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June 13, 2005
Robert Horry's hustle sets energetic tone for Spurs
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The San Antonio Spurs have Robert Horry halfway to a sixth NBA championship ring. The 13-year forward put himself in some pretty impressive company.
Horry won two titles with the Houston Rockets in the mid-1990s and three with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2000-02. He has never played in the final without winning the title.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The San Antonio Spurs have Robert Horry halfway to a sixth NBA championship ring. The 13-year forward put himself in some pretty impressive company.
Horry won two titles with the Houston Rockets in the mid-1990s and three with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2000-02. He has never played in the final without winning the title.
The man known for making big three-pointers in late-game situations hit two from beyond the arc Sunday night in the Spurs' 97-76 victory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 2 on Sunday night. Those were the 41st and 42nd threes he hit in the final, tying him with Michael Jordan for the most in a career.
Horry led the Spurs in steals Sunday night with four, moving him past Julius Erving and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - and into a tie with Danny Ainge - for seventh on the all-time final list with 46.
In the second quarter, he showed his current teammates how much he wants that sixth ring.
He fought for a rebound early in the period and started a fast break that Tim Duncan finished with a layup to give the Spurs a 34-25 lead.
Horry, trailing on the break, then picked off Rasheed Wallace's inbounds pass and launched a three-pointer that was off the mark. Antonio McDyess got the rebound, but Horry stepped in front of the outlet pass for his second steal in an eight-second span.
Later in the quarter he made a three-pointer, fed Manu Ginobili for a 19-foot jumper and drove for a layup that put San Antonio up 51-33, the Spurs' biggest lead of the first half.
And in the final seconds of the second quarter, with his team still comfortably ahead, Horry made his third steal of the period. This time he dived to take the ball away from Chauncey Billups and quickly called a timeout to give the Spurs the final possession of the half, which ended with two free throws by Ginobili.
"Robert had a great first half. He looked like he was 26, 27," San Antonio coach Gregg Popovich said of the 34-year-old. "He summons up the energy for that once in a while."
Horry made another three-pointer in the game's closing minutes and finished with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and the four steals in 28 minutes.
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