So now you're backpedaling. I can't tell if you're too drunk to post coherently of if you're literally too stupid to put forth logically consistent, intelligible opinion even while sober.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
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So now you're backpedaling. I can't tell if you're too drunk to post coherently of if you're literally too stupid to put forth logically consistent, intelligible opinion even while sober.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
Bitch, we don't care if it mattered or not. Your constant fagginess is enough to make Liberace puke. Continue trollin, and have fun with it. Adios muchacho.Quote:
Originally Posted by jARS mEsH sEt
It fucking sickens me that I have to share breathing air with a clinical retard. Get the fuck out of Austin.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
:rollin @ saying "we." This isn't a tag team with you and Harlem you fucking moron. I doubt he agrees with your uncle tom-laden view wherein any form of ref-bashing is viewed as weak regardless of how the game actually went.
You're drunk and:
1) Too fucking stupid to provide an unbiased take on the game
2) Too fucking sensitive to come off as "whiny" (presumably to non-spurs fans) so you always default to complaining about those who mention ref disparities in your team's favor. Put simply, you're a giant fucking vagina.
Born and raised jabonri.Quote:
Originally Posted by jARS mEsH sEt
go spurs go.
Go beat your meat or something, you give too many shits.
How about you suck me off, faggot :lmaoQuote:
Originally Posted by Spur|n|Austin
It was lame and I thought the same thing ¨those bastards are trying to keep the Blazers in the game¨.
Thats pure BS and they ate shit anyway but... some calls on Tiago were delusional :dizzy
That´s rigging, we lost 2 games to Dallas thanks to those refs and if Spurs were not playing like angels in game 7 Dallas will be playing right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by testies
When I saw the travel and the tech on Manu, the first thing I thought of is, "gotta be Tony Brothers."
He sucks!
Glad we blew them out and kept the refs out of the equation in the end.
Yes, It was obvious. And LA move where he steps back like he is going to shot a jumper than undercuts for a floater was obvious. Even though LA was the one initiating the contact, the refs kept on calling fouls on Diaw and Splitter. It was painfully obvious they wanted to slow down the game and keep Portland in it.
But who cares, the Spurs are experienced and kept their composure.
The ones that really stuck out in my mind were when Tiago was just fucking standing there and LA tried an up and under move, created contact on Splitter who isn't even moving, and they called a foul on Splitter. lol Same thing happened to Boris. That was straight up bullshit.
I think there was a stretch when three straight fouls were called on Diaw for daring to breathe the same air as LMA. On the third one Diaw looked in the bench direction (probably to Pop), shrugging his shoulders. LMA simply had to start posting up for a foul and 2 FTs. The refs were really trying hard to keep Portland in the game. Obviously a 15-point lead would have been better than a 30-point lead for the TV ratings mid-way through the 3rd...
Again the main issue here is the inconsistent way in which fouls are called. It didn't affect the game this time, but it's really weird to see the refs swallowing their whistle on a strong foul, then calling a vague touch foul a few seconds later.
Im still waiting for the Spurs FO to say something about the refs.
They never do..hence, they like being fucked in the ass...I mean, theres no other explanation.
Cuban would be all over the refs.
Look for a lot more of that in game 2. The playoffs are being managed. Manufactured drama.Quote:
Originally Posted by cd021
Everyone is having hurdles thrown in their path except one team.
this. Refs are artificially creating competition where it doesn't exist in many cases. It must be nice to be Miami, who not only already had an easy road to the finals, but the red carpet thanks to the refs.Quote:
Originally Posted by exstatic
It's annoying to see calls on guys like Splitter who almost half the time they get called are doing nothing more than defending the way they were taught was fundamental basketball. I don't understand how the league expects to survive long-term if they continue at this rate. International players will be more likely to avoid the NBA, just due to it seeming like a sideshow/entertainment over what is their favorite sport, a money grab over pure sport.
As for the game last night, Spurs out played the refs. Refs would make up a bad call and Blazers wouldn't take advantage and then Spurs would make a huge shot.
I expect this series to be EXTREMELY tough, only due to the refs. Spurs need to make sure they take care of business in San Antonio or this could be another 7 game series.
Dodgy officiating at times
Third quarter officiating was blatantly obvious. The Spurs were doing nothing different defensively they didn't do in the first half.
Since the first round, a lot of calls have kept games close...ridiculous three point plays, conveniently timed 4 point plays (the thunder getting them in the final minute of back to back games), and wtf travel calls that are never called that stop momentum for one team.
The spurs should've blow out three mavs in game four and six, but every time they started separating themselves, they kept having their momentum interrupted.
Even the Blazers fans on a fan site I was reading were saying that the Blazers were getting a lot of benefit from fouls.
That is the one thing that stood out to me. If LMA is going to get the calls everytime he does an up and under move we are in for a long seriesQuote:
Originally Posted by freetiago
What stood out to me was the inconsistency.Quote:
Originally Posted by scramby eggs
Tiago played virtually the exact same defense on LMA in the first and second half. In the first half, it was apparently great defense. In the second half, it was apparently a foul every time.
If the refs are gonna call it tight, fine. But be consistent and don't just start changing your calls on a fucking whim.
Yeah, fouls will undoubtedly be an issue in Game 2.
Watch Games 4 and 6 in the POR/HOU series for a sample of the ridiculous calls that the Blazers will get at home tbh...
BAD CALLS MATTER EVEN IF WE WIN!!!
It is nonsensical to me to say that a raft of bad calls didn't matter because we won! They shouldn't be happening, and the reputations of players from one game and/or series to another colors the calls those players get in later games/series.
I agree totally with those who pointed out that the same thing happened in game 6 against Dallas. It happens all the time in the rs was well. Refs manage games. Period!! But they shouldn't do it in the playoffs. Period.
I have said in other threads that the number of phantom fouls called for LMA was particularly distressing becuase it is a sign of things to come.
Home Cooking, it wasn't
Former ref Tim Donaghy was on a radio show here in Utah. He had some very interesting things to say none the less. But what happened last night, "trying to keep the blazers close", is exactly what he talked about. How the NBA tells refs to do this. Not to fix the game, but how to draw a series out or make it closer.
I encourage you to listen to it. very interesting. And points out things a lot of fans thing about the NBA. Star treatment, etc...
http://www.1320kfan.com/common/page....6064&is_corp=0
The Spurs were making it a blow out at the half and the fans on TV would start channel surfing. The refs slowed down
the game to give the Blazers a chance to get back into the game but they were shooting so bad that the refs just gave up
at the end of the third and let the game go. We put in our bench early in the fourth and just cruised till the end. The pattern
I have seen is the refs seem to try and keep the game competitive with fouls because of the TV ratings. Take away some mo and let the
other team back in.......How many times have you seen this?