[quote]scj119 wrote:
[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[/quote]
lol - I think we’re on the same page on that one. If I were to make on it would read:
Top of pic: Declare 2010-2011 Lakers best Laker team in the last 15 years
Bottom of pic: Call everyone else delusional
Um… am I the only one not on board with this whatsoever: NBA News, Expert Analysis, Rumors, Live Updates, and more - Yahoo Sports
Stern apparently wants to bring the international goaltending rules to the NBA (allowed to touch ball while on rim). I think that is retarded. Author makes a good point about how much better athletes are in the NBA, it would make games so much lower scoring. Maybe it would actually get Dwight some MVP love though!
Anyone else notice…
How all the Kobe Lovers think he played with a hurt ankle AND also believe OKC was the benefit of Sternball?
While the Kobe haters/neutral think he was faking his ankle injury (or it was extremely mild and it was mostly showmanship) AND they don’t believe OKC was getting favourable calls.
[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]
First off, if scj realldy doesn’t watch entire games and relies on post-game stats to formulate his opinion then his opinion pretty much doesn’t matter. That is ridiculous. Second, I don’t care how many free throws Denver shot in certain games, if you weren’t watching the series then you can’t comment on how lopsided the officiating was in OKC’s favor. Denver got fucked out of game 1, started game 2 playing 5-on-8, and apparently got shit on again last night. It’s like Stern hired the Big East tourney refs and told 'em OKC was St. Johns. It was awful. The older I get, the more I realize the NBA is more about money and marketing and less about basketball, and that really sucks.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Um… am I the only one not on board with this whatsoever: NBA News, Expert Analysis, Rumors, Live Updates, and more - Yahoo Sports
Stern apparently wants to bring the international goaltending rules to the NBA (allowed to touch ball while on rim). I think that is retarded. Author makes a good point about how much better athletes are in the NBA, it would make games so much lower scoring. Maybe it would actually get Dwight some MVP love though![/quote]
How old is Stern now? Maybe senility is creeping in, 'cause that is an absolutely awful idea. Every time he tries to “improve” the league, he ends up making it worse and pissing off the players. Remember the new composite ball? Or this years lack of player expression? He needs to leave the game alone.
[quote]PonceDeLeon wrote:
You show her, Dwight!
Haha, there is no way that’s even remotely true. But, if it is then Howard is an even bigger weirdo-sucker-fraud than I suspected.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Anyone else notice…
How all the Kobe Lovers think he played with a hurt ankle AND also believe OKC was the benefit of Sternball?
While the Kobe haters/neutral think he was faking his ankle injury (or it was extremely mild and it was mostly showmanship) AND they don’t believe OKC was getting favourable calls.[/quote]
I actually don’t think he was faking. I saw the play. I’ve twisted my ankle a dozen times playing bball, I know what it looks like.
Holy…fucking…shit, Chris Paul
It’s about him as a person moreso than a bball player… I would not be that forgiving, he is pretty remarkable.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[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]
First off, if scj realldy doesn’t watch entire games and relies on post-game stats to formulate his opinion then his opinion pretty much doesn’t matter. That is ridiculous. Second, I don’t care how many free throws Denver shot in certain games, if you weren’t watching the series then you can’t comment on how lopsided the officiating was in OKC’s favor. Denver got fucked out of game 1, started game 2 playing 5-on-8, and apparently got shit on again last night. It’s like Stern hired the Big East tourney refs and told 'em OKC was St. Johns. It was awful. The older I get, the more I realize the NBA is more about money and marketing and less about basketball, and that really sucks.[/quote]
I love how I’ve spent at least 3 hours/night watching ball every night of the playoffs (except when the Caps have a hockey game, it takes up a couple hours of time) but suddenly I’m the guy who “doesn’t watch games” because one comment got misconstrued.
I didn’t understand that play but there is no fucking reason Denver should have been in the position to have one play affect the game, they were up 11pts with like 4ish minutes left to play.
