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Ok fine I'll accept that. The main point of my post is that I'm not always on some irrational mission to only denigrate OKC for receiving ref help. I call ref help as I see it.
Just look two posts up.
Ok fine I'll accept that. The main point of my post is that I'm not always on some irrational mission to only denigrate OKC for receiving ref help. I call ref help as I see it.
Refs favor the Clippers is in the first half so that viewers are left with the impression that the refs are making it up to the Clippers. Then, when it matters, the refs heavily favor OKC.
Business as usual.
Both halves in a basketball game matter.
well, there's one
Honestly I think OKC's storied history of being propped up by the refs is a complicated case of multiple factors converging together. Part of it is probably reputation. Durant and Westbrook have always been awarded ticky tack fouls on wild, reckless drives towards the rim, and that's sort of set a precedent for the officials to go by. A lot of the OKC players are awarded free throws on flops by falling to the floor on long range jump shot attempts, and for whatever reason it's really difficult to tell that these are flops in real time.
The problem is that over the course of a game or a season, this adds up. They should probably add a WARP rating for the refs for OKC, tbh
The Clippers choked all on their own... Doc is first in line to admit that they stopped playing, turned it over, etc.
The Blazers was another team super-coddled by the refs, especially at home. As long as the Spurs keep playing their game and forget about what they cannot control (the refs), they should be fine.
You can't rig putting the ball in the basket. That's what the Spurs need to do.
I guess I worded my post poorly. Here's a better explanation of what I was getting at:
If we got news today that Durant was out for the playoffs, I'd be completely fine with it. I wouldn't wish a serious injury on him, and I'd feel bad for him if he suffered something like a torn ACL...but I wouldn't be sad/upset as a Spurs fan. I wouldn't be happy that he's injured, but I'd be happy that the Spurs' chances of advancing just got much better.
I don't mind injuries like sprains/strains or stuff that hold guys out for a few weeks. I never hope for season ending stuff like acl's or Achilles
Y'all z our gay ass posting like that of Ibaka
I really want reggie jackson to get hurt or atleast diarhea or something he is one frog-faced luck-chuck mother er.
That won't work if the Thunder win though because of the refs.
If Ibaka is out, *.
So what about the Spurs having Manu (who was the Spurs best player in 2011 especially down the stretch) playing with broken arm in 2011. Do the Mavs get an * as well.
Dude, *, a championship is a championship. As long as a team wins it legitimately, injuries don't matter. B/c unless you are a team like the Pistons were in the late 80's, purposely trying to injure opponents, injuries happen and are part of the game. Nothing the other team can do about it.
AsteriskFine, give the Spurs an asterisk if it means the Spurs ring.
asterisk
'Preciate the thought and all, guy, but couldn't you have done a better job? Fella is listed as probable for the Monday game.
Can you go start one on that Board for Monday's game? Now?
I will gladly take an asterisk le thank you.
This is very true. Spurs can sag in the paint to guard against Westbrook's drives, and send doubles when Durant or Westbrook catch the ball. With Ibaka and his good jumper in the game, Spurs can only hope to play good 1 on 1 defense.
And on offense, no Ibaka means lots of Steven Adams (fouls), Perkins (their best on-ball post defender but that's it), and Collison (our bigs are smart enough to avoid committing offensive fouls against his flops).
If Ibaka misses any time or isn't 100%, that looks small but it's huge.
Ibaka not only disrupts Parker's driving ability, but he also kills the interior passing of the Spurs' bigs, which is something they thrive in doing..
Offensively, his ability to stretch the floor obviously hurts the Spurs, as we have seen so many times, especially during the 2012 WCFs..
Splitter's ability to guard him helps, but it also hurts the offense and allows Ibaka to remain in the paint..they need Diaw to stretch the floor, but that harms the Spurs defensively..
If Ibaka is out or limited, it alters the entire gameplan..
this, and there are idiots who think it is acceptable
Welcome to Spurs talk. It's worse downstairs.
I guarantee its 10 times worse in my old stomping grounds of OKC.
Marc Spears is saying ibaka is out of the playoffs.
Ibaka out for the playoffs
I'm on my phone. Can't copy and paste this .
Check out @SpearsNBAYahoo's Tweet: https://twitter.com/SpearsNBAYahoo/s...24984780902400
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