Continuing on from here: NBA 2011-2012 Season Thread 2 - Off Topic - Forums - T Nation
Series:
East
Indiana 2 - 1 Miami
Boston 2 - 2 Philadelphia
West
SAS 3 - 0 Los Angeles Clippers
OKC 3 - 1 Los Angeles Lakers
Watching The IND/MIA game at work right now. Hope Indy pulls this out. Miami can’t buy a bucket inside the paint. I almost feel bad for Wade he’s shooting so poorly.
Also watching. Thru three quarters, simply a masterful performance from James…
edit - four quarters worth = 40, 18, 9
I would like to point out that UNLV (alma mater) is represented by Amundson and Anthony in this series, I loved both of these guys in college. Glad their doing it in the NBA
40/18/9/2/2 unreal stat line from Lebron, but they can’t expect that every game. They really need Bosh back.
You’re right and I think they’re going to have a very hard series if they have to face Boston (assuming they beat Indiana). Today’s game showed how much Miami needs to have solid production from at least a couple of its role players.
Why do the refs bail out Harden EVERY SINGLE TIME on those garbage, run-straight-into-the-defender takes??
edit - and there goes Fish doing the same. such garbage, it’s not even basketball…
[quote]chillain wrote:
Why do the refs bail out Harden EVERY SINGLE TIME on those garbage, run-straight-into-the-defender takes??
edit - and there goes Fish doing the same. such garbage, it’s not even basketball…
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On top of that, the ref’s just hit Artest with a bullshit flagrant, then a bullshit tech, then Bryant a bullshit tech. OKC gets more lopsided calls then any team not named Miami. The league is trying to manufacture dynasties.
This officiating is disgusting. I’m on the verge of shutting the game off.
Kobe played amazing though.
Sorry guys it’s over.
^^ I hate to play the “bad officiating” card I really do, and not like OKC isn’t clearly the better team in this series, but this has been downright disgusting.
Here’s hoping they really do address all the flopping bullcrap during this offseason…
[quote]chillain wrote:
^^ I hate to play the “bad officiating” card I really do, and not like OKC isn’t clearly the better team in this series, but this has been downright disgusting.
Here’s hoping they really do address all the flopping bullcrap during this offseason…
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Agreed. OKC won these games straight up, and the Lakers collective lack of heart lost 'em, but this officiating was probably as bad as I’ve ever seen. And, think you’re right. Gasol is GONE this off-season.
It was obvious that was going to end in 5.
Here we go, Spurs - Thunder. No more kids stuff, the grown-ups are about to square off. Should be a classic if the Thunder don’t get intimidated by the Spurs’ precision play.
Glad the Lakers lost. Fuck Artest and Bynum. Bring on the new blood.
you guys crying foul on the officiating in the LA series really need to go look at the box scores of the games, pretty sure LA shot more free throws in every game of the series with the exception of game 1 maybe. I know okc is more of a jump shooting team but come on game 3 i think it was something like +20 ft’s for the lakers? okc seemed to get called for a lot of ticky tacky phantom calls at home and on the road. just an unbiased opinion though.
anybody really think okc or anyone else can take the spurs though?
The key to stopping the Lakers is to let Kobe score and stop Bynum and Gasol. Kobe throws in an unbelievable 42, but has zero assists.
[quote]js252 wrote:
you guys crying foul on the officiating in the LA series really need to go look at the box scores of the games, pretty sure LA shot more free throws in every game of the series with the exception of game 1 maybe. I know okc is more of a jump shooting team but come on game 3 i think it was something like +20 ft’s for the lakers? okc seemed to get called for a lot of ticky tacky phantom calls at home and on the road. just an unbiased opinion though.[/quote]
Because the home team gets better officiating in every NBA game and it’s exaggerated every playoffs. Notice every time anyone in this thread complains about horrid officiating, “shady” officiating or conspiracy theories, it is ALWAYS the home team they are complaining about every single time.
That’s just how it is. Refs are human and get intimidated by crowds. Thinking the league has any reason to have OKC advance over LAL is totally asinine, every series that has OKC’s fan base tune in instead of LAL’s fan base loses the league boatloads of TV viewers and therefore cash.
edit: Think of the marketing cash the league would get for Kobe chasing his 6th ring to tie MJ. I’m betting the league really wishes LAL was better.
Side note on Lakers: I really hope one day twenty years from now, some documentary comes out that tells us everything about the vetoed Chris Paul trade. I still can’t figure out what the shit happened.
[quote]js252 wrote:
anybody really think okc or anyone else can take the spurs though?[/quote]
They have a better chance than anyone in the East IMO, but I don’t see anyone in either conference stopping SAS right now.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]js252 wrote:
you guys crying foul on the officiating in the LA series really need to go look at the box scores of the games, pretty sure LA shot more free throws in every game of the series with the exception of game 1 maybe. I know okc is more of a jump shooting team but come on game 3 i think it was something like +20 ft’s for the lakers? okc seemed to get called for a lot of ticky tacky phantom calls at home and on the road. just an unbiased opinion though.[/quote]
Because the home team gets better officiating in every NBA game and it’s exaggerated every playoffs. Notice every time anyone in this thread complains about horrid officiating, “shady” officiating or conspiracy theories, it is ALWAYS the home team they are complaining about every single time.
That’s just how it is. Refs are human and get intimidated by crowds. Thinking the league has any reason to have OKC advance over LAL is totally asinine, every series that has OKC’s fan base tune in instead of LAL’s fan base loses the league boatloads of TV viewers and therefore cash.
edit: Think of the marketing cash the league would get for Kobe chasing his 6th ring to tie MJ. I’m betting the league really wishes LAL was better.
Side note on Lakers: I really hope one day twenty years from now, some documentary comes out that tells us everything about the vetoed Chris Paul trade. I still can’t figure out what the shit happened.[/quote]
Except that Stern [who moved the Seattle Supersonics to OKC after he promised he wouldn’t] is the commish, and the commish gets what he wants. He has a vested interest in OKC. He doesn’t want to look like an ass for moving a team from one of the leagues best fan bases to a city that before recently had a limited basketball fanbase. OKC was getting RIDICULOUS calls, even in LA. Bryant, despite regularly being among the top in jersey sales, is not universally well liked by the casual fan and in some cases the seasoned fan. Everyone on OKC is, maybe with the exception of Westbrook [to the well informed fan]. Bryant is on his way out, and every major contributor on OKC is under 23 [Perkins excluded]. OKC is a potential dynasty in the making, and having a crew of clean cut good guys dominating the league while it’s facing a transition period would be HUGE, and would obviously bridge that gap. Durant’s good guys out West vs James decision gang out East. The story sells itself. If you watched this series, and can say with a straight face that the calls were even, you’ve got one helluva poker face.