Also, in general I think most of what people think are biased refs are actually just refs getting intimidated by loud home crowds. Most of these “fixed” games happen in favor of the home team… there is a well-known disparity in home team FTA’s vs. road team FTA’s… and you really think ATL and MEM would be knocking on the door to the 2nd round if ratings determined matchups? Give me a break.
Bottom line is OKC needed a series of ridiculous shot-makes to go in for that game to be won… it’s not like Stern has magnets in the ball that makes Durant’s shots go down.
Put away your tin hats everyone…
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Um… am I the only one not on board with this whatsoever: NBA News, Expert Analysis, Rumors, Live Updates, and more - Yahoo Sports
Stern apparently wants to bring the international goaltending rules to the NBA (allowed to touch ball while on rim). I think that is retarded. Author makes a good point about how much better athletes are in the NBA, it would make games so much lower scoring. Maybe it would actually get Dwight some MVP love though![/quote]
How old is Stern now? Maybe senility is creeping in, 'cause that is an absolutely awful idea. Every time he tries to “improve” the league, he ends up making it worse and pissing off the players. Remember the new composite ball? Or this years lack of player expression? He needs to leave the game alone.[/quote]
I’ll argue the other way then - its not a tuuurrrible idea
For example, it removes any “in the cylinder” judgement calls from the refs, tough calls to see usually
I would like to see expanded replay, maybe a challenge system type thing
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Um… am I the only one not on board with this whatsoever: NBA News, Expert Analysis, Rumors, Live Updates, and more - Yahoo Sports
Stern apparently wants to bring the international goaltending rules to the NBA (allowed to touch ball while on rim). I think that is retarded. Author makes a good point about how much better athletes are in the NBA, it would make games so much lower scoring. Maybe it would actually get Dwight some MVP love though![/quote]
How old is Stern now? Maybe senility is creeping in, 'cause that is an absolutely awful idea. Every time he tries to “improve” the league, he ends up making it worse and pissing off the players. Remember the new composite ball? Or this years lack of player expression? He needs to leave the game alone.[/quote]
I’ll argue the other way then - its not a tuuurrrible idea
For example, it removes any “in the cylinder” judgement calls from the refs, tough calls to see usually
I would like to see expanded replay, maybe a challenge system type thing[/quote]
I hope you like 48-minute games with a final score of 58-52
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Um… am I the only one not on board with this whatsoever: NBA News, Expert Analysis, Rumors, Live Updates, and more - Yahoo Sports
Stern apparently wants to bring the international goaltending rules to the NBA (allowed to touch ball while on rim). I think that is retarded. Author makes a good point about how much better athletes are in the NBA, it would make games so much lower scoring. Maybe it would actually get Dwight some MVP love though![/quote]
How old is Stern now? Maybe senility is creeping in, 'cause that is an absolutely awful idea. Every time he tries to “improve” the league, he ends up making it worse and pissing off the players. Remember the new composite ball? Or this years lack of player expression? He needs to leave the game alone.[/quote]
I’ll argue the other way then - its not a tuuurrrible idea
For example, it removes any “in the cylinder” judgement calls from the refs, tough calls to see usually
I would like to see expanded replay, maybe a challenge system type thing[/quote]
I hope you like 48-minute games with a final score of 58-52
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There would be a lot of blocks but a lot of easy tip ins too…I don’t think the score would suffer much, at all.
And that was an awesome story about Chris Paul
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[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]
First off, if scj realldy doesn’t watch entire games and relies on post-game stats to formulate his opinion then his opinion pretty much doesn’t matter. That is ridiculous. Second, I don’t care how many free throws Denver shot in certain games, if you weren’t watching the series then you can’t comment on how lopsided the officiating was in OKC’s favor. Denver got fucked out of game 1, started game 2 playing 5-on-8, and apparently got shit on again last night. It’s like Stern hired the Big East tourney refs and told 'em OKC was St. Johns. It was awful. The older I get, the more I realize the NBA is more about money and marketing and less about basketball, and that really sucks.[/quote]
I love how I’ve spent at least 3 hours/night watching ball every night of the playoffs (except when the Caps have a hockey game, it takes up a couple hours of time) but suddenly I’m the guy who “doesn’t watch games” because one comment got misconstrued.
