OKC saved once again by BLIND Refs

[bluechox2]

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NBA trying hard to get lebron the easiest matchup

[nba_55]

Refs stole like 8 fts from durant in the 4th quarter. STFU

[bluechox2]

he missed wide open shots...

jsut read the 2 minute reports in OKC's games this playoffs...its eventful

[tmacattack33]

I would highly question the common sense of somebody who focuses on one call in a sport in which there are about 20-30 questionable calls (or non-calls) per game.

[Lebronxrings]

durant should have had like double his free throws

[LakersForlife]

stfu man OKC outplayed warriors

[Proctor]

I hate it when refs blow an easy call even if I'm rooting against that team, but at least the Warriors fans know how the Spurs fans feel. These end of game postseason calls have been abysmal. :facepalm

[ScalsFan21]

When you have what GSW has at their disposal personnel-wise, the opposing two best players shoot a collective 33% from the floor on 51 shots, and you still trail after 48 minutes of game action... you can't blame the refs. I'm sorry. They made TERRIBLE calls, two of which were absolutely outrageous, the WB travel was right in front of the ref.

But they did deserve to lose this game with the way they played. There are so many calls in every game, it's unfair only to highlight the ones that happen in the closing minutes. GSW will be fine, but it's hard not to credit the Thunder's 2nd half play and gameplan tonight. They weren't perfect but they were good enough to earn a hard-fought win.

[SilkkTheShocker]

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NBA trying hard to get lebron the easiest matchup
What time is the Knick game tomorrow?

[ScalsFan21]

I hate it when refs blow an easy call even if I'm rooting against that team, but at least the Warriors fans know how the Spurs fans feel. These end of game postseason calls have been abysmal. :facepalm

I definitely agree with this. It's a really bad look when they miss the number of obvious calls that they have late in games. It does decide games in a sense, but then there's the fact that if it's possible for bad calls to determine the outcome, that team should have played better and made it so that can't happen. :confusedshrug:

[jimmy77x]

What time is the Knick game tomorrow?

Around the same time you lose your virginity.

[KG215]

he missed wide open shots...

jsut read the 2 minute reports in OKC's games this playoffs...its eventful
Ummmm, yeah...that game where Waiters was inbounding the ball and committed an offensive foul, the refs missed MORE calls in the Spurs favor than the Thunder's favor. Manu stepped out of bounds before Waiters gave him a forearm shiver that should've negated all the insanity that ensued and OKC should've been shooting technical FTs. Besides, the Spurs still got a 3-on-1 fastbreak out of the situation instead of a side out of bounds and still blew it because Adams is a beast.

And there was a possession in the final two minutes where Durant drove and got hammered twice and the refs didn't call a foul. It would've put Durant at the FT line with a chance to push OKC's lead back out to five with under two minutes to play. There was another play in the final 2-3 minutes where Durant got hammered and the refs swallowed their whistles.

Just because a violation goes uncalled in the final 30 seconds of a game doesn't mean it has more bearing on the outcome of the game than a violation that goes uncalled earlier in the game.

[Proctor]

I definitely agree with this. It's a really bad look when they miss the number of obvious calls that they have late in games. It does decide games in a sense, but then there's the fact that if it's possible for bad calls to determine the outcome, that team should have played better and made it so that can't happen. :confusedshrug:
Yep, exactly. There's just no way around it, things have to be called correctly. Some say, "well whatever, OKC outplayed the Warriors." Yeah fine, they probably did, but how many games has a team won when the other team outplayed them? Plenty. Maybe they hit a 3, go to OT, and the fans help the Warriors pull through. No doubt a team shouldn't put themselves in a position for a bad call to decide the game like that but there's nothing anyone can do about it. Game deciding bad calls have been plaguing these playoffs.

[hold this L]

Ummmm, yeah...that game where Waiters was inbounding the ball and committed an offensive foul, the refs missed MORE calls in the Spurs favor than the Thunder's favor. Manu stepped out of bounds before Waiters gave him a forearm shiver that should've negated all the insanity that ensued and OKC should've been shooting technical FTs. Besides, the Spurs still got a 3-on-1 fastbreak out of the situation instead of a side out of bounds and still blew it because Adams is a beast.

And there was a possession in the final two minutes where Durant drove and got hammered twice and the refs didn't call a foul. It would've put Durant at the FT line with a chance to push OKC's lead back out to five with under two minutes to play. There was another play in the final 2-3 minutes where Durant got hammered and the refs swallowed their whistles.

