[quote]overstand wrote:
Charles Barkley said the exact same thing I did at half time. Kobe is faking it and everybody outside of LA knows it.
You should change the name of this thread to Lakers Circle Jerk, not much real discussion going on here[/quote]
I respect comments like this. You obviously knew they wouldn’t be well received here but you posted anyway. Don’t let the Laker love here intimidate you, speak what’s on your mind. LOL.
[quote]gregron wrote:
I definitely did not see the balanced scoring coming from Orlando though, especially with how shitty everyone not named Howard or Nelson has played. If they can continue playing like that then they’ll take this series home and could cause problems in the next round… just not sure if they’ll fall back into that shooting slump or not?[/quote]
Orlando has that potential, which is why it’s particularly frustrating watching them play like they have if you’re a fan of theirs like raj or a minor supporter like me,
another OKC-DEN matchup…
another highly questionable call…
[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I definitely did not see the balanced scoring coming from Orlando though, especially with how shitty everyone not named Howard or Nelson has played. If they can continue playing like that then they’ll take this series home and could cause problems in the next round… just not sure if they’ll fall back into that shooting slump or not?[/quote]
Orlando has that potential, which is why it’s particularly frustrating watching them play like they have if you’re a fan of theirs like raj or a minor supporter like me,[/quote]
It’s been so unbelievably brutal. I’m not going to watch Game 6 because I’m expecting them to lose.
[quote]chillain wrote:
another OKC-DEN matchup…
another highly questionable call…
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Not sure how they don’t go to the monitor on that backcourt violation overturn. Then Durant hits that elbow jumper right after to put DEN in that deep deep hole, totally game changing call.
OCK shoots 42 free throws… 42!!! Why didn’t the league office just give OKC a bye for round 1?
You show her, Dwight!
If sports gambling were legal, I would be thrilled I made a pre-series bet on Hawks in 6 at 12-1 odds and I would hedge with ORL tonight and walk home with cash. But it’s not so I never said that.
DURANT!!! I seriously want to write a long, creepily-emotional thank you note to the NBA playoffs so far. Phenomenal.
[quote]gregron wrote:
OCK shoots 42 free throws… 42!!! Why didn’t the league office just give OKC a bye for round 1?[/quote]
I hate pointing out free throw disparities because DEN is much more of a jump shooting team than OKC so of course OKC will shoot more. The League office didn’t tell the Nuggets to have two consecutive layups blocked by Ibaka at a crucial point in the game.
I just looked it up and DEN missed 9 of their last 10 shots with 5 or 6 shots blocked. When Ty Lawson is your best end-of-game shot creator, you probably aren’t going to beat a team as good as OKC
The Magic had probably their best game this series when Dwight scored in the single digits. Saw on PTI yesterday that the Magic are 18-3 when Dwight Howard shoots less than 10 shots.
All I`m saying is scoring a lot with a high shooting percentage is great, but it doesn’t tell the whole story.
[quote]gregron wrote:
OCK shoots 42 free throws… 42!!! Why didn’t the league office just give OKC a bye for round 1?[/quote]
Whiteflash called it a couple pages ago. At first I didn’t think much of it. But after seeing a few games, I will say it appears to me the officials have been leaning toward OKC on alot of the calls. Just my opinion.
On the back-court call:
I agree with Charles Barkley that it is odd the official who was on the baseline contested the official who made the call with his own eyes at the half-court line. How could he have possibly had a better angle from the baseline to contest that call?
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
OCK shoots 42 free throws… 42!!! Why didn’t the league office just give OKC a bye for round 1?[/quote]
I hate pointing out free throw disparities because DEN is much more of a jump shooting team than OKC so of course OKC will shoot more. The League office didn’t tell the Nuggets to have two consecutive layups blocked by Ibaka at a crucial point in the game.
I just looked it up and DEN missed 9 of their last 10 shots with 5 or 6 shots blocked. When Ty Lawson is your best end-of-game shot creator, you probably aren’t going to beat a team as good as OKC[/quote]
Did you watch the game? The whole game? (prObably not since you said a little while ago that you cNt even remember the last time you watched a whole game and you just said you looked up the shooting stats at the end of the game)
The game was handed to the Thunder, just like at least one other game in this series.
What about that call with 14 seconds left? were you watching the game when that happened? Terrible call reversal
Yeah OKC made more shots down the stretch than Denver did but they also got almost every call… A 42 to 21 free throw advantage? I guess that’s how you can shoot 36% and still win a playoff game
[quote]LarryDavid wrote:
The Magic had probably their best game this series when Dwight scored in the single digits. Saw on PTI yesterday that the Magic are 18-3 when Dwight Howard shoots less than 10 shots.