I didn’t understand that play but there is no fucking reason Denver should have been in the position to have one play affect the game, they were up 11pts with like 4ish minutes left to play.
Also, in general I think most of what people think are biased refs are actually just refs getting intimidated by loud home crowds. Most of these “fixed” games happen in favor of the home team… there is a well-known disparity in home team FTA’s vs. road team FTA’s… and you really think ATL and MEM would be knocking on the door to the 2nd round if ratings determined matchups? Give me a break.
Bottom line is OKC needed a series of ridiculous shot-makes to go in for that game to be won… it’s not like Stern has magnets in the ball that makes Durant’s shots go down.
Put away your tin hats everyone…[/quote]
And the fact that you think ref favoritism in no way contributed to OKC being in the position to hit those shots shows that you might need to take your tin hat off first before you start directing others. And, I posed the “not watching games” as a question, not a statement. That’s why it started with an “if”. Bottom line is you can believe what you want, but the proof is/was LITERALLY televised for the world to see, and the people here commenting on it aren’t the only people who’ve noticed. Not saying Denver would’ve won the series, but they certainly would’ve put up a much better fight if the games were called fair. And, it’s safe to say that having the refs consistently fuck you out of games takes some fight out of you.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Anyone else notice…
How all the Kobe Lovers think he played with a hurt ankle AND also believe OKC was the benefit of Sternball?
While the Kobe haters/neutral think he was faking his ankle injury (or it was extremely mild and it was mostly showmanship) AND they don’t believe OKC was getting favourable calls.[/quote]
I actually don’t think he was faking. I saw the play. I’ve twisted my ankle a dozen times playing bball, I know what it looks like.[/quote]
I don’t think so either, but I doubt he was ever a “game time decision” and he only denied the MRI because it was a very mild sprain.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[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]
First off, if scj realldy doesn’t watch entire games and relies on post-game stats to formulate his opinion then his opinion pretty much doesn’t matter. That is ridiculous. Second, I don’t care how many free throws Denver shot in certain games, if you weren’t watching the series then you can’t comment on how lopsided the officiating was in OKC’s favor. Denver got fucked out of game 1, started game 2 playing 5-on-8, and apparently got shit on again last night. It’s like Stern hired the Big East tourney refs and told 'em OKC was St. Johns. It was awful. The older I get, the more I realize the NBA is more about money and marketing and less about basketball, and that really sucks.[/quote]
I love how I’ve spent at least 3 hours/night watching ball every night of the playoffs (except when the Caps have a hockey game, it takes up a couple hours of time) but suddenly I’m the guy who “doesn’t watch games” because one comment got misconstrued.
I didn’t understand that play but there is no fucking reason Denver should have been in the position to have one play affect the game, they were up 11pts with like 4ish minutes left to play.
Also, in general I think most of what people think are biased refs are actually just refs getting intimidated by loud home crowds. Most of these “fixed” games happen in favor of the home team… there is a well-known disparity in home team FTA’s vs. road team FTA’s… and you really think ATL and MEM would be knocking on the door to the 2nd round if ratings determined matchups? Give me a break.
Bottom line is OKC needed a series of ridiculous shot-makes to go in for that game to be won… it’s not like Stern has magnets in the ball that makes Durant’s shots go down.
Put away your tin hats everyone…[/quote]
And the fact that you think ref favoritism in no way contributed to OKC being in the position to hit those shots shows that you might need to take your tin hat off first before you start directing others. And, I posed the “not watching games” as a question, not a statement. That’s why it started with an “if”. Bottom line is you can believe what you want, but the proof is/was LITERALLY televised for the world to see, and the people here commenting on it aren’t the only people who’ve noticed. Not saying Denver would’ve won the series, but they certainly would’ve put up a much better fight if the games were called fair. And, it’s safe to say that having the refs consistently fuck you out of games takes some fight out of you.[/quote]
They got favorable calls but A) DEN still could’ve won, B) their favorable calls were all at home and their crowd is awesome. I agree they got favorable calls but I disagree on the reason.
