That Ibaka goaltend..

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Originally Posted by thiste

What about that KD block on Duncan which was zero ball and all arm? No call either. Was like, two minutes before the goaltend one.

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Also the Butler "block" on Manu dunk attempt. And the multiple punk ass reacharound "steals" Westbrook kept getting away with!

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Originally Posted by Spurminator

These refs were obviously the most ineffective NBA conspirators of all time, they completely failed on their orders to get the Thunder into the Finals.

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Nice one, they were so incompetent they couldn't even fix the game properly!

Am I the only one who thinks Durant had a good block on Duncan? KD went straight up, meaning Duncan initiated the contact. Durant didn't hit Tim in the forearm; Tim hit Durant in the hand.

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Originally Posted by DMC

It's funny when TP charges into the paint and turns his back to the rim just flying through bodies with no hopes of a shot, like red rover red rover.. which they should call him anyhow, and he gets bailed out every time by the refs.

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FIFY

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Am I the only one who thinks Durant had a good block on Duncan? KD went straight up, meaning Duncan initiated the contact. Durant didn't hit Tim in the forearm; Tim hit Durant in the hand.

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awful lot of contact for a guy in the restricted area. ask yourself what the call would have been if we had the same exact play but the players switched, with duncan contesting KD like that

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Am I the only one who thinks Durant had a good block on Duncan? KD went straight up, meaning Duncan initiated the contact. Durant didn't hit Tim in the forearm; Tim hit Durant in the hand.

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If you watch the gif Durant brings down each of his hands at the last moment to hit Duncan's forearm. Its not the most blatant foul imaginable but it is a foul.

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Originally Posted by Andthentherewas21

If you watch the gif Durant brings down each of his hands at the last moment to hit Duncan's forearm. Its not the most blatant foul imaginable but it is a foul.

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this. his arms aren't exactly vertical in the first place either

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Originally Posted by spurraider21

awful lot of contact for a guy in the restricted area. ask yourself what the call would have been if we had the same exact play but the players switched, with duncan contesting KD like that

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The charge circle doesn't matter in a case of verticality. If you jump straight up, you can be anywhere you want.

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Originally Posted by Andthentherewas21

If you watch the gif Durant brings down each of his hands at the last moment to hit Duncan's forearm. Its not the most blatant foul imaginable but it is a foul.

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No, he doesn't. Duncan plows into him, forcing his arms to bend. Durant is not going for the block at all.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/br-cdn/temp_...3119_30_59.gif

if you just keep your eye on Durant's right wrist, its pretty clear. i don't think its coincidence that its also the exact moment duncan lost control of the ball

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Originally Posted by spurraider21

http://s3.amazonaws.com/br-cdn/temp_...3119_30_59.gif

if you just keep your eye on Durant's right wrist, its pretty clear

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Ignoring Duncan's left hand, then?

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Ignoring Duncan's right hand, then?

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duncan's right hand is holding the ball, and it was clearly impeded by Durant's wrist action

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Originally Posted by spurraider21

duncan's right hand is holding the ball, and it was clearly impeded by Durant's wrist action

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Edited already. Was talking about the left one.

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Originally Posted by Chinook

No, he doesn't. Duncan plows into him, forcing his arms to bend. Durant is not going for the block at all.

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Duncan does plow into him which would explain one of the hands hitting is arm, but given the angle Duncan is driving there is no way he hits both of Durant's arms unless Duncan sweeps his arm while driving. Duncan extends his arm it trying to dunk, but from that angle there isn't enough horizontal motion to account for both of Durant's hands hitting his forearm. However, I agree it is pretty good defense and isn't a terrible no-call

I was about to say, Duncan could have been called for the off-hand anyways, but when was the last time something like that got called in the NBA

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Originally Posted by Spurs 4 The Win

Kenny Smith . . . also said kawhi was lucky on the steal on westchuck, not a good night for a usually solid analyst.

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I dropped my jaw on that one. Yeah, Kenny is usually solid but that was just plain stupid. If that was lucky, then everything Westbrook does is lucky.

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Originally Posted by ploto

FIFY

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Yeah, TP had 2 total FTA in 3 games. Way to kick your own retarded ass.

I'm just glad that the Thunder didn't have 18+ FT attempts in one quarter, a quarter they needed to come back in.

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Originally Posted by Beaverfuzz

You believe everything you read don't you Mr Gullible? Was a clear goal tend.

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If he was gullible he wouldn't be asking for confirmation, he would have been telling you that was the rule.

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Originally Posted by Jenks

Need to see the video of durant's "block" on Tim, the one where Tim recovered and handed it off to Kawhi (who missed). IMO that was a much worse no call than the goaltend.

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Durant and Ibaka both had at least one "block" on Tim that should have been a foul.

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Originally Posted by Chinook

Am I the only one who thinks Durant had a good block on Duncan? KD went straight up, meaning Duncan initiated the contact. Durant didn't hit Tim in the forearm; Tim hit Durant in the hand.

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You gotta be kidding me :) Even if that was true, please remind me how many thousands of calls Russ & KD got away with while blatantly initiating the contact?

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Originally Posted by Aztecfan03

If he was gullible he wouldn't be asking for confirmation, he would have been telling you that was the rule.

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He wasn't asking for confirmation, re-read the thread.

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Originally Posted by Kidd K

lolwut? Durant's "block" on Duncan's dunk at the end was all wrist and forearm. There were also several hacks and rakes by OKC that went uncalled in the last few mins. Meanwhile all touch contact on OKC shots resulted in FTAs per par.

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The fix as expected.

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Originally Posted by spurraider21

Yep. The Spurs reached the foul limit with 9:24 to go in the quarter :lol

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:rollin:rollin:rollin

Horrible call but refs were ok other than that. They couldnt really help an OKC that had already mentally checked out

Refs played hard