Just because a violation goes uncalled in the final 30 seconds of a game doesn't mean it has more bearing on the outcome of the game than a violation that goes uncalled earlier in the game.
Do you realize Westbrook had like 10 awful FTs given to him in the 3rd quarter? It was imaginary foul after foul, and you're going to talk about the two missed calls on Durant? Iggy also dunked and got fouled in the 4th and the ref didn't call for FTs.

OKC did their thing and Warriors didn't do enough to close the deal when they played quite well in the first half, but the calls were awful. Trying to make it seem even is ludicrous.

[Spurs m8]

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lol you are so pathetic

[Proctor]

Just because a violation goes uncalled in the final 30 seconds of a game doesn't mean it has more bearing on the outcome of the game than a violation that goes uncalled earlier in the game.
That sounds fine in theory but theres no way to predict how a blown call in the 2nd quarter will translate score-wise in the late stages of the game. Because in that scenario you have two quarters to right the ship, whether or not that should be the case...but in the last 30 seconds you may only have the ball one more time and suddenly you find yourself down 5.

[Meticode]

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It'll be okay.

[KG215]

That sounds fine in theory but theres no way to predict how a blown call in the 2nd quarter will translate score-wise in the late stages of the game. Because in that scenario you have two quarters to right the ship, whether or not that should be the case...but in the last 30 seconds you may only have the ball one more time and suddenly you find yourself down 5.
Then allude to the rest of my post. There was a play in the final two minutes where Durant drove and got mugged. The refs didn't call the foul. Durant would've been on the FT line with a chance to make it a 105-100 game.

Regardless, even if Westbrook walked, Donovan was calling a timeout as soon as Westbrook crossed halfcourt. That one missed call didn't cost the Warriors the game. OKC taking care of the ball and locking up the Warriors on defense cost the Warriors the game.

[GoSpursGo1984]

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[LAZERUSS]

Steven Adams has become an adept ball-handler.

I think the Euroleague will adopt his style next year...

[oh the horror]

I believe that a team puts themselves in positions to win or lose games themselves. HOWEVER, refs having massive imprints on games making big mistakes in key moments seems to be ramping up.

[bluechox2]

It'll be okay.

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compared to:

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your boy is weak, NBA knows it, they knocked out one heavyweight in the spurs... got GSW in the cross-hairs right now

[I.R.Beast]

Warriors c rying for a travel call on Westbrook is comedy, seeing as how they get away with a million moving screens every game.

[Cleverness]

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Westbrook travel sure, but many others too

Bogut's flagrant - if this was a flagrant, then we could have called like 20 flagrants on adams this game

Curry fouled in 1st qtr, no call.. then immediately gets BS call on the other end
2nd quarter livingston elbowed by adams, no call
moving screens on adams all game long, one of which was somehow called a foul on Barnes
3:50 left in 3rd, offensive foul on WB called foul on Curry.. then immediately after another 2 fts gifted to WB
1053 in 4th a travel by adams and of course the travel on WB

overall gg though, golden state can overcome the refs next game

oh, and waiters was practically molesting curry with his arms all game... none of his 10 fouls were called

[Cleverness]

Warriors c rying for a travel call on Westbrook is comedy, seeing as how they get away with a million moving screens every game.

except this game adams got away with a million moving screens

[!@#$%Vectors!@#]

Westbrook travel sure, but many others too

Bogut's flagrant - if this was a flagrant, then we could have called like 20 flagrants on adams this game

Curry fouled in 1st qtr, no call.. then immediately gets BS call on the other end
2nd quarter livingston elbowed by adams, no call
moving screens on adams all game long, one of which was somehow called a foul on Barnes
3:50 left in 3rd, offensive foul on WB called foul on Curry.. then immediately after another 2 fts gifted to WB
1053 in 4th a travel by adams and of course the travel on WB

overall gg though, golden state can overcome the refs next game

oh, and waiters was practically molesting curry with his arms all game... none of his 10 fouls were called

DOn't forget gifting WB 10 points from the FT line in the 3rd quarter hide the fact that he was shut down by the warrior defense. But, not the whole narrative is different because the refs gifted OKC the game. But, DUBZ have to know better. Since the Blazers series . We can't rely on the refs to call things fair. Even with the ref help, if we excuted in the 4th quarter and the 3rd, the game would have been a blowout or a comfortable win margin. But, it's a 7 game series we have time.