FFS, watch a Blazers game they are well known for getting into refs’ heads and getting favorable calls. Must be the favoritism of those huge markets in Oklahoma City and Portland!
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Anyone else notice…
How all the Kobe Lovers think he played with a hurt ankle AND also believe OKC was the benefit of Sternball?
While the Kobe haters/neutral think he was faking his ankle injury (or it was extremely mild and it was mostly showmanship) AND they don’t believe OKC was getting favourable calls.[/quote]
I actually don’t think he was faking. I saw the play. I’ve twisted my ankle a dozen times playing bball, I know what it looks like.[/quote]
I don’t think so either, but I doubt he was ever a “game time decision” and he only denied the MRI because it was a very mild sprain. [/quote]
Fair enough, a lot of teams play with those injury designations though just to throw you off.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[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]
First off, if scj realldy doesn’t watch entire games and relies on post-game stats to formulate his opinion then his opinion pretty much doesn’t matter. That is ridiculous. Second, I don’t care how many free throws Denver shot in certain games, if you weren’t watching the series then you can’t comment on how lopsided the officiating was in OKC’s favor. Denver got fucked out of game 1, started game 2 playing 5-on-8, and apparently got shit on again last night. It’s like Stern hired the Big East tourney refs and told 'em OKC was St. Johns. It was awful. The older I get, the more I realize the NBA is more about money and marketing and less about basketball, and that really sucks.[/quote]
I love how I’ve spent at least 3 hours/night watching ball every night of the playoffs (except when the Caps have a hockey game, it takes up a couple hours of time) but suddenly I’m the guy who “doesn’t watch games” because one comment got misconstrued.
I didn’t understand that play but there is no fucking reason Denver should have been in the position to have one play affect the game, they were up 11pts with like 4ish minutes left to play.
Also, in general I think most of what people think are biased refs are actually just refs getting intimidated by loud home crowds. Most of these “fixed” games happen in favor of the home team… there is a well-known disparity in home team FTA’s vs. road team FTA’s… and you really think ATL and MEM would be knocking on the door to the 2nd round if ratings determined matchups? Give me a break.
Bottom line is OKC needed a series of ridiculous shot-makes to go in for that game to be won… it’s not like Stern has magnets in the ball that makes Durant’s shots go down.
Put away your tin hats everyone…[/quote]
And the fact that you think ref favoritism in no way contributed to OKC being in the position to hit those shots shows that you might need to take your tin hat off first before you start directing others. And, I posed the “not watching games” as a question, not a statement. That’s why it started with an “if”. Bottom line is you can believe what you want, but the proof is/was LITERALLY televised for the world to see, and the people here commenting on it aren’t the only people who’ve noticed. Not saying Denver would’ve won the series, but they certainly would’ve put up a much better fight if the games were called fair. And, it’s safe to say that having the refs consistently fuck you out of games takes some fight out of you.[/quote]
They got favorable calls but A) DEN still could’ve won, B) their favorable calls were all at home and their crowd is awesome. I agree they got favorable calls but I disagree on the reason.
FFS, watch a Blazers game they are well known for getting into refs’ heads and getting favorable calls. Must be the favoritism of those huge markets in Oklahoma City and Portland![/quote]
Jesus Christ you’re dense. Denver cannot win when the refs are literally stealing points from them and handing points to the opposition when they were not earned. They also cannot win when 15 minutes into a game they’re down 27 points due to the refs blatant favoritism towards the other team. Also, I live in Portland, and in fact live less than 10 minutes away from the Rose Garden. I’ve seen several of their games. OKC being on Sterns pet list has nothing to do with “big market” and everything to do with them being a group of “good character” guys for the NBA who cannot only play, but don’t get in trouble, don’t draw negative attention and participate in their community. I shouldn’t have to explain this to you. Now, if you want to keep arguing like a retard, go for it. You’re wrong and I’m done. Have a good’n.
