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Agreed. I thought the out of bounds play was a good no call.
Spurs are ed going back to OKC. If they lose both those games it's OVER.
Agreed. I thought the out of bounds play was a good no call.
Still interested to see official comments on the matter.
There's no line yet as far as I can tell, but assuming that it's inside of today's (reasonable) with OKC favored by 4-5 points, it implies around a 60% win percentage for them. So about a 36% implied odds based purely on that that OKC wins both games at home. Spurs win both 16% of the time, so other 50% is a split.
Considering how poorly the Spurs executed early on, and how they were on the wrong end of several bounces + Kawhi in foul trouble limiting his minutes against a non-Roberson defender (gave him fits) + the officiating, Spurs are kicking themselves for letting go of a golden opportunity to steal one. The Thunder need all that to go right 3x more to take the series.
Not saying Spurs will win series, but if they do it'll almost certainly go 6 or 7 which means less rest before GS and more potential for injuries in the interim. Frustrating to give an inferior team with high beta (no pun intended) a best of 5 series and home court
Still interested to hear official report/comments
I could just as easily argue that a clean layup for Mills would have given OKC an out of bounds play with a healthy seven or eight seconds left, giving Durant or Westbrook more than enough time for a game winner.
Man that's blatant.
You had me until you cited Magic tbh.
Apparently you CAN step on the line just not over it but have to give the inbounder some room though, which is never called beyond the refs telling the defender to give room which he then proceeds to do.
Manu did as great a job as you could hope for, first of all provoking Waiter to take too much time, which wasn't called, and then panic and foul, which wasn't called either, and only then he was able to force a pass which soon turned into a turnover.
The Spurs had the chance to win this game and they didn't. After that charge and steal, they had all the time in the world to call a timeout (if they still had a timeout) and set a play up. They have no one to blame but themselves for botching that play.
Why is everyone glorifying Chris Webber's comments? He's a glorified loser
They harp on Tony's struggles but con uously omit Tim's. Almost certainly out of respect.
Good looking out on links and explanations fellas.
Spurs will bounce back pissed in okc with a vengeance.
just like pop said. spurs lost that game three different times. they lost fair and square.
Leonard was non-existent in this game, sucks
best decision for the NBA would be to replay the last 13 seconds!!!!
the whole world is watching, the NBA is supposed to set the standards for basketball.............
tbh
The Spurs lost the game in the first quarter with that ty start. They should've won this game by double digits.
Oh, well...looks like the 2014 Finals all over again...the next 3 games will be blowout wins for the Spurs. Book it.
Thats the feeling I get as well.
I'll be happy with splitting but I now this team is better than OKC and we can win both Game 3 and 4.
Tbh we should win both in OKC. If Kawhi doesn't step up and we lose this series then I'm done defending him.
Hats off to the fans in the arena, especially whoever grabbed Steven Adams. Some fans curse at opposing players. Spurs fans actually join in the defense.
Letting Kirby score 60 on you
Doom-sayers fully out. Skip, Barkley, all the pundits. One home loss by one point and its all over.
Has anybody taken a look at rebounding numbers?
By looking at the game it just looked like they allowed more offensive rebounds.
This is for me very critical since their bigs are happy waiting for WB to throw whatever and collecting garbage points from that.
They have to constantly block out, like crazy. This has a lot to do with effort and focus which is IMO easier to control than putting on a 70% shooting performance.
Now that someone said it, that game did have a very very game 2 of the 2014 finals to it.
Great comparison.
Also a great comparison is the 2007 Series vs the Suns game 4
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