Worst reffed game since Game 6 of Lakers/Kings

[Rekindled]

i dont think its fixed, its just kennedy is a terrible ref

[Teanett]

it was terrible.

-the harden flop
-duncan offensive foul
-stephen jackson tech
-manu offensive foul (3 point play)
-kawhi leonard gets smacked in the head

these 5 just from off top of my head....

[Tenchi Ryu]

it was terrible.

-the harden flop
-duncan offensive foul
-stephen jackson tech
-manu offensive foul (3 point play)
-kawhi leonard gets smacked in the head

these 5 just from off top of my head....

Yea, those were off the top of my head too. Now OKC did their job and finished the kill like they were suppose to, but to say Refs had nothing to do with it....come on now. Its easy to drop your opponents FG% when you can get away with more than accepted physical play.

But what people are forgetting is that, while OKC defended SPURS well, when SA tried to also defend, they weren't allowed to cause of the constant whistles. Duncan even said this. Kinda hard to keep the lead you have from decreasing when players keep getting sent to the line, which OKC got 31 to Spur's 18 btw.

[Da Hammer]

As expected, this topic is being discussed on First Take. What I didn't even realize was that 2 of the biggest calls took away 6 points from the Spurs. That automatically puts SA at 105 compared to 99, and makes the scenario a lot more interesting.

You know I find it funny when people say well "the refs didn't cause the spurs to blow a 18 point lead". Like seriously thats what started it. Bad calls on both sides of the ball that stopped the spurs from having the same rhythm they had in the first half. And yea that's crazy how just 2 calls cost them 6 points and people say we are complaining

[iggy>]

U forgot spurs vs suns game 3 2007.

SA fans crying about calls when they were basically handed a title that year

[Rab]

Not a fan of either team, but the refs definitely influenced that game.

I still think OKC is the better team, but the refs allowed OKC back in to the game in the third quarter. There was a sequence of letting OKC be very physical with SA, while not allowing SA to be physical back.

The tech on Jackson, the hit on Leonard, and then another offensive foul on Jackson are just three that standout. But it was borderline comical at one point.

That didn't lose SA the game, but it got OKC right back in it. And that changed the momentum.

I'm sorry, but this sounds so similar to what people said about the Spurs in their championship days. The Thunder brought the energy in the second half and were the more aggresive team. Those teams tend to get the benefit of the whistle. That's just how it goes.