Anyone on here during the games? Love Crawford with his patented 4-point play…I heard earlier in the series he is the all-time leader. Why do people keep sagging off him and forcing themselves to close out aggresively?
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Anyone on here during the games? Love Crawford with his patented 4-point play…I heard earlier in the series he is the all-time leader. Why do people keep sagging off him and forcing themselves to close out aggresively?[/quote]
Heard that too, but didn’t know if they were saying it tongue in cheek or if it was an actual fact. They sag off of him 'cause he has one of the bes handles in the league, and if you play in his chest he can shake you off your feet and get into the lane.
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]WhiteFlash wrote:
[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]
First off, if scj realldy doesn’t watch entire games and relies on post-game stats to formulate his opinion then his opinion pretty much doesn’t matter. That is ridiculous. Second, I don’t care how many free throws Denver shot in certain games, if you weren’t watching the series then you can’t comment on how lopsided the officiating was in OKC’s favor. Denver got fucked out of game 1, started game 2 playing 5-on-8, and apparently got shit on again last night. It’s like Stern hired the Big East tourney refs and told 'em OKC was St. Johns. It was awful. The older I get, the more I realize the NBA is more about money and marketing and less about basketball, and that really sucks.[/quote]
I love how I’ve spent at least 3 hours/night watching ball every night of the playoffs (except when the Caps have a hockey game, it takes up a couple hours of time) but suddenly I’m the guy who “doesn’t watch games” because one comment got misconstrued.
I didn’t understand that play but there is no fucking reason Denver should have been in the position to have one play affect the game, they were up 11pts with like 4ish minutes left to play.
Also, in general I think most of what people think are biased refs are actually just refs getting intimidated by loud home crowds. Most of these “fixed” games happen in favor of the home team… there is a well-known disparity in home team FTA’s vs. road team FTA’s… and you really think ATL and MEM would be knocking on the door to the 2nd round if ratings determined matchups? Give me a break.
Bottom line is OKC needed a series of ridiculous shot-makes to go in for that game to be won… it’s not like Stern has magnets in the ball that makes Durant’s shots go down.
Put away your tin hats everyone…[/quote]
And the fact that you think ref favoritism in no way contributed to OKC being in the position to hit those shots shows that you might need to take your tin hat off first before you start directing others. And, I posed the “not watching games” as a question, not a statement. That’s why it started with an “if”. Bottom line is you can believe what you want, but the proof is/was LITERALLY televised for the world to see, and the people here commenting on it aren’t the only people who’ve noticed. Not saying Denver would’ve won the series, but they certainly would’ve put up a much better fight if the games were called fair. And, it’s safe to say that having the refs consistently fuck you out of games takes some fight out of you.[/quote]
They got favorable calls but A) DEN still could’ve won, B) their favorable calls were all at home and their crowd is awesome. I agree they got favorable calls but I disagree on the reason.
FFS, watch a Blazers game they are well known for getting into refs’ heads and getting favorable calls. Must be the favoritism of those huge markets in Oklahoma City and Portland![/quote]
Jesus Christ you’re dense. Denver cannot win when the refs are literally stealing points from them and handing points to the opposition when they were not earned. They also cannot win when 15 minutes into a game they’re down 27 points due to the refs blatant favoritism towards the other team. Also, I live in Portland, and in fact live less than 10 minutes away from the Rose Garden. I’ve seen several of their games. OKC being on Sterns pet list has nothing to do with “big market” and everything to do with them being a group of “good character” guys for the NBA who cannot only play, but don’t get in trouble, don’t draw negative attention and participate in their community. I shouldn’t have to explain this to you. Now, if you want to keep arguing like a retard, go for it. You’re wrong and I’m done. Have a good’n.[/quote]
They missed 9 OF THEIR LAST TEN FUCKING SHOTS. If they go 2-for-10 OKC has no chance.