juniors Kelli McKenna and Jasmine Edwards closed out third and fourth.
In the 800 meters, the women dominated again, taking the top three spots. Junior Rhavean King edged sophomore Whitney Adams by 0.2 seconds for the victory. Redshirt freshman Hannah Dimmick came in third.
Sophomore Zainab Sanni had an impressive performance Saturday as well.
as she won the 200 meters with a time of 23.58 seconds. Sanni also took first with the 4x100 relay team of senior Lindsay Vollmer, freshman Jasmine Thomas and junior Sydney Conley.
Conley also won the 100 meters and the long jump. In their final home meet, seniors Jaimie House and Kianna Weinzheimer won the women's pole vault and javelin, respectively, the final two field event victories for the Jayhawks.
In a wild finish, freshman Courtney Coppinger mounted
a comeback in the final 100 meters of the 3,000-meter steeplechase for the victory. Coppinger defeated UMKC sophomore Sarah Fogarty by 0.02 seconds for the win. The final times clocked in just under 11 minutes, at 10:53.01 and 10:53.03.
Freshman Anthonyio Humphrey took home the first victory for the Kansas men, taking first in the 800 meters.
and the second best time in his career in the 400-meter hurdles at 48.86 seconds. Stigler now holds the first and fourth-best times in the event in the world this year.
Senior Michael Stigler won the next two events for the Jayhawks. Stigler posted a Rock Chalk Park record
In the 4x400 meter relay, the Kansas team of Stigler, senior Kenneth McCuin and juniors Jaime Wilson and Drew Matthews were trailing Oral Roberts beginning the final leg. Stigler quickly regained the lead for Kansas and obliterated the rest of the pack, winning by five seconds.
for the Big 12 Outdoor Championships on May 15-17 in Ames, Iowa. Kansas will be taking 64 athletes to the conference meet, 32 from each the men's and women's teams.
The jayhawks will have the next week off to prepare
In Ames, athletes will look to qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary meet on May 28-30. The NCAA takes the top 96 athletes in the East and West regions, with 48 qualifying from each region. The final day of the qualifying period is May 17.
Edited by Samantha Darling
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