That Ibaka goaltend..

[Knoxxx]

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.

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

[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.

[ploto]

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.

FIFY

[spurraider21]

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.

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

[Andthentherewas21]

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.

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.

[spurraider21]

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.

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

[Chinook]

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

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

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.

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

[spurraider21]

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

[Chinook]

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

Ignoring Duncan's left hand, then?

[spurraider21]

Ignoring Duncan's right hand, then?

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

[Chinook]

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

Edited already. Was talking about the left one.

[Andthentherewas21]

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

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

[Andthentherewas21]

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

[ShoogarBear]

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

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.

[DMC]

FIFY

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

[SanDiegoSpursFan]

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

[Aztecfan03]

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

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

[Aztecfan03]

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.

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

[thiste]

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.

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?

[Beaverfuzz]

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

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

[poeticism707]

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.

The fix as expected.

[poeticism707]

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

[hater]

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

[doobs]

Refs played hard

[cjw]

Had things gone south and we lost game 7, that would have been on par with 0.4, Dirk's And One and Fisher fouling Barry, if not worse ...