All I`m saying is scoring a lot with a high shooting percentage is great, but it doesn’t tell the whole story. [/quote]
That would be nice if those stats were actually indepenent variables - a lot of Dwight’s points come off putbacks… if they don’t miss shots he doesn’t score as much. If the D goes under ballscreens, they shoot (and make) 3s instead of passing to Dwight when he rolls. If Dwight gets doubled, he passes to an open 3pt shooter instead of taking the shot. Also they give Dwight more rest when they have big leads. They WANT to shoot 3s in their offensive game plan… they run through Dwight to get open looks, and if he doesn’t get doubled then he takes it himself.
The bottom line is they made 11-26 threes in game 5 and 2-23 threes in game 4. Assuming that about 2 of those misses were offensive rebounds, that’s seven threes that missed and were given to the defense… 21 point differential just on three point shooting between the 2 games.
Unless you have a reason why Dwight taking less field goals makes them five times better at shooting threes, we can probably say it was just the streaky nature of relying on the three.
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
OCK shoots 42 free throws… 42!!! Why didn’t the league office just give OKC a bye for round 1?[/quote]
I hate pointing out free throw disparities because DEN is much more of a jump shooting team than OKC so of course OKC will shoot more. The League office didn’t tell the Nuggets to have two consecutive layups blocked by Ibaka at a crucial point in the game.
I just looked it up and DEN missed 9 of their last 10 shots with 5 or 6 shots blocked. When Ty Lawson is your best end-of-game shot creator, you probably aren’t going to beat a team as good as OKC[/quote]
Did you watch the game? The whole game? (prObably not since you said a little while ago that you cNt even remember the last time you watched a whole game and you just said you looked up the shooting stats at the end of the game)
The game was handed to the Thunder, just like at least one other game in this series.
What about that call with 14 seconds left? were you watching the game when that happened? Terrible call reversal
Yeah OKC made more shots down the stretch than Denver did but they also got almost every call… A 42 to 21 free throw advantage? I guess that’s how you can shoot 36% and still win a playoff game[/quote]
I just have a hard time believing it was a league conspiracy when Denver actually had more Free Throws in the series. Or did the league not decide it wanted OKC to advance until last night?
Also, don’t pull a randman and twist my words. I didn’t say I can’t remember the last time I watched a whole game - I said I don’t remember which games I watched in full and which games I only caught the 2nd half of. I watch the first televised game in full (unless it really blows) then when it’s over I switch to whatever game started 2nd, and when that’s over I switch again…etc. Besides wtf does watching an entire game have to with knowing how a team blew a lead in the final 5 minutes?
I just put way less stock in a single call reversing a 48-minute fucking game than most people. I saw the backcourt call, I also saw the Nuggets make only 1 shot in the final 5 minutes. I saw Nene get routinely rejected at the rim and somehow keep forgetting “Hey, Ibaka might be there this time”. I saw Durant make a spectacular potential game-saving rejection on J.R. Smith. I saw Durant make a boatload of low-percentage shots.
I think all those things mattered WAY more to the outcome of the game than one sketchy call.
[quote]gregron wrote:
OCK shoots 42 free throws… 42!!! Why didn’t the league office just give OKC a bye for round 1?[/quote]
If that’s a sign of conspiracy I hope you were equally mad when Denver got 44 FTA’s in game 4. And when they got 45 in game 3.
Home crowds have an effect on refs. This is not new information.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
OCK shoots 42 free throws… 42!!! Why didn’t the league office just give OKC a bye for round 1?[/quote]
If that’s a sign of conspiracy I hope you were equally mad when Denver got 44 FTA’s in game 4. And when they got 45 in game 3.
Home crowds have an effect on refs. This is not new information.[/quote]
I don’t care to argue about this cause it’s pointless and taking away from the thread. You think there’s nothing to it then so be it
btw this is awesome
So guys, now that randman stop posting in this thread, are we going to make a meme with his picture too 
[quote]therajraj wrote:
So guys, now that randman stop posting in this thread, are we going to make a meme with his picture too
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All you have to do is having something about the lakers and a personal insult at whoever posted just before it
I figure he’ll be back after the Lakers win game 7(ya I’m already predicting the NO game 6 win) and say something about how he never doubted it, NO way better than given credit for and would beat everyone else in the playoffs, Lakeshow still on track for threepeat.